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

MONK 1' MARKET A itti) (12" F YETV,'• CITY, Two o'CLocit REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England has been reduced to-day from 7to 6 per cent., and as the tendency of affairs has prepared the public for the announcement, it has not created much commotion, although it has naturally pro duced a very favourable impression in commercial ci rcles. The accumulation of bullion during the Past week has been very rapid, and the enquiries for money have been less extensive than might have been expected. An important improvement natty, therefore, be presumed to have taken place in the position of the establishment, while a farther increase in its resources will probably result from payment of the bills due to-day, and the return, a few days hence, of the advances granted upon Public Pecurities until the payment of the divi dend. About £130,000 in gold, chiefly Australian, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The particulars have been advertised of the num ber of 'Brazilian 5 per Cent. Bonds, amounting together to £104,400, which have been drawn for r edemption. Continued quietude prevailed in the Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices remained with out any variation of importance. The sales were about 6,000 bales. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, sailing to-day, takes out—in bar silver and dollars, £77,167 ; in gold coin, £7,204; in sove reigns, £7,245 ; and in gold thread, watches, and jewellery, £2,724. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- Way of Canada, for the week ending the 15th ult , exkited an increase of £1,130 compared with the same period last year. Towards the close of business yesterday after noon the Funds presented a strong upward tend ency, and increased firmness has been apparent this morning, Consols for money being 911 e ; 91 aI for the 18th inst.; and 92 to 921 for May. The reduction in the rate of discount is the prin cipal cause of the prevailing buoyancy. India Stock has advanced to 221; ; ditto 5 per Cent. remains at 998 100 ; but Exchequer Bills have improved to 6s. and ss. dis. Foreign Securities exhibit rather more buoyancy, and the dealings have been to a fair extent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 to 74 ; ditto, 1858, 6 31 54; ditto 4 per Cents. have improved to 991 1 ° 0 ; Mexican to 24: ; Portuguese to 45i 46 ; and uuteh 21 per Cents. '64i. Spanish Deferred remain at 411, and Peruvian 3 per Cents, at 721. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round Sgures as under 1861. 1860. Great Western £39.247 £36,714 North-Western South-Western Srighton 19,685 12,889 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 25,177 24.327 ,Laasaahir• and Yorkshire tj'istol and Exeter... 6,304 6,616 .terth-Eastern , 2 1!inchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 12,229 10,878 west Midland Great Southern and Western Ireland i ldiaburgh and Glasgow 4 6,092 6,870 ;Trand Trunk of Canada 12 reat Western of Canada The above returns are of a most satisfactory cha nger, particularly for most of the southern lines, Iwing to the increased traffic usual on Good Friday. The Northern lines, however, are 'an exception ; %I the Midland the increase being only £133, and °II the North Western £671. On the Great Western it amounts to £3,533 ; the South Western to £3,650; the Brighton to £6,796; the South Eastern to £4,006; the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £3,175, the North Eastern to £2,019 ; the Great Northern to £830; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £1,351. On the Grand Trunk of Canada there is an augmentation of £1,035. In the Railway Share Market the dealings has been to an average extent, and prices have shown Increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable traffic returns and the reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England. Eastern Counties, North- Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have im proved ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great Western, 10s.; and London and Brighton, £1; Midland, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Norfolk, remained at about termer rates. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been in moderate request, and at a slight improve -lent in one or two instances. South Australian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 121 ; Great Western of Canada, 11-7, /, and Grand Trunk of Canada, 121; Great Indian Peninsula have declined to 941. Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous shares sup- Port previous values. . BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a Per Cent. Consols Annuities 4 4dia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 por Cent 77 Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 3O dis Console for Account -011 / Exchequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 2d. Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK tquador New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent 721 P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Russian Account t t 46 ussian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. , Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859..... 6lt 'Panish 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred 4l} . Parish.„ Cert. of Coup. not funded 5/ '"lrkieh 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account .. . . _ . il Dividends on the above payable in London. I b itoh Exchange, 12 Guil. 2k per Cent 64k ' l tclnaontese 6 per Cent.,,Ex. 25f. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money 9ll Ditto Account 9ll May Account ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.—At a meeting of the governors 9f this institution yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Wormald, a member of the Court of Examiners of t he Royal College of Surgeons, was unanimously elected NI surgeon, after 23 years' serviee as assistant-surgeon, to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the vacancy occasioned 1 1 the resignation of Mr. B. A. Lloyd. Professor Savory li ne -coeds to the assistant-surgeoney. TROOPS THAT CAN WELL BE SPARED. — TaIk o f recalling the troops from Rome, we wish Louis Napoleon WoUld recall the troops of Frenchmen and Frenchwomen that infest Regent-street in the daytime, and the purlieus ° f Leicester-square at night 1 We do not think any person Would throw the slightest obstacle in the way of their leav ing the country. One thing is certain, that the safety as Well as the respectability of that part of London would be baaterially increased by their absence. We do wish the Emperor would recall them.—Punch. Nearly 300 of the principal inhabitants of Southampton have signed a requisition to the mayor of that t own to hold a public meeting "to take into consideration t he question of the extension of the franchise, with the rev? of strengthening the hands of the independent mem '%'s of the House of Commons, by urging upon the govern kent the importance of passing, without further delay a % Loprehensive measure of reform." His worship has con ried,veith the requisition, and has convened a public meet 'ns of the inhabitants of the borough, to be held at the lacildhall, on Monday, the Bth ints., at eight o'clock in the ev ening. T he ( nlcial Journal of Naples of the 28th states th at on the preceding day the Post-office authorities ( 4 eized five sacks of copper money coined in the name of had Bourbon" (the ex-King of Naples) an d which -41. Q been sen t f rom R ome by th e Messagories. The ad dress of the person for whom they were intende d was m arked upon them. T he French Government will probably purchase the be longs to Francis 11. In fact, negotiations have com menced. Trip -..— READING-ROOlf OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. read ing -room was yesterday put up at the entrance of the ea tosl re ing-roo m o f t h e B r i t i s h M useum , to th e e ff e ct that in Persons having the privilege i i)f admission will not be wed to ma k e use o f t h e room f or th e p er usal of news papers and o th er pu b lications wh i c h aro not su ppli e d f rom abl" s helves o f t h e li b rary. In consequence o f t h e consider sa__ _ a u gmentation in the n um b er o f visitors it has been s _v_tr those wh o go spec i ally for the purpose o f s t u dy an d nce are too oft en d epr i ve d o f t h e oppor t un ity o f ob 'l4lue g desks and the necoasaryatteudwo from this cause, ABARE 211,1RKE71—(THIc IZDIN AF! A!? ANI S . Paid. Ci . O rZ LII . g Business Railways. 4tock ,4tock stock Belfast and Bid iynatina Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co I Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & CBrdiztu Cork and Bandon 1 1 ;ork, I ilrock., t• Passage 'Cornwall .jP,. n A (A gets no div. 'Do B t until 6p peran. • hasbeen• d. toB !Dublin & Belfast. June I Dun., Perth, &Ab. unc !East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western IGreat Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern ...... Do do A stock Do do II do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-enstPrn Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western Lond. & Rth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry do Ennisaillen Man. Shef. do Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle. • Do do shares 1 Metropolitan Midland Do Do Pinning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares 5 iMid Kent....... . stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock took 25 stock stock stock 10 19.113.4 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stork 12 10 stock 10 4tocK Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C trlisle Newry An Armagh, def Newry, Warupt. ds Ros Norfolk . . North British N or. Dev. ail &Dk.stoz , D,Astk;Arecsnod. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do R stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , purchase no Leeds Do York INorth London ........ stock stock stock stock Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction \ ot. &Grantham Rail reebles . Portsmouth Rhymney..... qcottish Central Scot N. E.. Aber. stock' Do Scot. Mid. stook... Shropshire Union ...... sittin gbourne & Sheer. south Devon .......... S.-Durham & Lane. Un. ' south Eastern, ...... south Wales .......... s. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall Ulster .. ..• D 0.......... Do • Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West G , rnwall West London Do tat class ........ Do 2d class .. . WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail . .. West Midland—Oxford no. Newport Do. Hereford ali all )00 all all 100 all 8 84 FO 82 sB4 97 99 948 015 5 0 42 44 8 8i 17 18 48& 49} 87 39 26 28 83 85 25i 28 111 113 1091 1101 104 105 129 131 104 105 694 TO 80 62 1091 1091 CM RI 118 120 4 48 941 95} 91i 024. 10 114 44 45 4cl 1231 124 96 98 lip 7 6d 1231 II I P 53 55 61} 611 1014 101 id 4p 59 594 89} 894 97 99 4i 4 1 74 76 I 113 115 334 .44 P 5 87 47 49 90 42 821 83 58 60 94 97 4 7 40 41 10 11 D 5 . 1 1 6} 1) 55 2 1 5 lip p __ d -_ 75' 75' 11} 12 43 45 30 42 :9 80 PREFERENCE SHARES. 95 44 5 Share' Railways. i p aid 1 1 Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at 5-5 0 all stock brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 , Do. do. do. Shares stock !Caledon £lO, 41 per centl 100 :00 102 stock I Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 , Cornwall. 5 per cent. all 20 21 61 I Dtn.Perth&Aber.Jun. 14 tDo Ist Class Pref all stock 141Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do, do. Class B S p.c lOO 108 113 stock I 'Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock IE. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 ,107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 'lO6 108 stock Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. 100 121 123 121 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 108 8 0 82 stock I Do. 5 per cent. guar._ 100 stock , Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock Do. 4p. c gun,. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock ; Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock IGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock 'Gres.! Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 115 stock Do.sp.c.ttedm-,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 104 106 10 Gt. Nb. of Scotld. Ist pe. all stock 1 Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 100 97 99 p. ct. pref. stock 50 !Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. ct. . 6 stock' Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct lOO 97 99 stock I Do. Redeemable, 4p. et lOO 89 91 stock 'Do Irredeemable, d 0.. 100 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 100 102 1011 8 Do. firm. Pref. Shares. all 9 1 10 4 To R. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 17 18 to. do. sp. ct. pref all 101 101 it ock !Do Birm,g.euar. stock l OO 74 76 26'1 no. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 131 Do. do. do. 20 I no. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 pc. pref 4O stock T.an.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 100 *— stock I Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gu. No.) 100 112 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 114 stock no. gua. 6p. a stock Do. do. sf. a No. 4 100 112 114 stock , Do. do. 4 per cell'. 100 101 103 5 Do. do. 4 p.. shares.. all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 128 131 stock no.-ip.c.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 70 73 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pre— 100 stock ',on. chat. and Dover.. 100 86 88 Do. W. A rceiv. no div. 10 Ex.A til pcispd on ) all • 'O. B B. & Brom ex. all stocklO Lon, Do. andN.W. Coy,Metrop s. olitanx an ß d 21 Nuneaon, sp. 100 stock Lon. &S. t W, 7p. et. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO • 2e. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d.. . ... . all 12. Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all 12. Londony. & Ennis. /sh all 131 141 stoc %Tan. Sb. &Lin. 6 per or 100 126 128 6 Do. £6 stoc !Do. 31 per cent 10 'Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 1 p 121ry,ort & Car., 4p. c all 124 !Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. on. 6p a stock lOO stock 'Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 133 135 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 99 101 6 Do. 41 per cent 3 stock !Do. Lek. & Hit. pref. st lOO 9 1 93 9 2 4 stock , Nortik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock I Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock I Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 ' stock North British, sp. 0. stock Do. New, gua. 6p. c lOO 108 110 10 1 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 3 1 11 p 10. Do. do. do all st INth. Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co. 100 et N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 st Do. 41 pe. redeemable lOO et 00. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 100 101 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. 1d 1p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121 !Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 !Do. York, H. &S. Parch. 10 1 d p 20 INorth Staffordshire all 221 23 21 10 Rhyniney Guarantee. all 81 Scottish Central, new pt all at Scottish North-Eastern , p. c. pref. stock lOO st Do.Aberdeen,vna.6p.c. 100 at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 132 10S. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 101 1 0 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 1.0.6 'outh Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) • all 221 23 st Do. 41 per cent lOO 93 100 st 1 Do. Fixed 41p.c. Ist is lOO 98 100 st I•zouth Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO et Do. 41 per cent. lOO 98 100 at Do. 5 per cent' lOO st ' S.-Yorkshire, 4p. e gua lOO 85 87 25 'Stock. & Dar. Asp. c ' all 26 27 25 Do. B 6 Per cent all 31 32 311 25 Do. C 6 percent all 31 32 st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c lOO 45 48 st -Oxf lst Gua stk 100 121 123 st ' Do. 2d do 100 118 121 st IDo.Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 98 100 st IDo.Perpet. 6 p.. pf 1866 100 120 122 st I Do. till 1869, let is. 100 114 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Railways. Paid. Leasing !Closing Business Co.'s I Price. Done. • Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N.W . • . • Binking,tamshire . 100 Do ..... 94 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0.... •• ' 5 3 1 53 i Do. 51 percent 100 Do ... 1?.1 123 Do. 5 „ 100 D 0....... 109 111 1101 Clydesdale Juno .. . 100 Caledon... 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val' all E.U.ArE.O 151 161 E. i.incolnsh. gap ru. jOr Gt. North. 132 134 E.Union,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. 41 4 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils•Dr.' 100 Cale . don...! Do. new Gloster .& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Md. 109 111 Do. halves. .... Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c lOO Lnd:N.W. . 201 201 London & Greenwich.' 100 S.Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference 100 Do ... 112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S.-end 100 Peto &Co. 87 90 Lowestoft gua. 4p c lOO Norfolk.. Do. per cent 1 100 Do. _ Mnc , Bxtn ,& Nlatlock , all 3 31 • Mid. Bradford Prefer- 1 Neg. e v n u, c an e .u.s S rpk . o et c ,rß k ceunryt.E..x.: 0 51 0 6. :icdolaunnt.. p i 96 p N or th n .&Eastn. sp.c. I all 6. 0.. ...... 57 Do. 0 all Do. 1 1 kNW I North D oF Wl e s ( t i er s ll M 1). C..• • • all Doi " il and 15 1 151 all L Preston and wyre. & L.Yk. ' Gt.North.,l32 134 Yl ' i o ;i .. e: * w . tBn s h b • lai ry ri ' e & tel d s o 4 : :e l te -S f l o i r P c . l 1 100 01 : 1 T. D B o ra . ssey l lol l . 102 S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset ' 10i 11 100 Gt. West. 89 91 I Wimbledon &Croycht. , all L.& Brgtn 8 2 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 Railway & gt Lay.Tencei Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, 4p.8 Buffalo and rrlKe Huron New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich o p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1. 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara East - n. Bengal gu. sp. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i 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. 1882 Do. do. 1867. Do. do. 1872. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of Tndia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Shares; Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 d 0... Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Newßrunswick et Canda Ry. &Lan d(Lim.6pe Class A Capital )g. Share I Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde 51 .......... i 4 Ls ...s Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. ........ La Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian , Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardenne5........... Bah.&S.Fran.. Lim.7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Ca” - neaux Mine & Kalil Coiapo ........ ez 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 Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. e. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) gua. 7 p. ct. Rm.. .... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders .. .. Do. 54 P. 0. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. IWest , rn of Austria.... West,rn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand BRITISH MI 'Alfred Consol s (Phil ack), 20 (British Iron , Clifford (Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )I lEast Bassett (Illogan) !East Caradon ...... ;E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) !Gam.‘tiSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 'Great South Tolgus 1G .Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l iGrenville Herod's-Foot • • Hingsbon Downs 'Lady Bertha . !Margaret ( lJny Lelant), 'North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan); Basset (1110 4 an)l ,North Wheal Crofty 1 'Par Consols (St. BlazeV) , 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.)l I Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. - (South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 1 'S. Dev. Iron 4Gen., Lim 1 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illog,Tan); , Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 10',Tin Crcnt Vale of Towey 'West Basset (Illogan)..! W. Caradon (Liskeardy West Seton • • • I 1 Wheal Basset (Mogan); ;Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cals.), :Wheal Kitty (U.L elant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 'Wheal Treiawney 2.7.4 FOREIG: 20 !Australian 1 I BonAccord Copper, Lim. 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 5 Do. Lan d and Mining• Co. 1 !Clarendon Cons.MinCo 1 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo . .. 1 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co s ' 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austri 11 Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 1 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N. RhineCopof S. Aus. L 20 ,Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt I 5 Tort Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 28.2•81 United Mexican 1 , Worthing (Limited) Do JOINT-STO 17.6 15 all all all 1.213.6 d all 1 10a. all all 1 11 1 lO t t l i 313 dls3. 39 41 8 10 1 I 2 23 22 23 i IP 1 1 1 93 P 9 3 t r 3p i id 4 6 lii "61 6 1 i 5 i 6.; !K BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 78 80 40 iAustralasia all 621 631 624 25 'Bank of Egypt all 181 194 100 Bank of London ..... 50 51 63 20 , Bank of Turkey 50 (British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 204 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 81 100 'City 100 I Colonial 201.1 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 • 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 154 151 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 20 Do. new • 5 14 11 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 Lon don and S. A fr ican lO 2 11 i 100 Londen & Westminster 20 64 66 66 54 I 100 Nat. Prov. of Engla n d . 42 — 20 I Do. new " -12 I 50 INational Bank 20 New South Wales all 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new.,.... • all 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia , all 38 40 39 50 Union o' London I 12 23i 244 100 Unity Mutual ......... 6 O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. p.c.Ja. &July 1872-9 lOO 111 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 112 10 11 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 1121 Do. 6p. c. leeb: & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1004 1001 1001 4 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 108 1084 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1064 1074 Do. 6 pp. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 .100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 974 981 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p, c sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 S. Auß,Gtip.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov, 6 p.c. Js. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1041 1051 1044 5 1 1C41 104 104 5 stock Commercial lOO • stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock London lOO 61 50 stock St. Katharine stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria .... 100 97 99 20 Do' New . 2 54 par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 14 131 10 Atlantic R. MI. St m (la) I 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) ........ all 125 145 324 Canada Land all 113 117 10 Chan.lslandg Tel. (Lim ) all st. Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E. Indis Irrign. & Canal 1 Id 5 d it. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 35 31 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 1 Do. 174 pet Preference all 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 4 IL.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 4 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 14 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 25 34 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 14 15d 31 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 05d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 4 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 88 1 N.l3.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 4 1 5 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. spr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 45 3 4 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 684 50 Do. New 25 10 11 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.e all 18 184 p 50 Rhymney Iron all 165 175 15 Do. New a ll 44 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 51 51 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 ,Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do . all 5 4 7 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lira) ti-t is. 5 5 1 20 TrA Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 K'dom d 100 Tan Dienaen'o Land m 284 84 101 noi 91 105 70 1 1001 1 10 601 1181 20 101 i d ~ ~ ~ . iy. f T s THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA „EVENING, 'APRIL 4, 1861. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THE RATE OF _DISCOUNT. BOW-STREET. A POLICEMAN GETTING UP EVIDENCE. —A young wo man, named Lavinia Netherton, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. Reid, in whose service she was employed. Policeman 321 A, on entering the witness box said, your worship I have the pawnbroker with the boots in atten dance. Mr. Hall—Very well. Have you discovered anything else that has been stolen by the prisoner. Policeman—No, your worship ; but a great number of other things, such as cups and saucers, and boots and shoes, have been stolen from Mr. Reid's house during the last two months, Mr. Hall—You don't expect that I intend to act on your surmises. lam not going to fix upon the prisoner as the person who stole the whole of the missing articles from that house without proof. What proof have you that she took the things ? Policeman—No, I've no proof that she took more than the boots. Her sister told me that prisoner had stolen other boots and shoes from Mr. Reid's. Mr. Hall—Did she do so of her own accord ? Policeman—Yes. She is in the body of the court. Mr. Hall—Then let her come into the witness-box. The sister very reluctantly came forward. She said her name was Wooler, and that she was married. Mr. Hall—Have you had any conversation with the policeman about your sister. Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Hall—Where ? Witness—ln the House of Detention. Mr. Hdl—Did you go there to talk to your sister about the robbery. Witness—The policeman wished me to go. He told me to meet him there. I did not want to go myself. Mr. Hall—Did your sister tell you of her own accord that she had stolen some other boots and shoos besides the pair she is now clArged with stealing ? Witness—The policeman told me to meet him at the House of Detention, and I did so. He then told me par ticularly to ask my sister whether she had stolen anything else. I did so. My sister said she had taken some other shoes and had pledged them. The policeman asked me what she said, and I told him. Mr. Hall—You may go down. It is very improper for a policeman to act in such a manner, sending a person into the House of Detention to question a prisoner as to whe ther she had stolen anything. I'll not receive evidence fished up in such a way. The policeman was here about to step in to the witness box— Mr. Hall—Go back, sir, I won't hear yeu. Such con duct is highly improper. Here is a girl charged with steal ing a pair of boots. I remand her for a week, in order to afford time to see whether anything else can be found against her, and at the expiration of that time I am met with a lot of surmises. I ask you (addressing the police man) whether anything further has been discovered ? You answer no, but you wish me to believe that the things that have been taken away from Mr. Reid's have been done so by the prisoner. I shall act on the case that is before me, and on that alono. The boots having been produced by the pawnbroker, and identified by the prosecutor, The prisoner was asked what she had to sly to the charge, when sheLleplied, crying bitterly, I'm guilty. Mr. Hal —lt is painful to see a respectable girl of your age in such a position. I shall, on the present occasion, merely punish you for stealing the pair of boots, but I hope you will take warning in time. For if you give way to dishonesty again yon will most assuredly receive a much more severe punishment. I sentence you to a month's im prisonment. The girl was led crying from the bar. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT BY A LICENSED VICTUALLER.-Mr. Alexander Wilson, who described himself as a licensed 'victualler of Gloucester-place, Westminster-read, was charged with assaulting Charles James Fox, picture dealer, of Church street, Hackney. The complainant having stated that he had only said a few words to the defendant not of an angry nature, the de fendant struck him a blow on the mouth with a stick, cut ting his lip. A female, named Ann Conly, said she was crossing Moor-street, Soho, at the time, when she saw the defen dant strike the complainant a blow on the mouth with his stick, and heard the blow on his teeth. She said, " Oh, you brute," when the complainant said he would serve her the same if she did not mind. The defendant was fined 40s. THIS DAY'S MAREETS. 11 , ..• CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 558 2d; barley, - 378 11d; oats, 23s 4d ; rye, 368 7d ; beans, 40s lld ; and peas, 43s 4d. Tits Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 54s 2d ; barley, 38s 9d ; oats, 23s 5d ; rye, 34s Ild; beans, 40s 4d; peas, 41s 11d. ENGLISH Om&IN Suzy LAST Wismc.—Wheat, 74,273 ; barley, 37,116 ; oats, 13,579 ; rye, 48; beans, 3,746 ; peas, 617 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, and all kinds moved off steadily at Monday's ad vance in the quotations. Very inferior Scots were worth 5s per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was tolerably good, changed hands slowly ; prices, however, wore supported. We have to report a chill sale for lambs, at 4d per Sibs less money. About 120 head came to hand from the Isle of Wight. There was a good demand for calves at full cur rencies. Pigs and mileh cows were a dull inquiry en former terms. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 6 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pine. S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo eras. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 5 8 6 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 363 10 Large hogs .. 40 4 6 Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers .... 4 8 4 10 Lambs, 6s 8d to 7s Bd. • Suckling calves, 19s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.. .. 6,880 Sheep Calves Pigs. 3OO Pigs MEAT MARKETS. o:7:NENVGATZ AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade is inactive, as follows Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 78 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 3. Beasts and lambs moved off steadily at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy : Beef, 3s 6d to 4s 10d , mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 78 Od to 8s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; pork, 35 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 3. —A moderate inquiry, as follows :- - Beef, from 3a 10d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s lOd to Ss led ; lamb, 7s Od to 7s 8d ; veal, 58 Od to Si 6d ; and pork, 48 Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 14s to 108 ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 21s each; and tailch cows, £l4 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £6lss ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND..— Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 8s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 Os to .E 5 5s Od ; olovei, £3 Os to £5 18s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A slow trade. IBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 4.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oceanid, from Rio Janeiro. Off port—Elizabeth, from Rio Janeiro for Bremen. COWES, April 3.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from Havre, and proceeded for New York. DEAL, April 3.—Wind S.W.—Arriied—City of Quebec, from the itiver, and sailed for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 3—Despatch, steamer, from Jersey ; My Name, from Portsmouth. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIO Tpl, l427tA p H .) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind W.; weather fine. Arrived, April 4—Svanen, from Alexandria; Fanny, from Cochin. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Zingari, of Melbourne, from the west for the north. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. • • • • .. April 18. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds . • .. .. April 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. • . Cubit and Mexico .. . • • . .. April 13. Canada, &c. (via L' derry) April 3. Cape of Good Hope, &c... • • May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore ( ( v v i i tt a is Si ar am se p il t a o o n o ) A A p p ri ri l l 4 12 .. Do Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • • . .. April 4. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) • . .. April 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. April 4 Lisbon .. .. April 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) 4 . April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) .. April 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. April 1. United States, California, &c. • • .. April 3. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. April 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, ito, April 13. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. I S. 9 a.m. —_ -- Nairn 2 9 .86 42 41 E. 4 9 r. 4 Aberdeen , 6 3 Leith .. Berwick 29/E.N. 46 44 E.NE. 2 70. 3 Portrush Shields Galway 2 9 .93 45 43 N.E. 1 1 b. 1 Scarborough 29'69 43 42 N.W. 3 9 r. 3 Liverpool ... . Valentia 2 9 .93 43 42 N.N.E 1 1 b. 1 Queenstown 29 87 41 40 N. 3 91. 1 Yarmouth 29/9 44 43 W. 3 7 m. 4 London 29 82 46 43 W. 2 9 0. Dover 2 9 .83 50 47 S.W. 3 7 0. 2 Portsmouth Portland Plymonth Penzance - EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise rausinr about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy); 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHER Ayr, N.E. ; dull Belfast, N.N.E.; wet Birmingham, N.W.; dull Boston, S.W.; fine Bradford, W.; dull Brighton, W. ; dull Bristol, W.N.W.; fins Cardiff, W.; fins Cork, N,E.; fine REPORT, This DAY, 9 A.M. Darlington, N.W. ; dull Deal, W., moderate Doncaster, N.W.; rain Dublin, W.N.W. ; fine Dundee, W. ; dull Limerick, calm ; fin• Manchester, W. ; fine Sheffield, S.S.W. ; JIRO Waterford, W.; flue TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Suspend the Act of 1844, and the Bank rate of discount will fall to 3 per cent." SlR,—Allow me to call the attention of the pub lic to the annexed prophetic warning, published by me in the " Bankers' Circular" May, 1857. Had it been attended to the panic of November, 1857, which was instantly stepped by the suspert sion of the Act of 1844, might have been avertfed. The serious monetary pressure produced by natural causes would have run its course; but the panic, arising from the apprehension of a deficiency of legal tender money to the direct liabilities to pay money, created by the Act of 1844, a panic entailing ruin to thousands, and the depreciation of property to the amount of hundreds of thousands of pounds, would have been prevented. Again I would reiterate the remedy which for twelve years I have been urgently recommending as the antidote to the baneful operations of the Act of 1844. If the legitimate fruits of that Act, manifested by the panics of 1847 and 1857, with the present minimum bank rate of discount at 8 per cent., whilst money at Amsterdam and Berlin is at 3 per cent., at Hamburg 2-1, and at Frankfort 1 per cent-, will not open the eyes of the commercial community to its suicidal effects, then it behoves its opponents to make use of the power of suspending the Act, which they have in their own hands. Let the London Bankers, Discounters, and Mer chants, who are more independent of its influence than those in the country, demand gold for their Bank notes, when the Act of 1844 must again be suspended, as in the Panic of 1847 and 1857, and the like results will follow—a rapid fall in the rate of discount, the revival of commerce, and ample employment for the working classes. To expect relief in any other way is hopeless : the public are dumb-founded on the subject ; for notwithstanding the present extraordinary mone tary pressure, and the woeful experience of past years, they stir not. Were it otherwise, and the country sufficiently aroused to obtain another Par liamentary inquiry by a Committee of the House of Commons, what greater hope of relief could be expected than from the previous Committees which sat in 1848 and 1857 ? On the Committee of 1857, consisting of twenty five members appointed to try, with closed doors, the cause of the Public v. the Bank Monopoly, there were— 2 Directors of the Bank of England. 2 Members, selected expressly to watch over the interests of the Joint Stock and Private Issue in Bankers. 3 Bankers, besides the Bank Directors. 4 Members, who had already committed them selves in support of the Act by having voted for it in the committee of 1848. Amongst these was the Hon. E. Cardwell, who succeeded Sir G. C. Lewis as chairman, whose strong bias in favour of the Act was palpably manifested in his treatment of the witnesses. He requested the Leeds Chamber of Commerce to depute some one to give evidence before the committee ; and they accordingly, after passing resolutions calling for the abolition of the restricting and essential prin ciple of the Act, and for a discretionary power to be given to the directors of the Bank to issue one pound notes, appointed Mr. John Smith, of the banking firm of Messrs. Beckett and Co., to appear on their behalf. • Mr. Cardwell sought an inter view with Mr. Smith previous to his examination ; what passed at that interview was never made pub lic, and Mr. Smith does not feel at liberty to say,— but this we know from the printed report of the evidence, that not one question was put by Mr. Cardwell as chairman, to elicit and record in the minutes of the committee the resolution of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. What hope, then, is there left for any relief from the Act, save from the mercantile community compelling its suspen , sion by their own influence? Were this accomplished, the directors of the Bank of England would have the same liberty as before of issuing any proportion of notes to gold they thought prudent ; and were they now to issue 3 to 1 (in the monetary pressure of 1839 they issued 7 to 1) the Bank reserve, which governs their rate of discount,would be L 16,000,000 in stead of .E 6,000,000 and the rate of discount, according to their rule, would be 3 per cent. instead of 8 per cent. And were one pound notes issued to serve as sub stitutes for sovereigns, gold would be set at liberty sufficient to satisfy our own requirements as well as those of France and other countries. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, HAMER. STANSFELD. Highfield, Windermere, March 12, 1861. " PLENTY OF GOLD, AND WHERE AND HOW TO GET IT. "Sir,—The new railiament has met—the Select Committee on Banking has again been appointed ; and though the Chancellor of the Exchequer very fairly told the House of Commons that he shall not oppose the Committee being an open one, should the House desire it ; yet, with the exception of Mr. Roebuck, not a member seemed to think it worth asking for. This indifference on the part of the elected can only be palliated by the apathy shown by the electors at the late general election, who scarcely put a question to any candidate on a subject affecting more than any other their material welfare. Now the difference between a secret and an open committee is almost tantamount to the difference between renewing or repealing the Act of 1844. Under an open committee the evidence would be published daily ; the press would be the advocates of the contending parties ; the public would be the jury ; and truth would obtain the verdict of public opinion, which in this country is omnipotent. Upon a secret committee the public will be kept in the dark until the evidence is com plete ; and then, after the Legislature has probably renewed the baneful charter, it will be laid before them in volumes too ponderous to be read, and too late to be of any service ; publicity, and not secrecy, ought to be the ordeal to which our monetary laws should be subjected. " The monetary pressure:still continues, and will continue, and merchants and others can expect no redress for years from the slow process of legisla tion ; they should, therefore, make use of the power already in their hands. " Let them demand gold for the notes they hold, as by law they are entitled to do, and by so doing they will put an end to the absurd and unjust Act of 1844—absurd, because producing the very evil it was intended to avert—unjust, because sacrificing all other classes to the monied classes. " Let them demand gold for their notes, and Government will be obliged to suspend the Act as in 1847, when the severity of the monetary pressure will instantly cease, as the panic then did. The Government may do this with perfect safety, and without departing in the least from the principle •of convertibility—by empowering the Bank of Eng land to issue one pound notes in exchange for sove reigns—the Bank reserving one-third of the sove reigns to ensure the convertibility of the notes into gold. " The continued oppressive stringency of the money market must be my excuse for repeating at this moment the remedy I recommended some time ago for the unnatural monetary pressure, and which at the same time would add considerably to the wealth and revenue of the country, by converting unproductive into productive capital, and by the Government reaping the benefit of the charge for discount. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " HAMER STANSFELD. " Burley, near Otley, May 25, 1857." THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. LITERA 2 JlitE. The Tunjab and Delhi in 1857. By the Rev. J. Cave Browne, M.A., Assistant-Chaplain, Bengal Presidency. 2 vols. Blackwood. Probably few national events have given the world so many goodly volumes as the Indian mutiny. The circumstances themselves were so startling and tragic, transporting us suddenly as it ' were back to the earlier ages of civilisation, the actors and sufferers were so closely united to us, the admiration and sympathy called forth by their heroism and their trials were so fervent and sincere, the indignation excited by the conduct of the enemy so deep and universal, that all relating to the Indian catastrophe assumed an immediate inte rest. The English public read with avidity the details of that memorable struggle, the records of individual exploits and escapes, and the narratives of those who had formed part of the avenging army. It was long before the supply exhausted the demand, but at length the volumes grew fewer as the deadly struggle passed away, and for a considerable period we have heard no more of works on the Indian mutiny. The volumes before us, notwithstanding their numerous prede cessors, can scarcely fail to attract attention. They give a clear and connected account of the events of 1857 in the Punjab and Delhi, and the means by which, under Providence, the country' was pre served. The master-minds who, fortunately for the nation, held the posts of authority in the Punjab, were not men to shrink from sudden re sponsibility or yield to timid vacillating counsels. Had Sir John Lawrence and his immediate asso ciates acted with less promptness and sagacity, there is no * doubt that the whole Punjab would have been in a blase of rebellion that would have been hard indeed to quench. Fortunately they were equal to the occasion, and the Punjab was saved, though at how imniinent a risk, only those who had full and accurate infor mation of the state of the country, knew. The author, who was assistant chaplain in the Bengal Presidency, was on the spot when the formation of the Punjab moveable column was determined on, and !at once volunteered to be its chaplain, which arduous and dangerous post brought him subse quently to the walls of Delhi. His narrative relates entirely to the course of events in the Punjab and at the siege, and although he expresses a fear that this limitation may deprive it of more vivid inte rest, yet in some degree it increases its value, by giving us a complete picture of one part of the subject, and enabling the reader the better to follow the chain of events and to comprehend their connection. The work originated in a journal kept in camp, which afterwards appeared in Black. wood's Magazine, and whose accuracy attracted notice in India. After a time the author was induced to enlarge and connect these notes, and the kind assistance he received from many quarters in . furnishing him with corroborative details, has easily enabled him to do so. Various reasons have delayed its appearance, but this is scarcely to be regretted, since the work is less likely to be overlooked in the crowd of similar volumes. "It should be borne in mind," says the author in his preface, " that the events of which the Punjab was the scene, noble as they were, seem in their very success less thrilling, less appalling in their character, than those which marked the course of the mutiny in other parts of India. Even the fires of Meerut and the bloodshed of Delhi, in the month of May, dwindle into com parative insignificance beside the flames of Cawn- 1 pore and the massacre in its " slaughterhouse" two months later. The siege of Delhi, too, with all its noble soil and struggle, and endurance, and its assault of unparalleled boldness, lacked scmewhat of the deep, absorbing human interest which will ever centre in the beleaguered garrison of Lucknew. Nor had the column which swept the Punjab, from the Indus to the Jumna, the opportunity of vie ing in glorious deeds with the army with which Sir Hugh Rose so gallantly recovered Central India." Yet the Punjab was not without its heroes or its scenes of thrilling interest, as those who read these pages will readily acknowledge. Com mencing with the anxious and unsettled state of feeling which in many quarters marked the open ing of 1857, the author speedily brings us to the catastrophe of Meerut. After giving the de tails of the outbreak, he asks, as many have asked before, why the progress of the mutineers towards the fated city was not checked, and la ments the mismanagement which rendered the forces on the spot comparatively useless. " The sepoys have come in from Meerut, and are burning everything. Mr. Todd is dead, and, we hear, several Europeans. We must shut up." Such was the last message telegraphed from Delhi on the fatal 11th of May. We may guess its effect on the receivers. A few hours later fugitives reached Kurnaul tellingothe horrors of the Delhi massacre and the suspension of all further commu nication. At Lahore, the political capital of the Punjab, " peopled by hereditary soldiers," and surrounded by native regiments, the news might well strike terror. Sir John Lawrence, Chief Commissioner, was absent, and on Mr. Montgomery, Judicial Commissioner, the responsibility devolved. His opinion, in which all his advisers concurred, was that nothing but a prompt, vigorous course could save the city. But during the day their measures were hastened by the discovery of a deep laid conspiracy to seize the fort, free the gaol pri soners, and massacre the Europeans. The plan of the natives was, during the relief of the native guard in the fort, to take advantage of the time when both wings of the regiment were in the fort together, rush on the officers, overpower the small body of Europeans, and fire a building close by as i a signal to their comrades in the town. It must be remembered that the force of Europeans altogether was very small. It is manifest that such an emer gency was not to be trifled with,andßrigadierCorbett, who was immediately consulted, in spite of the de murs of too credulous officers, resolved on the bold and unprecedented step of disarming the whole of the native troops on the station. How this desperate move was effected we leave the author to tell in his own words:— It so happened that the gay world of Mean-Meer, in the enjoyment of a fancied security, had selected that evening (12th May) for a large ball, which was to be given by the station to the officers of her Majesty's 81st Regiment. The discovery of this conspiracy made some of the authorities sugge t the postponement of the ball; but it was wisely overruled, as any such change might have led the Sepoys to infer the detection of their plot. So the ball ; but it could scarcely be said of it as of the far-famed ball at Brus sels which preceded the battle of Waterloo, that— " All went merry as a marriage bell," • for, not to mention an air of anxiety and gloom which the most light-hearted of the votaries of Terpsichore could not altogether shake off, the room itself betrayed signs of pre paration— " For in each corner The eye on strange objects fell ; There arms were piled," and every officer knew where to find his weapon in case of need. The evening, however, passed over undisturbed, and dancing was kept uT, till two in the morning, when the scene changed, with short interval, from the ball-room to the parade-ground. Never had such a parade been held before. The whole brigade of all arms, European and native, were turned out, avowedly, to hear the general order for disbanding the seven companies of the 34th Native Infantry at Barratkpore ; really, to enact a drama which for originality and boldness of design, was without precedent in the annals of Indian history. Anarkullee sent forth all her leading civilians to witness it ; and their eager faces betokened the keen anxiety with which they watched its issue. The troops were thus drawn up :—On the right were the two troops of horse artillery ; next to them came six companies of H.M. 81st ; then the native infantry re g iments in their order—th e 16th, 26th, and 49th ; with the Bth Native Cavalry on the left. The general order was read at the head of each native regi ment ; the word was then passed for the native regiments to change front to the rear. While they were occupied in this manoeuvre H.M. 81st also changed front, and marched round, left shoulders forward, so as to present a line along the new face of the native corps, the artillery beyond and behind them also moving round, and loading as they went, unobservedly by the sepoys. Then came the critical mo ment. Lieutenant Mocatta, adjutant of the 26th Light Infantry, advanced and read an address explaining to the sepoys that the mutinous spirit which pervaded so many regiments down country had it necessary to adopt measures not so muck for the peace of the country, which the British could maintain, as for the sake of preserving untarnished the name of regiments whose colours told of so many glorious battle-fields ; and that it had been, therefore, de termined by the brigadier to take from them the opportu ni y of ruining their own characters, should designing malcontents ,attempt to involve them in mutiny and its ruinous consequences. The order was then given to "pile arms." A slight hesitation and delay were perceptible among the 16th Grenadiers, to whom the order was first - given; but it having been previously arranged that while the address was being read to the Sepoys, the 81st should form into subdivisions and fall back between the guns, the 16th found themselves confronted not by , a thin line of European soldiers, but by twelve guns loaded with grape, and port-fires lighted.; The clear voice of Colonel Renny, "Eighty-first, load I" and the ominous ring of each ram rod, as it drove home its ball cartridge, carried conviction to the heart of the waverers—they sullenly piled arms; the 49th N. T., and the :portion of the 26th Light Infantry followed the example, while the Bth Cavalry unbuckled and dropped their sabres. A company of the 81st now advanced, collected the arms, piled them in carts brought for the purpose, and escorted them to barracks. Thus were some 2,500 native soldiers disarmed in the presence of scarcely 600 Europeans, and marched off to their lines comparatively harmless." Lahore was saved, and, as the writer observes, that bold stroke was the first move in the game which saved the Punjab. " With Lahore s eised, the fort mast ere d , the European troops surrounded and power less , the whole Punjab must ha ve and perhaps all India, for a time." Thankful gone, deed m a y we b e, as Mr. Cave B r owne expresses himself, th a t th e L a h ore b r i g ade, at so imminent in. a crisis, was under the command of one so fitted to cope with the emergency. H e was happy, says the author, in possessing that rarest courage which will risk the censure of officials and the fear of responsibility, and in Mr. Montgomery he found Vow able coadjutor. 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Paid. liminess done 12 991 21 * tilo 68 it t 9$ 71 all all all all all `AI 8421 5 rienced sfficials, hundreds of miles from the scene of action, with the conducf of suck men in such emergencies, inspires an almost equal sense of indignation and absurdity; The Sepoys, as Mr. Cave Browne declares, conferred inestimable bene fits, on India by cutting the telegraph wires, and thus . savin g men lik e Si r J ohn Lawrence from being hampered by a constant reference to those who neither by constitution or circumstance were half so well .fitted to judge. As it was, says the writer, the G overnor-General seemed to insist on being consulted, forgetting that it must take three months before an answer could be received con cerning questions which must be settl e d w ithi n as many days, questions, moreover, with which Lord Canning, a stranger in Indi a , an d a counc il who were na unfailiarwith the provi nce, were quite unfitted to deal. For instance, with regard to the negotiations with the King of Delhi, Sir John Lawrence has been unjustly treated. " Even Si r J ohn Lawrence, " said Lord Granville in the House o f Lords, " was willing to make terms with the King ; b u t L or d Canning, a civilian, had the courage t o t a k e upon himself the responsibility of absolutely refusing these propositions." Whereas the case was as fol lows :—On the sth of July Sir John Lawrence received the first intelligence of the King's pro posal. He at once despatched his instructions, which were conditional, and which soon brought the transaction to nothing, as the King could no i not fulfil his promise s . T wo mon ths later came an offi cial letter from C a l cu tt a w ith gen e r al i nstruct ions with regard to future overtures, without r e ference to the case in point, the accounts of wsnch had possibly not reached Calcutta. Y e t it i s f r om this general direction as to future movements that Lord. Granvville draws the inference of Lord Canning's superior generalship. The following instance will show how red-tap eism survived even the horrors of the mutiny : " On the parade-ground of the 34th N.I. at Barrack pore, on the 29th March, Captain Baugh had been cut down by the fanatic Mungul Pandy, and the guard refused to seize the mutineer; a sepoy, a Mohammedan, Sheik Pultoo, sprang to the resc ue o f hi s o ffi cer, and saved his life. G en : Hearsey, who witnessed tho whole, on the spot promoted. Sheik Pultoo to the rank of havildar, and reported to Go vernment that he had done so. What was the consequence? an official censure from Col. Birch, Military Secretary to the Government. The General had exceeded his authority; how did he dare to assume such power? The ordinary routine—a court of inquiry—a formal investigation of the circumstances, though performed in a few days in the pre sence of the General and the whole station—a .formal re commendation was necessary; and, ifsatisfled, Government would then reward the sepoy ! Such a course, at such a moment, could only set up generals and commanding officers as a laughing stock to the whole sepoy army." Of the siege of Delhi, the author, who was present, gives a full, and interesting account, rendering due hono ur to the heroism which so greatly distinguished it. His remarks on the origin of the mutiny, which he wisely traces to several combined causes, are well worthy of careful perusal. While he is always ready to render honour to offi cial or military ability, he is too clear-sight e d no t to perceive th e i ns t ances in which mismanagement or divided counsels hampered the action of the Europeans and assisted the enemy. His own pro ceedings he keeps entirely in the background, although attached to a column which effected so much, he could scarcely have remained in active. His remarks on the unavoidable nature of the frequent wholesale executions, as coming front a minister of the Gospel, may have just weight with some who have shrunk from the severity. No one who has passed through them says he will for a moment regard them otherwise than as acts net only of retributive justice, but of stern necessity. The escape of any Europeans was indeed surpris ing. " When the mutiny broke out, the Bengal Presidency contained less than 20,000 European soldiers, with above ten times that number of native troops; the intruding dominant race were not in all above a quarter of a million, while the races they had conquered and ruled numbered nearly ono hundred millions." This calculation refers to the Bengal Presidency only. Well might Sir John, Lawrence—whom none can accuse of exaggeratisig danger—exclaim, " When I look back on the events of the last four months, I am lost in astonish silent that any of us are alive. But for the mercy of God we must have been ruined." As a clear anil authentic record of so momentous a struggle, this work possesses great value. It is written with simplicity, sense, and feeling, and a hearty admira tion for those deeds of heroism which in the day of danger and disaster made England proud of her sons. MODERN CRITICS. Among the refinements of an age which summons its Social Evils to midnight tea-parties, and turns every rude, uncleanly workman into an intelligent operative, not the least amusing is that which per vades our current criticism on art and literature. The critic of the present day too often approaches his subject with a reverence half real, half feigned, which speaks more for the wide spread influence of a reigning fashion than for his own power of weighing, fsirly and fearlessly, the merits of the work before him. Under the combined attacks of pushing publishers and popular authors, his office seems to have degenerated into the task of adding one cheer more to the cries and clappings of his enthusiastic neighbours. The boldest paradox, if clothed in a due hare of picturesque words, carries him off his legs ; and the poorest common-place, if it finds a ready sale, is not less sure to meet with a hearty welcome from his too courteous or congenial pen. The bulk of our criticism, like the bulk of our religion, flows through many different parties into one common creed, whose outward liberalism covers avast depth of downright intolerance. It is allowable, for instance, to sneer at Pope, or run down Byron ; but woe to him who misses a beauty in an old English ballad, or' finds a fault in "Aurora Leigh." Critics may look down with a fine compassion on the literary leanings of a Dryden, a Johnson, or a Jeffrey ; but it is rank treason to charge Shakspere, with writing fustian or Wordsworth with prose. We may fling what stones we please at the idols of other days, if we do but join in worshipping the idols of our own. Hume was a shallow, prejudiced historian, but Mr. Fronde is a writer of large sympathies and keen insight, whose worst mistakes the genial critic will pass over as mere spots in so bright a sun. Write an utterly romantic history of some bygone age or I personage, and you will appear to " genial criticism" as a great philosopher, or at least a powerful chain pion of a nobler and truer faith. But say a word, however reasonable, against some living writer, the rising star of some powerful clique, or the esta blished pet of a wide-reading public, and "genial criticism" will at once cry out on you for a piece of , irreverent carping and ill-natured i n t o l erance .— 1 Dublin Universityllfagazine. I -. AN UNDERTAKER POISONED BY DISINFECTING FLUID. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Camden's Head, Bethnal-green-road, respecting the death of Mr. John Samuel Ames, aged 51 years, an undertaker, of No. 225, in the before-mentioned thoroughfare, who died under the following melan choly circumstances : The deceased had been engaged to perform the funeral of the late Rev. James Cartwright, of the Jews' Chapel, Palestine-place, Cambridge-heath, on the 15th of February last. The men had assembled at the residence of the deceased, and were preparing to start for the cemetery at Hackney on the day in question, when deceased and one of the men, before starting, saw a bottle on the sideboard, which was supposed to contain gin, when the man poured out half a glass of the contents, and handed it to the deceased, who drank a portion, and said, " Oh, it is physic, you can drink the rest." The man tasted it, and became sick, as also the deceased, who vomited. The deceased was seen by a surgeon ; he was so far prostrated that he was conveyed home, where he had the prompt attention of Dr. Vanden burgh, who administered antidotes ; but the de ceased died on Friday Thomas Spencer, and other witnesses who had swallowed a portion of the liquid, proved the facts as stated above, and stat e d th at t h e b o ttle Wag labelled " Chloride of z i nc, " b ut the room w as dark. Dr. Vandenburgh, o f B ethnal - green .ruad, said that he was called t o th e deceased on the a ft ernoon in question , at the house of a friend named Chris tian, in Mar e - s t reet, H ackney . The deceased was very ill and vomiting. Witness was informed that the deceased had been drinking some disinfecting liquid. Antidotes were administered, but inflam mation of the stomach supervened, whi c h was relieved, but fatal symptoms come on, and he died. from the mortal effects of the poison, which W as , a mixture containing chloride of zinc, and Whi c h. was The jury returned a ned a verdict, ‘i That the deceased died from inflammation of the stoma h c , caused b clearly . on® of misadventure. swallowing a certain liquid poison, known .3' infecting liquid, by ace i dent. „ on, as dis infecting - AN IMPERIAL ENRAGED MUSICIAN.—The Em peror of Austria would not mind Kossuth's striking false notes, if they were not likely to create discord in Hungary. —Punch. DEATH PROM THE EFFECTS OF CHURCH-RATE EXCITEMEN T.— contest at There has been an exciting c h urc h ra te Hingham, Norfolk, and one result of the dispute Was of a Solemn nature. After the meeting a party ad" journed to the principal inn in the parish, and renewed the discussion with some warmth. One of the parties who took Part in the conversa ti on —M r B assum, a person somewhat advanced in years—addressed the party until he Imam. quite exhausted, and wound up by observing, "I have more to say, gentlemen, but I have no wind. He then went to Fenconretnift, his seat, and almost immediately afterwards expired,— pn "- er 3St lUS see" mr er ; the Int end as 57, ne ty 224 100 100 100 all WO all all all all all 5k 6i 94i 5 441 5 891 90 131 1 751 83} 3 60 Share' 100 istk 18 20* 206 10 • 100 100 100 17i 20 stock 20i 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stook stock stock