The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

PDITION .4_ SUN OFFICE, Sever - 6 o'clock. TATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agat Kettledrum (offered) 12 to 1 agst Nautilus (offered) 15 to 1 agst Overton (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Dundee (taken freely) 14 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Dictator (offered) 20 to 1 agst Nautilus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Kildonan (offered) 50 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken) 60 to 1 agst Yorkrninster (offered) 1000 to 15 agst The Drake (taken freely) 1000 to 15 agst King of Kent (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Bombardier (taken) 3000 to 30 agst Ducalion (taken) 1000 to 10 agst The Struggler (taken) 25 to 1 agst the mares (taken) MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. st, st, ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE R ATE OF st DISCOUNT, st, , st The Bank of E ng l and Directors have raised the st! minimum rate of discount to 7 per cent. This important m easure has unsettled the money market, st and has created anxiety among the commercial community. st( The monthly liquidation of commercial accounts s 6 i, having been completed, a much quieter feeling 'was expected to pervade the discount market, and as usual when a diminution in the demand takes 1 , plaee, the bankers and discount houses, it was thought, would be more disposed to grant accom- s t modation in order to employ their resources. These st , expectations, however, have proved fallacious, and st until an impro vemen t i s reported in Ameriaan s tc affairs, which, looking at the progress of the seces- Sion movement, cannot be immediately expected, ate it is prob a bl e th at full rates will be maintained, st the continuous flow of gold to the United st ` i States, coupled with the renewed pressure in 19 ) Paris, being calculated to sustain the degree of stringency now experienced. The inquiry for 1 loans continues active at the Stock Exchange, and 1 it is thou g ht th a t some i nconvenience will be st(, encountered when in the course of the next few s 8 t t`( days the ad vances o b ta i ned upon securities since 1 the transfer books were closed will have to be 5 ,, t 4 repaid. st( There were no bullion operations of importance st ; at the Bank of England on Saturday. The Asia, which left on Saturday for New York, :t t : took £330,000 i n spec i e, and the Teutonia to-day conveyed 70,000 sovereigns. The advices from the manufacturing districts 12 continue of a rath er unsat i s f actory character. e t Business at Leeds during the past week has been 'l t ; very quiet, but the mill-owners generally are mode rately employed upon fabrics for the spring trade. At Manchester there has been increased depression . t , owing to the Am er i can cr i s i s, and the disturbed state of political affairs on the Continent ; for some 8 .1 description of goo d s p r i ces h ave s h own a downward Movement. At Bradford wools and yarns were in limited demand, but a moderate business was done in piece goods, and prices generally were well sus tained. The hosiery trade of Leicester has been steady, and the orders given out for spring goods have afforded some relief to the operatives. In the hardware districts business generally has been very quiet, the late advance in the rate of discount having exercised a prejudicial influence upon the orders for spring delivery. A fair amount of business was recorded in the I Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, and prices Were tolerably steady. The sales were 8,000 bales. The market for Public Securities has been very much depressed in consequence of the unfavourable state of monetary affairs. Consols, after receding to 911 ; I, are now 911 92 for the 10th inst., and February quotation is 92} Numerous sales have been effected, and the market is rather animated. The New Threes have receded to 911 92k ; the Re duced to 92k; India Stock is 220 21 ; ditto Deben tures, 96k; and Exchequer Bills remain at 3i. dis. to par. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is very quiet, and , prices show a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 70i ; ditto New, 86 to 57 ; and the 4 per Cents. are firm at 1021. Mexican have receded to 211 ; Spanish to 48 4 -' 4 ; ditto Deferred are 401 ; and Chilian 41- per Cents., 83k. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a very restricted scale, and soon after the commencement of business prices were un favourably influenced by the advance in the rate Of discount. Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian and North-Eastern (Berwick) have declined 10s., and Eastern Counties, Great Northern A stock, Mid lands, and South-Easterns, £l. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have advanced 10s. , and North British ss. Business in the Foreign and Colonial depart runts continued very dull. South Australia and Lombardo-Venetian declined to 121 ; Grand Trunk of Canada were flat at 23 and 231 ; East Indian realised 981 99 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 961. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in very limited request. Oriental Bank declined 55.; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING . PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ,„, 92 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 pelr Cent. Annuities 92 ll 1 1 I India Stock . .. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 6 per Cent .... Ditto 6} per Cent. i htto Debentures, 1858 961 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — ! +itto under £l,OOO .. Consols for Account, Jan. 10 Lain Stock for Account Ditto per Cent. for Account lOO/ 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, lid D it. £5OO 3 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B6 / 51 6 Chilian $ per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New cirenada Acti ve , '3l per Cent. Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 41 per Cent 93 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 9l abardinian 6 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of C ou p. not f unded.. ..... 5a 1 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account 'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cant. Dividends on the above payable in London. C onsols for Accou n t, 10th Jan THRE E O'CLOCK, 911 1 TRIM DAY'S SHIPPING'. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and dull weather, with sharp frost. DEAL, Jam. N.N.E.—Arrived—Baroness, from Sunderland for Havanuah; Louisa, from the Ri ver , and sailed for the Cape of Good Hopei Oswalt, from the River, and sailed for Port 'Philip. FiLmons, Jan. S. W.—Sailed—lneta Ca- tharina, for St. Kitts. (aY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SORTRAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. s—Eliza, from Dunkirk; Trent, steamer, from Plymouth; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Teutonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Southampton, steamer, from Jersey ; Temora, s t ea mer, from Dublin. Sailed, Jan. 5 2 --Oak, for Cork, Charlotte, for Guernsey; Clara, for Sunderland • Black-eyed Su san, for N ewport; Temora, steamer, for London; Pevaste, for Cardiff. Arrived, Jan. 6—Sela, from Seham ; New York, steamer, from New York. • Sailed, Jan. 6.—Sarah, for Cardiff ; King, for Llanelly ; Acme, for Cardiff. The steamship New York reports that at 5 p.m./ on the 6th, in latitude 49.38 N., long. 78 W., she saw a vessel sending up rockets and blue Hefts ; made answer, a nd tuned back to sp ea k latr. Found her 0 be a large, heavily- I aden, side-wheel steamer with light-coloured paddle bores, two funnels, and full ship's rig, heading to &S.W., under double-reefed topsails and foresails; went as close Zs possible to her stern, but could not understand her h ailing, as it was blowing fresh from S.E., with a smart %I! running at the time. The steamer's engines were not going, and no steam or smoke seen ; did not see her get a boat out or make any signals when New York proceeded 13 ,, e v a 0 3_'age at 5.45 p.m. The vessel seen no doubt was the bare, t Indian. steamer Shannon. The New York is coaling and will proceed to Bremen this evening. rance think kt. In party n as o are little Al the with Napo- Is and r from that if iperial Lain or future eloped )rding no one L dark . His gar of r as it which 'en of erence operor )elieve their - ribste or the esmen e, the ed his )assive e have In and tion of 'Lien to ()eking I with army, zht—a g shot their prove ion by r--the token- good tnt to iy the , since [ay he racks, , sub )me of e din- pen ierent if the con- vision ironer De-, lusly. Lking rrac 9 did else. rado ; the ►le of tie SHARE 31ARKET.-(7DI8 DAY.) DINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Paid. cpierttfe.p.„ Railways, 50 Beltast and Ballymena 3.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. ock Birk., La., and Ch June. 2.5 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co :ock Bristol and Exeter ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cdrk, Rlrock., k• Passage 20 Cornwall.... 10 Do A (A irate no div. , until 6 pc per%n. 10 Do B hasbeen •d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast. June. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. 3 unc ock East Antrlian ock Eastern Counties ock Eastern Union, A stock c.nC Do do B do 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. ock East Suffolk ock Edinburgh & Glasgow ock Edin. Perth, &Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction ock Furness ock @lase - . and S. Western 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland ock Great Northern ock Do do A stock ock Po do B do ock Gt. S. & IV. of Ireland ock Great Western ock Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Trish South-eastern ock Lancashire & Yorkshire ock London and Blackwall ock Lon., ilriet t.. & S Coast ock Lond., Chat., and Dover' ock Lond. &Nth. Western ock Lond. & , th. Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 I,'derry & EnnisKillea ock Man. Sliet. & Lin^oln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Do do shares 10 Metropolitan ock Midland 4,0. Do new ock Do , Arming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. bf Ireland 25 Do # shares 25 Mid •. • 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Csrlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, IVarupt. & Ros ock Norfolk • • • • • • 50 N•lm. Counties Union ock North British ... ock Nor.Dev.Rail &Dk.sto,t? ock D A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pch as beenpd.B ock Do Ti stock ..... ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do do , (I.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds ock Po York ace North London .. 10 Do new 16.4 North Staffordshire 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. & Grantham Rail 10 Fmbles Portsmouth 10 Rhvmney.....- Ick Scottish Central Ick Scot N. E., Aber. stock )ck Do Scot. Mid. stock )ck Shropshire Union 0 Sittinetourne & Sheer ,ck South Devon ,ck South Eastern ,ck south Wales .. Ick S. York. and River Dun !O Staines, Wok,. and 'Wok 15 Stockton & Darlington 81 SI 80 62 111 121 fia 7 99 101 97 97i 15 Do do )ck Taff Vale ...... •• •• ick Do Pref. No 1 15 TharnesHavenDkAsßall 0 Ulster :... 15 Do ... . )ck Vale of Neath 1 Victoria Sta. and Pim ICK Waterfcird & Kilkenny 10 Waterford 'Limerick 10 West C. rnwall !,0 West London 10 Do Ist class ?.0 Po 2d class .. )ck Wcstllartlepool Harbr and Rail ,ek West Midland—Oxford Eck Ho. Newport] )ck Do. Hereford J 48 49 42 44 ' 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Business Done. 99i 97 1 i 1 i 5,3! 2/. Closing Business Share ) Railways. ;Paid Price. I Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. prof: (issued at £5 O .-tk finis. & Exet 4 p.ctstock 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock ; Caledon £lO, 41 per cent stock IDo. Qnar. Shares, No. 2. 61 !Cork Sc Bandon, 58 p. c. 20 !Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 IDun.Perth&Aber...inn. stock iE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c stock ;Do. do. Class B 6 p.c stock ;Do. do. Class C 7 p.c Block lE. Conn. Ex. sp. No.l stock ;Do. do. No. 2 stock !Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. stock !Eastern Union, 4 per ct. stock ; Do. 5 per cent. guar... stock Edin.SzGlas.sp.c. shares stock ; Do. 4p. c zits. S. &D. stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. stock Furness, 5 per cent .... stock ;Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. stock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm stock ; Do. 48 p. c. do. do. - 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Vlt. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et. Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do Irredeemable, do I Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. firm. Pref. Shares. ;(it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref ;Do Birmggnar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares `iDo. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&Tork 6 p. c. stock ; Dallarnstst.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Bric.r,. 5 pc.gn. No 1 Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cell'. .... Do. do. 48 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.EAC,.P.) Do.4p.c.S.fdiv.def. til '6s' Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Cov. and , Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stoc Do. 48 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. 8 sh., Londony. & Ennis. sh.l Aran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent qarynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Ilia. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bit 6 p.c. Do. 48 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860' Do. Leic. & Hit pref. st. Nordic 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 58 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lS47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gua. 5 p. o Do. Bor. Un. ti. pf. Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co. N-Eastcon s.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. ferwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do ;Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, . Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed, Scottish - Scotti. Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 38 p. c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock ) South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 48 per cent.' outh Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 48 per cent. Do. Fixed Ist is.; =oath Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 18 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. Sc Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.p f. recl is l Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 186 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d, 12 stock 6 stock 124 stock stock stock 8 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock 84 stoc k stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stoca stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 1101 103 204 214 6 61 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 '124 126 1112 114 9 0 n 116 119 112 114 104 106 86 88 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 98 10 175 185 104 11 76 78 20 21 10 101$ 151 151 138 140 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 LJS3 156 130 134 69 71 89 91 116 118 ,150 155 14 14i i iP 71 73 I IP 137 130 101 103 95 97 112 114 1 110 111 I p 93 95 103 105 I fp 1d p 23 24 123 126 130 133 1 106 11 23f 241 102 104 102 104 91 93 1100 102 85 88 271 281 321 331 321 331 45 48 124 126 123 125 'lOO 102 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Paldi Leasing Closing Railways. Co.'s. I Price. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire all ILnaz 11. W 100 ILn&N.W Chester &Holyhead..' Do. do. 5i per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincolnshire,zs p. c. E.Union,Harwich Shs 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 Caledonin all E.U.SzE 0, 100 Gt. North. all E.Counta.l 98 100 53 54 125 127 113 115 102 104 ' , 16 17 135 '137 4} 4/1 Do. WOodbridge Gla.Barr.ezNeils,Dret. Do. New .......... 100 100 COedonin 100 D 0....... Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.& RaiL Hull and Selby ...... Do. 4 Shares ....... Do. Shares ....... Lanc.& Carl. gita.s p.c. London Az Greenwich Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent ...... Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ..... • all •Gt. West.! all Yk.N.&Rr all Yk.N. Md. all Do. all Do 100 Lin.,t N.W 100 43. East 100 Do. 100 Peto &Co 100 ,Norfolk 100 00. all IL NW &M 100 IMidland Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5 6 I E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent ...' all 'Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent , all Do. North Western Preston and Wyre. ILAc NW : a l l & LAVA 1 1 Do. fares A.I il DO. R oyst St n.Hitch., St Shop! 100 l G t.North. Shrewsbry& Hereford' 100 T.Brassey Do. Do. 1 1 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. n. all L a lißrrn Wilts and S omerset.. 100 Gt. West. Wimbledo nez Cro yd ---------- 15"0 s. Share! Docks: 31 31 97 99 iP 55 57 15i 15f 135 137 1 104 106 P 11 11t 91 93 stock Commercial .... t •.. .. 100 stock Do. 4 per Cetit:Pret3l.in. 100 stock East and West India . • 100 s t oc k L0nd0n............ 100 stock St. Katharine.......... 100 -- stock [Southampton .......... too stock IVistoria . ...... —•—. • • • too 99 101 20 Do New. .‘"".' 1 i is ar:: Business Done. 5 4 i Paid. Glo ving Business Price. Done. liare stock stock stock stock stock stock All 1 100 6 6i 8 8i 16 17 52i 53i 37 39 26 28 86 F 8 281 2O 118 118 1112 113 408 109 1132 134 111 113 73} ;'4 61 64 1171 1181 62 64 117 118 50 51 1001 101% 94% 95i 8 10 55i 54 24c1 1351 /361 108 110 7 6d 54 66 s 2 — f 1 65} 651 1041 1051 p 1p C 4 l 95 051 101 103 2*2}l 8* 81 115 117 341 341 87 89 50 52 6 7 42 43 87 87,E 62 64 80 81 6 8 421 431 11 114 p 551 56a 2 d 3ip 67 69 114 19 6 6i 1181 i 110 9 74f 31 4 34 119; 18 * 17; 63 51 95 i01i II 1I 56 7 51 137} 7 61 51 6 2 65i 6 5i 1061 51 1 5 1 651 96}61} 15} I 8 88 7 i 14i 14 100 100 100 all all 1110 112 rO6 210 61 63 115 120 89 91 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY Ev ENING, JANUARY 7, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. (Butiness done - •=t Lawrence. Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. New . . Do. Preference iii -- 100 73 75 93 94 11 41 sd, Buffalo,llran t, o d rich 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 , Do. do. July 1. 187:1' Do. do. June 1, 187,11 ,Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim: l ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. iCapeTown & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 i pr Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu,s p. c. Do. F Shaie.4 Ext., Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 'Geelong & Melbourne 'Geelong Corporation percent. 80nd5...... Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. ger et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Litn) l guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. .. .. Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Fr)o. do. '73 without opt.l Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, gnar., 4# p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Do. d 0........... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. i Newßranswick .t Candal Ry.StLand(Lim.)g%6Pel Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Po. do. B Capital_ do. . 00. do. Land do. ..... bude (Limited) .. cinde......... c 4 -4.:7 g I . f Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. . . Do. Indus. St. Flo. t. , o z, t. Andrews 35 Quebec 1 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 1(i) all all all all all all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 all 11 14 di 11 1d 21 qd 98 99 5 7 ss. {lOO 10 all 100 914 984 20 11:t -d 92 94 ,AIL WAYS. 5! PI 1 1 I 11 12 3 20 21 211 224 ..e34 6f 7 75 r 3 8; 3 99 Of 9 2543 i 21 71 96:1 5} 10 11 8f 8 i i THIS DAPS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat. The demand was by no means active ; nevertheless, in some instances, prices had an upward tendency. Fine barley and oats were the turn dearer, and all other kinds of produce were firm in prices. On the Contilient wheat is rising in price, with a good demand for Spring shipment, and Spring corn has com manded very full prices. In the United States both wheat and flour have become dearer. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very limited. _ The imports from abroad amounted to 10,563 quarters of wheat, 2,829 barley, 3,638 oats, 1,455 beans, 900 peas, 8,818 linseed, 7,345 rapeseed, 325 sundry, 1,522 sacks and 11,602 barrels of flour. Owing to the severity of the weather very few samples of wheat, from Essex and Kent, coastwise, were on offer, and the arrivals by land carriage were much restricted. Holders were very firm in their demands, and some of them refused to sell except at an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter. The demand, however, ruled steady, at fully last week's cur rency to Is. per quarter improvement. The general quality of the samples was very middling. There was a large show of foreign wheat, but it was chiefly composed of grain and samples. Good useful quali ties were disposed of to a fair extent at full quotations ; but other kinds moved off slowly at late rates. Fine barley was scarce, and in good request at very full prices. Inferior samples were firm in value, but the demand fcr them was much restricted. There was a moderate sale for malt at late rates, The quantity on offer was trifling. Oats advanced 6d to is per quarter, and the demand for all kinds was steady. Beans and peas fully maintained their value, owing to the limited supply on offer. The flour trade was steady, but the large quantity of American on offer checked prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 4BB to 548 Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 548 658 Ditto, old 63s 7118 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old . 5Ss 668 Ditto, new 46s Ms Rye—Old —8 —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 2Bs 338 Malting „ Malt -Suffolk and Nor'lblk Brown sos 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Linoolnsh., Feeding 22s 288 Potato 2BB 338 Youghal and Cork, black .. 22s 278 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2ss 298 Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 52s Boilers 5OB 548 Flour—Town-made Suffolk 4OB 448 Stockton and Norfolk nal in value, but colonial qualities command fully late rates. The imports last week were trifling. The stocks of colonial wool in London are as under :—Cape, 7,918 bales; Sydney, 2,692; Port Philip, 3,310; Van Dieman's Land, 150; Adelaide, 161; New Zealand, 900; total, 15,161 bales. Antwerp & Rotterdanl ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c.l Belgian East. Junction, 03eziers to Graissessac.. ICoplap ° Ca , -nea &ux Mine Rail , ...... • .&•• •• •• Ditto Extension .... {Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt.Luxem., Con. she.. Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva, ...... Maria Antonia ........ Do. New ..... .. —— Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Prof. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. aris & 0r1ean5........ ecife & S. Fran. (Porn.) gua. 7 p. ct. Rm.-- 'Riga & Dunaburg...... Rome & Frascati . ..... ;Roy D al ani5h.......... 'Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref...., San Paulo, lim, „cr. 7 p. c. S.AustleLomb Venetin Southern of France.... West Flanders ........ Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. IW. & N.W. of France .. IWestern of Austria.... Western of Switzerland iesbaden ...... . . . o. 8 per cent. Pref . .: ... ealand .. 98 99 100 101 22i 23i 75 80 46 5C 57 60 60 54 48 62 95 96 lid I d 2} lid ' 10! 11 9t 9i d 95 100 95 100 93 96 88 E 2 83 85 93 04 86 67 1 d 5 7 74 71 19 204 88 394 74 8i 35 34 53 55 31 2ld 51 6 8& mi 1 1d 11 1i d 1%20 5,1 61 9 ff 91 21 22 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra&UnitedService BIEI Australasia 'Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American! Chtd.Bank of India, drc.l Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.it Ch ! City Colonial .. .. Com. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral, London and County ..' London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England .1 Do. new ........ National Bank • • • • New South Wales.-- iDo. new (Orient. B. Corporation . Ottoman Bank ...... Provincial of Ireland !Do. new 'South Australia .. Union of Australia : Union o• London ... Unity Mutual... !OLONIAL 60 Can.GoT. 6 p.c.Ja. July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,IBSO Do. 1890 N.B.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwcli Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 k up. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja, &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. Share Mines. Alireleonsois 20 British Iron MEN !Clifford nil I - I Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O - East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 - lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.l 7.4.0 - IGam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwenl 541 - Great South Tolgus 17s - G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack)ll2.l3.9 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston)( - Grenville 5.14.6 - Herod's- Foot 8.12 llin , ston Downs Lady' Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant 'North Downs 'North Frances (Illogan) ) i N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ; an (North Wheal Crofty T ar Consols (St. Blazey rovidence (Uny Lelnt. Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l tiouth Caradon(St.Cleeo ,S. Carn Brea (Ill ogan ) 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ;Stray Park 5 iramar Silv.& Lead Min 10 Tin Croat IVale of Towev (Carm ) West Basset (f;lloran) W. Caradon (Liskeard) ,West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan) Buller(Redruth - 'Wheal Edward (Cals. - ,Wheal Kitty (U.Lelalt - Wheal Mary Ann (Men., - Wheal Treaawney (Lis.' 20 83 F 5 72 74 201 211 60 62 11 1 224 23 34 36 71 73 40 41 21i 224 16i 17 1 221 23} 86t 36 47 48 181 V, 26 27 T SECU 109 11+ :11 113 111 113 101 102 105 108 1051 5061 98 100 98} 99i 976 984 054 no' 11071 108 4 . E S. 168 n Paid. f Closing Business Price. Done 3 4 1 2 FOItEIG: Australian BonAceordCopper,Lim. 7 I lls I Brazil. rt l lo n g ) d ( e i lite t y £ , ai • 1. 7 5 i Do. Land and MlningCo, all Clarendon Cons.MinCo i Cobre Copper all Copiapo . .16 unMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail ortuna. eneral all Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 Kapunda (Limited) 1 Linares all 5 Lusitanian 2 1 Mariquita .81 \ 1 N.RhineCopofS.A us .L 1 28 .6 d. 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mininv and Smelt all 6 Port Philip 1 1 seottish Austrin. (L.) los. 281 United Mexican . 1 Worthing (Limite d) all 1 Do 1 2 20 2 1000 TALLOW The tallow market is firm to-day, and prices are wall supported. P.Y.C. is quoted at GOs 6d per cwt. on the spot, and GOs 3.d to 60s 6d for spring delivery. Rough fat, 3s 2id per 81bs. 1859. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to'l,llB. In the corresponding week in 1860 we received 1,852—in 1859, 2,310—in 1858, 601—in 1857, 1,370—in 1856, 985—and in 1855, 4,386 head. IMPORTS INTO .I,4NDON WEAK. From. Beasts. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh .. .. Ostend __. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 515 .. 11 261 .. .. 3 .. ...... .. -- .. -- .. -- -- .. -- .. 115 .. .-- Vigo — • • Dordt oo • •• • --- • . Amsterdam — • • Antwerp .... Boulogne... Tonning Medemblik Nieu Diep . .- • • - • • ..-"" • • .-- • • Total 213 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1860 355 .. 1,167 .. .. 330 .. 1859 391 .. 1,745 .. 174 1858 B4 .. 362 .. 156 .. 1857 SO7 .. 860 .. ;, 203 : . 1856 535 332 .. .. 118 .. 1855 1,484 .. 2,310 261 .. 11 Owing to the extreme severity of the weather, the show of foreign stock in to. day's market was very limited. On the whole, however, both beasts and sheep appeared in good condition. A fair average time-of-year supply of beasts was received fresh up this morning from our own grazing districts, and the quality of each kind was tolerably good. The present severe frost having checked the consumption of butchers' meat, the beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's currency. From the eastern districts we received about 960 Scots and shorthorns; from the northern, 1,500 shorthorns; from other parts of England, 800 various breeds; from Scotland, 90 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 80 oxen, &c. We were seasonably well supplied with sheep, and most breeds came to hand in somewhat improved condition. On the whole, the mutton trade was steady, at full currencies. The extreme value of the best old Downs, however, was 6s per Sibs. The supply of calves was trifling, and the veal trade ruled steady, at 'Very full prices. There was a fair consumptive inquiry for pigs, at quite last week's currency. Per 81bs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d.' s. d. s. d. Crae. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 6 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme.S'thdownde .5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Largo crse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 i Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Cree. &inf. sheep 3 10 4 0 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 424 8 ) Small porkers Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 225; and quarter .old store pigs, 28s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 19,900 , Sheep Calves Pigs A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 9, 1860, and this day,. Monday, Jan. 7, 1861 : Per 81bs, sinking the offal. Jan. 9, 1860. Jan. 7, 1861. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3lO 4 413 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8/4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. . . . . 4 8 4 10'4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 8 4 23 10 4 0 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 4 4 8 4 2 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . .4 10 5 0 5 0 6 8 Prime Southdown ditto . • • 5 2 5 65 10 6 0 Lambs . . . , . . . . 0 0 0 op 0 0 _o Large coarse calves . ' . 4 6 5 01 Prime small ditto MINES. a it 2 2} 28} 29 dis. 43 45 8 10 t 2 2i 21 23 par 6p 1 I p 96 1 0i P kP i id 1 2 1 MISCELLANEOUS. !Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) !Australian Agricultural !Berlin Water (Limited) !British American Land B.&LMag. TeL A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) !Canada Land Chan Islands Tel. (Lim ) 'Cop. Min.ofEng&Smltg Do. Pref. 7i per cent. CrystalEDlow. 6 11 ri e e raph iDo. Preference l a e c g . 0. Po „wt. Deben Dal;ew E'aglish & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate )12 Great Ship J imited) Do. 174 p et Preference Lon. District TeL (Lim. London Discount (Lim. L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) !Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg, Med. Exten. Tel. (LI National Die. Co. (Lim. Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim Netherlands Land _ 50 20 20 324 10 stock 25 stock stock stock I stock I 5 • Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis 100 N. Br. &NovaScotiaL and I N.B.Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A v 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock Peeln.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam 'twig Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 25South Australian Land 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 Do. do. Registered 10 . Do. do 20 r. & Ln. Co.oMpr.Can 100 Vas Dierocul Lug tie; ....._. _ _ 13 IA 29 31 41 5} 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 231 241 31 32 101 1( 3 107 109 94 98 2 1 21 3 i l I 11 1 d 1 11 It 21 2 4 14 li( 3 2 1 1 1 1} 1 pr 47 60 72 74 12 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 47 49 136 141 34 36 5 4 7 } 10 ,rnEs. 100 100 100 100 MI 12.11.1 3 *3 4 4 410 50 5 4 Large hogs . . • . 3 6 3 104 0 4 6 Neat small porkers . . .4 0 4 10'4 8 5 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 21,050 19,900 Calves Pigs 290 300 SUPPLIES eN SALE, Jan. 10, 1859.--Beasts, 3,740; sheep, 23,700 ; calves, 121 ; pigs, 400. Jan. 11, 1858—Beasts, 4,280; sheep, 18,830; ealyes, 103; pigs, 230. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland and various parts of England have been moderately good since our last report, but the supplies on offer killed in the metropolis are very moderate. Trade, generally, is steady, at extreme quo tations. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. g. d. g. d. $. d. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 6 Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Middling d 0.... 3 8 3 10 Prime do .. . 4 10 5 0 Prime large do.. 4 0 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 i amb.... ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 01 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is but moderately supplied with all kinds of hops. Good, useful, and fine samples are in steady request, at full prices, but other kinds are a dull inquiry. New Mid and East Kent per cwt. pockets .. .. .. £0 Os to £lB Os W ealds .. .. 4Os to 14 Os Sussex .. .. 6Os to 9 Os \ Yearlings .. .. sOs to 9 10s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Our markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied with potatoes, coastwise and by railway. For the most part the samples are arriving in fair condition. Present rates : York Regents. l3os to 150 s per ten, Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Scotch ditto .... Do. Cups. —s to —8 ,y French Belgian Bos to 100 s ~ SEEDS. There is no improvement to notice in the demand for seeds. On the whole, however, the market rules firm, and prices are well maintained. Cakes move off steadily, on higher terms. Turnip,White,p.bus.3Bs to 38s1 Swede Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, new l2s 18s Tares,Winter, new.. 10s 11 s Carraway Coriander lBB 20s If erupseed, per qr 44s 488 Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 688 Crushing Baltic sBs 60s Odessa sBs Od 68s Linseed Cake, p. ton — English .... £lO 15s £ll 108 oia —s —s Canary, per quarter 56s 65s Rye grass, new 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng., et. 64s 74s White Foreign Red.._ 60s 68s White 76s 905 Trefoil, new. 26s 32s Foeign:/itn£lo 10s £ll 15s Rape Cakes,p.ton £sloe £6 Os Rapeseed, p. qr. 708 768 WOOL MARKET. Owing to the small supplies in the hands of the manu facturers, all kinds of English wool continue to be held at very full prices. Fereigu parcels may be moldered nog- Stock this day.. Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... ALARMING AND FATA2 ACCID.E.ATT AT ASTLEY'S TELITRE.—(This Day.) FEROCIOUS ATTACK UV THE PERFORMING LIONS ON THEIR KEEPERS. This morning a morit alarming circumstance occurred at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, owing to the escape of the whole of the the pro perty of Mr. Crocketcfrom their den, which occu pied a place very near the stage. At about a quarter before eight this morning. the men who usually attend to cart away the manure were startled by the loud roaring of the lions, but as they had on former occasions heard somewhat similar sounds they proceeded with their work as usual. The noise, however, did not subside, but on the contrary increased, and in a few minutes the men were horror struck at behold ing one of the lions struggling with a man named Jarvey, a yard helper in the establishment. Mr. Crockett's animal keeper was instantly sent for, and arrived in a very few minutes but, he not having the power over the infuriated beasts that Mr. Crockett had, immediately sent for that gentleman. On the arrival of Mr. Crockett he rushed on to the stage, where the lion was running about with the unfor tunate man Jarvey in his mouth, to all appearance quite dead. Mr. Crockett instantly seized a stable fork, and dealt the lion a heavy blow on the side of the head, which caused it to let the man go; but, instead of running away, it turned round and seemed inclined to spring upon his master. Another powerful blow, however, made the enraged animal turn round and run away. Medical aid was immediately sought for poor Jarvey, but on the arrival of the surgeon life was found to be extinct. After the body of Jarvey had been removed Mr. Crockett went in search of the three lions who were now roaming about the theatre. One was seen running about at a remote corner of the stage, another was in the arena, and the other could not be seen. The lioness was the first that was attempted to be secured, but this was a work of extreme danger and difficulty, as the assistants were all afraid of even approaching the beast. On seeing Mr. Crockett the lioness made a dash through the pit saloon, from thence she rushed up the box staircase and entered one of the private boxes, and took up a most threatening attitude. No thing daunted Mr. Crockett entered the box placed a leathern collar round her neck, and having secured her head, she was hauled out of the place by ropes and finally placed in security. From the private box Mr. Crockett saw another of the animals playing on the stage with a quan tity of ribbons and stage properties, and with comparatively little difficulty it was placed again in the cage, and after a few minutes search the third was recaptures. At half-past seven this morning the watchman of the theatre, who is on duty all night, left, at which hour, he says, all was perfectly quiet and safe, as he partially noticed the lion's den. In consequence of the large lion being unwell it had been parted from its companions, and it is supposed that in en deavouring to join it one of the three lions in the other compartment of the cage must have broken down the partition and thus displaced the iron bars. The greatest excitement and consternation pre vailed for some time in the theatre, and it required Mr. Crockett's utmost persuasion to convince the attendants that no further danger need be apprehended. A very searching inquiry will be made into all the circumstances connected with the unfortunate event before the coroner. CRIMINAL COURT—Jas. 7. OLD COURT. The January Session of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the Sheriff. The Recorder's charge was very brief owing to the shortness of the time since the court last met and the few prisoners awaiting trial. A number of indictments found at the last session for perjury and conspiracy in reference to the great leather trade frauds will have to be disposed of, and they will be placed on the judges' list on Wednesday. The judges who will be present are the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Blackburn, and Mr. Justice Keating. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE LEATHER FAILURES. The certificate meeting in the matter of Benjamin Gibbs, Leather merchant, of Bermondsey, took place to-day. His Honour said he should suspend the certificate for twelve months (with protection), and then it would be of the third class. POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGII-STREET. Robert Apsey was fined ss. for damaging the young trees in Hyde Park. James Watson was committed to prison for four months for assaulting a police-constable, and for frequenting a public highway for the purpose of committing felony. THAMES. Thomas Graham, a notorious thief, was charged with stealing a gold watch, worth 18 guineas, the property of a gentleman named Bushell. The robbery was committed yesterday in broad daylight. The magistrate remanded him in ordor to allow the police time to capture his asso ciates. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. TIM DAT, J. 'AN. 7, 9 ♦.M. Inverness, N. ; frost Leeds, N . ; hard frost Limerick, S.W. ; flue Londonderry, S.E. ; frost Manchester, N.B. ; fog Middlesboreugh.N.W.; snow Milford Haven, E.; snow Newoastle en Tyne, N.W. ; snow storm Newmarket, N.E. ; frost and snow Norwich, N., light ; frosty Peterborough, N. ; frost Sheffield, N.W. ; frost Southampton, N.W. ; cloudy Stockton on Tees, N.E.; frost Sunderland, N. snow Wakefield, N.W. ; frost Waterford, S.E. ; wet Weymouth, cloudy West Hartlepool, N. ; snow Whitehaven,E.S.B.;veryfine , Wolverhampton, N.E.; fine I York, N.W. ; frost Belfast,S.E.; densefog,frosty Birmingham, N.E.; fine Bradford, N.; frost Brighton, N.E.; hard frost Bristol, E.S.E. ; fine Cambridge, N.W. ; fine 04rditf, E. ; frost Chatham,N.W., fresh; snow Cork, E.S.E. ; fine Deal, N.W., fresh Derby, N.W. ; snow, frost Doncaster, N. ; frost Dublin, E.S.E. ; fine Dundee, S.E. ; bard frost Edinburgh, W.; hard frost Falmouth, E.S,E. ; thick Glasgow, N.E. ; fog, frost Goole, N. ; frost Gravesend, N.W.; cloudy, sleet Harwich, N.W. ; snow Holyhead, S.E., fresh breeze ; clear Kingstown, S.S.W. ; frosty, fine The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, which commences its sittings on tho 18th inst., has 187 cases set down for hearing. Captain Johnson has been ordered by Govern ment to survey all the confiscated states in the Delhi dis trict., and Captain Robinson to survey the Gwalior, Cen tral India, and Rajpootana states. The notorious Maun Singh, daeoit and murderer, say the North West Gazette, expiated Ws numerous crimes on the gallows at Etawah on the 26th. Previous to being turned off, he exhorted the bystanders 1‘ . .0 unite and clear the country of the cursed British, and spoke at considerable length on this subject, so dear to his heart.. FREEMASONRY AT ROCHDALE.—The installation festival of Lodge Harmony (375) was held on Wednesday evening at the Masonic Rooms, Ann-str eet, Rochdale. Brother John Lord officiated as inst.,dlin g master, and Brother Edmund Wrigley was enthusiastically greeted by the brethren on taking the W.M. chair. The W.M. ap pointed the following brethren as hi s offi ()era during his year of office :—John Knight, S.W . ; Joseph White, ; John Roby, S.D. ; James Scott, J.D. ; Eth fard Chadwick, I.G. ; Hargreaves Lord, Sec.; Samuel B rierley, M.C.; Eli Whiteley, Steward; John Ashworth, Tyler. After the allotted labour had been gone throng] tt, the brethren Adjourned to a banquet. 1858. 1 ',984 i 28,331 30,808 i9s 94 to 558 0.1 to 52804 to Od sOd 528 Oct 2,011 2,832 2,101 79,: , 29 70,780 68, 57 823 1,307 77,233 M 939 87,70 : 61s Od 67s 3d 548 3d 1860. 1 1861. / 60 43.898 72,632 55s Oi to s6d to —a Od ---s Od 2,124 1,357 51,111 55,314 1,569 1,363 82,928 100,8.52 598 6d 610 9d 185'7. LITERATURE. The United Service Magazine. The presentation of a library composed of pro• fessional works to the officers at the camp of Alder shot, by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, is deserving of commendation. It is by acts like this that he will win the affections of military men in general. • There is yet, however, another branch of the service which requires the consideration of those high in authority. The literary requirements of the rank and file have been hitherto much neglected. We trust shortly to see this important branch of our army attended to. A short chapter on the gift to the officers of Aldershot commences this number. The paper on " Our Military System" is rather voluminous ; but while the writer enters into all the abuses which at present exist in the service, he does not form a fair estimate of the moral character of the British soldier at the present time. He forgets that the working classes in gene ral are notoriously addicted to drinking, and if their proceedings are more.• obvious from the fact that their excesses are perpetrated in publichouses open for all to see them, there are many holding higher stations in society whose morality, with less ex cuse, stands no higher. That a great improvement would be brought about in the social position of the soldier if more care were taken to provide him with the means of rational occupation and amuse ment, is patent to all who have studied the sub ject ; but it is not fair to abuse the whole army on account of a few mauvais sujets to be found in all regiments. "Revolutionary Agents in the Art of War" contains some interesting details of the cannonA in use in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, of the general improvement in ordinance, and the complete alteration of the principle of naval war fare by the introduction of steam. " Sir Howard Douglas on Iron-plated Ships" is an exemplifica tion of how a man of ability may be carried by prejudice as far in excess on his own aide of a question, as his adversaries are on the other. That this all-important subject should be fully discussed we feel to be necessary, but there is no reason why, in a subject of national importance, writers should stoop to individual abuse. We are happy to see that the Government is not rushing blindly into the construction of new ships before the best principle of naval architecture is fully proved to the satisfaction of all reasonable men. For our selves, while entertaining the highest opinion of iron for ship building, we feel convinced that the "wooden walls of Old England" will still walk the waters, despite the iron rams of our Gaelic neighbours; and that the English seamen will in future times have as little taste for "long bowls as they had in the days of Nelson. And when once the yards of two contending ships are looked, armour plates will not offer much check to the English tars, when the cry of " Boarders away" rings along the decks. " Suggestions relative to Safety Valves" furnishes an insight into the pos sible cause of accidents to the boilers in steam boats SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO SAFETY VALVES. By the present arrangement of the Government Safety Valves, as fitted to mercantile steam vessels, the engineer has no control over them, except when in port; and then he must obtain the key of the said valves from the captain, and enter into some not inconsiderable amount of work to satisfy himself the valves have not set fast in their seats (which is not an unusual case), arising, in my opinion, from the following cause, namely :—Supposing, to start with, the valves are in good working order when the ves sel is about to make a passage ; the engineer, to be in readi ness, will doubtless have the full pressure of steam to which the valves are loaled ; and consequently the steam, in blowing off, will keep all the valves in action ; but when erdered to put the engines in motion, he will close the working safety valves by means of the levers fitted for their regulation, but not so the Governinent valves ; for they, in proportion to the speed with which the engines are started, will drop heavily in their seats, being relieved by the work ing of the engines, and there remain till the end of the voyage, unless raised by an excess of pressure (mere or less), which will not be likely ; as on an indication of excess of pressure, the engineer would relieve the boiler by the working valves ; therefore there would be insufficient to keep the Government valves in action, and consequently they may remain stationary until they are set fast in their seats. Then, should anything occur to the working valves to check their proper action (with old boilers), a serious accident would be the result. Now this may be guarded against by the simple application of levers acting on the bottom spindle of the Government valves. The levers may be easily arranged in such a manner as to transmit their action from the exterior to the interior of the boiler. These means are applied to ordilary working valves, and if intro dused for the Government valves, would enable the engi neer to keep them in working order, without offering him greater facility to increase their load more than at present allowed him. Surely such an adoption would be more satisfactory to the engineer than the present arrangement. "The Extension of Portsmouth Dockyard" con tains a history of the rise of that all-important yard, from an insignificant harbour to its present vast extert. The number is completed by a " Few Remarks on Recruiting, and the Limited Service Acts of 1847," and a paper by Sir E. Cast, "Annals of the War." Bentley's illiscelleny. " The Constable of the Tower," the new romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, takes the first place in the present number. The story comaaences, as the heading of the prologue intimates, at the close of the reign of Henry the Eighth. One can seldom form much idea of a romance from the first few chapters. But the name of the author is so well known to the public, that the fact of the publi cation of a new fiction of his in any periodical must render the same more interesting to the The following remarks upon the character of Henry the Eighth, although the language may be con sidered rather strong, comes not up to the deserts of, without exception. the most tyrannical monster who ever ruled this country. It is to be born in mind that we have statistic records that no less than 70,000 individuals were put to death during hie reign. The marvel is, that the iron yoke he placed upon his sub jects was endured. But he had a firm hand, as well as a strong will. Crafty as well as resolute, he framed laws merely to deride them and break them. He threw off the Pope's authority in order to make himself supreme head of the Church. Some were executed by him for maintaining the Papal supremacy, others put to death for denying cer tain Catholic tenets. To prove his even-handed justice, Romanists and Lutherans were linked together, and con ducted in pairs to the stake. At one moment he upheld the new doctrines ; on the next, he supported the old reli gion. Thus he used the contending parties for his own pur poses, and made each contribute to his strength. The dis cord in the Church pleased him, though he feigned to re prove it. His councillors trembled at his slightest frown, and dared not for their heads give him honest advice. His Parliaments were basely subservient, and confirmed his lawless decrees without an effort at resistance. A merciless system of religious persecution was commenced and carried out according to his changeful opinions. The fires at Smithfield were continually burning. The scaffold on Tower-hill reeked with the blood of the noble and the worthy. The state dungeons were crowded. lorture was applied. Secret examinations were allowed. Defence was denied the accused ; and a bill of attainder smote the unfor tunate person against whom it was procured as surely as the axe. The wisest, the noblest, the bravest, the best of Henry's subjects were sacrificed to his resentment and caprice. Up rightness could not save More and Fisher, nor long services and blind obedience Wolsey and Cromwell. Age offered no protection to the octogenarian Lord Darcy, and piety failed to preserve the abbots of Fountains, itivaux, and Gervaux. But not alone did men perish by the stern behests of this ruthless tyrant, this worse than Oriental despot, but women t—women of incomparable beauty, who had shared his couch, and had every claim upon his tenderness and compassion. But pity was not in his nature. When love was gone, dislike and hate succeeded. Startling and almost incredible is the history . of his six marriages. No parallel can be found to it save in wild and grotesque fiction. It roads like a Bluebeard story, yet, alas! it was fearful reality. Katherine of Aragon, faultless and loving, was divorced to make way for the lovely Anne. Boleyn, who, in her turn, was decapitated to give place to the resistless Jane Sey mour. The latter lived not long enough to weary her ca pricious consort, but was succeeded by Catherine of Cleves, whose want of personal at traction caused the annul ment of her marriage and Cromwell's destruction. Next came the bewitching Catherine Howard, who was butchered like Anne Boleyn; and lastly, Catherine Parr, saved only from the block by her own spirit and prudence, as will be presently related. Twice was the nuptial knot forcibly untied—twice was it sundered by the axe. Pretexts for his violence were never wanting to Henry. But the trials of his luckless spouses were a mockery of justice, The accused were prejudged ere heard. The king's pleasure was alone consulted. From his vengeance there was no escape. When it was a question whether the beautiful Jane Seymour's life should be preserved, or that of the infant she was about to bring into the world, Henry unhesitatingly sacrificed the queen, brutally observing, "that he could rmadily get other wives, c but might not have other children..s But not only did young and lovely women su ffer froin a V e b a rbarity ; venerable dames fared no better. was l`he manner in whic h the a g ed and dignifiedEteLltees'r their num of Salic,bury was slaughtered. es : A list of Henry's victims would swell - e an d -thirty years r pag ber is almost incredible. For nearly 0 11 iling the Church, had this royal Bluebeard the land i ; g P I on ° the necks of his and butchering plundering his subjects, .tranlveoreing nobles, disregarding all rra , ead i ng his ministers; yet all his wives, disgracing ana l of his egotism, entertaining the the while, in the intaesnon e o f the wisest and most merciful firm belief that be o w ating to himself the title of Heaven's of kings, and Mini s ter on earth. Vicarend o f this monstrous tyranny approached. For ;no, ths the moody monarch had shut himself up within his palsoe at 'Westminster like a sick lion oin his den, and it appeare d a lmost certain he woulder qu it it alive. Nothing could be gloomier than the presen t aspect of the cour t, or offer a greater contrast to its former splendour and gaiety. The pompous pageantries and shows erst-while ex hibited there were over ; the sumptuous banquetsand Belshazzer-like festivals, of which the monarch and his favourite attendants partook, had ceased ; boisterous mer • riment was no longer beard —laughter, indeed, was alto gether hushed ; gorgeously-apparelled nobles and proudly beautiful dames no longer thronged the halls ; ambassadors and others were no more admitted to the royal presence knightly displays were no more made in the precincts of ented the palace ; the tennis-court was unfrequ, the manege-ground unvisited, all the king's former amuse ments and occupations were neglected and abandoned. Music was no longer heard either within or without, for light inspiriting sounds irritated the king almost to mad ness. Henry passed much of his time in his devotions, maintaining for the most part a sullen silence, during which he to w e d en; th e pot, and thou ht with bitter regret, not of his misdeeds and cruelties, but of bygone pleasures. ' Paris of To-day" is a lively description of Paris as it was in old times and what it is now. " Mingle Mangle," by Monkshood, is on the subject of mimetic music, and is written with the usual talent of the author. "Our Corps' Friends and Foes," by Ouida, is of the ordinary stamp of this gentleman's productions. "Augustus Censer : His Court and Companions," takes us back to the classic times of Virgil and Horace. The most amusing contribution this month is, however, the review of "Trials of a Governess?' The work in question emanates from Berlin, and if it did Not excite our mirth, its absurd falsehoods would rouse our indignation by the gross libel which it contains on the British character, but we can laugh at the remarks which a people like the Prussians may make about- us. Slaves to their police, deluded by the semblance of a constitution, they live on in happy ignorance of the real liberty enjoyed by a free people. "The Fate of Fauriel," by Dudley Costello, is, like the other production of this author, highly entertaining. The Cornhill Afogazine. The Cornhill Magcvine for January begins with the opening of a new tale by Mr. Thackeray. It is written in his delightful colloquial style. Here is a happy specimen : LONDON LIFE FIFTY YEARS AGO. "Old Parr-street has been a habitation for generations of surgeons and physicians. I suppose the nobleman for whose use the street was intended in the time of the early Georges fled, finding the neighbourhood too dismal, and the gentlemen in black coats came and took possession of the gilded, gloomy chambers which the sacred mode vacated. These mutations of fashion have always been matters of profound speculation to me. Why shall not one moralise over London, as over Rome, or Baalbec, or Troy town ? I like to walk among the Hebrews of Wardour-street, and fancy the place, as it once was, crowded with chairs and gilt chariots, and torches flashing in .the hands of the run ning footmen. I have a grim pleasure in thinking that Golding-square was once the resort of the aristocracy, and Monmouth-street the delight of the genteel world. What shall prevent us Londoners from musing over the decline and fall of city sovereiguities, and drawing our cockney morals ? As the late Mr. Gibbon meditated his history leaning against a column in the Capitol, why should not I ninse over mine, reclining under an arcade of the Pantheon? Not the Pantheon at Rome, in the Cabbage-market by the Piazza Novona, where the immortal gods were wor shipped—the immortal gods who are now dead ; but the Pantheon in Oxford-street, ladies, where you purchase feeble pomatums, music, glassware, and baby-linen; and which has its history too. Have not Selwyn, and Walpole, and March, and Carlisle figured there ? Has not Prince Flo rizel flounced through the hall in his rustling domino, and danced there in powdered splendour ? and when the ushers re fused admission to lovely Sophy Baddelsy, did not the young men, her adorers, draw their rapiers and vow to slay the doorkeepers ; and, crossing the .glittering blades over the enchantress' head, make a warlike triumphal arch for her to pass under, all flushed, and smiling, and perfumed, and painted ? The lives of streets are as the lives of men, and shall not the street-preacher, if so minded, take for the text of his sermon the stones in the gutter ? That you were once the resort of the fashion 0 Monmouth-street 1 by the invocation of blessed St. Giles slating not improve that sweet thought into a godly discourse, and make the ruin edifying ? O mes freres ! There were splendid thoroughfares, dazzling company, bright illuminations, in our streets when our hearts were young : we entertained in them a noble youth ful company of chivalrous hopes and youthful ambitions ; of blushing thoughts in snowy robes spotless and virginal. See, in the embrasure of the window, where you sate look ing to the stars and nestling by the soft side of your first love, hang Mr. Moses' bargains of turned old clothes, very cheap; of worn old boots, bedraggled in how much and how many peoilles mud; a great bargain. See ! along the street, strewed with flowers once mayhap—a fight of beg gars for the refuse of an apple-stall, or a tipsy basket woman, reeling shrieking to the station. ome omy beloved congregation I I have preached this stale sermon to you for ever so many years. omy jolly companions, I have drunk many a bout with you, and always found vanitas vanitatum written on the bottom of the pot 1" " Framley Parsonage" contains this month a mar vellous incident, interesting to all who remember "Dr. Thorne." Like Mr. Thackeray, Anthony Troilope delights to introduce again and again the heroes and heroines of former romances. To both authors "the beings of their miad" are real individuals, and as such they cannot suffer their existence to fall into oblivion, and we expect the readers of their fictions, for the most part, sympa thise in their opinions. "Falling in Love" is an article that will not please the romantic, for the writer considers such a calamity perfectly optional, and to be indulged in or avoided, accord ing to the common sense of the parties concerned. The Navy forms the subject of two sensible papers, "Peony/ in the .Navy" and "All at Sea with the Fleet." " The Portrait of a Russian Gentleman" describes one Anton Antonovitch, " who held sin, soap, and razors in almost equal detestation." " The career of an Indian Officer" gives an interesting account of the rise and pro gress of Sir James Outram. "Chinese Officials," " Light Vessels," " The Parochial Union," and "Wrongs of my Boyhood" fill the remaining pages of the Cornhill, which is this month more than usually diversified in its contents. .Bailey's Magazine of Sports and Pastiwes. Sir Tattoo Sykes is represented this month, and his biography will be perused with interest. " A Shooting, and how to Manage and Mismanage it," is an amusing sketch of how two greenhorns rented some shooting, arid how they prospered. The paper on Masters of Foxhounds is'a consideration of the duties of a master, and how he in general enters on them. " From Oxford to the George" is continued, with its usual ability and off-handed style. The continuation of " Bear Shooting in Russia" contains further hints for the benefit of would-be bear slayers. The sporting intelligence for the month is given, and other information to interest gentlemen of the turf. One of Them. By Charles Lever. Parts 14 and 15. Conclusion. Although this work does not in some respects take rank with many of Mr. Lever's earlier productions, such as " Charles O'Malley," and " Tom Burke of Our's," yet in the variety of characters introduced, and their clever delineation, this book deserves favourable attention. The boldandstraightforward American stands out grandly in contradistinction to the crafty Irish M.P., whom, after all, we ' cannot but wish success from the cool impertinence of his daring; he proves himself to have the national pride of his countrymen, and throws over the designing and unprincipled Mrs. Morris, , s hen he discovers her real character. As we'fore told in our last notice, the doctor and his son suc ceed in oversetting the schemes of 'Prover and Co., and the widow of the murdered Godfrey Hawke finding all her plans frustrated,' departs into obli vion in company with her father, and does not again present herself to the reader. Alfred Layton marries Clara, and Charles Heatthcote does the same for May Leslie. And so we take leave of all of them. LET2ER OF GARIBALDI. The Andeo della Liberia, a Reggio journal, pub- ishes the following letter addressed by Garibaldi, in - - - November last, to some Neap°Maas who urged him at once to return to Naples. It entirely confirms the general rumour that the ex-dictator intends to resume his sword in the month of March:— Italians of Naples,—That it was painful to me to leave you, God knows. My mission to you, how ever, was fulfilled, and I could not but take my leave. I did so with an aching heart. Yeu now, by your complaints, add to my grief. You ask me to return among you. I cannot, oh my friends, because I have resolved with myself never to let ro my presence be an obstacle to your happines s and p : e perity, which you will find accomplished under the sceptre of the King galant'uomo. Beßelieve th the h ur strength and Italian people from slavery and tyranny, I have done it, oh Neapolitans, throng and it would, on your courage. Yes, you are free, my presence among you would be of no advantage; the contrary, retard your progress. You have been more fortunat e than some of your brethren, _ for there are st ill Italians in slavery. Why should for a few months that rest of body w hich I require, as a preparation for the you be uneasy m ? me Why do you needlessly call for me ?be a n n evi d m ind the new fatigues, and the new suffer ingsawait me. But all this is nothing— it is Italy that is in question, and to Italy my life which labo urs , is consecrated. Rome and Venice expect my aid. They belong to Italy, their citizens are our brethren, and they yet groan under the hard yoke of Austria and of —.* Let me recruit myself for the great storm which threatens. Do )• ou hear the lion roar? His roaring is that of rage, be cause he knows that his pride is about to have a fall. He fears that arm which God has made powerful enough to bring him down. Do you see the descendants of the ancient Romans ? The blood of their ancestors yet flows in their veins, but they are prostrate on the earth—their fuse are in the mud, and they are borne down by overwhelming oppression. They require a hand to raise them up, and that hand stands in need of rest to .recover strength for the task. Let reason and fraternal philanthropy second your love for me. I will be with you in four months. You shall see me again, but then I shall require a proof of your love. If you really love me, which I do not doubt, follow me, my dear fellow-citizens —follow me, when we shall unite to deliver our brethren of Rome and beautiful Venice. Then, contented and united, we will constitute an Italy one and independent under the sceptre of the King galaneuomo. Victor Emmanuel. Adieu! At the end of March we will embrace each other. Caprera, Nov. 11, 1860. G. 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