The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

IVIONEy- MARKET AND COMj IF WI INTELLIGENC,, N shr. CITY, Two o'CLootc. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed firmly, but without increased tightness. Compared with Friday's rates all kinds were unaltered. The sales amounted to 8 ,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken by the s peculators,. The Railway Share Market mani fested a steady appearance, and prices were f ullY sus t ained. The state of trade in the Manufactu ring towns is generally quiet, but the reduction in the minimum rate of discount by t he Bank ,of England has occasioned more firmness. At Leeds the business of the past week is described a 4 being limited, and confined principally to goods of the lower qualities. The manufacturers having :/laid in fresh stocks of wool, at the public sales, are "fig fuller employment to° the working classes, and the mills are now working longer hours. In Manchester there has been an improved demand, ° wing to the more favourable advices brought by t he last Overland Mail, and shirtings are lid. to 3c l. per piece dearer. The Silk trade, during the east month, is thus reviewed by Mr. H. "• Eaton : There has been little in the Market during November calling for particular notice. The deliveries have continued good, but W e have had a dull heavy trade throughout, every pr ices seeming anxious to buy as sparingly as possible. ;lees have, however, remained extremely steady. Th e imports from China in the next two months vllll doubtl ess b e l arge; b u t a s they will find manu facturers and throwsters most scantily supplied, it I s fair to expect, in the absence of most other silks, a geed demand—consumers having waited for a 'tter assortment than the present small stock a ffords. This impression is much strengthened by the increased op e rations during the last two days, b oth for home use and the continent. It must also be borne in mind that these expected imports W ill complete 50 per cent. of the total quantity to 'treat Britain of 70,000 bales. The letters just rec eived from China report the total settlements ,_ be 45,000 bales, the shipments to Great Britain had 3 0,500 bales, and elsewhere 5, 000 bales. Prices 'ad advanced so as to have but little margin on 1 11 ° quotations from England. In Bengal silk the b usiness early in the month was very moderate, t he bulk of the reoent imports as in October being nferior, and the pretensions of importers owing to fo r high cost being far beyond what can b e a ff o rded 1 such qualities, but m ore di s p os iti on being lately shown to meet buyers, some sales have been eff ected. Anything really fine and good of the Italian qualities sells readily at good prices. andali4ll silk has attracted a little more attention, 1 , may be quoted rather firmer. In Brutias and ersians there is no alteration. The True Briton, from Melbourne, is announced g e t the particulars of her specie freights are not l e t ' known. The Red Jacket and the William of °4 eY are now also due, and in the course of the next fortnight a further large supply tp.. gold may be anticipated. As the C ele requi remen t s o f th e B an k o f F rance seem ar. ' l O have been supplied, and speculation in silv er is not likely to draw so much gold away as heretofore, it may be supposed that the dater: portion of future arrivals will be re 4ed in this country. The advices from Marls this morning state that monetary affairs ntinue to improve, and the next Bank return, it is alleged, will show an increase in coin and bul k°ll in Paris and the departments to 194,000,000 -.sum , There is a qu i e t d eman d f or money i n Lombard- to 'treat to-day, and the rates for first qualities of r tills are rather easier. 25 25 The Europa has arrived, with 560,000 dollars, from the United States. st. st. The half-yearly meeting of the B an k o f Austral- 25 seia was held this day, when the directors expressed 20 their resolution to continue the dividend at th e g o o tkte of 20 per cent. per annum, payable in April 20 /te at. • The state of the colony was satisfactory. 10 •Ikt the next meeting the accounts will be presented 5 usual. The directors had invested the 200,0001. grantee fund. 10 I , n osiness at the Stock Exchange has commenced 20 quietly this week, and, owing to some spe- 10 i n e i4 tive sales, a temporary degree of weakness has is o „ e ' ar ae apparent. Compared with the latest prices e - '' t ent on Saturday a decline of Ito per 18 --414 t• has taken place, but as there is no 20 r . vourable event which justifies a lower range Hi e l 20 l 'aues, the flatness now prevailing is no doubt zu jtoinporary. An influential party of dealers of ' t e endeavoured to depress the market, and some 2200 ti t ile /mailer operators for a rise have probably 100 p f 4e d their accounts, so as to make sure 100 kit their profits, otherwise it is only 20 i ll to conclude that the tendency would have been 25 Ole other direction, especially as the Money Do 1 1 - ‘ r ket is gradually improving. At the same time, too 40 11 eve r, the Transfer books being clo se d, there are oookoney 0 o o koney purchases to give support to the market. 20? it b, s 4o llthave been 93i 94, and 931 /. ; They are now 2tA a - Mit 9531 Special transfers of stock have been 'j o t 04egetiat ed at 94 3 . The New Threes are 93Z to ,i 1 the Reduced 931 1. Exchequer Bills 4s. to 100 i;',Pteinium, and the Bonds 981, 99. Bank Stock 1 . 46 1, and India Stock 227. dec ided. the Foreign Market the principal feature is h s' e idecl. fall in the Turkish 6 per Cents., which t „.. 4ll3 auffered from the same cause as Consols, viz., A , , olils.tive sales. They have been dealt in at 95, 1 „ .0„ is 94i and they are now about 95, 951. The b e t" Cents. 102 i. Spanish are flatter, the Threes : 42 to 42k, and the Passive 54. Russian 3 Per Cents. are 961 ; Peruvian, 78 ; and Do. per Cents. 551. The f ollowing are the nominal prices of Foreign 4( 0 8 :-_Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi "„' 22 13 3i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto .1 4 " 0 " eentli., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., o e " ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per jsr lits 's 9 5 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 21 ; ditto c" • , Def erre d, 231 24; ditt o Certificates, 61- ; ditto Passive, 6 tenßailway Share Market this morn i ng h as ll influenced to some extent by the depression 14 e of t i h,e English Funds, and the quotations of most pe ,:oe Principal lines have eclined about Ito ' some instances d rather more. East t _',glian, Great Northern, Great Western, to _ngh ton, North-West ern , an d Midland were 1 5s. by 10s., and L ancas hi re an d Y or k s hi re by; South-Eastern ss. ; Paris and Lyons de. alined 10s. ; N or th ern of France ss. ; Lombardo-* Venetian. 15s. ; G reat Luxembourg ss. The Canadian lines were steadat shares Joint-stock Bail& have been very little dealt in. Bank of Australasia have improved about 53., and Western Bank of London E. to 11. 19s. Bank of Egypt, Ot toman Bank, and Oriental Bank are steady. Miscellaneous shares are inactive. Canada Go -I,7ernment 6 per Cents. are at 11 4 ; South AuTs t e r i a el natt Gov e rnment 6 per Cents, 1011 ;Electric Tel graph, ; and Crystal Palace 2&. ill FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (From the Official List.) iI S RI: 2 minim d one. a Zit tock - Per Cent. Reduced AllllllitlaS ,30Der Cent. Consols Annuities shut 94i / '"' 3 Per Cent. Annuities ndia.Sto 11. 41 4 Bonds, £lOOO D n itto un Account 000 %;,)sols,for 4 3$ i x d n ellecitter Bills, 21d. 1000 Elmall 5 p • Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 93s 9 Iit ex PRICES OF FORtIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. l ean 3 per Cent rt l Ditto Accoun P e . 22i ... .... _ vian Bo nds t .. 4i per Cent b itto Ac coun t 78 Ditto 3 per Cent. It Dit to Account .1.: 1 7 i54 Bonds, 1522, St., 5 per Cent — 8 1 itto IA per Cent. • 96; 6 1 1 1 ' 1 ?iill 13ottds, 3 per Cent 11).„.tt0 Account k w New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Dif 23k NI ..,.. passive 5i irtiTell Committee Cert. of Coup. n-_,t, fun. 6§ p c -bit, per co - ' , , coun. 1 , ` 51 4 3 -E; 4 ' , ji 4 1 ultto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable In Londot, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money) / Mk) Amount Ran arY 8) iii I, ..... ~ 93i i x cl SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). VS. rill: SUN, LONDON, MON V ENTENIT''!G, DECENIB_Eit 8 1856 tiAILWtYS. 12 9 i I A•mbg• Nottnit. Bort . „ RAfiti,. Janet.. IL Ballymena uli 3irmtvg. Wolverb.; Stour all dirireah.l. LancsL. Chet , Jii.re Sunct s , l l Da. Meat. it Birk ; all On., do. ....... all Blackburn all BlytiA &Tynaorigiut 425(ised. at 100 Bristol and .Exote.- PO Caledonian. 1100 Chester 4; Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dabiin4l3©lfastJunc all pun. P. Aber. Jne. 1100 East Anglian all Easton. Counties .100 E•lst. '.'Rion, A. St? 100 Bo g B. Stock... 8i Do., New A 17 East Kent 1100 East L‘neashire al East Suffolk 4 Do. 11.00 Edinburgh d4Olasgo , • 1 all Edinb. and Peebles.. 1100 Edin, Frth Dunde. all !orth & Clyde Jun.) 1100 Emmen St. St. St. St. St. St. 20 10 M 00 Glasgow &S. Westrn all !Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Great Northern ' 100 Do., A. Stool - 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk all 'lrish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlieh 141 IDo. , Thirds 12 Do. Now Thirds 100 Lancash.ardYorkch i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. South) ort all London & Blackwali 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst 100 Loud. and N. Weetn 16 Do. Fifths 5} Do.IOI.SIL,M&B 0 V Do. Eighths,. 100 London ann. Wegtn. all Lndndrry&Colerain' all Lndudrry.&Ennisk 1.00 Wanoh.Sbef.&Linch 1 !tletropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ,j)0 WO • )o.l3irrunr!. &Dark); all 1111111.. G. West. (Ire, all Jo. Lialf Shareq • 111 geweastle & Carlisle all Twpt.Aberg. &Hrfd "iewry & Enniskille all Newry, Warrenpoini and iostrevor: 1.00 l'orfolk. sTorthn.CourktiesiTr. .1.10 North Britidr 100 Nth. IJovon Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock... 100 %io., B Stock 1.0( N.Eastern—Bervvi , k 233 Jo. do. Extension ~ 16-F, Jo.do. G.N. E. ?arch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3i 1. stand, and City in... 17} North Sthifordshirt. al' 'forth Western all Q. &S. Westrn. Jun , 1)4 ix., Wore.. & Wolv. 14 'f,rts - alouth 9 Rhymney 14! ottish CentrAl l()) Scot. N E. Abrdn St. tot; Do. Soot. Mid. St 00 pehire Uni 2 SitinebournekSheer. e, ;onto Devon 11:7 South Eastern 100 south Wales DI 4. Yrksh. Riv. Du, all Staines, Wok. &Wol I: Stockton & Darling 12 Do., do., 1854 '3 Do., do., 1855 1 3tozlzten cts 1% air Vale 100 00. Pref., No. 1 22 Manes Hay. D.& R all Vale of Noath all Waterfd. & Kilkenns all Waterford&Limeric all West C0rnwa11......_ all Arest End of Louth), and Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. Mist Class .. all Do. Second Class ‘ll Wimblwin °row+, 20 20 20 20 9 som bay, , parocia.,,anO I Can. India, g. sp. c all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all oemerara .. 2s. Eastern Bengal all Bast Indian A and B, S. 5 P-' 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do.. all Geelong &-, Melbournt guar. 5 per cent... all Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till '8: all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all • It. Wetito - an of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '5; all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all I Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, without optior all vladras, guar. 4, 1 2 . p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d EL, g. sp. e 5 Scindo, guar. sp. c all Do 18 Bt. Andrew's and Quebeo (A) U 0 LONI A L roit: •11 tritWerpitttatt, rahin 10 Ardennes all lolgian Es.stn. June. 16 , :exiers to GrAissesst c 101; Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Canneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry hitch Rhenish all astern of France ... 19 r.) O . New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. 8 ,4t. Cattral of Franke 16 heat Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction.,..,. all Lake Coust. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva ... all Lyons 1.4 Moditerran.l all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all vamnr & Lli-ge all Do. do., Ep. c. Prof. all gorthern of France. a ll Norwegi,mTrankPref all Paris and Lyons a ll Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati a n Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all 'lambre and Meuse_ all Do. 54 p. cont. Prof. all 3outhern of France_ ral - Vest Flanders all Do. 5.# per c. Prof._ all ‘.c, &N. W. of Franct 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland, all Wiesbaden ... all Do. Spa cent. Pref, all Zealand ....... JOINT•! all kustralasla 18E Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London .... I all Sri. Col. Bk.lzLn. C. iallßritishN. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Cominercial of Lond ail Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E. Bnk g. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Pro.o Eng 10 Do. Naw ........... ... 222 National Bank all New South Walte..... all Oriental Bk. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bank ...... ZD Provincial of Ireland all Do. 11,Y,' - , ..... _ ...... _ I ill Ana B Lr.. 4 o Ili, Co , L; !South Australia ~.... all tUnion of Australia Dj Do. Now 1.0 Union nf London 50 'Unity Mutual 64) Western Bk cf bondl Closing Prices this day. 4 4a 8i -- 9 18i -- 19 1 , 170 13 - 14 93 -• f+s 59 - 601 3S •-- 39 • 9h - 10 19 - 20 9 3 / 4 9i 37 - 39 26 - 28 7 - 5 85 - 87 5i - 55; ••• 35i - 36 ... "- • 94 - 96 7 - 71 901 - 91 76 - 77 L2O - 125 113 - 115 691 - 70 70 - 74 5 - 64 54 -- 6A 96i 97 6i - 7 11l - 112 1051 - 106 20i -21 i 10i -10 i 1.07 i - 1084 35 - .• .•.14 81i - 82 54 - 56 •N '''. ••• 13i - 1.4 51 53 34 Sd 39 40 • e• N• 81 - 85 4k - 3 - 2i IBi - 19 60 C 1 96 -99 - 5d 6t 10 11 29 30 26 - 2g 70 72 48 - 50 1 ... 1 18 19 734 - 74 80 - 81 5 - 3 (1 2 - 1 14 - 16 38 - 40 163 : 2O 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 54 .•• ''' • e, i - **6 1 - li IF - ig - ... 22i -- 23,E1 2 a. 2#T) 22 23 21i - 224 ilt - 121 80 - 85 21i - 22 - 24 -24 i i 2+ - 99 - 100 117 - 122 117 - 122 109 111 201 22i 23 1 1 - la! 24. —21 r :GN. 7 - 74 - 2/2 - 3ip -!r - 4 .51 4 33 -73 i 1,- 14 5i -5,; 51 -- .5i ••• "..... ••• ...i 6i - 7 pl Di - 114 8i - 9 194 -- 20 38 8 1 -- 39, -- 9 54i 5 , t 52 -- 54 i - 8 p 1 18 20 la 9% 10 9 9 pm 4$ 4 / I 9§ 10 34i —3i . - ••• ... 100 - 102 63 - 65 -PI 1 A d 6 .....• ... 004 iil :- 18 - 20 -- 21211 •I : 3n •.. -- ••• ... --- ..• .... ... .14 •M .... M• 38 :39 1 3d N4l ....... ••• 35 - 37 6? - 69 7 - 9 1% 4 Easiness done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS• Ream Ara. Bedford and Blet::hley Buckghalu h. Clydesdalo :Cc. I Col. Stour Vy. ) E. Lin. g.S pe. .1 E. Uu. H. Sh. ) Glas. Barr. Sr Neils. Direct )0 Do. New...... 11 Glstr.4l Do Fr dl Hrtlpl. Dk. al Hull & Selby al Do. # Share. al Do. k Shares. al Lon.&Greenr 111 Do. Preference )0 Lou., Til., & 34 Do. Bark. Sh. )0 Lowestoft gr. Leas, Compan,, London N. West. Calodon,.. EAT &E.O Gt.Nrixu. E. Count. Caldordan. Do Gt. Westp Yk. Now. & Borw. YANAL Do Do l ELastor.c Do Poto & Co. IDo Norfolk Do L.& N. W. Stekton& Darlingt. 21 -- 2i En. COun. E. Count Do Do N. W ' Do Gt Northn Lannash& Yorksh. T. Ilrassoy ff.MCloan Stoekt. Darlingt. Do. C4tWeetn i Closing Prices ,i this day 97 - 98 98 - 102 11 - .13 133 - 4 ... .» --- _.. lUi - 16 12i - 13 22i - 23 112 - 115 ! § Ipl - 92 bb ,57 132 :--- 105 9 33 - 24 §. B 9° 1113 i Business this day . _44 per cent. Do. 6 por ct. .11 Manch. ]3xtn. and Matlock .11 Middleahro' Reduc 6 p.c. 00 1.( 5.), a: 5) I a] Midld.israd Newmarket Bury E. C.spc al N.& Eot.s p.c. 111 Do. 6 per et. al Do. Fixeds p c al Prest. &W , yr.: al Do. Shrs. A )0 Roys tn.& flit. L 8 Shcf.RothAn Gooleg.s p.c. ill Shrews.Sclier .1Y S. Staflordsh. .11 WearValloygr 6 par cent... dl Do 10 Wilts/V;omrst St. It 20 St. 110 , 5 I a] gt. 11 St. 11 3t. 1 St. 11 St. 1( Rt. 11 100 , 1 10 I a] St. 110 1 20 all BlythandTynolOpei c. prof. (iesd.2.t 501 DO !Iris. & Es. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... DO Caledn. £lO 4i p.a. DO ; I:3hes.&llo.Gn. 5e rc DO Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. 11 Cork &Bandonbp.e. Dua.Prth .dx Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh )0 Do. do. Ole. 13 6p. c. )0 Do. do Cls. C7p. c Eas.Co.Ex,SpcNo. Lll Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. a. St dl East Un., G. 6 p. ill Do. 51., 10 per cent al Do. 101.Debentr.Sh. di Do. do. 4 per cent )0 East Lancvh.6p.cts dl E.4W. York. J. sth• 4 Bain. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh )0 Ed. Prth.ltDun.4g.c )0 Furness, sp. a )0 Glas. & S.W. (. 5 P. c )0 Great Northn. sp. )0 Do. sg. c. Redeem. a o. tl4oi p. e P. prem D 30 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c. pm 11 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 10 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland 4 Do. 4per c. Prof. S 6 Gt. WAS. &ll.Exspc )0 Do.con. red. 4i p.c. )0 De. con. red. 4p. c. )0 Do. irred. 4p. C. )0 Do. sp. c. red. prof dl Do. Birm. Prof. Sh 611 Do. Chester Bp. .11 Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. )0 Do. Birm. Gas. Stk 611 Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Xll Do. do. do 11 Do. do. do ....... 6 Lan. &York. F. 20 10 Do. 6 p. c. Stock )0 Lon.&B. G.5p0.N0.1 10 Do. P., Spa. St.No.2 )0 Do. New Guar.6 0, , )0 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 )0 Lon.&N. W., Coy. leneaton 5 p. ct... )0 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares L .ndy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennia.iSh 51.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. Do. do. 3i per cent. O Narypt .& Carl. 4 p 0 1 Do. 4 per cent D' Do. do. 0 WU. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Con.Br.ir.6pc 0 Do. 4i p, c. Pref. St O Ditto L. &H. Pref. St N 5 p ew.. a. , r A e b d e . r. , sp &, . c c p p m r : 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 lI Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 1 De. Pref. sp. (3. ,t , ' Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 D. 5A per c.pf.,1847 D0.Wv.V.5pe.,1847 North British ...... St. 11\ Si 1( 1(.. St. 10 S al 10 al 10 al St 101 21. 2 ,Al 1?i gt. 10( St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. tOl St. 101 St. to 12 sl 12i si St., 11 St. 10( 12 41 12. al 12 1( St. 1O( St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( 10 all 10 Bt. li St. 11 St. Bt. 7 33 Do 71. Preference St. 10u N. E. Perw, 4p.c.r. 17 81 Do. do. do 20 1:3 Do Leeds 6 p.c 12i 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... 25 10 Do.Yorkll.& i. Fur. 20 all North Staffordshire. St. 100 0x,W0,PLW., 5 pc... St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. 8 Soot. Cent. ,New Frei St. 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe 5 all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. St. 100 D0.d0.,3ip.c. pf. st 25 all south Devon 10 all Do. fixed,4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. O Do. 4i per cent 11 Do. Fixed 4i p c eh O 3. Wales Gua. 4p. c O Des. do. 4i p. c ... 11 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Jl Stock.& Dar., sp. c. 5 Do. do. do 3tock. Isz Hare. g. 5 p. o. till July 1,'56 IWaterfd.& Kilk.6pc St. 10( 10 al St. 10( St. 10( 20 a] 25 a] 25 11 123 a' PREFERENCE SILAIL Eti 95 - 971 4! - 5 6 - 6i 107 - 112 103 - 108 AP - i 2 - 124 i'n! 7 76 11 1 7 - 119 109 - 111 103 - 105 61 - 63 9/ - 104 6 - 94 - 96 87 891 99 • 101 1 10 —lOO 16i 17#1 10 •- 73 75 19i 20 , 9i —10 i 141 —15 i id 137, 139 ... -"' ..,- 140 - 143 117 - 119 1157 - 159 a P 66 70 137 -139 98 - 100 88 - 10 1 - li 1101 i -104 6j 94 d .. -- i .• i d 107 : 108 17 - 22i -23 i 101 - 103 , 10 -10 J 274 2 - 28 -. 3r 2~ - 3~ 20 7 1 al 50 al 20 L 35 2i 30 al 20 1 1 40 1 al 5 1 1 25 i al S i al 20 1 rsi 41' al 5l al 1 a] 3 511 1 1 si 3011 1 a, 1 a 28h a: 1 al MINES. all I.A.liglo Californian Australian 11 Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 611 %mar. Iron & Co& A British Iron 6 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm.) al Do. Cocaes Cuiab .5 [)o. St. John Del Roy 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 11 Cobra Copper . A Colonial Gold at Copper Min. of Eng al Do. Prof. 7ip. " Ut Copiapo 11 Fortuna 11 General '1 at.NuggetVeinßeg Great Polgooth . Gt Wheal Vor United 611 Liberty • 11 Linares . 3 / 4 Lusitanian .11 liariquita Xll New Granada al Nouveau Monde 11 Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 1 Port Philip ill Quarts Rock al Rhymney Iron al Do. New .5i Santiago de Cuba s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 South Australian al Do. Scrip 611 Do. 10 per cent Prel [4 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft ...... 611 United Mexican al Waller 1 I all West Mariposa elWorthing Mining of Australia ........ MIS 25 19 instralls.n Agricult. 10 411 iustraln. Royal Mail 10 all fterlin Water Works 50 40 American Land 100 324 Canada . St. , O. Go. 6p. e. Jan SLj nly St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Fob & Aug St. 100 De. 6p c. Mar & Sept 5 all Crystal Palace 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1. Duston Iron Ore 20 15 Eastern Steam. 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' m. .... rEOIII3. 25 - 27 5 - 53 fii : li2 1.131 - 114 5 - 5i 96 = 64 ." - 5i - 6i 8 - i - 1f - 4 - 15 - 3 4 - lh - 11 - 2i 73 - 75 5 i - Gip 67 -69. t, 14-- 1; 36 - 38 - 1 -- 1 16 :z IS !VO St 1)0 3'.101 5 I a; St. 1101 St. 1101 25 100 a' St.'ll 10 St 11 St. 1 61 5 25 126 al St. 10 25 L 10 a] 12 11 50 a] 25 a: St, 10( TM Of 9:fiti n SUN OFPICE, Six o'Clock. 'MATTE aSALL'S•—(This Evening.) IPSWICH p STEEPLECHASE. 2 to 1 agst Minor DERBY. 9to 1 agst Lord Clifden's lot 25 to 1 agst Goldfinch 25 to 1 agst Bird•in-the-Hand 30 to, 1 agst Colonist 33 to 1 agst Glenmasson 40 to 1 agst Anton 50 to 1 agst Henry VIII. 33 to 1 agst Saunterer CHESTER CUP, 50 to 1 agst Apathy 70 to 1 agst Lundyfoot 70 to 1 agst Claret 70 to 1 agst Magnifier 100 to 1 agst Kimburn 100 to 1, agst Yengeance. IPSWICH, MONDAY. Arrived—Hopeless Star and Gannymede. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF COMNTON PLEAS. ;Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Common Jury.) PARRISH V. COLEMAN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a farmer, of Barking, against the defendant, an extensive and emi nent agricultural implement maker, of Chelmsford, to recover damages for loss sustained by reason of the defendant having supplied him within a machine that was useless. It appeared from evidence that in Jan. 1854, the plaintiff gave the defendant an order for a chaff-cutting and oat-bruising machine, to be paid for at the time of fixing. The machine was made and ready for fixing in July following, but the plaintiff not having a place fit for it ready, it was not fixed until the end of the year. Several applications were made for payment, and it was not till July, 1855, that a settlement took place, when the plaintiff gave the defendant a three months' bill, which, however, was dis honoured, and in February last be commenced proceed ings against the defendant for damages on the grounds above alleged. Evidence was given by the plaintiff that the machine was to be of one-horse povier, and that after he got it, and before he gave the bill, he complained to the defendant that it was useless being of greater power, and difficult of working, and he called practical men to prove that it was of too complicated a nature for general use. The defendant, however, denied that there was to be any stipulations as to power, but that it was to be a machine that could be used with one horse, and that this was fine that could be used with one or six horses, and such as he had supplied to numerous agriculturists of the neighbourhood, who had used them with great success. All the complaint the plaintiff had made to him was that the machine went hard, and he had informed the defendant that he was ready to do anything to ii, that would make it work easy and give satisfaction. The jury, having been absent upwards of three hours, and unable to agree upon a verdict, wore by consent dis- charged. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN BE R. K. LANE. This bankrupt, described as of Argyll-street, Regent street, bill discounter, &e., to-day came up to pass his last examination, which had been adjourned on several occasions for the completion of the balance sheet, which is of a very voluminous nature. It commences Ist Jan., 1853, with au estimated balance (not realised), the debts being set down at 21,5001., assets 33,8001. The bank rupt had not kept any wish book or ledger, and it had become necessary to raise a cash account from the bankrupt's diary and banker's book, and that account showed—receipts 97,4201., disbureementi 95,879/. ; and the deficiency was accounted for by unvouched expenses, &c. The losses had arisen from discounting and on share transactions in which the bankrupt had been en gaged. The assets consist of bills of costs and property, &c. His Honour said that such an account could not be deemed satisfactory, but the question was whether a better could be obtained ? This was the sixth adjourn ment. Mr. Mason, for the assignees, did not oppose bank rupt's passing, and he passed accordingly. Mr. Chidley applied for an allowance to the bankrupt, and also for an accountant. The bankrupt had been indefatigable in assisting his assignees. His Honour said that so far he had behaved to their satisfaction, and was entitled to an allowance, but not for making out the' accounts, the difficulties of which arose from the bankrupt not having kept proper booke. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Thi3 Day.) SOUTHWARK. RINGING THE CHANGES.--THE OLD DODGE.—Mary Ann Hayward, a woman about 30 years of age, was before Mr. Burcham, charged with attempting to defraud Mr. Harding, a baker, out of a shilling under the fol lowing artful circumstances. William Shillinghurst, a journeyman baker, in the employ of the prosecutor, said he was in the shop on Saturday evening with his mistress, when he saw the prisoner come in and ask for half a quartern loaf. Mrs. Harding served her, and the prisoner handed her half-a crown. Witness was standing close to the counter, and he distinctly saw Mrs. Harding hand her two good 'shillings and two pence. The prisoner took them up, and after changing one of the shillings for a counterfeit, she threw it on the counter asking it to be changed for two sixpences. Mrs. Harding refused to change it, when the prisoner said she had given her a bad shilling, and she was determined to have a good one for it. Witness perceiving her dodge, slipped round the counter and seized up the counterfeit shilling, which she marked, and secured the prisoner until a constable came in, when Mrs. Harding gave her into custody. Mr. Burcham said he should remand her until Satur day next, for the attendance of the solicitor of the Mint, who, he had no deubt, knew something of her. THAMES. SHAMEFUL RoZBERY of A PORTUGUESE SAILOR.— William Brawn, an Irishman who is well known in the neighbourhood of the St. Katherine's Dock, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a large and massive gold ring, with an engraving of an idol and two elephants upon it, and five rupees, from Augustus Riviere, a man of colour. The prosecutor, a little man, who gave his evidence in the Portuguese language, and also spoke the Hindostaneo tongue, said that be came from Rangoon to Bremen in a ship in which he acted in the capacity of cook. The captain mulcted him of a great part of his wages, and sent bim away from Bremen in a steamer. He arrived ,in London yesterday (Sun day) evening. He was in a street near the Royal Mint, when the prisoner looked at the gold ring on his finger, and asked him to sell it. He took the ring from his finger, and the prisoner immediately snatched it from him and knocked him down, and then rifled his pockets, and took five rupees from him. He got up and pursued the prisoner, who turned round and knocked him down again, and ran away. Charles Price, a young man residing in Norwich court, Upper East Smithfield, said he heard a noise last night about 9 o'clock, and on going out caw the pro secutor in Noate's-buildings, looking about him. The prisoner was concealed behind some barrels. He called for the police, and the prisoner ran away. The prosecutor and the witness both followed the prisoner, who turned opposite the guard-house of the Royal Mint, and knocked down the prosecutor. The prisoner again ran away, and was stopped by a police man. Police-sergeant Griffin, 3 said he stopped the prisoner as he was running, and the prosecutor imme diately afterwards came up and made signs he bad been robbed of his ring and money. On the way to the station-house the prisoner took a ring produced from his pocket and handed it to witness. The prosecutor identified the gold ring produced, and said it cost him 25 rupees in Rangoon. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. LINCOLN'S INN-FIELDS. — There was a time when Lin coln's Inn-fields was probably the handsomest square in the whole metropolis ; .but for much mo re th an a hun dred years it has continued without a suitable access from any surrounding quarter, althou g h f or t h e sa me period of time, this inconvenience has been complained of ; as will be seen in the following extract from the St. James's Chronicle, from June 6 to 9, 1761 : —" A plan for new str2et, fruln the end of 6carle-strett to Teruplt bar, is actually concerting, which has pee n a thi ng long wanted, as the avenues to Lincoln's Inn- s q uare a re so extremely bad. It is als o said, that in ord er t o ma ke it complete, Turnstile will be widened, so as to admit of carriages passing."!—NoteS and fitfcriff. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were, for the most part, very moderately supplied with wheat, in which a fair average business was transacted, on rather higher terms. Most kinds of barley moved off steadily, at ex treme rates. Oats, beans, peas, and flour we% tolerably firm. The continental markets continue dull. In prices, how ever, no material change has taken place. Steady ship. ments of produce continue to be made from America. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were moderate. From abroad we received 25,532 quarters of wheat, 8,721 barley, 50,307 oats, 3,339 beans, 725 peas, 60 tares, 5,783 linseed, 7,410 rapeseeds, 2,340 sundry seeds, 1,438 sacks and 12,711 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, from Essex, Kent, Szc., was only moderate, and, owing to the return of mild damp weather, in very middling condition. The attend ance of millers was rather limited, and the demand for most kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state. Compared with Monday last, however, no quotable change took place in prices. At the close of business, most of the inferior samples were unsold. We had an extensive show of foreign wheat. For home consumption only a moderate business was passing in it ; nevertheless, holders were very firm, and late rates were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in request, both for Spain and Portugal, and Kubanka wheats sold as high as 72s per quarter. The supply of barley was rather extensive. Fine malting samples sold at full prices, but inferior kinds ruled rather dull, at barely late rates. Malt, the show of which was moderate, was in fair re- quest, at last week's currency. There was a very large supply of foreign oats in the market. Good heavy qualities were steady, at late rates. Damp samples hung on band. _ _ _ Beans were dull, and prices were a shade lower—viz., is. per quarter. Peas realised is beneath previous rates, and the demand was rather heavy. The flour trade was rather dull, but not cheaper. CURRENCY PER. IMPERIAL MEASURE/. ,Malt—Chevaller •• 76s to 77 Pats— Yorkshire and Lineolnsk.,Feed 23s 25s Potato . Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 20s 22 , Cork, white ..• •• 24s 27s Booteh,Feed••• •• 24s 29s Beans—Tick ......... 38s 40s Pigeons •••• 40, 43; Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• 365 39s Maple •• • • 403 42s White.••••—•• .. 40s 42, Boilers Floor—Town-made..• 58s 60s Suffolk 453 483 Btooktn & Norfolk 45s 48s Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red new 49 to 633 Ditto.. • • .... old —s Ditto, White new 54s 72s Ditto Norfolk and Lin coln, Rod, old —s —a Ditto new •• •• 49) 65s Rye—Old • • ••• . —s —s New •••• •• 38s 4251 garley.—Orinding .• •.. 34s 383 Malting .••• • • • 35 a 393 Chevalier • • . . 42s 48s hialt—SuffolkandNor folk •• • • ...... • . 66s 75s Brown 63s 61s Kingston and Ware 763 78s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were very moderate, viz., 3,548 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 4,545 ; in 1834, 5,831; in 1853, 4,765; in 1852, 4,869; in 1851, 3,628; and in 1850, 5,734 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WANE. From Busts. Sheep. Lambs. Rotterdam.— 212 -. 1,053 Ostend Tonning 6l 19 ". Harlingen Thep - Afedemblik-.- 79 -. 1,123 -. Dordt ll 51 Antwerp ." Schiedam 59 ... - Calves. Pigs 128 ... 4E ... - T0ta1.... 596 .. 2,769 .. ... 183 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1855 791 ...' 3,649 98 7 1854 1,098 ... 4,461 274 1853 9BB 3,655 - 128 ... 24 Advices from the north of Europe state that many of he usual shipping ports are now frozen up ; consequently decreased importations of stock may now be calculated upon. The immense increase in the value of stock through. out Spain renders shipments to this country very doubtful. In France both beasts and sheep are still high in price. Our market to-day was hut moderately supplied with all kinds of foreign stock, for which the demand was by no means active. Flesh up from our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts were rather limited for the time of year. The general quality of the stock was tolerably good. Although the attendance of buyers was moderately extensive the beef trade ruled inactive, and, in most instances, prices were 2d per 81b. lower than on this day se'nnight. The top figure for the best lots was 4s 10d per 81bs,, and a fair clearance was effected. We wore scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep, and the mutton trade was firm, at fully last Monday's quota tiuns. The best old Downs produced 5s 2d per Sibs. The supply of calves was limited, yet the veal trade ruled heavy, at a decline of 2d per 81bs. In pigs very little was doing, at barely late rates. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton. shire, wo received 2,000 shorthorns ; from other parts of Engl-nd, 500 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 350 Scots; and from Ireland, 400 oxen. The great Christmas market will be held here on Mon day next. Per 81bs to sink the offal.. I. d. e. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 2 3ecend quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 61 Prime Scots, dm. 4 8 410 hiforior Sheep ...3 6 316 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Primo crse.-wlled.4 6 4 S TOTAL SUPPLY. s. 4. s. 1 :PrimeSonthdown 5 0 5 2 illekrge cr se . calves 310 4 G Prime small do 4 8 5 2 Large hogs Small porkers 4 6 5 2 Suckling calves-23 0 30 0 Quarter old piz,s.2l 0 28 0 FOILEION SUPPLY. Beasts 7:••••...........• 4,480 itieep . ...........18,120 Pigs •••••••••• Sheep ...... ••• ...... 1,700 Calves...... Pig 5.......... - A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on nonday, Dec. 10, 1855, and this day, Monday, Dec. 8, 1856. Per Slbs, to sink the offals. Dee. 10, 1855.1 s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 Bto 3 10 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen ... 4 6 410 Prime Scots, die ... 5 0 5 2 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 8 5 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ... ... 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto 410 5 2 Large hogs ... 310 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 6 5 0 Beasts... ... 4,288 Sheep ... 22,880 Calves... 135 Pigs ... 510 SUPPLIIIB ON Sans, Dec. • 11, , 1854.—Beasts, 6,181; sheep, 22,820 ; calves, 107; pigs, 240. December 12, 1853.—Beasts, 7,037; sheep, 25,830 ; calves, 243; pigs, 295. r.ec. 8,1856. sd. 6. d. 2 10 to 3 2 j 3 4 3 10 4 6 14 8 410 , 13 6 310 HI 0 4 4 ;!1 6 4 8 50 5 2 Ilt) 0 0 0 10 4 6 ; 1 4 8 5 2 38 4 4 1,4 6 5 2 4,480 18,120 122 220 NE WGAT g AND LE IDENH ALL. The markets continue to be well supplied with nearly all kinds of meat. Generally speaking, a full average is doing, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. ' Beof, interior 2 6 210 Do., middliug 3 0 3 6 Do. prime large 3 8 4 0 De., do. small 4 2 4 6 Perk, large 3 8 4 4 s. 4. e. 4. 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 I Do., middling 3 6 4 0 i Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 10 1 I Perk, small 48 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops is good, yet the demand is steady, and prices are well supported. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ lOs to 5/ 15s; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 160. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and by land carriage, the arrivals of potatoes have not been extensive since Monday last. The imports have amounted to 1 sack from Jersey, 11 from Emden, 3 bags from Leer, 4 from Tonning, 65 from Rotterdam, 5 from Harburg, and 6 baskets from Hamburg. The trade is steady at full prices. York Regents, 100 s to 110 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 90s to 100 s ; Scotch do., 808 to 90s ; ditto nuns ' 1003 to 105 s ; middlings, 503 to 60s ; Lincolns, 90s to 10 0 3 ; blues, 80s to 903. LITERATURE. Art and Nature, at Homc and Abroad. ky George W. Thornbury. Hurst and Blackett, Great Marlborough-street. As usual at this season, we have heaps of books lying on our table for trial and judgment ; and we have taken up work after work in hopes of meeting with something to cheer and expand our wintry, gas-dried brain. The first was a ponderous tome on "Political Economy," the second, on "Eliptic Integrals ;" the third, on " Spherical Conic Sec tions ;" the fourth, a fashionable Novel, redolent of a diab o li ca lly w i c k e d young l or d, an d an' emeti cally weak young lady ; the fifth, a fashionable Poem, teeming with attempts to give the Pandean pipes the importance of an archangel's trumpet, and affording numerous directions touching the most romantic way to Hanwell, via Parnassus. The sixth, was on the " Trigonometry of the Parabola," the removal of which exposed a tumid pamphlet on "Chancery Cases." Under the influence of a touch of the bile, a first class chilblain, and a foggy, freezy atmosphere, we conscientiously abstained from discussing any of these books ; feeling that however beneficial and just it may be for a critic to exercise the rod, he has no right to use it when saturated with the pungent pickle of his individual and private concocting— whether that pickle be formed of the subtle poisons of mental malice, or the sharp drastics of physical irritability ; so we were about to vacate the chair of office when one of Caxton's Satanic retinue, guiltless of soap and water as the walls of Newgate, made his appearance, swiftly and silently placed Mr. Thornbury's volumes be fore us, and flitted, in a style that proved him fully competent to "double" the parts of Caliban and Ariel. We glanced into the pages with a dogged sort of indifference, but were reused from our apathy by the first sentences we lighted on, and we dipped into the various chapters wish as much re freshing sense of enjoyment as a bird of the desert experiences when it bathes and laves in the gushing tide of unexpected waters. The contents of Mr. Thornbury's work are the result of tramping-artist tours, and, allowing for a not unpleasant degree of Claude Loraine colouring, a more charming set of tinted etchings have seldom been presented to the public portfolio. The author has taken rapid sketches on his thumb nail, and worked them into genial and graphic pictures. " Beggars," as treated by his pencil, though in a prominent foreground, are most agreeable company, winning our sympathy and admiration, whether we will or no. He delineates "Fountains," with a free and sparkling touch ; from t helimpid stream that murmurs in the gorgeous Alhambra, and the crystal dribble from the lion's mouth in the Roman market place, to the trickling run in the Temple Gardens ; flinging, however, a denouncing shadow ou the Trafalgar-square absur dities. He gives us outlines of French and Bog lish manners, without offending the self-love of either Frog or Bull. He introduces us in a most judicious manner to " The Schools of Painting," pointing out their separate characteristics with earnest ability. He handles " Cromwell in Long acre" historically and daintily ; and his " Forty Winks in the Colosseum" will induce no looker-on to participate iu the drowsy indulgence. His starry bit on " Fire Flowers" is brilliantly amusinr, and sedately suggestive ; and " Nature in Old Bar lads," " Five Cities," " The Witchery of London," and numerous other chapters, are as entertaining as instructive. But let us take a sample colour or two from his palette, though we are aware that we shall not do justice to his charming sketches by picking out a solitary cerulean light or neutral shadow. There is some truth in this : Observe London, its houses jostling each other, no space even round its cathedral, its dense noisome alleys and its choked up river, that is the city of trade. Observe Paris with its fountains and arches, its hugepublic gardens, that is the city of the people of public spirit and national vanity. Pride is rich, and content with private reality, vanity must have every building an altar to its own glory. Pride is the idol of London, vanity of Paris. Two or three Wellingtons, Sir Robert Peel, a king or two, a duke, and a queen, aro almost all that London can set against all the records of national glory that adorn the city of the Seine. And in this also : Like most Englishmen, I have been educated in a Fe per horror of foreigners as a race. I looked upon one as something between a bravo of Venice, a black-legged bil liard marker, and the Wandeling Jew. They never wore shirts, or wore them too much, objected, on principle, to washing, eat with their knives, played at cards night and day, were fond of stabbing you, lived on frogs and oil, and were, the whole pack of them, infidels, duellists, and swindlers. Those who were not counts, were barons ; they wore massy thumb rings of uncertain gold, on un doubtedly dirty fingers, hated the English, smoked, and wore beards. In spite of this, lam ashamed to say I like them ; and have found the French intelligent and polite, the Germans hearty and honest. • • • • • • • English politeness to be seen in full bloom, requires fine weather, a holiday, a full purse, and contentment. French sentimental politeness blossoms in the roughest weather. At a great railway station English travellers taking re freshment, are mere cattle feeding, trampling and goring each other to get to the manger. French voyageurs are noisy, and hustling, but still smiling and considerate. The two hungers have a different character • one is that of ' a northern, sharp air, eager, and a little wolfish ; the other anxious but discursive, and choice. A. hot sun takes off the keen edge of appetite, drives you to Nebuchadnezzar salads and playful experiments with spice and sauce. Hogarth comes under the brush of his disciple, and a most interesting portrait is produced. Mr. Thornbury says : Hogarth was what Johnson would call a good hater, but he had heart enough to like a joke, and to love chil dren. There is no great harm in a man who can do that. He was the greatest physiognomist that over lived, yet he never heard of the science. Civilised life leaves certain marks by which men may be read. The coppersmith has green teeth, the shoemaker large knuckles, the cobbler black thumbs, the groom a straddling gait, and the sailor a rolling walk. All these, and some million other traits, Hogarth know. Ho seems to me always to paint as eve nal wrote, in a fever of honest indiguation, the scene is acting below under his window. His pictures are healthy bitter tonics that brace and strengthen our moral feeling. His world is no barley-sugar and fairy world, but a dim, terrible spot poised between earth and heaven. Over his rivals, and even over Reynolds, of whom it is said he was envious, he had one great advantage. He en graved his own pictures, roughly but boldly, perpetually adding not merely touches but thoughts. Other pictures strayed in saloons, his crept into inns and cottages. His works teem with characters of his own day—Pitt and Handel, Pope and Garrick ; ho has Figg, the prize-fighter, and oven Whitfield. To realise his popularity, we must imagine a painter, with the satirical power of Popo and the fun of Leech. His scenes are London scenes, and the actors were the spectators' own friends. All were amused, of whatever ago or rank. His mind was like a forest pool, to which the lion and the wild bird came together to drink. As he flow at all follies, so he struck at all professions, from a quack doctor and hypocritical priest, down to brutal drovers and cruel shoe-blacks. His pathos is rare, but deep. When he sheds a tear, it moves us, because it is a tear sullenly and reluctantly shed by a strong man. There are always children to calm his crowds, and his deepest vice has some touch of innocence to keep up our faith in the possibility of goodness. His madman laughs, but the nurses sorrow ; his idle apprentice curses, but the broken hearted mother weeps. When the sea of beggary and vice seethes and roars about the wretched praying man in the hangman's cart, there is one woman to shed tears on his coffin, the only mourner among ten thousand yelling devils. For mere fun, was there ever anything so deafening and uproarious as the scene of the " Enraged Musician ?" the dustman bawls, the milk-woman screams, the ballad singer yells, and the child cries, the drummer drums, the pewterer hammers, the paviors thump, in the distance bells are ringing, while cats squeal from the roof-tops. No wonder the musician, with fingers in ais ears, pulls up the window and roars out loud for peace. Hogarth's minute touches of humour are innumerable. What can bo more admirable than his " Ten Command ments," with the crack running through them, the poor box with a cobweb over the slit, the miser's shoes soled with pieces of the cover of a Bible, and his poor poet's scheme for paying the national debt. Few things are more felicitous than his speculator's complicated machine, all wheels and pullies for drawing a cork, and the starved cat looking wistfully for food in the open plate-chest. Hogarth's works will laugh at the light of centuries, and set centuries of men laughing. A picture hashownhe advantage over a book, It appeals not to the head,a_s_v law is of one nation only, but to the eye, that speaks h l a l s the guages. These works cannot grow old while man old heart, and the old way of loving and hating. Hogarth has had no imitators, because he was i gi inimi table ; he had no predecessors , therefore, ho was ornal. He taught us all, painters or not, one lesson, that seeing deeply one age is to know all ages. Of Hogarth alone of painters, it may be said, that ho was never monotonous, never wearisome, always in earnest, always in good humour, always English. " The Buttery of Haddon Hall" takes us dream ily back to the legendary times of velvet-mantled page and bell-capped jester ; of tapestried arris and secret portals ; of antlered halls and Lincoln Green. We can fancy such a medley pi c t ure as this when Haddon was in its palmy state w Thosewere days when there were shoutings over ale stoups, d o wn-stairs and up-stairs, songs and clamour, and waiting-women are dancing to the tabor, with Ned Snaffle the groom, and Will Martingale the huntsman, and all the house is busy with feasting. Three dead bucks have just been chosen for the spit, and the biggest cask of September is deliberately broaching, and red-faced cooks are peering into smoking pots, and serving -men are curling their hair and fitting roses to their shoes, and even Bob, the odd boy, is washing his face in the fountain, where the sultan peacock stares and nods at him from the marble urn of flowers opposite. There are horses trampling in the court yard, and grooms hissing at their work, and Lady Alice is putting on her blue and silver, intending to-night to be as she always is, " queen of hearts." The old lord is at bowls with the chaplain, who is quarrelling and quoting Scripture; and the young lard is trying his new cross-bow with Robert the falconer at the Dove cot, just by the Mews ; and Will the warrener is snaring rabbits in the sand-pit, and Jack his boy setting a mole-trap, made of springy hazel. Those who luxuriate in a prime " Havannah or howl of " Bird's-eye" will think our auth or a capital fellow th us t o give a " silver lining" to his " Smoke Clouds" In spite of all the awful examples—the man atGtluyn's who wa s : o p ene d, an d f o und to resemble, internally, an clean flue ; in spite of the youth at Camden Town, who d ; ie in d 1 from a poisonous puff entering his gaping epiglottis spite of the respectable individual whofelldow. down t Whited:lapel, and ran yard of clay' through his larynx a xat; WOOL. Since the close 'of the public sales the private contract market, under the influence of easier rates of discount, has riled firm at extreme rates. Many holders are not sellers at present quotations. Last week's imports were 2,519 bales from Algoa Bay, 333 from the Cape, SOO from Sydney, 584 from Bombay, 2) from Hamburg, and 23 from Mogadore. The following are the current rates of English wool :- Down togs, is 5d to is 51d ; Down ewes, is 3d to is 4d . half-bred hogs, is 4d to is 5d ; half-bred wethers, is 3d to is 3d ; Kent fleeces, is 32d to is 4d ; Leicester do., is 3d to is 4d ; flannel wool, lld to is 4d ; blanket wool, 9d to is 2d ; combing skins, lld to is 2d ; and old skin, is 4d t• is 6d per lb. SEEDS. We have on ly a moderate business doing in seeds gene rally. In prices, however, very little change has taken place. Black Sea linseed is selling at 61s Gd to 62s Gd ; Petersburg moorshank, 46s to 60s ; East Indian rapeseed, 61s to 05s per quarter. Turnip,wune, per bush. 205 to 21€ Swede ..... •—5 —s gustard, Brown ••• • .• 18s 22s White, new•. lOs 13s Tares•Whiter,new....ss Od 5s 6d Canary, per quarter •. 703 80s Rye grass (new) .• .... 24s 285 Clover•RedEng. (cwt.) —s —5 White •• • • .... •—s —5 Foreign Red.. ••.. —s —s White ••• • —s —s Trefoil, new.. —s --3 Carraway ........ •• .• 400 42s Coriander •• •• •• •• '26s 30s liempseed,per quarter 489 52s Linseed, Eng:Sowing.. 62s 64s Crushing • • .... 52s 60s Baltic .. •• ..—.. 500 60 s Odessa • • • • •••••• 62s 62s 6d Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• ...101 5s 111 Os Foreign, per ton 101 111 lOsed I Rape Cakes, per ton 51 155 61 15s Rapeseed, pr qr. ...... 880 TALLOW. Since Monday last there has been much less activity in the demand for tallow, and prices have ruled a shade lower. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 58s 6d to 58s 9d, and for delivery to the 31st of !larh 57s 6d to 58s 6d per cwt. Town tallow, 585 per cwt. c nett cash rough fat, 3e 2id per Sibs. 1852. 1853. 1654. 1855. IBsb. etock this day ?rice of Y. C Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Janel Price of Tom 48.819 46s Os to —s Od 3,269 57,188 1,296 65,309 • 49j 33 42,140 00s 9d cc 06s Oc! 1,347 58,667 11,165 76,300 583 Od 31577 18.960 6456dE066s 6d W I Od 67s Od 2,011 2,751 43,618 72,508 1,376 688 41,175 43,753 65a 64 675 03 19,626 58s tid to 58 s 9d 2,719 69,629 6,414 72,275 609 34 40 tO 25 20 100 100 100 20 20 93 4 591 60 90 76i 6 122 693 3 97i 61 7 111} 10i 111 1051 6Si li 1083 7i 82a 1 2 3 9 i i 1 81731 4 3i 19j 20 19i 20 22 124 12 11i 82i 22 5 i 24a 99 51 22 i if I 128 I 381 541 a 3i 27i 18 17i 49} i 3g z d 14i 100 i 100 151 15 li . 4i IP 4p 20 1131 14 13i 96§ 7 6 i 73 5 3i Iwe think there may be much comfort in " the pipe of peace." From the feathered calumet smoked in the wigwam of I the Pawnee brave to the dudheen glowing in the White- I boy's lurking-place— from the narghileh of the Kurdish" chief to the hubble bubble of the Hindoo rajah, therel! but a step. The bag of St. Giles's thrusts a black cat? between her shrivelled lips; and the Mexican lady orna ments her rosy mouth with the, too transitory ciga retto (delicious and fondling diminutive). The pipe bairns sweetly in the black tent of the Arab, and lights the dim cabin of the pirate of the Levant. It is kindled by tip Russian wolf-hunter, and its black ashes spot the white snows of the Jungfrau. There is something almost religions in this universality. Every pipe is a censer in which we burnt fragrant incense to propitiate the great azure devil. This Indian herb is soul-soothing, dream-inspiring—it cheers and not inebri ates— delicious as opium, it is more harmless, and no leas vision-giving. But tobacco ha s something to say for itself. The plants of Gods earth are not given alone to blight and kill. Every poison is a medicine to some animal or another. Prussic acid heals, and arsenic soothes. Tobacco is a safe aperient, detergent, expectorant, and diuretic. It abates the cholic, and moderates th e agonies of spasmodic asthma. It stimulates the kidneys and diminishes dropsy. The juice cleanses ulcers and is useful in cutaneous diseases. It is given extensively in epilepsy, and has been used to ad. vantage in cases of lock-jaw and hydrophobia. It is actually the base of one of the best cosmetics—the Balm of Columbia • it cures the m ange i n d ogs , and kills the blight on plants. A benevolent man, who proves his wish to save time by throwing it away on foolish calculations, has discovered that, in 40 years, a snuff-taker devotes 24 months to blow ing his nose. In the same time he has also spent, we have calculated, 18 months in putting on his stockings and pull ing them off again. He proves that "snuff-takers form a large portion of the inmates of all lunatic asylums !—but so do greengrocers and costermongers. The history of smoking is brief. It was invented by savages, as the saw and the lyre were. Sir Franks Drake brought the leaf first to Europe, in 1560, and Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the practice of smoking it about 1584. But long before this, Jean Nicot, the French ambassador in Portugal, had carried it to France, and taught Marie de Medicis to take it in snuff. From Nicot it derives its bo tanical designation, Nicotiana; and its alias, tobacco, comes from the indian name of the island Tobago. That wonder ful people, the Chinese, however, seem to have always smoked tobacco ; and the Irish are known to have used some herbs possessing similar properties, a dudheen being, it is said, inserted in the helmet of an old monument of one of their early kings. Raleigh smoked in his dungeon in the Tower while the headsman was grinding his axe. King James detested the " loathsome thing," and so did his luckless son ; but Cromwell loved his pipe, and dic tated his despatches to Milton over some fine burning Trinidado, or pleasant smelling Nicotine. Perhaps the most surprising thing in literature is that no mention of tobacco is found in all Shakspere, although the earlier Spenser mentions it several times, and the later Ben Jonson actually founded plays upon the prac tice. Ben describes his gallants smoking on the stage, and sendingt heir pacres for a light. He describes them learn ing smoking tricks of distinct professors ; and one of his best characters, Abel Drugger, is a tobacconist. He has jokes on the shape of pipes ; though Shakspere, equally fall of the manners of his age, is quite silent. Was it some feeling of conventional propriety? Yet he who drew Pis tol, the alehouse bully, Falstaff, the wit at the ordinary. and Sir Andrew:Aguecheek, the creature of the court, could have had no such scruple. We leave the question to puzzl9 future ages of antiquarians, thinking it quite enough for a man to ask a difficult question without being com pelled to answer it. We could go on extracting with prodigal free dom, but we are obliged to content ourselves and. our readers with only two or three more crayon scraps from "The Englander's Note-book" : The genii granted Hassan two wishes ; the first was to know the future ; his second, to forget what he had known. To look too long and intently on any of the three faces of time, the past, the present, or the future, is to grow mad. _ . A sneer is the easiest mode I know of asserting a supe riority over the rest of mankind. For a pretty woman to wear too many jewels, is as foolish as to put three feet of gilt frame to one foot of picture. We shake hands with Mr. Thornbury in a spirit of impulsive sympathy and grateful obligation ; inasmuch that our bilious indication has materially subsided ; our ferocious chilblain offers less tempta tion to volunteer the Tarantula dance ; and the atmosphere appears to have a positive gleam of sunlight playing about the tallest chimney-pots. We conclude by avowing that the man or woman who is not somewhat wiser and happier after look ing on these cabinet pictures of " Art and Nature, need never evince any anxiety to be " entered on our list of friends." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. B.—Wlnd this day at noon. S.W. ; fresh gale. It has blown a heavy gale for the hut two days. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—lt blew a heavy gale all last night and this morning, with tremendous squalls. The Cruiser drove on the beach and is discharging. MARGATE, Dec. 7. —Wind W.S.W., strong gale.— Off the port—Cynthia, from Rio Janeiro ; Henry Duncan, Quebec. SWANSEA Dec. 7.—Wind W.S.W.—It blew a complete hurricane all last night and this morning, but it is now (6 p.m.) more moderate. Thebarque Richardsons, of and for this port, from Coquimbo, went on shore and remains. PILL, Dec. 7.—The Swedish barque Andreas drove foal of the Alexander Edmonds, from Quebec, and lost mizen mast. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—North Briton, from Quebec. YOUGHAT, Dec. 7.—The schooner Margaret, of Cardi gan, drove ashore in Ardmore Bay and went to pieces ; four of the crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Mouday Morning. Wind S.W. Art iced—Annapolis, from Baltimore; E. A. Soullard, Callao. Sailed—ltalian, steamer, for Hare. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.0 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide high water ; fresh. Arrived, Dec. 7.—Alice Jane from Genoa ; Countess of Yarborough, Odessa ; Queen and Snake, St. Michael's ; Prosperity, St. Übe's ; Julia, Shanghai ; Foam, Terceira ; Turk, Rouen ; Borrys, Cape of Good Hope ; Red Rose, Colombo; Neptune, Coringo ; Louisa, Chincha Islands ; Jassy, Oporto ; Charlotte, Terceira ; George, Genoa • Norwegueesa, Bilboa ; Mary Ridley, Bimlipatam ; Alise, St. Michael's ; Ocean, Guernsey ; Spray, Guernsey. Sailed, 7th.—Aurora, (s.), for Harlingen; Patrick Henry, New York ; Scorpion, Corfu. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.W., strong. Passed—Thames, from Rio Grande. Anchored, ith—Queen, (s.), from London, for Lisbon ; Loire, (s.s.), London, for the westward. 7 enice, for Anchored, Bth—Princess Royal, from \ London. --------- REFORNATOUT FOR LIEDII.—The committee appointed some time ago to take steps to establish a Juvenile Re formatory for the borough of Leeds have determined to erect the building upon a site at Adel, about four miles from the town, and subscription s have been commenced for defraying the neces sary expenses. THE STOWE ESTATES.—That part of the Stowe pro perty called the Sackville estate, which has been twice offered by public sale, and which consists of the Castle Farm and some other lands and houses, has been sold to Mr. Vernon, formerly of Towcester, but now of Northampton, for the sum of 23,51101. JUVENILE STREET SMOEING.—A meeting was held in th e Vestry-hall of St. Pancras on Wednesda y last, when a legislature gis Ta t ure Parliamentto o pass was proposed an ac t prohibiting ol praying e w stree t smoking. A letter from Dr. Hodgkin as read, b pointio , o ut the injurious effects to the h petition the t human constitu tion produced by smoking tobacco. On Friday morning there was one of the densest at Southampton ever known there. Early fogs noo n it began to blow hard, and the in the fore noon wind increased to a gale that lasted nearly 48 hours with little intermission. On Friday and Saturday nights the wind blew with intense fury. The damage done The wind blew chiefly from the W.S.W.I there was but trifling. FORGING A RAILWAY p George Nash, who 4sB.—LITERPOOL, Dec. 6. — railway newspapers, was describes himself as a reporter for on charged at the police court to day, remand from the previous with havin g week, travelled from London to Liverpool on the London and North-Wester n Railway with a forged pass. ' 7 . 3 The case he was ordered to pay the fare, - was proved, an d - 1 5 and was also c.onvicted in the pen alty of 40s, and c osts, for two months. or to be com m i tted nths. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 6,—The British and North Ameri can Royal Mail steamship America sailed from this port today for Boston with a full cargo and 59 passengers. The Baltic for New York, sails on Wednesday next, and the Europa (which may be expected to arrive to morrow or Monday) will take her departure for the same port on Saturday. The Gipsy Bride, a fine clipper ship, belonging to the Liverpool line of packets, will sail hence for Melbourne, on Monday, with 300 passengers and a large cargo. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Mr. Drummond his private secretary, in the room of Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart., who goes to the Board of Inland Revenue. The Royal Commissioners to in quire into the practice and procedure of the superior courts of law have appointed Mr. H. W. Walton, Master of the Court of Exchequer, to act as secretary to the commission. The Rom Edwin Berkeley Portman has resigned his appointment as private secretary to the First Commissioner of Public Works.—Observer. We understand that Mr. Sheepshanks has munificently presented to the nation the whole of his collection of paintings and drawings for the purpose of public instruc tion in art. Mr. Sheepshanks, disapproving irresp on sible management b y boards like the trustees of theßr l . made a•t a tish Museum and National Gallery, has con dition that the responsibility for his collection must wi , II an individual :Minister—the Ministe r for Educat ion .re s t Mr. Sheepsh anks considers that a crowded thorough f are is not a suitable site for quietly studying or an d has stipulated that his collection must tb k of es keptart, in the neighbourhood of its present locality at Kensington. He is willing that the pictures, &c., should be lent to those provincial towns which provide suitable places to exhibit them. Upon these conditions, which we believe Lord Palmerston has cordially has signifiedaccepted on behal f of the Government, Mr. Sheepshanks - his readiness to hand over immediately the whole of his very fine col lection, which is especially rich in the best works of Mulready, Landseer, and Leslie, and contains fine examples of the principal modern British painters in oil. The value of the collection may be estimated at about 60,0001. 411 19i i 9A 36 1 84i i 19 1 18 121 f 29i i 1045 23 2; 12 1 1091 12 g 33t 101 191 f 63 95 6 1384 99 i 3 i i 16i 6i i 11 2