The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

AVIONEY ARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK, Tho Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quiet! y, but with a perfectly firm feeling, and prices of all kinds were extreme. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by lthe speculators, comprising 330 Pernam and Alara l sham, at 61d. to 7d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 6id. to 10 , 1. ; 500 Surat, at 4-70. to Md. ; and 100 Sea I slands, at 11d. to Is. 2d. per lb. The Rail- Way ; Share Market manifested a dull aspect, and prices were considerably lower than they were last Week. The ) accounts from Berlin contain the tables of custo3 ns receipts in different states of the Zoll vereir union, wherein it appears that there is a COllSk lerable increase from year to year. The re turns for the first six months of 1856 show an increr oe over the corresponding period of last year amounting to 359,143 thalers, and upon the Previ , )us year of 1,703,450 thalers. Under these favou rabic) circumstances it is not only improbable that = Prussia would withdraw from the union, as it has b e en rumoured, but that that State is likely to obtai):, a greater ascendancy if Austria should enter it. Thy Moniteur of yesterday publishes the parti cular i of the comparative state of the revenue and indiri act imports during the month of September last, showing an increase of 16,199,000 f. upon that Mont h in 1854, and 14,540,000 f. in 1855, referred to in 6note published a few days ago. The seven pre vious months of the year are now given, exhibiting the fo Blowing items :-754,218,000f. in 1854, and 69 9,7 T 39,000 f. in 1856. This shows an increase in the r evenue, during the three first quarters, of 13 4,4') 34,000 f. upon 1854, and 54,429,000 upon 1855. A diminution of 17,539,000 f. is exhibited in the ) month of July last, and an increase of 658,01 10f. in August. The aspect of monetary affairs both hero and at Paris does not improve, and the opinion prevails that t' he nationalßanks of Englandaud France will Yet be compelled to resort to some extraordinary raeasu ses to enable them successfully to contend a gain( it the pressure which at present shows no reliab le symptoms of relaxation. It is utterly useles s to attach much weight to most of the adviet as received from Paris with regard to the crisis there, and it is not therefore surprising t hat t he hope recently indulged of an early amelio ration ~ based principally, it would seem, on a small il ac it t the French Funds, should now be succeeded b y a fear of matters assuming a still more un- Bottle, I appearance. It is now again rumoured that • she Bank of France, unable to sustain its St ock of bullion, notwithstanding extensive pur chases I in England, is about to suspend specie pay rtlenta . No authentic information has yet been , e ceiv ed on this subject, but even if the statement Prove incorrect it indicates a continuance of appre 'ecatc at in reference to the actual situation of the establi aliment. That there is no reason for assum ing th at any decided relief has been experienced 1s also abundantly proved by the various and con ,nietir g accounts received from Paris, which one day onsidered adverse, and the next favourable. With re and ard to the Bank of England it is expected that two next weekly returnswill be very discou ,,"agic: ; and, as the demand for money continues ve ry tctive, there is a prospect of a further advance 111 th( th( minimum terms of discount. The Directors, at th( dr meeting to-day, determined to renew loans [chequer Bills only. 1 - 1 1 e half•yearly dividend, at the meeting of the -4 .oya I Mail Steam Navigation Company to-day, . ??4 , 8 2 per share, free of income tax. i ?,English Funds have risen about / per cent. :cc )nsequence of large speculative purchases, I _ ri t have apparently been effected on the t u ,PP( 'sition that measures are about to be ta ken . in Paris,- and at the Bank of England, b ysv hich the pressure will be checked. The !pl. Lai c also are buying stock with the proceeds o f l bid ends now in course of payment cn the Now e per Cents., Reduced Annuities, 45c. Consols p° l ' r noney have been 91/ aral 911 T, and for L 2 col tut tl - ey have advanced from 94 to 4 116 At present the quotations are 911 ‘'. l to 915 resp, b actively. The New Threes are 911 1 ,1, and the 'loll aced 90,g -T. Bank Stock is 213. ELcitequer Bilk ; have declined to 2s. and. 3s. premium ; the ds are 98 1 ; and East India Bonds, ss. pre riaiu in. at. 50 qt. St. T be dealings in Foreign Securities have been limited in consequence of the settlement of the acc( mut being in progress, but the market fully bar ;icipates in the improved state of the funds. Tui kish 6 per Cents., which have been languish ibg for some days, have rallied, and transactio ns !lay e taken place at 88:', to 891 for money, and 88k to f 191 for the account. The Turkish 4 per Cents. GU, tranteed are firm at 991 to 99 for money, and 982 to 991 for the account. Portuguese per Cents. have been dealt in at 43, far dinian 5 per Cents. at 33, and Vene bzll° la 41 per Cents. 32. At the meeting , el, l yesterday by the New Granada Bondholders, ' 0 , 4 solution was passed, authorising the Committee ipanish American Bondholders to accept the vr o: posal of the Minister of Finance for the Groan 13'4' I Government, to liquidate the claims of the ° ,/ 1 dkolders by me a n s o f Tr e asury bills, to be re c'ed in payment of one-fourth part of customs 4 c levied by that State. Aft e r sonic remarks u red )n the disposal of these Treasury bills, it was nested that the committee should take into tie .sideration the best means of realising upon m for th e b ene fit o f th e b on dh o ld ers . Che followin g a re the nominal price s o f F ore i gn 1 ! l ick s :—G rena d a D e f erre d B on d s , 6. 3 , ; Mexi -31 1 ) 2 1* ; Peruvian 4,'„ per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto , per C en t s ., 53 55 ; P or t uguese 3 per C ents., '„'") 4,3 ; Ru ss i an 5 p e r C en t s ., 106 108 ; ditt o 4 , A, per eDf nts., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 421 ; ditto ferred, 231- 41; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Pa - ssivo, 6 rhe last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ' 4l this day, are in round figures as under : 1366. ar eat Western 41( nth-Western to ath-Western I.t.' ighten 16,893 41, j dland 8 0l tth-Eastern Cal 23,606 n 4 I 5 donian Z"'" .131 Northern 25,607 b•ticashire and Yorkshire ' - ' ( .4 is tol and Exeter 7,722 .1.,' 11 e ter and Holyhead ' l % lts tLnncashire Na,t nchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,093 Narth British 5,595 '''''i rth London 185.5. £27,608 64,630 17,047 16,559 30,174 24,557 11,723 25,006 20,293 7,137 6,111 5,872 9,017 5,585 2,091 !The Railway Share Market has shown some syra- Pa thy with the rise in the English Funds, and Pr ices may be quoted fully ± to 2 per cent, in ad- Za nee of yesterday's range. The dealings, however, aye not been to any extent. Caledonian are 538, ` - ' 1 :eat Western 64k, Lancashire and Yorkshire 94 k, , 'N mai-Western 103, and North-Eastern (Berwick) 7 1 13 - 4 - • The French and Canadian lines rule steady, t the business transacted in Foreign and Colonial ; -`,"res is very limit e d. Great Indian Peninsula are Great Western of Canada 222, Northern of France 37, and D u t c h Rh en i s h Joint - Stock Bank Shares are at almost nominal rat • , es • Bank of A us t ra li a b roug ht 103. Commer cial of London 202, and Ottoman Bank 11Z, being a _ sl ight improvement. In Miscellaneous Shares ao business of importance is reported. Electric Telegraph 021, and National Discount Company and the New Shares 12 JA. CITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Front the o.ol=l List.) Xatik Ensoie:.s don e . Stock „ 3 ,. 0 '..a. Gent. R e d uce d A.nunit3e .. 906 $ $ i 90 ' 1 3 5 r Cent. ConSeld Annicitier 4 1' 1 7 , 1 per Cent. Annuities Ow 2 3 / 4 per Ce n t. A nnu ities , "'n-g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2,f 15.16 13-16 Ditto 30 a.i.Yes, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 1 , 3 i ,r "nttia Bonds. Clew ~, /oitto, under £lOOO v •nsols for Account 9ll i 2i 11 i Exchequer Bills, 2 3 / 4 d. £lOOO ........... .... , .. I'soo 2 7 p Bmall . Ditto Bends, 1853, 3 3 / 4 per Cent f/8 t :Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. rirl zilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .................. 99. 1 : Ch!'li an B en d s , 6 per Cent ...................... 10:1 ko:tican 3 per Cent lkiTtug,uese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 - Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ........................ 43 Ditto Account Plt tssian Bonds, 1822, 1 St. 5 31 .., 2 , per Cont.,,,Cent „.. :Ditto Account 106 3 / 4 6 sz:d inian Bon.qs, 5 per Cent. tsp,ni,b n..Hig, 3 per Cent aa a „. D itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent... Ditto Account BB4 tto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. ............ 9 9k 91-3/49 i 8i x d D v t to Account Bl- ~,,. i ..... .. 99 9 f 8i °nezuela Bonds, 44 per Cent ni t :,,,,, ,„ .;!-,„ :,,1,-,-e I'll:cat:to to Loczten. blateti Exchange, 2. L , per Con';., 12 Guilders en Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ....... -. 95 x d Consols THREE O'CL OCK. 0 cif. , money 9l i kbittOs ACCOll32t h N9ITIZIber 6 I 9ll i SHAR,:g MARKETS. THIS DAY.) RAIL WAYS. a TLWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 4 - 41 ... '''' 8 -' 8} 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 92 - 94 53i - 54 15 t; - 16. • .• • ll* .... ~,,. 9i - 10 15 - 16 8i - 9 31 - 36 22 - 24 7 - 5 79 - 81. 511 - 52: 30 = 31 90 --- 92 8 - 8. 90 - 91 79 - 80 120 - 125 113 - 115 63i 64 55 60 70 - 74 5j - 61 51 - 64 94 ... 941 6f 613 [O3 105 _OO —• 100 d par par -r i u d 102 103 ••• - ••• I 31 - 31 i••• ..... . .. i.tl 75 - 75 48 - 49 ... MOM 13j - 14 45 - 47 3i 35 - 36 ••• .. ... 77 3 / 4 - 784 6 —55 a 3 17 174 51 55 94 98 - 6i - n 6; 10 - 11 25 - 26 - 105 25 -2; 73 75 46 - 18 1 144 I , q 67 - 68 77 - 79 5 - 3 2 -1, 15 - 17 36 -- 38 .• 18 - 19 5 - N .63 -2 - ii 6 - 8 2 - 4 6 - Si •• ..... ... .. • 7 - r 9 6i - 6i e lid 1 2 i -1, i : i.a 41 -- 4i i ... -I,li - ••• 4 -- 1r 331 -- 344 10i -- ili 21/ -22 i 1 21 - 22 8 i P 22 - 23 11 - 12 77 - 82 3/ - 41 201 - 21. 1; - 4 22 - : 22k 1 - 99 - 101 110 - 115 110 - 115 105 - 110 • H ..... **• 4,1 - 4p 'Ol - 8h 190 20 p d par 7i - • 8. 20 - 20, 36 1 - 37; 8 3 / 4 -9; 49 - 50 49 -- 51 i d i pl 19 —. id loi —11 i 8t ..... 94 li 2ip • ... eq. ..... pin --10 35 - 36 - lip Shr. 'raid 12 9i 50 j all at all 3]. all 27. J sit 22 all 25 1 all 445 all St. ;100 St. 100 50 all 50 all 20 all 20 18 10 all 10 8 251 all 45 25a1l St. i 100 20 St. 100 10(: 25 Si 25 15 St. !100 St. 1.00 10 j all St. 100 10 ; all St. ilOO Ambg. Nottng. Best. and Bastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh, Stour Valley...-, Birkeand. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chosh. dc Birk., Do., do. Blackburn lyth Tyne or] gina £25 (issd. at £45 ,Bristcl and Exeter i Ifjalcdonian ........ 'Chester 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B iDublintaßelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jne. I East An gli an ........ . Eastern Counties %Ist. Tlnicn, A Sti se., B. Stock Do., New East Kent East L:lneashiro Edinburgh cis Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles.. Fidia.Prtt drDundo. Forth & Clyde Jun. Furness Do. Extension.. 100 !lop 100 100 100 100 IGreat N. of Scotlnd ;Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk .. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do Ws t. Riding tin Do. Southr or t London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths 'Do. Eighths.. London andS, Wostn LndndrrydgOolorain , L„,ndndrr:sr. & Ennisk iJf. anch.Silef.&Lineb Do., Man. & Lin. Tin Vfetropoli tan ..... .. Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement Vlidland Jo. Birmng. & Derb 111(11 d. G. West. (Ire. )o. Half Shares ieweactle & Gaels' , l'wpt.Aborg. & 'add slevrry & Enniakille• Niewry, Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk i Vortbn.Connties Ur,. North British v;th. Devon Rail 8 Dock Stock WO LOO LOO A Stock_ , 0., B Stock . ST.Eastern—Berwi:k 00. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. l'ureb Do. Leeds Do. York forth L0nd0n..... q .&S.Wstrn.,llarai , qoad, and City Jn. North StatTordshire. forth Western . f. & S. Westrn.Jnne ) x., Wore.. & Wolv. ,ortsmouth ........ . Rbymney „ kottip,ii Central.. Soot. N E.Abrdn St, Do. Scot. Mid. St Union Sitinabourne tSheer. 'until Devon ..... ;oath Eastern 'cuth Wales 1. Yrksh. dz Riv. Du .................... -us.,ne3,Wok. &Wol toekton & Darling Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 .tovkten 4 Hartlep Oaf! Vale ..... )o. Pref., No. I_, ...homes Hay. D.& R Vale of Neath ,Vaterfd. & Kilkenia i r aterford&Limeric'• West Cornwall. ..... . Vest End of Loud()) and Crystal Palace. Do. A ........ . Do. B ' , Vest London:. Do. Fli st Class Do. Second Class 1 Whabledn ItCroydol Business done this day. Pm 18f 93h 104,i 4 991 100 .02j 2 75 i 78 7i 54i 4 6i i i 79 22 201 1 101 i Ku. - . 1 c2l 12 12 St. BlythandTyne 10pc c. pref. (issd. P t 60; Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. so [ Do. 4 p. c. Shares.., Caledn, £lO 4i p.c. , : Ches. &Ho. Gu. 50 p. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. het. No. 2. Cork esßandons3p.c Dun.Prth Aber..l E. Anglian Cls. A Mt Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. o Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Er.,spcNo. Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. Si., 10 per cent Do. 10. Debentr.Sh , Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lancash. 6p. de E. &W. York. J. sth Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.e Furness Glas. k S. W. G. 5 p. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. Do. 4i p. c. D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S. diW. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. S Gt. W.(B. eli.Exspo Do. con. red. 4 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. ince. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.t Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do.. Lan. &York. F..{. 20 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon.&B. G. 5 pc No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Gnar.6 v. c Do. do. 5 r. c.,N0.9 Lon.&N. W., Coy. e Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lan.St S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares Londy. & Coler. Sh Gondy. & Ennis. Sh ,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. 46 ..... Do. do. 34 per cent. )farypt .&Carl.4 p o )o. 4i per cont Do. do. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Con. Br. 6pc 'Da. 4i p. c. Pref. s Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Alm., &c., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Business this day. 1144 131 14 FOREIGN. r intwerp&Bott,rdi Ardennes fselgian Eastn. June &niers to Grai sacsal Bombay, Baroda, Con. Indla, g. 5 p. c, Do, 'Buff. & Lk. riur. Ry. Carraeaux & Touions( Coal Mines and Ry Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara Dutch r.henish Eastern of France Do. New Eastern Bengal east Indian A and B Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4 p. c.Bnd Do. do. do.. '59, do. Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Jn .Tel. Rail. Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'6: Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Franc, Gt. In. Pon. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Great Luxembourg, Gt.We3tern of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., "N. p. Do, do., '73 do. I Do. do., '73, withoni option Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bash Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca a, Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva rayons Ct Moditerran. Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Do. 4 p, c. Eat en Do. Sd Ex., g. sp. c Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & LiP ge Do, do., G p. c. Pre, iorthern of Frar,„ . N 'orwegianTru-Ap re Paris and L fong Paris and "oriemis.... Recife "z San. Fra n . , (Perr •an%) g. 7 p. c, Rcir.a and Frascati,. R' i yal Danish ..... ttoyal Swedish 4ambre and Meuse_ n o , 5 p. cent. Pref. 3ciude, guar. 5 p. c , Do southern of France St. Andrew's any' Quebec (A) „. Vest Flar.dors Do. 5 per c. 'Prof_ T. ix N. W. of Francs Western of Austria I West. of Switzerland Wiesbadon Do. 8 per cent. Pref, ealano JO.I3T.T.STOCK. MINIM; _ 40 a 1 Ilmt-ral---avia............ 102 4 -- 104 103 25 121 Bank of Egypt ...... 10( 50 - Rank o f London .... 64 66 64 40 -.11 'l3ri. Col. ri3k.&141. C. ... ". Sii all British N.. American ... ... 25 5 Clhartd. Bank of Asia ... —•• • P 20 6 COrtd. Bn' c. of India, Austral' A, & China ... —, •• n • (/ 100 50 City .. - 69 100 25 ( .. - "olonia.1 . „ ~, .... ••. 20 ICO 20 Comment aof Lond. ... •—• 20 All 1 1, ng.Seot. kAne.Cht. 151 -- 16,/ 20 all Load. Chu tt. Bk. of Australia . l9 —10 i, 20 15 (Mtto Noli • 50 20 Lou lon ar ,r 1 County ... ... 10( 50 tand.&E.l inkg.Corp 1 3p 50 10 London .T, dot Stock ... ... 100 30 London aid Paris — — ~.d 100 20 Loud. & V ros tminater ...... 100 35 National :F' .. ro.ef En g .. 20 10 Do. Naw,., ....... , 7 '— .. £0 22 National I yank 20 all New Bout b Wales 44 i 6 25 0 r)ri mita: Bk. Corp.., 37 .... 38 20 15 Ottoman Rank 100 2 a Provincit. ; .of Irelriud ... ...., ... 541. 10 all Uo. Now ~, . ... . F 1 it AaS B a , Cl.O im Cr . ..._ 25 el iouth Au 4:Ll.a:is 25 all ilnit,d of Australia.. 64 _ 66 66 2 Do- New ..«............ 7 8 ... , 50 10 union 0 : London ~,, . _ . 100 50 Webtern, Zit of Loud 8 El i'A '8 i i'd LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS ;r.i&l 1100 :00 1 all 1100 all !I_oo all all all all all 100 RAILWAYS. Leming Company London & We:A. LAN. W. Calodon... E. tr. &E. C Gt.Nrthn. E: Count. Cloxins this day.; 54 = 99 93 - 102 12 - 14 138 - 141 4 ... 44 .. '''' • • • Do ;Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y.&Nlfu Do.. Do 106 :iiii S. Easterr Do Peto & Co Do 121 - 13 221 - 234 107 - 111 1P Norfolk Do L. & N. W & Midid Staton &, Darlingt. I Midland 21 - 2i 94 En. Conn. E. Count. - ^ 55 - 57 Do D 0... L. &N.W. Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey PLltiClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do i 34 - 138 7 84 3f 31c1 32 - f 3 90 -- 92 IGtWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES. 93 - 97 16 - 17 4! - 5 6 -6; LOS - 110 95 - 100 R P - JP ill -72 i oil/ ''. ~ J lOO 100 100 'lOO 100 1100 ••• 111 a•• ... • , 75 - 77 .Th - 115 ,o 8 110 .01 103 E 0 - 62 10 - 10 ••• ''''' • • 6 - 64 93 - 95 - 8) 87 - 83 98 • 100 -10) 164 - 17 10 68 - 72 194 - 20 9i - 10.1 14 - 151 - + ll 36 - 138 I OS Ma.. ... 35 - 13 - 115 .57 159 100 44 100 ••• - ••• $ - i 66 - 10 136 - 138 91 - 100 87 - 8! i - 14 dm ..'" •• • ••• 1 10 —l(2 90 2 lb i = Ti 99 - 101 1 11 . i 119 70 - 75 15 - 16 231 -• 24 - 100 91 - 9i ii -• 28 2 - 3p . v i - 3i lrfolk Debenture 100 100 100 100 100 100 ba.Pref. 5 p. o. D 3. 5 pc. Ext. ,18461 D a. 54 pore.pf ,18471 D0.Wv.V.5p0.,1847 North British 10 All 100 100 all N. E. Terw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. d 0 .... Do ; , Leeds 6 p. o 040.1 Do. do. Qr5.,1845... Do. York H.& S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Ox, Wo,&W., 6 pc._ Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Soot. Cent. ,New Prof Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p c, pf. st. D0.d0., 3 p.c. pf. st south Devon Do. fixed, 4. per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of ,f 1 Os. 6d. Do. 4,i por cent Do. Fixed 4i p c eh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. Do; do. da Stock. & Hartl. g. p.c. till July 1, '56 i Watorfd & Kilk. 6pc ~'~ ~ MINES. 1 all Agna Fria • ••• LOs all Anglo Californian 20 7 Australian — 11 1 all 'Baden (Gd• Duchy of; 50 all ! Rheumy. Iron & Coal 20 14 ; British Iron 5 7 35 261' Brazilianlmp.(iesued at £5 pm.) 30 all IDo. Cccaes L Culabp 3 3 t 3$ 20 15 ,Do. St. John Del Rey 18 20 1 1 Clarendon Co tic. Min Co. of Jamaica p n 40 all lOobro Copper 5B 55 541 5 lA Colonial Gold ••• St. all Copper Min. of Eng 3O 35 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 26 28 16 Copiapo l6 18 2 all )Fortuna 20 all ;General.. ••• 1 all Gt • NuggetVeinßeg. 41 all Great Polgooth 5 all ',Gt Wheal Vor Unite 1 2 3 1 all Liberty • ••• 3 all Linares 7 8 5 11 ILusitanian d p 1 all 'Mariquita... ...... • $ $ 1 1 all ;New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde ••• 20 all I Pontgi.Sil.& Lo. Min 9 11 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 14i Santiago de Cuba...,. 11 2 . . 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. o. 3/ 31 1 all South Australian.., — 1 all Do. Scrip a 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... 41 Tam. S. S.; L. Min. Co. I 18 10 9 Tin Croft ..........NN. 3 4 281 all United Mexican 3 - 3i 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa • • I 1 12s Worthing Mining of , Australia LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 16.—Wina this day at noon, S.W. ; mo derate breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Ar rived—}l.lki.Str. Bulldog, from the Mediterranean; Sir George Pollock, London, for the Cape and Madras ; H.M.S. Industry, Devonport. PLYMOUTU, Oct. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Robert Cottle, from Rio Grande. FALMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W.N.W. to N. N.W., a violent gale — Arrived—Valkyreen, from Rio Janeiro. YARMOUTH, Oct. 15.—The Mary Ann, of Rochester, got in contact with a brig in the roads, and will come into the harbour. SWANSEA, Oct. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lima, from Belize. STORNOWAY, Oct. n.—Arrived— Hebry Ford, from Shields for St. Joh n ' s , N. 8., leaky. 811/ELDs, Oct. 15.—Wind S,S.E —Sailed—North Star, for Calcutta. PILL, Oct. 15.—Th e Norwegian vessel Holmstrand, from Cardiff, for Genoa, has put in leaky. NEWPORT, Oct. 15. Wind N. strong.—Arrived— Beethoven, from Bre men , f or the West Indies ; Jeddern, London, for Rio Janeiro ; Cobden and Jesus Maria, Lon don, both for St. Tho mas ; Edward Cohen, Bristol, for St. Thomas; Harvest, London, for Ceylon ; Swea, Lon don, for Havana; Thetis, Bremen, for New Orleans. Sailed.—Meldon, for Hava na . Th e Grace Darling, which was run into and sunk ? on the nth inst,, bas been raised. (PER £LEOTE/0 MEG/1A.14M Lvanron? Thnriday Morning. Wind W.N. W. Arrived—Charles Jackson, from Islay ; Goshawk, Gytheon ; Q ueen o f th e E se , M ace i o; P erseverance, Malaga; Livingston, Mobile. Sailed—J o h annes' ' for Iceland • Herman, Riga ; John Wray, Rott er d am; Triumphant, Naples ; Orion, Stettin; Arctic, New York. QUEENSTOWY, Oct. 14. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Linn, from Galatz; Heiekriahs, Corfu; Minister Lindman, Galatz. Wind s.E. WA,TERFOBD, Oot. 14. Arrived7Orrat Barad ire, from Pgmx9Ell Vbirti 1513ittton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ,ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS, Witmer to be sold for 4001. Inspiration Admiral of the White Azimuth c. Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS. Winner to be sold for 3001. Old Fashion ... ...... Flyaway Oltenitza Ten ran. Won by half a length. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Stormsail Amati Rotterdam .......... HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Thames Dittos ..._ ................................. Tom Thumb Secret Cunning Bird £lOO PLATE. Druid Glenlee Homily Eight ran. Won by three-quarters of a length. BRETBY STASES. Rosa Bonheur Miss Whip filly Three ran. LATEST BETTING. CAIVIBILIDGESHIRE. 100 to 30 agst Vengeance (taken) 15 to 1 agst Pole Star (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 15 agst Arsenal (taken) 1000 to 15 acct Adamas (taken) AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (FR,OINI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Kangaroo arrived here to-day with dates up to Oct. 2. The letters and papers by this arrival are only one day later than those brought by the Asia. She has no specie on board, but she brings an immense cargo of wheat and corn, and 142 pas- sengers. The markets for corn, grain, and flour were firm, and last quotations were maintained. She brings no later political news than that which we have already received. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Storkes.) IMPORTANT DECISION RELATING TO LOAN SOCIETIES— BROOKSON V. KNOPE. This was an action to recover 5/. 58., money lent under ;he following circumstances : Mr. Beard (from Mr. Buchanan's) stated the case. The money had been lent to defendant by a person named Shepherd, who was at the time Secretary to the Provi dent Loan Society. Shepherd, however, did not take any acknowledgment, and no doubt at the time defendant thought the money belonged to Shepherd himself. Shep herd, however, on vacating office, stated the facts to the society. An application was made to defendant, who said that when he borrowed the money he thought it belonged to Shepherd, but if it belonged to the society he would pay; failing in doing so, the present proceedings were taken. Shepherd was called, and pro Ted that the money be longed to the society, although he did not tell defendan so at the time. Mr. Beard adduced evidence proving the admission izr he debt and the promise to pay. Mr. Angell (for defendant) argued that plaintiff was not entitled to sue. The society wag not enrolled, and plaintiff bad no locus stands as an individual shareholder, although he might have been nominated by the majority to sae. His Honour asked Mr. Beard how he could get over the objection. Mr. Beard said he would ask for an adjournment to add the names of the other petitioners, which his Honour could grant under the 101st section of the County Court Act. His Honour adjourned the case for that purpose. Mr. Buchanan now stated that he held the assent, in writing, of 18 shareholders out of 20, but the other two were friends of defendant; they refused. His Honour said the equity of the case was clear, but as all the shareholders did not assent, he had no alter native than to non-suit the petition, but would not allow the defendant his costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) SOUTHWARK. ROBBERY ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—C. Smith, a sea-faring man, was brought before Mr. Combe, for final examination charged with stealing a box s containing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Robert de Souya, a sailor, lately belonging to the Hertfordshire. The prosecutor, a coloured man, a native of Hayti, stated that he recently arrived from Malta on board her Majesty's ship Hertfordshire, and on the 10th of Sep tember he was paid off at Portsmouth. The prisoner was his shipmate, and on the same day they both booked their places for London, by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The prisoner and himself placed their luggage in the station to be forwarded by the train, after which witness went to a public-house and got drunk with some of his shipmates, so that he lost the train. He, however, came up to • London by another train and asked for his luggage, when he ascertained that it had been taken away by another sailor who came up by a previous train. He made inquiries and found out the prisoner's residence in Saint George's-in the-East, and on seeing him asked him whether he•knew anything of his chest and clothing. The prisoner replied that he did not, but be had no doubt it would be found at the Waterloo station. Witness went there and ascertained that the chest had not arrived there. He went back to the prisoner's lodging and saw him shaving himself with a razor which he had locked up in his chest, and a very small portion of his clothes concealed under a bed. Witness, however, had lost all he possessed by the prisoner's villany. Some of his clothes had been traced to pawnbrokers at the East-end. Thomas Richards, a detective constable in the employ of the Brighton Railway company, said that the prose cutor mentioned his loss to him, and knowing that the prisoner came up alone with two chests, he accompanied the prosecutor to look after his property. William Charles Potter, police constable, 212 K, said he received information of the robbery, and hearing that the prisoner had been seen with one of the prose cutor's razors, he went to his house in Saint George's. in-the-East, and asked him about the chest of clothes. He denied all knowledge of it, but witness looked under his bed and found the chest with a small quantity of the prosecutor's clothes. Witness then took him into custody, and, on searchiug him, found several pawn broker's duplicates relating to some of the articles. The remainder, with the prosecutor's money, had not. been found. 1 Mr. Combe, who considered it a most ungratefu robbery, committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. j3,OIO3ENY IN MESSES. YOUNG,:SON, AND MAGNAT'S DOOKTANJI AT LIMEHOUSE.—Johrt Mack,, aged 17, a regular, or rather irregular, land and river thief, and a shore raker, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing four metal bolts, value 25. 6d., the property of Young, Sen, and Magnay. It appeared that the pro eecutor's shipbuilding -yard has been for many years in fested with thieves, who at low water walk along shore picking up and stealing anything they can flay their bands on, and copper, copper bolts, and workmen's tools have continually disappeared. A great many of these petty larceny thieves, but whose depredations in the aggregate have been very large, have been con victed. Extra watchmen have been lately appoint ed to protect the property of the firm. This morning the prisoner was seen by the watchman under a ship in course of construction picking up copper and copper nails. He was compelled to disgorge his plunder under a threat from those abovethat he would be stoned if he did not drop the metal. He then threw it down an d ran aw ay. A few minutes afterwards Rice, a wa- Orman, detected the prisouer leming Me re. Youag /tad Co's. Dock with four mstal bolts in his possession, and be was taken into custody. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COM PANY.—(This Day). - - THE PANAMA. ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. The general meeting of the proprietors in this under taking was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, D ishopsgate-street ; Captain Mangles, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. There was a full at tendance. The Secretary (Mr. R. T. Keep) having read the notice convening the meeting, the directors' report was taken as read, an abstract of which was published in 1. 40 (lay's Sun. The CHAIRMAN adverted to a letter be had re ceived from a proprietor relative t 3 the investment of 100,000/, surplus fund belonging to the company, which bad teen invested as follows :—Cons6is, 31,177/. ss. 3d.; London and South-Western Railway Debentures, 30,000/. ; Canada Debentures, 20,0311. 15s. ; and Shrewsbury and Chester Guaranteed Shares, 10,3311. 3s. 9d., making together, 100,5401. 4s. 5d., which had been invested since 30th June last. After the payment of the dividend there would be a surplus of 30,0001. He said it was a matter of consolation to him to feel that the acceptances were of a satisfactory nature. Two items only of importance in the accounts on the debit side required notice from him, viz., general service and salaries. With regard to the former, the increase was incurred in the attendance at the naval review at Spithead, and the shareholders had the satisfaction of knowing that, unlike the Lords and Commons, they were not left behind. (Laughter.) With regard to the latter, the increase arose from a matter of account, and the appointment of an extra officer as a kind of surveyor, &c. On the credit side there was an increase of 25,0001. on passage and freightage money, and there was a surplus of 190,0001, and after deducting for the loss of the Tay there was a surplus on the insurance account of 200,0001. With regard to the insurance fund, it had been said by Mr. Tuffnell, rightly, that it ought to be put on a fixed principle, and he had the satisfaction of saying that many of the direc tors concurred with him, and a surplus of 200,0001. o❑ that bead was considered amply sufficient. The question of whether any surplus should be placed to discount, or considered a bonus, was one of no great moment. The 1 2 ... 3 Y .. 2 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 .. 4 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 - 2 . loss of the Tay was an unfortunate circumstance. Cap tain Strutt had always been considered a most careful officer, and had been through the Gulf 14 times, and it was in consequence of his knowledge of that part he was selected by the managers for the station. The chairman called on them to act as Englishmen, and not condemn Captain Strutt in his absence, and unheard. He depre cated the assertion, that by the loss of the Tay the old luck of the company was returDing, and said that since Jan., 1849 when the Forth was lost (the last wreck), their vessels had steamed 4,026,825 miles, the fleet having to visit by day and night 27 ports in the hazarious seas of the West Indies. (Hear, hear.) The loss of the Amazon was a matter ever to be regretted, but he thought it was impossible to have guarded against it. Mr. HASELDINE complained of the meagre information given by the Directors' report, and asked for an improve ment in this respect, because shareholders could not know too much of their affairs, and was the only prin- ciple that should regulate the conduct of boards of di rectors. He asked how much they would have to write off for the loss of the Tay ? The CHAIRMAN-23,0001. Mr. HAZELDINE said he was glad of it. Ho called at tention to the proposed Panama route, and said it was a serious proposition. The figures be would read he thought sufficient to deter the proprietors from entering into it, or if they did they deserved to lose their money. During 1854, 1855, and six months of 1866 the gross re ceipts.had been 2,367,0001., whilst only 255,0001. had been distributed amongst the shareholders as interest, and a bonus of 51. in April last. The CHAIRMAN said there was no intention on the part of the directors to enter into any arrangement with regard to the Panama route, without they first got what they considered a sufficient subsidy from the Govern ment and the colonies in the shape of postages, &c. After having obtained that promise the directors would consult the shareholders, and would decline spending a shilling until they had their approval. Mr. HAZELDINM said he thought the directors had no right to drag an unwilling minority into such an arange rnent, which was foreign to the purposes of the com pany. Mr. QOILTER asked why the 78,000/. earned by the company after the deduction of 18 per cent. for expenses, wag not distributed amongst the proprietors, and he also wished to know why the directors kept 200,0601. surplus, they having stated they had more ships than they wanted. He watnot satisfied that the investment of the surplus by the directors was the best, and said he should like to receive his share of it and invest it in securities of his own choosing. He objected to their adopting the working of the Panama route to Australia. Mr. BELL urged the opinions expressed by the proprie ;ors on a former occasion for the guidance of the directors, viz., that, after having debited against the expenses everything the directors thought right, to divide the surplue. He called attention to the earnings of 190,000/., and asked what bad to be deducted from it. The CHAIRMAN said that, alter allowing for the neces sary deductions, and the payments of the dividend, there would be a surplus of 50,0001. Mr. BELL asked if it was put by to provide a Panama fleet. (Hear, hear.) The proprietors ought to divide the whole of the earnings of the cornpaey. After some further discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that, looking at the coming quar ter year, and that 80,0001. out of the 190,0001. was owing to the profits of the transport service, and that 42,0001. had to be provided as reserve, it was impossible for the directors to offer a larger dividend than 21. per share. It was desirable to have bonuses, but still more so to have regular dividend?. The directors had no wish to keep the proprietors' money, and considered they had made as good an investment of the surplus as pos. sible for their benefit. They were now suffering the penalty for paying too high a dividend in 1853. Mr. QUILTER said the Chairman had not ans cvered his question. The CHAIRMAN said that at the end of the year he should be able to give an answer to the question. Mr. QUILTER hoped there would be no loss of memory then. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BELL said the proprietors wished to impress on the board their feelings, and had no desire to cast censure on them by carrying an amendment and the adoption of the report. The CHAIRMAN said the recommendation of the meet ing should be attended to. The report was then unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN said that with regard to the Panama route, that though there was a majority of the share holders in favour of it, the directors did not consider it sufficient for the immediate adoption of the service. They suggested the calling the shareholders together at some future period, and as soon as the directors had a suffi cient subsidy promised for carrying the mails. In the meantime they would arrange for obtaining a supple mental charter. Mr. QUILTER asked if the directors could carry out the route if any one proprietor dissented ? Mr. MAYNORD (solicitor to the company) said under the charter the directors had the power of conveying mails to wherever they could get a contract, andito pro ceed to any place, auxiliary to that service. The Directors had the power of adopting the Paname route, with the conveyance of mails, without consulting the shareholders if they thought fit. Mr. Qumran referred to the circular that had been sent out with reference to the 'Panama route, and asked how many shareholders had assented to the route. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors bad received answers favourable to the route from 145 individuals, amounting to 293 votes against from 81 individuals, or 204 votes. Mr. QUILTER asked what would be considered a majority for the guidance of the directors, and if the directors were unanimous ? The CHAIRMAN said they were, and that there were double the number of shareholders who had not replied to the circular to those who had. In answer to further questions, Mr. MAYNORD said the objectlof the supplemental charter would be to raise money to work the Panama route. The CHAIRMAN again pledged the meeting that the directors would do nothing towards:the Panama route without consulting the shareholders. He had great hopes of egtending the service to New Zealand. Tile meeting shortly after terminated. An edition of the Dispatch will henceforth be pub lished every Friday, containing particulars of important events, and price of the markets, funds, &c., up to the moment of going to press, and may be received at the most distant parts of Scotland and Ireland on the Satur day. The pages of the Dispatch will be so extended as to allow the introduction of nearly six additional c,)lumns in quantity, and the principal articles will be set in a new clear type that will not fatigue the eyesight. Ad vertisers, to insure the insertion of their advertisements in each of the four editions, should forward them on Thursday, or at latest before 10 o'clock on Friday morn• iggi — rDIPPRA ooe, 1;9, Fleet-street. An officer of the K division said the prisoner was con' victed some time ago, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and bard labour for stealing drapery in a shop, in Three Colt•street, Limehouse. Mr. Selfe said he would send the lad to a reformatory school if he was not too old, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment n,nd hard labour. LITERATURE. The Measures, Weights, and Moneys of all Nations. By W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. John Neale. A work of great public utility, long and loudly called for by the mercantile community, and exe cuted with the ability and conscientiousness to be anticipated from one who, as a mathematician and actuary, has acquired a European celebrity. The value of the boon here offered can only be duly appreciated by those who are acquainted with the extreme diversification in .the comparative values and systematic relations of the measures, weights, and moneys established throughout the world, and know by experience the difficulties attendant on dealing with them. The labour of classification must necessarily have been immense, while the reader is not left to the established character of Mr. Weale's Rudimentary series—the recognised position in the scientific world of the author, nor his assurance at the outset exclusively—to be con vinced nothing has been wanting on his part to render the classification correct and easy of refe rence. A glance over the work will of itself suffice. The order of philosophical discovery is to infer what we do not know from what we do, and the tables we have examined convince us of the accuracy of those which remain to be so—while the uniform regularity of the tabulation with the separate quantity or value of the English equivalent oppo site to every separate quantity or value iu each locality is so obvious as at once to challenge atten tion, as well as in the practical application to su persede almost entirely the necessity of any calculation. A brief statement of the comprehen sive principles which influence the fluctuations of exchange, and correct rules for computinr , the sterling value of coins and bullion, add to the value of this portion of the book. The tables for the conversion of the standard, linear, and square measures of one country into those of another were, we are told, before published in another form, and had recently become out of print. Th ey will be found hero enlarged and more conveniently arranged, so as to be of still greater practical utility to those who have occasion to consult the architec tural and other works of the continent. As we have already indicated the work is divided into parts—the second and concluding relates to the admeasurement of Time, and comprises a detailed investigation of the Christian, Hebrew, and Ma hometan Calendars with formulae, tables, and practical rules for performing the various calcula tions. These subjects the author has felt compelled to go into at more length than he otherwise would have deemed necessary, because imperfectly treated in Chronological works generally. A proof of the necessity for doing so, and at the same time of Mr. Woolhouse's accuracy and pains-taking fidelity, is apparent in his detection of an error which vitiates all the chronological tables of a par ticular class extending beyond the year 1,900 of the Christia . u era—not excepting the celebrated French work L' Art de verejier les Dates, so justly, as he remarks, regarded as the greatest authority in chronological matters. Passing " from grave to gay " for dates, if good eating are grave subjects and moneys are not imponderable, we have been impeded a little in our task by perceptions of the ludicrous while glancing over some of the tables in the first part of the work. What havoc, we could not but think, would Mrs. Malaprop not make with the remarkable, outlandish designations of some of the coins, weights, and measures ; and what astonishment you would produce in a city acquaintance if, anxious to increase his stock of useful knowledge, you took him by the button and gravely informed him—" Twelve scheffel make one malter, two sechszehnerli make one atcherli (the deuce they do !) two quarti make one mina (or) ten drams one oki, between eight and nine palmi one canna (ma conscience !), twelve atomi one punto. The post meile (mile) is 24,000 fuss." How he would stare ! Into what helpless bewil derment would ho not be thrown ! As for Mrs. Partingtou, only fancy that impracticably practi cal good lady, knitting-needles in hand, listening and commenting as follows :—Two soks make ono ken. " What work it is to mend them when they are so far gone I suppose." Four qwarters make one stop. " That depends on the price." Fif teen boccoli make one quarterone ! " I can't seo that—they didn't use to do so when I was young." Two garnetz make one tschetwerka. "Um ! I'm sure my two garnets don't ; but perhaps its dif ferent in foreign countries. Tsch—it makes one sneeze. What silly names foreigners give things." Pie measures. "Really, I wouldn't have believed it." Twelve drachms Make ono mocha. " yes, I should thing mocha would be wanted after twelve drains." Ten fuss make one ruthe. " That's true, if it doesn't take more ; for Ruth is all fuss, and no work." The reader has had enough, and, if a capitalist, perhaps too much, of this " fooling," as Shakspere calls it, on subjects which, by many, are deemed worthy of more reverence than the Bible. By way of conclusion, let us remark, " Weights and Meausres of all Nations" is al ready stereotyped, and will add considerably to the value of the series to which Mr. Woolhouse had previously contributed an essay on the Differential Oalcul us. The Draper in Australia. William Freeman. The results of a hasty glance over the earlier pages of this work was an almost overpowering temptation to cast it aside as "twaddle." Reluc tant, however, to believe that a middle class man could have been three years in Australia with out having something to tell, we p e rse vere d, an d were rewarded z ' for our pains. On his arrival at Port Jackson, the platitudes and elaboration of words which had offended us in a great measure disappeared, and the Anglo-Saxon spirit and point we looked for was apparent. Our " Draper" sets about his enterprise like a man—makes his way through all obstacles to the scene of his intended labour —sets to work—gives over when labour is hopeless—strikes his tent, and pitches in a bon lity where gold is to be had for working, and when a maimed limb puts a stop to his mining labours he becomes an auctioneer. Cheerful, buoyant, fertile in resource throughout, the manner in which he spent the greater part of his three years of self imposed exile lends weight to his counsel, and we are disposed to recognise in him a trustworthy adviser for the intending emigrant. Altogether we are pleased with his book, notwithstanding its many faults of composition, and its occasional driblets of indifferent rhyme—the former of which, at least, by the way, are candidly admitted in his modest preface. The work embiaces the author's experience in New South Wales and Victoria, life at the gold mines, town life, and life in the bush—descriptions of the principal towns, and of the various productions of Australia, with ample particulars as to the demand for parti cular kinds of labour—the rates of wages—and, in fact, all the intending emigrant of humble means will be desirous to know, brought down to the latest date. The book we take to be a reliable and valuable guide, and not an advertisement ; and as such we recommend it to our readers of the middle and working classes. Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, and Condemnation , of Colonel Turr. By Colonel Turr. G. Rout lege. The sufferer's own account of the treatment Col. Turr experienced at the hands of Austria, from the period of his arrest at Bucharest to the hour of his liberation at the intervention of England. The narrative, consequently, may be relied on, and from it the reader will gather how Austria respects in ternational law. Anything more flagrantly un justifiable than the conduct of that Power to the gallant Hungarian was probably never heard of. It not only involved the greatest injustice to him, but was also a gross affront to us as a nation. Austria actually had the effrontery, in violation of international law, to seize Colonel Turr at Bucha rest, a neutral territory, and, while in our employ, try him and condemn him, on the plea that he was a subject of Austria, guilty of revolutionary ante cedents and practices But why repeat what our readers are acquainted with r Suffice it to say the impressions previously prevailing as to the charac ter of the Austrian Government will be deepened by the present work, and dastard, retrograde, cruel, and unscrupulous will seem by no means too harsh terms in which to describe her. Humanity, we are told, is a heinous capital crime in Austria. Who can doubt it ? The particulars of the Colonel's examination, as here recorded, are not likely to escape the reader's notice. me New Quarterly Review.—The literary his. tory of the quarter is thus summarised : " The last three months have produced few works of note. We have had the average quant i ty o f c l ever, dull, and indifferent novels ; and an unlimited supply of poetry written upon principles of bad taste and silliness— set ti ng at d e fi ance a ll propr i e t y of diction, and combining as much hackneyed commonplace, with some real beauties as has ever appeared since the days of Sappho. We have, however, had some extremely entertaining volumes of travels, some good average miscellaneous books, and one profound political work." The volumes of travels include " Burton's First Footsteps in Africa," The Oxonian in Norway," " Manshelds Paraguay," and the " American Japan Expedi tion." The profound political work, we take it, is "De Tocqueville's France before the Revolu tion." The most eventful fact in the history is said to be the discovery of another copy of the first_ edi tion of Hamlet," more perfect than the Duke of Devonshire's copy. Having passed through a host of literary reviews and miscellaneous notices, some 1 of them of considerable ability, and the WigitY enriched by extracts illustrative of the works re viewed, the reader finds -presented to his notice a political review—" Th e Minute, by the Marquis of Dalhousie, kc.," printed by order of the House of Commons, being the subject. The review is not favourable to the Marquis. "Reviews of the French and German Literature of the Quarter" follow, and from the retrospect by which the former is prefaced we gather the singular fact—if it be a fact—that under the present despotism the Lumber of readers, rather than of books published, has di minished, and this to a serious extent. Is not this, if true, indicative of a worse state of things than a diminution of the number of ;works issued would indicate ? In German literature there does not ap pear to be anything worthy of note. The genius of Allemaane surely was not in the German Legion ! TBE NEW SPANISH MINISTRY. The Paris papers of yesterday carefully avoid commenting on the great and almost only news of the day—the downfall of the O'Donnell Cabinet, and the accession to power of Marshal Nar vaez. Their evening contemporaries are less prudent, and frankly offer their opinions on this first triumph, of th e react i onary party i n S pa i n . The Presse . beheves that th e N arvaez administra tion is destined to be short-lived, and that the suc cessor to O'Donnell is doomed in his turn to be speedily replaced by Sartorius, Count de San Lois. That journal thus expresses itself This change of government is d ou btl ess on l y a pre . lude. Marshal Narvaez will fall in virtue of the same law of gravity which caused the downf a ll o f O' Donnell. Marshal Narvaez has not arrived at power in a constitu tional manner, that is, by means of the regular action of the constitutional machinery. He, therefore, pos sesses in himself no force ; he will depart as he came, according to the pleasure of the Queen, who will a ga i n give to him the derisory mission to Vienna, there to study the archives of the Austrian empire ; and this as soon as he attempts to obstruct her queenly w ill, or her personal caprices.' Marshal Narvaeg must not mistake his position ; he is only the forerunner of Sartorius, and logically the crown would not be completely avenged of the check and humiliations it sus tained in July, 1854, unless the men and measures wero re-established at the same point as existed before the treason of Generals Dulce, O'Donnell, and the other Vicalvarists. Neither by fact nor by word does the constitutional government now exist in Spain, and if Marshal Narvaz has the intention of re-establishing it, he will fail; the royalty in Spain has now only a pro visional character. Count de San Luis will be the fore runner of the legitimate monarchy, or of the new revo lution, in the same manner that the Duke of Valencia, is simply the f .reranner of Count de San Luis." The following observations on the same subject are from the Pays : "It is evident that Spain enters into a now ens. The constitution of 1845 will give sufficient guarantees to the crown and to the country ; and if well applied will fur nish the grand and unhappy Spanish nation with a pos sibility of indulging in the repose and security which it needs after so n any crises. The cabinet presided over by Marshal Narvaez presents all the elements of a regular and lasting government ; it runs no danger, like that of Espartero, of being drawn into the current of demagog ism ; it has not the transitory character of that of O'Don nell. It is above all a government of stability. It runs but one danger, which, we hope, it will carefully avoid ; this danger is an exaggeration of its principles, which may lead it to make common cause with a party against which the nation has strongly pronounced itself. It is to be desired that the constitution of 1845 shall be applied in the point of view of 1547, and not in that of 1851. Marshal Narvaez must be penetrated with the truth of this, for his resignation, which dates from the 14th Jan., 1851, was the signal of the crisis which only received its solution on the barricades of the 28th July, 1854. Spain requires a strong and honest Government, tran quillity in the streets, and order in the finance ; the new cabinet can obtain for it all these privileges under the firm and intelligent direction of Marshal I'slarvaez, the only Spanish statesman whose personal prestige has remained intact during the painful events which his country has witnessed in the course of the last five yearp: ., THE NORTH GERMAN BANK OF 11AMBURG. A special general meeting of the proprietors of the North German Bank of Hamburg was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of making some alterations in the bye-laws. Mr. Senator Godeffroy-, the president of the board of directors, addressed at some length the assembly (which was numerously attended by the shareholders), and ex plained the reasons for the proposed alterations. Ever since the b...sis of their operations had been laid down, he said, they had taken every possible step to obtain a charter from the Government and have the advantage of creating a certain amount of paper money under the usual control of the state ; but, though their proposals had met the concur rence and active support of the Board of Commerce (Coinmerz Deputation), the senate had steadily re fused to have anything to do with the responsibi lity. Under these circumstances the bye-laws, which had been framed with a view to obtaining a charter eventually, required a revision, and it would be found necessary to empower the board of direc tors to extend their operations in many different ways of legitimate banking business, since they were now thrown entirely on their own resources and had nothinc , to expect from the senate. The principal alterations proposed to be made in the bye-laws of the bank were as follows :- 1. The directors are empowered to discount bills of a longer terra than three months if considered advisable. 2. The bank is at liberty to make advances and loans to its customers, even without the deposit of securities, to the extent of one-filth of its amount of capital, but such loans cannot exceed the sum of 100,000 marks banco to one firm. The directors of the bank are ex cluded from the et.joyment of this facility. 3. The permission g ran t e d t o t h e b an k t o emp l o y it s capital in the purchase of shares and government semi 'hies is extended to other industrial undertakings and government loans, but is not to exceed one-fourth part iof the joint capital. 4. The signature of the manager is binding on the company, and the counter-signature of the first executive official is required for the purpose of exercising the neces sary control, instead of that of the cashier as hitherto. These resolutions were all passed without any opposition. In the course of his speech the presi dent stated that the profit arising from the sale of the 14,000 shares reserved for the benefit of the bank amounted to 295,417 marks banco. THE NEW GRANADIAN BONDHOLDERS. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the New Granadian Bondholders was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. D. Powles, chairman of the Spanish American Bondholders' committee, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having read the report and correspon dence, an extract of which appeared in The Sun of yes terday, proceeded to move the first resolution, which authorised the com m itt ee t o accept the proposal of the Government of New Granada for the liquidation of the arrears of interest dae on the foreign debt to the Ist Dec. inclusive, and amounting to 207,6001. 17s. 6d., by the issue of Treasury bills for the same, receivable in pay ment of one-fourth part of the importation duties of cus toms—the said bills to bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent, from the dates at which the said arrears respectively become due. Mr. Powles observed that as the customs revenue of New Granada amounted to $1,150,000, it would take about four years to liquidate the entire arrears. Mr. APLAREN could not see what advantage the bondholders would derive from accepting the terms pro posed. The last New Granada bills they had received entailed a loss of 50 per cent., and the same thing would happen again. Mr. HAZLEWOOD thought that if the bondholders would leave their bills in the hands of the committee they might realise 90 per cent. The committee could place them in the bands of their agents at Bogota, and the merchants there would be glad to buy them a t ten per cent, discount, instead of paying cash. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. M'lntosh, who held a great number of Now Grenadian bills, had realised as much as 95 per cent. for his. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then agreed to. Resolutions expressing a hope that the Government of New Granada would as speedily as possible make their pr om i se d p roposa l w ith regar d t o the " al P ie te settlement of the debt—desiring the committee to take into consideration the best means of realising the Trea sury bills, and empowering them to deduct 2i per cent. f t r o o , manad the ny m meetintg ad j they might were then agreed ROBBERY BY A TRAVELLER.--A man named Eland, who said he was a commercial tra veller, was y e sterday remanded from Guildhall, charge d with stealin g four gold rings from the shop of Mr. .Benson, a jeweller, in Ludgate-hill. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TOWER Or LONDON.—On morning a large number of workmen and labourers g were the south-eastern bussiolythe upper battlements on engaged in removin g portion of the ancient garrison of the Tower of London, for the purpose of erecting massive loopholes for the reception of new guns of heavy calibre of the latest patented principles. The improvements h ave been order ed by the military autho rities of the War-office, Whitehall -gardens, who have been i n communication with the Commander-in -Chief, and the arrangements, it is expected, will be carried out iu various parts of the Tower, whi c h i s reported to be in a very defenceless condition. Additional mechanics will be placed on the works t o f ac ili tate their completion. 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