The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-12 00:00:00

INIMPP E MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature of importance in the Discount Market this morning, the de mand being of an active character. The brokers and joint stocx firms exhibit great reserve in negotiating long dated paper, and for six months' bills, which a week or two ago could have been discounted at 4 per cent., 5 per cent. is now required. The rate for three months' bills is . 4 per cent. The Hecla has arrived from New York with £35,146. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week state that business in most de partments was less active. At Manchester prices of both cloths and yarns have been rather firmer, while operations in the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield were chiefly in winter goods at fully late rates. In the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham, more activity prevailed, while no change of importance can be reported in the hardware districts of Bir mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. A new monetary establishment has been formed, entitled the Discount Corporation, with a nominal capital of £2,000,000, the first issue to consist of 10,000 shares of £lOO each. The object of the institution, as its name implies, is to offer assistance to the mercantile community, whose general expan sion of trade, the directors state, require greater discounting facilities. Arrangements have been made for the transfer of Messrs. Bruce and Co.'s business, and two of the late partners are to be members of the new board, which is very respect ably constituted. The shares are already quoted 2,1 t prem. The Sardinian Mining Company, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £lO each, has been pro. jected for the purpose of purchasing and working extensive mineral estates in Sardinia, about 30 mires from Cagliari. The reports of engineers and others which accompany the prospectus furnish ample information as to the produce of the mines and the quality of the ore to be found there. The amount to be paid for the transfer of the property is £12,000, and a stipulation has been made that the proprietors shall receive a third of the purchase money in shares of the company. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele gram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 67f. 65c. 67f. 70c. The English Stock Market is now assuming a dull and inactive appearance. In fact the members are beginning to settle down after the late activity, and their calculations exhibit greater coolness and deliberation. Nothing of any moment has occurred to agitate Consols either one way or the other, and the quotations, therefore, remain the same as on Saturday, viz., 928 93 for money, and 93 1 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are 911 ; Bank Stock is 233; and Exche quer Bills continue at par to 3s. prem. The India 5 per Cont. Loan is 1082. ; the 4 per Cent. ditto 1004 ; the 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 1161. The Debentures are 1001, and the Bonds 183. prem. A very good business was negotiated this morn ing in the Foreign department, the principal feature of which is the continued depression of Greek Bonds, which have fallen this morning to 33: I, and the Coupons to 15 16. Mexican, on the other hand, are much firmer, and have advanced t 0421 ; Turkish Consolides have also risen to 53: a ; the Spanish Internal Passive Debt shows weakness, at 29: 301 ; the Confederate Loan is steady at 25 23 d is.; and the Brazilian Loan is buoyant at I 1 prem. The 41 per Cent. Brazilian Loan has realised 91/ ; Danish 3 per Cents. are 85; New Granada, 151 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 93: ; the 41 per Cents, 1850, 90: ; the 5 per Cents., 1862, 931 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 49 1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 541 ; New Deferred, 481 ; and the Certificates, 13i 14 ; Tur kish 6 per Cents. of 1854 have brought 92 ; do., 1858, 704, 70 ; the £lOO Bonds, 731 ; the 1862 issue, 701 71; Venezuelan 6 per Cents. are 614 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 721-1. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and the few bargains re corded exhibit a further slight decline in prices. Great Eastern and North Western have receded 55., and Caledonian and South Western, 10s. For the Foreign and Colonial lines there has been very little inquiries, and prices are un altered. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are flat. India Land Mortgage Bank are quoted 39 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, a prem. ; East London, Ito 1 prem. ; London and Provincial Marine, to prem.; and Discount Corporation, 24, 3 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92/ 31 2/ New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities litmuities, 30 yrs, expire kith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pee Cent loBk i a Ditto 4 per Cent — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 1001, Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1364 or 66 100 k Ditto Bonds .El,OOO lB 22 pm Ditto under .L 1,000...... Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct, 8.. 93i India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Cent — Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Brazilian D 5 per Cent 1859 991 Ditto 4.1 per Cent 185 9 -58-60 ChDiliiattO6 per Cent '' ''' 101 2 4/ per Cent. . Danish 4 per Cent. 1863 1863 ** Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825.. B5 Egyptian 7 Per Con.; Ditto, Second Issue — loo} Ditto 5 per Cent., 1824-s ,:ex-Coupons — 1 Ditto Account ... Ditto Coupons **************** ' ******** 331 3 1 1 Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.plarenitnana Railway ) 81i 1 i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Granada - Peruvian 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 4 91 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 49/ ; 11 Ditto Account '6O, 62.. I _ Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 93; :Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. . 901 Ditto 1860 9l Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 934 _a 2; Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account B9 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account 4Bl Ditto Passive Ditto Account • Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — .... we 14 13 13 Di tto Account 1 T,dish, 4 per Cent ' 4ra ian 6 per Cent. 18 - 4 _Ditto A Ditto 6 Account., ..92 1 p Per Cent. 1858 ,itt o Ace '— Ditto, lii tto (;l o° O u i n l i o n d s 73i »itto Aece:;„?, nt. 1 " 2 Dthitttoto 6 G p ti e ct r r a' tet ' n ' t ; . ifitii, ... .. . . Oci pd. 7-1 "I Venezuela 3 Per e c ed, 4 per Cent — »itto Account . "It: **************** Ditto 6 per(et , *** ** ****************** Ditto Account '** t.h.e...a: ********************** - 1± Dividends on Belgian , 0 per Cent., E l b . ° ;: c P a Y abl e in London. Dutch 21 par Cent., Ex. 12 6, l — ii ******** Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - ******** French Rentes, 3 per C ent., Ex. * ~ **** Italian, 5 per ,; Cent., 1861 , Ex.s Ditto Account. ************ 2.. ****************** Zia 1 Oonsols, M T RREE O'CLOCK. Money .................. Ditto } Account .. Liverpool Cotton Market ----This Da, Great demand ; about Id. advanc e on Friday's rates ; particularly in Americans. Sales, 20,000 or more. Import, 1,244; previously, 238. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a. z 6.1 ut" 1877-54 . lOO 103 105 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 143 Do. dp. 0.31ar. & Sept. 100 101 143 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 1.2 94 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 U 3 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10u 113 116 'Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 197 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 /19 112 IN./3.Gov. 6 p.c. a.&J ul) 100 10 105 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p ISot 100 101 102 - Do. sp. e.,lBri to I',7t 100 102 103 - Do. d0.,1888 dcupwds 100 102 103 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gev. 6p. c. 100 1;1 113 .S.Aus G6p.c.1878.6t up 100 112 114 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 - Do. 10 t sp. O . A D .toot 100 (104 novuot 3ti BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Golds 1 3 Id ulitlord Amalgamated.. 36 34 3 63 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 545 655 5474 523 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 74 77 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 4d par( East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 28 29 283 East Cara Brea... . 3.4.0 11 73 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk. 8.6.6 23 34 3 i Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.: tSt 13 15 iGreat South Tolgus.... 178 5 1 5 3 5 ) 3 G. Wheal Vor (llelstou 40 91 103 It 4 101renville fiend's-Foot 8.12 26 ; 38 illingston Downs 4 ., 8.0 2 24 'Lady Bertha illargaret (Uny Lelant 94 22 24 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 23 14 New Setun l9l 100 110 - • North Downs 23 13 2 S.Wh '1 Basset (Mogan 2.17.0 21 34 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blaze'', 13 4 5 20 I Vrovidence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 46 433 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 1 415 425 3. Cara Brea (Mogan).- 5.15.61 14 2 z'..Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1m.9 60 65 (Stray Park 5 { Camar Lead Min. 43 46 tin Crolt 9 19 20 19a West Basset (Illogan) l3 94 103 W C . radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Setou Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 723 775 Wheal Buller( Redruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuckott Wheal Mary Ann !Men ) 8 83 94 Wheal 3eton . 683 195 205 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 23 Wheal Union 3.17 . 21 35 SHARE MARKETS--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid. Closing I Business I Share! Railways. P r i ce. I d one. 13.14: Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 64 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 i Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co ! all 84 81 st Bristol and Exeter ! 100 F 4 E 6 st Caledonian lOl 1181 1191 119 18/ 19 gets rip e. 60 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all all 7 74 in p n a o n.l d ui lv s! 1 a j l l __.-- —..._ 10 Do A t 10 Do. B been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 40 25 I Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all 16 17 at !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 07 0) 984 at Glasg. and S. Western.; 100 108 11 0 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 51 62 511 1 at ; Ditto A stock ' 100 431 491 at ! Ditto East Anglian at' 100 74 8 1 at 1 G reatNorthot Scotland ,I 100 at ;Great Northern.-- ; 100 1251 1 261 126 at ! Do A s tock ; 100 127 129 St I Do Bdo I 100 114 136 at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 1100 100 1(2 at Great Western at I Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashi.-e & Yorkshire, 160 'llOl 1111 1111 1 at !London and Blackwall! 100 71 73 714 at !Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast! 100 1111 1121 at !Lon., Chat., add Dover,' 100 I 13 1 (is st !Lon. & Nor' h Western! 100 1021 1021: 1021 11 1 at !Lon. & So - .th Western 100 101 162 1014 1 1 at !Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 45 46 451 50 !Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do t shares ~ all st Metropolitan all 130 131 st 'Midland 1.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 46 98 50 3.11 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at .North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 26 18 st !Nth. Eastern—Berwios 100 1014 102 101 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —d 4 d at Do Lecds lOO 574 581 58 71 at Do York at Do Carlisle.. at ;North London 10 ; Do New 5 1 2 p 19.16.4 4orth Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 4 11 / et ; Scottish Central at 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 44 46 44 at I Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 100 102 10 (Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union st 'South Devon ... .. 100 324 331 334 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 08 100 20 !Staines,Wok.,andWok all 01 10 25 !Stockton & Darlington all 364 374 37 25 Do l7 84 91 u 251 25 Do New, 1866 8 7 71 p 151 at Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 44 51 e 10 Do C 3 21 31 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l at Vale of Neath at !Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 161 170 163 at ;Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at !West Cornwall lOO 26 28 at jW. Hartlepool Har.&R i 100 et West Midland -Oxford! 100 at Do Newport' 100 at Do Hereford 100 I— BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 100 I tt ni lan ., t ß i a c Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done rtaiL l rn7r, all 62 (4 - 100 116 j 1078 1061 71 7 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 208 Bulialo and Laxe Huron all 6 6t 68 10 Do. Preference too iluflalo,Brant,aGodrich p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 Cleutta.aS.Eastn. (Lin , 100 1( 68 1078 st Cape Town t Dock Seri) 100 1t.4 108 1058 1 stock Eaetn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1081 1098 108 i stock Itiast Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 107$ 188 108 171 20 Do. do. G Ext lO lit lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 228 238 221 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 76 18 761 100 Do. uo. deferred all 62 o 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bongs all 69 71 701 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 58 100 Do. 3d ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 42 40 100 Do. 4th Pref. s Lozk all 30 32 100 Do. do. deferred all 25 27 stock Gt.lndiaPeuln.gua.sp.c 100 108 109 1081 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 It 111) 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 101 101 101 SO/ Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 88 9) 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 p stock Madras. guar., 5p.C. .. 100 106 a/ stock Do. If p. o. Extension 100 101 102 stock De.4e d 0........ 100 08 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stoek Alelb.Corn. ap. o. Bode. 100 50 llelb. & ilobson's Bay. all 58 69 100 Do. 7p. c. &lortg. Bds. all SO Newßrunswick t Cands Class A. and B. all 3 IS N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde -- • • (100 1068 1078 1061 at Do. Delhi lpi 1 109 106 107 ( Do. do i r 2 1p 20 Do. Punjaub all at Do. Do. ........ , gat , 110 106 107 sock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k . lOO 102 104 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian No 1, 5 per cent. stock, 109 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, - - Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1371► Si Midland 41 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 102 k PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 82 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 92 Severn Valley, 17} FOREIGN R Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si 9 AILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (inn.) gua. 7 per cent„ 20f Namur and Liege, gun. 6 per cent. pf., 201 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 9} Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 16 FOREIGN' MINES. Alamillos, limited, a St. John del Rey (lim.), 55 United Mexican (lien;, 63 JOIN T-STOCK RANKS, il7,ra and United Service (lim.), 1181 20 18/ 9.iliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 40/ Ditto, new, 194 20 Bank of Egypt, 28 Bank of Otago, lim., 101 11 Bank of New Zealand, 13 CChhaarrtteerreedd Bankßank i ll n r d it i i a s , h A C u o s l t n r m ali b a i Australia, China, 38/ 8 City, 111 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10: English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23} / Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27/ Imperial Bank (litn.), 23} Imperial Ottoman, 19 181 London and Brazilian (lim.), 491 9 9 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lim., 10j London Chartered Bank of Australia, 29/ London 'and Colonial (lira.), 81 Loudon and Couuty, 514 2i London Joint Stock, :i6/ 7 London and Northern (lim.), 11 London and South African, 274 8 74 London and South American, lim., 3 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (llin.), 183 18 National of Liverpool, limited, 16 Oriental Bank Corporation, 60 591 Provincial of Ireland. 924 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.), 6 Standard of British South Africa (liml), 24 Ditto, new, 181 Union 01 London, 19 DOCKS. Southampton, 64 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 211 Crystal Palace, 39 Ditto, Preference, 117,E 18 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 118 E g yptian Commercial and Trading, Jim., 3,4 t Gen. Cr€ drt and Finance of Lonaon, Jim. 3 andson's Bay, 83 i International Financial Society, lira •, Him, 13s Je o i n a d t o • i k n l a ) n i a o n t Association, , London General Omnibus Company Win.) N a ti ona l Discount Company, lim., ' North British Australasian, I THE SON. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, ocroBER 12, 1833, MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday good and fine wheats sold steadily at late rates, but inferior qualities ruled heavy on rather easier terms. The demand for barley, oats, beans, and peas ruled inactive, at about stationary prices. The flour trade was dull. On the Continent tho corn trade is generally dull. From the United States we learn that the demand for wheat and flour had improved, and that an .advance had taken place in prices. There was a fair arrival of English grain up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 36,998 quarters of wheat, 9,557 barley, 78,877 oats, 3,142 beans, 3,967 linseed, 1,957 oilseeds, and 547 sacks and 26,332 barrels flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, but most samples were received in good condition. Tne trade, however, for all qualities ruled inactive, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday last. There were a few buyers from the North in attendance, but their operations were on a very limited scale, the prices offered by them being too low to admit of transactions of importance. The show of samples of foreign wheat, both ex ship and ex granary, was large. In the former sales progressed heavily, and where sales were pressed, rather lower prices were taken by holders. For the latter, the trade was in a sluggish state, yet the currency was unaltered from this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at about stationary prices. The supply of English and foreign barley was moderate. The demand for all qualities ruled inactive at the recent fall in the quotations. The supply of old malt was moderate, and the show of new qualities was seasonably large. The trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. With oats the market was extensively supplied. All qualities sold heavily, and prices were 6d, per quarter lower than on Monday last. Beans were in fair supply, and heavy request, at a de cline in prices of is per quarter. Peas were unaltered in value from Monday last. The inquiry was far from active, notwithstanding the short supply. The supply of American flour on offer was large, and prices slightly declined. Country marks sold heavily, at barely late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 44s Ditto, old 39s 43s Ditto, white, 1863 43s 48s Ditto, old 403 488 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 403 44s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 348 403 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 688 Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 68s Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 108 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black —B — s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding —B —8 Beans—Tick, old 36s 41s Pigeons, Peas—Grey .., 33s 35s Maple White 368 38s Boilers •_... 36s 38s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b .... ...... 39s 438 Suffolk 2BB 308 Stockton and Norfolk . 27s 29s American, per barrel l7s 24s be transacted, and the late advance in prices is well sup ported, BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrival of potatoes to these markets coastwise and by rail are moderately large. Most descriptions, however, are in steady request, and fine samples have been disposed of at rather higher prices. The supply is entirely confined to home-grown produce. Regents Flukes .. Shaws .. Ms to 60s ~ Rocks Seedlings . 70s to 80s „ TALLOW. The tallow trade is firmer to-day, and prices have slightly improved. The quotation for new P. Y.C. is 458 per cwt on the spot. Town tallow is selling at 44s per cwt. Rough fat commands 2s 3d per Blbs. Particulars. 1861. 1862. 186 3 . --, 36 . 600 45.081 35.568 S 46.612 48.533 60561 to tBs 6d. to 51sod to 47831. to 15s Od to —s Od sOd --s Od I 47s 6d —s Od 1,605 2,179 3,617 1,589 2,41'6 27,231 3 ,265 53,817 27,754 23,15.4 1 ,250 2,84 i 2,061 8,386 6,7c4 51,771 55,194 32,624 16,054 33,44! 1 62s Od 61s Od 52s 9d 48s 6d 46s 63 1859. 1860, Stock this aay.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last weeki Ditto from June Arrivals last week) Ditto from June 1 Price of Town LITERATURE. Our Old Home. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of " Transformation," " The Scarlet Letter," &c. Two volumes. Smith and Elder. Nathaniel Hawthorne has before now furnished us with " Twice-told-Tales," many of ,which were worth twice telling. We cannot affirm the same of the recollections he has now favoured us with, some of which—not a few of which—had better have been left unsaid. In his introductory confidences "to a friend" Mr. Hawthorne tells us that he had at first intended to write a larger work upon the same sub ject, "but," he adds, " the Present, the Immediate, the Actual has proved too potent for me. It takes away from me not only my scanty faculty, but even my desire for imaginative composition." He goes on to say, however, " I shall easily find room for the abortive work on a certain ideal shelf where are reposited many other shadowy volumes of mine, more in number, and very much super for in quality, to those which I have succeeded in rendering actual." How many of 11Ir. Hawthorne's readers, and how many of his admirers (for his quaint style and shrewd observation have gained him, in this country, many admirers) will, like ourselves, wish for his own fame's sake that these two " actual" volumes also reposed upon that sam e "sh ado wy" shelf! fe himself acknowledges that some of his friends have told him, that these sketches evince an asperity of sentiment towards the English people which he ought not to feei. He affects surprise at this asser tion, and claims an " hereditary sympathy" for the English people; and yet, in the very next breath, he exclaims, and the exclamation coming from a Yankee almost takes sways our breath :—" These people (the English) think so loftily of themselves, and so contemptuously of everybody else, that it re • quires more generosity than I possess to keep a lways • in perfectly good humour with them !'' Equally marvellous, in the utter unconsciousness of its application nearer home, is another remark of gr. Hawthorne's, which occurs •in the second volume : METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was ex tensive. The beasts were in very middling condition; but the quality of the sheep and calves was prime. Some of the Dutch sheep realised 48s each. From our graziag districts, as well as from Ireland, the receipts of beasts fresh up as to number were seasonably extensive; but their general condition was by no means first rate. Good and prime stock moved off slowly, and the quotations were barely supported. Inferior breeds of beasts were very dull at a decline in the currencies, compared with Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. The highest figure for beef was 5s per Blbs. The receipts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, comprised 2,800 short horns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 300 various breeds; and from Ire land, 750 oven and heifers. With sheep we were fairly supplied, and most breeds came to hand in good saleable condition. The mutton trade was in a sluggish state at barely last week's prices. The best old Downs sold at from 5s to 5s 4d per 81bs. We have to report a dull inquiry for calves—the supply of which was moderate at late currencies, viz., from 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. The sale for pigs was inactive. In prices, however, very little change took place. ink the offal. Per Slb, to s s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 I Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 208 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 9,160 Sheep and lambs .. 23,6701Calves Calves 238 , Pigs Pi gs 370 1 The total imports of foreign stocß into London, last week, amounted to 11,092 head. In the corresponding week in 1862,we received 11,895—in 1861, 12,188—in 1860, 6,409 —in 1859, 7,509—in 1858, 7,949 —in 1857, 8,712 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 286 .. 2693 •,, .. 113 .. 63 Harlingen .... 492 .. 1002 .. .. 62 .. 150 Hamburg .... 88 .. 679 .. .-- • , .. 808 Amsterdam.... .. 778 .. • . .. Medemblik ~.. 30 .. 1830 .. .. Calais OO .. .. •• •• Gluckstadt..... 13 .. .. • • • • Nieu Diep .... 48 .. 532 .. .. .. Antwerp .. —..— .. —.. 10 , Ostend .. ... .. .. .. .. Bremen ........ 271 .. 31 .. .. .. Dordt ll6 .. 654 .. .. .. Tonning. . 338 .. .. ‘"..." 400 - 1.0 Total ....1,682 8,11)9 .. 185 ..1026 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 2055 8,818 .. 183 .. 291 .. 548 1861 .. 1629 .. 9,156 .. 63 .. 164 .. 1176 1860 333 .. 4,727 .. 4 .. 242 .. 302 1859 .. 1423 .. 5,735 .. 26 .. 124 .. 208 1858 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Oct. 13, 1862, and this day Monday, Oct. 12, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Oct. 13, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 3lO 4 4 Prime Scots, &c 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4lO 5 4 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 4 6 6 Lambs .... Large coarse calves ...... 4 0 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkors Beasts • 6,120 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs . SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 14, 1861.—8, sheep, 20,790—calves, 170—pigs, 520. OCT. 15, 1860.—Beasts, 6,400 —sheep, 21 332—pigs, 180. Oct. 12, 1863. 3 2to 3 6 38 4 2 44 4 8 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 48 5 0 62 5 4 00 0 0 34 4 0 42 4 4 36 4 0 42 4 6 7,060 25,190 141 450 leaBts, 4,940 ',750--calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale at these mar kets, and the trade rules heavy at onr quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 edsd Middling mutton 3 8 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Yea). .. 3 4 4 2 Small pork 4 4 4 6 Lamb BOROU H HOP. The supply of new hops, of English growth, on sale is large, and the market is fairly supplied with Belgian and B B r av m ar e i n an produce. A good business, however, is passing i n all qualities, and prices rule firm. The import into Lond on l ast week was 278 bales from Ham b urg, 12 0 Bou logne, 4 , 3 a o nd A 2 n 2 t 3 w b e a r l p e , s f3ro6mßNoettwer York. New e 205 Ostend, 141 vMidl,eaiad of and East Kents K sss ents £s 12s t to 6to £7 1 1 0 2 7 3 per , o , wt. Sussex •••••..... SEEDS. The demand for cloverseed was in a sluggish state, owing to the favourable accounts respecting the extent of the crop. Other seeds moved off slowly, at late rates. For cakes there was a steady demand, at. full quotations. Turnip, W hite,p.bus.lls to 14s Carraway Swede s s Co riander les 18s Mustard, Brown .. 10 4 14s Ilernpseedug. , per qr 4ls 46s White, 64s 7 , s Old per quarter - - b —8 I Baltic 9 —8 30s s(s 1 per quarter Tares, New ...... 7 s Od 8 s Od i Cru s hi ng Canary, Odessa Linseed Cake, —s ---s itYe grass' new et . -- _s —s 8 —s English 10 —s s£lo ---s E Ciover, Red n„, —9 -s Foreign...... 4'9 lOs .t 1015 8 s p t.e , nt.w,pr qr bOs 04s White -s Rape Cakes ,p ton.£6 Os £d tOi Foreign Red — s 20s 215 -s Ra es • d % • ' Trefoil, new White —s WOOL. The next public sales of colonial wool will commence either at the close of the present, or at the commencement of next month. The arrivals since the close of last series have been 9,529 bales from Sydney, 3,872 Port Philip, 1,266 Van Diemen s Land, 149 Adelaide, 11,787 New Zealand, 953 Swan River, and 18,837 bales from the Cape—total, 49,393 bales, In English wool a fair business continues to BTATEXENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ET. PETERSBURG TOR THE SEASON. 1863. 186?. Tallow despatched from Cronstadt Casks. Casks. to Sept. is, 0. S. (estimated at 25 poods to the cask) 46,9.36 36,908 37,695 In ships loading and lighters 3,325 2,696 3,357 1861. Casks Total loaded off from St. Petersburg, Sept. 18, O.S Do. after this date 38,791 41,052 25,085 42,783 Total at the close of the navigation 63,879 83,835 London Liverpool — Bristol Other English ports Ireland l5O 212 576 Scotland Germany 11,314 86,71 6,818 France — Total 46,936 36,098 37,695 SPORTING NOTES. The Newmarket Second October commences to-day, but the all-important race of the meeting comes off to-morrow. There are 84 acceptances for the Cesarewitch, but the field will scarcely exceed 20. The following will comprise the moat of those likely to put in an appearance :7 Horses. Riders. Wingrave, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b Carisbrook, 4 yrs, Bst 61b .. Boyce Umpire, 6 yrs, Bst llb Harlequin, 4 yrs, Bst llb Captain Crow, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ...... Custence Twilight, aged, 7st 81b .......... Edwards Blackdown, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Limosina, 4 yrs, 7st 31b. H. Grimshaw Emblem, aged, 7st ...... Fantail, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Blithfield, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b Blondin, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b Cannon Chere Arnie, 6 yrs, Est 111 b . • Drummer Boy, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b French Lioness, 4 yrs, Est Sib Jack of Hearts, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mordan the Serf, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Real Jam, 4 yrs,fist 41b Morris Oakapple, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Morgan Romanoff, 3 yrs, 6st llb Sandford, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Summerside, 3 yrs, sst llib Venison, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Melandra, 3 yrs, sst Sib Wingrave heads the list with the steadier of Bst 121 b. He will be steered by one of the most artistic jockeys living, but he has got too much weight to carry for a severe race of this description. Carisbrook and Fantail will both run in the same interest, and, although the former has never been mentioned in the betting, I shall expect him to finish before his stable companion. Umpire is, without ex ception, the most favourably treated in the handicap, and if he would only take it into his head to try, he could win with another stone on his back ; but as he is a rank cur, and almost certain, to shut up at the hill, 1 must look elsewhere for the winner. Harlequin, after his defeat of Hurricane, and his running with Iso line in the Queen's Plate, ought to have a chance. Twilight will find the company here too good for her Blackdown and Jack of Hearts are Drewitt's pair. They aro both good, sound, game horses, and sure to stay every inch of the distance, but I think they have too much weight. Limosina is the representative of Lord Stamford, and was first favourite for a short time last week, having been backed for immense sums of money. His lordship's money is said to be on, and the race all over but "shout ing." I certainly am of a very different opinion. She has never shown to advantage over a distance of ground, and in my opinion she will be more dangerous over the Cam bridgeshire course than here. Emblem is in the same stable with Umpire, and has come with a rush into the market within the last few days; but old horses seldom win a race like the Cesarewitch. Still, with her favour able weight, she must be dangerous. Drummer Boy and Chere Arnie are the selected of God• ding's stable. The former is by far the best of the two, and has been supported to win a large stake by Mr. Naylor, the fortunate owner of Macaroni. The " boy " is sure to be ridden home from end to end, and, if not the actual winner, is almost certain to run into a place. Lioness has been backed for as much good money as any horse in the race. She has been successfully tried with The Knave and Costa, and it is almost impossible that Mat Dawson could have made a mistake, as The Knave has given weight and beaten the best handicap horses that have been out this year. Summerside will represent the American interest. She has been heavily supported within the last day or two. She was successful twice as a two• yr-old, but there was nothing behind her of any account ; and as it is money, and not always merit, that makes the "mare to go," I would advise her to be kept on the right s ide. Sandford, although he cat up so wretchedly at the last Newmarket Meeting, will improve upon that form. Oahapple is a game colt, and sure to run forward. To fore stall the judge in his decision, I will place them in the fol lowing order : LIONESS EMBLEM ...... DRUMMER BOY . 3 A FRESH MAN. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. Giraffe colt, Bellnaan, Corona, Copenhagen, Faultless Buckenharn, Watchman, Myrtle, Kangaroo, and Villa. franca. NORTHALLERTON AND NORTH RIDING MEETING.—SATURDAY. The Ainderby Plate (Handicap) of 30 sovs, for all ages ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Col. Towneley's Cellarius, 4 yrs, Bst 21b .... (Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Maid of the Mist, aged, Bst (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Darling's Good Advice, 2 yrs, Sat 101 b (Carroll) 3 The folowing also ran: —Starlight, Whitethorn, Madame Patti, and Mrs. Little. Betting—Even on Cellarius, 2 to 1 agst Maid of the Mist. 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length; two lengths between the second and third. The Northallerton Handicap, of 5 sovs each; 3 ft, with 40 added; winners extra, second to save his stake. One mile. Mr. Kelloe ns. Michael Scott, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (in. 101 b ex,) (J. Manion) 1 Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st 2 Mr. C. Winteringham's Entremet, 4 yrs, Bat 71b 3 Won by a length ; a bad third. The Two-Years-Old (Selling) H andicap Plate of 30 soya; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Fobert's Wisdom, Bst 51b (inc. 51b ex.) (J. Marson) 1 Mr. E. Gill's Miss Tees, 7st 101 b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. J. Greaves's Gourmand, 7st 71b (Wheatley) 3 Mr. Masterman's Brandy, 7st 121 b (Noble) 0 Betting—Even on Wisdom, 6 to 4 agst Miss Tees. Won by a neck; two lengths between second and third. The winner Was bought in for 35 guineas. The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; weight for age ; selling and other allow antes. T.Y.C. Prairie Flower, 3 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. F. H. Masterman' s (Noble) t 1 Col. Towneley's Cellarius, 4 4 Yrs) Oat .... (J. A e h ma ll) t 2 Mr. Wallace's Sir Watkin, yrs, sst 101 b.... (Sellers) 3 Starlight and Who's Who also ran. Betting—Even on Cellarius, 5 to 2 agst Who's Who, 3 to 1 agst Sir Watkin, 5 to 1 agst any other. A dead heat. Deciding heat.—No betting. Ivon by a length and a bought Mr. Pickering for 40 half. The winner was guineas. g a ndica The Harwood Plate ( p) of 30 sovs ; w i nners ex t ra; T. Y. U. Mr. Kelloe ns Michael Scott, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (in. 51b extra) (J. Matson) 1 Mr. J. Greaves's Rosebud, 3 , 375, Est 71b (Wheatley) 2 2 Mr. Jackson's Veterinarian, yrs, sst 101 b (Ling) 3 Vaouna colt also ran. Betting-3 to 1 on Mi c h ael S co tt. Won by a bead ; a bad third. Tax BROMFIELD BUNTERS' PLATE.—This race, which was run on Friday, b a d been decided by the Stewards in favour of Springbok. •=_---__ GREAT Sun' COMPANY.—Tte meeting of share holders to hear the result of the labours of the com mittee appointed at the meeting held on Friday week was held to.day at the London TaverA. Mr. Hawes, chairman of the investigation committee, rod a long report, which stated that arrangements had bees; made with Messrs. Glyn to prevent for some time a sacrifice of the ship by sale, and concluded with a recommendation to :he shareholders to make a subscription of ss. per share, which would enable the uld e the company to pay off press in g existing liabilit.7 charts r the ship for an Indian or Australian vo 'to re• d t sponsibarrivedle parties. The meet in g had Pig , 'led at no alio. determination when we went to 'Drees. AMERICAN IDEA OF ENGLISH PUGNACITY 1 All English people, I imagine, are influenced in a far greater degree than ourselves by this simple and honest tendency, in cases of disagreement, to batter one another' person; and whoever has seen a crowd of English ladies (for instance, at the door of the Sistine Chapel, in Holy Week), will be satisfied that their belligerent propensities are kept in abeyance only by a merciless rigour on the part of society. It requires a vast deal of refinement to spiri tualize their large physical endowments. _ _ The English ladies appear to be more particularly the objects of this American gentleman's ungallant scorn. His picture of an English matron of fifty i s s imply a grotesque caricature. Nevertheless, he a dmits that "an English maiden in her teens, though verY seldona 80 pretty a 8 our own damsels, possesses, to sa y the truth, a certain charm of half-blossom, and d e licately folded leaves, and tender womanhood s hielded by maidenly reserves, with which, some how or other, our American girls often fail to adorn themselves during an appreciable moment." And this same writer, immediately after pronouncing this graceful pan egyr i c upon the c h arms o f refine ment, goes on to express h i s farther sent i ments on subject of corp orea l growth i n a sty l e so coars e aths e to be positively revolting. We make these re marks "more in sorrow than in anger," for we have been ever ready to recognise Mr. Hawthorne's real is of which th e vo l umes b e f ore us g i ve a mple evidence. a specimen of his style, here is a humo rous but sarca s ti c s k etc h o f eavbiiliet THE DENIZENS OF THE THAMES TUNNEL. There seem to be people who spend their lives hare, and who probably blink like owls, when, once or twice a year, they happen t o c li m b i nto t h e suns hi ne. All perhaps, eluugt he corridor, which I believe to be a mile in extent, we see s talls or shops in little alcoves, kept principally by women they were of a ripe age, I was glad to observe, and certainly robbed England of none of its very moderate sup ply of feminine loveliness (I) by their deeper than tomb-like ermeatAs you app roac h (and they are so accustomed to the dusky gaslight that th e y lea d a ll your c h arac t er i s ti cs int . a f a r off), they assail you with h ungry entreat i es to b uy Some of their merchandise, holding forth views of the Tunne l put up in case s o f D erbys hi re spar, w i t h a magn ifying -glass at one end to make the vista more effective. They offer you, besides, cheap jewellery, sunny topazes s big as an d resplendent en:wrens for sixpence, and diamond s a the Koh-i-noo r a t a not much heavier cost, to gether with a multifariou s t rumpery which has died out of the y world to reapp ear i n this Tartarean bazaar. That you fancy yourself s till i n the realms of the living, they urge you to part a k e o f cakes, candy, ginger -beer, and such upper s mall refreshm en t, more suitable, however, for the shadowy appetite of g h os t s t h an for the sturdy stomachs of English men. The most ca p aciou s of the shops contains aclo' a dioramie, exhibition of cities and scenes in the daylight world, with a dreary glimmer of gas among them all; so th a t they serv e well enou g h to represent the dim, unsatis factoryfrom their past live s , m i x i ng them up with the g h a stliness of their unsubsta ntial state. I dwell the more t o reme mbrances that de a d people might be supposed retain upon these trifles, and do my b es t t o g i ve them a mockery of importance, because, if these are nothing, then all this elaborate contrivance and mighty piece of work hes been wrought in vain. The Englishman has burrowed under the bed of his great river, and set ships of two or three thousand tons a-rolling over his head, only to pro vide new sites for a few old women to sell cakes and ginger beer I Yet t he conception wa s a grand one. exaggeration)theother hand, full o f pathos (although also of are the glimpses of the crowded alleys and back slu ms of London . These pictures are in with the black est penc il . Here i s a ho wever, somewhat more to our li k i ng than s d k e e e t d en d , rawh those we have given above WOMAN IX Yet motherhood, in these dark abodes, is strangely iden tical with what we have all known it to be in the happiest h omes . Nothing, as I remember, smote me with more grief Poignant b e c aus e p er pl ex i ng ly entangled with an inclination t o sm il e ) t h an to hear a gaunt andragged mo ther priding hers e lf on t h e pretty ways o f and an d p t y (all the more her ragged and !Skinny infant, just as a young matron might when she invites her lady friends to admire her in the nurser y. I n d ee d, ao plum womanly m seemed to have altogether y t3r i darling s t i o ani perished out of these poor souls. It was the very same creature whose tender torments make the rapture of our young daYsl whom we love, cherish, and protect, and rely upon in life and death, and whom we delight to I see beautify her beauty with rich robes and . set it off with jewels, thoug h now fantastically m asquera di ng i u a gar b o f tatters, who lly unfit for her to h an dl e. I recogn i zed h er, over and over again, in the groups round a door-step or in the descent of a cellar, chatting with prodigious earnest ness about intangible trifles, laughing for a little jest, sympathizing at almost the same instant with one neigh bour's sunshine and another's shadow, wise, simple, MY, and patient, yet easily perturbed, and breaking into small feminine ebullitions of spite, wrath, and jealousy, tornadoes of a moment, such as vary the social atmosphere of her silken-skirted sisters, though smothered into propriety by dint of a well-bred habit. Not that there was an absolute deficiency of good breeding even here. It often surprised ine to witness a courtesy and deference among these ragged folks, w hi c h, having seen it, I did not thoroughly believe in, wondering whence it should have come. lam per suaded, however, that there were laws of intercourse which they never violated—a code of the cellar, the garret, the common staircase, the door -step, and the pavement, which perhaps has as a deep foundation in natural fitness as the code of the drawing-room. We might quote numerous descriptive passages, all indicating the vigorous hand and thoughtful brain, but also the oblique vision and bad taste of their author. Even the name he has chosen for his work, with its crowd of tender memories and touch ing associations—" Our Old Home !" —has bee n . powerless to appeal to his sensibilities. N athaniel Hawthorne, claiming " hereditary sympathy" with England, has visited his old home in no filial or fraternal spirit. This " chief' has been "aa at ed a sin g s us" taking notes in the unfriendly spirit of C —" All our faults observed (aye , and exaggr tenfold !), set in a note - book, learn ed and conned by rote to cast into our teeth , " B ut, as in all such in stances of unfair criticism or unfounded a ttack, less injury is done to the rec i p ient than to the donor, Nathanial Hawthorne will rea p anything but saris. faction from his uncandid censorship, while the " Old Home" he despises will be unharmed by hi s assault and indifferent to his opinion. Poems. By Francis Charles Weedon. One vol. pp. 239. Longman and Co. " At the request of friends," is, of all apologies for the publication of any literary production whatever, about the sorriest. It is beyond a doubt of it the sorriest that could by possibility be pre fixed to any collection of poetical or quasi poetical performances. Yet, as in the instance before us, it greets us at the very opening of the little volume no w under notice, in accents for once singularly persuasive in their tone, it wins at once our most generous sympathy in regard to the metrical pro ductions, to which, in a very exceptional manner, the trite old phrase above quoted here forms the aptest introduction. Nearly two years have elapsed since the writer of the Poems, now thus collected together for the first time and issued from the press as a posthumous work of very moderate pretensions, breathed his last, to the great grief of those who knew him best—ending his career so prematurely, according to the estimation at least of his admiring friends, that what proved by the event to be the goal they had been regarding up to the moment of his demise to be merely the starting point. Dying at the very commencement of 1861, in the thirtieth year of his age, Francis Charles Weedon, like Kirke White and not a few others of lesser note, was the victim of his own literary ambition—his assiduous application to study sowing, in a consti tution naturally far from robust, the germs of that deadliest disease for youth in this climate, eon _ sumption. Utterly unknown to us previously in any way, the name of this dead student here claims our attention for the very first time, and also, of course, for the very last, as the writer of these few and brief Poems, poems for the most part of a very unpretending character. Before turning over the two hundred and odd pages containing them, we give an attentive hearing to the anonymous friend who has contributed to the book, by way of introduction, a gracefully writ ten and, as might be expected, under the circum stances, from what has here been already remarked in regard to Francis Weedon, a most eulogistic "Memoir of the Author." From this biographical notice we learn that a critic as illustrious as Lord Macaulay, wrote to this young poet, in a letter dated from the Albany on the 19th of November, 1849, " You can have no difficulty in finding a magazine in which such verses as those you have sent me will be inserted with joy and gratitude." The verses thus emphatically commended by Macaulay, make part of this posthumous collection of Poems by Francis Weedon. They appear here at page 13 under the modest title of " A Sketch of the Peleponnesian War." When written and sent to the great critic for his opinion and advice, the author of them, a total stranger to Macaulay, was bat a stripling of eighteen. And it was to this obscure youth of eighteen that that generous and rarely gifted critic, earnestly wrote the assurance that verses like those could find no difficulty in winning their way to publicity through the medium of some periodical in which they would be inserted with " joy and gratitude !" No won der the ambition of the youth should have been kindled by those burning words of praise, no wonder the highest hopes of his frienda and rela tives should have been awakened eagerly in his behalf. Now, however, that, as his genial biogra pher says of him here in memoriam,-- "His path is blocked up by a narrow tomb"— we have but to cone the pages he had already written before his demise. It is worse than idle to dream for one instant of what he might have become in later years if spared. What he had done before he breathed his last, is all that we, on our part, have in any way to do with. It lies before us in this small volume of poems, poems mostly graceful and contemplative of their kind, but a few of them towards the close of the work, of a faintly, almost feebly humorous, character. So very faintly or feebly humorous are these last, that we cannot bat think the editor of the collection would have done wisely to have left them out altogether. Besides their being in themselves suck very small jokes in deed, they appear here, we cannot but think, in these posthumous pages, and after the mournful , memorial prefixed to them in the way of a graceful deprecatory introduction, they appear here almost as an anti-climax:, certainly quite incongruously. As a specimen of our author's quality, however, we will give the concluding stanzas of his poem on " A Spring Morning"— Bursts the brooklet from its fountain, leaps the wild goat on the mountain ; In the plains, the palm and cedar lift their branches to the sun ; From the thicket comes a ringing ; all the woods break forth in singing; Through a thousand secret channels little streams begin to run. Soft and low the wind is sweeping, o'er the waters silent sleeping; Sweeping through the broad-leaved lilies, sweeping through the tangled reeds; Then across the meadows speeding, in the distance dim receding, Sowing hill and dale with beauty from a myriad winged seeds. And the honey-bees are humming, for the fair-haired Spring is coming, Coming with the April showers, and the May's unclouded skies ; At the magic of her presence, every grove is filled with pleasauneep And the warmth of Summer lightens in the promise of her eyes. There is something striking, too, in the following (what though with a suspicion of bathos in the closing words) — LINES SUGGESTED BY READING, IN BULWER'S " LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, " " THE THREATENED EXPOSURE OF OLINTHUS THE CHRISTIAN, PREVIOUS TO THE ERUPTION." They lead him forth, th' arena's shout is heard Rising into the calm and gentle air, Which shrinks to be unholily thus stirred, And hushes (as some pitying angel were In sorrow murmuring a reproving word,) That hoarse wild roar, which surely seemed to bear A cry for vengeance—not so deemed by those Above whom justice now her sword's bright radiance throws. For lo I the sky with an increasing glare Grows furnace-red, save where Vesuvius dark Rears his fire-blasted brow —sullenly there A boding cloud hangs silent. Dost thou mark Tho heaviness, the stupor of despair? Nature is dumb with awe. yet still ono lark Poureth its free song I mercy's last app eal Has ceased—no more ° those notes on the ear gently steal. But, in their stead, one sound. destroying crash. Deafens the ear; from the grim mount upsprings The spirit of desolation; downward dash The lava-torrents, cop ed within the rings Of solid rock • t h e i r snaky volu mes clash In fiery-crested waves, till each Its ponderous load in headlong fury uo . wn, Grappling it like an enemy— Pretty hurls it on. the town. Pretty themes like "Late Snowdrops," two or three melodious serenades, and a charming little allegory, ‘4A. Bee and a Cowslip"—will serve to indicate more clearly than any number of words by way of c omment upon the manner of their treat ment, how delicate is the form, how tender and radiant are the hues of the poetic butterfly (Owl) that has here alit for a while upon the rack of criticism —not certainly, by us, to be broken upon it s imply to be admired so long as it rests there, for such as it is. THREE ESSAYS I. Learning and Science. 11. Science and Lan pa ge. 111. Language and Poetry. One Vol. Pp 189. Smith and Elder. Three very thoughtful and judicious essays, well worthy of the attentive perusal of the student and the writer. The author thus modestly defines hie intention at the close of his second essay : I cannot pretend to so extensive a reading of what has been written on the subject as would enable me to say with certainty that the views brought forward in this essay are new. But finding the subject so nearly approached by many of the most eminent writers, and yet finding no more com plete treatment of it, nor any allusion to a systematic treat ment of it, I have proceeded, in the confidence that a syste matic review of language, in the wide sense in which I have employed the word, has never been undertaken, even in the form of an essay. As a first attempt at such a thing, an essay is, I doubt not, the proper form. A treatise, wit h any pretence of completeness, must have been inaccu rate. The subject must be discussed, in order to be re duced to a system of sound thought; and I therefore put forward these views with a hid knowledge that they must be imperfect, and that they may, in many respects, at least, be inaccurate. I have carefully noticed all approach to similar views that my small range of reading has brougbt' my way ; and if any important notices of the same subjecton, have been overlooked, I can truly say it ha s not bee:_an, of any want of desire to make use of them, bu t froui Pik opportunity to pursue the research, es earches Notwithstanding his own disclaimer, his ar ticle onis r The have evidently not been restricte d. general interest on Language and Poetry is full o f geynrapathies of the a sub j ect that appeals to h many, and conveys a good d t ea e l :f informatics i n a le and intelligible for - LOSS OF Two SI-OPS AND A STZAMER,,--A to Nielville haling ship gram has been received from Copenhagen, anti . ' O. i oune. ing the arrival there, from a Danish settlement i n Bay, of Captain Patterson, of the Aberdeen wh • which wa s totally lost in the ice in D avis Straits Pacific, D b. steamer Lady on the '29th June, together with the whali , :litain Deucher, of Seal, of null, and the bask Jeiniina, cr e e Dundee. It is reported that all the have been saved. SECOND EDEPION. SUN OFFICE,: HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. MEXICO. M. Arroyo, Under-Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Govern. ment of Mexico, has addressed a circular to all the European Cabinets. The document recapitulates the events which have taken place since the occupation of the capital, the meeting of the Assembly of Notables, and the decision come to with regard t' the future form of government for the country, we., and con cludes by expressing a firm reliance on the moral co-operation of the various Governments friendly to Mexico. TlintD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TAXWORTH ELECTION, POLLING THIS DAY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Peel ... ...... 193 Cowper ....... Majority for Peel ..., ----62 FOUR OTLOCIC. Peel .. ..... . 224 Cowper .... . Majority for Peal .. ......_57 eiLup SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—THIS Dar, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Walloon Peignoir Six ran. £5O PLATE (SECOND CLASS.) Tomato ............. 1 Light Seven ran. MA:rum—Maid of Masham beat Rapidan. £5O PLATE (FIRST CLASS.) Crytheia Young Rapid Nine ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C. Attraction Water Kelpie e s . Ten ran. MlTCH—Tomfoolery received forfeit. SWEEPSTAKES OF £3OO SOVS. Linda Yamuna . 450 HANDICAP PLATE. Bally Edmond Gibraltar Twelve ran. LATEST BETTING. THE CESAREWITCH. 4to 1 agst Lioness (taken) sto 1 agst Limosina (taken) 7 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 9to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken) 16 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 22 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 40 to 1 agst Harlequin (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBEERY AT A JBWELLERS.—Henry John Wright, boy in the employ of Mr. Charles Hayward, jeweller, 204, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing two rings, six gold watch hooks, and a pair of earrings, altogether of the value of about £2O. From the evidence of Mr. Hayward it appeared that on Wednesday last he gave the prisoner a ring, of the value of £2 55., to take to a workman named Wilkinson, residing at Skinner-street, Clerkenwell, to be repaired, and also other packets, containing a ring, watch hooks, and a pair of ear rings, to deliver at other places, The prisoner never delivered the parcels, but absconded, and Mr. Hayward then communicated with the police, and on the prisoner being taken to Mr. Hayward on Saturday evening he said. that he had lost the things. Sergeant Charles Cole, 23 C, who had been to Windsor and Woolwich in search of the prisoner, said that on re ceiving the prisoner into custody, he searched him, but did not find anything on bim. At the station he told the in spector (Mr. Bowles) that he had pledged the articles at different places, but he had told another person that he had thrown the watch hooks away in the Underground Rail., way, between Gower-street and Portland-road. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, who had only been in Mr. Hayward's employ four months, and had no questions to ask the witnesses, till Thursday next. VIOLENT ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE BY THIEVES.—. George Llewellyn alias Leadbeater was charged before Mr, Knox, with being concerned in a carriage robbery and vie.. lent attack on Chapple, a plain clothes officer of the E di,. vision. Chapple, who has the remains of two very bad black ey es , said a man (unde r remand) the prisoner, and two others were standing in Great Portland-street. One of the men took a shawl out of a brougham, and then threw it back again and made off. Chapple pursued the man, who at t a cked him in a most violent manner, and the prisoner and the two others then came up and joined in the attack Chapple ; who was grossly illused, the time of the affray on b e i n g four o'clock in the afternoon, and no one assistiur , t h e co nstable, who, however, secured the man who took tbZ shawl. Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody last night, when, without telling him tt.e charge, he said that he was " no worse than the others." Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner to be brought up with the other. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.--Sohn. O'Hara was charged with the following unprovoked . outrage : Denis Sullivan, a very respectably-attired man, who described himself as an attendant at the South Kensington Museum, living at 28, Moore-street, said that between 1.2 and one this morning he was proceeding along Kensington towards home, and when he got into Milner-terrace was accosted by the defendant, who asked him if he had seen a policeman. Ho replied he had not lately, but there would soon be ono round that way. Defendant then walked along with him, and he said be had been robbed by two or three persons in Moore-street. Complainant not wishing, however, to 1)0 followed by the defendant, who, he saw, was drunk, and might create a disturbance in his (complainant's) street, endeavoured to get away from him, but despite his texer tions defendant persisted in running after him, called "Police," and at length collared him, and tripping ilin 2 . lr e : ° complainant fell and struck his forehead seriously ' , Leo. kerb stone. Defendant still held him after this and 0 : 00 , 44 him of robbing him. A policeman now cam° . u e P , 1030 .,,,_ defendant repeated his statement, but the coa stal:A 'drunk, ing complainant and seeing the defend an t o wli : D i aL into mused to believe the latter's statement , and t , ' custody for assaulting complainant. , ~,, to thief , , ov io Robert M`Kaye, 182 B, said ho /la°, Y bin , to go home, found the defendant drunk, and persuad7 ear i ng a disturb and when he came round his beat aga o l uo o d the complainant their different Cons ance, he proceeded to the spot, and ' er was quite sober, and and defendant struggling. The i br t r t he eye, while de sad knew nothing what.. bleeding copiously from a wounit.lrorevd° fondant was drunk. They e Pr into custody. "'di : ly t o o bad that a respectabla , fined ill-treateddefendaitso in plaints, and he took defendant ins The accused said he ever about the matter. r eally Mr. Arnold said it I c 3 ' - should be . ._ an anus, or One unwarrantable ma nn er,,. this man proceeding quieuy month's imprison He was locked ull• THAMES. DO; w„„,n gEL POR A WATCll ,— S usan Mi tc h e ll , woman e f t he town, was brought b e f ore M r. P artr id ge , on. a ke s u il t v te e r r . watch, the property cla Williamard w A i i t i h id s g t e e , a alin org ef' Isaac A f e w days since Police -sergeant Wood, No. 22, K, met the prisoner and another woman in Rateliff-highway. They were quarrelling about a watch, and both claimed it, and said it belonged to a sailor. The watch was in posses.- sion of the prisoner, and the sergeant took her into custody On reaching the station-house she said it was given to her by a sailor. Th e ring of the watch was b ro k en , an d it was quite evident th a t t h e watc h h a d been forcibly taken from its owner, and the swivel broken in doing so. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who now appeared for the prosecution, said ihe watch belonged to Mr. Ailidge, cork cutter, at No. 25, St, George-street, at the corner of Old Gravel-lane. r.rr. Ailidge said he was "on the drirk " a few nights ago, and he got home somehow or other, and went to bed ; lie soon fell asleep, and when he awoke he was on the la o of his back, and the ring of the wat , t h and the r ibbon i s which it was fastened was in his hand. The ribbon wa round his neck. lie had no idea how his w atch was s tolen' nor did he recollect being in the prisoner's comptt, u , _ __- Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was in the unelr session of M. Ailidge's watch, and sentenced to be itu' priaoned and kept to hard labour for six wee io. ji I L. . LI i ii I