The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

DION E Y MAR COMMEROIAL INTEL.LIGENCh CITY, Two o'CLm-/7.... The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, without any alteration in prices from Fri day. The sales amounted to 5,000 bales, all of Which were sold to the trade. The Railway Share Ilarket was active at a slight advance on the cur rency of last week. Accounts from the French silk markets state that the sellers of the raw material have been obliged at last to give way in their prices, in consequence of the limited requirements of purchasers. At Aubenas the fall is 10 francs per kilogramme on the rates of September last, and raw silk of good quality is now quoted at 02f. 50c. per kilo. The fair of Joyeuse was held towards the close of last month, when there was a great scarcity of buyers, which caused a fall in prices equal to that at Aubenas. At Marseilles, the stock of cocoons was estimated at 350,000 kilogrammes. The commercial report from Antwerp, for the week, ended the Ist inst., states that there have been some fluctuations in the markets for Colonial produce, and the grain market has experienced a further decline in prices. The market for wool Was the most animated, on account of some large arrivals from Buenos Ayres, and London ; and the prices of all sorts were well maintained. There were some considerable imports of coffee, but rates Were not affected thereby, as the stock on hand Were rather low. In sugar the supply scarcely equals th e d emand, and hol d ers o f stoc k s are ask ing higher prices. The directors of the Crystal Palace Company having fully met the views of the Committee of the Stock Exchange with regard to the fraudulently transferred and registered shares, it has been re solved by the latter that dealings in those securities shall be recognised. The subjoined letter, and the eommittee's resolution, were posted in the House Y est erday afternoon —ln re Sir l y t " Crystal Palace, October 31, 1856. , p o y letter of 3h inflent, I beg "" say that all transfers our of shares for th whic ot h certificates of thehave b een i ssue d, as we ll as th ose entered on the register of shareholders of the company, will be ad mitted and considered valid.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. " To George Webb, Esq., Secretary to the Committee, Stocks xchange:, " The committee of the St . ck Exchange, considering the above to be s a ti s f ac t ory , so far as relates to transfers of shares in that situation, have resolved unanimously— " That the resolution respecting Crystal Palace shares, passed on the 27th ult., be not confirmed.' "By order of the Committee. " G "Monday, 3(1 N ov ., 1856. EORGE WEBB, Secretary. The large arrival of specie announced yesterday, viz., about 350,0001., hastened to impart increased confidence among those interested in the progress of monetary affairs, because if the James Baines is soon announced with 700,0001., which she is known to have on board, there is a fair prospect of an addition being made to the stock of bullion in the Bank of England, as the purchases of gold on behalf of the Bank of France are less active, and there is an absence of withdrawals from Thread needle-street. This being the fourth of the month, there is increased pressure in the disceunt market, as the amount of bills now due is very considerable. As parties have been making active preparations during the last few days for these engagements, it is not expected that more than the usual amount of embarassment will be experienced. The French Funds on the Bourse, yesterday, eX perienced very little alteration, but they were a trifle lower. The latest prices of the 3 per Cent. Rentes was 66f. 80c. for money, and 67f. 10c. for account. The liquidation of the account was effected without difficulty, and the public continue their purchases for investment. After the sudden advance in the English Stock Market yesterday, it might have been expected that a reaction would have ensued, and the decline off per cent., which has taken place this morning, is therefore not surprising. Purchasers at lower prices have been tempted to realise their profits, and the market consequently is drooping. At the present moment, however, there is less weakness than at the commencement of business, and the tendency is towards recovery. Consols have been 93 to 93k, and since 92 1 I for money and the Gth Proximo. They are now 921 93 for transfer, and 93 1 for December. There have been dealings in New Threes at 92i f and in the Reduced 911 92i, and in the 5 per Cents. at 114. Exchequer -Bills are par to 3s. premium, and ; the Bonds are 98 _ _ There have been very few dealings in the Foreign Market, and yesterday's prices have not been maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are marked 91 to 91+, and the 4 per Cents. have also been nomi nally lower. Portuguese 3 per Cents. brought 43 1, Sardinian 5 per Cents. 891, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 951. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7+ ; Mexi can, 211 n ; Peruvian 4% per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41+ ; ditto Deferred, 23?, 24; ditto Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, 6 I. An active business has been done in Railway Shares this morning, although prices generally have exhibited a decline of about / to A per cent. Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midland, and South Eastern have been 10s. lower. Grand Trunk of Canada havo improved ss. East Indian, Great Western of Canada, and Paris and Lyons are steady. In Joint• Stock Bank Shares the dealings have been limited, but Bank of Egypt and London and Westminster have slightly improved, the for mer ss. and the latter 15$. Union of Australia and Union of London are well maintained. There have been some transactions in Miscellaneous Shares at enhanced prices. Australian Agricultu ral are quoted 23 24!, and Canada Government 6 per Cents. 1131, but Peninsular and Oriental Steam have receded to 68k. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official List.) 80..inp... done. Bank Stock .. . 2l2} 14 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 24 3 per Cent. Censela Annuities 93 - 4 - 2i 3 24 3 Tier , !'. ner rent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities ... Long Annuities, expire sth ,Tan. 1860... 2 13-16 15-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 11.16 Bonds, .41000 ...... ........ ....... 4 p • Consols ?or Awonnt 93!. 21 4 E vehequgz Bills ; 44d. eve par 3 p r mail Pi • Ditto - Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent. 9SS a PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... . Portuguese Bonds, ti per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent .. .............. Sardinian Bonr-l.s, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 42 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 'Ditto Account Turkish .fonds, 6 per cent 9l Ditto Account ricieuriA or. the shorn onvable in London. Dutch Exchange, per Cen;., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols (Money) 92,i 93 Ditto, account, November 6 92k 93 LOCAL SHARE Iif!AREETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov 3. STOCE EXOHANGE.—The market was active to-day, at slight advance upon the rates of Saturday. Caledonian, 28!;—Eastern Counties, 91 Cs 3d.—East Lancashire, 20,1 — Lancashire and Yorkshire, .95„ —London and North Wes tern, 104'1—Manchester ShetHelds, r nd Lincoln, 3 Midlands, 7W, —Newry and Wp . 2 rrennoint, 51—North- Eastern and Berwick, 20 20 1 —Sonth'Ensterns, 2 Great Western of Canada (new shares), 2/. 18s. 9d. 3 2k. MANCHESTER, Nov. 3. STOOK EXOHMIGE.—The market was active, and prices had an upward tendency throughout the day. Rochdale Canal, 83 ,—Sheffields, 34$— East Lancashire, 201—Ditto, Fifths, p.—Dovers, 2 4 — Midlands, 708—Cheshire Junc tion, 17i—Sheffie1ds, Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 68:1, — Caledonian, 28k—Great Western of Canada, 25i — Ditto, new, 2 15-16 p.—Leeds, 95 A —London, 104. BIRMINGHAM. Nov. 3. STOOS EXCIRANGE.—The market was firm to-day, p=in's improved, and there was a con , iderable amount of business done. Great Western Birmingham Pieferenee there* were done at 10i—London and South Westerns at I"`"*Binainghara Canals at 9 1i—Shropthire Banks at Ak :TrAttrwork slumat 36i. 20 23 50 20 Shr. 20 elj t. 20 31 2e it. 50 4t. St. Illh SU I !N.M. COMpan , , , KET •T H kLi.-t, Alt E MARKETS 77 11 1S DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices flab day. BUsineu done Ibis day. 4k - 44 .« ''^' 8f - 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 13 92 91 56i (7 35 - 37 •H ~~ M ~ 94 - 104 16? j - 174 ek 913 35 - 37 23 - 25 7 - 5 81 83 54 56 343 - 35 8 - 8i 93i 946 83 --- 85 L 24 126 14 - 116 65 65i 60 62 71 - 74 53 - 6A 5A - 95 95, 6i 7,4 106 108 1011 1054 1 p g d 1054 1061 3ii : 35 1 id 79 - so 51 53 .~ -- •N ~~ ii = 15 49 51 3i Std 37i 38i •” ... 80 - 81 5f - 31 - 2* 17 -18 58 59 94 - 98 •bl 5d 6 66 10 11 26 28 101 - 103 21 - 25 68 70 47 -- 49 1 15} 16i 714 - 72 77 - 79 5 - 3d 2 - 1 14 - 16 37 - 39 • co ''''"' igi - 191 5 - 54 • 0 ii - ii 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 7 :- 9 4ArLwAre. Ambg. Nottug. Best. znd &stn. Junet... Belfast h Ballymena. Filming. Wo'verb is Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh , Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chosh. 4 Birk., Blackburn .... Tyno or flOO 1100 1100 Tall 1£25. at kiristolnnd Emete Caledonian ,Choster di Ifolylicad Cork and Bandon._ Cork, Black, sk Pas Cornwall Do. A 1.00 tall 400 100 100 -LOO 100 100 100 130 100 100 100 i all all 100 100 si, 24 1 100! all Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Anglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A Stl Be, B. Stock. Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Gimp Edinb. and Peebles • Ediu. Prth &D 1117 dot Forth & Clyde .Jan;. Furness. Do. Extension Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Westorn Do. Stour Val. Rail Gun. Stk .. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Nov Thirds... ... Laucash. and - forks!'. Do., Wst. aiding u n Do. Southiort Leaden St Blackwall Lond. Bright St S.Cst, Load. and N. Westn, Do. Fifths iD0.101.811.,M&13.„C Do. Eighths i London andS. Westr LndndrryliColeraine Litchi irry. & Ennisk t Wanch.Shef. & Litwin Do., Man. & Lin. Um etropoli tan Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement midland )0. Birmng. & Derb Widld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Hnniskille Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk gorthn.Connties Ern North British gth Devon Rail Bl Dock Stock Jo., A Stock , ►o., B Stock , N.lisstern—Berwi;ii 00. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?uxeh Do. Leeds Do. York Korth London ".&S.Watrn.,Hain stlad, and City Ja North Staffordshir iorth Western.... ! & S.Westrn.Jl.lll' 'x., Wore., & Woh. 'orts:aouth Rhymney . 'cottish Central... Scot. N. E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St 3nrop4hire I'm _ _ Sitingbourne kSheer. 3 Ontn Devon 3oath Eastern...., oath Wales . 1. Yrk oh. ds Riv. Dnr ILI ......... 1 , :Lines, Wok StWol tookton & Darling. Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 ;torkten 4c Hartlip. !aff Vale )o. Pref., No. 1 flames Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath 'Vaterfd. & Kilkenn; sVaterford&Limericl West Cornwall West End of Londor and. Crystal Palace Do. A ...... Do. B West London Do. First Class .. Do. Second Clasg.4 Wimbledn &Croydon FOREIGN. Antwerptiiitott re Ardennes Relgian Eastn. Junt %sten to Graissessr Rombay, Banda, am een.lndia, g. 5 p. e Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara Dritsh Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Eastern Bengal East Indian A and B, g. 5 p, ........ iDo. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c iDo. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.;s 7 Do. do. dr., 'si, dr. :Euphrates Valley In.,Tu.Tel.Rail. Geelong ,k Melbourn , guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk of Canad a Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran , . Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c recut Luxembour.; GI t.Woltern of Canad Do. New Do. Eds., pvable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Italian Junction...... Luke Contd. & Basl. Liorre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. o.p. Gyons and Geneva Lyons 3 Mediterran kte.dras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. a. Do. 4i D. c. Eaten Do. SdEx., g. sp. Karin Antonti Do. do. New Namur & Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Prof Northern of France. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons....;, Paris and Orleans—. Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, Rome and Frascati., toyal Daniali ...., Royal Swedish ... Sambre and Meuse,. Do. 64 p. cent, Prof %lade, guar. 5 p. c, Do . - ", - mthern of France., it. Andrew's au Quebec (A)„. 'Neat Flanders...... Do. per c. Pref.. 4I N. W. of Franc. Western of Austria... West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden . ...... Do. 8 per cent. Pref. fovtlana -- lid 11 i - i P 4i -- 4i 1 - it - 11 - lip 34 - 3 4 10 - 11 22} 22i - 2 22 -22 i Cpl, 93 - 24 ill -12 i - 82 3 - 41; 21 -21 A 1 - lip - 4i 5 24i -15 i 24 - Sp 99 - 101 123 123 123 - 128 100 111 'M ~ •~. ..d n- 4 p 7 - B p. 19 -20 i, 2 * 11 - 22 - 1 8 - g. - 37 - 20 f 374 8 - 9 50 -59 i 43 - 50 par -- i p i ..- li 9i lot —10 i 9 -... 2 —.. 2ip ... ... ..0 .-- pm 4$ - 4g 9 3 / 4 - 10 332 - - . .... •.. .IOINT-3TOUS. BANKB,; 1 Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C Britt 211 N. Aracrizan Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrt,d. Brk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Cloternorolal of Loud Fnr.cet.&A.us.Cbt• Lord. Chart. Bk. of Australia Dittr> • No , ' .. . London and County Lnet. &E. B n k g. Corp London Joint Stock London and Paris Lond. & Westminster National Pro.et Itlig Do. New.. ........ National Bank New South Walez, oriental Ek. Corp._ Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland, Do. N0w....... .. . Cr a Aus B &Go Int e Month Australia .„ . . ' Union of Australia Do. New Union of London WOlitern Bk o' Lond 08 -- 100 - --- 65 - 67 ••• ••• lA A d 70 16; - 17 20j -21 i 20 -- 21 1 - 3P • •• • • ... .0. ... ..." Ir. to. 46 47 39 40 3i 3d 33 - 35 63 - 65 6j - 7i RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley Bnckghamsh. Clydesdal Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New' Glstr.4 Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Hull & Salve Do. 4Shares.. Do. i Sharet. Lon.&Greouw Do. Preference Lon.,TH.,k s . Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. ' 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rode. g 6 p.c. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est. 6 p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & ye Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Vallaygr 6 per cent Do Wiltseomrst London Az N. West. CaWan._ E.U.&E.O Gt.Nrthn. E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn Yk. Now. Berw. Y. &NM , Do Do S. Hastert Do. Peto 4k Co De Norfolk Do L. & N. Vi r & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland 1 En. Conn. E. Count Do Do L. & N.W Do Northn Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. br Darlingt Do iGareitn. • 0 fUES 1) A Clo.in yesterdly. minus this tay. 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 - 14 114 - 136 { ... 44 .. .... ... 1106 - 107 121 - 13 221 - 23? 108 •- 112 1) a•-• 2# - 2i 911. - 93 5b - 57 134 - 138 n 8 i 3i 3d 33 - 24 90 --; 92 E LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. (Before the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) Mr. Rolt, with whom were Mr. J. Brown and Mr. Gifford, moved, this morning, to dissolve the injunction which had been granted by his honour to restrain Mr. C. Lee, the official assignee of the bank in bank ruptcy, and Mr. J. Johnstone, the bankruptcy mes senger, and their respective solicitors and agents from in any manner acting upon an order of the Court of Bankruptcy in this matter, dated the 10th of October, or disturbing Mr. Harding, the official manager ap pointed by the Court of Chancery, in his possession of the estate of the bank. The learned counsel also showed cause against the rule nisi which had been granted by the Vice-Chancellor for the committal of Mr. Lee and Mr. Johnstone for a contempt of court, on the ground of their having interfered with Mr. Harding in his possession of the pro perty of the bank, and he also moved that Mr. Harding, the official manager, might be ordered forthwith to hand over to Mr. Lee, the official assignee, all monies and securities in his posses sion, and to do all acts necessary to put Mr. Lee into complete possession of the estate and effects of the bank. With regard to the alleged contempt, the learned counsel stated that the bankruptcy messenger retired from the bank premises upon the order of Mr. Harding, but that shortly afterwards, in consequence of an ar rangement between Mr. Harding and the Messrs. Link later, the solicitors to the bankruptcy proceedings, the bankruptcy messenger returned to the premises, it being, however, understood that he should not in any manner interfere with Mr. Harding's possession, until the ques tion whether Chancery proceedings could go on against the bank simultaneously with the proceedings in bank. ruptcy. No contempt had ever been committed, or was in tended to be committed by any person connected with this case of the order of the Court of Cnancery, and it would seem that the bill to restrain the official assignee and the bankruptcy messenger from interfering with Mr. Harding's possession, and to commit them for contempt of Court for having so interfered, was simply to obtain costs. With respect to the question whether the bank could be proceeded against simultaneously in the Court of Chancery and the Court of Bankruptcy, the learned Counsel referred to the last act of Parliament relating to the winding up of joint-stock companies, and contended that it was manifest, from the language of the act, that it was not its effect, neither was it the intention of its framers, to prevent the two proceedings going on together in the two Courts. The act itself, in fact, ex pressly mentions that, upon the consent of the official assignee in bankruptcy of a joint-stock com pany, unable to meet its engagements, proceedings might be instituted in Chancery for the purpose of more effectually winding up its affairs. He contended that the legal estate of the bankrupt was at this moment in vested in the official assignee in bankruptcy, and that by a title anterior to that of Mr. Harding, inasmuch as the adjudication in bankruptcy related back to an act of bankruptcy which was committed by the bank on a day previous to that on which Mr. Harding was appointed official manager by the Court of Chancery, and that without his authority no action at law could be insti tuted against any of the debtors of the bank for the re covery of money due to the bank ; that the proceedings in bankruptcy would speedily and cheaply divide the assets amongst the creditors ; whereas the case would be different if the proceedings were to be exclusively in the Court of Chancery, and that it was the intention of the Legislature in such cases as these to permit the creditors to institute proceedings in bankruptcy, and leave the shareholders to adjust the claims between each other in the Court of Chancery. The motion of Mr. Rolt is opposed on behalf of Mr. Harding, the official manager, appointed by the Vice- Chancellor, by Mr. Glasse, and Mr. Lewis. The arguments are expected to occupy the whole of to-day and to-morrow. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. :Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Bramwell.) PREFERENCE SHARES. BlythandTyne lOpe) a. pref. (issd. at 501 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. fihes.SiHo. Gu. 5,# pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonslp.e Dua.Prth Aber.3. E. Anglian Cls. A Sb . Do. do. Cls. B 613. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. Do. No. 8. Do. New 6 p. o. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lanca.h. 6p. cts E. &W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. PAIL &Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. & S. W. G. 5 p. o Great North". 5 p. c Do. 5 p. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. Do. 4i p.c De.s p. c.,Red. at t p. c• Gt.N. of Scot.lstPrt at. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. W.(B. H.Exspc Do. con. red. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester 8 p. c. Y. Do, do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Glut. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. , o. do. do Do. do. d 0...... ... Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. a. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 p0.N0.1 Do. P., spo. St.No.2 Do. New Quar.6 n. Do. do. 5 p, c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares Lundy. & Cofer. Sh. Londy.&Ennis.i Sh L.,6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent ifarypt .& Carl. 4 p D 0.4 per cent Do. do. Kid. Consol.6 Do. Con.Br.l'iir.6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. s Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., dic., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. e. Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 54 per c.pf.,1847 Do. Wv.V.6p0.,1847 North British N. E. Perw, 4 p.o. P. Do. do. do Do,„ Leeds 6 p.c tNo.I Do. do. 4rE., 1848 . • • Do.Yorkll.& S. Fur. North Staffordshire.. Ox,Wo,kW., 6 pc._ Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Soot. Cont. ,New Prof 'Se.N.E. Abu'. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. Do. do., 3.) p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed,44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p c sh S Wales Gus. 4p. o Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.anar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c Do: do. do Stock. & Hart'. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Viraterfd. & Kilk.epo ii iao ii - 5 6 -- 64 108 P - 11i - 75 - 77 ... ..... .36 - 118 LOO - 111 LO3 - 105 61 - 63 10 - 10} 6 - 93 - 95 86 - 88 86 - 88 98 - 100 10 - 17 - 17: 10 Rh 70 - 72 104 - 20 , 1 0i -15 i 1 136 138 .. . ... 135 - 137 144 - 116 ,; 7ZZ "-- 1156 - 158 ••• - ••• 1 - i 66 - 70 • •• .... 136 - 138 98 - 100 87 -8) 1 - lii ... -- ... as. -- ... ••• '...... ••• Lei —lO4 92 94 lf .•• .•. i - 7 is liii : ios 60 - 65 15 - 16 23 - 24 100 - 102 9/ - 10 a• '..' VIII -• 28 - 3p 110 100 i P ip 121 HILL V. KENSITT. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not he granted in this case, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The action was tried at the sittings after last term, before the Lord Chief Baron, and a verdict returned for the plain tiff. The action was for goods sold and delivered in the shape of clothes. The defendant pleaded that he was not liable, being under age ; to which there was a re plication that the goods were necessaries. It appeared that the defendant was articled to his father, a city attorney, who supplied him with ample credit at a city tailor's, and he was at the time he contracted the plaintiff's debt 11! years of age. The city tailor supplied the son with goods, who no doubt the father °moldered would fashion his son according to cut and fit sufficient for an articled clerk in the city. The son, however, appeared to fancy the west-end cut and fashion, and called on the defendant, to whom, it was said on the trial, he was introduced by a banker ; but on cross examination the banker did not sustain his character, but appeared to be a youth about the defendant's own age. On that introduction the goods were supplied, and great stress was laid, at the time of the trial, on the goods having been sent to the father's residence ; but that he (the learned counsel) contended had nothing to do with the case, which rested on the question whether the defendant was not sufficiently supplied, and that the goods in dispute were not necessary. The learned judge very fairly left the case to the jury, who found for the plaintiff, as juries generally did in such cases. The plaintiff had the singular good fortune to have four tailors on the jury. Mr. Baron Alderson—Then there was not a full jury? ,Laughter.) Mr. Knowles said he did not move on that ground. (Laughter.) No doubt the plaintiff thought he had a very fair jury, and no doubt appreciated our glorious institutions, especially trial by jury, when he got home and congratulated himself on the verdict. (Laughter.) The bill amounted in six months to 321. 6s. ready money, or 861. 17e. 6d. for credit, and comprised four coats, rather more than four waistcoats, and four pairs of buckskin angola trousers, for which latter he appeared to have a marked predilection. (Laughter.) During this time the City tailor was supplying the defendant with similar articles in the City style, not omitting the buckskin angola trousers. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron, after consulting his learned brethren, said he thought sufficient had been stated by the learned counsel for the issue of a rule for the reduc• tion of the amount of the debt. Ho thought there were some points in the case that required further considera• tion. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ,Before Mr. Justices Creswell, Crowder, and Willes.) PRIOKET V. BADGER. Mr. M. Chambers moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside on the ground of misdirection.' This action was tried at the last Guildford Assize, when a verdict of 50/. was returned for the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a land and house agent, of Holborn, and the defendant is the Lord of the Manor of Highbury, and employed the plaintiff to sell 14 acres of land in the Seven Sisters Road, for not less than 0501. per acre. The plaintiff f oun d a pur chaser, after which it was discovered there was a dispute about the title, and the purchase was not completed. The action was brought for services rendered. Rale granted. IN RE COLLOP. Mr. Bernard moved for a rule to enable a married woman to dispose of her property. It appeared that she was married in 1829, bu t owing to the dissipated habits of her husband was separated from hi m i n 1855, and since that he had be en convicted of felony at Chelms. ford, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation, and she had not seen or heard of him since, Rule granted. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.) AN ECCENTRIC LANDLORD - TANNER V. RAEFORD: This was an action for the recovery of rent for the use and occupation of a house. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff is the son of a person who possessed during his lifetime a considerable quantity of honse pro perty in the neighbourhood and, nd d r: a o mon o g n, st a o n t d he w r h e o cc w e a n s . alsotric a very ities he p ec o c ss e e n s t s r e ic d Pther:vne'ry uncommon one of never making his tenants pay up their rent, and from careless ness or a mistaken notion of kindness he allowed his house property to get into arrears to the extent of a 1,0001. a-year. 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The plaintiff knowing the cocci tricities of his father declined during his lifetime prosaic lg . the defendant, who had on one occasion been distrainet I on, but on his going to the father and putting on a long face was relieved from the pressure, and all went well. On the death of the father the plaintiff went to the defendant and informed him of it, and gave h. im notice to pay rent to him. The defendant had omit ;fed to do so, and the plaintiff having been ill, had not been able to attend to his business, and the arrears ha d accordingly arisen, The action was to recover the bulance of four years rent, at 24./. per annum. TEE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN TEE UNITED STATES. The Free•soil journals of New York no longer diOpute the decided victory .of the Democrats in the Pennsylvanian election. The Tribune says : The last report from Pennsylvainia leaves no doubt of a Buchanan majority at the State election. The State ticket of that party is chosen by some 5,000 majority in between 400,000 and 500,000 votes. That majority can be overcome at the' Presidential election just,at hand. We do not say that it will be. Thousands of votes were polled illegally by the winning party. They may or may not be able to repeat the operation. On the other hand, there are thousands of Quakers and other quiet citizens who will vote for President who did not vote at the State election. On at least two former occasions the gains to onr side between the State and the Presidential election were amply large enough to secure us a triumph now. It may be so again. The New York, Daily Times learns, from very good. authority, that the Quakers took no part in the late election, and did not go to the polls at all. There can not be less than 20,000 of them who will vote for Fre mont in November. There are at least as many Ger mans, whom it was unreasonable to expect to vote the American ticket, which was the only one then in nomi nation, but three-r.lerths of whom will vote against the extension of 8 1 2.7.n . y, and in favour of Fremont. The same journal expresses its belief that with a vigorous and energetic personal canvas of the whole State, the Penn sylvanian vote for Fremont may be secured by 15,000 majority. The fact is, Pennsylvania has never voted alike at her State elections and in the presidential con tests immediately succeeding. In 1840 she elected the democratic State ticket at the October election by a majority of several thousand ; yet in November followinz she gave Harrison her electoral vote. In 1848 she elected a wbig governor by less than a thousand ; in November she gave Taylor over 13,000 majority. It is calculated that Fremont can afford to lose Indiana, New Jersey, and California, if he carries Pennsylvania. But what his chances are of carrying either of these three States it is not easy now to say. The New York Herald, however, refuses these conso lations, and admits that the victory of Buchanan and a democratic majority in Congress sweep at once to the winds and to oblivion all the efforts of the North in re ference to slavery, and all their aims with regard to its non-extension. It will confirm and inaugurate the doc trines of the Ostend manifesto, and proclaim to the world that the Government of the United States, with the full and deliberate sanction of the people, was pre pared to wrest Cuba from its rightful owners." (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) In the 14 States first mentioned in the annexed schedule elections have been held within the last three months, which have resulted, politically, as here re corded. True, it does not certainly follow that they will vote the same way at the Presidential election, though there is not one of them which we think is less likely to go Democratic at the Presidential election than it was at the State election. The next 11 States we regard as nearly certain to vote as they are here classified. Electoral Votes. States. Democratic. Opposition. Missouri lowa Arkansas 4 ... 0 North Carolina Xentucky Texas 'Vermont 0 ... 5 Maine Delaware (Inspectors) 3 ... 0 Florida South Carolina Pennsylvania . .... 27 ... 0 Ohio 0 ... 23 Indiana 14 States 93 Virginia Georgia Alabama 9 Mississippi Louisana 6 California Illinois ll New Jersey 7 Tennessee Massachusetts 0 Rhode Island Total in 25 States... 174 ... 57 The following States may be classed as doubtful, viz. : New Hampshire Connecticut New York Michigan Wisconsin Maryland 8 35 Although we think Buchanan has an even chance in the six last-mentioned States in the aggregate, yet were they all to go for Fremont, they would swell his number of electoral votes only to 122, which is 27 less than the number necessary to elect him. On the other hand, Mr. Buchanan has 174 electoral votes, or 25 more than the number necessary to elect him, without counting any of the 65 doubtful votes. But giving him half of them, which is fair, he would have a total of 2063, or 57i more than the number necessary to elect him. The only thing which can endanger the result, as it seems to us, is a feeling of security on the part of the Buchanan men, which shall cause them to relax their efforti. This idea must not be tolerated for a moment. There are only two weeks before the election, and it would be madness, in the midst of the battle, to rest on the advantages already gained. No ; while the victory is within their reach, it is only to be gained by the most strenuous efforts. Don't let Ahem be caught napping. SUFFERINGS OF TEE GREW OF THE TAY ON LOBOS ISLAND. The following is a letter written at fit. Thomas by one of the wrecked, and gives some particulars of the sufferings of the crew on Lobos Island : " The Tay struck on Cape Roxo, in the Gulf of Mexico, at 5 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20. The scene on board was most awful. The monster steamer rolled about as if in its last agony—the captain cool and collected. All the boats, lowered and manned, stood off at a short distance. Hideous sharks surrounded us, and seemed to mark us for their prey. Between the raging seas there was a sort of lull, by which the boats c o uld communicate with the ship. The surf was dreadful to look at. If it had been rough weather not a soul would have been alive half an hour after the ship struck. As soon as possible one of the life boats was despatched to Tampic o , i n c h arge of the mail agent, with the mails and passenge rs , to obtain as s i s t ance . Th e on l y th ings that could b e got from the ship for the officers and crew, were some biscuit, salt pork, a few live fowls and turkeys, and about five or six gallons of water. The captain's gig was loaded with some barns, candles, jams, jellies, the captain's private goods and clothes, some of the officers' private clothes, some valuables„ and three men. The gig drifted round to the stern of the Tay, and after being knocked about like a shuttlee,ock she was thrown bottom upwards. Two of the men 'sere dragged below by sharks, and never appeared after-Nerds. The other made his ap pearance, resting on three oars which he had grasped. He truly represented a strong roan in agony. He battled with the raging surf, and got ashore safely, although sharks were all aroudd. him. At 1I a.m. the ship was deserted, the captain being the l as t to leave. 99 persons were now cast adrift, with scarcely provisions enough for a single meal. It was irepossible to le a d anywhere near Cape Roxo, because of Vie violence of the surf. At intervals a low small island could be discerned se vera l miles distant, and this was cur only hope of safety. Th e captain declared that i the island of Lobos, and probably water would be afo und t h e re. n Hand e recomme ben ded th a t a ll th e boats should go all to trust in , n God, and takecare of thei r lives.rtuned he recommended At one p.m. the chief officer led the way in his boat to the island, the captain in the dingy bringing up the rear. We reached the island soon after 4 p.m., but found the surf rolling mountains high, forming apparently an im pregnable wall around it. We waited for the captain, to know what should be done. Captain Strutt examined various parts of the island, and at length he saw what he considered an opening, and he entered it, the dingy being light, and landed. He was to wave a handkerchief close by a hut seen on the island if we were to follow. No handkerchief waved. At length the captain came off again. He said the loaded boats could not get in ; the dingy must take in a few at a time. Ty this means we all landed, after great difficulties. It was a sandy beach studded with rocks. A man with a boat-hook stood on the bow of the dingy, and guided her in through an avenue of rocks. Before everything was landed and the boats made fast it was nearly dark. All were pale, hag gard, and tired. All hands were, however, piped, and Captain Strutt, with a voice choked with emotion, offered thanks to Almighty God for our great deliverance. Every one was in tears. Nothing could be more solemn or affecting than this scene. Tae island on which we were was about three miles in. circumference. We wan dered about, and found braneath two fine trees iron fun nels driven into two 'dells to prevent the sand from , getting . into the water. The we ll s did no t seem t o pro name a very;lsupply signs of visitors of water. There were other having been on the island. After a small piece of biso - eit, a little grog, and a scrap of pork, had been one given to every one, we prepared for rest. Every wanr i aered about se e ki ng at every bush a shelter for the night. A light e d l amp was hung up in a tree. Many a sl.rong iron-looking man was subdued that night, and rent secretly on his knees imploring succour from Heaven. We all rested on the ground with nothing over us but our day clothes. The island was brilliant with fire flies, and snakes and lizards crawled over us. The rolling sea, beating and expending itself in angry surges on the tiny spot on which we were resting, was thun dering all night in our ears, Sunday morning arrived. It was feared that the wells - would be dry after we had emptied them of the smell quantity of water found in them, but this was not the case, for soon afterwards the springs filled the wells again. All hands were piped again, and prayers were read. A slight break • fast of biscuit and pork or cheese was served out. The captain asked for volunteers to visit the wreck, to see what could be saved from her. Numbers of men volunteered to go, and they started for the wreck, but could not approach it, the sea had so increased in vio lence. Men were occupied on our solitary island in shooting sea gulls and pelicans, which abound there, and we fed on the birds. After 'prayers in the evening we laid down again with heavy hearts. Tormented with hideous land crabs, which caused horrible disgust as they crawled over us, Monday morning rose to no better prospects. The captain and volunteers again visited the wreck. No better luck this time, There was no ap proaching the wreck. Hunted for turtle eggs, and found quantities. Although plenty of turtle were there, they cauld not be caught. Passed. another miserable day i half starved, and no good prospects. The captain read prayers, and all laid down to try to find rest for both body and mind, for the third night. Tuesday morning, after prayers and breakfast, a party went again to the wreck, and this time succeeded in getting on board, and took away from her several sheep and fowls that were nearly dead. On hearing of this success, two more boats went off directly, and got stew pans, lamps, blankets, and a few beds, pillows, &c. Found the poor cow alive, but much exhausted. Could not get her out then, for the weather was threatening, and the captain made us all leave for our solitary home. In the course of the day our mourning was turned into joy —a steamer was seen bearing d own upon us. T his was a Mexican war steamer sent from Tampico to our relief. We got all on board of her that day, and went and saved the poor cow. The captain of the Mexican war steamer would not delay any time, for if bad weather had come on it would not have been safe there. We got everything off our island by Tuesday night, and were comfortable on board the war steamer. Our minds were now more at ease, for the worst had passed. On Wednesday night we reached Tampico. Here we were a month waiting for the Conway to take us to St. Thomas, where we should be shipped for England. What with anxiety, fatigue, exposure, and bad living, half of the offi cers and crew were laid up with ague and fever at Tam pico. We were placed in a house which was infested with centipedes, scorpions, enamets, and mosquitoes, which nearly drove every one mad. Those who were well enough went up Tampico river shooting alligators with some Americans. At length our deliverance came. The chief portion of the officers and crew were brought off in the Conway. At Havannah a number of the crew went into the American merchant service. They obtained employment easily, because sailors were wanted, and they were preferred because they had excited interest on acoount of the sufferings they had undergaue. At St. Thomas a number of the crew were engaged, so that only the officers and about 35 of the crew will go home to England. Many of the men engaged at St. Thomas went down to the Spanish main. LOJW PALATERSTOYS VISIT TO MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, MONDAY. Great interest is felt here in the visit of the Premier, who has never before visited Manchester. A special meeting of the City Council was held this morning, at the Town hall, to agree to an address to be presented to his lordship. The Mayor • (Mr. Jas. Watts) presided, and there was a full attendance of aldermen and councillors. Mr. Alderman NEILD, in moving the adoption of the following address, said his lordship was fully entitled to their highest esteem and consideration ; and he had no doubt the Council would have equal pleasure with him self in awarding to his lordship any honour that they could bestow. The Town Clerk then read the address, as follows : " TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, K,G,, M.P. " We, the mayor, aldermen, and councillors of the city of Manchester, beg to offer to your lordship, on this your first visit, a most re3pectful and cordial welcome. IVe rejoice in the opportunity thus afforded to us to de• clare the high estimation in which we hold the distin guished services which you have rendered to your coun try by the great ability with which you have discharged, through a long, eventful, and laborious public life the important duties of the various offices in the Government which have been entrusted to you. We especially acknow ledge our obligation to your lordship ror undertaking in a crisis of great difficulty the highest and most respon sible office in the Slate, and for administering the affairs of the nation in that capacity as to bring the war, in which this country was unfortunately, though justly and unavoidably, engaged, to a successful iSsue, " We rejoice, too, in the presence of your lordship among us, because we feel that the intercourse and com munication of eminent statesmen with the people of the manufacturing districts are calculated to produce in their minds a truer knowledge of the vast interests with which those districts are identified than they can otherwise obtain, while at the same time they are calculated to establish a mutual sympathy between them and the com munity at large which cannot fail to be socially and politically beneficial. " As the municipal representatives of this city we refer with particular interest to the important measures which, under the sanction and advice of your lordship, were recommended to the Legislature in her most gra cious Majesty's Speech from the Throno at the com mencement of the late session ; and we confidently trust that her Majesty's Government will press forward with earnestness and determination those measures which ai e necessary for the relief of shipping from the taxation to which it is at present wrongfully subjected, and thus relieve the trade and commerce of the country from im posts so impolitic and unjust. " We fervently hope that among the blessings of the peace which, by the instrumentality of your lordship's administration, has now happily been restored, will be the devotion of your lordship's efforts, and those of your collengnee, to such objects of general improvement as may remove existing grievances and increase the pros perity a n d coutentmeet of all classes of the community; respectf u ll y venture, i n re f erence to the future policy of y our lordship's administration, to make use of the emphatic language once addressed by your lo the Ministers of the day, and express a hope 'that the of the country the peopl e b y ma i n t a i n i ng , no t in this Government will found their claim to the approbation peleese.ri,d,,ancyalone, but ev er y w h ere w h ere their measures may extend, the a of wise, just, and enlightened princi adAdrledsezatannd it SirwJa.sPuouaTnTEimnosoecsloyndaegdretelidetaod. option of the The following letter, addressed to the Mayor of Man chester by Lord Palmerston, was then read highly gratified by pueh or three days, and I obeli feel I "I shall be at Sir B. Heywood son Tuesday for two LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(Thiz Day.) LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Arrived— Culloden, from Liverpool, for the Cape of Good Hope ; H. M.Str. Santander, westward. PLYMOUTH, Nov. j. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Richibucto, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov. 3.—Thai Star, which went on shore on the 29th ult., at the back , itf the bar has since broken u p, and the wreck sold by auction. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 3. —Wind S.W.—Sailed —William Hutt, for Havana. JERSEY, Nov. 2.—Wind E.—Arrived—Calesta, from Honduras. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Clementina, Trio, and Credo, from Cardiff; Provieeuce, Plymouth. Sailed—Columbine, for Lisbon ; Clara, and Vesta, Sun derland ; Miriam and Clippea, Cardiff; Stamboul, Ports mouth. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.S.E. Armenio, screw steamer, which aarrivod at this port yesterday, from Messina, has brought home the crew of the Dauntless , wrecked at Gibraltar. A steamer supposed to be from Drogheda, is ashore on Crosby Point. The Windsor, steamer, from Dublin, is asore on East Hoyle. Sailed—Crest of the Wave, for Kongkong. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 2. Wind S. Arrived—Mary Jane, from Shields, for New York (rud der damaged, and making water) ; Patriotess, Callao ; Po mona, Taganrog ; Alcyope, Africa ; Ebenezer, Labrador. Passed—Speed, from Cuba, for London; Jura, (s.s.), Liverpool, Corfu. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, S.W.; tide, three•quarters ebb; light, and hazy. Arrived, Nov. 4 —Prover, from Antwerp ; Canton, Rot• terdam ; Head, Guernsey. Sailed—Leipsic, steamer, for Tonning ; Neptune, steamer, Hamburg. DELL, Tuesday, 9.37 S.M. Wind W.N.W., light and hazy. Passed, Nov. 3—Holyrood (s.s.), from London, for 'Limerick. Passed, Nov. 4—H.M.S. Vesuvius, from Portsmouth, for London; Amarantia, London, Denis. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—Yesterday, according to arrangements .made by the official manager, the ship Hornet, from Calcutta, Captain B. Stacey, 1,206 tons register, belongingto Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., was seized in the name of the Court of Chancery, on her -r -rival off Deal, and she is now lying in the Victoria (London) Docks, under the care of Messrs. Bennett and Aspinwall, the rokers acting for the official manager. The vessel was mortgaged to the Royal British Bank by Mr. Humphrey Brown, and somequently under the winding up of the bank forms part of the assets to be divided among the depositors and creditors. The value of the ship and freight is estimated at not less than 20,0001. The claims of about 1,100 creditors, amount ing in the aggregate to 120,0001., were proved on Satnr day by the _ official manager, at the chambers of Vice. Chancellor Kindersley, and it is expected that at the end of the present month all the claims sent in up to Saturday will have been examined and proved, and on the completion of the proofs the official manager proposes applyin to the court for liberty to pay a dividend of sp. in tho pound, an address as that which you mention; and I would beg to suggest that you might communicate with Sir B. Hey. wood as to the best time at which I might have the plea full sure of receiving it.—l am, my dear sir, yours very faith y, " PALMERSTON." It was then arranged that the address should be pre sented to his lordship at the Town -hall on Thursday next. LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. No. XII. By Ch ar l es Dickens. The Dorrits are still upon th e i r I talian travels —a-pleasuring. The principal p or ti on of the No vember number for 1856 (No. xii.) is oc cup i e d b y a circumstantial account of their doings in the pa laces and among the grandees of Venice. Mr. Dorrit being " much among C ou nt s an d Mar quises." Mr. Tinklor, his valet, being in attend ance. M rs . G enera l b e i ng access ibl e at stated times to the valet, and anybody else connected with the great Hou se o f D orr i t, sea t e d i n one of the Venetian palace-halls, with her feet on " a little square of carpet, so extremely diminutive in re ference to the size of her stone and marble floor, that she looked a s if s h e might have had it spread for the trying on of a ready-made pa i r of shoes ; or as if she had come into possession of the en chanted piece of carpet, bought for forty pieces by ono of the three princes in the Arabian Nights, and had that moment been transported on it, at a wish, into a palatial saloon with which it had no connection." Gondolas and gondoliers attached to the establishment of the D orr it F am i ly, ever swinging drowsily in a little forest of piles in the grand canal hard by their temporary residence-- prepared at any moment to glide away over the surface of the silent highways of the Fairy City of the Adriatic at the behest or for the behoof, at the beck and at the bidding, of Mr. Dorrit, l ate of the Marshalsea — of Edward Dorrit, Esquire, ex- Tip of the London billiard-rooms and stable-y ar d s —of Frederick Dorrit, Esq., until very recently of the suburban clarionet—of Miss Dorrit, the ex danseuse, and of dear little Amy Dorrit—Little Dorrit, in fact, —the ex-milliner. Besidos the Dorrits, we are introduced again at Venice to the Gowans—aud between these two groups of the Gowans and the Dorrits there flutter out upon our view, every now and then, the wpnderfully con trasting characters of Sparkler the noodle, and Blandois of Paris, otherwise Rigaud, the mur derer ! "Something Wrong Somewhere " (ch. v.) reveals to us little Amy placed at a disadvantage by all her relations with the single exception of old Uncle Frederick. A comatose old gentle man, who wakes up nobly in her defence one fine morning at breakfast. Striking the table with a great blow (directly she has left the room), and protesting against her disparage ment solemnly, " in the face of God," as against an act of evil pride and heinous ingratitude. Speak ing thus, gesticulating thus, denouncing thus the miserable family pretensions—(writes our author) —" As his hand went up above his head and came down, on the table, it mislit have been a blacksmith's." Adding—" After a moment's silence it had relaxed into its usual weak condition." "Something Right Somewhere" is scarcely so comprehensible a title to the next chapter (vi.)—revealing to the reader, as it does, first of all,Sparkler fairly brought to the feet of Miss Fanny—and secondly, Blandois of Paris and Lion, "the objectionable dog," sud denly at loggerheads—" Instinct," in the latter instance, proving, as we are told, "stronger than Training." Lion, in fact, attempts to tear the unknown murderer in pieces—only to be himself murdered, poisoned, by the treacherous white hand! " Mostly, Prunes and Prism" is the heading of the other chapter (vii.), completing the present number (xii.) of " Little Dorrit"—a wholly bewildering phrase, of course, to any and every one who has _ . .. not previously had his laugh out in an earlier page (356), over Mrs. General's correction of Little Dorrit'sMarshalsea vulgarism in calling her Father •" Father." "Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs. General. " Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips ; especially prunes and prism. You will find it serviceable, in the formation of a de- meanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company —on entering a room, for instance—Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, prunes and prism." Wherefore, "Mostly, Prunes and Prism," as the title of chapter seven, merely implies by the suggestion of a ludicrous inference, the develop ment of a " surface" in Amy's regard, under the varnishing influence of Mrs. General, seated upon her elevated coach-box, keeping the proprieties well together ! Towards the close of the number the scene is changed from Venice to Rome—from. Venice, with its "prevailing odor of bilge water and an ebb tide on a weedy shore," to Rome, "a city, where everything seemed to be trying to stand still for ever on the ruins of something else!" An ticipations are held out to us, by the way, of two very astounding events in the History of the Dorrits —the probable marriage of old Mr. Dorrit and Mrs. General, of the Varni,,h and the Proprieties, and the Prunes and Prism surfacing !—and the possible absorption, a little later on, of the sud denly acquired wealth of the family, in—what ? one of Mr. Merdle's, the Great Merdle's the Mer dle's gigantic speculations. We shall see. The former of these two astounding turns of the wheel is plainly spoken of—the latter is merely vaguely, dimly, hinted at Who knows—perhaps the Dorrits, after all, may settle down again in their old quarters at the Marshalsea. Mr. Arle. 2 Tols. Hurst and Blackett. This tale is apparently the work of a young writer, one who has insufficiently studied the art of novel writing, and. who, though not devoid of ability, is wanting in the tact and discretion ac quired by experience. The skill with which a higher order of novelists unravel their plots, and by turns thrill the reader with sympathy, or excite his eager interest by painting faithfully the real sufferings of life under the garb of fiction, or by interweaving with their tale some of those startling events that sometimes prove that "truth is stranger than fiction," is wanting here. The story is not without interest, nor the characters without indi viduality, but they are sometimes more eccentric than attractive. Two children who are introduced are, perhaps, the least pleasing persons in the book. One of them is of a Spanish family, and, being a lonely orphan, it is natural that she should be pe culiar and unchildlike. But the other, a little brother of the heroine, is without such excuse. The heroine is the most attractive person, the hero being, of course, Mr. Arle. She is the daughter of Mr. Stanton, a clergyman, who leaves the church from conscientious . scruples. Hilda Stanton feels herself bound to break off her engagement with the heir of the neighbouring manor, owing to the great change in their worldly position. Her lover is a weak and vacillating individual, whose family strongly urge him to agree in her decision. The engagement is, however, renewed conditionally ; but before the end of the time of probation the gentleman meets an heiress of great attractions, and renounces his former attachment. Mr. Stan ton and his son and daughter remove to a quiet country spot, where Mr. Arle appears on the scene. The acquaintance between him and Hilda is very much in the style of those quarrelling lovers who have lately been the fashion. Mr. Arle has also met with a disappointment from the falsehood of his betrothed, and finds in Hilda a more worthy object of affection. He manifests it in a very eccentric way, however, and as Hilda often resents his lec tures and satires their acquaintance is anything but harmonious. He proves himself a true friend to health rendering them notwithstanding, and on her father's pro carioussary he invites him to accompany him to Spain. His dangliter, strange to say, does not go with ' ci from Mr. them, and has the bitterness of hearmaavo. Oa Arle that her father lies in a foreign a warmer climate neces sary Arle ' and Hilda his return after some delays, arrive at au understanding,tho story, but over. Thi.-; is the main thread and events. `Cher© there are many minor characters and are only two vo lumes,is no ]ack of incident, for thereld do well to avoid the andltorh;eir troubles are but the writer of undoubted truth are flec lions. Thoughts frequent introduction of w of expression, withoutn great-care in their often prirented ; but"oral sentences and re often instead of impressing the they are apt to weary not at all inferior to many reader. The novel is introduction and fore© r every season. It is because of those which frequentappear every of power and ability that and novelty it shows ndered more critical towards the the reader is rendered t the writer exercise more judg mentinferior parts. * that he ma' r.es less effort, at the same time o doubt achieve for himself many and he will n successes in the world of fiction. The reports brought by the overland mail regarding the fresh goldfield discovered in New South Wales wilt cause further arrivals from Australia to be looked for with great interest. The spot is at Rocky River, near 13,ttburst, which lie; in the inttzior, about 120 miles from Sydney, and is close to a district marked as extensively auriferous in the ()facial map published in the Govern ment blue-book on the goldfields in January, 1853. 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