The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

CITY, Tw o O'CLOCK. A steady business is reported in the Money Market at about previous quotations, but rather a firmer tone is perceptible. About £43,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. In the foreign exchange yesterday afternoon a slight decline was apparent in the rates on Am sterdam, Vienna, and Trieste; the quotations on Paris and Frankfort, however, were a shade higher. A call of £2 10s. per share, amounting in the ag gregate to .£56,250, becomes due on Monday, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Garston, &c., extension railway shares, and of £1 12s. or £130,560 on the shares of the Riga and Dunaburg Railway. It has been notified that 280 Bonds of the Brazilian 5 per cent. Loan of 1824-5, amounting to £37,300, will be paid off at par on and after the Ist proximo, and it has also been announced that £136,253 has been employed in the redemption of 798 Peruvian 41- per cent. Bonds of 1853. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to about £524,900, and the exports to £166,000. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness continued very active, and prices were firm. The sales were estimated at 20,000 bales. The Commercial Union Fire Assurance Company commence business this day (Saturday). The directors, in issuing their tariff for London mercan tile business, state that it has been adjusted on the principle of classification—thus adopting the plan that each class of goods should be charged a premium proportionate to its risk. Another new and valu able feature in the undertaking is that at the expiration of five years a per tentage of profits on premiums paid will be returnable to insurers. Much benefit is expected to be derived from the selection of so valuable an officer as Mr. Henry Thomson for the post of manager, whose long experience at the " Royal" will be of considerable service to the new company. The transactions in the English Stock Market to day have not been very numerous, but they have included some speculative sales, which have led to a decline of per cent., Consols having receded to 922 93 for transfer, and to 93 938 for the 10th of October. The market has closed with a very un favourable appearance. The New Threes remain at 91i ; the Reduced at 91k; Exchequer Bills, March, are firm at is. dis. to 3s. prem. ; ditto June are steady at ss. dis. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is firm at 1031 ; and the 52 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 1031 ; but the Bonds have receded to 9s. prem. A rather large amount of business has been re corded in Foreign Securities, and prices have been well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 851 I ; ditto, 1858, 691 t. Mexican have been actively dealt in, quotations ranging from 26i to 271, and are now 271. Russian are flat at 99+, and Venezuelan at 208; Dutch 4 per Cents. remain at 1011 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents, have improved to 91 8 , Grenada to 171, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 831. The chief business transacted to-day in the Rail way Share Market has been in connection with the arrangements for the half-monthly settlement, and prices generally have shown increased heavi ness. North-Westerns and Midlands declined 10s. ; South-Easterns, ss. ; and Great Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, IL Caledonians, how ever, improved 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the transactions were limited. Dutch-Rhenish brought 15 11 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 132- I ; East Indian declined to 1017,- ; and Great Indian Penin sula to 98&. Messrs. Bell and Sons give the following quota tions in American Securities : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 70 72 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 46 47 Boston 4f per Ct. Strlg. Bonds 83 85 Winch, Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Do., shares, 80 dols. paid .... 39i 38} dis Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 80 82 Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible. New York Central 7 per Ct., convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgag® - Do. do., 2d mortgage De. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do , 2d do. 1883 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 1865 1872 82 84 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stook 10 19.16 4 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 10 9tOCK stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stuck stock stock stock stock cock GREY MARKET AND CITY ABIVS. 89 91 68 70 92 94 92 94 78 79 50 55 20 21 98 100 97 98 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibited little variation. London Joint-Stock have receded to 318 ; Colonial Bank advanced to 381 ; Bank of London to 56k; and Oriental Inland Steam were steady at 41. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICR‘I 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O/ 11 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock . 000000000 .•.••• Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l i - itto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98/ 1 _Pato Bonds £l,OOO Cousols for Account, Oot. 10 .. 931 1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1031 _ . _ March. ExellPgrier Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 3 pm D rte £5OO .. Ditto Small June. 5 pm 5 pill FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES Brazilian, 5 per Cent. — Ditto , if per Cent., 1860 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent 271 7 Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Peruvian 42 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . Ditto Small 'Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 991 Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto Passive .. 17 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 6 5/ ' urkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 921 3 Ditto Acoount COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —YEsTERDIT. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 / 12 1 Rotterdam 12 / 12 1 Antwerp — 25 6 7& 25 721 Brussels 25 6 9 71 25 72 1 3 Il am turgh Paris Ditto M a rseilles Frankfort on Maine - 25 119 a Vi e nna 85 13 95 Trieste - 13 5 14 0 Petersburgh - Berlin — Madrid 4B Cadiz — 48 Leghorn ........... — 25 80 Milan -- 25 771 Genoa — 25 77± Naples - 39 Palermo — 118 Messina __. 118+ Lisbon ___ Oporto Rio i Janero .. New York 48a 48, 25 85 25 821 25 391 82± 118 i 118} 524 52a MR. CIIATTERTON'S BENEFIT.—Mr. F. B. Chat tenon, the Acting Manager of the Lyceum, takes his benefit on Monday next, when he has prepared an attractive bill. The admirable entertainment, will constitute a strong appeal for the beneficiaire, independent of the high estimation in which he is held by a large circlo of friends. Ile deserves a bumper I Commercial telegrams from New York yester day, dated the 18th inst., confirm the anticipation that, at the present rate of American exp mditure, an exportation of specie from that country cannot be long delayed. The quotation of exchange is already stated to have advanced to 109 k. Share! 100 all all all 100 100 100 s , 100 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley all flu ::Irfnghanishire „ 100 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. 5} percent 100 Do. 5 „ 100 Clydesdale Jtmc lOO Colchester, Stour Val all E. Uncolnsh. gfi per c ICO E.Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge...., Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. Do. new . • • • Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby Do. halves... Do. quarters.-- • Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. London & Greenwich. Do. Preference .• • • Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c. • Do. R per cent Mnc., Extn.,& NT at lock Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Sock gua. 5 percent.... Northm&Bastn. sp. c. Do. fi p. a........ Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western..,.... Cale don ,1 Do. Gt. West Yk.N. & Br Yk.N. D 0..... •• I Do. I LnetN.W s.l4:astern Do . Peto 'Norfolk.. Do L N IV& midland l E.Counts Do. !Do. Do. Midland ilAz NW 1 L.Yk. Do Preston and Wyr e . Do. 4 Shares .. . .. A B.nystn.llitch.,&S"heit Sbrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset inmpleclon &Croydza jert.North.i I T.lirassey Do. Sl`Clean... IGL West. 'La BreA Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s Price. Done. Ln &N.W . • Do 93 95 Do 52} 53i Do ll9 121 Do llO 112 Caledon lOl 103 E.U.&E.O 16 17 Gt. North. 133 135 E.Counts.' 4i 41 109 111 201 204 1 17g (1 80 82 Si 3j 93 95 I IP 55 57 15 16 Xl3l 132 120 122 1 14p, 89 91 ) 120 1 BLARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. raid Closing Business are Railways. ', Price. Done • Belfast and Ballymena all .14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 1 74 8 , ck Birk., La., and Ch June. /00 5 Blyth and Tyne all — Boet. Steal: and Mid,Co I all 54 65 ck Bristol and Exeter eh Caledonian lO5 103 1034 103 0 Carmarthen & Cardi;2 - ar all 0 Cork and Bandon all -- ) Cork, lilroek., tLPassaxte all -- Cornwall . . h ail 5 6 A j A gets no div D p o o B — until 6pc peran , fall hasbeen d. toB ( all Dublin & Belfast -June all 40 42 1 12un., Perth, &Ab. June 1 all 10 105 dt East Anglian lOO 17 18 !It Eastern Counties , 100 514 624 514 :k Eastern Union, A stock; 100 42 44 %'‹ Do do B do ' 100 29 31 Do Nw A, late EU3de.! 134 • East Suffolk :k Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 88 • Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 284 29, I Forth & Clyde Junction 100 k ! Furness k Glasg. and S. Western 100 105 107 Great Nthn. of Scotland all k Great Northern lOO 108 109 k Do do A stock k Do do B do k Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 103 105 k Great. Western k Do Str Val gua. stock 100 57 59 Irish South-eastern ) all k Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 106 1066 1044 k London and Blackwall 100 57 59 k Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 114 116 k Land., Chat., and Dover 100 47 49 k Lond. & Nth. Western 100 924 93 Lond. & nth. Western l OO 94 4 05 4 L'derry & Coleraine e.'derry & Ennisitillen all 10 11 Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 45 454 Maryport and Carlisle all Do do 4 shares all Metropolitan 74 54 64 E Midland I. Do new Do lAirming. & Derby 100 97 99 \lid. Gt. W. of Ireland all Do 4 shares ai I Mid Kent. Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle all Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all Norfolk 100 59 61 North BA tish xor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stcklk 100 Do 4 3tk ;Arens no d until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 Do B stock ... 100 Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1004 1014 Do do , G.N.E. purchase ' 6 131 Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 584 59 4 Do York ........ ...... 100 904 915 North London Do new 5 North Staffordshire 174 44 44 - I N. and S. W. Junction all 104 104 Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 89 91 feebles all Portsmouth Rhymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 374 885 Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 95 97 Shropshire Union...— lOO 45 47 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all South Devon S.-Durham & I,anc. 17n 225 South Eastern - 784 794 78 4 8 South Wales S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 9 5 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 6 Stockton & Darlington all 374 885 Do do l3 74 84 r, Do New (1860) 5 5 6 p aft Vale .* Do Pref. No 1 lOO ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- [Sister .. Du ........... ..... 20 25 41 Vale of 1 1 •Teaiii Victor ia Sta. and Pim all 114 124 Waterturd & Kilkenny 100 Waterfut d & Limerick all* West C ,, t nwall West London ; all Do Ist class all Do 2d class .. . all WestHartlepool Narbr and Rail .l 100 West Midland—Oxford; 100 45 47 Do. Newport 100 44 4 6 Do. Hereford, 100 88 90 Share 13.11 stock stock stool: stock stock stock stcvic Victor ia Sta. and Pim._ Wateri (Jr d & Kilkenny Waterfoi d do Limerick West Go nwall . West London. Do Ist class .. Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 * British Iron I 16 1 t - Clifford nil - - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 355 360 - East Bassett (Illogan) OO 70 75 - (East Caradon . .. 2.1g.6 261 271 27 - lE. W'l Russel (Tavistic.)l 7.4.0 31 35 - .Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) , 54/ 11 13 - ,Great South Tolgus I 17s 35 41 - !G.Wheal Alfct(Philackll - - ;G. Wheal Vor (Helston)! 40 44 5 - 'Grenville 6.8.6 1; 21 - Herod's-Foot 8.12 34 36 - Ilingston Downs 4.11.6 3 31 31 Lady Bertha , 1.10.6 1 ..- Margaret (tiny Lelant): 9; 43 45 - I North Downs 2l 56 6 - (North Frances (Mogan)! 114 36 4 - IN.Wh 'I Basset (1110 4an)l 1.14.0 7/ 81 871 - North Wheal Crofty 9.18.9, 44 51 - I Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 I 9 10 20 ' Providence (tiny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 40 42 - Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 1 1 1 - South Caradon(StCleer) 11 290 100 - S. Cant Brea (Illogan) ; 5.9.0 334 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim I alll I - ,S.Wheal Fran. (1110ge,n)'18.1'4.9 112/ 1171 - Stray Park 265 29 31 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Mi n 4l 14 11 10 fin Croft 9 51 61 - Vale of Towey (C arm ) 13s 1 - ' West Basset (Illogan) ll 115 17 116 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 I 44 46 435 - West Seton , 471 1 325 315 - Wheal Basset (111ogan), 51 81 88 - I Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 75 85 - Wheal Edward (Cals.); 71 , 14 2 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 6 7 - I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 I 13 14 , 136 J Wheal Tretawney ( Lis. ; ! 7 14 l6 FOREIGN MINES. z 0 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 pr 1p 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey, Lim 15 395 405 5 Do. Land and 111iningCo. all 1 11 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; - di s. 40 iCobre Copper all 35 37 - ICopiapo l6 6 8 1 I Dun3foun.Cop.Ming.Co l ail 2 'Fortuna. ; 5 2 20 General all 23 24 2 ( General N. Cop. of S. Austr., 1 11 Kapunda (Limited) • 1I 18 15 p 3 Linares all ' 6 7 6 Lusitanian 2 I 1 pr 1 Mariquita all 1 A 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1 20 Pontg,ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. id p 181135 United Mexican .. all 5f 64 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 I Do .l JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Af;racirlinitedService Bk 50 84 36 40 'Australasia I all i 66 67 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 Bank of London 50 54 65 56 1 20 [Bank of Turkey 50 I British North American all 152 54 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 20/ 201 1 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 City 100 Colonial 2011 Corti. Bank of Canada.. all - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - 20 Eng- Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 171 175 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland, all - - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral' all 24 241 24 20 Do. new lO 3 31 • 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 'London and S./it/lean lO 6 pr 100 'London & Westminster 20 661 071 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 12 -. 116 20 Do. new l2 - 33 50 National Bank ...... 25 - - 26 New South Wales...-. all 134 36 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland - - 10 Do. new. all I - - 25 South Australia - 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual 6O - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July - 1877-9 lOO 109 114 --I Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - - Do. 6p. cent 1883-4, 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept! 100 1106 108 1091 - Do. 5 per cent j 100 1001 1011 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBOl 100' 169 111 Do. 1890, 100 101 111 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. JaAJult los 108 JO9 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 991 1001 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 991 1001 - Do. p.c., 1888 &upwciw 100 99 100 95 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1081 1091 - S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up l 100 - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyj 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1084 109 1081 10 8 i 109 108 i f PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. 'Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (Issued at £5 Exet.4 p.ct.stoc• Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cen Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork Az Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent. 'Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 Arsp.e Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ; Do, do. Class C 7 p.c ; E. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 1 Do. do. No. 1)o. New 6 pet ct. stock. I Eastern Union, 4 per ct Do. 5 per cent. guar Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares, Flo, 4 p.O gun. S. Jts D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c l'urness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. Wcat.g.a. 5 p.c ;Great Northern, 5 p. ct Po.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm IGt. Nb. of Scotld. Ist pt & W (Ireland) p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks an Hants) Ext. 5 p. et 1.0. Redeemable, 44 p.nt Do. Redeemabre, ;p. et. 1)o Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares. t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. share, 0. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 43 p c. pref.' Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d p, )o. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. L0n.,46 Brig.s pc.gu. No. ' Do. 5 p. c. No. 2, Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do sf.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cee . Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Fret. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '6s' Do. 4 per cent. Fret ion. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til 6pcis pd on )o. B B. ,4c Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5i.01.:. — .. 1 ',on. & S.W, 7 p. Ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtem perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. I Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Londony. & Ennis. 4 sill Nran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ci I 0..£6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent ',laryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. lid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4} p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent - Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. et Norttk 5 p. c. Ex. et. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. S p. 0 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. slis Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref ' Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch \'9rth Staffordothire. _ _ ithyinney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern c. pref. stock.... Do:Abe;deen,gua.6pC Do. 7 p. a pref. stool, mouth Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. south Eastern (Iteadin? Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4 peicent. Do. Fixed lip.c. Ist is - outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. ti per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. o. gua 'Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c ' Do. B 6 percent Do. C 6 percent Weed & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk ici Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. pi 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 109 102 20 21 51 6} WO 102 no 115 106 110 106 108 105 107 1U 124 80 82 110 112 90 92 79 81 115 117 109 111 101 103 105 107 97 99 98 1(0 88 90 89 81 02 104 94 10 164 174 10} 101 74 76 20 21 10 104 15 154 134 136 111 114 111 114 138 138 'lll 114 1N 102 !ISO 155 127 130 72 74 90 91 97 99 A ip id ip 13i 14 120 125 i it 65 0 I g, 134 136 100 102 91 92 110 112 109 111 1 1 i 90 9Z, 99 101 N 100 P il5 I d ip 22 23 132 136 10 104 MI 231 100 102 1100 1(.,2 97 99 84 86 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 1 124- 126 1 118 120 [lOO 102 'l2l 123 'll7 120 all 1 100 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINti, SEPTEHBER 28, 1861. Share) 2O 10 100 I 100 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock Railways. - Atlantic & St Lawrence coda&.CentTnd Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B i Buffalo and ',lwo Huron Do. New Do. Preference I 3 uffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1871 Clcutta. Ar. S. E' a s tn. (L i ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G LlndiaPentn.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... 'Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. I G t. W. of Canada ahares Do. New ....... Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. [Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. C. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 41 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. I Newßrunswick tt Canda Ry.d:Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........, Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... 'Oude (Limited) ... ..... 1 Scinde ...... •• • • a.a Do. Punjaub .... a . El Do. Do. ..... •• • ca f i Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5,,,g , Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardenne5........... Belgian East. Junction, Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ............... Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... I Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... _ - - (Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Parts,Lyons, & Mcditer. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pero.) qua. 7 p. et. lim Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish ' Royal Swedish .....- Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flandern . . Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West^rn of Austria.— Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand Closing Price. 98 99 4i 41 d 6 7 70 75 65 70 65 70 5 i iP 19,E 20 101 102 99 101 100 101 99 100 19 20 62 65 55 58 32 35 38 42 32 34 32 34 98 99 d 97} 98j 9 $1 111 11} %6 98 90 4,3 88 90 97 08 90 92 4 6 4 6 101 102 —d 94 96 ci WAYS. 6 61 pr I 91 10i 4 3i 23& Ai' 81 81 8 81 194 204 886 39f 84 Pi 4O 414 56 57 4 3 ti 51 6 8} Ri I I 11 11 26 27 7 7/ 91 101 214 221 DOCKS. stock 'Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock 'East and West India stock , Londor. stock St. Katharine lOO 63 65 stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria . • • 100 ,96 98 20 Do New ._ ... _ .......... ~... 2 15 i d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 AO Mint .. all 144 151 4 10 Atlantic R. MI . St m (1 all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 44 50 British _ A merican Land 40 50 R&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) ........ all 10 13 324 Canada Land .. .. .. ... all 107 110 10 Chan.lslands Tel.Lim.' all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.& mltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent.. . all 16 17 at. Crystal Palace ........ 100 14 35 st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 104 107 20 E.lndi a Irrign. & Canal 1 id 4p at. Electric Telegraph .... 100 94 06 25 Do. New ............. 15 5 English & Aus. Copper, all . 31 34 15 Gen. Steam Navip. - ,ati m 14 —-- 1 Great Ship I ,invited).. . all a w I Do. 174 pet Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 n I 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 It 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 1} s d 20 INerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 l 0 ,, 10 Netherlands Land all ..._ ..... , 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all i 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 5 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all & 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 14 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 14 5 Peelß.Lnd.&lin.(Lim) 100 48 60 a s t o v eil . & Oriental Steam 0 11 13 50 Do. New . all 44 51 15 Do. New' 60 50 52 Steam 5 2 0 0 RRhedymSenae&ylgell.g.44p.e a a l l l l 1 1 6 7 4 4 1 1 7 8 5 i 100 Royal Mail 100 a11 1 3 3 2 0 14 84 0 al I I 1 submarine Tel. Scrip 1 Do. do. Registered ... a i l do all 4 6 10 Do. 10 Trust and Agency or a 2 t i South Sc ot.Au Australian inin v.( L L i a m n d ) 20 Tr A .& us L t () let is. I id I p 5 T. K'dom 1 el. Co. , i (lira.) 1 4d pr r.Can. 5 100 an Dienva's 1, 4 a d . 285 9 10 IT n r 1 . a c s o i . a o 1u p 'Business done POLICE 2HTELLIGENCE.—(77Iis Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FRENCH VAGABOND.—JuIian Felix, a Frenchman, and whose appearance was of the most singular kind, was charged with begging. The prisoner appeared in the dock almost in a state of nudity, having only part of a pair of trowsers and waistcoat on, the rest of his person being quite bare, and his wretched appearance was made still worse by the fact of his not hav ing washed his skin for some time, and having a grisly beard. A constable of the G division proved seeing him standing the previous night in Tottenham-c , urt-road with a crowd of persons round him, and then saw him receive money. Chief Clerk—Was he dressed, or rather undressed, as he appears now ? Constable—Yes. Higginbottom, C division, said some time back a suit of clothes was given him, and the next day he appeared in the most deplorable dress. Mr. Albert said there was no occasion for the man to go about in such a state, for he felt certain any Frenchman would give him some clothes. lie had no doubt the man made it a practice so as to obtain money from the public. Mr. Beadon said the best charity would be to send the prisoner to gaol for a month. THAMES. EATING AN I 0 U.—Susaunah Withersly, the wife of a beershop-keeper, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing and eating an I 0 U for £6O, the property of Mr. James Spearman, a respectable licensed victualler, and the landlord of the Old Duke William public-house, in Old Gravel lane, St. George •in-the-East. It appeared that the prisoner's husband was the landlord of a beer-house in High-street, Shadwell, which he held, as tenant, under Mr. Spearman. Withersly is about to leave the beer-house, and some arrangements were made on Friday between Mr. Spearman, the prisoner's husband, and a broker named Adams, in the course of which an I 0 U for £6O, which the prisoner's husband gave to Mr. Spearman, as a kind of collateral security for fixtures and other property, was mentioned. Mr. Adams said the prisoner's husband would like to see the I 0 U, and it was shown to him by Mr. V•hearman. Some hours afterwards the prisoner said she would like to see the I 0 U. Mr. Spearman produced it, and the pri•• soner immediately snatched it from his hand and put it into her mouth. She ate it, and it soon disappeared. Mr. Stoddart, who appeared for the prisoner, elicited from the prosecutor that the I 0 U was given to him for an agreement for a loan which the prisoner's husband never received. Mr. Spearman added that it was more a matter of honour between him and Mr. Withersly that the I 0 U was given. Mr. Stoddart contended that the I 0 U was worthless, and that no consideration was given for it. Mr. Selfe said he did not care whether consideration was given for the I 0 U or not. It was a piece of paper, and the prisoner had no right to snatch it from the prosecutor and oat it. He advised the prisoner's husband to sign another I 0 U, the exact copy of the one destroyed. The prisoner's husband got into the witness-box and swore he never signed any I 0 U. Mr. Selfe—Let the case proceed. The prisoner will be committed for trial for stealing a valuable security. Mr. Stoddart advised Mr. Withersly to give Mr. Spear man another I 0 U, and he reluctantly did so, to the following effect :—To Mr. James Spearman. I 0 U £6O. William Aust Withersly, 17th September, 1860. Witness, Charles Stoddart, solicitor. The prisoner was then discharged. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market to-day has been fairly supplied with both fruit and vegetables for the time of year. Generally speak ing, the trade has ruled steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 5 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 3 0 Grapes,per lb 1 6to 4 0 Foreign do 1 oto 2 6 lielons, each Peaches, perdoz 4 oto 10 Nectarines, per dr 4 oto 10 0 Apples, per sievel 6to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 6 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pun 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf svo oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES, Greens, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2 to 0 4 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 l Brocoli, per bush. 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 85 to 110 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 4 0 to 5 0 Carrots, pr do 3 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 2 to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 0 to 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, hf. sv 0 0 to 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 6 to 2 0 French beans, h.s. 1 3 to 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 10 Horseradish, 13bn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 10 to 1 3 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 Radishes; dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 5s Od to Ss Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is Id ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; large Surrey fowls, bs Od to 108 Od; chickens, 4s Od to 7s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Gd each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od; teal, Os 6d to Os 8d ; wild ducks, is Gd to 2s Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id ; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s 6d to lOs 3d ; French do., 7s 6d to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 4s Od each. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 4d to Is 8d ; trout, Ua Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d , prawns, ssod to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb.; turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 3s Od to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 10s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 4d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is 6d each ; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, lOs to 20s ; natives, 40s to 44s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 20s Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is Gd to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, --s ; fresh herrings, Os ; bloaters, 7s to 8s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, Ps Od to 4s Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s Od to 4s Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8d to B}d, of household do., 6d to lid per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 30 to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4fd ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to Sid. Horse hides, 8s to 9s Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 4s Od to 5s Od ; half••breds, 3s 4d to 3s 9d ; Downs, 3s Od to 3s 4d ; lambs, 2s 10/1 to 4s 6d; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—NLiadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Od ; clove, do., £3 5s to £6 O s; and s t raw, £1 8s to £ 1 14s per lead A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—MenAow hay, £2 2s to £5 53; clover do., £3 5s to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 84 to £1 14s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates. WrirrEcHATEL.—Mead ow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover, do., 63 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. 71118 DAY'S ShIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; rather fresh breeze, with dull and cloudy weather. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Aquia, from Caen ; Apollo, from Engleholm ; Alexander, from Cronstadt ; Don Colino, from Guernsey ; Sunshine, from Vyborg ; Henrietta, from Griefswald ; Superior, from St. Valery ; Moseles, from Antwerp. Sailed, Sept. 27.—Trident, steamer,lor Tonning ; Adlers, steamer, for Bremen, _ • Sailed', Sept. 28.—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Sept. 27.—H.M.5. Virago and Swallow, with despatch vessel in tow, from Sheerness, for Plymouth. Passed—Celt, of Newcastle, and Bride of London, from the westward for London ; H.M.S. Orpheus, from Sheer ness, for Pm tsmouth ; Black Prince brig, (supposed), from Colombo, for London. A MAN KILLED "AT KING'S COLLEGE.—About a quarter to 12 o'clock yesterday, some men were engaged at King's College, Strand, at tie new building, in lifting a large stone for the top flooring, when the great weight of stone by some means fell on one of the workman named Nixon. A cry was raised, and the men at work with him ran to his assistance, when the poor fellow was removed from • under the stone, but quite dead. The un fortunate deceased was removed to the dead-house to await an inquest. CORN TO FRANCE.--Extract of a letter from Paris, dated September 23 ;—" For your guidance, the quantity of breadstuffs bought by France during the last four months is calculated as follows :-3,000,000 hectolitres in America; 4,000,000 in Black Sea ports; 2,500,000 in German and Prussian ports; 1,500,000 in English ports; total, 11,000 000 hectolitres, or nearly 4,000,000 quarters. WATER CHARGES IN LIVERPOOL—The owners of offices in the town of Liverpool met yesterday, to consider the charges for water imposed in accordance with an inter pretation recently given to the act by the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. W. Brown presided, and after several illus trations had been given of the exorbitant nature of the charges, it was resolved to take legal measures to secure a revision of the same. Last year the then Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Perins, had a silver cradle presented to him in conse quence of the birth of his daughter during his mayoralty. The Southampton Town Council met yesterday for the pur pose'of making arrangements for the presentation of a silver cradle to Mr. Coles, the present mayor of that town, on account of the birth of his daughter —an event which took place a few days since, LITERATURE. Pamphilius ; or, the Head and Heart Legacy. Dedicated to the Rising Generation. One-vol., pp. 148. H. Bale, 340, Strand. It has been remarked, by one profoundly versed in the knowledge of human nature, that—lf one man would sit down and honestly write the history of his own life and experiences he would produce a work as enthralling as any romance. Hero is exactly a case in point. The writer of this little volume has done literally what the philosophic thinker recommended. -And the result of his manly, truthful labours, to our thinking, is precisely what was prophesied. Here, in fact, is the faithful record of a life sufficiently chequered in its way. Here is the outline of a career " showing," as the brief preface intimates, " how an untaught boy rose, step by step, to the honourable position mentioned in these pages." And that position ? Well, the record itself will best satisfy the reader's curiosity on that point. We are loath in any manner to an ticipate it- Yet we may be permitted, perhaps, to remark that PAMPHILIUS, the " Untaught Boy," by the simple exercise of his industry and of his intelligence, by the aid of his clear Head and of his warm Heart, has risen to be Author, Printer,' Pub lisher—Dramatist, Song-writer, Grammarian—be ing at this present writing in fact one of the largest printers and publishers of literary periodicals, but principally of daily and weekly newspapers. He claims, and with reason, to be one of the foremost pioneers of cheap and popular serial publications. He long issued from his press the once well-known Mirror, the precursor of all the penny and two penny miscellanies. He introduced to the world the Daily Telegraph. He has long been publish ing, and still publishes, among many other perio dicals and journals, the great weekly organ of finance, the journal that was first raised to its pre eminence (as such) by the genius of the late Right Hon. James Wilson, meaning, of course, the Eco nomist newspaper. Mr. Wilson's portrait is grace. fully and gratefully prefixed to the volume as its frontispiece. And under the effigy of the lamented financier is inscribed—not his name (that would have been superfluous—so truthful is the resem blance) but—this simple and touching inscription, "A Dear Friend of Pamphilius." From the first page of this little book to the last, the narrative is delightful to read. It is wholesome throughout. It is as frank and manly a little record of a homely but adventurous life as we can remember to have met with for a very long while. Quaint the style of the narrative is at times, almost to the length of extravagance. Whimsical the writer is very fre quently. But of him we may assuredly write quite as earnestly and cordially as Biddy , a rote to Pip (in a memorable note in Give Expectations) when referring to dear old Yoe Gargery, the Black smith—" He is a worthy, worthy man." Pamphi hue, as will be seen, dedicates his volume to the Rising Generation. And to the Rising Generation we do hereby heartily commend it. We should like to know for certain that upon every honest schoolboy's bookshelf in the land there were found, ranged side by side with the Life of Benjamin Franklin, with Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, and Day's Sandford and Merton, and half a dozen other fami liar books of that class, a well-thumbed copy of this Head and Heart Legacy, by PAMPHILIUS. It is high praise, we are aware, but it is praise that the book well merits. It is so honest, and manly, and neirty in every syllable of it. Several years back, it may be remembered by the lovers of Fun, that a select party of the contributors to Punch gave to the public a little volume of facetire entitled very modestly, and we are con strained to add, not altogether untruthfully, " A Shilling's worth of Nonsense." Well, here on the contrary is " A Shilling's worth of Sense" and of sound good sense too--sense that it will do nobody any harm to " read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest." Is there a craving on the reader's part for mere variety ? He will find it here to his heart's content and his head's advantage in abundance. For here within the compass of this little pocket volume, besides the autobiographic sketch, which is the thread of the narrative stringing together the pearls of Pamphilius's experience, there will be discovered in its pages—scattered carelessly through them, often adorning them, always diversifying them—we don't know how many original Songs and Ballads, a Comedy, the libretto of an Opera, and, besides other miscellaneous effusions, a complete French Grammar ! It wore ungracious on our part did we not add as a piece of information in regard to Pamphilitis, not without peculiar inter eat for the readers of The Sun and for ourselves, that once upon a time in the course of his chequered life, the author of this delightful little volume was numbered amongst the ranks of our compositors handling the types upstairs in our composing room, working manfully at the galleys, not like a French slave, but like a free-born Englishman. As with that cordial grasp of the hand one gives to an old friend at meeting and at parting, we bid adieu to Pam philius. A Treatise on the 'Steam Engine. Bourne. Longman and Co. Although innumerable works have been written on the steam engine, relating to its various ap plications, its history, and its mechanical con struction, none has yet appeared that embraces so completely and so extensively all its branches as the treatise before us. Its application to mines, mills, railways, navigation, and agriculture, are all in turn considered ; but beyond this tables are furnished, showing the rela tive proportions of engines required for various purposes, with practical. instructions for the manu facture of every species of engine. Mr. Bourne informs us in his preface to this, the fifth edition of the work, that although it bears the name of former editions of " A Treatise on the Steam Engine," by the Artisan Club, which was originally published in monthly parts, it is really a new work, so numerous have been the additions and emendations; and great credit is undoubtedly due to him for the pains he has taken to render this work complete. It consists. of twelve chap ters, each devoted to one particular branch ; thus, in Chapter 1., the early history of the steam engine is explained, showing how, although the properties of steam were known to the ancients at a remote period, it was never turned to any practical use. In another chapter the theory of the steam engine is explained; then the practical part of the work commences, and instructions are given for con struction and management of every kind of engine, and so on throughout the volume. Although at first sight one might naturally suppose that this treatise would be useful to the engineer or scientific student only, it contains much to interest and instruct the every day reader. At the commence ment much useful matter is furnished, together with details of how in ancient times of ignorance, and superstition, the priests imposed on their credulous dupes, and performed miracles through the agency . of natural philosophy. Mr. Bourne maintains that it was not the want of genius that prevented the development of the steam engine in remote ages, but the want of a necessity for its application. When that time came it was first invented and then brought to its present perfection in the country which most required its assistance. The ancients appear to have had very vague notions of the nature of steam. They believed in the existence of only four elements—fire, air, earth, and water, and thought that water was turnel into air when dissipated by evaporation. Thus Plato says, " That which we now call water becomes as a stone or solid, but being melted and diffused becomes gas or air ;" and it w ts the prevalent notion of his time, and of many subsequent ages, that water is turned into ai r by , heat. In consequence of this misconception, it is often dif ficult to understand, in the description of ancient pneumatic contrivances, whether steam or air was the moving power, and we have indeed generally to form our conclusion on this head from the nature of the arrangement. 'We have, however, very clear evidence that both s t eam , an d a i r ex pandedby heat, were often used by the ancients as motive powers ; and some of the expedients employed for that pur pose are of considerable elegance. In a work which has been often referred to, entitled " Spiritalia seu Pneumatica," written by Hero, a philosopher of Alexandria, about 130 years before the Christian era, a variety of devices are set forth for elevating liquids, and obtaining rotatory motion by means of air and steam, of which we shall only enume•• rate those in which it is beyond doubt steam was the agent. The first of these is a method of causing wine to flow from the hands of effigies set beside an altar, after the fire upon the altar has been lighted. A kueam.tight vessel or vase, containing wine, is placed within each effigy, and the altar is made hollow, and is partly filled with water, bent pipes being conducted from the space above the NI ater in the altar to the spaces above the wine in the vases, and other tubes again being led from beneath the level of the wine in the vases to the hands of the effigies. 'When, therefore, says Hero, you are about to sacrifice, you must pour into the tubes a few drops, lest they should be injured by heat, and attend to every joint, lest it leak ; and so the heat of the fire mingling with the water will pass in an aerial state through these tubes to the vases, and pressing on the wine make it pass through the bent siphons, until, as it flows f rom th e hands of the living creatures, they will appear to sacrifice as the altar continues to burn. The instrument for the production of rotatory motion is one of great ingenuity, and has all the qualities of a true and efficient steam-engine, except its size. This instrument is called the iEolipile, and is identical in all its material features with the engines constructed by Avery in America, and Ruthven of Edinburgh, in this country. These en gines are more expensive in steam than ordinary engines, and travel at an inconvenient speed ; but in other respects they are quite as:effectual, and their construction is extremely simple and inexpensive. The substance of Hero's recipe for the construction of an . 2 Eolipile is substantially this : Let a boiler be set on the fire, and nearly filled with water, and let its mouth be closed by a cover which is pierced by a bent tube, whose extremity fits exactly into a hollow sphere. But at the opposite end of the diameter (of the sphere) let there be an iron axis supported from the top of the cover, and let the sphere have two bent pipes at the ends of the diameter of the sphere, perforated therewith, and bent round in opposite directions; and let the bends make right angles, and be in th e p l ane per p en di cu l ar to the axis. Then it will follow that the boiler being heated, the vapour passing through the tubes into the sphere ill rush out through the reversed pipes, and whirl the sphere round on its axis. By John After travelling carefully through the dark ages, /100 15 all 100 1 RAIL mane con and explaining to the best of his ability an tra.dictory statements, the author bring; u to modern times when the dispute aroso a , first inv, need the steam engine. In tic, century there wt., e many who claimed the hei'l( e and several ingenious models were constuete theoretically perfect, but practically useless. Amon other claimants we may mention Solomon de Caus, a native of Normandy, and Giovanni Branca, but it was reserved for England to produce the man who first constructed au engine which was of prac tical utility, and saved expense by its services. The following quotation will beet explain the Marquis of Worcester's engine : The next name on our list is the Marquis of Worcester, who in 1663 pub'ished a pamphlet addressed to King Charles 11. and the English Parliament, entitled "A Cen • tury of the Names and Scantlings of the Marquis of Wor cester's Inventions," with a view to obtain the aid of Go vernment for their prosecution. Among many ingenious and some fantastic and preposterous devices, we have the following fire water-work, "An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire; not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be, as the philosopher calleth it, ' infra sphseram activitatis,' w hi c h i s b ut at such a distance, but tt• is way hath no bounder if the vessel be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it three-quarters full of water, stopping and screwing up the open end, as a l so t h e touch-hole, and making a constant fire under it ; within 24 hours it burst, and made a great crack, so that having a way to make my vessels so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen tne water run like a constant fountain stream, 40 feet high. One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up 40 of cold water, and a man that tends the work has but to turn two cocks that one vessel of water being consumed another begins to force and refill with cold water, and so succes sively ; the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks." This is the first feasible scheme for raising water by steam power that history records; and it is in that application that the modern steam engine had its origin. Previous projectors had in no way improved upon the expedients de scribed by Hero, and indeed in by far the majority of cases the movement had been retrograde; but in the Marquis of Worcester's contrivance we have an engine of respectable efficacy applied to a.weighty purpose, and from his time the progress en has never been interrupted, but improvement has followed upollimprovement, until the steam-engine has become what we now find it. It is idle to say that the Marquis of Worcester's project was only a reproduction of that of De Cats. The instrument of De Caus was a mere toy, not intended, and certainly not adapted, for any pur • pose of practical utility, whereas the Marquis of Worcester enumerates many important practical uses to which his engine might be applied, and many it certain y would have been perfectly competent to compass. In another part of his " Century" he says that his water-work " is by many years' experience and labour so advantageously by me con• trived, that a child's force bringeth up a hundred foot high an incredible quantity of water, even two foot diameter, so naturally, that the work will not be heard into the next room, and with so great ease and geometrical symmet'y, though it work day and night from one end of the year to the other, it will not require 40s. reparation to the whole engine, nor hinder one dav's work, and not only with little charge to drain all sorts of mines, and furnish cities with water though never so high seated, as well as to keep them sweet, running through several streets, and so performing the work of scavengers, as well as furnishing the inhabi tants with sufficient water for their private occasions." It appears very clear from these descriptions ,that the Marquis of Worcester not only had succeeded in making a powerful and effective engine, but had arrived at a very just conception of the important ends such a machine may be made to fulfil. None of the contrivances before his time were provided with means to make their action continuous; and the instrument of De Cans, so far from being adapted to raise water from a mine, or for the supply of towns, had merely the power of emptying itself of the boiling water with which it was filled. Indeed, it appears undeniable that the Marquis of Worcester was the first person, so far as our present knowledge extends, by whom "a water com mand ing engine" of any power or utility was constructed ; and he seems to have brought his contrivance to nearly all the perfection of which that species of engine is susceptible. There is no evidence that he made use of the atmospheric pressure as an aid to the final effect ; but he seems perfectly conscious of the applicability of that agency, and indeed speaks as if such an application was very well understood in his time. We are not aware that there is any drawing extant of this machine; and the various hypothetic4ldelinea tions of it that we have seen err, we think, in representing it as provided with only one boiler, Po there could not in this kind of engine hav e b een any feed-pump, and in the absence of that instrument two boilers must have been in dispensable to make the action of the engine continuous. Besides, the description says that "one vessel of water being consumed another begins to force, and refill with cold water," which we take to mean that when the water of one boiler was evaporated it was filled up with cold water, and the other was in the meanwhile put into operation, the water in tho boiler last filled having again become hot be fore that in the other was exhausted. One of these engines appears to have been set up to draw water out of the Thames at Vauxhall ; and is thus spoken of by Cosmo de Medici, who inspected in 1653. "It raises water more than 40 geo metrical feet by the power of man only, and in a very short space of time will draw up four vessels of water through a tube or channel not more than a span in width, on which account it is considered to be of greater service to the pub- I pub lic than the other machi n e near S omerset H ouse, " which I last was one driven by two horses. We should be disposed to infer from this account, that the principle of the atmos phonic pressure was employed in this engine, for it is diffi cult to see by what power other than suction the necessary rapidity of -motion could be given to the water in the pipe leading fr 1m the river to the engine, and which would ap pear to be smaller than the pipes applied in other cases. It is impossible to enter into any detail of the contents of this elaborate work. In fact to clo so would require a small volume of itself, which would be to this work like the tender to a line of battle ship—but the extracts we have give . n will furnish an idea of some portion of it to the general reader, and to engineers Mr. Bourne's name ought to be a suffi cient guarantee for the value of its contents. The work itself, which extends over upwards of 400 quarto pages, is succeeded by an Appendix, in which are— Weights and Measures—Hyperbolic Logarithms—Elas ticity, Volume, and Temperature of Steam—Circumferences and Areas of Circles—Squares and Cubes, and Square and Cube Roots—Foluth and Fifth Powers of Numbers— Pressures required to punch Iron Plates—Specific Gravities —Weight of Plate Iron, Round Shafts, Lead Pipe, A ng l e Iron, and Hoop Iron—eight of Square and Round Iron, Sheet Iron, Brass, and Copper, and Cast Plates—Weight of Cast Iron Pipes, Flat Iron, Copper Pipes, and compa rative Weights of Metal;—Lengths of Iron required for Angle Iron Hoops—Weight of Flat Steel—Heights of equivalent Columns of Mercury and Water 2 LStrength of Boiler—Report on American Goods Locomotive Engines— Specification of English Locomotives—Specification of a Scotch Locomotive—Specification of an American Locomo tive—Statistics of Railways—Specification of a Dredging Machine—Report of Mr. Field on Simpson's Double Cylinder Engines—and Faraday on the Conservation of Force. fi ftec The work is illustrated by thirty-seven beautifully executed plates of various engines, and five hun dred and forty-six woodcuts, (we have not counted the woodcuts, but take the publisher's word for it), and the author deserves as much credit for the clear way in which all details are explained, as for the deep research and determined energy that he has displayed in giving so complete a treatise on the steam engine as the one before us. Sketches in North America. By H. Reid, Long man. The Americans cannot complain that Mr. Reid I does not give them fair play; he shows: both sides of the picture, and if his censures are severe, his praise is extreme, not that he carries either beyond bounds. On first opening the volume one would suppose that Mr. Reid was almost as much a Yankee as Mr. Roebuck is an Austrian, but as the readers advances he finds that. Brother Jonathan has his faults, and that the author knows it. The first chapter is devoted to a description of the coun try and the character and habits of the people. The first example which Mr. Reid had of the energy of the American people was at Eastport, where a variety of goods had to be put on shore from a steamboat. He was surprised to see every body trying to do his work faster than his neigh bour; porters running with heavy loads, seamen rolling barrows, no walking, all leaping and rushing as if their very existence depended on their dis patch. He speaks very highly of the general character of the Americans as individuals, and considers that too much has been said about spitting, and talking through the nose. He admires their railway carriages and many other institutions, but condemns, in no measured terms, the spirit of Rowdysim which prevails in all the principal towns, and particularly New York where it might justly be supposed that the authorities would possess most power. He considers thib to be a greater curse to the country than slavery, for the one must naturally die out, while he thinks that the spirit of insubordination is a special characteristic of the American, and that to this all the failings in the American constitution are to be t community; aa u o !attribut e d, f or , says Mr. Reid, f rom the highest rto r t ihtey is o weste,xahibfeiteeld b y ingo f r t e h s e i s t e a n nc ier et o y h d ju th d e ges, t a h re us se t t h e at m a defiance,g ist r a e a s n , variousand eßveonwdthyeeeSceinetaitees, such as the Plug Uglies, Rep Ras , and Muck Snakes, w a lk the streets P. eets in bands in broad day light, commit depredations, and even murder with im • punity. For fear that he may be thought to exaggerate, the author makes frequent extracts from leading American journals, and, as he says, lets the Yankees speak for themselves. The American Senate to which Mr. Reid devotes some eighty pages is cleverly described and many amusing anecdotes of the free-and-easy way in which an independent nation can transact business are furnished. We give the following as a specimen : THE LADIES IN THE HOUSE. " The Avenue presented a very gay and animated scene, from the number of beautifully-dressed ladies, who, even then, with two hours before them, showed their anxiety not to be behind time. --- " At this moment the doorkeepers are expelling gentle men from the ladies' galleries, and the greatest excitement prevails—as, whenever one of the lords shows fight, the ladies come to the assistance of the doorkeepers, and, as many hands make light work, of course the refractory dis appears amid the tumultuous uproar of the galleries. The pages below are reaping a harvest from fallen jewellery. One shower, to the right of the Speaker's chair, called forth a regular scramble among the crowds who were perambu lating the Chamber, and some funny falls and tumbles over were the result. standc‘V i e h r y g f ewro ugroups one mm b t e h r e s r h i g a v h e t aa and y d e t l e t f a t k . e n T r h h e e r i r e L7 sea l B• e T ne h r e ll move below, and a few favoured ladies are shooting across (in the boiy of tbn Tiolge), like birds skimming'over a lake, to aPoint. • t N o Iw:it rol the ofjk4-.ii id so] ‘"rht, voi N ,. .ik ADA sileLlite is rLbtor d, r . th e chip lain takes his stand. Rev. Mr. Kennard. in the curse of his prayer, implored the Almighty to come to the deliver ance of the country from its present excitement and danger, and to renew the bond of confidence which formerly existed as to our confederacy. fas%lnls t is pr a ev fe a i i v m. inures to one o'clock, and th e gr eatest con nalf-a-dezen members from the Demo cratic benches are up at once, is fearful excitement, speak ing to questions of order, and creating the most dreadful disorder. A motion is before the House for the exclusion of the unprivileged from the fioor. Mr. John Cochran e , as a question of high privilege,' moves that the ladies on the floor be excepted. While this question is yet undecided, Mr. Smith, of Virginia, in gra titude to the sex, a merry member of which, it is said, sent him the famous glass of egg nogg, is busy providing seats for such as are pressing uncomfort a bl y upon the door afnacxeis glowin g b r i g h t in crowd wh o are yet unprovided for, and Mr. Ashmore, makin g hi mself ous door keeper. There is a half circle of them now seated on the Rpublican side of the house, but an ampl e s ki rt here and there the b a a c t k gr the on d n o d, g doors , a y n e d a n o half o , f t dozen he heard above the din that reigns around, calls upon the Clerk to enforce the orders of the house. Is this,' ho asks, dignified body —a respectable body of men ? No, Mr. Clerk, we are a mob—nothing but a mob.' A hearty con firmatory response is giyen from the galleries all round. If you ixtend to enforce the orders of the house in part, sac so ; but if you extend the same courtesy to all the ladi is alike, throw open the doors, and give seats to the wives and daughters of those members who are yet ex cluded.' (Cries of ' Good, good,' from the galleries.) "Mr. Olin (Rep.), of N. Y., reminded gentlemen that we have no rules. " Mr. Smith, of Va., replied—We have the parliamen ary law. 'After a debate the floor was cleared of the ladies, and many unprivileged persons of the other sex, and the House decided to proceed to a ballot." Mr. Reid. deals very fairly with the slavery ques tion, and gives some sensible arguments, showing that it is quite natural for the Southerners to consider slavery an institution of the country. The description of the different races to bo met with in North America will be very entertaining to all ethnologists. - It is impossible for anybody to write about America without devoting some space to one of their principal institutions—Woman. And our author makes some remarks upon the subject, and justly praises the practice of giving to women a high-class of education, and establish ing Female Medical Colleges ; but at the same time he remarks that American women are too formal, and carry themselves with a hauteur as if they were entitled to homage without giving any thing in return. Taken as a whole, this little book gives a very fair and impartial sketih of America and Americans, whether in the States or in our own colonies; and now that everybody is anxiously looking to the far West, it will afford much inte resting information, and to a certain extent ex plain some incongruities in American character. THE HARVEST IN FRANCE. The scanty harvest and its pose ible consequences begin to pre-occupy the public mind considerably, especially as the abolition of the sliding scale comes this 'year for the first time into action. All opinions agree that, as regards quantity, the wheat harvest is considerably below the average ; indeed, that it has been the scantiest known for the last 25 years, and will fall short even of 1846 and 1856. An additional disadvan tage seems to be that, contrary to other years, very little remains of the growth of last year, the softness of the wheat of 1860 having obliged speculators to hasten its sale. As for the quality, it is thought decidedly above the average, which may, up to a certain paint, make up for the quantity. But, in spite of this, it is calculated that the deficit will ap-. proach one-fourth, or even one-third, below the average. As for the other cereal crops, with the exception of Indian corn, which forms, as in Italy, the chief food of the southern population of France, they have been tolerably successful— a circumstance which is likewise calculated to compensate in part for the failure of wheat. Such being the position, the corn-•dealers try to make the most of it ; they are holding meetings, presenting the most unsatisfactory statistics, and are working on public imagina tbn in order to have a pretext for their speculations. They have been tolerably successful hitherto, and that from a simple reason. Most of the people still retain their old idea, and have not yet learnt by experience the effects of free trade in bread-stuff or anything else. Even those who advocate free trade policy are so hampered by old notions that they can scarcely take a free and unprejudiced view of their situation. Instead of taking the simple, common-sense view, that the real less is in the labour which has been thrown away or unsatisfactorily repaid by the scanty crops, they are haunted by spectres of dear bread, and are tormented by the idea that so much numeraire (ready money) must go abroad for the purchase of foreign grain. As you see, they are living in full protection atmosphere as yet, and are thus playing into the hands of speculators, who are not slow in availing themselves of this auxiliary. It is only the expe rience of years which can uproot the old prejudice that it is. Government which must take the matter in hand, and, by preventing exportation of grain and fixing the price of bread, protect the helpless masses against the rapacity and ill-faith of speculators. It is surprising that nothing has been learnt by what has passed during the last 15 years on the other side of the Channel—nay, what has been passing for the last few weeks. England, which has scarcely recovered from her bad harvest of last year, has been exporting considerable quantities of wheat to France, where the prices °tiered were more remunerative than they were at home, knowing very well that there are plenty of people and countries only waiting for an opportunity of sending her their own. surplus. Instead, therefore, of sounding alarm, and speculating on the dvta of the past, it would be far more advantageous consider the subject from the new point which the abolition of the sliding scale and the increased facilities of transport give, and to suggest measures which are calculated to facilitate the working of the new system. As regards the first, it is a question of demand and sup ply, whieh, with an article so abundant as grain, wil always find their true level. In this respect the alarmists are doing good without knowing it, for by their means the world knows that there is a demand ; but even before the cry was raised considerable importations began from abroad, where grain was bought in many instances at half the price it now commands in France. Under the old sliding scale, with the uncertainty which prevailed up to the end of the year, this opportunity of buying cheap would have been lost. Besides, there are immense facilities for impor tation now in the rapidity and cheapness of the means of trunsport all through France. Both the time and cost of transport from the coast towns to the heart of the country have been reduced by the introduction of railways to one fourth, if not less, of what they were before. The only danger lies in fearing a danger; and the remedy against this is in the greatest possible publicity of the market transactions, as well as of exportations and importations. The vintage, which is now all but over, is more satisfac tory than might have been expected. The quantity, although not abundant, is far greater than anticipated, and the quality first-rate. You have an idea at home that good French wines have either vanished or have become exceed ingly rare ; here it is the reverse; while good wines have scarcely varied in price for years, common wines have doubled within the last few years. THE PRICE OF.GOLD The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is alma 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4204 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. A a o s f F c o r a m n m k f i o t r t t e . d Aa pfeerwsonnniagrahefds Wil vonse der, steward of the Pri nce o f S enftenberg, arrived r h a e ng neighbourhood crime back in st t in a g ig, accompanied by two other persons, at the octroi office of the village of Rehberg, and found the gate closed. It was some time before the octroi man, whose name is llautschek, presented himself, and NVillvonseder reproached him for his delay. "Ah I" cried the man, " you are tired of waiting, are you ? Well, then, you shall wait longer ?" and he closed the gate which he had opened, and retired to the office. Willvonseder called to him several times, but he returned no answer. and at length the former, getting out of his gig, went to the office and summoned him to open the gate. "You insist on its being opened, do you? Take that I" .said the octroi man, and he plunged a large knife into Willvonseder's breast. The latter staggered a few steps and fell dead. The murderer was immediately after arrested. A deplorable affair has occurred in the Rue du_ Faubourg Saint-Antoine. A married couple carrying one the trade of butchers at No. 164 in that street had frequent quarrels, owing to the man for some reason having for bidden his wife to visit her family, and to her disregarding his prohibition. On Monday evening the wife taking ad vantage of the man's absence, went to see her sister. After a while, he arrived, and bitterly reproached his wife for disobeying his orders; but by the intervention of his sister in-law and her husband, who were present, he became calm, and promised to live on better terms with his wife.. As, however, the woman feared that the man would commi the man as usual got some act of violence, she begged her sister to accompany her home, and pass the night in her room, the butcher making a n n o d ob t j h 'e e c w ti o on m . an T s h s e is idonw:femartettiierseds btoehrienscit their bed. up to attend to his business, and went out. The two women, who had been awakened by his movements, shortly after rateransl and About four o'clock in the morning, fell asleep. About two hours later the sister was awakened by hearing the butcher's wife cry out " Help I he is mur. dering me I" and jumping up, to her horror, she perceived the man stabbing his wife with a large knife. r' He then en tered an adjacent room, and inflicted a deep stab on his ow,' abdomen, and another near the heart. The woman's •, -t cr e s attracted some persons upstairs, and the man was conv'eye to the hos • pita!, whilst medical assistance was prom , 4:1 for he wife. gur is that no hope is entertained of saving them. stork stock stock stock stock stock srock stock Ito k stock mock stock stock 10` stock stock stock 2s. 41. 124 124 @ t ock stock 12i 121 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stk I 18 17i 20 stock stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock 20 20 ;took Paid. all all all all 100 18.8. all all all all all 61 60 99 Si • •