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

_ - ---- lIONEY MARKET SHARE IaARSETS—This day, AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. - COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I raid; Closing 1 Business Shire Railways. , Price. i dcne. ..._._._. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, 13.14. Bir.. Rol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 There is no new feature of importance in n Blyt h e and Tyne. - 10 Bost.,Sleal.,andMid.Co all 85 81 the Discount Market this morning, the de- 1, 81 i cTi s e t d o o l n a i n an d Exeter i c% 8? 54 i 119 184 19 mend being of an active character. The brokers so Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwal and joint stocK firms exhibit great reserve 10 Do A C A gets no div , ill in negotiating long dated paper, and for 10 Do. B I i b l e t e l ic : P i c Li m t . o h 'l3 all si x months' bills, which a week or two ago could 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 10 25 3 p n ..Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 3 g 4 954 have been discounted at 4 per cent., 5 per cent. is Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 0 now required. Tile rate for three months' bills is at G1a5,, ,, . and S. W e st e rn.! 100 108 110 at Great. Eastern, Ord. stk 100 51 62 51 1 4 4 per cent. at Di tto A stock The Hecla has arrived from New York with at G pi ea t t to o E r astanoian st 100 5 7 s et t Do A stock N thol Scotland 100 £35,146. st Great Northern ...... 100 , 127 129 The accounts from the manufacturing districts Do Bdo for the past week state that business in most de- a s Gt. S. an, , i W. of Ireland 1 0 1 I€o. 102 651 i atl- I,r ) rit e, l , e i s r te i rn gu stock 'OO . - 2 partments was less active. At Manchester prices at IL o e ' Ici, • a , Y fine . *re iGO 'lll 1114 1111 5 of both cloths and yarns have been rather firmer, at 'London anas e and t B ?a r c k s w i l a 1 I 100 1 71 73 714 *while operations in the woollen districts of Leeds. at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 1114 1124 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 13s (44 Bradford, and Huddersfield were chiefly in winter st Lon. & North Western 100 1024 103 1021 5 goods at fully late rates. In the hosiery and lace at Lou. , t h S e r tli T i e n s e t o ef n u 100 15 16 100 1025 1121 1014 1 1 departments of Leicester and Nottingham, more 5 0 Maryport find. Carlisle. all - - 124 Do 5 shares... ..... activity prevailed, while no change of importance st Metropolitan all 128 130 :2 4 can be reported in the hardware district s o f Bir- 4.. 1,.a 0 Mi l l o lag ry 10 5.4. 0 1271 0 14 1 84 128 d P mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 09 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - . A new monetary establishment has been formed, 25 Do. 4 shares entitled the Discount Corporation, with a nominal 1 , 1 m t i ol' e r n a t y Line - -- 100 555 154 capital of £2,000,000, the first issue to consist of at North British t , Perth, & Dundee 100 26 18 10,000 shares of £lOO eac h. Th e o bj ec t o f the s et it l ili n. . Eastern-Berwick 100 1014 102 1011 institution, as it s name im lies, is to offer assistance 25 s 30 0 , Led G.N.E.E. purchase 16.13.41 57 - 1 5 - 8i d 5 6 P 5 8 74 100 88 1 89.; 83/ to the mercantil e commun i ty, w h ose genera l expan - S a l Eg York Lle - sion of trade, the directors state, require greater st North London discounting facilities. Arrangements have been made for the tr ans f er o f M essrs . B ruce an d Co.'s kvia.4lNo D r?oi N s e ta w I.N. trorasnire lu and S. W. Junction all 115 1 1 / st 'Scottish Central business, and two of the late partners aro to be at Scot N. E., Aber.-stock 100 44 16 44 ,t- ' , members of the new board, whi c h i s ver y resp e ct- ! Lu Sh D re o w S s uo a t 2l l 4 l 'egrp k oo 1 laulu 100 102 ably constituted. The shares are already quoted 21 et Shropshire Union at South Devon ... .. 100 324 334 335 ii . prem. st South Eastern The Sardinian Miniug Company, with a capital at go . l „ ,t o h r Z . V a a n les and River Dun lgg 98 100 Of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £lO each, has been pro 20 6taines,Wok.,andWok all 91 101 jested for the purpose of purchasing and working 2 2 5 5 St D oc o kton & Darlington all 364 375 37 extensive mineral estates in Sardinia, about 30 mies f s t Taff P a1e .. ...... osew, 157 from Cagliari. The reports of engineers and others 10 Do B 8 44 54 i 3 24 5 Which accompany the prospectus furnish ample g Ulster - information as to the produce of the mines 1 : 5 10 Do o— . and the quality of the ore to be found at Vale of Neath there. The amount to be paid for the transfer at i i4t t o e l . l f a or tr iz allair inT Ng 160 170 163 of the property is £12,000, and a stipulation has s e t t , i i r r es i l Cornwall ieooier &Il i 100 100 26 28 been made that the proprietors shall receive a third at West Midland . -Oxford; 100 -- -- et Do Newport,' 100 - - of the purchase money in shares of the company. st Do Hereford! 100 - - Two O'CLOCK. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele• Closing gram, the 3 per Cent. Relates were at 67f. 65c. Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business done 67f. 70c. 100 A.tlantic &St Lawrenet all 63 15 stk I Bom.,Baroda&.Centlno 100 107 1( 8 1064 71 7 The English Stock Market is now assuming a i Gu. 5 percent... 20 Do. New dull and inacti ve a pp earance . I n f act t h e mem b ers 20 Do. E. Shares . 75 1 4 1 1 p are beginning to settle down after the late activity, 2 1 ( ( ) ) / Buffalo o. Do. Preference L n lut oo e.titu - on all al 6 945 65 and their calculations exhibit greater coolness and 100 6 B utl o aTzi, b ll a r e an i t i. ,V7Cll B ic_l 2 ; io, deliberation. Nothing of any moment has occurred 100 D P O. do. July . 1, 1873 100 to agitate Consols either one way or the other, and b rt gutta d . c t . s.itl i sT. 3 . l , , , i . ,B , 7 ; l , 100 100 1764 1 - 07/ the quotations, therefore, remain the same as on staotek (,),aalvannvPgcukcpril, 100 Saturday, viz., 92-'1: 93 for money, and 93 1 1 for stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 11'7, 1 1 85 108 574 the account. The New Threes and Reduced An- 20 0 1 a 0 : goc... w Ext..... 1(1 If ig nuities are 911 - ; Bank Stocir is 233 ; and Exche- stock Gr i .n o d is -; Trunk o of t ß C o a n n d a s d a l a t i o l N 18 F6i quer Bills continue at par to 3s. prem. The India 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 62 61 i 5 per Cent. Loan is 1081 t l i ; the 4 per Cent. ditto 100°, Do. 2d Pret. Bonds., all 69 71 705 )o. do. deferred.-- all 55 58 100/ ; the 5; per Cent. Enfaced Paper 1161 The 100 Do. 3d I) , ef. stock ... all 52 54 53 Debent ures are 1001, and the Bonds 18s. prem. 100 Do o . 4th Pref. eterred stoJc... all 30 32 A very good. business was negotiated this morn- ! stook OO G t 1 . 21 o n . d d ie o i. d en ef t e n rred zap .. :o . Al i ! 2527 108 09 1081 ing in the Foreign department, the principal feature 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 li 14p 1 of which is the con t inue d d e p ress i on o f Greek stook oll'o d u - r i ona l ia B6 (iim — ) 8 I 1 Bonds, which have fallen this morning to 331 1, . guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 • 0 5 Gt. W. of CanadaSharef. all 101 10/ and the Coupons to 15 16. Mexican, on the other 204 Do. New 18 05 91' , hand, are much firmer, and have advanced to 421 'I; 100 ti,(ila.cn7l4l7!: all :g 2 Turkish Consolides have also risen to 531 fi ; the Indian Branch kimoited 100° 10 4 6 Lc stock " Spanish Internal Passive Debt shows weakness, at stock i l i to r . i rg u c. ar PArt p ension 100 101 102 29130/ ; the Confederate Loan is steady at 25 23 dis.; st•)(e)k Do. Fifth Extension. 10 2 0 - 88 100 and the Brazilian Loan is buoyant at / 1 prem. stock ler.Corc. o l i o p. 13 ;8 Bil a ds. 100 5 - 8 - 1 - 0 The 41 per Cent. Brazilian Loan ha s rea li se d 911 ; 100 2 1T. o b . .7 8 12c. ° Ogr u tg. B de.. all - Danish 3 per Cents. are 85; New Granada, 15 1 ; 20 NeJ a ß s r s ur t Z a wi nc c i k ß a . Canda all 3 5 Russian 5 per Cents., 931; the 41 per Cents, 1850, N . . Rl.C'da spc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde . .... - - ono 1064 1074 1064 90/ ; the 5 per C en t s ., 1862, 931 ; Portuguese 3 per st Do. Delhi 1 •,.: i 100 106 107 Cents., 491 1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 541 ; New 20 1 1 2 )o 0.. Punjaub do -4 1 all - "P P Deferred, 481; and the Certificates, 138 14 ; Tur- st Do. Do. .... sock Do. Indus. St. Flo ) I k . ' 100 102 104 kish 6 per Cents. of 1854 have brought 92 ; d o ., 1858, 70/ 70 ; the £lOO Bonds, 731 ; the 1862 issue, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 70 1 71 ; Venezuelan 6 per Cents. are 611 an d , • .....,,,a,,,,. 0 p.e.J a. .a.l ui s Italian b per Cents., 72k Z. 1 1877-8 i . . Augoo lO5 - I Do. 6p. c. Feb.& ug. 100 11.1 ll 3 In the Railway Share Market there has been Do. d p.c.Mar k Sect. 100 101 113 Very little animation, and the few bargains re- it: t P I . n c s . c j r i ft b u et s ej t u oc Y i 1 12 92 2 9 4 4 corded exhibit a further slight decline in prices. ...7 caPeLHlPpe:tBoPet= 100 lig 1 1 4 Great Eastern and North Western have receded i Do. 189 c 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 55., and Caledonian an d S ou th W es t ern i , 10s. 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 For the Foreign and Colonial lines there has bl e aur l itius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 • been very little inquiries, and prices are un- --- l i4Jr6o G v o . y o . p 6 .o. l 7a r ll n u t ly . 100 IN 1 10 1 g altered. Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. 5p D.,1801 100 101 102 Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are flat. India = Euo.'dP;,_c--act,t°p_"'de, 100 0 102 103 Land Mortgage Bank are quoted 31 1 prem.; !New . Zea ° ,alad 6p u c w ent. 100 110 112 Anglo-Austrian, 1 1 prem. ; East London, Ito 11 - ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c I sterling, 1875 prem. ; London and Provincial Marine, Ito a ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO Cl 113 4 -.. 18. Aus G6p.c.1876.& up lOO 112 114 prom.; and Discount Corporation, 21 3 prem. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 - Do. io 6 p.c. An.&001,.. 100 1101 111 11101 i --- - _ --- BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. BRITISH MINES. Bank Stock 233 3 per C en t, R e d uce d A nnu iti es 5 - iulrfiord Amalgamated.. - 36 38 361 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9271 34 21 - Devon G. Con.. (T avast.) 1 5 1 5 655 517 4 5 21 New 3 per C en t. A nnu iti es - East Bassett allogan).. 30 74 77 New 35 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities... . - - East Caradon ..... ..... 2.14.8 28 29 284 East Cam Brea... . 1 3.4.0 75 71 5 per Cent. An nu iti es - --i M. Yir'l Russel (Tavi s tk.); 8.6.6 3 34 34 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 - .- IGam.iSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)l tBl 13 15 Ditto for 30 yrs , ' expire sth April 1885. - - Great( South Tolgus.... 17s 41 55 Ditto (Red Sea Tele rah - - IG. Wheal Vor (Relston) 40 94 101 105 India Stock g 13 ), Aug.ug - 'Grenville 616.r 5 Ditto 5 pet Cent 1081 71 I - fler:APs-Foot ...... Ditto 4 per C en t - ilingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 24 ( Lady Bertha Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4p er Cent lOO4 - I Margaret (Uny Lelant. 94 23 25 Ditto 5 per Cent - i Marke Valley.. Ditto 55 per Cent Ditto Debent , - New Seton 199 100 1 10 , ares, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 - Ditto ditto April, 1864 - - • North Downs 24 1/ 2 ditto Aug. 1864 o r 66 100 Ditto / - N.Wh'l Basset (Illo.can, 2.17.0 21 35 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ' - North Wheal Crotty 18 pm - tsar Consols (St. Blaze 14 4 5 Ditto under £l,OOO 20 Vrovidence(Uny Lauf.) 10.6.7 13 45 431 Bank St oc k f or Account - ,SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 1 415 425 Consols for Account, Oct, 8 934 - 'S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6! 16 2 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent - - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1N9 60 65 Exchequer - Stray Park Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Cent.... - Ditto £5OO .. 3 5 famar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 5 5 Ditto Small - ; fin Croft 9 195 205 191 4 - !West Basset (Illogan) l4 95 105 FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. -;w Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 474 205 215 Anshan Bonds 5 -- Iv ' Tfi s e t aftla ° s 'i set (Illogan) 51 725 775 , per Cent r .l 2 3 itt Brazilia n , 8 ° 1859 - Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 25 30 Ditto 45 peer Cent - Wheal Kitty(U.Lclant) 2.0.6 - - - - WhealLudcott Danish 4 4 3 r r ee Cent~ 1 852-58-60 Ditto 3 per C e n t. ,1863 - Wheal Seton 584 195 105 Egyptian 7 Per . een 1825 .............. 85 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 19 20 Ditto, Second Is . ................ 1004 4 , - Wheal Union 3.17 2 3 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 924 31 21 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock — Ditto 5 pet Cent loBf I 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. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ' Ditto under £l,OOO . ••• Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct, 8 93/ India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Cent — Ditto £5OO .. 3 pm Ditto Small Austria FO REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. n Bonds, 5 per Cent .. * Ditto 1859 Brazilian. 5 ner Cent — Ditto 41 p'er Cent , 1 852-58-60 91 / Danish 4 per Cent ;1863 Ditto 3 Per Cent , 1825 .. Egyptian 7 per Cent , .. ' *** ********* 85 Ditto, Second Issu e . . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824• .5,ie.x.. u . 60 .. .. n .. 8 Ditto Account ......... P° • • 372 3 / Ditto Coupons.. ... . Ditto Account .............. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremman a Railway ) 81/ 1 1 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Granada Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — f 1 Ditto Account 4 91 R ussian. 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 93i Ditto 5 p per Cent 1850 9Ol -u . ttto per Cent, 1862 S panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 512 Ditto New Deferred .. .oitto Account 4Bl Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 5 1 1 4/ Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account l3l 14 Z .Zwedish, 4 p er C en t . ti Ditto A ccount.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 731 Ditto '6 per Cent. 1862 1)" . Ditto Ateount 7l 701 DiFi„ott g_per Cent. 1863, £59 108 Od pd — -17,_`t°eY-auaratteed, 4 per Cent ... • l 'i l i e t 4 t t o l I_3 per Cont. Ditt o o , Le: ita t Aeccrouennt., 1862 Ditto Acco unt 611 Dividends on- ...... above -... . . payable --..... . in London. Belgian 4i Pe r c Dutch 2 1 per Ce n e t ut h ,' 1 " 1 . 2 5E Ditto 4 per Cent: d'ecmrte'itic2aUtensil - French ltentes, 3 Per im / l it, Ex. 25f ltalian, 5 per Ceut., Ditto Account.... , 14.25 francs — ..... t-lonsolg, Money ..... TWO O'CLOCK. .... Ditto Account 93i I .------ GREAT SHIP COMPANY. --Th e meeting of share holders to hear the result of the meeting of the corn- Mateo appointed at the meeting held on Friday week was held to. ay at the London Tavern. Mr. Ilawes- chairman of the investigation committee, read a long report, which stated that arrangements had been. made with Messrs. Gin. to prevent for some time a sacrifice of the ship by eale, and concluded with a recommendation to the shareholders to mak e a subscription of sa. per share, which would enabl e the company to pay off pressing existing liabilities, an d to charter the ship for an Indian or Australian voyage to re• 'Tensible p art i es. The meeting had arrived at no settled detezmination when we went to press. 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., 137/ 8/ Midland 4i per cent. pf. stk. rd., 102/ . _ LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Severn Valley, 17} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 9 Turin ana Savona, Ditto (ail), 16 St. John del Rey (l F OREIGN NINMINES.im.), 55 United Mexican (lim;, JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Bank of New Zealand, 13 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chinn, 3 81 English, Scotch, and Australian Chart ered, 23& Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 27a Imperial Bank (lim.), 23} Imperial Ottoman, 19 London and Brazilian (lim.), 491 9 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lim., 10i London Chartered Bank of Australia, 29i London and Colonial (lim.), London Joint Stock, 38} London and South African, 274 8 London and South American, lim., 3 Standard of British South Africa (limi), 24 Union of London, 19 Southampton, 64 3 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 39 - Ditto, Preference, 1171 18 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 118 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 34 I Hudson's Bay, 9/ Joint •stock Discount, 6: London Finan3ial Association, lim., 13! London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 2 National Discount Company, Bin., 9: ! A detachment of the 76th RE:giment, at present at Aldershott, has received orders to prepare for embarkation at Portsmouth on Saturday next, on bard the Hornet, for Madras. The headquarters ar d rest of the regiment will follow in about a week. Authority bas been received at the camp at Col chester to permit men of the depot battalions, who have at least 18 months of their limited service to co mplete, and who may be 'willing to re-engage, to volunteer into the 55th and 76th Li' eg i ments , now under orders to proceed to New Zealr A nd. Th e o ffi cers of the garrison gave a grand ball last week at the Town-hall. About 700 invitati. 3hB 'were issued, of which 400 were accepted. Th e decorations com prised some materials which form e dpart of the booty obtained at the sacking c i f the Palace at Pekin during the late Chinese war. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCrOBER 12, 1863. 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 the 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. The 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. Ihe supply of old malt was moderate, end 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 IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 393 to 44s Ditto, old 393 43s Ditto, white, 1863 43s 48s Ditto, old 4os 483 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4os 443 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, • 46s 51s Rye— Barley—Grinding 2ss 26s Malting 34s 40s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 68$ Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 68s Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding l9s 23s Potato -S —8 Youghal and Cork, black —s —s Cork, white —s —8 Scotch, Feeding —B —s Beans—Tick, old 36s Its Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers . 36s 38s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 285 303 Stockton and Norfolk 278 29s American, per barrel 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 grazing 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 moans 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 81bs. The receipts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, comprised 2,800 short horns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 800 various breeds; and from Ire land, 750 oyen 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 58 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. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, otc. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 S 5 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Largo use. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 6 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 268 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts FOREIGN surrLY. Beasts 3,180 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs Cows _ Sheep and lambs .. 23,670 Calves 238 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 11,092 head. In the corresponding week in 1862,w0 received 11,896—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 .. 68 Harlingen .... 492 .. 1002 .. 62 .. 150 Hamburg .... 88 .. 679 .. •• .. 808 Amsterdam.... 778 . • • • ---- Medemblik .2.. 30 .. 1830 .. • • Calais 000 . • • • • • • • Gluckatadt..... 13 .. • • • • Nieu Diep 48 .. 532 .. • • • • Antwerp. •• •• .. 10 • . Ostend .. •• •• •• Bremen 271 .. 31 Dordt ll6 .. 654 .. .. • • Tonning. . 338 .. .. •• Total ....1,682 .. 8,199 .. .. 185 ..1026 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 2055 8,818 .. 183 .. 291 .. 548 18 6 1 1629 .. 9, 156 .. 63 .. 164 .. 11 7 6 1 860 333 .. 4,727 .. 4 .. 242 .. 302 1859 1858 1423 .. 5,735 .. 26 .. 124 .. 208 •• •• •• 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, Coarse and inferior beasts..,, 3 2 1862 to 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. .. 4 0 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled do 4lO 5 4 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 0 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 Beasts • 6,120 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. 4lO SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 14, 1861.—8 i sheep, 20,790—calves, 170—pigs, 520. OcT. 15, 1860.—Beasts, 6,4oo—shoep, 332—pigs, 180. Oct. 12, 1863. 3 2to 3 6 38 4 2 4 4 4 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 48 5 0 52 5 4 00 0 0 34 4 0 42 4 4 36 4 0 42 4 6 7,060 25,190 144 450 oasts, 4,940-- ',750 —calves 3 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 .. S haws Rocks Seedlings NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale at those 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 a dad Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal .. 3 4 4 2 Small pork .„.. 4 4 4 6 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROU FH HOP. The supply of n ew h o p s , of English growth, on sale is large, Bava rian produce. A goo d b us i ness , however, is passing i and the m ar k e t i s f a i r ly su pplied with Belgian and n all q ua li ties, and prices rule firm. The import into London last week was 278 bales from Hamburg, 120 Bou logne, 430 Antwerp, 36 Rotterdam, 205 Ostend, 141 Bremen, and 223 bales from New York. New Mid and East Rents . X 5 12s to £7 108 per owt. Weald of Rents ..... 55s to 6 12s ~ Sussex . ......... 6Osto 6 Os I) .-___..-. 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. Tarnlp,White,p.bus.lls to 14s iCarraway ...... „ 26s 28s 5wede.........: —s —s Coriander .......... 16s 18s Mustard, Brown los lts llernpseed, per qr... 44s 46s White, its 12e Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s ton.c6 os £6 108 qr 60s 64s Tares, New ...... 7s d 8s Oil E r g :a r dai u leits s sil h sola i .................. Ln Lin , seed . p . ...... —s s Ccioneva grans,r l r y d , , t p p e e e r a r n cl E q e u n wn a quarter r . t ;10 - s a s s White Trefoil, new. 2os 21s aalieerSeCeleag:l; WOOL. Tbo next public sales of colonial wool will commenc e 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, 14,787 New Zealand, 953 Swan River, and 18,837 bales from the Cape—total, 49,393 bales. In, English wool a fair busiuess continUes to STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG FOR THE SEASON. 1863. 1862. Tallow despatched from Cronstadt Casks. Casks. to Sept. 16, 0. S. (estimated at 25 poods to the cask) 46,936 36,908 37,695 In ships loading and lighters 3,325 2,896 3,357 1861. Casks. Total loaded offfrom St. Petersburg*, Sept. 18, O. S Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 03,879 83,835 London Liverpool — Bristol Other English ports Ireland lBO 212 576 Scotland Germany 11,314 86,71 6,818 France — Total 46 , 936 36,09 d 37,605 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A JEWELLERS.—Henry John Wright, a 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 vio lent attack on Chapple, a plain clothes officer of the E di vision. Chapple, who has the remains of two very bad black eyes, said a man (under 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 attacked him in a most violent manner, and the prisoner and the two others then came up and joined in the attack on Chapple, who was grossly Mused, the time of the affray being four o'clock in the afternoon, and no one assisting the constable, who, however, secured the man who took the shawl. Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody last night, when, without telling him the 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.—John 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 12 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. He replied he had not lately, but there would soon be one round that way. Defendant then walked along with him, and he said he had been robbed by two or three persons in Moore-street. Complainant not wishing, however, to be 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 exer tions, defendant persisted in running after him, called " Police," and at length collared him, and tripping him up, complainant fell and struck his forehead seriously on the kerb stone. Defendant still held him after this and accused him of robbing him. A policeman now came up, when defendant repeated his statement, but the constable, know ing complainant and seeing the defendant was drunk, refused to believe the latter's statement, and took him into custody for assaulting complainant. Robert M‘Kaye, 182 B, said he had previous to this found the defendant drunk, and persuaded him to go home, and when he came round his beat again, hearing a disturb ance, he proceeded to the spot, and found the complainant and defendant struggling. The former was quite sober, and bleeding copiously from a wound over the eye, while de fendant was drunk. They preferred their different com plaints, and he took defendant into custody. The accused said ho was drunk, and knew nothing what ever about the matter. Mr. Arnold said it was really too bad that a respectable man proceeding quietly home should bo ill-treated in this unwarrantable manner, and fined defendant 50s, or one month's imprisonment. He was looked up. TALLOW. The tallow trade is firmer to-day, and prices have slightly improved. The quotation for new P.Y.G. is 45s per cwt on the spot. Town tallow is selling at 44s per cwt. Rough fat commands 2s 31d per Blbs. Particulars. 1859. I 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. _ - Stock this day.... 3 6 .60 0 45.081 35,568 46,612 1 1 48,036 6056.1 to 58s 6d to 51sod t0'47531 to'lse Od to Price of Y.C. —s Od sOd —s Od 47s Gd --s Od Delivery lastweek 1,605 2,179 3,647 1,589 2,4t. , 6 Ditto from June 1 27,231 3!,265 53,817 27,754 23,153 Arrivals last week 1 ,250 2,811 2,061 8,386 6,764 Ditto from June 1 51,771 55,194 32,624 36,054 33,442 Price of Town .... 62s Od 61s 05 52s 9d 48s 6d 46s 68 THAMES. THE QUARREL POR A. WA.TcH.—Susan Mitchell, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Partridge, on remand, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Isaac William Ailidge, a corkcutter. A few days since Police -sergeant Wood, No. 22, K, met the prisoner and another woman in Ratcliff-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. The ring of the watch was broken, and it was quite evident that the watch had been forcibly taken from its owner, and the swivel broken in doing so. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who now appeared for the prosecution, said the watch belonged to Mr. Ailidge, cork cutter, at No. 25, St. George-street, at the corner of Old G rave l-l ane . Mr. Ailidge said he was "on the drink " a few nights ago, and he got home somehow or other, and went to bed. He soon fell asleep, and when he awoke he was on the flat of his back, and the ring of the watch and the ribbon to which it was fastened was in his ha nd. The ribbon was round his neck. He had no idea how his watch was stolen, nor did he recollect being in the prisoner's company. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was in the unlawful pos session of M. Ailidge's watch, and sentenced her to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for six Weeks. TAMWORTII ELECTION, POLLING VI'S DAy . TWELVE O'CLOCK-. Peel .................. 193 Cowper ......• ........... • • 131 Majority for Peel -62 The Price of Gold, ----40----- The quotation of gold at Paris is about Per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 Per£l sterling. On comparing these rates with th e English Mint price of .£.3 17s. 101,d. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Loudon th an in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per ;nark and the short exchange on London IS 13.6 i - per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, th erefore , about hamburg.6-10ths per cent. dearer in Lon don than TOTAL' WRECK OF A MIDDLESBOROUGH STEAMER.—Seaton Carew, Durham , Sunday night. --Yesterday morning, reports the Rev. John Lawson, in a gale from the S.S.E. and a heavy !", the steam tng Energy, of :'Middlesborough, struck On the bar at the mouth of the River Tees. In the course of a quarter of an hour she had entirley disappeared. When the perilous position of the vessel was observed, the Seaton Carew lifeboat, b longing to the National Lifeboat Institution, was at once manned and launched to the assistance of her crew ; but after remaining out above an hour, nothing could be seen of the poor men, and the lifeboat reluctantly returned to the shore. It afterwards appeared that the crew of the steamer three in number, had left the ship in their own boat, and and had gone out to sea, and had been picked up by a Russia vessel, They afterwards got on board another Mid dlesborough steamer in the bay, which in the course of the evening brought them to the Tees in safety. LITERATURE. Our Old Home. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of " Transformation," " The Scarlet Letter," Bcc. 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 ho 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 Mr. 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 f or his own fame's sake that these two " actual" volumes also reposed upon that same "shadowy" shelf ! He 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 feel. He affects surprise at this asser tion, and claims an " hereditary sympathy" for the E n glish people; and yet, in the very next breath, he exclaims, and the exclamation coming from a yankee almost takes sways our breath :—" These peo ple (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 P' Equally marvellous, in the utter unconsciousness of its application nearer home, is another remark of g r . Hawthorne's, which occurs in the second volume : AMERICAN IDEA OP ENGLISH PUGNACITY ! 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's poson; 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 k e pt 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 is simply a grotesque caricature. Nevertheless, he admits that "an English maiden in her teens, though very s awn so pretty as our own damse l s, possesses , t o say t h e truth, a certain charm of half-blossom, and delicately folded leaves, and tender womanhood shielded by maidenly reserves, with which, some how or other, our American girls often fail to adorn t h em selves during an appreciable moment." And this same writer, immediately a ft er pronouncing this graceful panegyric upon the charms of refine ment, go es on to exp ress h i s farther sent i ments on the subject of corporeal growth in a style so coarse as to b e positively re vo l t i ng. Wo make t h ese re marks "more in sor row than i n anger, " for we h ave been ever ready to recognise Mr. Hawthorne's real abilities, of which the volumes before us give ample evidence. As a speci men o f h i s sty l e, h ere i s a humorous but sarcasti c s k etc h of Ta g DENIZENS OF TIIE THAMES TUNNEL. Th ere seem to be peopl e w h o spend their lives here, an d who probably blink like owls, when, once or twice a year, perhaps, t h e y happen to c li mb into the sunshine. All along the corridor, which I believe to be a mile in extent, we see stalls or shops in little alcoves, kept principally by women —they were of a ripe age, I was glad to observe, and certaialy robbed England of none of its very moderate sup ply of feminine loveliness (I) by their deeper than tomb-like interment, As you appr oac h ( and they are so accustomed to the dusky gaslight that they toad all your characteristics afar off), they a ssail y o u with hungry entreaties to buy some of their merchandise, holding forth views of the Tunnel Put up in cases of D erbyshire spar, with a magnifyiar glass at one end to make the vista more effective. Th e y offer you, be s id es, cheap jewellery, sunny topazes and resplendent emeralds for sixpence, and diamonds jioh-l-noor at a n o t muc h h eav i er cost, to es big as the ge ther with a multifarious trumpery w hi c h h as di e d ou t o f the upper world to reappear in this Tartarean bazaar. That you may fancy yourself still in th e rea l ms of the living, they urge you to partake of ca k es, candy, ginger-beer, and such small refreshment, more suitable, however, for the shadowy a ppetite of ghosts th an f or th e sturdy stomachs of Englishmen. The most cap ac i ous o f the shops contains a dioramic exhibition of cities and scenes in the daylight world, with a dreary glimmer of gas among them all; so that they says well enough to represent the dim, unsatis factory remembrances that dead people might be supposed to retain from their past lives, mixing them up with the ghastliness of their unsubstantial state. I d we ll th e more upon these trifles, and do my best to give them a mockery of importance, because, if these are nothing, then all this elaborate contrivance and mighty piece of work he.s been wrought in vain. The Englishman has burrowed under the bed of hi s great ri ver , 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 the conception was a grand one. On the other band, full of patho s ( a lth oug h a l so o f exaggeration) ar e the glimps es o f the crowded alleys London. Th ese p i ctures are in and back slums of deed drawn with the blackest pencil. Here is a sketch, however, somewhat more to our liking than those we have g i v en above : WOMAN IN BAGS. in these dark a b o d es, is strangely iden ticalith ewt motherhood,hhrat°wct have all known it t o b e i n th e h a ppi es t tihnaseclnlor? p o ignant because perplexingly entangledrgrief and p iwithty(l anl ination to smile) th an t o h ear a gaun t homes. Nothing , a and ragged mother priding herself on th e pret ty ways o f her ragged and skinny infant, just as a young matron might when she invite s her the nursery. Indeed, . 14 4 friends to admire her -Chrobed ctedralrstliongseleilmed to have altogether u pl o um w p o , man wh ly ite perished out o f these poor souls . It was the very same creatur e whose tender torments make the rapture of our young days, w hom we love, c h er i sh, and protect, and rely upon in l ife and death, and whom w e d e li g ht to see beautify her beauty with rich robes an d se t it o ff w ith jewels, though now fantastically was groups round a door-step or in masquerading in a garb of t a tt ers , wholly unfit f or her to handl e. I recognized her, over and over again, in the the descent of a cellar, chatting with prodigious earnest ness about intangible trifles, laughing f l or a little jest, sympathizing at almost the same , instant with one neigh bour's sunshine and another s shadow, wise, simple , s l y , Perturbed, , and b rea ki ng i nto small and jealousy, t orna does afenmdipnaintieenebt,uyileittieonassiloyf spite,pertu wrath, 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 th ere was an absolute d e fi c iency of good breeding even here. It often surprised me to witness a courtesy and deferen ce among these ragge d f o lk s , which, having seen it, I did not thoroughly believe in, wondering whence it should have come. I am 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 been powerless to appeal to his sensibilities. Nathaniel Hawthorne, claiming," hereditary sympathy" with England, has visited his old home in no filial or fraternal spirit. This " chid" has been " amang us" taking notes in the unfriendly spirit of Cassius —" All our faults observed (aye , a nd exaggerated tenfold !), set in a note-book, learned and conned by i rote to cast into our teeth." B ut, as in all such n• stances of unfair criticism or unfounded attack, less injury is done to the recipient than to the donor, Nathanial Hawthorne will reap anything but satis faction from his uncandid censorship, whil e the " Old Home" he despises will be unharmed by hi s assault and indifferent to his opinion. Poems. By Franc x, is Charles Weedon. O ne vol. pp. 239. Longman and Co. 44 At the request of friends," is, of all apologies publication of an y lit erary pro d uct i on for the a ter, about the sorriest. It is beyond a doubt o f t the sorriest that could by possibility be pre fioa to any collection of poetical or quasi poetical performances. Yet, as in the instance before us, it greets us a:: the very opening of the little volume now under . nooe, in accent s f or once singularly pe rsuasive in theie tone, it wins at once our most inpathy hi regard to the metrical pro gdellneetir:l3ll: 651 , to which, in a very exceptional manner, the trite old phrase above quoted hero forms the aptest introduction. Nearly two year 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. D y i ng at the very commencement of 1861, in the thirtieth year of his age, Francis Charles Weedon, lik e Kirke White and not a few others of lesser note, was the victim of his own literary ambition —hi, assieluous application to study sowing, in a consti tution naturally far from robust, the germs of that deadliest disease for youth in this climate, con 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 aiso, 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. i 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 Fraiicis 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 but 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 awakentd eagerly in his behalf. Now, however, that, as his genial biogra pher says of him here in menwrianz,— " 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 cne 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 but think the editor of the collection would have done wisely to have left them out altogether. Besides their being in themselves such 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 tho BIM ; 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 pleasaunce, 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 cllna 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 1 the eky 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 The heaviness, the stupor of despair? Nature is dumb with awe. Ye t still one lark Poureth its free song I mercy's last appeal 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, coped within the rings Of solid rock ; their snaky volumes clash In fiery-crested waves, till each o'er-flings Its ponderous load in headlong fury down, Grappling it like an en Late hurls it on the town. Pretty themes like "Late Snowdrops," two or three melodious serenades, and a charming little Bee and a cowsli p"—will allegory, ,c A p"—will serve to indicate more clearly than any number of words by way of comment upon the manner of their treat ment, hew delicate is the form, how tender and radiant are the hues of the poetic butterfly (Ikun) that has here alit for a while upon the rack of criticism —not certainly, by us, to be broken upon i t simply to bo admired so long as it rests there, for such as it is. THREE ESSAYS. I. Learning and Science. 11. Science and Lan guage. 111. Language and Poetry. One V o l. Pp 189. Smith and Elder. - - Three very thoughtful and judicious essays, well worthy of the attentive perusal of the student and t he writer. The author thus modestly defines his 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. Asa first attempt at such a thing, an essay is, I doubt not, the proper form. A treatise, with 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 full 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 broug b h _ e i c j my way ; and if any important notices of the same su have been overlooked, I can truly say it has not bee:anf t ofin any want of desire to make use of them, but from opportunity to pursue the research. Notwithstanding his own disclhimer,hlise a rticle on have evidently not been restricted. rese arches era! i nter est on Language and Poetry is full o f gem,' pathies of the a subject that appeals to dthel L formation in c.% many, and conveys a good ea , le and intelligible siulp Loss OF Two SHIPS AND A STEAMER.---A t i l e _ gram gram has been received from Copenhagen, an 'e ing the arrival there, from a Danish eetilentent Melville patterson, of the Aberdeen Bay, of Captain Pacific, which si,as totally lost in the ice in Davisaling ship on the 29th Jane, together with the Whaling Straits Seal, of flail, and the bask Jetnitua, (; . steamer Lady Dundee. It reportel that all the crewaPtani Deadlier, of have been saved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY. ➢Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Walloon Peignoir .. Six ran. £5O PLATE (SECOND CLASS) Tomato Light Seven ran. INIA.Tcu.--Maid of Masham beat Rapida.u. £5O PLATE (FIRST CLASS.) Crytheia Young Rapid Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. TILE CESAREWITCII. 4to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 6 to 1 agst Lirnosina (taken) Bto 1 agst Emblem (taken) Bto 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken) 20 to 1 agst - Umpire (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 20 to 1 agst R omanoff (taken) NOTES.SPORTING- The Newmarket Second October commences to-day, but the all-important race of the meeting comes off to-morrow. There are Si acceptances for the Cesarewitch, but the fidd g will Comprise the m wi o l s l t s o ca r r t c h e o ly se e l x ik ce e e ly d t2oop.utTinheanfoallropweianrance Horses. Riders. Wingrave, 4 yrs, Sst 121 b Carisbrook, 4 yrs, Sst Gib Umpire, 6 yrs, Sat llb Harlequin, 4 yrs, Sst llb Captain Crow, 4 yrs, ist 111 b ...... Custenco Twilight, aged, 7st Sib .......... Edwards Blackdown, 3 yrs, 7st slb ........ Doyle Limosina, 4 yrs, 7st 31b.......... IL Grimshaw Emblem, aged, 7st Maidment Fantail, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Blithfield, 3 yrs, Est 121 b .. Blondin, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Cannon Chere Arnie, 6 yrs, Est 11Ib Drummer Boy, 4 yrs, Gst 101 b French Lioness, 4 yrs, 6st Sib Jack of Hearts, 3 yrs, Gat 71b The Serf, 3 yrs, Gst slb Real Jam, 4 yrs,:Gst 41b .. Morris Oakapple, 3 yrs, Gst 41b Romanoff, 3 yrs, Gst llb Sandford, 3 yrs, sst 131 b Summerside, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb Venison, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Melandra, 3 yrs, sst 81b .. Wingrave heads the list with the steadier of Bst 121 b. H o 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 ne'rer been mentioned in the betting, I shall expect him to fuaisb, before his stable companion. Umpire is, without ex ception, the most favourably treated in the handicap, and if ho 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, I must look elsewhere for the winner. Harlequin, after his defeat of Hurricane, and his running with Iso lino in the Queen's Plate, ought to have a chance. Twilight will find the company hero too good for her Blackdown and Jack of Hearts are Drewitt's pair. They are 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 hero. 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 bo 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 side. Sandford, although he cut up so wretchedly at the last Newmarket Meeting, will improve upon that form. Oakapple 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 DRUMAIER. BOY .. . 3 - A FRESH MAN. HORSES STRUCK OUTTAKES. OF THE CESAREWITCA S Gi ra ffe colt, Bellnaan, Corona, Copenhagen, Faultless, Buekenham, Watchman, Myrtle, Kangaroo, and Villa, NORTIIALLE RTON EETING.--S AN DA D NORTH RIDING, M ATURY. The Ainderby Plate (Handicap) of 30 sous, for all ages winners extra. T.Y.C. Col. Towneley's Cellarius, 4 yrs, Bst 21b •(SnowdOn) Mr. J. Osborne's Maid of the Mist, aged, Bst (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Darling's Good Advice, 2 yrs, sst 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 Mists 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length; two lengths between the second and third. The Northallerton Handicap, of 5 sous each; 3 ft, with 40 added; winners extra, second to save his stake. Onn mile. Mr. Kelloe ns. Michael Scott, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (in. 101 b ex,) (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Watt's Miss Armstrong, 3 yrs, 7st 2 Mr. C. \Vinteringham's Entremet, 4 yrs, Sat lib Won by a length ; a bad third. The Two-Years-Old (Selling) Handicap Plato of 30 sovs ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Fobert's Wisdom, Sat 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 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; weight for age selling and other allow-. antes. T.Y.C. Mr. F. H. Masterman's Prairie Flower, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb (Noble) t _ Col. Towneley's Cellarins, 4 yrs, Oat .... (J. Ashman) t Mr. Wallace's Sir Watkin, '2 yrs, sst 101 b.. • • (Sell er° Starlight and Who's Who also ran. -Ow, 3 Betting—Even on Cellarius, 5 to 2 agst Wh o ' s to 1 agst Sir Watkin, 5 to 1 agst any other. A dead heat, length arid a, Deciding heat.--No betting. Won by for 4Q half. The winner was bought by Mr. rac' guineas. w i n ners extra; The Harewood Plate (Handicap) of 30 sovs •, T.Y.C. 911 ca 61b extra) Mr. Kclloe ns Michael Scott, 4 yre, 66 " kJ. Marson) 1 t Mr. J. Greaves's Rosebud, 3 9 " , 65 ,,,,4 101 b (Ling) a Mr. Jackson's Veterinarian, 2 r i Z Betting-3 tl e l ad; a bad third. c°,l,"islichael Scott. Wen V b a y eau ll it s' PLATE.—This race, xvb THE Bnomriunn the Stewards iclt was run en Friday, , favour of Spring-bok. had been decided by in TATTERSALI2S—SATURDAY cEsAnEwiTcH, to 1 Lioness (taken and offered) it to agst Limosina (tak en ) 9to agst Emblem (tak e 1 0 to 1) 9to 1 agst Drummer B oy (take 10 to 1) 100 to S agst Sutumerside (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Bleektlown (taken) 22 to 1 agat Jack of hearts (taken) 22 to 1 agst Romanoff (taken) 30 to 1 agat Fantail (taken) 30 to, 1 agat Umpire (taken) 66 to 1 agat Blithfield (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 14 to 1 agst Catch= cm Alive (taken) 16 to 1 agat Limosina (taken) 16 to 1 azst Exchequer (taken) 16 to 1 a:7st )Summerside (taken) 100 to 6 agst Birdhill (taken) 30 to 1 agst Bathilde (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cairncastie (taken) 66 to 1 agst Gamma (taken) Liverpool Cotton Market--This Dar. - • Great demand ; about ld. advance on Friday's rates, particularly in Americans. Sales, 20,000 or more. Impuil, 1,2.14; previously, 238.