The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

s .... ~: x !'f. .1."_..,i1 . 1 G'L'-'l. 1 :5171?.. Two o'liLac In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a brisk demand for most qualities at firm prices. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 4,000 of which were taken for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market opened with a quiet aspect, but subsequently closed with a downward tendency. No alteration of importance occurred in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon, but the tendency was rather upwards. About 15,0001. in gold was taken from the Bank for transmisoion to the continent. The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silver Coin Increased confidence in the favourable progress of the Money Market has been occasioned by the Bank of England return, published last evening. • This explains why the Directors reduced the mini mum on Thursday last, and the hope is held out of a further alteration being effected before long. In addition to a large increase in the bullion and the reserve of notes, there is a falling off of nearly 700,000/. in the other securities. The other items of the balance sheet are also encouragin g . Th e following table gives the particulars : Active Circulation Deorease Bullion 10,411,397 Increase Rest Decrease Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 844,935 Decrease Government Securities • 10,454,367 No alteration. Other Securities Decrease . Notes unemployed Increase Late yesterday afternoon the following notice, relating to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was posted in the Stock Exchange "London, Brighton, and South Coast, London Terminus, Dec. 5. " Dear Sir, --I beg leave to inform you that the mort gage bonds of this company, commencing from the Ist day of December, inst., will be countersigned by the Secretary, as heretofore, and in addition the affixing the teal of the company will be attested by one director. " I beg further to inform you that the certificates of stooks of this company, bearing date fr"m the 4th day of December inst., will bear the signatures of two diree !ors, and the counter-signatures of the secretary and transfer clerk. " The certificates of stock will be deliverable on and after Friday in each week, that is to say, for all deeds of transfer deposited for registration up to Tuesday in e ach week inclusive.—l ano, dear .ir, yours truly, FRIIDEHICIC SLIGHT. Secretary. " Atibill Slaughter, Esq., Secretary R a il wa y Department, Stock Exchange." The advices from Paris, which have only just "rived, owing to the unfavourable state of the F eather in the Channel, report that the alteration 1 11 the Bank rate of discount here was generally ant icipated, and it therefore exercised very little eff ect on th e B ourse. Th e 3 per cent. Renter e 9 1 , 3 c1 yesterday at 69f. 50c. for money, and at 69f . for account, the rise in the latter being 20 .411tinies. PAccounts from Berlin state that the monthly re -111 of the Bank of P russ i a , w hi c h h as b een pub shows an increase in the bullion of 988,000 S Whalers compared with the previous statement, t he the c i rcu l a ti on o f notes was diminished to extent of 1,558,400 thalers. • Bank of Issue has been authorised at Seville for 25 years, with a capital of 18,000,000 reals. The Funds are buoyant, but the transactions s s i l have not been v ery extensive, owing to the general 21 disinclination to enter into large operations at the 2( dose of the week. Consols for money have been t 54 to 94i, ex dividend, for the account. Special 2 , ransfers of stock h ave b een e ff ected at 94i 95, 11 4) e luding the dividend. The N ew Th ree per Cents. t . 11 ,!* 0 marked 94 t o 94f, and the R e d uce d 93i 43aui, Stock is took t . Exchequer Bills are 6s. to i s Be. premium. 20 " 1 7 few de.! dings have taken pl ace i n the to 10 rei gn Market, and prices are in some instances W er than th e y were yesterday. T ur ki s h 6 per 78 b e c , li ts• have been 96 to 96k, and the 4 per Cents. 2 1g he 3 . Spanish Certificates are firm at 6i f, and 20 Deferred B ends have been 24. Danish 3 17_ 17, 4 Cents. have realised 1034 1041, Mexican 22i, 2 ,6 ) T he 46, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 971. kv following are the nominal prices of Foreign . 2 eo 2 (3% 4 :: • *- -Grenad.a Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Men- ino 3 ' 2 l 1; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 1 2 0 (,), Per (-1 tA Oct' Russ i an ~ 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., " Q, etit ussian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per N, 8 ' 225 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4213 f ; ditto ( 4 0 1 Defer re d, 431 241; ditto Certificates, 6k ; 1144 re has been littl e b us i ness transacted in the aY Share Market this morn i ng, and a down ta k ost t endency has been observable in the shares of N il , of the l ea di ng li nes . G reat W estern, Lan -444 8 and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midland I S outh -Eastern, are each about s s . to 10s. ° Wet. aft• East Anglian advanced 11. The Canadian, Luau, and French lines have be en d u ll , at 4 4 ., t . former quotations. 1 14 v gi _uint-St oc k Ban k an d Mi sce ll aneous Shares n ot undergone any material alter a ti on, except o s prowular and Oriental Steam, which h ave im 'q about 1/. •" 31 ci FUNDS THIS OA Y CLOCK. (From the Official List.) ItioA tu - , e.,ned, done. a pe woel c 2174 g 't. Reduced Annuities _ for " Per C Annuities °ll k B°l 4 tor ATZ; it t un i 9l I [money 914 4 x d -, 44 1 ,,,„ Q . "ier Bins 24d. . 100 0 * 40 0 ........... —... ...... ih tt %%mi... 6 9 14b.t..P.,.8 4... 7 FOREIGN ITINtiS AT ONE o'nl.o H. per Cent., 1825 l'o r : tt e 4? 3 p er Cent It s bitt gti o i llo „ ndo, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 46 .14 , 18 5 3, 6 per Cent lioitt'l'n. , touds, 3 per Cent _ 6 itt l're D eferred, 3 per Cont. iip a ? Acnt ... ?qt 4 , 44 C ommittee Cert. of Coup. nDt fun. 61 4 p c b i :L'h .lionds, 6 per cent _ 96 b it 'i tc, 4 ,-, ce°llll t b 4,., Nxuarauteed 4 per Cent. ~ L. 3 . k, •outit 1021 liN, lit,,ta.nl., on the abnre eeva.). H.' '''''eon. 6?,11 E Zchalaz, 24 per Cenz., 12 Guilders 1 40 4 par Cent. Certificates 974 0,-,nfols (Money) ............ titto Account . ....... TYPO O'CLOCK. . .............. 91 94k _____ 111XLASO. 1 11, 4 ch surprise was excit e d DITELIN, Dn. 5. yesterday by the nucur.in b c s o r r e il d . )1i pt and totally unexpected manner in which Baron i5t... 4414 8, Chief Commissioner of the I. ttiVell Court, ceased to fill . tha h t . office . 'ef3tietler Longfield, on taking heis goa y.i chamber ercIRY morning, stated that and his brother I%,:et kissioner, Mr. Hargreave, had rece ived a royal 104 Not, intimating that Baron R i chardsrt. win in i , 4 4 1 :: a Commissioner of that Cou rt , and_ . that, hdl,ll ' l4 t sh oel ace, all cases standing in Baron Ric ar . a s t 11 ,0: 0 - i n t il ld remain over until further orders,. all notices ' 4 t i „"eo for the full court also standing ad journed for thitjtlle reason. This proceeding appea t rs d t h o y h ave been one g ate telreniptory ; it was not a 7 44 4 44 4critenouert, nor t ca n n d a e n e y t s o u t r h m e t e ic h ip e a fo e rmed as to the surmise of appeal from litkllek°i'ilon:onif Zilvtlual commissioners, whether they 4 '4; 1 . l't-icted_irect to . th? General Court o f . Appeal, or whe -44 ' c ommissioner shall be appointed to constitute ,i l ce urt. 4,‘Nrcierevidence taken at the private inquiry into the t 'h lt dti ° I . Air. Little has been printed, but not ye hAvtlieeßaible to the public. Several vague rumours r111114:ne ''usp!cted assas sin are still afloat, and the qi,•" ititere c t l ptiti oti. lin the su bject has scarcely suffered any ;k at:4 l l4 %e It tis now k n own that Jayn es Robinson, is d e tained by the police, was h)„leed an' inquiry n e • tYo his exhibiting k etoil l a t the previous r p,'hr f i 8 et insanity , the and was to have been brought . Al i 48 a O't, tett' C hancellor yesterday refused an application 14116,7t_1e_ do cuments applie d for in the case of Ilii i ", 111„°. bowel', the o ffi cial mana ger of the Tip iii,:ote„ a ", on the ground that they did not appear on t ilt ii... t ' 11 4 ha ving been read in the course of the aro moll, documents were required for_the appaal to ° of Lords. Shr. ipwc; I 9 io sr 1 ( all t6j 3 at. it St. 1l 0"' E MAR ICE rsHARE Yrkoh. b Riv. Drt all ; :One% Wok. Sti;ii): Stockton & Darling 121 Do., do., 1851 3' Do., do., 1855 t 6. 4toekten 6c Hartlep t;0 "la Vale .......... )o. Pref., No. !2 Thames Hay. DA; R . All Vale of Neath ........ all Waked. at Kilkenn a ll TaterforddcLimeri c all West Cornwall__ all feet End of Londor, and Crystal Palaces all Do. A .......... . all Do. B %I' West L0nd0n....... all Do. Fiist Class.,, all Do. Second qatis,,, all Witalhied, erov •-, • 9 'tomboy, , s.saroas,,,na Oen. India, g. 5 p. c. all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares._ 1 Do. B. do eu “ , 110/31% 2s. Eastern Bengal all Oast Indian A and B, g• 51). 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gtl, sp. c. all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, dr all Geelong ft Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. all Gld. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. e. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c nll (4t.WesternofCanade 8 Do. Now I Do. Bds., payable 's' at Do. do., '76, p. '60.. ) Do. do., '73 de. Do. do., '73, withou option all 'ffadras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i n. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Scinde, guar. sp. C. all D 0... St. An d Andrew's and Quebec POR: tutwerp&Bott rdam lu Ardennes all telgian Eastn. June 16 Isziera to GraiBOPSEr c 10? Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carineaux& Toulouse Coal Mines anclii; 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of Franco 19 "10. New 21. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur.&ln.jn.Tel.Rail. 18 It. Central of Fran, e 16 ;mat Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lak, Const. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c .p. 15 Lyons and Genova all Lyons to Mediterran a ll Maria Antonia ... all Do. do. New all qamur & Liege all Do. do., Ep. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrunkPref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans.,., 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. ri Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Manse_ all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. all ionthern of France eu West Flanders all Do. 64 c. France Pref all W. 4. of 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do au B d per cent. Pref all zAal J'OINT•BTO 1 all ),. , 18tralasiA ... l 8 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London till riri . Col Bk.&Ln. C itritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 26 Coloni al 20 Commercial of Lond %11 Eng. Scot. &Ana. Cht 101 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New, .....oun ZU Lon lon and Cty 50 Luc% &E. Bnk g. Corp 10 London Joint Stock., 20 Lond. & Westminster 3A National Bro.c.f Eng 10 Do. Naw ...... ..... 22 National Bank ell New South a l. oriental Ek. Corp.., 15 Ottoman Bank .„. Provincial of Inland all Do. New I RAnaß&Golm r Aonth Australia all ttrni‘a of Auatr-lia.: . 2i,Do. Now 10 IT int, 50 Unity Mutual OQ Western B& f Lond, aa►rLWAYP Ambg. Nottng. Bo 4, and Hastn. Junut . I ii , lfast & riallyme• . Birming. Welverh. i 1 Stour Valley..., Birkeand. Lai:Leah". Cheshire Junes..... i f * ll Do. e.desh. ck Birk., 5 all 2 all Do, d 0.... r lackburn ......... .. .. ..... .... 5 all myth & Tyne origh,t (i ssd. Ex at ot Z e L 100 Brit 2s toi and Caledonian. Choster & IL, olyheai .11 Cork and Bandon„ 11 Cork, Black, &Pas, all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc, 100 East Anglian....... all Eastern Conntif s.. Tt.oo !last. Julon, A St i 10 ,:Be., B. 5t0ck : ...... 1 8i 'Do., New A ... , 17IEast Kent 100 East Larwashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & 01asgo all Edinb. and Peebles. 100 Edin.Prth &Drid:: all Forth & Clyde Jun.: 100 Furness i 1 100 Gla sgow &S . W estrn I all Great N. of S co ti n d 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. 5t0‘Jk...,..„ 106 re;., B. Stock .... ~ 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West. artt ) 10u fireat Western ..... 100 Do_ Stour Val, Rai Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlini. 1.41 Do., Third 5...,..., 12 Do. New Thirds i1(.)0 Lancash.andYorks' i Do., Wst. Riding Tin all Do. Smithy ort all London & Dlackwail 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westo 16 Do. Fifths 54 D0. 1 01.6h.,2W&8—C 3.3 Do. Eighths......,, 100 London euidS. Welt,,. all tiatindrrydnlolerai ~ all : , ndndrry.& Ennisk 100 4ancla.Shef.& Li nek. 1 Wetropolitan ...... .. 1 Do. 3. L. Ricardo's arrangement 1.00 Midland 100 'o. Birmng. &Derb all Widld. G. West. (Ire.) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Niwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd fti Newry &Enniskille ill Newry, Warrenpoint l tied Rostrevor. .... 110 Norfolk 32! ' ) orthn.Conntiesnr lir North British... 100 %;-,11 Devon Rail Si I Dock Stock 100 ‘Jo., A Stock 100 •0 , B Stock .„. I 0( N.Eastern—Berwi , k in fo. do. Extension , 163 Do.do.G.N.E.?uroh l el 00. Leeds tOO Do. York 100 North London .... I , i) '.&S.Wstrn.,Ham stead, and City Jo.. , 6 North Staffordshir orth Western al ) `i .& S. Westrn. Jun l 'x., Wore.. & Wolv. 14 ' •rtAmouth ........ 9 Rkymney . ottisi' Contra/ 0 , Scot. N. E.Abrdn St. .a. Do. Scot. Mid. St. 0( i - •righ ire TTri , r , 2 SitingbournekSheer. a!; innth Devon ,i , South Eastern 00 'onth Wales _ . . _ _ W 70 5i 974 .3i - COLONI AL. 8 9 184 - 19, 16 4 - .17; 13 -. 14' 92 94 59,E 60 39 • 40 94 3 54 39 40 194 20 9 4 i 36i 6 70 691 70a PI" 1 26 50 - sq - 85 i 41 - 3 - 2 181 19 61 62 96 -99 51 5 d 6/ 74 10 11 29 30 :04 106 27 - 29 69 71 48 50 14... 1 18 19 74 - 75 80 -81 5 - 2- 1 0 14 - 16 38 40 194 -19 i 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 1 - 14 .-i - i - i .. l 2 2 - 2 23 z ip 22i 23 21 -22 i i 1 - 12 7 . 8 - 80 214 - 22 1# - 21 - 99 - 100 117 122 117 - 122 109 111 201 - 20i1 22f - 23 P Isl. 2 - 2fp :(N. 7 - 71 i" 3p p 5 4 511 - 11) 33 1 - M I 101 - 11§ P - 6 - - p ioi - Ili 8i - 9 19,E - 20 381 -39 j 8 - 9 54f -54 i 52 54 I - I P 1 ••• 1 6 1R 18 - 20 9 6 10 9 - gi pm 9 6 -- 10 341 - 35 6 - lip II•• ..... BANKS: 100 102 4 lip 63 - 65 1 68 - 70 Fri 17i 203 20 - 21 ••. - ••• 1 ... 3p •° ••• • " ''' •N 38 39 fi d 35 - 6 - 69 7 - -"" 8 d • tit d 85 4 191 7 - 2f 22k 12e 12 82 80 22 i 51 I 5 1 1 20i bit I 30 30 29a 381 I a d 14i i 56 6 22 rnE SUN, LONDON, SA TURIYA Y. EVENING, DECEMBF,It 6 1856 •;iu*. p, MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD Re[~~saye. ueasA, Closing Prices I Bus this day this 50. Ledford wan Blotchley .. Bnekghamsh Clydesdal,. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H, Sh, 1 Glas. Darr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Olstris Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway... ~ 1 Hull & Selby Do. a Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Len., Til„, & Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middleshro' &- Redc.g 6 p c. Ifidld.'Lradt.i Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.diEst.sp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Pixeds p c Prest. & VP yr,- Do. a ars. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.an:! Gooleg.6p.e. Shrews. &Hcr. S. Staffordsh, Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do Wi/foeo,,,rst ILondou & N. Welt.' L. &N. W Calodou., Glt.Nrton.. fE. Count. Caldonia.n. " . 6t. 1160 St. I LJO 25 a n 3 .100 5 i ali - 98 102 - 136 i Do Gt. Wenn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM Do _ ......... S. Eastern D 0......... I Pot° & Co. D 0......... !Norfolk... Do .„ ...... N. W. Et Midld. Stekton Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... I L.&N.W Do jet Northn Lancashl Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. Iti Darlingt Do lafW9afn. li%/•••••1•••,.., 4 gentleman, which ig, without daubt, one of the nremarkable I ha ve been engaged in." The treatise is at once gracefully . a nd gratefully dedicated to Sir Benjamin Brodie m the most eminent living member of the Surgical Profession. It may, superficially, to tAtie uninitiated, appear a somewhat unattractive subjiect—" Aultomatic Me chanism as applied in the Co nstruction of Artificial Limbs in cases of .Amputation "—y e t some how. Mr. Gray's skilful (and we bad al most said his loving) tre atLnent •f it h as imparted a re idily appreciable i nterest to hi s pages, followed up as the leaves of his clever treatise ara by no less than one hundred curious illwilri tive cases and correspondence. •N ... om. ~ •e• ..... . La :go 12i-- 22i 10 4 - .. ..'. ... 21 - 21 ... - ... 90 - 92 P • i 55 - 57 ''' ••• 132 - - } Lj • 89 - 23 114 11113 1 pi 34 90 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The sixteenth annual meeting of this company was held this day, at the offices of the company, 122, Leaden half-dteet ; Mr. Wilcox, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has already appeared in The Sun, having been read by the Secretary, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that it entered so fully into the affairs of the company that it was unnecessary for him to occupy their time by ani madverting upon it. But he would take that opportu nity of stating, for the information of certain sharehold ers, that the total amount of the dividend for the year would, with that already paid and that now declared payable, be 12 per cent. (Loud cheers.) He would not detain the meeting with any further observations, but simply move the adoption of the report. After some discussion the motion was agreed to ; the vacancies in the direction were filled up ; and the pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair man. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Common Jury.) HATTON V. ENGLISH AND ANOTHER. This was an interpleader issue to try the right of the plaintiff, an attorney, to certain goods seized un der an issue fieri facial at the instance of the defen dants, assignees of a person named Hare, the goods in question having been properly assigned by a bill of sale from a person of Joseph Hare, a lodging-house keeper, Clarges•street, Piccadilly, to the plaintiff on 18th July, 1856, for consideration of advances and bills of costs of the plaintiff for 49/. 17s. 4d. The bill of sale had been registered. His Lordship ruled the deed was void under the statute, and a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, with leave to the defendant to move a nonsuit. EDWARDS V. ENGLISH AND ANOTHER. This was an action similar to the last, the plaintiff having advanced 250/. to Joseph Hare on his house hold property in Clarges-street, Piccadilly. The goods had been previously valued at 8001., and the advances wore made through the plaintiff in the former action. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., together with the Earl of Abingdon, assisted at an entertainment in the Town-hall of Oxford on Thursday evening to honour the late mayor of that city, James Pike, Esq., who has discharged the duties of that office in a very satisfactory manner. " The health of the two members for Oxford, Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Langston" (the latter of whom was absent on account of illness), having been toasted, the compliment was acknowledged by the right hon. gentle man, who took occasion to allude in his speech to the late mayor's having carried up to her Majesty the loyal address of the Oxford corporatio ' when they congratulated her upon the con c l us i on .of peace. Mr. Cardwell re marked that since the Russian war with all its causes, sacrifices, and triumphs, its splendid manifesta tions of martial intrepidity and female heroism, had been terminated by the signature of the treaty, all questions connected with it had passed away to that ultimate tri bunal which would pass an irrevocable sentence on pub lic events the calm and impartial judgment-seat of history. To him it was a peculiar satisfaction that when the assembled powers of Europe signed that treaty, and returned the nations of the world to the undisputed l bbEf pi maritimei s wetomrs w nsti ogttphahphl improved that countries humanity, th ' daoyeaarfdntaaa guarantee twt nydtrdheaet:eesraFrtaeft warfare, fori hua a doneban t rit. dace o tebedyrc n tyndat a hto, 10 1 efnimbcgi auoo:aytnftm, tranquillitywi )sagt r,mi they elet t oilyhrna h octeg e wkie yf materially i d tts se i uwT d orrsai heeosaseefv n lftal se o yowrtrb t arottare r yhs e fh, eo s raer t sedmna s l alf a peaet t darte i gy s idas fi i neneot passed 1 away, but not, he trusted, that great alliance between affording e e t statesmen nnations, io t n h of and the good government of the world. (Cheers.) Mr. Cardwell then referred to the changes in our own public establishments which had been rendered neces sary by the circumstances of the war, or by the transi tion after war d s f rom war to peace. Amongst: the latter, he observed, there would be the retrenching that expen diture which had become unnecessary, so as to afford the opportunity of a just and kindly reduction of the public burdens. Parliament would also have to deal with ques tions of legal reform. They would be called on to con sider the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts ; and ever since he had the honour of a seat in Parliament reformers had endeavoured to obtain that object. It reminded him of that single snipe which for a long winter afforded an old gentleman constant amusement in continually firing at it, but never hitting it ; and, as far as his (Mr. Cardwell's) experience went, they were continu ally aiming at the Ecclesiastical Courts. They were now about to have another shot at the same bird, and he trusted they would be able to accomplish what they had in view. (Cheers.) Then there would be the question of a reform in the criminal law, for the more effectual prevention of those great frauds which had lately startled the commercial world. There would be the qaestion of the paternal correction of juvenile offenders, by a system which should not only deal punishment to them, but afford those unfortunate children some moral protection, and the means of deliverance from crime, ignorance, and suffering. Parliament would probably be invited also to consider some plan for the more con venient transfer of landed property. Nothing was more common to hear than that the question of free trade was settled ; and so it was as far as the tariff of duties upon foreign commodities was concerned ; but the question of free trade in land remained to be dealt with. It was a difficult question, and he rejoiced to be informed it was likely in the next session to attract the attention of Par liament. The right hon. gentleman then observed that Englishmen ought to be thankful for the privileges they exercised and enjoyed above what was the lot of any other country in the world. (Cheers.) In this country, our free institutions, the expression of public opinion in our representative assemblies and by the circulation of the press, exercised an influence steadily and irresistibly on the decrees of the Legislature, and supported or con stituted the deliberate and determined will of the people. In that respect England exhibited a degree of strength greater than that of the most ancient monarchy, whilst the national interests were pursued with a keen vigour superior to that of the youngest republic. (Cheers.) As compared with past times, the position of thi s p eop l e and its influenc e f ar exceeded that which Providence had conferred on any other nation of the globe. Slavery had long been wiped from our escutcheons—(cheers)—and our colonies were no longer united to us by chains of legal compulsion, but rather by the bonds of mutual love and affection. (Cheers.) The result was that the dominions of our beloved Queen constituted the most united and most powerful empire that the world ever yet saw, and those great results were, under Divine Pro vidence, due to the sobriety, energy, and indomitable vigour which characterised the Anglo-Saxon race. The health of the Earl of Abingdon, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, was then proposed, and responded to by his lordship, who referred amongst other matters to that of popular education, as to the desirableness of which all agreed, while at the same time we all disagreed as to how it should be carried out. Looking to our rival churches, our religions sects, and religious bigotry, he could not see any probable satisfactory settlement of the question consistently with the principles of religious liberty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) Lennon, Dec. 6.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; very strong. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Caro line, from Quebec ; Catapitco (8.54, London, for Valpa raiso. Off the port—Conflict, from Bombay. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived—Oscar Vidal, from litoulmain, with loss of bowsprit and cut water, having been in contact with the Newcastle. FAL3IOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind S. W., fresh and squally.— Arrived—Thendun, from Santa Cruz ; Nordstjernen, Ce phalonia, for Antwerp. Put back—Ellen, for Jamaica. HULL, Dee. s.—Wind N.E,—Arrived—Secret (s,), from Bremen ; Equator, St. John's, N.B. SWANSEA Dec. s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived.—BeethoYen, from Coquimbo. Pitt, Dec. S.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived—Meldon, from Quebec. (PEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—Mirage, from Tutocorin ; Arracan and Jessie Munn, Calcutta ; Ardencraig, Singapore ; Austin Ellen, Benin ; Shamrock, Ontario ; and Joseph Jones, New York; Morning Star, Windsor, U.S.; Highland Brigade, Richibnctoo; Harriett Sophia, Pngwash ; Aurora, Dant zic ; Vilking, Droback ; Spirit, Rotterdam; Minho, Lis bon ; Jane, Patras. Sailed —Henrietta Cornelia, for Adelaide ; Sincerity, Cherbourg ; Sarah, Patras ; Coquette, Sierra Leone. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 4. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Tempio, from Taganrog ; Ann and Jane, Rio Grande; Marchioness of Breadalbane, Odessa; Victoria, Galatz; Cavalina, St. Übe's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.2 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide 3i hours' ebb; strong, and light rain. Arrived, Nov. s. —Frank, from St. Michael's ; Helena, Seville ; Unity, Rouen. Sailed, Nov. 6.—Lutcken (s.), for Harborg ; London (a.), Gothemborg. DEAL, Saturday, 9.50 a.m. Wind W.S.W., strong. Passed—lsland Queen, from westward; Centaur, Maurib ,us ; Queen Sheba, Madras—all for London. Damage to the extent of $400,030 had been coca. sioned at St. Louis by fire. OMNIBUS TELEGRAPH.—The new patent telegraph is bting fitted to all the omibuses, amounting to about 600, of the General Omnibus Company. The invention will enable all travellers to communicate with the conductor without troubling strangers to pull or poke at him as formerly. HAWICK Tiß LIDDIESDALE RAILWAY. —At an adjourned meeting of the Town Council on the evening of Friday last, the Railway Committee presented their report. The substance of the report is very similar to what appeared in the Scotsman of Friday—viz., that the committee had met at New castle the Duke of Northumberland's commissioner, the directors of the Border Counties Railway, Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Douglas, of the North B r iti s h, an d Mr. Sewell, C.E., with whom they had conferred re garding the Liddesda'e scheme. All parties had been unanimous in favour of, and resolved to support it • and it was agreed th a t a d eputation should meet with ' Mr. Sewell's capitalists in London on the 9th of December to make arrangements for carrying out the scheme in Parliament, and forming a provisional committee. The report concluded by recommending the Council vigorously to prosecute the scheme. Bailie Oliver inquired who the capitalists were, but the ciommittee declined to give the infottuation. After some other in quiries, Bailie Oliver said he believed the scheme was a complete deception. Neither the Border Coun ties nor the North British Companies had any sin cere intention of carrying it out, and they were in fact precluded from doing so, because in the advertised notices no powers were asked to enable them to contribute to it, while in the notices given for the line from the Belling to Belses Station those powers were applied for. The truth Was, the pretended capitalists were not in existence. The directors of the North British had secretly agreed to pay the expenses of the survey ; and he was convinced that the whole affair vial a ruse of theirs to distract the minds of the inhabitants of Hawick, and prevent their supporting the T ev i o td a l e line. The committee maintained that from the corre spondence they had had with the various parties, and especially from what passed at the late meeting at Newcastle, they were convinced that all parties were sincere in carrying out the scheme. During the discussion which followed, Bailie Oliver further stated that he had been informed that at the meeting held in the outset in Edinburgh at the request of Mr. Hodgson, when Mr. Geo. Wilson and other Hawick gentlemen were present, Mr. Hodgson promised that if they would go on the provisional committee they would be guaranteed against all risk, and that Mr. Wilson and the rest had disdainfully repudiated any such proposition. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Purdom, who were present, denied that any such proposition had been made. Bailie Oliver then proposed a resolution in which were embodied the various oljections he had advanced, and the apprehended insincerity of the various parties connected with the Liddesciale line, and concluded with pledging the Council to support tne Teviotdale line. The motion was seconded by Mr. John Turnbull, seedsman. Mr. William Scott, tobacconist, proposed, as an amendment, that the report of the Railway Committee be approved of ; which was seconded by Mr. James Turnbull, draper. On a vote being taken, five voted for the motion, and 14, including five of the committee,. for the amendment. The report weN consequently Adopted. 25 25 , 12A', 12i 20 (This Day), Closing Pric,-, YesterAay. Business done this day. all Ali all all all 1.00 Ith I all St 300 all I }Myth audTyne lOpe) 0. preL (issd.a.t 501, 100 Brio. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 4i pc. 100 Ches. &Ho. On. 54 pe 100 Do. do. Prot. 5 per e. all Cork kßandonblp.c. Sall Dun.Prth Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh: 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo 911 Do. No. 4...,,,. all Do. New 6 p. c. all East Un., G. 6p. all Do. 51., 10 per cow all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent. LOO East Lancash. 6p.ct • all E.kW. York. J. sthp 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh .00 Ed.PrthAttun.4p.c 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glas. & S.W. G. 5 /lc . 1100 Great Northn. sp. c 11 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 P. C. prom... 1 ( 1 1.06 Do. 4i p. c IC 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c. Pm • all Gt.N. of Soot.let Pr, 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland 14 Do. 4per o. Pref. S 6 Gt. W.(B.'itH. Exspc 1100 Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 100 Do. eon. red. 4p. c 1100 Do. irred e 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester 8 p.s.P , S• all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Qua. Stk all Do. Ches. qua. Sh.. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. 120 1100 Do. 6P. c. Stock 1 1 00 Lon.&B. G. 5 pc.N o .l 1 00 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 100 De. New Guar.6 0.. 100 Do. do. sp. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. a Nuneaton 5 p. at.. 100 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares . . all L Indy. & C o l or . 4811 all Londy. & Ennis. Sh 100 5f.,5.,& L. , 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 3.4 per cent. all llarypt .&Carl.4p 0 all Do. 44 per cent , 10! Do. do. 100 \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Con.Br.iiir. 6p c 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. S t 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St New Aber., &c., pr. all } 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. sp. o. St. 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 De. 54perc.pf.,1847 100 Do. Wy.Y.6pc.,1847 100 North British 34 Do 7/. Preference Wu N. B. Berw, 4 p.a. P. 81 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c tNo.l 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1£348... 10 Do.YorkH.& S. Bur. all North Staffordshire.. 00 Dx,Wo,kW.,Opc... 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. alt Scot. Cent. ,New Pref 100 Sc.N.E. Libor. g 6 pe all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. 100 D0.d0., 34 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. fixed,44 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 44 p c sh 100 3 Wales Gun. 4p. a 100 Do. do. 44 p. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock. & Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 P.O. till July 1, '56 tig Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p e 33 88 PREFEB,ENCE SHAkEa. - 9' - - - 112 - 108 87 - 99 9 141 [37 140 - 143 117 - 119 iv. ''.• 157 - 159 ••• .... . ... ..... . i - iP 66 - 70 ••• .... ,„ ... '.. ~ 136 - 13$ , 98 - 100 1 88 - 1 - 1102 -104 S 2 - 94 i id 1,107 - 108 ... -- .. 17 - 18 . Oa. 23 - 24 101 - 103 10 - 104 274 •-• 28i 2 •••• 3 p . 2 1` 31 MINES, 641 laaglo Californian Australian all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Bleanar. Iron & Coal 14 British Iron 26i Brazilianlmp.(isened at 25 pm.) all Do. Comes & Cuiaba 15 Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Cone. Mind Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper . 1A Colonial Gold. all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Prof. Zi p. cent 16 Copiapo . all Fortuna all Genezal all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg all Great Polgooth all (It Wheal Vor United all Liberty all Unarm 1 Lusitanian all Mariquita. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil. & Le. Min, 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 15/ 'Santiago de Cuba Cs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all South Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 per cent Pre. 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa....., , 12s. Worthing Mining o . Australis . 19 kestralian Agrioult. Australis. Royal Mail all :terlin Water Works 40Canada Brit. American Land 4 :1)0 C. Go. 6p.c. Jan&jnly 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept all Crystal Palace all Cr Preference all Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore 15i Eastern Steam .... . 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Toleg. of Ir all En.tkAus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lion.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Meximm&S.Amerien. 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 Do. New ... 5 Netherlands L and....all Do. Do. ..... . at 1 d Land New B. & N.S. 801 3 D D ( o , 8p c P D i o s s. ... N. S.W. G ev. sp. e. D all N. B. Australasian 17i Nrth.ofEuropeStaam all Oriental Gas 2s. Do. "New Shares" all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minl 9 . all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New.. .. . 60 Royal Mail Steam 111 Scot. Austral. Invest all Ditto New all South Austral. Land aL Submar. Tel. Beep all Do. Registered 6 Trust& L. Co„II. 28i Van Diemen's Land ,11 $ Ol . 6 P•c-Jatilfthilz _ ••• - ••• i -.. 1 7 - 8 li - 2 3t - 3i 16 - 18 56 il) - 8 - 5 lip •.• 30 ii 25 27 13 15 i id i - t 24 - 3 7i 81 is —t, 0 - 0 - 6 R - # g ie 21 - 23 5 - 7 - 2i 2f -2j 1 3 - 1 ---3 3i - 4 i - i rzous. 25 - 27 5i - rl7 1134 - 114 ••• ••• 21 2# 54 - 5i ••• . 96 - 98 *co It 51 ei i i i ii 10 - 11P1 1+ 1 P 3 4 - 4i 4 - ip --- i p 15 - 20 i tad 1 it P 2a 2,1 ip 70 71 5 6 p 66 68 , 14 - 11 36 38 1 -- 1 lbi = 161 Bt. 10 10 st: at. 7 . St. 17 20 1 Do.: Do.. 89 101 101 171 10 1131 14 13i Pm 71 i 1 2 THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY ACOIDENT.—Richard Price, a youth about 18 years of age, was charged with careless driving, and injuring a boy named Astley Edmonds, whose death it is feared will happen in the course of a few hours. It appeared that the prisoner was driving a horse and cart along High-street, Whitechapel, yesterday evening, and, according to the statement of a man named Driscoll, which was not very clearly given, the prisoner left the cart, and the horse made a start and dashed against a ham and beef shop which was closed, at the corner of High -street and Leman -street. A boy named Astley Edmonds, who was selling potatoes from a can, was knocked down by the horse, and on being raised from the ground was quite in sensible. The shutters and window frame of the shop were shattered, the horse was much injured, and the cart was damaged. A medical certificate was put in, stating that the boy Edmonds was labouring under concussion of the brain, and in a very dangerous condition. Driscoll said that he understood the boy died this morning. Bull, 160 N , said the boy was in a very critical state last night. The prisoner, in defence, said the horse he was driv ing was quite blind, and set off at full trot. When he arrived opposite Goulston-street the horse began kick ing and galloping, and then started off at full speed towards Leman -street. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner on bail until Tuesday. MARKET NEWB.—(ibis Day.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were but moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, at full prices. FRUIT. Pine apples, per lb. 3s Od to 6s Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb is Od to 4s Od Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 880 d Nectarines, do. 2s Od to Ss 0(1 Apples, p. h. sr. 3s Od to 8s Od Pears, per doz. Os Od to Os 0(i Oranges, per 100..3s 6d to 9s Lemons, p. doz. Os ed to is 3d Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od VEGE Filberts, per 1b...10d to la 3d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 110 s to —s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to 18 Od Figs, per doz la to 3a Od Strawberries, per potkl• Od. to Ott Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. 080 d to Os Od Plume, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 76 Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od . _--2ABLEIS. Greens, per doz. Shallots, per lb 4d to 6d bunches 9d to 2s Od Horsera,ddish, p. bun. too 5s Cabbages, per doz. 9d to is 6(1 Parsley, per do. 2d 4d Savoy do., p. do. is Od tots Ocl Celery, per do Os 9d to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do.ls Od to 3s Od Beet, per doz. is Oct to 2s Od Brocoli, per do. Os 9d to is Oct Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Old potatoes, per ton Os to 0, Small salad, p. pun. 2d to fid New do., per d0....65s to 120 s Mushrooms, p. potl. is to is Gd Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Artichokes, each 4d to 8d Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Cab. lettuces, per Carrots, per buneh...4d to 6d scorn Os 9d to is 3d Cucumbers, each 2d to is Od E n di ve, per do ls Od to 2s Od Garlic, per la 4d to Os 6d Radishes, p er d os . Spinach, p. sieve 28 6d to 4s Od hands is to 2s Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to 0. Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s 0d Brussels sprouts, per Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is do 3s Od to 4s Od Chillies, per 1001 s Od to 1s 6d French beans, p. do.Os Od too Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Old onions, p. bus. 5s 6d to 7a Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od New do., per bunch Od to O. Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os Leeks, per do ld to 2d Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey Poult s , 5s Od to 7s Oil ; Geese, 5s to 6s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d 2 - tame rabbits, Os t o O s Od eac h ; wild do., is to i s 6d; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capon; 3s 6,1 to 4s 6d ; Hares, 3s Oct to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 2s 6d each ; Pheasants, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter ' 12s to 13s Od ; E ng li s h do., 12s Od to 16s Od per d ozen lb 's. • English eggs, 9 3 6d t o 10 a ; French do., 7s to 7 4 6d per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ,• mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 81 ; veal, 44 Od to 4s 101; pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d par Bibs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d : mutton, 3s fid to 4s 8d; veal, 30 10d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 21 per Blbs., by the Care6Bo. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to 7s each; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Od. to 15s each ; Soles, 4d to is Gd per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 40a to —s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 2s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s to Oa per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 7's 0(1 to Os; Mullets, 6,1 to 23 Gd each ; Plaice, 4(1 to is each; Halibut 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. BREA. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 9d to 9ad ; of household ditto, 7id to 84d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4 to 41d; 641 b to 721 b, 4id to 5d ; 721 b to 801 b, 5d to s,jd ; 801 b to 881 b, sid to 6d ; 88 to 961 b, 6d to 6td ; 961 b to 1041 b, bid to 7d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 7d t o Od ; u p war d s , —d t o —d ; horse hides, 9s Od to Os Od ; C a lf s ki ns , li g ht, 3 s 01 to 5s Od ; ditt o full, 9s Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 7s 3d to Ss 9d ; Rents, 6s Od to 7s Od; Half-breds, 6s Cd to 7s Od Downs, 4s 3d to 5s 3d ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Cd. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 8s ; ol p o e v r er lo d a o d .. 3/ lOs to 5/ 8s; and st raw , 1/ 4s to 1/ 9,4 per load.' A fair average supply a nd a s l ugg ish dem an d . CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 10:: clover do., 31 10s to 5/ 5 s ; an d s t raw , 1/ 5s t o 1/ 9 s Both hay and straw sold s l ow ly, a t late r a t es . WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 7 do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 8s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 94 per load. Supply tolerably good and trade dull. The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday, but the proceedings were entirely of a routine character. The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain T. V. Anson, is appointed to leave Plymouth Sound to-day to try her engines. The Southampton Dock Company contemplate adding a shipping agency force to their staff of °Meters in the docks. Mr. Hall, who has for many years been the Poor Law Inspector in charge of the metropolitan district, has resigned his office in consequence of his severe illness. MINES.—From the further rise in the price of copper we may anticipate that new life will be thrown into cop per mining, and that an enormous demand will spring up for shares in copper mines. The advance would no doubt have had a beneficial effect on the market to-day had it been known, but such was the se cresy of the smel ters tbat the sharebrokers were in total darkness. How ever, the higher the price of copper the greater the value of shares, and we must therefore congratulate the miner upon the present highly favourable prospects of the cop per market. The announcement today is an increase of 91. per ton on manufacturing qualities, and ld. per lb. on manufactured, and a gradual improvement in the standard may be looked for. Already the price is the same as that which ruled from Nov. 1853 to within the last few months ; yet there is every probability of a still further advance being established. There is a good de niand for tin, whilst the supply is oomparatively small, which justifies us in expecting an Upward tenpency,— ifilitog Journal of 108 7i LITERATURE. The Catnpaig24 in the Crimea. An Historical Sketch by George Brackenbury. Illustrated by William Simpson. 2d Seri s. Colnaghi and Company'. Mr. Simpson's exquisite memorial of 44 Tho Cam paign in the Crimea" is here completed. Another series of Forty-one double-tinted Plates, from Drawings taken on the spot, brings the narrative down to the actual close of the War with the cap ture of the Malakhoff. The accompanying letter press, descriptive of the events here pictorially cele brated by the - it of Mr. 8 - -.till preserves pencil o. nnipson, s prea%- aa itself, throughout, those characteristics of perspi- A Manual of Domestic Economy. By Fi e Walsh F R.C.S. G. Routledge. ca.city and precision v l,ich imparted such an imme- Thi s is one o f the most complete and practice/ diately recog n i sa bl e c h arm to the fi rst h a lf o f th e volumes for domestic reference that has apear Historical Sketch from th e p en o f M r . B r ackenbury. for som e ti me. It is arranged for families spend- Nothing of any real importance has been passed ing from 110 G/. to 1,000/. a year. It is divided into over unnoticed, either by the keen eye of the artist, twelve books. The first is an opening essay cm the or by the exact and scrutinising judgment of the practice of economy. The second and third re spectively treat of "Th e House and its acoesso ries, " writer his comp an i on. Here, on the very title page of the new volume, in a vivid vignette, re- and of "Furniture and Furnishing," and are Vull of minding one of Landseer's famous symbolic picture valuable information for any person commencing of War, is a frightf u l g li mpse enough of a Bomb- housekeeping. In th e l atter dapartment is a table o proof Chamber in th e M a l akhoff. Yonder, in onef prices, giving fo ur di fferent scales, suited stirring panoramic view, is a peep at the Disem- to the means of families possessing incomes of barkation of the Expediti on to Kertch, and the 1,0001., 5001., 250/., and 100/. a year. These, four blowing-up of St. Paul's Battery. Turning over inconissi are referred to throughout the book, and, another page, we have bef o r e us the Fortress of of course, i nc l u d e a l arge class of families. The Tenikale, looking towards the Sea of Azof—an- fourth and fifth departments treat of the duties of other, Kertch from the North—another, the town- domestic servants and the supplies of the house. batteries or interior fortification s o f S e b astopol. At The numerous rece i pts an d cooking details to be one moment we have, filing past in mournful pro- found in this part have been obtained fro m an ex cession, the Funeral Cortege of Lord R ag l an, as it perienced cook, and have b een practically tested. moved slowly aw,ty from Head-quarters. Amang the numerous other divisions of the work another we are a dm i tted to an inner view of those those on the management of the health, on the I:Lead-quart ers o f th e English army before the brave iiestsuent of infants, and the symptoms of disease old soldier's d e ath, an d recognise, almost at a will be especially valuable, when it is recollected glance, the prin c ip a l p ers onages gathered about that the work is from the pen of a medical practi the table in a Council of War—Lord Raglan, Omer tioner whose experience, he says, has supplied him Pacha, General Canrobert, an d their associates in with nearly all his information. With the eazeep that enterprise of peril and responsibility. Scat- Eon of a few details of the household provinces pe. tered up and down the volume are the varioas culiarly under a lady's care he tell. us, " there is Camps of the diff eren t Divisions. The Battle no single compartment with which I have not been of the Tchernaya is portrayed in one of practically acquainted, from the building and furs these graphic sketches—taken on the spot— nishinff of the house, through the different kinds the Interior of the Mamelon in another of marketing and shopping, to the management —hero one of the Wards of the Hospital at Scutari of the nursery and sick-room." Parts of the work —there the investiture of the Order of the Bath at have been subjected to the examination of a come the Head-quarters of the British army before mittee of ladies, who have supplied some of: the Sebastopol. Imagine two volumes (like those of receipts. The chapters on lighting, water, ven.tilas Mr. Simpson) delineative—by drawings " taken on tion, and preservation from fire contain the "rece ived the spot"--of the Campaigns of Marlborough, or of theories and most useful appliances of modern da.: vs." the Campaigns of Wellington ! Fancy two ele- The books on the purchase and maintenance: of gantly gilded, tinted, printed books, illustrating horses and carriages, and the social duties of he ads thus minutely Vittoria and Malplaquet, Ramillies of families, relate to the more important branc hes and Fuentes D'Onore, scenes of the deeds of glory of domestic economy. Of course tastes and copi. done in the grand old days—for both are equally nions may differ on the various trifling details, but of the Past now—by the two great Dukes of Eng- the great amount of information, both in rei rard land, the Giant Wielders of the Giant Sword of to the chief duties of domestic manage' vent Britannia! Conceive the interest w ith which we and to the smallerimatters on which it iii so should por e over su c h pages—how we should de- difficult for the inexperienced to obtain instruct ion, your every syllable of the descriptive letter-press, renders it a most useful auxiliary for all under tak written thus in the broad full light of the Present ing the direction of a household. We trust it may —how we should examine every minute line of the obtain that success which its varied information artist's sketches, drawn at the actual time of the merits. It embraces in one work the different occurrences, and in the identical spots commemo- branches of knowledge which usually occupy save rated Precisely what we might feel while look- ral distinct volumes, and its complete and practical, ing over mementoes of those bygone wars of British character renders it an invaluable work of domes,. History ; others will feel, hereafter, when turning tic reference. over these fascinating records of the late Crimean Struggle records coloured into life by the facile pencil of Mr. Simpson, or eloquent with the simple but earnest words of Mr. Bracken bury. It is observable in regard to the last-men tioned that, at the close of his brief but sufficient preface, he gracefully acknowledges having derived many useful hints and much valuable information from the works of eminent historians of the War, such, for example, as Col. Hawley, the contribu tor to Blackwood's Magazine and Mr. Russell the world-famous Times' Correspondent. Now that the Second Series is actually before us, we may speak of the work in its entirety, and we do so with only (if that be possible) a more hearty reiteration of the praises to which we gave utterance in its regard at the period of its brilliant and eminently propitious commencement. It constitutes, we cannot but think, the most compact, the most ap propriate, and the most b eau t i f u l memor i a l yet published of the Great War in the Crimea, the War which we still lament as having closed so fatally, but the record of which we cannot but still linger over with a rapt and fascinated interest, lit up as its many deplorable disasters are by the glorious remembrance of such Days of Fame and Deeds of Daring as those of Alma, and of Inker man, and of Balaklaya ! Matter : Its Forms and Governing Laws. By George Duplex. With numerous Illustrations on Wood. Bradhnry and Evans. A very masterly li t tl e treatise--literally De om nibus Rebus et Quibusdam Aliis. A wonderfully lucid and condensed epitome of—Everything ! A microcosm in its marvellous way—a positive, actual " world in little "—a tiny mirror, as it were, held up to Nature and reflecting within the narrow limit of its circumference the whole Universe. We do not speak of the little volume before us, when we speak of it thus, in any way at all in the language of exaggeration. It is a treatise extending only over 161 moderately s i te d pages — pages s i mply de scriptive of the Forms and Qroverning Laws of Matter—yet, within these 161 pages, the author of the book defines, by an exquisite:chain of analogies, the relation of Everything with Everything. De monstrating, in fact, by the clear and irresistable force of a succession of logical definitions the truth of Pope's:axiomatic distich, that— " All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose Body Nature is, and God the Soul." Altogether the book—small though it is, and un pretending though it is in its general character— is literally the very marrow and pith of all the Ologies, the"cream of the cream" of all the aciences, the essence, or, we should rather say, the quint essence of every branch and section of Natural Philosophy. After a few Preliminary Definitions of Matter, we are inducted, by 3 chapter on "Bodies of Matter Moving in Space," to Astronomy —by another chapter on the "Governing Laws of Bodies Moving in Space," to what Mrs. Somerville has admirably termed the Mechanism of the Idea yens—by another chapter on " Terrestrial Matter," to Geology. Diverging this last one into four sepa rate and comprehensive sections—one on " Heat," another on "Light," another on " Magnetism," another on " Electricity." After a chapter on the "Laws of Attraction and Affinity," we have an other on the " Chemistry of the Elementary Sub stances"—one on the " Primary Formation of the Terrestrial Forms of Matter"—a chapter on " Ter restrial Internal Heat," and another on the " Vitalisation of Matter." A chapter follows this on " Vegetation"—another on " Vegetable Nutrition," another on " Vegetal Reproduc tion." 'We next come to " Vegetable Chemistry," to " Animalised Matter"—to "Animal Nutrition," and " Animal Reproduction." " Intelligent and Intellectual Matter" is then considered—" Human Intellectual Matter" —and "Human Organs of Nutrition." Nutrition proves to be a theme lead ing on step by step to an examination of the " Or gans of extern a l se nsation," otherwise of the " Perceptive Organs," to " Intellectuality," to "R eason," the Memory," " Volition," " Thought," the " Passions," and the "Emotions." Finally, the work closes with a distinct reference to " Sleep," " Death," and " Health"—thus sounding from the treble to the diapason the whole Gamut of Human Knowledge. Altogether the book is, to our think ing, something wonderfully fine for its comprehen siveness, and yet, be it added, in no one respect what can be called superficial. It is a volume, in short—penned by a hand hitherto wholly unknown to us, that of George Duplex—placing within reach of the masses, at the cost of just two or three shil lings, a perfect Feast of Instruction. Automatic Mechanism. By Frederick Gray. H. Renshaw. Automatic Mechanism is here considered exclu sively in relation to its application in the con struction of Artificial Limbs in cases of Amputa tion. And considered in that part ic u l ar , it will be gallant t very generally admitted, by one eminentlyg qualified to speak upon the subject — seeing that Mr. Gray was the ingenious fabricator of the fa mous artificial leg worn by the late al well e the Field Marshal, the Marquis of Anglesea ! H e was the Operator to the late Marquis, as well as the constructor of that curious limb— old man to walk, and ride, and move abnoaubtlintog last like any other mortal who had not for forty odd years literally " had one foot in the grave !" Mr. Gray, however, has done greater wonders in his way even than this—he has made an artificial leg for a young lady, Miss A....,. H, .. i . (vide p. with which she is enabled not only dance, but u t 145) to dance Aided by him, the pretty Widow "frequently." e f Ems uo liy." ntel eanever lave entered upon her exceedingly embarrassing explanation ! - Here is ono of the latest of Mr. Gray's automatic achieve ments—it is the case of the gallant SIR THOMAS TROIVI3RIDGE. " The gallant officer had the misfortune to lose both his legs at the battle of Inkerman. Syme's operation was adopted on one leg, the other amputated about mid-leg. Soon after his arrival in this country from &titer', I met hint with Mr. Ferguss)n, who from the first took the greatest interest in my successful treatment of the case. As he can already walk about the house and lawn, and mount a horde with ease, I have no doubt but that in a short time he will be rendered very independent, and suffer comparatively little inconvenience from his lose. 1. may be permitted to say , that her Majesty the testifies her great solicitude in the C 440 of Hunt on, Stammering. Second Edition. Long►.na ana Company. Unquestionably the most popular treatise ever given to the world up on th e affliction variously known as Stammering, or Psellismus, or Stutter.. ing. It recounts in a very readable form the par tictila:s of the "Life" of the late Thomas, Hunt, the memorable Originator of the System for the Cure of Stammering. It explains that beautiful and himane system, and, in doing so, indicates rapidly. and succinctly the character amd, be it said, also tne cruelty and inadequacy of the various systems hitherto in vogue for the Cure of. Impedi ments of Speech. James Hunt, the son. of the late Thomas Hunt—the " worthy son of a warthy sirs" —is tie author of the volume compriving this really admirable treatise—and this no lesii admir able biography. The system explained in the course of the work under notice—a remarkable work, of whichithe present is the "second edition" considerably enlarged —was simply, it may btu .re marked (in the apt words of the writer of a grac:e ful obituary notice of the late Mr. Hunt), a ph in for teaching the sufferers by " the plainest coi n mon-sense directions, the means of restoring n a ture to its functions," functions " perverted said counteracted by evil habits, or the curious infec tion of involuntary imitation." Mr. Hunt abhor. red the employment of the knife—maintaining ti iat not one case out of fifty was really the result; of either deficient or distorted organisation. Closing the volume, after an unaffectedly respectful tEE amination of its contents, we bid God-speed to the benevolent Scheme, of which it is truly and lucidly explanatory—rememberin g with honour, wiile vie do so, the keen-sighted and large-hearted man wit() was, humanly speaking, its Originator, and whit), as its Originator, is entitled to recollection as on of the world's practical philanthropists. Jonathan Oldham. By J. Crawford Wilson- Richard - Bentley. We have often wondered bow it came to pass so intelligent a body as the commercial travellers have contributed so little to our current literature. Few men have better opportunities for studying mankind and becoming acquainted with the cir cumstances of domestic events at the fountain head, while to no class of individuals is accessible a richer store of romantic incident and amusing anecd)tes. Into the cause of this literary laches we are not at present disposed to make inquiry ; all we will say is, we trust the work before us will, without any detriment to business, be the precur sor of many more of various types. The author of these " Leaves from the Diary of a CommerciAl Traveller" may or may not be a member of the body himself ; ho writes, however, pretty much as if he was, or had been, and the leaves of his diary, if largely fictitious, may serve to indicate what may be achieved with facts, which it is truly said are often stranger than fiction. The work embraces but one journey from Euston-square to Dublin, from thence to Glasgow and Edinburgh, aid back to London via Manchester. Plot or busi ness matter there is comparatively none—instead of which we have a number of romantic, and more or loss amusing and interesting stories strung to gether by means of a hero, who, f a little of " a gent," is a good fellow at bottom , and is very pro perly rewarded with a pretty, well-behaved Wif e , who was previously, as is often the case, a bit of a romp. During perusal we have here and th ere hit on something we fancied we remembered to have seen before, and on turning to th e preface found the author had rechristened a notable hero of his, whose adventures a while ba c k amused the readers of Bentley, to wit, " Benj am i n Bobbin, " b e ing moved to the act by having, in ob e di ence to Mr. Bentley, added to, and altered " Benjamin " so far that only with difficulty he could be recog soiderat. nised. As a first attempt in prose " Jonathan" is very creditable to its author. Leaving ' this fact, mhouweehvseur,rpernitsierdelyifouhet does ecsonn t find 1011, we shall be composi tion more profitable than prose poetr f h e y— or has .suc ceeded in producing a very readable and amusing book, which is more than canb done with most of the poetry so called of the present day. NEW Music. The Eglantine Waltzes. By Frank 13. Tussaud. F. Moutrie. A bouquet of four sweet little waltzes, clustered together in the name of the mellifluous Eglantine. Companions to another group, strung together by the same daintily ingenious hand, under the no less agreeable designation of the Violetta. Mr. Frank Tussaud is fast creating for himself a double_ reputation, as a very charming song-writeroa_n d 84 composer of dance-music, not unworthy beat ing a melodious ihythm to the toe," lending a new charm to what has been "light fantas fantastic ecstatically called the Poetry of Motion ! uhpaaivsittnohglleoasheodt --- SUICIDE TN HORSZMONGER•LANE GeoL.—Yestarday morning Samuel George Lucas, aged 37, a married ran, having a family of three children, committed suicide in the Surrey County Gaol . ' He was charged with burglary at Epsom, and examined before the county magistrates on the 28th ult., by whom be was remanded until yes. terday for re-examination. On the turnkey going to his was found lying on his back on cell in the morning, he the floor quite dead. It appeared that he had fastened his stockings round his neck, and fixed the ends to the the inc u rsions bar over the doorway ; but his weight had broken the stockings, and he fell down. The tightness round his neck, however, Ptrangled him. to cap ture hs SHOOTING A RAT.—On Wednesday a most dangerous accident occurred to Mr. W. C. Burniston collector of familyo f taxes, a rat Sh Suffolk-road , had for o f ltokhr- the ooamd cellar,e, from tim aen been e h ehenad annoyed in bursting vaii kobfny tried the intruder with a trap. On Wednesday the ratvden tured into pi stthl,k droveitchen,i it int o 11 1 r t h . eB garden,urnisto at it as it stood with its head buried in the snow, as the a horse ostrich hides its head in a bush. Th e pistol burst at the onl was t fractured a f c o t r u e r forehead, d in, w sta breech, and shattered the stock to pieces. Part s of it s t r uck Mr. Burniston on the hand, w hi ch . was severely injured, the thumb being almo s t t orn o ff . Th e barrel hits ku l h down; and on a surgeo n b e i ng called in, it was f oun d h fractures were remov e d, an d no depressien s o f the brain e having taken pla ce , that struck at th estwo or instantly three knocking ia cki ce n g g . him the injuries not likely to pro ve fatal. The acc id en t is believed 'to , though dangerous, are _ .y. have arisen fro m th e pistol, which ha d no t been in use for some 11 1011t118, having b e en imperfectly cleaned about two m onths ago, Mr. Burniston is progressing very ivrourabi 78 125 115 70 112 106 21 301 t 4} I 97 f 1 1 i 104 35i 5 30 29; 10 10 50 100 St. 50 50 100 1 1 25 6k it f 1021