The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-18 00:00:00

fONIy MARKET AND CITY NEW.'. - - _-.._. ,1 CITY, Two o'CLocK. the influx of go ld i n t o th e Bank of England has been temporarily suspended in consequence of til a disposal of the remittances recently received from Australia. Additional supplies, however, 1114 3' be shortly expected, nearly three-quarters of million sterling being known to be on its way to this country, a portion of which is likely to arrive in the course of a few days. The annual meeting of the Provincial Bank of Breland proprietors will take place on the 16th Proximo. A meeting of the London Corn Exchange Com- Pally has been convened for the 30th inst. The directors of the London, Chatham, and ' u nver Railway have made a call of .£1 per share, Payable on or before the 20th May next. Increased activity was apparent in the Liverpool tjetten Market yesterday, and prices tended up- Wa rds. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. At the adj ourne d mee ti ng t o -day of the proprie tors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, a nd China, the resolution authorising the directors to apply for a supplementary charter to enable the ! °l4 Pany to establish a branch in lieu of the exist -Ing agency in Singapore, and for an issue of notes le that island, was unanimously confirmed. No alteration has been made to-day in the 11;iini niuM rate of discount at the Bank of England. The meeting of the creditors of Mr. B. de Quadra, merchant, who recently suspended, was held to din when a statement was presented which gave the liabilities at £97,838, and the assets at £117,905, showing a surplus of £20,066, which there is little doubt will be largely increased. Two inspectors were appointed, and the meeting was adjourned to the 20th proximo, when it is expected a day will be named for payment in full with interest. The improvement which took place in the Eng- IA Stock Market yesterday has not been fully roaintained, the advices from America being un favourable. Consols have, therefore, receded to 91 4 g for money, and 91 y 92 for the account. The New Threes have improved 901 the Reduced 413 firm at 901 ; Bank Stock has risen to 229 and 230; Indian ditto to 2211 and 223 ; ditto New Joao to 1011; and Exchequer Bills are 2s. dis. and 2s. prem. The dealings in the Foreign Market continue limited, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 701- ; ditto, 1858, 53-1, to 531; Mexican remain at 24 s ; Dutch 4 per Cents, at 98 1 a ; Russian 41 per Cents. at 91 ; but Bra zilian 41 per Cents. are firm et 861. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1861. 1860. Feat W es t ern N orth-Western S outh -Western .. 19,074 17.639 „.. 13 righton 17,577 16,993 38,443 38,031 South-Eastern Great Northern 25,741 23.340 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,613 6,760 North-Eastern .. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,513 11,107 North British West Midland Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,445 6,370 Great Western of Canada The above returns show a further improvement in Most of the principal British undertakings. On the Great Western the increase amounts to £1,940 ; on the North Western to £911; on the South Western to £1,435 ; on the Brighton to £584; on the Mid land to £412; the Great Northern to £2,401 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £ 5 3 2 ; the North Eastern to £1,119 ; and the Great Western of Canada to £920. _ _ Only a limited amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, but Prices generally have shown an upward movement, ° Wing to the favourable character of the traffic returns. Caledonian, Great Western, North Western, North British, North Eastern (Berwick), and London and Brighton, improved 55., and Great Northern, £l. _ In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings no change of importance can be recorded in values. Great Luxemburg realise 6; ; San Paulo 2 , 1; Grand Trunk of Canada are firm at 201 ; East Indian at 99 i; and Great Indian Peninsula have improved to 94!, Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are flat. London Joint Stock realise 30 to 301 ; Union of London 28; Peninsular and Oriental Steam new shares 40; and Van Diemen's Land 91. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol I 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9Ol 1 1 a India Stock .. i . 223 11 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent loo kl Ditto Debentures, 1858 9 61 Ditto, 1859.... , Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — 8 15 die Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, May 9 .. 0 2a 2 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1d Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. • 461 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent,' 91 Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ' Venezuelan 1/ per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. lel gian 2i per Cent., Ex. 25f. Ditto 41 per Cent. Dutch. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. .. 981 a THREE O'CLOCK. Consols M o ney Ditto Account 92 a THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 175.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 per mark, and the short exchange on Loudon is 13.61 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sig , ht is 108 to 1081 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. The loss occasioned by the fire on board the Rio Nune z in the docks at Havre, as mentioned yesterday, althou g h so promptly got under, amounts to about 20,000 f. for the merchandise and 12,000 f. for the vessel. The whole is covered by insurance. ANOTHER CRINOLINE ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning a frightful accident occurred to Miss Jane Pratten, aged 17 years, who resided in the Wyndham-road, Cam berwell. It appeared that the unfortunate young lady was in the act of reaching something on the mantel-shelf, when her dress came in contact with the fire, and she was speedily enveloped in flames. She ran into the garden, the flames mounting high in the air. She soon fell down exhausted. Her groans brought assistance, when the fire was extin guished, and she was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where Mr. Phillips, house surgeon, rendered every assist ance that surgical skill could suggest, but she remains in a most precarious state. SELF-DESTRUCTION OF A YOUNG GIRL, AT HUD DEnsixELD.—A girl, 12 years of age, named Mary Jane Crowther, daughter of Mr. Joel Crowther, a cloth dresser, at Paddock, Huddersfield, had played truant from school on Tuesday, and, fearing to return home, threw herself into the canal, near the basin at Aspley. A young man, named Thomas Burns, was pasing the spot, and saw her as she was sinking for tke last time. He called for assistance, and ultimately went for a policeman. He met Sergeant Morton and Police-constable Hervin, of the borough force, and with the aid of drags they recovered the body. Life Was extsnct. Mme. Libri, wife of the member of the Institute, who some years back was condemned by default, on the charge of stealing rare books and manuscripts from public libraries, has sent a petition to the Senate, praying that the condemnation may be set aside. The 13th April is a date noted for the deaths of several celebrated French women—that of the Duchess de Longueville in 1679, of Mlle. de Fontanges in 1681, Madame de Maintenon in 1719, Madame de Caylus ill 1729 ; and and Madame de Pompadour i 4,1764, SBARE MARKET.-(TLIIS D ORDINARY STIARES AND STOCKS. Share Railway s, ' Paid] Clol'n, I Business , •s • I Pric3. I Done !•,:wymerim alt 13.14 Bir., Wol , r.T.(I Str. Val , . all =4 81 -took Birk., La., and Ch dime. 11 . 0 80 62 ißlyth and Fyne all 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 51 61 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 • 98 100 stock 'Caledonian 10 Carmarthen &Cardigan all 50 ( Cork and B an don all 20Cork, itlrock., 4;Pausgc . 1 1 20 Cornwall . all 10 10 I D D g -Aunt7lB6tapcnpoerdainv: all hasbeeni d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 42 44 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lune all 8 81 -stock East Anglian lOO 161 176 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 494 4 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 StC , K Do do Bdo 100 264 261 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 84 86 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 284 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 112 114 1125 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 125 127 stock Great Northern lOO 1111 1121 1111 12 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 166 108 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 CO 62 12 Trish South-eastern._ all— stock Lancashire &Yorkshire 100 1115 1111 1114 1 / stock Lonon and 100 CO 61 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Blackwall Coast 100 118 120 1194 1) stock 'Loud., Chat, and Dover 100 45 47 stock !Loud. &Nth. Western 100 961 87 97 64 stock Loud. & Bth. Western lOO 9 / 05 911 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10a 111 stock Man. Shet. & Lincoln lOO 45 151 50 Maryport and Carlisle all - 124 Do do 5 shares all 10 Metropolitan 7l 31 21d 4 stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new , 1.4.0. 14 lip 1 4 p stock Do nirming. & Derby 100 97 99 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares — 15 Mid Kent.. 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Ctrlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20' Newry, Warnpt. & Ros i all • stock Norfolk stock North British lOO 621 63 62 4 4 4 stock N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto,,,: 100 stock D ., 4 3tk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1024 1034 1035 24 4 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 Id p stock Do Leeds ... ........ 100 591 60 4 60 4 stock Do York 1 100 964 914 914 stock North London 10 Do new 19.16.4 North staffordshire l7l 34 3d 1 53 i 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 94 105 stock sot. & Grantham Rail to Feebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney _ ........ I all stock - Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 .141 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock i 100 86 88 stock Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 47 4 10 Sit tine - bourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & I,anc.Un 221 stock South Eastern stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 88 96 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 40 41 25 Do do ll 10 110 25 Do New (1S60) 3 54 65 p stock Taff Vale stock Do Pref: No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 -- 50 Ulster 551 561 25 Do 20 2 31p 12 10 Do . stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 12 stoca Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class .. , all stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail .' 100 stock West Midland—Oxford 100 43 44 stock Do. Newport 100 39 41 stock Do. Hereford 100 78 80 stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. stock 20 stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock 8 10 10 itocli 264 13 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 99 101 20 21 51 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 100 108 121 123 80 82 109 111 90 92 74 76 113 115 11l 113 100 102 ,105 107 97 99 9$ 100 89 91 90 92 100 102 94 10 17 18 101 101 71 70 20 21 10 104 15 154 1011 113 115 113 115 137 140 1113 115 101 103 148 153 128 131 70 73 113 1011 85 67 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5l & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c Coun. Ex. 5 p. C. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Rdin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. reht Northern, 5 p. et. r.o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. NIL of Scotld. let pt G tSn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Clreat West. (Berke and /Tants) Ext. 5 p. ct. Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. et. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 41 p c. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No 1 no. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do.gua.Sp.C. Do. do. 5 p. c No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cell'. .... Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def. til '651 Do. 4 per cent. Pre , Lon. Chat. and Dover.., Do.W. (A rceiv. no div. Ex.A tilap cis pd Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6 el•••••••••• •••• Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. sh NTan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. .£6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent ',Taryr.ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. per cent. llid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 P.C. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock I Do. 41 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st Nortik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do Nth. Dev.ll ail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. , Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 'I Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, 11. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed 4p.c. Ist is. South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 pericent7 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua 1 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 tier cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c IW.3lid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. i llo.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1 8 66 I Do. till 1869, Ist is. 131 141 ',24 126 68 70 i $P [S4 IF6 LOU 102 92 94 C 9 111 108 110 I 1 1 P, 91 93 99 101 LOD 102 id ip id p 22i 23 100 100 100 all all 1.0.6 131 133 10 10 221 23; 99 101 98i 99. 08 100 85 87 26& 271 314 321 314 321 45 48 121 123 117 120 98 100 120 122 114 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway& Paid. Leasing Closing , Business Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Patchley, Bu3lringhamshire Chester & Holyhead Do. 54 per cent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale June Colchester, Stour Val E. I .Incolnsh. g 6 p r c E.Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge.... Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. Do. n.w Closter & Dean Forest Dock ,t Hull and Selby. Do. halves.. Do. quarters T,ane.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c London & Greenwich I Do. Preference ; Lon.,Tilbury,lc S -end; Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do. a per cent Bxtn.AMatlock Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Sock Nowmarkt,BuryEx. gua. 5 percent..... 5 Northn.kEastn. 5 p. c. all Ln &N.W • • • • 100 Do ...... 94 96 100 53 53i 100 Do l2l 123 100 Do. 100 CaleCloo 10) 102 all , E.U.SLE.O 15} 161 ICO Gt. North. I', 3 135 E.Countl.l 9i 4 100 100 Caledon , 100 Do. —• •• all Gt. West. all Yk.N.&l3r all Yk.N. Md. all Do. all Do. • I 100 Ln&N.W.• 100 S.Eastern 100 .D o 100 , Peto 100 Norfolk.. 100 Do. all jL NW&M 3 3i Do. 6p. Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Poystn.llitch., & Shep Shrewsbry& Herefor6 Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset WiullAcclou 4 crQydii 100 !Midland 5. 5 6- E.Counts all :Do all all Do. 91 96 * iP 55 57 all iMidland all NYIV. all IDo. 100 iGt.North 1 100 ,T.Ttrassey 1 all 31‘Clean...1 100 Gt West. all li,&Drgtu, 151 16 130 182 100 102 ft 10i 11 89 91 13i 2 53 i 121 110 FOREIGN Al2erian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Bah. &S.Fran.. L im.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout, .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Vamur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France—. Do. New Shares .....I Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7 p. et. Riga & Dun aburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 51 per cent. Pref San 'Paulo, lim, a. 7 p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin (Southern of Prance 1 S. East Portugal 7 p ct l West Flandern ...... Do. 5i p. c. Preference I W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... . Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand ... all 1 100 T. E_ SUN, LONDON, TITURSDAY EVENING, APRIL IS. 1861, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid, \.ttantic.• & St Lawrence llmn.,thiroda,t.Cent Ga. 5 per oent.. ...... Do, Do. 11, Buffalo and Lai e Huron fle. New Do. Pre e mace illuiTa 1 o, Brant,AzGodricb 3 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 I Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1875 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) C9p , -Town Az Dock Scrip ICeylon Guarantd. G p. c ;Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c ;East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1876 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 .. G t.lndiarenin.gua..sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. jG t. W. of Canada Sharesl Do. New IDo. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt: Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 'Do. 5i p. c. do. ' Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. lip. c. Extension Do. 5 Alelb.Corp. 6 p. "ands. Newßranswieic Canda 11y.ttLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B Capital d 0... ,Do. do. Land do. ..- .... lOude (Limited) ........ Scinde ..........1 44 Do. Punjaub .... 4 e Do. Do. ........ ca '->. Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,1?", Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..l luo 100 100 all (100 15 all 100 Closing Price. 67 70 92 23 16 161 0 5 st. 75 80 65 70 65 70 4.1 5 li li d 1 it lit li d 981 99i 97 98 994 1004 1 pr 204 214 67 70 54 50 38 40 44 47 37 40 37 40 9t 95 14d lid 2 li d 11& 11 9 Bfd 95 93 90 D 3 83 85 92 93 85 88 2 li ci 5 7 5 7 on 981 lid 10 —d N o 2 4 Id RAILWAYS. 61 131 99 * i Si 991 1001 99f 20k 941 I f 6f BRITISH MI AlfredConsols(Philack)l British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... E. WI Ruseel (Ifivistli.); am.ct'S t.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus 'G.Wheal Alfd. (Phil ack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs !Lady Bertha ;Margaret (tiny Lelant). North Downs North Frances (Mogan); IN. WWI Basset ( 1110 ;an)', North Wheal Crofty ;Par Consols (St. Blazey), :Providence (Uny Lobito Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer)', S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.; S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan); ,Stray Park ITamar Silv..t Lead Min. Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illow,an) 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard) !West Seton 'Wheal Basset (Illogan) ;Wheal Buller (Redrutli); IWheal Edward (Cats.)' Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant); IWheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney 3.2.10 i 1.12 2.14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.9.8 6.2.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.8.6 114 1.4.0 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 1} 4 a l 11 18.1 S 124.8.0 1 138 6dl FOR EIG 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 Cobra Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 'Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead•• Mining and Smelt 1 5 ,Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) I i 281'81 United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited) Do MINES. 1 all '128.6d all 1 10s. ail all fd it 31 31i 1 dig. 39 11 8 10 I 2 2i 23 24 * l*P i 1 * P 8i 9 pr ip id 4 6 I i 4k 6 64 t i 6 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 180 Agra&UnitedService Ilk 50 79 81 40 Australasia all 61 63 62 25 Bank of Egypt all 185 195 100 Bank of London 50 6l 63 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all -- 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 1201 201 25 ,Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 31 100 City 100 Colonial ........ .... . 25 37 39 20•11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 I Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 15/ 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all I 20 Lou,. Char.Bkof Austral all 225 23 225 3 20 Do. new 5 11 11 50 'London and County 50 (London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO i 2 11 i Bl 100 London & Westminster 20 675 685 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 National Bank ........ 25 , 20 New South Wa1e5...... all , 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 149 51 50 1 20 Ottoman Bank .. ... all 161 17 100 Provincial of Ireland:— 25 I 185 9 10 IDo. new 25 South Australia .. 25 ,Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual.. 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 11l 114 Do. 6p. cent.lB3o-2 100 1111 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 . .C8 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100' ICB 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 1015 1011 1 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1055 106 Do. 1890 100 1056 156 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1075 1085 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1863 100 985 09/ Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 955 995 Do. p.c., 1888 &npwds 100 93 99 991 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1071 1081 - S. Aus,Gap.c.lB7B.& up lOO - Vic. Gov. 6 p Jr.&July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 105 1051 1055 DOCKS. stock (Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West India stock j Londo^ .. , lOO fA 491 50 stock St. Katharine. lOO stock 'Southampton , 100 stock Victoria . ......... 100 97 99 20 iDo , New._......,. 2 j id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint I all 14 15 10 Atlantic 11. MI. Stm (Id) - • 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 Australian Agricultural' 19 29 31 30 10 Berlin 'Water (Limited) all 41 41 50 British American Land 40 50 Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 121 141 321 Canada Land all 114 118 1145 10 Chan.islands Tel. (Lim , all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Suiltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Dcb. 100 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 1d 5 d st. ;Electric Telegraph 100 93 96 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Ans. Copper. all 3 31 15 'Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 1 Do. 173 pet Preference all d 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim. \ 31 4 L.(}. Omnibus Co. (Lim. all 1 1* 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 / 15 • 21 10 ; Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ' j all 21 31 25 ;National Dis. Co. (Lim ' 5 15 1d 4 20 INerbu.Coal& Iron (Lim ) 5 1 05c 4 , 10 !Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B dis all 1 1 100 N.Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. Ipr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 41 35 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 60 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 98 70 69 50 Do. New 25 95 105 40 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c all 171 181 p 50 Ithymney Iron all 14 176 15 Do. New all 45 56 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 501 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 121 128 25 ,South Australian Land all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all • 1 1 0 Do. do. p o R . egiste d r o ed l l 5 5 7 1 al lo Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim) Ist is. 1 1 a 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 LI_J. Icdom Tel. Co. (Rm.) 1 id ip 100 YO4l, InC11193.1:8 LRIld t y 281 9 10 ,, 94 usiness done THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. MABYLEBONW ELEL,IION-7IM DAY: CLOSE OF THE POLL.•—FouR o'CLoOIt.. Lewis . 5,321 2,575 Carden Cooke . . • 2,336 . . Marshman Mr. Cooke retired at half-past 12. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE QF LORDS.—(THrs EVENING.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The royal assent was given by commission to the follow ing bills : The Consolidated Fund (13,000,000) Bill. The Marine Mutiny Bill. The Mutiny Bill. The Exchequer Bills Bill. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl St. Germans. The LORD CLIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PEER. The Earl of LAUDERDALII took the oaths and his seat. CHURCH RATES. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of church rates. PAWNBROKING IN SCOTLAND. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from Mon trose complaining of the increase of pawnbrokerage in Scotland, and praying that some restrictions might be placed on a system which was creating great demoralisation in that country. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. Lord WODEHOUSE presented a petition from Norwich in favour of the bill. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Marquis of NOR MANBY asked when the promised papers connected with the lonian Islands would bp IAM on the table ? The. Duke of NEWCASTLE thought he should be able ,o produce the papers to-morrow. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Kendal Fell and Kingston-upon-Thames and Lea herhead Roads Bills were read a second time. The Fylde Water, Northern Assurance Company, Lambeth Bridge, Edenfield Chapel, and Little Bolton Road. bills were read a third time and passed. THE AFFAIR AT BONN. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY asked if the papers re cently laid on the table relating to the affair at Bonn con tained all the correspondence on the subject, or whether further papers might be expectA. Lord WODEHOUSE said the correspondence relating. to Captain Macdonald had entirely concluded. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he believed her Majesty's Government had duo all that they were called upon to do to assert the honour of this country. At the same time he could not refrain from expressing his opinion that the proceedings of the Prussian officials wore most vexatious and inhospitable, and such a transaction he felt certain could not be found on the records of any other country. SUBDIVISION OF DIOCESES BILL. Lord LYTTELTON moved that this bill be referred to a select committee. The Bishop of CARLISLE advised their lordships to be very careful how the committee was constituted, to which this bill was to be referred. He greatly objected to increasing the'number of bishops and in lowering their state, e clergy, he thought, would generally suffer. He should like to know the alterations it was proposed to make in the bill. Lord LYTTLETON said he didnot think it was incum bent on him at that stage of the bill to state the alterations he intended to suggest in amending the bill. He intended to fix the minimum income to be attached to every new bishopric that might be made, and to do all that was possi ble to make the bill an efficient one. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. RAILWAY ;_;. The Earl of SAFTESBURY presented a petition from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, praying that all railways entering the city of London should be required to run cheap trains every day except Sunday. Earl GRANVILLE said there would be some difficulty in carrying out such a proposition. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tms EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills wore considered and ordered for third reading :—Brighton, Uckfield, and Tunbridge Wells Rail way, Elton and Blackburn Roads, Tiverton Roads, and Universal Private Telegraph Company. The Forest of Dean Contra! it..ilway bill wus read a second time. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir A. CLIFFORD, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear the Royal assent given by commission to different bills, for which see Lords' report. DERRYVEA.GH EVICTIONS. Mr. SCULLY moved for copies of all requisitions, re ports, notices, and correspondence from or to sheriff or sub sheriff of the county of Donegal, and from or to any resident magistrate, officer of constabulary, or relieving officer, with reference to a recent ejectment of the lands of Derryveagb, in that county.—Ordered. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. WE \TOY moved for returns of the amount of money voted each year by Parliament for the purpose of National Education in Ireland from the commencement of the system to the year 1861 : and, of the amount of local contributions each year in aid of teachers' salaries, of the building, fitting, and in closing of the schools, and of the amount of money contri buted by the Board towards the building of schools, also the number of schools in connection with the board built by local subscriptions without any aid from Parliament, and also the amount of any pecuniary assistance or other volun tary contributions in sustainuaent of the national system.— Ordered. SYRIA. Sir J. FERGUSSON gave notice that he would draw the attention of the house to the papers recently laid on the table in reference to Syria. IRISH FISHERIES. In reply to Mr. DAwsoN, Mr. CARDWELL said that he did not feel justified in extending the bill to Ireland. INDEMNITY TO THE BRITISH MERCANTILE COMMUNITY AT CANTON. Mr. FITZGERALD asked her Majesty's Government whether they could inform the house of the amount claimed by the British mercantile community at Canton as indem nity for property destroyed ; and, whether it was proposed that the indemnity of two millions of taels fixed by the Treaty of Pekin should be paid out of the money first re ceived from the Chinese Government ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the amount of the indem nity was estimated at £1,500,000, out of which £650,000 should be divided amongst the mercantile community. SAN DOMINGO. In reply to Mr. GREGORY, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had not received any official information as to the occupation alluded to. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. In answer to Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. CLIVE said that this bill would not be brought on after 10 o'clock this night. THE CHINA WAR. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Chancellor of the Ex- 1 chequer, what proportion of the vote of credit (23,800,000) taken for the expense of the China War had been actually expended and paid out of the Exchequer ; what proportion was estimated to be still payable out of the balances of the Exchequer in respect of expenditure chargeable to that vote; whether it was intended to surrender the right of drawing from the Exchequer any, and, if any,what portion of the sum so voted before applying to Parliament for a further vote of credit; and, whether he can explain to the house why a further vote of credit, to the amount of £1,000,000, is likely to be required, when there was an unexpected surplus, approaching £800,000 ; on the vote taken last year ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it would be difficult to give an accurate answer to the last part of the question without entering into the whole ques tion of votes of credit. As far as the practicable object of the question, he would make a short statement. With regard to the first part of the question, the amount ex pended of the vote taken for the China war, it was stated by him on Monday when bringing forward the budget, and it was shown in the accounts published this morning. The portion to be paid would come out of the balance in the Ex chequer. The right hon. gentleman then entered into some details explanatory of his reply. FORTIFICATIONS, &C. Sir F. SMITH asked the Under Secretary for War any steps had been taken towards forming a central depot for the War Department stores ; and, if so, whether it was to be a more appendage to IVoolwieb Arsenal, or whether any mandfacturing operations are to be carried on there ; and, if any works provided for in the vote taken in August last for fortifications have been commenced ; and if it is now contemplated not to construct some of the works that had been determined upon ? He hoped the Government would not proceed with the fortifications at present until the capabilities of the iron ships were more efficiently tested, for if vessels shot-proof entered the Solent theso fortifications would be of no use. ARMY EST IMATE S. Col. DICKSON moved that the consideration of these estimates should be deferred with a view to their revision. He complained strongly of the increase in the medical staff of the service in the War- office, when reductions were made in horse cavalry and horse artillery, which was 10),*ti910)* 9; iIA9 gr 9 144 alai , it Rffectigi gle etAciwicY of the army. He did not consider that the vote of £2,000,000 for fortifleat ons was required, and he olject• d to the amount of £20,000 for experiments, which was . 4 ..:8,000 more than was voted for that purpose last year. He considered it was not necessary to make Alders :lot camp so much of a permanent institution, and that it was a hardship to compel officers and privates, many of whom had spent several years in the colonies, to remain 1 in that camp and endure the privations which it necessarily imposed. Other departments of the military service were in an un satisfactory condition with reference to expenditure, and he thought the army ought to be better fed and clothed for the money voted for that 3 purpose. He con cluded by expressing his opinion that their estimates exhi bited pitiful parsimony or profuse profligacy, and that they would consult the wishes of the country in endeavouring to reduce the military expenditure, of which the country was heartily sick. Mr. T. G. BARING said that the arguments of the hon. and gallant member who had last addressed the house did not prove the advisability of postponing these estimates, but went to prove that it would be desirable to go into committee, when the different items to which he alluded to could be fully discussed. With respect to the military hospitals, the increase in the expenditure was rendered necessary to provide for the com fort of the soldiers, and the increase for barracks was caused by a desire to carry out that object also. He then defended the votes generally and expressed a hope that the house would not delay going into committee, when all the details to which the hon. and gallant member alluded t could be fully considered. Col. DUNNE said no doubt it would be more conve nient for the hon. gentleman (Mr. Baring) to go into com mittee than to answer in a satisfactory manner. He com plained of the expenditure for military purposes within the last few years, and contended that the house should have received full information with reference to the diffe rent items in the army estimates, but that infor mation was more meagre than ever. He hoped the house would not grant these estimates until they received the information that was necessary to show that the requisite care had been exercised in regard to these items. Mr. B. OSBORNE was pleased that this subject was brought forward, and strongly censured the system of the camp at Aldershot. That camp he re gardoa as the most demoralising and useless object for which public money had ever been voted, and it was nothing more than a preparatory school for making indifferent brigadiers. He thought, however, that these questions would be better discussed in com mittee. [LEFT SPEAKING.] NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25' SOVS. Estrelda SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Emily SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Asteroid Carbineer Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Clarissa colt 1 Folkston 2 Three ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOUS. Infanta Doubloon £5O SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Paul Clifford South Port 2 Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Imam 2 Conjuror Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOUS. Asteroid 2 Rambler ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Carbineer ... w.o £5O HANDICAP PLATE. _ Concertina c01t... Faultless .. Eight ran. CLARET STAKES. Thormanby Three ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Overton (taken) 100 to 8 apt Diophantus (offered) 14 to 1 agst Preceptress (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Light (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Millionaire (taken) THE DERBY. lOU to 0 agst ntiao.u. (E.ken) 30 to 1 agst Robin Hood (taken) 2 1 111RSK RACE'S.—(7his Day.) BY EIPECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MOWBRAY STAKES. Repartee • • Do ,rka 2 3 Middleton Maid Nine ran. SOWERBY PLATE. Fast Runner Miss Dunstable Glen Stewart Thirteen ran. HAMBLETON PLATE. Lopeatcher Cambondo 3 Bernice... Twenty-three ran. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. A curious case of contempt came before the Lord Chancellor yesterday. In the case of " Gildea v. Gildea," which came before the Master of the Rolls, certain orders were made in which Mr. Xavefius Blake was interested, and by which he felt aggrieved. The Lord Chancellor stated that front a communication he had received within the last few days, supported by affidavit, it appeared that Mr. Blake had gone to the private residence of the Master of the Rolls with a stick or horse whip in his hand, walking up and down before the house, threatening to inflict cor poral punishment on his Honour. This conduct his Lordship declared to be a gross violation of the law and a contempt of Court. A condi tional order had been issued for the committal of Mr. Blake, and the Lord Chancellor called upon him to show cause why it should not be made abso lute, stating at the same time that the Master of the Rolls did not want to deprive him of his liberty, if he would undertake not to go to his house or molest him any more. Mr. Blake explained, stating that he had been badly treated by the Master, who had given out that he (Mr. Blake) was mad, and had thus made him unhappy ; that he merely called on him as a friend, a mediator—not as a judge, but as a private man, sending in his compliments, and wishing to speak to him before serving him with a summons and plaint ; that the Master of the Rolls raised his umbrella to him, and threatened to give him in charge to the police. For this Mr. Blake insisted that the Lord Chancellor should require his Honour to apologise, and it was to com pel him to apologize that he went to his house with a horsewhip. The Lord Chancellor, being very reludtant to send Mr. Blake to prison, pressed him repeatedly to give an undertaking not to repeat the offence. " I have feelings towards you," said his Lordship, " which induce me to be anxious not to deal severely with you. Will you undertake to abstain from any demonstrations of the kind 9" To this Mr. Blake replied If you put it in this way I will answer your question Will you see the Master of the Rolls and horsewhip him as you have threatened ?" Ultimately Mr. Blake gave the required under taking, stating that " his word was as good at a thousand pound security." The conditional order was made absolute, but not to be executed unless the Master of the Rolls received further annoyance, Mr. Blake loudly protesting that he should be compelled to apologize for his insulting-conduct. Li7T PA . -, _ll RE. Ten Irceks Japan. By C,. Slaith, 1) D., Bishop of Victoria, hung Kang. Longt..sit. This very arsreeable and interesting volume gives us a narrative of the as-liter's impla cf Japan acid the Japanese, derived from a ten weeks' sijourn in the empire. He does not pretend to g i ve a profound or elaborate treris., but a simple record of facts which the author witnessed during his brief visit to the country, and on which he has grounded some general observations respect ing the moral, social, and political condition of the Japanese race." For this very reason the work will be more attractive to the general reader, who may form a very good idea of the general character and habits of this singular people from its pa ges . Dr. Smith represents the Japanese in much the same light as other travellers have done. He speaks of them as a fine race, brave, intelligent, and eager for information, but degraded by their low tone of morals and injured in their social qualities by the system of espionage which prevails. On the occa sion of the bishop's visit of ceremony to the Governor of Nagasaki, in company with the British Consul, a cautious conversation ensued, in which the Japanese declined to give direct answers to the questions asked : It was not until the close that we noticed the rapid motion of pen with which a native reporter was recording our words, and passing with hurried movements from page to page. Every incident of the interview was doubtless made the subject of an official report, which was soon on its way to Yedde, 700 miles distant. He once turned round and compared notes with a second reporter, more re tired from view, and seated behind the chair of one of the official, who acted in his turn as a secret watch or spy, and checked by the most precise details the accuracy of the other writer, This system of espionage and checks is a heavy restraint upon the public officers, spreads abroad a universal spirit of mutual distrust, sows the seeds of con spiracy and false accusation broadcast over the land, and operates prejudically on the national character by fostering a body of hypocrites and spies in every rank, of society. The Government is, indeed, by this odious system rendered almost ommscent in the details of official life. But a heavy price is paid in the universal suspicion and heartless treachery which separates man from man. The efficacy of the law in repressing crime is, how ever, very great. The trades of the chief cities are busy and active, and the number and variety of the goods offered for sale are worthy of any European mart. The first impression generally borne away from this busy scene, according to the writer, is a sense of tawdriness and want of finish; for if, on the one hand, the signs of destitution are absent, yet on the other there are no indications of wealth and luxury. Few wants, primitive habits, and rigid adherence to old forms, and the subdivision of classes, combine to withdraw the ordinary stimulants to exertion and progress. But the people, as a nation, are happy and contented:— If the Japanese do not enjoy the blessings of what is callei in the West constitutional freedom, and know little about theories of civil and religioi liberty, they contrive to make daily life flow smoothly on the stream of time, and are content to be borne along on the tido of present sensual enjoyment and careless ease. If we could dare to exclude from our estimate all thought of an Almighty Ruler of the world, the holy purity of the Divine law, and the certainty of a judgment to come, a Christian narrator might find less difficulty in coincidin g in the generally received ex• pressions respecting the happy condition and external prosperity of the people of Japan. Exempt from political cares, they know few trials apart from 'bodily wants, and the hard toil of labouring for the meat that perisheth. They compensate themselves for the absence of the com forts of a civilisation, to which they are as yet strangers, by helping themselves liberally to those material comforts which a little money at any time places within their reach. Old and young banish care by a plentiful intermixture of pastime in the occupations of life. The people have a great desire for information, and are willing and anxious to learn from their ' European visitors. As the author observes, there is great hope for a country and a race of people thus conscious of their own inferiority, and will ing to avail themselves of the instruction of strangers in remedying the defects of native science. This remark made in speaking of the medical school near Desima,Sin which Dr. Pompe, the Dutch physician attached to the factory there, gives lectures to native students and practitioners, receiving a salary from the Japanese Government for so doing. The medical pupils are boarded and lodged in the school at the expense of the Tycoon, and a class is formed in the afternoon of a number of local practitioners, who make their professional visits in the morning, and afterwards avail them selves of the advantages of European instruction. A naval school was also established under the supervision of the Dutch at the expense of the Impe rial Government. The institution has, however, been abandoned, which is the more to be regretted, as some of the pupils gave promise of great ability. One young man, who was quite ignorant of the Dutch language on entering, in the space of 18 months had made considerable progress in mathe matics, and mastered all the problems of trigono metry. The Japanese authorities are now relaxing a little of their religious intolerance, though they keep a strict supervision over the dis semination of books. Since the massacre and expulsion of the Jesuits, Christianity has not been tolerated. It was not always so, however, judging from the story told of the Emperor Nohanan, who, when a petition demanding the expulsion of the missionaries was given him, asked how many re ligions there were in Japan. "Thirty-five" was the reply. "Nell, then," said the Emperor, "we may easily hear - a thirty-sixth ; let the strangers dwell in peace." Of the future prospects of the people Dr. Smith speaks hopefully, recommending, like all men of sense and discernment, proper care and caution in dealing with their prejudices. He laments the overbearing and contemptuous manner so often worn by Europeans and Americans, as suming the airs of a conquering race in countries where they are scarcely tolerated. Another matter of regret is the reckless dishonesty of some traders, and the connivance of the Japanese officials, which the author truly repre sents to be a most shortsighted policy. The ex port of raw silk from Yokuhama during a certain period was reported in the commercial statistics at Shanghae as exceeding 3,000 bales, during which time the export duty paid on silk to the local custom house was officially returned as between 500 and 600 bales. Truly, such conduct is not likely to increase the Japanese love for trade, or to awaken the Government to a sense of the national value of commerce. Of the structure of the lan guage, of the climate and the earthquakes, and the manners and habits of the people copious informa tion is given. The illustrations consist of eight large coloured plates, and a map, which greatly enhance the attractions of the volume. Those who wish to gather a good general idea of the ways of the people and the conduct of the Government will very likely gain more knowledge from these simple and graphic chapters than from more abstruse and elaborate volumes. Anahuac; or, Mexico andthe Mexicans, Ancient and Modern. By Edward B. Tyler. Longman. This is a narrative of the adventures of Mr. Tyler and his friend, Mr. Christy, in Mexico during the year 1856. It would be difficult to define with any exactitude the limits of their travels, which were , particularly erratic; but their line of route is marked on a sketch of the country which is appended to the work. Starting from the Havana (where the travellers first met) some insight is given (if such alas were needed) into the mode in which the Spaniards observe the Treaty with England for the suppression of the slave trade. It is well known in this country that it is but a farce for England to send squadrons to the gold coast and to the shores of Cuba, while the Spaniards, faithless to honour and the laws of civilised nations, encourage this iniquitous trade. But Mr. Tylor goes further, he declares, "that from information he has received," all the officials, from the highest to the lowest, profit by it. Also that some 15,000 negroes are landed yearly. But what right have we to complain. What are the coolies and Chinese in the West Indies ? We do not admit that their treatment there is so bad as when they get among the Spa niards or into Southern States of America ; but it is after all sle.very under another name. Mr. Tylor writes with great clearness upon this subject gene rally, but we must not let him loiter on the way, and so land him at once at Vera Cruz. The first experiences \of our friends could not have been very pleasant, or, on the road from the aforesaid city " en route", for the capital, they met with rather inhospitable usage. Travelling by diligence they halted for the night at the village of Huemantla Puebla, a city containing about 70,000 inhabitants; the usual halt ing place, being at that time in revolt, was besieged by the President ; but among this volcanic people civil war is so common that it makes little difference to trade, except that :it causes the country to bo infested with bands of robbers, as the following adventure will show : At the inn, they found the travellers by the down coach, who were bewailing their hard fate, for while entering the village the whole of the luggage had been cut adrift by highwaymen, and on com plaint being made at the coach office they were in formed that they might think themselves fortu nate that they had not been shot into the bargain. Here was a pleasant look out for the passengers by • the up stage, and to keep up their courage they were told most fearful stories of murder, &c. THE INNKEEPER. These gentlemen had indeed got off easily, as the driver said ; for the last diligence from Ve ra Cruz, with our steamboat acquaintances in it, had been stopped just out side this very town of Huamantla as they left it before daylight in the morning. The robbers were but three, but they had plundered the unfortunate travellers . effectu ally as thirty could have done. Nr . iw, all this was very pretty to hear as a tale, but not satisfactory to _travellers who were going by th e same road the next morning and in the disagreeable barrack-room where our beds stood in passen gers of the "up" diligence, like Mr. Macaulay's senators, h lo e n la g lines, a council, we, t s h t e an n d in in e g, and there decided on a most Christian line of conduct—. o o t 1 0, 04 rue tUrec poo UP (111 U S ; alc wwozz,l9 the inevitable .escorta was poked in at our window, w w nil det-ci td meekly, end t e commend of "bout aba.io" (mouth downwards), we wciutd humiliate oursel ves with cur noses in the dirt, and be rebbe i quietly. Having thus decided beforehand, according to the etiquette of the road, whether we were to fight or eubrnit, and being tired with a :ong journey, we all turned m, and were fast asleep in a rainuer.t. It seemed that, almost directly afterwards the dirtiest man possible came round, and shook us till we were con scious; and we washed in the customary saucers, by the light of a real, flaring, smoking, Spanish lamp with a beak, exactly what the Romans used in Pompeii, except that this is of brass, not bronze. With our eyes still half-shut we crawled into the kitchen for our morning chocolate, and demanded our bill. Such a bill ! One of us, a stout Spaniard, sent for the landlord and abused him in a set speech. The " patron" divested his countenance of every trace of expression, scratched his head through his greasy nightcap, and stood listening patiently. The stout man grew fiercer and fiercer, and wound up with a climax. "If we meet with the robbers," said he, rolling himself up in his great cloak, " we must tell them that we have passed through your worship's hands, and there i s none l e ft for them." The landlord heaved gravely, saw us into the diligence, and hoped we should have a fortunate journey, and meet with no novelty on the road. A "novelty" in Spanish countries means a mis fortune. We met with no novelty, though, when we looked out of the window in the early dawn and spied three men with muskets, following us at a short distance, we thought our time had come, and watches and valuables were plunged into boots and under seats, and through slits into the pad ding of the diligence ; but the three men came no nearer, and we supposed them to be an escort of soldiers. When it was light the difficulty was to recover the valuables—no easy matter, so securely had they been hidden. Our travellers did not show much pluck, but this is perhaps the custom in Mexico. They, however, arrived safe in due time, and the author, having given a description of the appearance of the country on his route, plunges into one of the cities of Mexico, where he enjoys himself and dives into the archives of the monasteries; and shows great zeal in collect ing much interesting information. He remarks on, and we rather think condemns, the het dishes of the country, but of course tastes vary in all climes. After giving an account of Old Mexico, which was destroyeed at the time of the Spanish invasion under Cortez, and the building of the new city, he describes a curious contrivance, to which the natives in certain localities resorted to enable them to live on their own property FLOATING GARDENS. In old times, when Mexico was in the middle of a great lake, and the inhabitants were not strong enough to hold land on the shores, they were driven to strange shifts to get food. Among other expedients, they took to making little floating islands, which consisted of rafts of reeds and brushwood, on which they heaped mud from the shores of the lakes. On the banks of the lake of Tezcuco the mud was, at first, too full of salt and soda to be good for culti vation; but by pouring the water of the lake upon it, and letting it soak through, they dissolved out most of the salts, and the island was fit for cultivation, and bore splen did crops of vegetables. These islands were called chi nampas," and ey were often large enough for the pro prietor to build a hut in the middle, and live in it with his family. In later times, when the Mexicans came to be no longer afraid of their neighbours, the chinampas were not of much use , and when the water was drained off, and the city stood on dry land, one would have supposed that such a troublesome and costly arrangement would have been abandoned. The Mexican, however, is hard to move from the customs of his ancestors ; and we have Humboldt's word for it, that in his time there were some of these arti ficial islands still iu the lake of Chalco, which the owners towed about with a rope, or pushed with a long pole. They are all gone now, at any rate, though the name of inawpa is still applied to the gardens along the canal.. These gardens very much resemble the floating islands in their construction of mud, heaped on a foundation of reeds and branches ; and though they are not the real thing, and do not float, they are interesting, as the present representa tives of the famous Mexican floating gardens. They are narrow stripy of land, with a frontage of four or five yards, to the canal, and a depth of one hundred, or a hundred and fifty yards. Between the strips are open ditches ; and on©, principal occupation of the proprietor seems to be bringing up mud from the bottom of the ditch with a wooden shovel, and throwing it on the garden, in places where it has sunk. The reason of the narrowness of the strips is that he may be able to throw mud all over them from thet ditches on either side. The history of Mexico is too well known for us to dilate at any length on Mr. Tyler's interesting, narrative of the conquest of the country and the condition of the inhabitants before and after that event. Enough be it to say that as a proof of the evil wrought in this rich country, civilised. by native genius and fast rising into greatness, before its conquest by the Spaniards, that the consequent subjugation of the Aztic race caused native civilisation to cease to pro gress ; for although the country has many ad vantages consequent to the advance of science, yet they come from a foreign land, the native energy is dead, and in remoter parts the people look back to the institutions of their ancestors with regret, and follow the ways of their fathers, as far as possible, with respect. Christianity has indeed superseded idolatry ; but what of that. 'With a profligate priesthood, and no moral restraint, are they better than they were in their former ignor ance ? In treating on Earthquakes, &c., Mr. Tyler makes the following remark, which is per haps unknown to many : TEMPERATURE. We made a few rough observations of the thermometer and barometer during our stay in Mexico. The barometer stands at about 22i inches, and our thermometer gave the boiling point of water at 199 degrees. We could never get eggs well boiled in the high lands, and attributed this, whether rightly or not I cannot say, to the low tempera ture of boiling water. We must certainly say for the author and his companion, that during a short stay they not only traversed a great extent of country, but were continually searching for and acquiring informa tion not of a superficial order, but entering tho roughly into their subject, and getting as far as possible at the truth. The silver mines are de scribed, not at length, certainly, but quite enough is told to show what the responsibility of the company's Administrator is, ruling, as he does, over men little better than savages ; for although. there is first-rate " plant" .on the ground, the workmen are Indians, who combine the qualities of thieves and indifferent labourers. The arts and. sciences are not neglected, and the account of the manufacture of native knives is interesting, as is also that of other productions. Our heroes have studied the habits of the half-castes and natives; and say that excepting among the higher classes there is an amalgamation of races and colours but half civilised. Excepting the usage which they expe rienced at the outset, they met with every kindness from the natives. It would be endless to enter into particulars of their experience in Mexican domestic economy ; and although some of the remarks ap pended, as it were, to this amusing narrative, concerning politics, may not coincide with our views, nevertheless, the history of the wanderings of Messrs. Tyler and Christy gives an excellent insight into the manners and customs of the Mexicans in 1856, together with much geological and botanical information. The work is embel lished with several good engravings, many wood cuts, and a map of the country. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 1M ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 66s 10d; barley, 378 sd; oats, 24s ld ; rye, 358 Ild ; beans, 4lag 6d; and peas, 40s Od. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 65s Od barley, 38s 2d ; oats, 23s Od ; rye, 35s 2d; beans, 41s Od; peas, 41s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 61,837; barley, 26,242 ; oats, 9,548 ; rye, 74; beans, 3,395 ; peas, 430 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was limited, and chiefly composed of those turned out unsold on Mon— day. All breeds moved off slowly, but no change took place in the quotations. The top figure for beef was 43 10d per 81bs. We were scantily supplied with sheep, which met a dull inquiry on former terms. Lambs commanded Monday's currency, but the sale for them was inactive.. Prime small calves were, in moderate request ; otherwise% the veal trade was dull, at late rates. In the value of pigs and mulch cows no change took place. Per Sib, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.' Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 6' Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s' 8 5 10 Primo large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo orse. calves 4 8 5 2 e & Scots, & sheepc. 3 4 6 8 3 4 1 1 0 0 Prime Large hogssmall . .d . 0 .. . .. ;:f G. P er ri : Second qualit3ielo. 4 0 4 4 Small porkorg..: o 4 8 5 0 Lambs, 6s Od to 7, 4 d. Suckling calves, 18s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs* 22s to 295. FOREIGN SUPPLY. ToTAL SUPPLY Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 5,480 Sheep Calves Pig 5............... 330 Pigs .......... 44 2HIS DAY'S SHIPPI.ATCI. LONDON, April 18.—Wind this day at noon, North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, April 17.—Wind N.E. — A rrived—Matchless, from Antigua ; Brilliant, from Mogadore. Sailed—Sir Charles Forbes, for Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, April 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Tele gram, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, April 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Sarah Anne, from Akyab. FLEETWOOD, April 17.—Wind S.E.—Sailed--Hope, for Miramichi. OFF THE SALTEES, April 15.—Arrived—Salon, from Huelva for Liverpool. Cowes, April Ui—Sailed—Novo fvxPAJzi4l 109 111 %200 205 81 83 112 117 87 90 5i 51 —P licl t 1 114 12i 31 21 I 31 31;1 221 231 G$ 6; 71 8 1 20 i 38i 8 1 .) 37 38 52 64 4} 31d 13 15 5: 51 81 Ai 14 I IZ•lid 204 .414 6 64 9 i 9 1 19 20 SAY MARKETS. 4 2 1 0 1 1 6 10 t £ 0 5 £ 6 2 9 Sit ITIMELD .- 47 . per el l o o v ad er . A fair demand. CUMBERLAND..— Meadow hay, £2 2s to f.. 5 8s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 44 lad Trade steady. per 0 • do., £3 Os to £5 15 A s i r and av ) 8 1 tZw , WIIITECHAPEL. - Mead OW hay, £2 Os to. £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 Os to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 158 to £2 41 per load. Supply moderate, MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of _m est are good, and the trade generally is heavy, as folcioltv: :- -4. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 0 ; pork, Sd ; lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5 8 4s Od to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTTIA.LL, April 17.—T0-days marketru sled inactive, as a d supplied with stoc k, and the demand moderately follows : Beef, 38 4d to 4s iOd s . d mutton, 4s Od to 8 to 6s 8d ; pork, 4. 5s 8d ; lamb, Gs Gd is 78 4d ; veal, _i .. 4d to 5s Od per Sibs to sink the ir offe" demand, as follows :-- -Beef, April 17. —A ° l n . utton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 48 d581;8'8 calves 14s to 19s; quarter old lamb,Be e f C , s fr s o d m t 0 3s 7 G s d o t o ; 4s 10d; 4d to 56 Od per 8lbs; sn,„_ _ 44 , 4 i 04 4 144 Govo, 411 os • 1 9 (1 4 13 8 t0 9 re 0 c p o is ; 21s to Wo B , . , )a- M. WO lot stock stock stock stock stock 10{ 10 stock stock stock 2s. Bd. 121 12 stoc 6 stoc' Share) stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock all all all all all 18.8. all all all a 11 all ES. lli I 9 181 i