The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market still presents a quiet and very easy appearance, the best bills being negotiated as low as 3: per cent. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £389,600, and the exports £608,500. The traffic receipts on the Bengal division of the East Indian Railway for the week ending the 18th January last, on 604 miles, represent a total amount ing to £13,665 95., and for the corresponding week in the previous year, upon 3201 miles, they brought £7,534 7s. It will thus be observed that while there has been no great increase or decrease in the revenue, the business may be regarded as good, al though of a rather stationary character. The tot al BUM received by the North West Provinces Division, on 2791 miles, for the same date as above, was £6,315 2s. ld., while in the corresponding week of last year, on 2431 miles, it represented £3,851 3s. 7d., showing also a steadier, but not progressive business. The following very interesting calculations are extracted from Messrs. Joseph Travers and Son's circular : IMPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OF COCOA, COFFEE, SUGAR, AND TEA IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.—From the foil wing accounts it will be seen that, with the excep tion of tea, the importations of these articles were larger than in the corresponding month of last year, and that in the consumption of cocoa and sugar there was an increase, while in that of coffee and tea there was a diminution• COCOA. Imports. Consumption. lbs. lbs. Feb 1861 ~ 1862 „ 1863 254,148 397,164 COFFEE. Feb. 1861 „ 1862 , 5,580,256 2,884, 982 „ 1863 3 803,757 2,602,965 SUGAR. Feb. 1861 „ 1862 580,061 730,443 „ 1863 TEA. Feb. 1861 12,175,188 5 , 828 , 620 „ 1862 7,871,694 5,831,665 „ 1863 The results presented by the above tables are as follows : Of cocoa the importation during the month of February was 77 per cent. lass than the quantity imported in Feb ruary, 1862, and 124 per cent, more than that in February, 1861; while the consumption was 16 per cent. more than in 1862, and 40 per cent, more than in 1861. Of coffee the importation was 32 per cent, less than in February, 1862, and 9 per cent, less than in 1861; while the consumption was 10 per cent, less than in either of the two preceding years. Of sugar the importation was 3 per cent. less than in Fel.ruary, 1862, and 10 per cent. less than in 1861; while the consumption was 6 per cent. more than in 1862, and 15 per cent, more than in 1861. Of tea the importation was 115 per cent. more than in February, 1862, and 39 per cent. more than in 1861; while the consumption was 10 per cent, less than either of the preceding years. The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the Agra and United Service Bank has been held today. The report, which was adopted, stated that the audited accounts for the year ended 31st December last, exhibit a surplus of £173,815 17s. sd. The directors regret to say that a very serious loss has been sustained by the opium frauds at Hong Kong, the whole of which they have deemed it their duty to write off to debit of the reserve fund, according to the discretion vested in them under the deed of settle ment. Out of the above sum of £173,815 17s. 5d., the directors have paid the usual dividend and bonus, amounting to £120,000, and have transferred the balance, £53,815 17s. 5d., to credit of the reserve fund, which now stands at £192,658 17s. Bd. Since the last annual meeting, the directors have opened a branch of the bank at Sydney, under the management of Mr. Alexander Camp. bell, the progress of which has been satis factory. The house occupied by the Bank in Cal cutta has long been found insufficient for the ex tended business at that Presidency ; and the direc tors are glad to report that a most eligiEle site has been secured, on which suitable premises will be immediately erected. The directors have purchased the freehold of the premises in Cannon-street, on favourable terms. At the P ar i s B ourse this day, acc w ording CLOCK to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 95 c.—Rather firm. The market for the English Funds has continued rather heavy, Consols having closed at 92 -a for money, and at 921 I for the account. Business has been exceedingly dull, owing to a disinclination on the part of speculators to extend operations. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Marked 91,+, ; Indian Stocks have remained steady, and Exchequer Bills closed at 3s. discount to par. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been rather active, but no important change has taken place. Greek Bonds are 271 281, and the Coupons, 13 -I ; Mexican, 321; Peruvian New Loan is steady at 871 ; Portuguese ditto, 95,1 ; Spanish Passive are 291 Q ; and the Certificates, 104 a ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 87 88 ex div. ; ditto, 1858, 67f,- 68 • ; ditto, 1862, 694 a ; and the Con solides, 471 Q. The Confederate Loan is 11 2 pm. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and several of the principal lines have slightly declined in value. Great Northern A Stock has receded £1 ; Great Easterns and South Easterns, ss. ; and Great Westerns and Midlands, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinued dull, without any material alteration in values. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in one or two instances are a shade firmer. London and County improved 55.; Union of Australia, 6s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 235 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — IDitto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 21 7.16 ndia t Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paer, 4 fter Cent Ditto 61 per Cent,.......... 1) ri, Bonds £ I.OOO Consols for Account, May 7 Ditto £500 • 3 dis par Ditto Small 3 dis par FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account. Ditto Coupons l3 I 13 Mexican 3 per Cent . NDitto Account ...... .. ew Granada. DiDitto 2 per Cent ................. tto Deferred ........ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ..... 61 Peruvian 3 per Cent. .......... , ...... Ditto 1862 .......... _— Ditto Account.. . .... . Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account ...................... 481. Ditto 1862 .............. 48 7t Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ...... .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 6O Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 53 - Ditto Pa ss i ve a i t Spanish Cert. of Coup not f u nded Turki s h 6 per Cent. 1854 _ Ditto 6 per C en t. 1858 Pitt° Account 67f Ditto , Ditto 6 pAccounter Cent. 1862 3 .. 69i i 4 D itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on Ex. the abov Guil e payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent 12 _ .1 _ D itto 4 p er C ent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex, 25 f rancs — i)itt o Account COlis e l s, Alu TWO O'CLOCK. v Ditto Account 9'l 923 1 Cotton Liverpool Market ---- This Day, --- ATarket (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) No chancre. Sal es , 5,000 b a l es Import, 1,569. At the quarterly meeting of the Council of the Iralifax Chamber of Commerce, h e ld yesterda y , it was de cided not to entertain a report from the New York Cham ber of Commerce, touching the buildibg in this country ot war ships fur the Confederates The classes of the College de France for the second 'half - Year' of 1868 Will commence on bbaday next, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuk..S. Rallwayß. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 8i 7 8 85 87 112 113 6i 7 40 42 13 14 87 89 107 109 51 52 95 47 244 214 1201 124 120 122 134 136 i 100 102 66i (6,1 108,1 1081 7i 70 114 115 39 40 971 98} 10. 10i} 44 45i 1,2 - 121 123,► 124 li "p 91 93 50i 51 24 25 99 99i 55 554 86 116 118 1 1 p 16f 1 6 110 12 119 121 42 43 98 100 48 50 32 33 92-1 922 67 69 99 101 7 8 36 374 9 10 o 7 1 7 1 P 149 151 41 6 p i 311) 79 81 150 160 28 30 431 441 37 39 99 101 32 92 i Ii 2 SIONS. Price. - 62 64 - WO 1071 41. bi 73 8 105 107 107 (08 1071 .: 8i 108 'O9 it 11P 19i 20 60 05 45 50 50 - 65 40 i 5 40 SO 35 20 25 18 22 1(8 109 11' 105 107 12 14 8a 7;ri 100 102 91 93 ji IMP 1056 105 90 10t 95 n 47 49 3 5 SO i 2 1071 :081 106 10s IP I 1 0 1054 1004 100 102 106} 101 2 1 z,bl)() 1654 1064 IC4 1( 6 104 106 454 964 94 46 110 •112 111 113 111 113 113 115 111 112 111 112 1(51 12 - - 101 102 101 102 101 102 110 112 106 i 1074 I:1 113 121 113 [OB 110 1081 lO9l l 961 i 51 6i 1081- 9 13.14. Mr., Wol., and Str. Val. 25 'Blythe and Tyne. 10 IBost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co st 'Bristol and Exeter st !Caledonian 50 'Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 iDo A 10 I Do. B A gets no dig ti 11 6p c.p an. ha s been paid to B. `" !Dublin & Belfast June' Ifirtn.,Perth,&Ab. June. I Edinburgh & Glasgow. I Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashl:e &Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwail Lon., Brig, , ht.,& S. Coast Lou,, Chat., and Dover 'Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western I Man., Shef., & Lincoln. !11Iaryport and Carlisle. I Dot shares Metropolitan (Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby, %lid. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... (North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central (Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook !Shrews. and Welchpool 'Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales !S. York. and River Dun I Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington ( Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. •••• Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P Share ! 100 atk 20 Railways tlantic it St Lawrenct itom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. kper cent.. Do. New . ..• •. 2U 10 100 1 100 100 Da E. Shares.. Buffalo an d Laxe Huron Do. Ist Fro , . Bonds Do. do. def erred..... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do d ferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. Block—. Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lnchaPento.gua. s p.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar..s p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Dc. 4+ do .. . • .• • • Do. Fifth Extension. %lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd'• dr Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a aiortg. Bds. Newßr answiok is Candi, Class A an d B. N.Rl.C'da6 pa Ist pt bds I Soinde I Do. - Delhi I pi 4-, Do. do •• • r. Do. Punjaub ce c. 'Do. Do. ........Cuo Do. Indus. St. Flo.) GULU.N IAL Ut/ V bit Do. Preference .. • • • • Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich 5 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, P , 72 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10. do. June 1, 1674 ;1, utta.&S.Eastn.(L.i ) .;apeTONVII S. Dock Seri' Eamtn. Bengal gu. 6 p. c, East Indian. au. 5 p. C. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 an.tiov. f 3 p.c.Ja &Jul) 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Atli! Do. d p. c. Liar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stool, Cape G.llope, 6 p i Do.Ap & Oct. 18SC Do. 189 , {Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c Mauiltius 5 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.li.Gov. 6 p.c ) a.&Jul) I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. ov. 5 p Do. 5 p. c.,18.1 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. ia.Aus G6p.c.187&& up. - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. in Rn.a kn.dtOot.. BRITIS Cambrian Con sol. Gold Chilord Amalgamated Devon G Con.. (Tavist i East Bassett (IlloZan). • East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... •. 1 East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.; Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) l Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (II elston IGrenville Derod's-Foot . • Hingston Downs ...... Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant Marke Valley.. llyndy Iron Oro (Lim : New Setun .. North Downs N. Wh'i Basset (Illo.;an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols alit. Blazey, Providence (Uny South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park 'famar Silv.& Lead Min. Pin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan', Wheal Buller(tedruth) w heal Kitty (I.7.Lelant) , WhealLud. ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton heal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.17 51 5/ 154 161 45 255 17 18 5 61 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 111 10: Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 Great orthern, 4. per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 100 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 West Nlidland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 127} 7 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 1041 Ditto, 44 per cent., 954 London, Chatham, &c., Itetrop. Ext.4C, 6 per cent., Of LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95) 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent., 21} Dutch Rhenish, 171 Sambre and Meuse, 11`.k Don Pedro, Nor h DeI FOREIGN Rey, MINES. Linares, 71 N. Rhine Copper of South Australia (Urn.), Port Philip, JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliand United Service (lirn.), Live 100 anceßank of London and rpool (Um.), 241 Bank of Egypt, 30k Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 2.51 s:} CE dean,Engl:ir h .O 4 an . d Irish aim.). 81 China,a nd and Australian Japan amo Chartered,i ,14 Iu 21; London charercd Ba n k of Australia, 23i L'oonddoonno and alid So uth African, 271 1 Metrop• to_ rr9v. Bank (lirn.), 124 Oriental scinde, 551 I 0 0 'n u 0 0 f t A. L it o d Delhi aim.), 2f U Un n M L Berlin Water Wor IS ks, 8k LANEOUS, Bombay Gas, limited, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavou lrl National Discount Company 8 i Oriental Inland Steam (lim y ( 64 ), Quebrada Land, Rail, ann Mining ß oi mo, l 2 o t mew PICKING UP STRAY SHOTs.--i. ---: hat novel case of prosecution on the part of h was disposed of at the Portsmouth bench le A dmiralty last week waterman was charged with picking up the Spent aliot. . A the Excellent, used in gunne r y exercise. T he shots, -t- aof pears, are now marked with the broad arrow, i n order ' that they may be identified, and eight watermen are licensed to pick them up and restore them. The prisoner was not a licensed man, and hence he was prosecuted for having such shot in his possession. It was stated that a similar case had not been brought before the magistrate for 20 years. It was, however, pr. Ned that the Admiralty had been in the habit of purchasing such shots from other than licensed persons, who had restored them ; and the defence was that the receivers were as bad as the thieves. The magistrates, taking this view of the case, dismissed the prisoner, observing that if the Government desire to prosecute in such cases they should give notice of their intention. It is a good illustration of the freedom of our laws when the will of the Government is put aside by local magistrates,— Woe 4?4 , 210 gactift THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY E,VENINGI, APRIL 11, ':'1863. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, CITY BETTING—Tins DAY.: CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Glenochty colt (taken) 9to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 16 to 1 bar two (offered) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 6to lon the field (offered) CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 12 to 1 agst Plover (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 9to 2 agst Saccharometer (taken) 66 to 1 agst Brick (offered) THE DERBY. to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agst Hospodar (taken) THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. We have received the following additional article to the treaty signed at Washington, April 7, 1862, between her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade. Signed at Washington, Febrnary 17, 1863. Ratifications exchanged at London, April 1, 1863 : Whereas by the First Article of the Treaty between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, for the suppression of the African slave trade, signed at Washing ton on the 7th of April, 1862, it was stipulated and agreed that those ships of the respective navies of the two High Contracting Parties which shall be provided with special instructions for that pur pose, as thereinafter mentioned, may visit such mer chant vessels of the two nations as may, upon reasonable grounds, be suspected of being engaged in the African slave trade, or of having been fitted out for that purpose, or of having, during the voyage on which they are met by the said cruisers, been engaged in the African slave trade contrary to the provisions of the treaty ; and that such cruisers may detain and send or carry away such vessels in order that they might be brought to trial in the manner thereinafter agreed upon : and whereas it was by the said article further stipulated and agreed, that the reciprocal right of search and detention should be exercised only within the distance of two hun dred miles from the Coast of Africa, and to the southward of the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, and within thirty leagues from the coast of the Island of Cuba; And whereas the two high contracting parties are desirous of rendering the said treaty still more efficacious for its purpose ;—the plenipotentiaries who signed the said treaty have, in virtue of their full powers, agreed that the reciprocal right of visit and detention, as defined in the article aforesaid, may be exercised also within 30 leagues of the Island of Madagas car, within 30 leagues of the Island of Puerto Rico, and within 30 leagues of the Island of San Domingo. The present additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it had been inserted word for word in the treaty concluded between the two high contracting parties on the 7th of April, 1862, and shall have the same dura tion as that treaty. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in six months from this date, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. Done at Washington, the 17th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three. (L.S.) LYONS. (L. 8.) WILLIAM H. SEWARD. RECENT WILLS AND BEQtESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Dowager Baroness Stafford was proved in the London Court on the 24th ult., by the executors appointed for England—namely, Sir Wm. Lawson, Bart., and his sons, John Lawson and Thomas Paulinus Lawson, Esqs.; the personal property in this country being sworn under £40,000. Her ladyship was the daughter of the late Richard Caton, Esq., of Maryland, U.S., and married, in 1836 (as second wife), the late Lord Stafford, who died in 1851. She possessed considerable estates, mines, oil wells, &c., in America. The executor appointed for America is Basil R. Spalding, Esq., of Baltimore. Her ladyship died at St. Leonard's-on-Sea in Octo ber, 1862, having executed her will in 1860 and a codicil in June, 1862. Her lands, estates, and pro perty in America she leaves to her two sisters, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds and Mrs. M'Tavish, who are also the residuary legatees of her general estate. This property is to be held by them for their re spective lives, and titter their decease one half will go to the relatives of Mrs. M'Tavish, and the other portion to be applied to various Roman Catholic institutions in England. There are numerous legacies to relatives and friends, and to several poor persons in this country and i❑ America who have been in her ladyship's service, or connected with her establishment. The will of W. Hobson, Esq., of Harley-street, Civendish-square, was proved in London on the 25th ult., under £300,000 personalty, the executors and trustees being John Day, Esq., his son-in-law, and Francis Hobson Appach, Lq., his nephew, the other executor appointed (John Irving Glen nie, Esq., bis sottin-law), having died before Mr. Hob son, the testator, who died on the Ist March last, having executed his will in 1856, and two codicil's in 1857 and 1862. He has devised all his free hold property to his son, Robert Hobson, Esq., to whom he leaves his plate, bcquathing to each of his sons and daughters specific bequests from his valuable collection of art. The residue of his property is to be divided equally between his two sons and three daughters. There are several legacies to the testator's personal friends. The will of William Stammers, Esq., of Nay land, Suffolk, was proved in London under £140,000 personalty. There are six executors and trustees appointed, namely, Henry Daniell, the nephew, and James Frederick Blyth, Esq.; these two are the acting executors. The others are William Daniell, a nephew, Thomas Blyth, Her bert Alger, and Frederick Alger, Esqrs. The testator died in February last, having executed his will in December, 1860. He bequeaths to his nephews Henry and William Daniell each a legacy of £lO,OOO. Liberal legacies are also left to his sister, and to other of his nephews, and to nieces, as well as to relatives and personal friends. The testator directs that after the payment of the follow ing bequests—viz., £lOO to the Essex and Colches ter Hospital, £175 to his housekeeper, and legacies to other of his servants, and a sum of £3OO, the interest of which is to be applied for the benefit of the minister of the Dissenting congregation at Nay land—the residue of his ploperty, real and personal, shall be divided amongst the legatees of his will in proportion to the amount of their respective legacy. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18. via Marseilles ... Apr. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. , May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Apr. 18. via Marseilles Apr. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Apr. 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Apr. 18. via Marseilles Apr. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles 4pr. 20. P0rtuga1.......... May 4. Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton Apr. 10. via Marseilles May, 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 15. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Apr. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffo Apr. 10. Bahamas, via New York May 7. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia. j Apr. 13, LORD DUNDREARY.—It is worth recording, what we know to be a fact, that when this eccentric nobleman, on audience Tuesday e vening last, pres en t e d hi mse lf b efore a Liverpool , every seat in the dress circle, at ss. each, was already taken for one month, while 1,200 stalls, at 6s. each, had been sold. There is no parallel to this in the theatrical anna's of Liverpool. It will be the same thing at Edin burgh, We fancy, on the 25th May next.—Scotsman. The Ilioniteur publishes the regulations for the new establishment of Pupils of the Marine, founded in pursuance of an Imperial decree of the 15th November last. Donations and leg ac i es for this foundation will be cepttcl by the Minister of Marine, BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the account for month ending Thursday, April 9 : ASSETS. P. C. Cash and ingots .. ~ .. .. 113,609,031 88 Cash at the branch-banks .. .. .. 263,065,338 Bills due to be paid to-day.. .. • • 630,465 41 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 58,169,860 f. 47c. are from the branch banks .. 271,067,470 64 .. •• •• •• Bills in the branch-banks .. .. .. 233,808,266 Advances on coin and ingots .. .. 7,690,300 Do in the branch-banks .. 1,752,200 Do on French securities .. .. 68,534,600 Do in the branch-banks .. .. 14,383,700 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 50,093,400 Do in the branch-banks 31,397,850 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds • • 404,200 Do in the branch-banks .. • • 288,000 Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. .. 30,158,584 61 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. 6,010,711 Expenses of administration .. 1,012,058 3 Sundries .. .. 6,765,043 10 1,277,651,998 81 514 1 i O 6 1 i 6 IrBi I 2 751 91 1 1011 1 44/ f 12Z 1 123}1 3 Business done 1031 I I 204 1081 1012 i i 1001 100 bi LIABILITIES. Capital 182,500,000 Reserve-fund .. .. 12,980,750 14 New Reserve 9,125,000 Reserve-immobiliere .. 4,000,000 Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9, 1857) 2,316,503 57 Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks .. .. 775,180,775 Do. to order (Post-bills) .. 4,424,601 39 Bills payable at sight .. 4,601,641 Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. 75,102,975 80 Various accounts current .. 153,328,148 70 Do. branch-banks .. .. 30,791,498 _ Dividends to be paid .. .. 1,128,822 75 Arrears of values deposited .. 4,853,896 62 Discount, interest, and expenses .. .. 9,606,543 41 Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 1,850,877 89 Sundries .. 2 859.964 54 1,277,651,998 81 MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit is small, and prices are well sup ported. Increased supplies of vegetables aro on sale, and the trade rules heavy at our quotations. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons . 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf -sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pnno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Damson .. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sT 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz 0 1 to 1 6 Red ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 0 to 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per bus. 1 0 to 1 Potatoes, per ton 00 to 140 0 New ditto, pr pnt 0 6 to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 1 0 to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, 11. -sv. 0 0 to 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 3 to 2 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 3 to 1 6 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 8 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 9to 1 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 3 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 4 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 108 Od ; geese, 5s Od to 78 Od each ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducklings 4s Od to 6s Od ; rabbits, is 4d to is 8d each ; wild do., 1 to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls lOs Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 10s Od; barn-door fowls' 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ptarmigan, 1s Od to Os each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; part) idges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Cd to Os Od ; French do., 4s Od to 7s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs. ty the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 6d to is 9d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; skate, 6d ; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, is Od to 5s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doroys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is Od to 3s; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, s to —s ; natives, 48s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 9s; haddocks, 4s to 15s ; smelts, is 6d to is Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 5s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7id to sa, or ttousenotd do., 51d to ia per 416 ioai. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to aid ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, 9s Od to lOs 6d; Downs, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; lambs, 2s 9d to 3s 9d; shearlings, is 5d to is 6d. LITERATURE. The Deserted House of Hawksworth. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Mr. Wilkie Collins has a great deal to answer for. To his wonderful excellence in that terrible branch of art, and to the success naturally conse quent upon that excellence, we believe we are mainly indebted for the modern Sensation Novel. Nature has (for the time being, let us hope !) gone out of fashion, and in the world of literature now the palm is given to the extravagant, the amazing, and the unreal. To be surprised appears to be the very acme of enjoyment to the modern romance reader. A morbid craving for stimulants is not the sign of health ; cayenne and curries may be very acceptable as the occasional et ceteras of a repast, but who in the possession of health and appetite could endure to have them before him diurnally. This feverish craving for excitement does not speak well for the present condition of the reading public. It is, moreover, an excitement which must defeat its own object; it is essentially evanescent, like all that is unreal. Not such the spells exercised by the real romancist—by those potent magicians who " hold the mirror up to nature," and who out of the fulness of their own hearts appeal, and not in va'n, to the living hearts of millions. Talk of interest and excitement, what mysterious secret, utterly worthless when discovered ; what accu mulated horrors, quite innocuous because so accu mulated, which crowd the pages of the Sensation Novel, can in any the most remote degree compare with the universal interest which was felt in so many households all over the kingdom, aye, and even attested by tears, at the death of poor Smike, and little Nell,and little Paul, and tiny Tim ?—What Sensation Novel produces such sensation ! When Nicholas administered that immortal thrashing to Mr. Squeers, when he clung in angry desperation to the cab-horse of Sir Mulberry Hawk, those were indeed scenes of excitement that stirred responsive passions in the honest indignant hearts of hun dreds. Do we not all remember them well? These are sensation novels, we admit, to whose power we cordially bear testimony, a power again and again attested as they alternately elicit our tears and our laughter; but such are not the tributes accorded to the modern novel. Who ever wept over a sensation story ? "It is very pretty poetry, Mr. Pope, but it is not Homer," said the censorious critic. This is very clever acting—very clever, we have no doubt—but it is acting, and we must be pardoned if we are old-fashioned enough to prefer truth and nature, whether in tragedy or comedy, to art and artifice, whether in pantomime, burlesque, extrava ganza, or spectacle. Having spoken so far in gene. ralities, we must turn to the latest and not the least meritorious specimen of its class, " The Deserted House of Hawksworth !" The readers of the cir culating library may rejoice in the ample banquet here provided for them. Horror, and mystery, and intrigue, passion and prejudice, evil-doing, and yet more evil revenge and tardy but triumphant retri bution, constitute some of the attractive features of this novel. The author's name is not given, but it does not read like the work of an unpractised hand. It displays no inconsiderable ability ; some of the characters are well portrayed, and many of the scenes described with much spirit, and the story possesses a certain amount of originality. We are willing to accord to book and writer a fair amount of praise, but the work is of a class for which we have no sympathy. For example let us specify a few of its contents; in so doing, we shall perhaps, in the opinion of some, be pronouncing a panegyric. The tale opens with the opening of the " Deserted House of Hawksworth"—a house that for 20 years had been walled in, and blocked up, and inacces sible. Twenty years before, a wedding breakfast had been prepared in the spacious dining-room, but the bride had married another bridegroom, and the Master of Hawksworth, disappointed at the last moment, had caused the hall to be walled up with the wedding breakfast on the table—an incident that will remind some of Miss Havisham's disap • pointment. Twenty years after the house is opened, and its master enters it to die. Later on the real heir is discovered by the falling of an old chiffonier at an auction, when a paper escapes from a secret drawer (fortunately addressed to a person who happens to be present !) The heir with his bride (the daughter of the faithless bride) enters the Hall at het to reside thurc, and that night it is destroyed by fire. One of the heroines, Marina Moriarty, is a moat impassioned character. Many parts of her history would have been well omitted. De ceived by the faithless hero, she appears at his wedding breakfast, terrifies the bride almost to death, and after threatening to de stroy her, attempts to kill herself, and apparently dying, charges her false lover with murder. She recovers, however, and a little later on resumes her old influence over her former captive, to the great disgust of the reader, who rejoices (we speak for ourselves) when shortly afterwards, in a fit of pas sion, the faithless husband is hurled over a preci• pice by the indignant hand of his lady love, who dies of grief, and on her tomb is recorded an epitaph worthy of a sensation novel : " Marina, Aged 23 years, Born on the ocean amidst a storm, Died on the cold ground with none to close her eyes," Is not this enough to justify all our remarks ? Many we have, no doubt, will follow with interest the tragic events here recorded, but when the sur prise is over and the mystery discovered, how many will turn again and again to ponder over these pages as we are in the habit of doing with many a favourite work we could mention, but then they are not Sensation Novels. New Views on Baldness: being a Treatise on the Hair and Skin. By H. P. Truefitt, Pp. 264. W. and A. Webster, Piccadilly. A Treatise on Baldness by Mr. Truefitt is as much comme it faut, is as entirely a something done with the strictest regard (literally) to the fitness of things as a disquisition by Mr. Rarey on Horse taming, or an account by M. Blondin (though he has never yet, we believe, gone as far South as the Equator) of the pleasures of crossing the line. In regard to the particular subject the author has here taken in hand, he may very confidently be described as the right man in the right place—to a hair ! He might, at the risk of startling the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield into a momentary indignation at having his right to his own title, seemingly, in sound at least, directly threatened—have called his book " The History of the Wigs." As it is, Mr. Truefitt contents himself, we cannot but think very wisely, with the more modest office of writing a mere abstract or gene ralised treatise ou the Hair and Skin, distinguishing this same treatise not more pretentiously than by naming it, " New Views on Baldness." Any one whose hair has been seriously thinned, whether by the lapse of time, or, as it happens in the in stance of some, prematurely, will do well to consult the pages of Mr. Truefitt. We are quite satisfied of this, we would observe, en passant, quite dispas sionately, as mere theoretical students and observers, in regard to the highly important section of physiology hero treated of, the most highly impor tant of all it should be remarked in its relative position, being, in point of fact, above all the rest, all the lower part, as one may say, of our human anatomy. The work, although touching most delicately (as such an artist's hand as Mr. Truefitt's could alone do in the presence of such a theme), upon the Hair and Skin—is, nevertheless, anything' but superficial. In reality Mr. Truefitt may be said s here to have sounded—mark this I — tbe ve b ry e of Beauty. That is, if the proverb to looked upon as in any way accurate, which speaks of beauty as being only skin-deep. For Aib depth of the skin. It is not merely i.. Truefitt's re searches penetrate through the wale an artist who is here dis coursing to us upon a matter that s, indeed, his metier—it is a philo so p her. Hear him describing the functions of the skin for example, and giving a succinct history of it, when chemically con sidered ! Listen to him when he is descanting upon the nervous elements of the scalp--a theme the examination of which, as here pursued through a ll its subtle mazes, would infallibly make the mouth of a Red Indian water, out of sheer sympathy, and induce him to reli eve hi s exc i te d f ee li ngs by putting a keener edge upon his tomahawk. Deeper and deeper into this current of his swims onward our author when he has to descant "On Favus or Porrigo Favosa," " On Scurf or Pityriasis," " On Eczema,' c‘ O n Impetigo," " On Psoriasis," and so forth—we had almost written it psoforth. Having, however, got through the more scientic part of his treatise really very creditably, our renowned Artist in Hair, our revered Author " Upon Baldness" —on e whose tender care for those afflicted with Baldness may be said (to use a common parlance), to reflect equa credit on his head and heart, or rather perhaps we ought to say upon their heads and his heart—Mr. Truefitt in a word (how aptly named ! ) gets at last upon more familiar subjects. When, for example, he has to comment at his own free wili and pleasure on " Cutting the Hair," on " Combing and Brushing," on Washing the Hair, on Dyeing it—though to our mind, with such wigs in existence as Truefitt's, the motto with the greyest and the reddest haired among us all, ought certainly to be " Never say Dye !" Greases, and Washes, and all the little et cetsras of the toilet, one by ono are passed in review, moreover, by this Arcadian dreamer—we should say this Burlington-Arcadian dreamer upon Hair, and Scalps, and Wigs, and Baldness. Even the most irritable of Yankees might allow, in Mr. Truefitt's regard, that he gets one's dander up sometimes, perhaps, with his brushes —with his pen, never ! Only once his own may be described, figuratively of course, as having risen —namely, when he bursts into a " fine phrenzy" of indignation upon what he dubs in plain terms (the capitals are his own) " The Folly of Shaving!" In such horror is he at the mere notion of that barber-ous proceeding, that one could fancy almost " each particular hair" upon every one of his wigs standing upon end, by electric sympathy, " like quills upon the fretful," &c. For, in point of fact, what after all is Shaving P Why nothing less than the production of—what Mr. Truefitt has an especial horror of in every point of view, what he has here discoursed upon so eloquently through nearly 300 pages octavo—the deliberate production of an arti ficial—Baldness ! History of England, from the Accession of fames I. to the Disgrace of Chzef-Justice Coke. By Samuel Rawson Gardinor. Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett. The period of history comprised in these volumes is a very brief one. It extends over little more than a dozen years, and those years are unmarked by startling events or national crises. It may seem at first sight strange that an historian, who was willing to devote so much time and labour to so short a page of our annals, did not select a passage from the reigns on either side of his hero, and depict with the elaborate faithfulness of his present treatise the great statesmen who gathered in the council chamber of the Maiden Queen, or the sturdy patriots who fought the battle of English rights in the days of the Civil War. The epoch which Mr. Gardiner has eaosen, however, is not without its importance. It was a time of transition and uncer tainty. The strong hand that had so long guided the helm of State was gone ; the honour of the people abroad, and their liberties at home, were in equal danger. During the thirteen years which occupy this history, James was secretly busy in extending the influence of the Crown, and consoli dating its rights and privileges. The foundation of the fatal struggle between Crown and Parliament, which was to be productive of so much trouble in the succeeding generation, was even then being laid. Mr. Gardiner goes so far as to say that, it it is possible for those who begin their study of the English constitutional struggle at any later date to arrive at sound conclusions with respect to the principles at stake, it is utterly impossible for them to judge the actors fairly." It is only, he adds, b 3 a careful investigation of the origin and progress of the guiding principles of a party, that it is possible rightly to comprehend the feelings of the partisans, or to draw the line which separates a blunder from a crime. The general political history of the open ing years of James's reign is summed up as follows —" At the end of 1816, the Constitution, at least in the minds of the supporters of the Crown, had assumed that form which was always defended by them in the course of the ensuing conflict as the true Constitution of the country, The prerogative had established its claim to be con sidered as the regulating part of the machinery. The sittings of Parliament had been suspended without any immediate prospect of their renewal. The judges had been taught by a practical example, that they held their offices only at the good pleasum of the Sovereign. In short, these thirteen years and a half were years of constitutional change, Tie lees real because it was carried on within the letter of the constitution. It was in them that the wea pons were forged which were to be used by James and his son with such unfortunate results for them selves. Up to the summer of 1616 it was a question what constitutional powers the Crown would be able to assert. At the end of the year the question was, what use would be made by it of the powers of which it had obtained possession." The gradual steps by which this change was effected are well told by Mr. Gardiner; so is the firm stand made on the ground of constitutional right by the Parlia ment. Sometimes James went a step too far, and had to alter his position. Such was the case when the Commons took into consideration the imposts which the King had been levying on certain articles of commerce. " The kings of France, Spain, and Denmark," said James angrily, " had the right to levy impositions, and why should not he do as they did P He would not have his prerogative called in question." This unconstitutional language gave great offence to the Commons, who appointed a committee on the subject, and drew up a petition of right, in which they declared that "they would not be prevented from debating on any matter which concerned the rights and interests of the subject." The dispute was subsequently compromised, only to be succeeded by others of a similar character. In the year 1614 James was compelled by his neces sities to summon a Parliament. The elections were most unfavourable to the Government, and the re sult was a serious struggle for supremacy. The com mons brought forward the public grievances, of which the first and foremost was the impositions, and on the refusal of the Lords to hold a conference they postposed the consideration of the supply. The King, incensed, dissolved the Parliament after a very brief session, and committed four of the refrac tory membets to the Tower, four others were struck out of the commission of peace, and several were forbidden to leave London. James did not venture on summoning another Parliament until long after the date at which these volumes close. The evil example which ho thus set to the youthful heir to the throne was only too closely followed by the hapless Charles the First. Of the effect of surrounding circumstances on his nar row and impressible mind, Mr. Gardiner speaks b strongly in his concluding pages. Had says the historian been some 10 or yearsidifferent older he might have learnedl lesson. But at the dawn of his le.aar byetiritia had passed great men of the great days of .n E c their system ° hood the away. Their policy, their rerdgei of the temper and of government, their kn r h i e gs of the past. ` history wants of the people, were been t • the a womeny has, perhaps, never bee n such a youth as Charles could of England at which with less chan ma nhood ce of understand enter upon of the duties which he was called ing the rea upon to fulfil. lncapable of forming large and comprehensive views for himself, there was little hope of his being led in the right path by those who were around him. Even the greatest and the best of those who took part in his father's counsels were men whose thoughts lay apart from the main current of the life of the nation; and, desirable as it is, that diversities of opinion should exist in the body of the people, it is never with impunity that such a separation grows up between a nation and its rulers." Short as is the period referred to in this work, Mr. Gardiner considers it as an epoch com plete in itself. With the disgrace of Coke, he says the period of transition ends. "Itis a great his torical landmark. Up to this time James has been busy in acquiring the powers which were after wards to be used with such fatal results to himself and his son. In two or three years James will be the most unpopular man in the three kingdoms. England will be disgusted by t he negotiations with Spain—Scotland will be enraged by the Five by the Articles of Perth—lreland will be irritated m r. Gardzner seizure the oharter of Waterford. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £ 4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 108 ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull; supply moderate. CUMBERLAND..—Meagow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os; clover do., £3 10s to £5 10 s ; and straw, £ 1 10a to £ll6s pe r l oad. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £ 2 Os to £ 4 Os; clove! do., £3 lOs to £5 10s ; and straw, lyl 108 to £1 16s per load. Trade heavy. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK• Miles Opened. Receipts. 1863. 1862. -., 1863. 1862. £ £ Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,077 1,946 Belfast and County Down 49 40 739 698 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,573 1,879 Bristol and Exeter l2ll I _ 2l l 5, :62 6,734 Caledon i an 230 14 0 15,454 15,313 Cockermouth & Workington Bl 84 292 217 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 403 372 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 4 201 169 Cork and Youghal . 32 3 6 2 354 380 Cornwall 531 324 1 , 316 1,158 Deeside l7 17 266 261 Dublin & Belfast Junction ... Dublin and Drogheda 76 63 . 1 , 48 6 1,467 Dub. & Wicklow and We'd d 4Bl 481 2,4:5 2,165 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 . 1,194 1,062 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 7,267 6.867 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 2,787 2,479 Glasgow & South-Western ~ 198 198 8,659 8,184 Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 330 330 25,564 24,718 Great North of Scotland 6B 58 1,154 1,851 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll ~„4 84 3 6 8 301 qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 az o , 7,4,9 7,792 Great Western 992 9641 56,286 50,315 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno._ 864 73 1 1 ,67 794 Irish North-Western 145 130 1,726 1.432 Irish South-Eastern 251 25 1 620 356 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395 3954 34,550 29,469 Limerick and Ennis... 24 241 1;9 176 Limerick and Foynes 26 261 138 184 Llanelly 46 46 543 503 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5 4 1,841 1,493 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 230 2111 22,817 15,0c9 London, Chatham, & Dover 7 24 721 3,856 1,738 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend ,069 927 illan.,Shetheld,& Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l • q 1,613 1,030 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 34 - 2,104 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 41,577 37,468 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2491 1921 4,432 4,315 Monkland 7ll 711 1,894 1,588 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,226 2,436 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee . N-Eastern and New. & Car Mt 8674 41,417 36,904 North London 9 9 3,219 2,704 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,215 7,537 Oswestry and Newton... Rhyinney l 9l 191 853 8 ( 2 St. Helen's Canal & Railway • 52 52 1,829 1,974 Scottish Central . Scottish North-E -.astern . 1321 1321. 4,641 4,539 Somerset and Dorset 394 39 341 221 South Devon ........... ..., .• • 76 1 754 3.609 3,072 South-Eastern ... . Stockton and Darlington .. • • 185 161 8,3)2 8,310 Taff Vale 55 . 55 5,089 5,274 Ulster 64 i 5 7 1 2,078 1,937 Vale of Clwyd ..... 10 10 110 154 [ Vale of Neath • 25 4 251 1,762 2,102 Waterford and Kilkenny 31 31 292 294 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,296 1,264 West Cornwall .. W.ll artlepoolliaib r. &ltaiL - 48 48 3,540 3,431 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 744 180 Whitehaven Junction . . l2 12 883 529 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 836 518 Railways. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. aintwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,154 1,054 Austrian B2B 828 30,772 30,413 Belgian Eastern Junction... • 26 4 264 291 247 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1821 1321 1,939 1,045 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6 li 1614 1,986 1,510 Detroit and Milwaukie l B5 185 3,522 2,252 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France lO7B 1060 47,908 4 7,764 East Indian .v Grand Trunk of Canada vu 1090 ;17,209 13,513 Great Indian Peninsula 425 4371 10,003 6,068 Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,823 4,246 Great Western of Canada... • 345 345 14,954 10,233 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Northern of Canada. ...... •• • • 94 94 1,878 1,487 Northern of France ......... . 701 698 49,702 48,436 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 121,164 120,318 Paris and Orleans Pernambuco 7 74 - 1,091 - Royal Danish 69 69 555 586 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,467 1,267 South Austrian Southern of France ...... •••••• 777 777 21,864 25,071 Welland. . 25 25 - - ... West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 758 758 38,880 38,458 The Minister of Marine has awaried a premium of 1,200 f. to M. Vissiere, whose chronometer stood first in the competition opened on the 15th December last at the Ministry. has brought his task a thorough knowledge of his subject, to a spirit of fair and careful investiga tion, laborious research, and temperaance of tone. His style is always clear and even, never rising into eloquence or sinking into mediocrity. Yet he can scarcely expect his work to be extensively popular. It required the reputation and the genius of a Macaulay to make the general public interest them selves in a few outwardly uneventful years. It demands an historical student like himself to appre ciate and to value his labours. It needs the same sp:rit of patient inquiry by which he is distinguished, to read carefully these two bulky volumes, only to trace the origin of the great facts which casual observers learned long ago. Yet every careful and authenticated work of the class is a gain to our standard literature, and though perhaps unread by the mass of superficial readers, the thoughtful student will be tempted to place this work on his shelves as a contribution to his light appreciation of the history of his countrymen. Memories of the Past and Thoughts upon the Present Age. By J. Brown. Longman. This work contains some very interesting essays on various topics, and the author informs us in his first article that he is approaching his eightieth year, but still preserves unimpaired his memory. Thus he can compare the storms of the present day with those on which his young eyes opened. He has a perfect remembrance of the sensation which was made by the capture of Louis XVI. A brief but emphatic account is given of the varied feelings produced in the minds of men by the changing aspects of the French Revolution. At first it was supposed to be the dawn of a great and glorious era, and on all aides it was hailed with en thusiasm. "O'er the vine-covered hills and gay valleys of France See the day•star of liberty rise," sang the poets of the day, but afterwards men be came disgusted at the extremes to which the advo cates of liberty went in the pursuance of their pro jects. Passing onwards in his cursory glance at historical events, the author mentions Mr. Buckle's History of Civilisation, and dissents from the opi nions therein expressed. There is a good deal on the subject of America, and at the conclusion he considers the present social position of England. He says that if we would rightly depict the mind of England, we must consider loyalty and patriotism the prominent characteristics. He aptly refers to the prevalent sentiments of the last generation, and suggests that to illustrate his meaning any senior of our community should call up before his mind's eye the condition of the country at the time of Queen Caroline's trial, and compare what he then saw with what he now witnesses. " How was this manifested when Prince Albert, the great, the good, passed from among us to brighter realms." While on this subject Mr. Brown mentions an interesting occurrence which took place more than twenty years ago, when he, as mayor of the town, presented an address to the late Prince Consort. He says that, looking up at the Prince, he recalled the words of the greatest historian of all antiquity to his fa vourite hero, " You would readily believe him to be a good man, you would wish to believe him a great one." Finally, the work winds up by declaring that England is at this moment in the van of the civilisation of the world. Nor does there appear any reason to fear her decadence, since nations fall from their sins. "Rome fell because her very con stitution was a vile conspiracy against the rights and liberties of all the rest of the world." In our country, on the contrary, it is not probable that civilisation will become retrogressive, and as our policy, international and domestic, is founded on right and justice, we may foresee for its future " a long career of happiness and prosperity." Nobly False. A Novel. 2 vols. By James M'Grigor Allan. Newby. This is a very peculiar work, that is not likely to be pleasing to the general reader, on account of its being more the exponent of ideas and the enunci ator of theories than a reflection of society and a chronicle of the lives of individuals. Gerald, the hero, is one of those wild erratic young men who are always supposed to be doing something great, but unfortunately never succeed in achieving any thing in a small way that can win for them true renown, or gain respect from sober-minded people. In religion be tried all creeds, till he appeared to be too good for any at last. In politics he was also most skilled in detecting frauds and fallacies, till he ended his first attempt in that line by being ar rested as the leader of a Chartist mob and creating riots in his native town. He was not more happy in his affections than he had been wise in his public career or notable in his form of worship, He ruined the peace of an innocent girl, who was deeply at tached to him, and she became so confused by the conflicting claims of right and wrong that she poisoned herself. Then in his marriage Gerald put the finishing stroke to his long career of blunders. There are some minds that get so infatuated with their notions of broad views, liberal principles, and unprejudiced opinions, that they end by be coming as rooted in their unaccommodating dogmas as any of the bigoted classes they despise and de nounce. Gerald is a good prototype of such individuals, and the extremes into which he went may serve aptly to portray the evils they occasion and the errors they fall into from their extreme views. Essays and Reviews: their Origin, History, General Character and Significance, Persecution,Proseen. film, the Judgment of the Arches Court, Review of Judgment. By the Rev. R. B. Bernard, M.A. Oxon. Hardwicke. In all probability every one has heard enough, and more than enough, of the subject of this volume, but as the author has been at considerable pains to collect the diverse intelligence that he imparts in these pages, some may be induced to give them theit attention, and be instructed and interested thereby, even though they should not agree with the tenets of the writer. In the preface we are told that the work is put forth with the hope of dispelling the h cloud of pr(judiee and misrepresentation throutgas which the volume of "Essays and Reviews" writer hitherto been regarded. "For this end l the e 0, bot has endeavoured to point out the true place 1 i origin work in the history of reli Bacon, and in the inductive method introduced spec i a l provo• its more immediate antecefdtehnetsp resent day." This catives in the literatudretoo the purpose, at all events, gious th ed ou b g; t is straightforward.s and likely that those who have lu . me now under discus and alth ou g h it the outset the self delusion of the recognised frein celebrated v: writers the g laring errors into which they have discus sion, and . fallen in their so called search after truth, will be influenced by any ingenious arguments to change their opinions, still all who honestly state their views are entitled to consideration, and th © author of that . of this little book appears to be more moderate in his tone and less bitter than most writers who dis cuss theological questions. Ada FOl tescue—A Novel. By h Dalrymples," &c. 3 vole. Ntewe b a y n of "Tile Newby. This is a very romantic tale that is well calculated to please those readers who love excitement. The incidents are very strikingly told in some parts, and there are many individuals introduced into these pages, Ada is an interesting heroine, and although she was most culpable in entering into an engage ment in so clandestine a manner, and particularly in her secret marriage, still we cannot but sympri: thise with her in her sad trials. It wee a ,Try hard lot for one reared in luxuries as she had been 1 Her adventures cast so friendless and unprot ected on the World. tiar_ adventures at Mrs. Robertson's are very ailya true rated, and it is to be feared that they furtnunnietg; picture of the existence of many had to s erve. feeling women like her whom poor a sumo a Ada to as vernesses who are domiciled beneatl.ilandtilhi°roof of It was was a most unwise thing for • different name, but nothing in coulduch a style. Ada Mrs. Robertson from behaving 6 but ahe bad to for another, exchanged ono tyrant . to live with such a man thank lier own folly for going wholethere is much to en as Mr. Snell. On the some of the secondary Certain in these volumes, and h as Lucy Melville, are introduced sue have excused personages . lady, amid the art' fi ranee o f this yo ung., 1 - the app of . nable life. The conclusion is a cial scene of fashio There is this very refreshing i n much tried Ada, and we are left happy 00 • • attractive. e osition that the rough usages in the supp . of foreign warfare had im parted to 1 d . -. IA ard M[ . ssenger, that Wle - dora whi..lll he lacked at the outset of the tale. for the Share stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock SSE, Paid, all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 (100 ' 100 2 15 100 (100 M 100 100 100 100 100 5O 1 99 i 1051 1014 89 i