The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-27 00:00:00

- if MARKET NEWS-(THTTS DAY.) CORN - EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on offer in to-day's market W.as limited, an d i n ve r y middling condition. For most ?Lands we had a steady, but by no means brisk, inquiry, at Monday's currency. , The imports of foreign wheat aro over 9,000 quarters, esuegy from the - United States. A fair average business was transacted in all descriptions, and previous rates were Well supported. Floating cargoes wero firm, and fine Marianopole was Worth 80s to 82s per qr. Although the show of barley was very moderate, that article sold slowly, on former terms. Malt met a dull sale, but no decline took place in prices. The arrivals being very limited, the oat trade was firm, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Beans and peas wero dull ; but flour was firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. English .. Irish .. Foreign .. Wheat. 1,510 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. AI alt. 2,480 4,280 300 9,390 400 Oats. I Flour. ;2,193 1,790 1 3,oBosks 10,150 brl SMITHFIELD. Notwithstanding that the supply of beasts here this rn °rning was limited, and in very middlinr , condition, the del:nand for all kinds ruled inactive, at Zonday's decline in the quotations. Sheep were in limited supply and steady request at full prices. Some small calves moved off steadily a t extreme rates, otherwise, the veal trade was in a slug gish state. Pigs sold on former terms, with an active de mand. Milch cows were dull, at from 141. to 191. each, iuclud lug their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Recoil(' quality.... 3 6 3 S Rime large oxen 310 4 frinae Scots , die. 4 4 4 6 1 Inferior Sheep _3 2 3 61 Second quality :..3 8 4 4 prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 B ets • TOTAL SUPPLY. „ 1,036 Sheep „:,„ ' .. .. 3,220 ~ealves • . ~.„ lO4 r 4s „ 300 s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 310 410 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 'Small porkers 4 4 410 Suckling calves.. 22 0 28 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 50 50 20 20 20 20 50 20 Aberdeen 19i 14 50 20 11i &mbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junet... Belfast & Ballymena. 3irming. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Juliet 100 42 34 all 812x1 Do. Chcsh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20. .... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Jumition Do. New Di - 20 4,3 - 4 8 - 9 12 —lO disl 16 18 6 5 d 100 4, 100 100 92 - 91 51i -51 i 14 - 16 14 - 15 I/ Isl 52 if East Augliau.... 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 Do., (XlB E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock 2/ 2s all 1B 100 8 100 20 Do., B. Stock... Do., New A.... all 51s. 100 20 13§ 100 East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth . SzWest. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D D. , West. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwar Lond. Pilb. & Sthend. 7 _,ond. Bright &3.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.511.,M&8...0 Do. Eight'-s London anC S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch.Shef. & Linclr Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmug. & Derby Midi& G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle 'Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Nortlin.Countios Un, North British • North Devon, No. 1. ; Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Loudon Do. New £lO. N. StS. Wstrn ,thunp - stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western N. S: S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Scottish Central ~ !Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si ook Shrewsby. & Berefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,-.. o Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at pe a r cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales . S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do 4 .. - u 8 - 9 Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton k Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl.' Taff' Vale ... Do. £lO shares - 12i -- 131 38 -- 42 24 -- 28 61. - 63 60 - 62 iO =. 22 Do. Pref., No. 1. 'Thames Haven Dock 821 83 58 60 126 -- 128 98 -- 100 80i -- 814 and Railway Vale of Ncath 89 - 93 11 -13 p 11 - 12 614 - 62 78 - li . 7= ii 7B -- 7i par -- 4 p 98 -- 99 d 100 - 101 a -- par , — of -- 6 76 -- 78 124 -- 110 10 -- 9d Waterfd. Sc Kilkenny Waterforthnimeriek West Cornwall. 20i -21 i 60i - 61 33 - 35 West End of London and Crystal Palace- 1 West London 53 55 d par 6 sd' 2i 3 6 - 8 45 - 47 31 301 31 ... 32 8 10 - 6i - 74 51 - 54 51 _ 5d 7 4 d part Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland._ 33 - 35 89 91 54 - 56 55 - 60 55 60 21 —24 d 13 15 66 76 10 12 31 3ad 13 - 15 59 - 60 31 - 32 3 - 2 4 - 5 28 - 31 13,f 13 fi 824 3 60 994 81i 1 - 2i 14 lk - 51 25 - 27 Pm 621 li 21 2 ••.. - ..• 6 - 7 62 63 - ct 44(1 45 -- 46 711 I x in 99 si 9 8 i 1014 I 1 llt 21i 61i 60/ 11k i 4G 5i 6 31 30 1 12 11i 60i 59i 60 59 62 3 10 451 5 i f PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen . • ... St. 100 Do. No. 2. 7p. c. 25 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) St. 100 3ris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 99 . 101 15 all Chester & Holyhea6 Guar. 5/ per cent — ...ad 61 61 Cork &Bandonslp.c — 61 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 3/ all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent 4 41 5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 5 —5/ 7i 2 Do. (£71.75) 7p. c p all Eastern Coanties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 lip Pm 6? all Do. No. 2 — lip pm 10 all Do. New 6p.c. St l3 s— 14 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... 211 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent — 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.K- St. 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. 5 all East and West York shire June. Pref — 5 all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5,} per cent. St. 100 Glisgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent....... St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 117 119 1181 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom lOB 110 10 10 Do. 44 p. c. p p 104 10 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref 64 all Gt,Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 8 —8/ 20 4 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. sp. 6i 7 St. 100 Do. cov. red. 4/ p.c. 96 -- 98 St. 100 Do. eon. red. 4p. e. 90 95 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. C.. . 94 96 954 ad 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O id par St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 12/ 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c.,1852 — St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c — St. 1 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 2/ 3 121 all Londonderry& Color 4 Shares 121 all Lowly. stEnnis.4 Sh 25 all Ma o n .shar . N , oSwehs,e,fx.N,lo&o. 10 all D i 6 4/ Do. £6 p 3i 124 all Harypt & Carl. 4 p. c. T , I 12/ all Do. 4/ per cent ..,,,,, 12/ 10/ Do • • St. 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.e.St ..• St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 139 139 138 16 5 Do. Pref. 4/ per cent 11 id 4 10 6 Norfolk Debenture St, 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat St. 100 Do. 54 per et.pref St. 100 St. 100 North B ritish Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. ..• 20 St. 100 all Wolverh.£ls,6p.c. 98 100 1001 Oxford, No rh S t W f f o o r 1 : 1 s e s t h e r r , e St — • —• • • Inn 15 15 7 )0 84 all scot. Cent., New Pref 8 all Shrews. &Bin:ol.G. 9/ —lO 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester 10 10 D (N o. ° s l. .W pe nn)t' 8 p.c. 16 9 10.} 16 / 25 all South Devon ll —l3 10 11 Do. fixed, 4/ per cent 4d # P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22 - 23.} St. 100 Do. 4: per cent. — 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 17 —l9 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 25 5 Do. do. do. 12? / all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 .., 5 3 Watorfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 11 d St. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 93 96 17 SDo 3/ 4 25 10 York&N.MidlandH. and S. Purch — Ad MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1d par 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian l. d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold id 1 all Ave Maria — Ad 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) a 1p 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal 9 —ll 1 all isritish Austrin. Gold 1 d 20 13.5 British Iron 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 29 1 1 Carson's Creek 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica.........- 40 all Cobre Copper 44 —46 5 1 Colonial Gold par— 4 p ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 60 70 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 4 6 p 5 all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg.Co. 2 -- 24 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein_ ...p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all 3/lariquita 10 9 Aexicane:S.Americn 6. Qad x d 1 all New GiTuada a R d 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min.. & Smelt. 5 1 Port Philip • 1 4 d 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 8 —lO 30 104 Santiago de Cüba 1 all F9uth Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 284 all United Mexican 3 34 1 all Waller A 1 all West Granada d 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 3. all Yuba - d - • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 75 77 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China d -100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 3 21 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of . Australia 4d p p 15 141 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England — 20 10 Do. New — . . 50 22? National of Ireland ...— 20 all New South Wales 42 41 25 all Oriental _Bank of Corporation 4l 46 441 544 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australu.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 7l 73 72 11 2.4 2!. Do. New 7 50 10 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron 25 171 Australian Agricult. 40 42 41 1 401 1 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ,„ 10 21 Berlin Water Works 50 381 Brit. American Land 68 72 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. . . 100 321 Canada 77 5 5 Crystal Palace — lx r 6 t 6 5 4 Do. New. 1L 5 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam — 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 16 18 25 all Do. (E) l6 18 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam. Navigat — 20 18 General. Screw Steam 20 71 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena „t. Navig. 1 all Na;., Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land 2 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co — 1 all N. B. Australasian id P 1 1 / Do. Now ••• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam , 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 4 d 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 30 Do. 2 all Portland Iron C 0,,,,, x — 100 60 [loyal Mail Steam . ••• 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1p 24 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submar. Telegra.ph id r 1 t 1 all Do. Registered. .. . . . A 1 4 100 ' 281 Van Diemen's Land 13 —l4 13i 13 13i 13 Young lady—" Pray, cabman, are you engaged ?" Cabman—"Lor bless yer, Miss, why I've been married this seven years." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S-TIIURSDAY. The movements with regard to the Chester Cup had a somewhat depressing effect on Newminster. On Mon day he took up his position as leading favourite with so much force that, at the conclusion of business, the highest odds quoted against him were 1,000 to GO. To day, however, 20 to 1 was freely betted at the com mencement, and although some one, in .the fulness of confidence, was subsequently satisfied with 17 to 1 " to a pony," yet 20 to 1 was still obtainable at the close. 2,000 to 50 was taken about Nabob, and 800 to 20 about Aldford ; at the beginning 50 to 1 was laid against the former. 1,000 to 20 taken about Star of Surrey, and the same about Horatio. 750 to 15 Cobnut, 500 to 10 each Llanforda and Jack Frost ; 1,000 to 15 each Lurley and Umbriel. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECIIASE.-10 to 1 would have been taken about Miss Mowbray. 20 to 1 was taken to some money about Bedford, and the same odds were repeat edly offered agst Lord George. METROPOLITAN STAKES. —lOO to 6 taken about Royalist and afterwards offered. In the City he had been backed for a good deal of money at 20 to 1. DERBY.—A strong commission was in the market to take 11 to 2 about Autocrat, but no one was disposed to lay more than sto 1. Bto 1 offered agst King Tom, and 13 to 1 taken to a pony about Dervish. The attendance was scanty, and business continued very dull. LIVERPOOL [STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (take 10 to 1). 20 to 1 agst Bedford (taken.) 20 to 1 agst Lord George (offered). Sir Peter Laurie is struck out. METROPOLITAN STAKES, 100 to 6 agst Royalist (taken and offered). CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Newminster (taken and afterwards offered). 40 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 40 to 1 agst Aldford (taken). 50 to 1 agst Cobnut (taken). 50 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken). 50 to 1 agst Horatio (taken). 50 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken). 50 to 1 agst Llanforda (taken). 1,000 to 15 agst Lurley (taken). 1,000 to 15 agst Umbriel (taken.) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Boiardo (taken). DERBY. sto 1 agst Autocrat (take 11 to 2). 13 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 20 to 1 agst Boiardo winning the Two Thousand and Autocrat The Derby (taken). 30 to 1 agst Ruby and Autocrat for the same events (taken). FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... •• . .....•.. • 160 Sheep .... • • •............. 380 NEW - GATE AND LEADENHALL. . A full average business was transacted to-day, at tho '° ll owing quotations Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. beef, inferior 210 3 2 Po. middling 3 4 3 6 Do. , prime largo 3 8 3 10 Do. do. small 4 0 4 2 Pori, large 34 4 2 s. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 10 5 2 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. Factors Navin; submitted to somewhat iower prices a pod business is doing, at our quotations. The imports ... 14 k 1 s week are 74 bales from Ostend, and 269 from Antwerp. 'lid and East Kent pockets, ill. 5s to 15/. 15s ; Weald ° . f Kent ditt o , 9/. Os to 11/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 8/. Os ` 0 91 . ; and foreign, 6/. 15s to 8/. 15s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has, upon the whole, been firm, althou g h there are increased' arrivals of most descriptions. at consumption is large. West India has been in demand ; "" firm prices. Barbadoes sold at 6d advance, viz., at 33s 64 to 40s for l o w mid to fine. Good brown Demerara brought 32s 6d to 33s 6d, mid 34s 6d, and good mid 36s 6d, --c rystallised do., low mid to fine 36s Gd to 40s. St. Kitts reali sed 34s to 35s 6d. East India has been in active re quest, at steady prices—Mauritius good mid grey to fine Yellow at 35s 6d to 38s Gd. Bengal fine white Benares W as taken in at 40s, but damp found buyers at 395, moist R a iny mid yellow at 36s Gd to Ks greyish at 34s to 34s 6d. ate sort, good and fine yellow at ' 36s to 375, low mid and Aid Yellow at :'4s to 35s 6d, and brown and low yellow at t 8 t° 3 38 per cwt. Madras went at full values, viz., at o 8 6, 1 to 40s per cwt for mid to fine grainy yellow. Ceylon mid to fine greyish sold at 328 6d. to 36s 6d for soft, Fat 28s Gd to ° 31s Gd per cwt for low to fine brown. t:eig l L—The inquiry has been limited, and a large quan tity of that offered by auction has been taken in, viz., a ranuah at 29s to 3Js per cwt for good white ; yellow, b ditto, 13artly sold at 35s to 368 for ord to mid ; florettes t :ing taken in at 398 to 40s per cwt. Cuba brought 33s twined3s 6d for heavy brown to mid yellow. Java has ob .l, full rates, mid to fine dry grey and white 37sselling at Gd. to 41s, and low to good brown at 35s to 6d Per cwt. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been sought after at firm i9lees 6d , viz., at 48s to 488 6d for good. Some was held for s , being superior quality. Plantation Ceylon has 67a 6d dull, and at rather lower prices, low mid to mid 0., ,a 6d to 608, good bold colory at 688, fine ord to mid 56s to 60s, triage 468 to 55s 6d, peaberry 64s to 658, low mid dull grey 57s to 598, fine ord brown 55s to 56s Gd. COCOA,—There has been larger purchases of this article at previous currencies. Trinidad good dark red 378, fair 1 3 . 0, M 9, grey 32 s t o 335, mid ditto 34s to 34s Gd, and good tto 35a 6d. Bahia brought 278 privately. RICE.—A moderate business has been transacted at firm - " „ b". Bengal, privately, at 16s 3d for short prompt, and at 15 8 f or m i d p i n k ey M a d ras . Whit e B e n g al afloat at 18 6d. Publicly, Java realised 16s 6d to 17's for good "'id table, and Madras good pinkey 15s 9d per cwt. SPlcEs.—Pimento sold at qd to 6/d for good ord to Alleppi pepper went at higher prices, viz., at 5d to 'id, and white Batavia at id advance, good bold selling 4 1 t 100 to 100. Batavia nutmegs brought 2s 9d for mid p ur ,owii, Batavia mace, 2s 8d for good dark, and Bombay `l° . ves Gid for mid dark. Cassia Vera was taken in at ""a to 55s 6d for mid dark coarse. T EA. —The market is dull, common sound congou being no minally is id per lb. CoTToN—This article has been quiet. SALTPE. TRE.—Firm prices have been obtained-6 to 5; der cent. refraction selling at 35s Gd to 36s privately ; but Zengal, at auction, was taken in at 37's for mid to fine 5 Per cent., and Bombay 274 per cent. at 275. TA LLOW.—This article has fluctuated in price, and is ;° 11 ? about 63 s Gd per cwt. on the spot, and 63s for Feb. 11 ,,c 1 March, an d 63 s 6d f or M arc h to M a y. bei ng received, FRUlT.—Considerable arrivals of Oranges are received, but the mild weather, combined with low 'ices, assisti ng consum ption, the demand is good. Five 'Ts of St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at pub -1,„- 84 ' 0 , went at a reduction of 2s per box. The stock of -tn ° l3 B is short, ‘ and no quantity being expected, higher Prices are looked for. The question of lot-money being ettled, which in future is to be charged to merchants' Z e , °11 , 14 , together with a more systematic character being char ges as regards public sales ; the trade view both arges as advantageous to them. L LOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) 14)111)0 N, Jan. 27.—Wind this day at Noon, S. ; rather fresh breeze , and cloudy. eti ... 4 violent' agitation of the vessel, as though she had zi;nlc upon a sunken rock or wreck, accompanied by a in of the water, was experienced on the sth of Jan., t. 32 N , long. 40 W., by the Hercules, arrived from 'l%...lParaso.* Jan. 24.—Portions of wreck have been picked up }V within the last two or three days, amongst which pa is a head board of a vessel, with the word Tartar i ,ted on it in red letters iiVbRIKOALDY, Jan. 25.—The Constitution (schooner), of istnp -- " °111, from Newcastle and Leith, for Aberdeen, was l e o n shore h ere thi s mor ning, having sprung a sudden ve -4 ; crew saved. As the tide does not ebb to where the tor o l e l . i es, there is little prospect at present of her being 14 ,„ I LWItY, Jan. 24.—1 t is reported that the Lively, of ‘T I . L ,, 11 , coal laden, was seen driving into Dundrum Bay, 41 1 in a helpless state. 11, 0 Jan. 26 —The Mogador, arrived at Pamiaenf aftis, reports having seen, Jan. 14, the deck and part of i - ,i v ard side of a vessel of from 300 to e 400 tons, appar elwa not long in the water ; sJso. fifteen leagues west of ue Isle, a quantity of wreck, on the 15th. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 A.M. W A in d S.W. ; fresh breeze, and squally. te tr ived—Live Yankee ; from New York • Rufina, San ta-4.'4r ; William, Alexandria ; Crisis, Shanghai ; Am tt'-attd°r, New Orleans ; Carnatic, Charleston; Beller- In a , Ca I.PUttingllao back—Margaret Ridley. 14 4 " s OF A SCREW-STEAMER.—lntelligence has just 11 received here that the screw-steamer Olinda, Captain Loo h t T l _ l 4, which left here yesterday for the Them ßrails, is ashore he Furlong Rocks, near Holyhead. message an ,..°llllcing the circumstance states that the crew and the se lirs were saved. The Olind a h a d • a l arge an d valuable cargo of fine goods. t he message has just been received, stating that ge Lamiston, from Liverpool, for Ancona, had been ' 4 )4.11y destroyed by fire in Holyhead Harbour ; her cargo /°44 all lost. _ QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 25. Wind, S.W., strong breeze. furrived— St. Helier, from Callao ; Marquisate Stam -wd Vienn a.l/ tit • clay, 11—Antoinette, from Cardiff, for Malta, out 14 (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a.m. Wi nd S.S.W., fine ; tide, 4i hours' flood. 26 .—Arrived—John Westley, from Guernsey. 27 il itr - I t ; Y of Paris (s), from Boulogne ; Lord T. Russell (s), is t - geo.,* Ernest, Bordeaux ; Wharfinger, Guernsey ; eftr3", Seville ; Insked, Antwerp. all ecl—Rohinoor, for Port Philip. DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. 1, 1 up N. VP., moderate. Ea" Marquis of Chandos, from Belize to Loud, passed If ahs Mauritius t o o Lndon, passed. The Blundell, f rom to Rotterdam, is off the South Foreland. Nv o , TIFICATIONS AT MILFORD HAVEN.—The various s ( „, r4. 2 1 of defence now in course of erection for the better f e- ZutY of the haven and dockyard have been pushed Se ver °l.-arc as much as it has been possible during the late teiie weather. The fort on Thorn Island and the mar otitn;tower on the Stack Rock will be completed witli t as they are essentially necessary for the due tl e l e e ll ,„ . ; t Y of this great inland basin. A short time ago th e "' l °le of the defences were minutely inspected by O f e nit eers of O r d nance , an d pl ans a nd surveys taken 1 "Y point. The defence at Thorn Island, when ari i l P le ted, will be garrisoned with a company of lle rY, and will be mounted with guns of very bi ll ca li bre, which, from its commanding position, er„ be very effective. A battery is also to be f e- 4 ! (1 at Dale Point, situated on the north shore 'Lie entrance to the haven, which will open a e3B8 -fire with the other batteries at the mouth. The rection of several other defences on one or two other arn?Manding positions is also spoken of. The heavy far e'7 for the fort at the western side of the e ti dock b.as not yet arrived ; this work is now under the on of the Admiralty, and is only waiting to be mounted with heavy guns to be an effective protection. ''_',?Etensive alterations have been made, the embrasures ZlElened, and necessary repairs effected, prior to the ` un netin g of 32 pounders in lieu of the old 24-pounders ; an d th e new metal is to be mounted upon traversing 11, -1 , ages, and 8-ineh guns are to be placed at the angles. the - new guns are expeeted almost daily. It is said that W estern defences will be extended as far as Carr's 06 Q3, , which would add much to the security of the elVard. Eli .,' SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. R A ILWAYS. Clasing Prices this day. Business done this day. Bedford and Blotchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Jlstr.dt Dn. Fr &Cpl. Dk. & Railway & Solby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Pre:creucc Lowesioa gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtu and Matlock Kiddlesbro' & Redcar Nlithd.Brada. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds pe Prest. & Wyre Do. A Shares. Royan.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St chef. Roth.arni Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staaorash. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst 99 - 101 50 - 52 L 39 - 141 30 - 32 108 -- 110 54 -- 55 26a -- 2N 13k --13ixd 21. -25 a n - 3 97= 99 59 - 61 138 - 142 138 - 142 dis 2#- it 30 31 95 97xd THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 185 4. LINES LEASED AT FLIED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Loudon & N. West. L. &N. W. Ualedcm... at.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Westu Yk. New. & Ber NV. V. &NW Do Do IS. Eastern Do Norfolk L.& N. IV. & Midld., SLektou Darliugt. Aidland.. E. Count Do !L. &N.W &LuSLlrk Do Gt Nortlinl Do Lancash& Yorksh. A.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do GtWestn, Closing Prices 3 e,terday. FOREIGN. A.ntwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and. Besancon Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France Grand Trunk Canada Shares and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Do. do. (2d issue) '62 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref. Do. (Canal) Do. 6p. et. prof , Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia Do. do. New . '.Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrtinkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans._ Paris aud. Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond' Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) .... 'West Flanders ... all Do. iii per c. Pref 10 Western of France 5 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 3 2 d 1 1} 4 3d Par i P 31 -34 p id par par p 4i 3icl l 2 14.1' 2i lld ... ... §d— par 8i 8i 5 6 1i li l i id - - PI par ii) 6 i - .29} := io 74 -- Si 12/ -- 13ip 41 -43 37 -39 29 - - 29} 17 - 18 . - ii - i . - 3 - 4 ... - •• 2 -3• p - ni -: 44d1 Business this day. NOTTINGHAM TRADE. LACE.—Business in Nottingham is of that exceedingly quiet character, this week, which is usually expressed by the phrase " nothing doing." Still it is more to the home than the foreign market that this applies. The foreign trade, with its numerous ramifications, has always a command of orders to keep business going ; but at present, the prospects of the spring trade are even from this source anything but encouraging. Th e l arge millowners are at a loss to explain the precise cause of this stagnation. Even the near prospects of war seem inadequate to account for it, as it is not the fancy branches alone which are effected but the plain also. The low class of cotton goods being extensively con sumed in Lancashire, and on the borders of Yorkshire, this department of our trade is obviously experienci ng the consequences of the strikes there, in a new and un foreseen form. Until the lapse, however, of another week, it would still be premature to allege that the de pressing circumstances of the moment will become the permanent type of the season. The disinclinati o n t o purchase, so far as it arises from the existing state of un certainty regarding the war, will by that time, in all probability have given place to some other phase in our current history. Bmsmiv, although so little dependent on continental markets, that were the East altogether cut off, some of our h.)uses declare that the Western world would still suffice to employ them, experiences the same langour from cliisinclination to purchase till forced by necessity, that affects the other great branch of our business. The n went favourable accounts from America, and the prospects of a relaxation of the New York Money Market, convey more cheering prospects, however, re garding the future, and although it is tolerably certain that business to the same amount as last year will not be done, we are looking forward to a quiet and com fortable spring trade. Meantime there is sufficient em ploym eat to keep all hands going, and by no means the same depression as at Leicester, where the high prices of provisions and of wools have operated, we believe, in bringing matters to a standstill, and the manufac turers are now resting their hopes entirely on the Colonial Wool Sales of February, for which the full average supplies of 40,000 bales have come forward, so that materials may, in all probability, get easier. The quietude of present transactions in the Nottingham framework-knitting trade is by no meansNalculated to inspire alarm—as when the season commences quietly as at present, a re-action is very frequently found to ensue towards the middle and the close of the season ; whereas, in commencing with furore the reverse pro cess as often occurs.—Nottinghamshire Guardian. ROTEL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART.—At a special court of the proprietors of this establishment, held yesterday, in the principal lecture theatre of the institution, Leicester-square, Mr. Samuel Gurney, jun., in the chair, permission was given to the directers to apply for a new: charter cm.firming the former one, which had been rendered invalid in consequence of over sight of the late solicitor, who had neglected or forgot. ten to lodge a copy of it at the offices of the Board of Trade within the period required by law. Mr. Clarke, the managing director, in reply to the inquiries of seve ral gentlemen present, explained the inconvenience which might result to the corporation should the legal existence of their charter be called in question. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—Yesterday even ing the annual ball, in aid of the funds of this praise worthy charity, took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, City, and was one of the most bril lian re-unions of the kind which have taken place this year. The large room in the London Tavern was opened at eight o'clock, and almost immediately afterwards the festive throng commenced arriving, and continued to pour in such rapid succession that before ten between 900 and. 1,000 persons were present, and anything like dancing in the large room was out of the ques tion. Under these circumstances the large dining. room was also thrown open, and that, too, was as speedily filled. By midnight there could not have been less than 1,300 visitors present, and not only were the two large rooms filled, but vari ous supplemental balls were being held in different apartments of the spacious tavern. Yet, owing to the excellent management, there was no confusion. All went as merry as a marriage bell. The total receipts of the school last year amounted to 3683/. 6s. 11d., while the expenditure for the same period was 28911. 16s. 2d.. ; leaving a balance of 741/. 10s. 9d. Altogether 1269 children have been admitted to the benefits of the school since its establishment in 1797 ; 118 children are there at present, and it is intended to elect 30 more into it in February next. Within the last two years the committee have received a donation of 1501. from a gentleman who was formerly one of the pupils. THE ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. --The new warehouse now on the point of completion for the bonding of goods at this great commercial establishment will be the largest building of the kind in the kingdom. Some idea may therefore be formed of its extent and completeness. The roof is now being placed on the building, the works having progressed with remarkable celerity, and, when entirely finished, and ready for its intended purpose, greatly increased means will be added to the facilities now afforded for the housing of foreign goods at these docks. METROPOLITAN HACKNEY CARRIAGE TRADE.—Last evening a spe•Jial meeting of the Associated Hackney Carriage Proprietors was held at the Cranbourne Hotel, St. Martin's-lane, "for the purpose of presenting the report of the committee, and also to consider whether any means could be devised to enable them to carry on their trade under the present circumstances." There was a very large attendance of proprietors, and, in a preliminary discus sion which ensued between them, it transpired that a memorial had been addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, praying for an alteration in the present law of sixpence per mile, and that an answe r had been re turned to the effect that no alteration could be made. SUSPECTED MURDER AT BOSTON.—The neighbourhood of Boston, in Lincolnshire, has been considerably ex cited from the prevalence of rumours of a suspicious character respecting the death of a young woman, twenty-one years of age, named Elizabeth 13rough. On Saturday night last, the deceased and a fisherman residing in Lincoln-lane, named Plummer Simpson, with whom she kept company, were seen going to gether up Stainton's-yard, and shortly afterwards screams of distress were heard proceeding in that direc tion, and Simpson was seen running away. On inquiry the deceased was found drowned in Bargate Drain, near Bargate-bridge, and upwards of an hour elapsed before she could be extricated. Simpson was shortly after wards apprehended in Douglas's Theatre, and identified as the man seen running away. He has been taken be fore Mr. Coroner Fricker, but by the advice of his soli citor, Mr. York, he reserved his defence. The inquest was adjourned in order to enable Mr. Little, surgeon, to make a post mortem examination of the body, and to allow the magistrates an opportunity of making a judi cial investigation. Simpson is still in custody. THE LATE BURSTING OF AN ENGINE BOILER ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—DEATH OF THE ENGINE -DRIVER. —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Derby In firmary, before Mr. Portmore, deputy coroner, on the body of Lewis Cooke, aged 25, engine-driver, late in the employ of the Midland Railway Company. It will be recollected that the deceased was with his engine at Kegworth station, on Sunday morning, Jan. 15, when the boiler burst, and he received such severe inj ur i es that he died on T ues d ay l as t. The jury after beizig ab sent about an hour, returned the following verdict : " That we think the deceased came to his death by acci dent ; but the jury strongly recommend to the railway company not to work engines similarly constructed, but to adopt the later improved boilers. We think that the boiler was worked very thin, but that the usual means were adopted to test its condition." We have since learned that five of the jury were for returning a ver dict of manslaughter against the directors of the Midland Railway Company. LIT ER A TUB E. The Autobiography of William Jerdaa. Vols. HI. and IV. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. A close has at length been put by the veteran hand of Mr. Jordan to his amusing autobiography. An autobiography in which are compressed toge ther, in four entertaining volumes, a full half cen tury of literary and political reminiscences. At the outset of his somewhat bewildering enter prise, Mr. Jerdan intimated his intention to follow no inexorable method in the group ing of his manifold and miscellaneous recol lections. The only thread perceptible in this rosary of remembrance upon which the beads of anecdote are strung together is that of chronologi cal sequence, bringing the reader down, decade by decade, from the commencement of the present century to a time immediately contemporary. The latter moiety of the work, moreover, it may at once be avowed, possesses for us decidedly the larger share of fascination. For it must be borne in mind that the two volumes last issued from the press, the third and fourth volumes, in bringing the narrative to its conclusion, abound more fre quently with particulars relating personally to many of the most remarkable writers of the pre sent generation. As the frontispiece to Vol. 111. we have Pickersgill's graceful likeness of L.E.L., and as a vignette the residence of that charming poetess in Hans-place--the b•ok beinc , gratefully inscribed to the memory of the lamented authoress of the " Improvisatore." As the frontispiece to Vol. IV. we have Lane's inimitable portrait of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ; and as a vignette an ex quisite sketch of his beautiful and henceforth classic domain of Knebworth—the book being dedicated, with a few unaffected words of regard and admira tion, to him of whom Lord Robertson recently ob served at Edinburgh, that he is as great an honour to England as Sir Walter Scott to Scotland. Among the many graceful references made by Mr. Jerdan to the lady-writers conspicuous amidst the literary celebrities of his age, are the following in allusion to the gifted Eliza Cook—chief amongst these popular and poetic favourites : " For the sake of female union, I skip over a lapse of time (some ten years) in order to say a few words about another of my great poetical favourites, and her entrance upon the wild district of print (where types and troubles grow) which she has since so laudably cultivated and embellished ; for I also had the satisfaction to welcome into the field the now justly popular Eliza Cook. Struck by some of her productions, which she paid me the com pliment to submit to me in manuscript, I availed myself of the ice being broken to pay a visit to the unknown writer at her neat, quiet, humble cottage residence in the Old Kent-road ; and found, what I expected from the specimens, a frank, feeling, and right-minded corres pondent, not so juvenile as Mary Ann Browne, but yet so young and inexperienced as to increase my admira tion of the talent she possessed, and its touching direc tion to the great end of ameliorating the condition of her fellow creatures. As the needle points to the pole, so did her inherent philanthropy seem ever to point to the improvement of the lowly, and her sympathies to be awakened by the sufferings, only to be devoted to the promotion of the happiness of the oppressed. Her mind and heart were even then in the mission she has so zealously and beneficially pursued." Commendations, or rather tributes of eulogium, nobly merited by a heart and an intellect true to every generous sympathy with the joys and griefs of the ever-suffering and onward-struggling popula tion. It cannot but be regretted that Mr. Jerdan's auto biography has not received at its close the advantage of a copious alphabetical index by which its hete rogeneous contents might, so to speak, have been readily and pleasantly systematised. In its present shape the work absolutely defies reference ; it leaves the reader's mind, on shutting up each volume, in a state of inextricable confusion as to the relative situation of the many-coloured memoirs therein compacted together. So that the effect is not that of an elaborately-embroidered tapestry as sooth to say every autobiographic com position ought to be. It bears rather a resem blance to the varying and fluctuating aspect of a repeatedly-shaken kaleidoscope. Besides, with the page-headings even now scattered plentifully throughout the four volumes—apart from the meagre and altogether inadequate table of contents, the only guide to the materials therein accumulated by the memory of the autobiographer—we are by no means directed aright to the real nature of the text subjoined. For example, we may well ask— why, on earth, Mr. Disraeli's name figures at the head of page 207 in the fourth volume, when there is not one whisper audible in that page, or, for that matter, in the whole chapter, in reference either to the author of the " Curiosities of Literature" or to his more brilliant son, the Right Hon. the ex-Chan cellor of the Exchequer ? Our objection, however, it will be remarked, has reference rather to the publishers than to the writer—relating, as it does, exclusively to the superficial appearance of the work, or, in other terms, to the lack in it of any thing like symmetrical arrangement. Satisfactorily completed as the work has at length been as a gossipping record of the author's literary, political, and social reminiscences during the fifty years last past, we may add, now that the fourth and con cluding volume of it is closed, that the name of William Jerdan is less likely to survive as associated with his " Perth Papers" or his " Paris Specta tor" than in connection with the garrulous and vivacious details of his anecdotal Autobiography. The Pilgrim Fathers ; or, the Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First. By W. H. Bartlett, author of " Forty Days in the Desert." Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co. This work is a narrative of the adventures of the Pilgrim Fathers, with descriptions and illustra tions of the towns they visited. The first part relates their adventures in England ; the second part their stay in Holland ; and the third their Embarkation in the Mayflower, and their Settle ment in America. Plates are given of the towns in which they resided in England and Holland. The author disclaims all party feeling, but thinks that readers of all opinions will find this a subject of interest from the romance and pecu liarity of their exile, and the vast and energetic nation which has succeeded them. A complete his tory of the travellers, apart from all other histories, and only devoted to the object of chronicling their deeds and adventures, forms a volume as novel as it is interesting and instructive. To the trans atlantic readers this work must be very attractive, as a record of their intrepid ancestors, whose up rightness and daring one of their poets asserts to be still extant among them. " The Pilgrim spirit has not fled, It walks in noon's broad light, And it watches the bed of the glorious dead, With their holy stars by night. It watches the bod of the brave who have bled, And shall guard this ice-bound shore, Till the waves of the bay, where the Mayflower lay, Shall foam and freeze no more." Lucretia ; or, the Children of Night. By Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P. Chapman & Hall. The author of this terrible and lurid romance has acted wisely in appending to it, in this standard edition of his collected writings, that very masterly argument, entitled " A Word to the Public," in which he demolished a little cluster of assailants, and triumphantly vindicated from their attacks the dignity and the integrity of his reputation. If any thing else were needed in proof of the lofty, moral intended to be conveyed by Sir Bulwer Lytton. through this grim and ghastly narrative of " Lu cretia," it would be discoverable in the startling fact that it—Lucretia, or the Children of Night— was commenced simultaneously with The Caxtons, a Family Picture. That grizzly tragedy and that exquisite home-fiction ! The loveliest and the most awful of all the emanations of his abounding fancy ! The ono containing all the bitterness and the other all the sweetness of his philosophy ! From the mere circumstance of " Lucretia" and the " Caxtons" having been begun simultaneously, it must be manifest at a glance —even a glance the most cursory and superficial—that, in penning the former work, the author must have had some lofty and austere purpose in view, otherwise he would never have penned about the same time, he could never have conceived about the same time that tale of home, that family picture, in every line so sweet, so pure, and so beautiful. We take it to be self-evident to every one who has read the " Cax tons" (and who has not ?) that its writer could never, while calling it up into being by the magic of his genius, be wantonly preparing an elaborate history of crime with no other view than to vitiate his reader's heart, to prostitute his own high powers, and to infect with the most evil principles both their imaginations. The supposition is pre posterous. What says the author here himself (once more) in explanation ? He declares " the two fictions were intended as pendants ; both serving, amongst other collateral aims and objects, to show the influence of home education. It is sufficient. The seed is there—let it fructify in the popular judgment. Before closing our reference to this " Standard Edition" of the writings of Bulwer Lytton, we are rejoiced to observe that promise is given of both " The Caxtons" and " My Novel" being included in the series—a welcome assurance for the subscribers formally conveyed to them through advertisement. Charles Slanly. _By the Author of Niufa. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. It is to be questioned whether this story leaves a lt oge ther a favourable impression on the mind of the reader. After being mystified and puzzled several times during its course as to what its pos sible conclusion may be, the events are so startling, and the denouement so sad in some respects, that a qualified satisfaction is all we can experience. 1 The final decision of Isabella is an exception to the l other misfortunes, and all must rejoice in her firm ness after her infatuation. Frank Tyrrell is the most interesting and the only superior character introduced to our notice. The hero is a most un principled and mean-spirited individual, whose ad vantages of nature and fortune he wilfully squan ders ; not that he was possessed of riches, but he enjoyed a high position in society, and he had in fluential friends. In vain, however, did every one exert themselves for him, from the vola tile Lady Ramsay to the steady and prudent Frank Tyrrell. He was unstable and rest less ; they worked to no purpose in his behalf. Chloe is a fascinating creature, very well described, and her grace and dexterity would be the chief ornament of the story were it not that her tragic end casts a shade on the picture. It partakes too much of the theatrical to be suitable to every-day existence, although it is certainly more natural from her being of Greek birth and very impetuous and wild throughout all her career. On the whole, notwithstanding an easy, fl ow i ng s t y l e o f composi tion, a variety of personages well described, and great skill in the arrangement of the plot, "Charles Stanly" is not an agreeabl e nove l. Th ere are too many jarring elements and unsuitable positions, as, for instance, Lady Ramsay's interference with Charles, and Lord Overton's attachment to Chloe ; but, from the ability it displays, it will doubtless be read with attention, especially by those who are fond of the romantic. The Evil Star. By E. Colburn, Esq. 3 vols. Skeet. Whatever defects are apparent in this work, it at least possesses the merit of originality. It is not necessary for the author to inform us that it is a first work, for the enthusiasm and singularity of a first endeavour are easily discovered. The writer displays no deficiency of talent or want of observa tion. The chief objection which his book must meet with is the peculiarity of his opinions. While fully agreeing with him in his condemnation of worldly and selfish dispositions, and the want of generous and kindly feelings, or lamenting the im proper training which young and ardent spirits so often meet with from too severe or too indulgent instructors, we must condemn some of his doctrines as untenable and reprehensible. The chief charac ter in the story, Walter Vernon, is an example of the effects of " the Evil Star." The author asserts that to some every circumstance of their life seems against them ; that their minds are ill-directed, that their outward position is unfavourable, and, that they seem under the influence of an unpropitious planet. He believes these cha racters to be divided into two parts—those who have sufficient moral strength to overcome the antagonistic power, and those who, not having this natural force of will and determination, must sink beneath it. This is one of the objectionable opinions. How a writer who professes to see such beauty and consolation in the Christian faith can believe such a gloomy and fatalist doctrine is somewhat sur prising. There are comparatively few who, by natural force of character, can meet and subdue an incessant array of opposing influences. There are some whose names adorn the pages of history who have risen from obscurity, and won themselves the admiration of thousands for their talents, or the blessings of human nature for their goodness. We read of some of these, that they have met with apparently hopeless neglect, with apparently insur mountable difficulties ; yet they have endured all, attacked all, conquered all, and shall we say they were born under an evil star ? Do we not rather see that the trials and the obstacles were so many incentives to their energy, so many ad ditions to their virtues. Or, if the victim of op posing circumstances has neither the desire nor the ability to excel, does it follow because ho meets with misfortunes, or is surrounded. by characters unsuited to his own, that lie must necessarily be come hardened in heart, selfish and calculating in disposition, and lowered in principles? This would be indeed a melancholy reflection, for there are many such as Walter Vernon, who was one of those weak characters easily influenced. We do not find that lie met with such alarming vicissitudes, or such unheard-of catastrophes ; on the contrary, he met many upright and amiable persons, who became his companions and advisers ; yet, in obedience to the influence of his star, which he could not over come, he becomes cold and hard-hearted, neglects his indulgent mother, breaks the heart of his cousin—his first love—changes all his old opinions, marries an earl's daughter, who is devotedly at tached to him, becomes moody, and, withdrawing, himself from society, he finally closes his glorious career by going mad, poisoning his wife, and drown ing himself. Another singular opinion entertained by the author is, that the disapprobation of parents should not interfere with the marriage of their children. Doubtless there are exceptional cases, but the propriety of the general application of the rule may be questioned. The characters are numerous and diversified, and the two sisters, Agnes and Laura, show forcibly the different and pernicious effects of a bad education on two naturally good dispositions. Ethel is the most pleasing of the heroines, and Lady Henrietta Sydenham, whose desires for an uncommon destiny were somewhat unpleasantly fulfilled, is the most striking. There is no want of interest or paucity of events, and however the reader may differ from the peculiar ideas of the writer, he will find the story enter taining and original. Florence, the Beautiful. By Alexander Baillie Cochrane. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. There is something refreshing in this work, after the [ordinary range of romances. It is not from any striking events or original characters, so much as from its vivid descriptions and graceful style, that it merits the attention and admiration of its readers. The principal part of the story takes place in Touraine, of which charming province we meet with a most delightful picture in the first vo lume. The heroine is introduced to us, in a scene worthy cf her name, at sunset, kneelin g by an ancient cross, that had stood for ages the landmark for many a weary pilgrim and the consolation of many a distressed spirit. In a more advanced part of the narrative, her mother, in referring to her choice of her daughter's appellation, remarks, " She shall be called Florence, for I read that Flo rence, which sits by the bright Arno, is called the Beautiful." Towards the conclusion, the stormy scenes of the French Revolution are beginning to be enacted, but they are more referred to than in troduced. We must except, however, the two deaths of Florence's father and the Abbe, which are fearful to dwell upon from their truthlike deli neation. Marie, the gentle and neglected cripple, is a pleasing and natural character ; and Henri de Soligny, the hero, is also admirably drawn. The struggle between pride and love is ably shown forth, and his conduct in the trying scenes of the carnage at Blois elevates him to the ranks of a " preux Chevalier." Yet, the prevailing impression at the conclusion of the work will be that it owes to its composition more than to its creations. The beauty of the language, the eloquence of some passages and the vivacity of others, the freshness and glowing enthusiasm which pervade its pages, all proclaim it to be no ordinary novel, and dis tinguish it as an exception to the romances of the day. The Chapter on Roses is a very fanciful and elegant digression, and the subject is appropriately introduced by its being presented as a study to the lovely heroine as she is enjoying the summer's day in the luxuriant beauty of that favoured spot before alluded to. The following lines aro the commence ment of the chapter : " Beautiful Provence, to thee we owe the lay of the Troubadour, the wild tale of romance ; there by the blue waters of the joyous Mediterranean the orange flower disputes with the pomegranate and myrtle each spot of soil, and the blue tints of the sky and the light outlines of the hills blend together ; while on distant ridges the palm recals the glories of the East, and the lofty pine stands forth on high as the guardian of the forest—who that has ever dwelt in Provence, but must look back to that period of life with fond regret ; for in such a climate even sensa tions of sorrow are subdued by the softness of the air. C'est le lieu du monde ou on pout mieux se passer de benheur ;' but it is not for her minstrelsy, though lips worthy of the theme have sung the loves of Provence ' • it is not for her wild tales of romance, though th ese cling to every ruin l ike the ivy of centuries ; it is not the orange-blossom, though at the name the fair bosom gently heaves and the damask glows in the cheek. Not so much for all thes e do we love f a i r Provence,l the rose which her soi l g ives birth to ; it is of La .as sfor Pro vence, above all, that England is redolent, and her roses ar e not the least of all the graces which England owes to France." There are some remarks made on" G reat Ci t i es, " w hich are also deserving of mention. It is observed that this is called the age of great cities, but the author asserts that the epithet " vast " is the one which should be applied to them : " Commerce is the magician which in all times has, with her magic wand, called great cities into existence ; but commerce is in these days more selfish, more exclusive, less generous than of old. She does not keep her state in marble palaces ; and the great merchants are no longer the merchant princes of the nation. Thebes with her hundred gates, purple Tyre, imperial Carthage, were the offspring of commerce. The tideless Adriatic and the azure Mediterranean wafted commerce to the stones of Venic e an d th e mar bl e s of Genoa ; then it was that men possessed noble thoughts, and could greatly realisethem. It was the proud boast of the great Cmsar that he f oun d R ome b r ick, and left it marble. We are content to leave nothing but bricks to our descendants." The Song of Boland. Translated by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." Hurst and Blackett. A literary curiosity is here given to the public in this " Song of Roland"—as chtunted before the Battle of Hastings by the Minstrel Taillefer—lite- 7 3 8 2s. all all all all 964 x d - - rally in this version the translation of the transla tion of a translation. We will explain. The author of " Emilia Wyndham" then, be it said, translated this " Song of Roland" into English from the modern French of M. Vitet, who in his turn had translated it from the obsolete French of M. Genin, who again in his turn had translated it from the original text, as first printed in the edition of M. Michel, and as first written (in the eleventh century) by the monk Turoldus. The history of this celebrated " Song of Roland" is sufficiently remarkable. It was known to have been chaunted on the morning of the Battle of Hastings, namely, on the 13th of Oc tober, 1066, by a Norman knight, who spurred his horse in front of the battle array, before the fight had commenced, and in a loud voice sang the " Song of Roland" between both armies—this knight being a follower of the Count de Mortain, and his name Taillefer. The incident was known to all students of history who were at all familiar with our ancient Chronicles—it being formally recorded in the pages of William of Malmesbury. But, until very recently, the song itself was no where discoverable. It was stated by Tyrwhitt, in a note to his edition of the " Canterbury Tales," that a manuscript of it was somewhere to be found in a state of preservation. But the actual existence of this MS. was first announced to the world of let ters by the learned Abbe de la Rue, in his Essalswrles Trouveres Normands. It was first discovered by him among the treasures of the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Whereupon M. Francesque Michel was at once despatched to the university to take a fair copy of the manuscript, being ordered so to do by M. Guizot, the then Minister of Public Instruction. From M. Michel's edition of the poem in the ori ginal antique language have come forth successively, as already intimated, the translation of it into the French of the time of Amyot, by M. Lenin, the translation of that into modern French by M. Vitet, and the translation from that again into English by the author of " Emilia Wyndham." Such briefly is the history of this curiously elabo rated edition of one of the most renowned of war songs—the death-chaunt of the Paladin of Charle magne—the lyrical commemoration of the bloody and heroic fight at Roncesvalles. • IHE PATENT LAWS. At the weekly meeting of the Society of Arts, on Wednesday (Mr. H. Chester presiding) Mr. Webster pro ceeded to read a paper on the patent laws. Having briefly alluded to the protection of works of art and lite rature, contending that the recognition of property in intellectual labour was not only an act of justice to the the producer, but beneficial to the public and the State, he said it had been contended that the idea having once passed from the mind of the author, no property could be held in it ; but, in his opinion, the right of multipli cation of copies of the work ought fairly to belong to the author, as property in intellectual labour ought to be as fully recognised as the physical labour of the artisan. Copyright in literature, music, and design, as fully be longed to the author as the patent of an invention to the inventor, the cases being so far analagous, that they were the product of mental labour, though probably not so much in the latter as in the former case. It could not, however, fairly be maintained, as it had been attempted to be, that the author or composer should have property in his works, and not the author of a design or an inventor of a machine calculated to benefit mankind, or improve science and art. Cases might occur by maladministra tration of the patent laws, by which they would be inju rious to the public, and if the author refused to reprint a work, or an inventor would not make a machine he had invented himself, or allow others to do so, it might be advantageous to have the compulsory power of purchase for the benefit of the public. Having referred to the opinion of Sir David Brewster, that many inventions were kept secret in consequence of the expense of ob taining patents, Mr. Webster proceeded to argue that there ought to be a preliminary examination of patents, to protect parties from their own ignorance. The patent law was a stimulus to inventions, which would never be prosecuted but for the protection afforded thereby. He maintained that the manufacturing superiority of this country could only be sustained by progress, and that progress could only be stimulated by protection being given to the works of the inventor. Every machine or tool improved became a new invention, and, therefore, ought to be protected by the patent law. Strikes had given rise to many inventions, such as the self-acting mule, the wool-combing machine, Sze. • but they would never have been inve n t e d, nor could the inventor have been been paid for his labour, but for the pro tection of the patent laws. A large proportion of inventions originated with operatives, and he be lieved that, under the new patent laws, properly ad ministered, the operatives of the next century would take the place of the Watts and Arkwrights of the last ; and with an alteration in the partnership laws, everything would be done that could be to protect the rights of the inventor. A great deal might be done by the framing of machinery to ensure its improvement ; yet, for such designs little or no protection could be ob tained. Designs in damask, &c., could only be pro tected for a year—a very inadequate degree of protec tion for the necessarily Jarge expenditure of labour and money required. The Copyright of Designs Act varied the periods of protection, but under what principle he could not tell ; and he thought the protection ought to be extended from time to time on the inventor or de signer paying to the State for it. The Registration of Designs, Act had worked very unsatisfactorily, and since the introduction of the new patent laws, the number of registrations had declined to comparatively few in num ber, whilst the patents had very materially increased. All secret manufactures ought to be discouraged, and encouragement given for inventors to make ail their improvements known to the world. The skill and edu cation of the artisan was of the greatest importance, and he earnestly recommended all to promote it to the utmost extent. Mr. DENNISON replied, and contended, at consider able length, that the patent laws were an obstruction to improvement, and ought to be altogether abro gated. He also maintained that there was no analogy whatever between copyright and patent right, as many persons might, and often did, discover the same means of improving machinery at about the same period—whilst no work produced by one author pre vented another writing on the same subject, though, of course, he could not be allowed to pirate the language of another. Mr. PROSSER maintained that patent laws were neces sary for the protection of the inventor, and instanced that, as a proof, inventors thought so too; that, since the new law came into operation, by which a patent could be got for about 101., 3,000 had been taken out in one year ; whilst previously, when the patents cost nearly 5001., they only averaged about 500 a-year. As a proof of how little people knew of what patents were actually granted, Mr. Prosser instanced the fact, that the American reap ing, machine, about which so much fuss was made, proved to be an English invention, which, not having been ap preciated here at the time it was patented, was after wards patented in America. The discussion was then adjourned until Wednesday next. '" MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This exhibition has just received the addition of the last surviving daughter of King George 111., and Queen Charlotte, the portrait model being a most excellent likeness of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. This figure represents the royal duchess in her usual full-dress cos tume, black velvet, profusely decorated with diamonds. The figure is admirably executed, and is highly credit able to the artistic taste of the Messrs. Tussaud. EXETER-HALL.—LONDON SACItED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Mendelssolin's oratorio Elijah will be performed, first time this season, under the direction of Mr. Surman, the founder of the Exeter-hall Oratorios, on Monday evening next. The band and chorus will be considerably in creased, in order that due effect may be given to this magnificent work. The principal singers are Miss Birch, Mrs. Lockey, Miss Stewart, Miss Wells, and Miss M. Wells, Mr. Lockey, an d M r. IL Phillips.' Rove', SOHO THEATR wo E fa . I7B ItLgviaveSertsn.Wa Thete d t n i ei the piecesd a R y o yn al Theatre al'lateur bypetrhi performance o a c tl i c e e ty lg selectedo ht ahao for the occasion were the Heir at Law , and a compressed version of The Honeymoon, This was ' the tenth enter tainment which the society has given since its establish ment in 1852. M r. Felton made an excellent Daniel h p aZis i a t s h ; a than t a h n o g s l e o s o s f comurl.di3n.opt Palm e e r b ; e a e n n d placed o r i a n h b D e t o t w e r . lais found a most efficient representative in Mrs. New bery. All the remaining characters were respectably sustained, and the acting generally gave universal satis faction to a crowded and most respectable audience. CHINESE REBELLION.—One effect of the present ex traordinary revolution now taking place in the Celestial Empire will, at least, be that of making the Celestials divest themselves of some of those peculiar national pre judices with which they have always viewed our anxiety to reciprocate with them more generally in articles of commerce ; inasmuch, if we may believe statistics, the supply of tea is considerably affected by the commotion now taking place ; which circumstance, doubtless, has in duced them to try the experiment of exporting some of their finest manufactured goods, for we find an entirely new article in silk just imported from the City of Chin Kiang Foo. Chin Kiang Foo is one of the largest com mercial cities in China, and of great importance in the Empire, from two circumstances—its situation is adja cent to the entrance of Yangtse Kiang River, and the entrepot for the whole of the northern trade carried on between Japan and the numerous islands situated in the China Seas ; again, Chin Kiang Foo is celebrated for its silk manufacture. It is here that thh Imperial silks worn by the Emperor and his Court are manu factured, and also those of the civil and military man darins. The importation has been effected by the firm of Thompson, Gordon, and Co., of Chusan; and consigned to M essrs . Ni c h o l son an d C o ., Argyll Mourning Warehouse, Regent Street ; who have ! lamed it the CM Kiang Silk. The silk, in our opinion, possesses the most beautiful hue possible for a black ; in sub stance it is far stouter than the generality of such fabrics ; and a peculiarity, certainly unknown to manu facturers of Silk in this country, drew our attention, namely,[that the threadsare so woven as not to cut each other—an imperfection much complained of in th e s ilk s of the present day ; nor, from its elasticity, is it liable to be crushed or damaged. Doubtless, the consignees will meet with the usual patronage from the female pertion of the Fashionable world during the two years they have contracted with the Chinese agents to lie exclusively supplied with the fabric in question.—Post. , 5 P pre p in )orts .1 be New class ided next nder titer ego the :urg y of this lie of , the ion. ount ;tang .1Om• [igh )uke the lary , the Earl itess 3unt Um. astle Dosi- liti. end- )yal om, ) of nco aces by d a The the 12i I St. St. 25 2 N , 100 20 20 20 20 104 all all all all all 100 100 100 18/3 6 5i 8 i sa 8 1001