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

ATONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market still presents a quiet and very easy appearance, the best bills being negotiated as low as 31 per cent. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £389,600, and the exports £608,500. The traffic receipts on the Bengal division of the East Indian Railway for the week ending the 18th January last, on 604 miles, represent a total amount ing to £13,665 95., and for the corresponding week in the previous year, upon 3201 miles, they brought £7,531 7s. It will thus be observed that while there has been no great increase or decrease in the revenue, the business may be regarded as good, al though of a rather stationary character. The tonal sum received by the North West Provinces Division, on 279/ miles, for the same date as above, was £6,315 2s. ld., while in the corresponding week of last year, on 243/ miles, it represented £3,851 3s. 7d., showing also a steadier, but not progressive business. The following very interesting calculations are extracted from Messrs. Joseph Travers and Son's circular : IMPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OF COCOA, COFFEE, SVGA'S., AND TEA IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY..--FTOIII the foil wing accounts it will be seen that, with the excep tion of tea, the importations of these articles were larger than in the corresponding month of last year, and that in the consumption of cocoa and sugar there was an increase, while in that of coffee and tea there was a diminution. COCOA. — lraports; Consumption. lbs. lbs. Feb 1861 „ 1862 1,101,305 341,905 „ 1863 254,148 397,164 COFFEE. Feb. 1861 „ 1862 6 580,256 2,884 982 „ 1863 3 803,757 2,602,965 U GAIL. Feb. 1861 „ 1862 580,061 730,443 „ 1863 TEA. Feb. 1861 „ 1862 7,871,694 5,831,665 „ 1863 16,129,280 5,223,881 The results presented by the above tables are as follows : Of cocoa the importation during the month of February Was 77 per cent. less than the quantity imported in Feb ruary, 1862, and 124 per cent, more than that in February, 1861; while the consumption was 16 per cent. more than in 1862, and 40 per cent. more than in 1861. Of coffee the importation was 32 per cent, less than in February, 1862, and 9 per cent, less than in 1861; while the consumption was 10 per cent. less than in,either of the two preceding years. Of sugar the importation was 3 per cent. less than in February, 1862, and 10 per cent. less than in 1861; while the consumption was 6 per cent. more than in 1862, and 15 per cent. more than in 1861. Of tea the importation Was 115 per cent. more than in February, 1862, and 39 per cent, more than in 1861; while the consumption was 10 per cent. less than either of the preceding years. The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the Agra and United Service Bank has been held today. The report, which was adopted, stated that the audited accounts for the year ended 31st December last, exhibit a surplus of £173,815 17s. sd. The directors regret to say that a very serious loss has been sustained by the opium frauds at Hong Kong, the whole of which they have deemed it their duty to write off to debit of the reserve fund, according to the discretion vested in them under the deed of settle ment. Out of the above sum of £173,815 17s. 5d., the directors have paid the usual dividend and bonus, amounting to £120,000, and have transferred the balance, £53,815 17s. 5d., to credit of the reserve fund, which now stands at £192,658 17s. Bd. Since the last annual meeting, the directors have opened a branch of the bank at Sydney, under the management of Mr. Alexander Camp. bell, the progress of which has been satis factory. The house occupied by the Bank in Cal cutta has long been found insufficient for the ex. tended business at that Presidency ; and the direc tors are glad to report that a most eligitle site has been secured, on which suitable premises will be immediately erected. The directors have purchased the freehold of the premises in Carmen-street, on favourable terms, Two O'. At the P ar i s B ourse this day, according CLOCK to Mr. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 95c.—Rather firm. The market for the English Funds has continued rather heavy, Consols having closed at 924 for Money, and at 92i I for the account. Business has been exceedingly dull, owing to a disinclination on the part of speculators to extend operations. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked 91k; Indian Stocks have remained steady, and Exchequer Bills closed at 3s. discount to par. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been rather active, but no important change has taken place. Greek Bonds are 27/ 28k, and the Coupons, 13 a ; Mexican, 32 4 4 ; Peruvian New Loan Is steady at 871; Portuguese ditto, 951 ; Spanish Passive are 29 / ; and the C ert ifi cates, 10a a ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 87 88 ex div. ; ditto, 1 858, 671 68 ; ditto, 1862, 694 a ; and the Con solides, 471 4. The Confederate Loan is 14 2 pm. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and several of the principal lines have slightly declined in value. Great Northern A Stock has receded £1; Great Easterns and South Easterns, 55. ; and Great Westerns and Midlands, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinued dull, without any material alteration in values. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in one or two instances are a shade firmer. London and County improved ss. ; Union of Australia, ss. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 235 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Ceat. Annuities tnnut ties, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., • 1880 — IDitto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1.908. 21 7-16 ndia Stock. Ditto 5 per Cent .............. 109 i 9 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent,, — Ditto 51 per Cent, ............... Ditto under £l,OOO 16 Consols f or A ccount, M ay 7 9 12 p m 2i Excheq uer Bill s, £ l,OOO 21 per Cent 3 dm par Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Egyptian 7 per Cent _ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-C ou p ons Ditto Account.. 13 i Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per C ent .... Ditto Account.... .. New Granad 32} a ................... 15 Ditto 2 per C ent., ............... Ditto Deferred .21 ..... . ... f Ditto Land Warrants (H ectares) P eru vian 3 per Cent ..... Ditto 1862..... , ..... Ditto Account. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 481 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859. a. Ditto 5 per Cent,, 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 53 i Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 10 . 2 1 i Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per C en t. 1858 .Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1852 Ditto Account .. 691 1 I V Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er Cent enezuela, 3 per C en t Ditt o —. 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. nut,h 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 G u il _ t Ditt o 4 per Cent. Certificates 1 alian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex 25 francs — Ditto Account.. :'. • • ' * TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, 111 one 9)1 Di tto Accort ... ,__ Liverpool Cotton Market-. This Day, (RETJTEWS TELEGRAM.) M ort, I,s69.arket dull. No c h ange. Sales, 5,000 bales. Imp At the quarterly meeting of the Council of the lialitax Chamber of Commerce, held yesteiday, it was de idei not to entertain a report from the New York Cham °er of C ommerce, touching the buildiog ha this country of War ships for the Confederates. The classes of the College de France for the second half-year of 1863 will oomlnfince 9A DimlaY next. BRITISH POSESSIONs. Closing Shari Railways Paid. Price. Business don' 100 ?antic &St Lawrcnec all 62 et llom.,Baroda&.Cent In( stk 100 I(6} 1676 107 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares., ... 5 1 41 3 106 Buffalo and Lane Hurun all 44 at 10 Do. Preference ..... all 76 8 100 /Buffalo,Brant&Godricli 10u p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 00 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1879 100 at ...31cutta.&S.Eastn.(Lir ) 100 105 107 st Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 107 108 108 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1074 18 4 stock Bast Indian. gu. 5 p.c. 100 108 09 1034 1 1 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 14 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 I 1p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 194 201 20 100 1)o. Ist FrAl. Bonds.. all 60 65 100 Do. ao. deferred...... all 45 50 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 50 55 100 Da. do c1,fer , ed...... all 40 15 1 0 0 Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... all 25 40 100 Do. do. d , ferred...... all 30 35 100 Do. 4th I'ref. sto.k... all 20 25 100 Do. do deferred...... all 18 22 204 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. luo 118 109 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 4 14 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 4 1 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 107 20 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares` all 124 124 121 4 204 • Do. New 18 84 740 10 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 100 102 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 .. all 91 23 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 14 14p 34 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 105 f 106 stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 99 10 t 1004 100 stock Dc. 4 - d 0........ 100 95 37 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 300 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 47 49 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick a Can& Class Aan i B .. all 3 5 Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 80 12 stock Seinde .... •••• • • (1)0 1674 1084 st f Do. Delhi Do. do lOO 106 108 4 2 20 Do. Punjaub .. 15 14p st I Do. Do. ...... , 100 1056 1( 66 166 4 stock IDo. Indus. St . Flo.) f)0) 100 102 101 2 ..c)LDN IAL (8. I Ett.N,'•l h. , ' 1 1 An.(ioy. 6 p.c.J a &Jul . ., 1877-St Do. ep. c. Feb. &Am 100 11.4 ~ 6 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 10u 104 106 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 054 91)4 964 4 54 64 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 06 G. Hope, 6 p c,187: 100 110 112 - Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 111 113 Do. 189 , 100 111 113 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 113 115 Ceylon, N0y.1 8 61, 6p c 100 - Mau' itius 8 per cent .. 100 111 112 Natal Guy. 6 per cont.. 130 111 112 N..13.1i0y. 6 p.c.J a.&J al) 100 it 56 1066 1054 j Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oci. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,18 100 101 102 Do. sp. c.,18, 1 10 1 8 ;1 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 di upwth 100 101 162 1014 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. sterling, 1875 lOO 1064 1074 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO :1 113 S. Aus (16p.c.1876. &up lOO 111 113 - vic.Goy. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. n.c. An..tilict.. 100 1084 1094 1084 9 BRITISH MINES. 2 ! Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' 5d !Gil/ford Amalgamated ! 20 22 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ,1 1 613 525 East Bassett (I1lozan) 30 851 871 89 1 !East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. id 51, :East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 25 431 'East Car n 8rea...... . 3.4.0 485 8 4 E. W'l Rus se l ( T avistk.)j 8.1.6 4 45 Ga mASt.Aubyn(Gwen.); 575 14 16 Great South Tolg - us 17s 5 61 Cr. Wheal Vor(lielston' 40 65 7 ;Grenville !Herod's-Foot 8.12 46 18 Ilingston Downs 4..7.0 2 21 Lady Bertha ;11argaret (tiny Lelant 195 35 37 Illarke Valley. 4 nyndy Iron Oro (Lim )! 25 1 4 d New Seton North Downs 125 25 3 N.Wli'l Basset(llio4an 2.17.1! 4 45 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 5 55 g 5 !Far Consols RA. Blazey.; 15 45 61 SO f'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.;,' 10.6.7 12 14 ;SouthCaradon(St.Cleer,l 15 300 400 !S. Cam B rea (Illogan) , 5.15.6 35 34 Fran. (Mogan 118.1 ‘.9 871 921 ,Stray Park !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 I I 10 !Fin Cron 9 21 22 i West Basset (Illogau) ;15 12 13 ! W Caradon (Liskeard:: 5 32 34 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) , 55 675 72 4 !Wheal Buller(Redruth)l 5 68 62 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 2.0.6 WhealLud..ott ....... 12.10.8 55 54 55 111 Wheal aryAnn(hfen.)l 8 154 164 Wheal Seton .1 581 215 265 heal Treiawney (Li s .)l 7 17 18 ; Wheal Union 3.17 5 51 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 111 101 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 1 Great ortheru, 44 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., SJ London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 100 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 1271 7 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 101$ Ditto, 44 per cent., 954 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext.,7C, 6 per cent., Si LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95) 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Sambre and ➢leuse, 11 1 FOR N M INES. Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, / Linares, 7„ N. Rhine Copper of South Australia (lira.), / Port Philip, JOIN T- STOCK Agra and Unitea Service (lim.), 100 RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 241 Bank of Egypt, 30k Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 25k 5:/ Ilindusta City, wi London English and Irish OlinA 6 / Eng., s co , London and ~ and Australian Chartered. 211 t;tB(.laina, and Japan aim.), 13} qjeored Bank of Australia, 48 1 nion, 551 6: I-bS°ro:l,l44tß)A-'aica(lnita' 27. 44 Al L e n tr d o ° p n . Mi d Oriental Bank c O2 . Scinde, Punjaub, Union of Australia, 5 2 VII ( 11 ra.), 21 Union of London, aik 4 311 SCH Berlin Water Works, 81 I LLII NEous. limited, 2 y lr ti ri a g s a ' Irrigation (Canal Cavour), si I Discount Company aim.), tsi land Steam (lim.), 6k 8 Oriental' In Rail ana Mining (11 Quebrada Land, R l .), 11 2k NlBtoaamtliioabnnaa Admiralty .l novel PICKING UP STRAY SHOTS.— A somewhat of prosecution on the part of the was disposed of at the Portsmouth bench last weeicralty waterman was charged with picking up the spent shots 4t o f the Excellent, used in gunnery exercise. The shots, it ap pears, are now marked with the broad arrow, in order that they may be identified, and eight watermen are licensed to pick them up and restore them. The prisoner was not a licensed man, and hence he was prosecuted for having such shot in his possession. It was stated that a similar case had not been brought before the magistrate for 20 years. It Was, however, pr, ved that the Admiralty had been in the habit of purchasing such shots from other than licensed persons, who had restored them ; and the defence was that the receivers were as bad as the thieves. The magistrates, taking this view of the case, dismissed the prisoner, observing that if the Government desire to prosecute in such cases they should give notice of their intention. It is a good illustration of the freedom of our laws when the will of the Government ix put aside by local magistratoo.—Wese amp; sgoze((f• Done at Washington, the 17th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three. (L.S.) LYONS. (L.S.) WILLIAM H. SEWARD. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Dowager Baroness Stafford was proved in the London Court on the 24th ult., by the executors appointed for England—namely, Sir Wm. Lawson, Bart., and his sons, John Lawson and Thomas Paulinus Lawson, Esqs.; the personal property in this country being sworn under £40,000. Her ladyship was the daughter of the late Richard Caton, Esq., of Maryland, U.S., and married, in 1836 (as second wife), the late Lord Stafford, who died in 18M. She possessed considerable estates, mines, oil wells, itc., in America. The executor appointed for America is Basil R. Spalding, E,q., of Baltimore. Her ladyship died at St. Leonard's-on-Sea in Octo ber, 1862, having executed her will in 1860 and a codicil in June, 1862. Her lands, estates, and pro perty in America she leaves to her two sisters, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds and Mrs. M'Tavish, who are also the residuary legatees of her general estate. This property is to be held by them for their re spective lives, and after their decease one half will go to the relatives of Mrs. M'Tavish, and the other portion to be applied to various Roman Catholic institutions in England. There are numerous legacies to relatives and friends, and to several poor persons in this country and in America who have been in her ladyship's service, or connected with her establishment. The will of W. Hobson, Esq., of Harley-street, Cavendish-square, was proved in London on the 25th ult., under £300,000 personalty, the executors and trustees being John Day, Esq., his son-in-law, and Francis Hobson Appach, Esq., his nephew, the other executor appointed (John Irving Glen nie, Esq,, his son-in-law), having died before Mr. Hob son, the testator, who died on the Ist March last, having executed his will in 1856, and two codicils in 1857 and 1862. He has devised all his free hold property to his son. Robert Hobson, Esq., to whom he leaves his plate, bcq teathing to each of his sons and daughters specific bequests from his valuable collection of art. The residue of his property is to be divided equally between his two sons and three daughters. There are several legacies to the testator's personal friends. The will of ''Gilliam Stammers, Esq., of Nay land, Suffolk, was proved in London under £140,000 personalty. There are six executors and trustees appointed, namely, Henry Daniell, the nephew, and James Frederick Blyth, Esq.; these two are the acting executors. The others are William Daniell, a nephew, Thomas Blyth, Her bert Alger, and Frederick Alger, Esqrs. The testator died in February last, having executed his will in December, 1860. He bequeaths to his nephews Henry and William Daniell each a legacy of £lO,OOO. Liberal legacies are also left to his sister, and to other of his nephews, and to nieces, as well as to relatives and personal friends. The testator directs that after the payment of the follow ing bequests—viz., £lOO to the Essex and Colches ter Hospital, £175 to his housekeeper, and legacies to other of his servants, end a sum of £3OO, the interest of which is to be applied for the benefit of the minister of the Dissenting congregation at Nay land —the residue of his property, real and personal, shall be divided amon gs t th e l egatees o f hi s w i ll i n proportion to the amount of their respective legacy. we L k o n R o : t Do b U e N a D f -----RE t A , R th Y a . t -- v - v l h t en is th w is O e i c t c h en r t e r c io or n d ob in le g ra , a w n b , o a n t audience, ,e v eevne irnyg. lac e t aast , .presented himself bef ore a Li verpoo l already token ol fornsoliththe dress c i rc l e , at 58. each, was had been d. There r , while 1,200 s t a ll s, at 6s. each, s an nals of Liverp oo l. It I,ifebe the ex parallel to this in th e th ea t r i ca l : en sa t z se th ot i s n n g tan at . The Illoniteur publishes tk Edin thMearlisntel; burgh, We fancy, on th e 25th Alayiof the regulations for the ne w establishment of P u pil s atfoundati on n ovw d eum e l d bb i e n er purs uance of an Imperial decree of last. Donations De ly then;ation smainuidotloergoafcmiestafinore,this foundation SHARE MARKE TS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuhS. Share Railways. 13.14. 6.4.0 Do Carlisle !North London 19.16.4 1 12.10 Blr., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. !Bost.,Sleat.,andUidXo (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Ban;lon Cornwall Do A A beta no dig 'Do. B till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite t Yorkshire ILoudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western, Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. Do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do iiirming. et Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee I Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E.,Aber. stock Do sootffia:,;t;oc shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon.. South Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun, IStaines, Wo k. , an d Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. ....... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny IWest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Paid.i Closing 8 8f 7 8 85 87 112 113 61 7 40 42 13 14 87 89 107 109 51 52 45 47 244 254 1201 124 120 122 ' 134 136 100 102 60 (61 1081 1081 74 i 6 114 115 39 40 971 981 101. i 101 454 44i 121 121 1231 124 lip 91 93 50i sli 24 25 99 99i Business done. 55 55 86 56 881 511 1 i 116 118 1 lo 14 16i 116 12 119 121 42 43 98 100 65}j6 2 751 39i 97t 1 101/ 1 44i I 121 I 123/ 4 3 501 1 99 f 48 50 82 33 92} et 67 69 99 101 7 8 S6i 37; 9 10 7} 7 1 G 149 151 2 1 :I pj 32 92 f t II 2 79 81 150 160 28 30 431 44i 37 39 99 101 DIE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, '11863. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.: CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Glenochty colt (taken) 9to 1 agst Adventurer (taken) 16 to 1 bar two (offered) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 6 to lon the field (offered) CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 12 to 1 agat Plover (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 9to 2 agst Saccharometer (taken) 66 to 1 agst Btick (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agat Hospodar (taken) FOURT H EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST SEVEN, THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. The Coroner, Dr. Lankester, opened an inquiry this afternoon at the Oporto Stores, Endell-street, into the cir cumstances attending the death of Emma Jackson. whose body was found brutally murdered in George-street, St. Giles's, on Thursday evening. The proceedings were confined to the identification of the body, and the hearing of the medical evidence as to the nature of the wounds, after which the inquiry was ad journed. THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. We have received the following additional article to the treaty signed at Washington, April 7, 1862, between her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade. Signed at Washington, February 17, 1863. Ratifications exchanged at London, April 1, 1863 : Whereas by the First Article of the Treaty between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, for the suppression of the African slave trade, signed at Washing ton on the 7th of April, 1862, it was stipulated and agreed that those ships of the respective navies of the two High Contracting Parties which shall be provided with special instructions for that pur pose, as thereinafter mentioned, may visit such mer chant vessels of the two nations as may, upon reasonable grounds, be suspected of being engaged in the African slave trade, or of having been fitted out for that purpose, or of having, during the voyage on which they are met by the said cruisers, been engaged in the African slave trade contrary to the provisions of the treaty ; and that such cruisers may detain and send or carry away such vessels in order that they might be brought to trial in the manner thereinafter agreed upon : and whereas it was by the said article further stipulated and agreed, that the reciprocal right of search and detention should be exercised only within the distance of two hun dred miles from the Coast of Africa, and to the southward of the thirty-second parallel of north latitude, and within thirty leagues from the coast of the Maud of Cuba ; And whereas the two high contracting parties are desirous of rendering the said treaty still more efficacious for its purpose ;—the plenipotentiaries who signed the said treaty have, in virtue of their full powers, agreed that the reciprocal right of visit and detention, as defined in the article aforesaid, may be exercised also within 30 leagues of the Island of Madagas car, within 30 leagues of the Island of Puerto Rico, and within 30 leagues of the Island of San Domingo. The present additional Article shall have the same force and validity as if it had been inserted word for word in the treaty concluded between the two high contracting parties on the 7th of April, 1862, and shall have the same dura tion as that treaty. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London in six months from this date, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have thereunto affixed the seal of their arms. BANK OF FRANCE. The following i 3 the account for month ending Thursday, April 9 : ASSETS. F. C. Cash and ingots .. .. .. .. 113,609,031 88 Cash at the branch-banks .. .. .. 263,065,338 Bills due to be paid to-day.. • • • • 630,465 41 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 68,169,860 f. 47c, are from the branch banks •• •• •• .. 271,067,470 64 •• Bills in the branch-banks .. .. .. 233,808,266 Advances on coin and ingots .. .. 7,690,300 Do in the branch , banks .. .. 1,752,200 Do on French securities 68,534,600 Do in the branch-banks .. 14,383,700 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 50,093,400 Do in the branch-banks .. .. 31,397,850 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds .. .. • 404,200 Do in the branch-banks .. • • 288,000 Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund .. .. 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. .. .. 30,158,584 61 Rentes immobilised (law of Jun?, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. .. 6,010,711 Expenses of administration .. .. 1,012,068 3 Sundries .. . .. .. 6,765,043 10 LIABILITIES. 1,277,651,998 81 Capital .. Reserve-fund New Reserve Reserve-immobiliere Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of .. 182,500,000 - .. 12,980,750 14 9,125,000 - 4,000,000 - law June 9, 1857) .. •. •• Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks • • • • Do. to order (Post-bills) • Bills payable at sight • • • • Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. Various accounts current • Do. branch-banks • • .. Dividends to be paid • • • • Arrears of values deposited . • Discount, interest, and expenses .. Re-discounts of the last half-year Sundries .. 2,316,503 57 .. 775,180,775 - .. 4,424,601 39 .. 4,601,641 - .. 75,102,975 80 .. 153,328,148 70 .. 30,791,498 - .. 1,128,822 75 .. 4,853,896 62 .. 9,606,543 41 1850877 89 • • 2 859.964 54 1,277,651,998 81 MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit is small, and prices are well sup ported. Inoroasvad Rupplics of vegatabLas are on sale, and the trade rules heavy at our quotations. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Foreign do. 1 6 to 2 6 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries lit sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per b.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 0 Horseradish, lo do 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 8 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 Beet, per doz. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 9to 1 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cabbage lett,soore 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 3 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 o Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz 0 1 to 1 6 Red ditto 0 oso 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Brocoli, per bus. 1 oto 1 4 Potatoes, per ton 90 to 140 0 New ditto, pr pnt 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 1 oto 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 3to 2 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 3to 1 6 New Do., dzbun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 1 Leeks, per bunch 0 OSo 0 0 Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, 5s Od to is Od each ; goslings, 5s Od to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducklings 4s Oct to 6s 04; rabbits, is 4d to is 84 each; wild do., 1 to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls lOs Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 10s Od; barn-door fowls' 4s Od to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ptarmigan, Is Od to Os each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Oct to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Oc to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; roasting pigs, es Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is Id; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to Os Od •, French do., 4s Od to 7s Od per 120; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 38 10d ; mutton, 2s 10dto 4s 2d ; lamb, 53 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 33 10d to 4a 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s td per Blbs. by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per ilbs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 3d to is 9d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; skate, 6d ; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2e 6d to 20s ; cod, is Od to 5s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, Is Od to 750 d ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is Od to us; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, s to —s ; natives, 48s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 9s; haddocks, 4s to 15s ; smelts, is 6d to is Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 5s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Bd, of household do., Sid to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41c1 ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4;d; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 38 6d ; full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half breds, 9s Od to 10s 6d ; Downs, 7s Od to 8s 6d; lambs, 2s 9d to 3s 9d; shearlings, is 5d to is 6d. LITERATURE. The Deserted House of Hawksworth. 3 vols Hurst and Bluckett. Mr. Wilkie Collins has a great deal to answer for. To his wonderful emllence in that terrible branch of art, and to the success naturally conse quent upon that excellence, we believe we are mainly indebted for the modern Sensation Novel. Nature has (for the time being, let us hope !) gone out of fashion, and in the world of literature now the palm is given to the extravagant, the amazing, and the unreal. To be surprised appears to be the very acme of enjoyment to the modern romance reader. A morbid craving for stimulants is not the sign of health ; cayenne and curries may be very acceptable as the occasional et ceteras of a repast, but who in the possession of health and appetite could endure to have them before him diurnally. This feverish craving for excitement does not speak well for the present condition of the reading public. It is, moreover, an excitement which must defeat its own object; it is essentially evanescent, like all that is unreal. Not such the spells exercised by the real romancist—by those potent magicians who " hold the mirror up to nature," and who out of the fulness of their own hearts appeal, and not in van, to the living hearts of millions. Talk of interest and excitement, what mysterious secret, utterly worthless when discovered ; what accu mulated horrors, quite innocuous because so accu mulated, which crowd the pages of the Sensation Novel, can in any the most remote degree compare with the universal interest which was felt in so many households all over the kingdom, aye, and even attested by tears, at the death of poor Smike, and little Nell,and little Paul, and tiny Tim ?—What Sensation Novel produces such sensation ! When Nicholas administered that immortal thrashing to Mr. Squeers, when he clung in angry desperation to the cab-horse of Sir Mulberry Hawk, those were indeed scenes of excitement that stirred responsive passions in the honest indignant hearts of hun dreds. Do we not all remember them well? These aro sensation novele, we admit, to ... whose power we cordially bear testimony, a power again and again attested as they alternately elicit our tears and our laughter ; but such are not the tributes accorded to the modern novel. Who ever wept over a sensation story ? "It is very pretty poetry, Mr. Pope, but it is not Homer," said the censorious critic. This is very clever acting—very clever, we have no doubt—but it is acting, and we must be pardoned if we are old-fashioned enough to prefer truth and nature, whether in tragedy or comedy, to art and artifice, whether in pantomime, burlesque, extrava ganza, or spectacle. Having spoken so far in gene ralities, we must turn to the latest and not the least meritorious specimen of its class, " The Deserted House of Hawksworth !" The readers of the cir culating library may rejoice in the ample banquet here provided for them. Horror, and mystery, and intrigue, passion and prejudice, evil-doing, and yet more evil revenge and tardy but triumphant retri bution, constitute some of the attractive features of this novel. The author's name is not given, but it does not read like the work of an unpractised hand. It displays no inconsiderable ability ; some of the characters are well portrayed, and many of the scenes described with much spirit, and the story possesses a certain amount of originality. We are willing to accord to book and writer a fair amount of praise, but the work is of a class for which we have no sympathy. For example let us specify a few of its contents; in so doing, we shall perhaps, in the opinion of some, be pronouncing a panegyric. The tale opens with the opening of the " Deserted House of Hawksworth"—a house that for 20 years had been walled in, and blocked up, and inacces sible. Twenty years before, a wedding breakfast had been prepared in the spacious dining-room, but the bride had married another bridegroom, and the Master of Hawksworth, disappointed at the last moment, had caused the hall to be walled up with the wedding breakfast on the table—an incident that will remind some of Miss Havisham's disap pointment. Twenty years after the house is opened, and its master enters it to die. Later on the real heir is discovered by the falling of an old chiffonier at an auction, when a paper escapes from a secret drawer (fortunately addressed to a person who happens to be present !) The heir with his bride (the daughter of the faithless bride) enters the Hall at last to reside there, and that night it is destroyed by fire. One of the heroines, Marina Moriarty, is a most impassioned character. Many parts of her history would have been well omitted. De ceived by the faithless hero, she appears at his wedding breakfast, terrifies the bride almost to death, and after threatening to de stroy her, attempts to kill herself, and apparently dying, charges her false lover with murder. She recovers, however, and a little later on resumes her old influence over her former captive, to the great disgust of the reader, who rejoices (we speak for ourselves) when shortly afterwards, in a fit of pas sion, the faithless husband is hurled over a preci pice by the indignant hand of his lady love, who dies of grief, and on her tomb is recorded an epitaph worthy of a sensation novel " Marina, Aged 23 years, Born on the ocean amidst a storm, Died on the cold ground with none to close her eyes," Is not this enough to ju3tity all our remarks ? Many we have, no doubt, will follow with interest the tragic events here recorded, but when the sur prise is over and the mystery discovered, how many will turn again and again to ponder over these pages as we are in the habit of uoing with many a favourite work we could mention, but then they are not Sensation Novels. New Views on Baldness: being a Treatise on the Hair and Skin. By H. P. Truefitt. Pp. 264. W. and A. Webster, Piccadilly. A Treatise on Baldness by Mr. Truett is as much comme it faut, is as entirely a something done with the strictest regard (literally) to the fitness of things as a di , quisition by Mr. Rarey on Horse taming, or an account by 111. Blondin (though he has never yet, we believe, gone as far South as the Equator) of the pleasures of crossing the line. In regard to the particular subject the author has here taken in hand, he may very confidently be described as the right man in the right place—to a hair! He might, at the risk of startling the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield into a momentary indignation at having his right to his own title, seemingly, in sound at least, directly threatened—have called his book " The History of the Wigs." As it is, Mr. Truefitt contents himself, we cannot but think very wisely, with the more modest office of writing a mere abstract or gene ralised treatise on the Hair and Skin, distinguishing this same treatise not more pretentiously than by naming it, "New Views on Baldness." Any one whose hair has been seriously thinned, whether by the lapse of time, or, as it happens in the in stance of some, prematurely, will do well to consult the pages of Mr. Truefitt. We are quite satisfied of this, we would observe, en passant, quite dispas sionately, as mere theoretical students and observers, in regard to the highly important section of physiology here treated of, the most highly impor tant of all it should be remarked i❑ its relative position, being, in point of fact, above all the rest, all the lower part, as one may say, of our human anatomy. The work, although touching most delicately (as such an artist's hand es Mr. Trucfitt's could alone do in the presence of such a theme), upon the Hair and Skin—is, nevertheless, anything but superficial. In reality Mr. Truefitt m ay be B a h l? , here to have sounded—mark this l—tbe very de P t of Beauty. That is, if the proverb is a boef lookedbeauty upon as in any way accurate, which speaksTruefitt's as being only skin•deep. For whole l‘ir depth . of the . re searches penetrate through the. skin. It is not merely an artist who hoe dis coursing to us upon a matter that is,. indeed,. .his mazer—it is a philosopher. Hear rim describing the functions of the skin for example, and giving a succinct history of it, when chemically con sidered ! Listen to him when he is descanting upon the nervous elements of the scalp —a theme the examination of which, as here pursued through all its subtle mazes, would infallibly make the mouth of a Red Indian water, out of sheer sympathy, and induce him to relieve his excited feelings by putting a keener edge upon his tomahawk. Deeper and deeper into this current of his swims onward our author when he has to descant "On Favus or Porrigo Favosa," " Oa Scurf or Pityriasis," " On Eczema,' ci o n Impetigo," " On Psoriasis," and so forth —we had almost written it psoforth. Having, however, got through the more scientic part of his treatise really very creditably, our renowned Artist in Hair, our revered Anther " Upon Baldness"—one whose tender care for those afflicted with Baldness may be said (to use a common parlance), to reflect equa credit on his head and heart, or rather perhaps we ought to say upon their heads and his heart—Mr, Truefitt in a word (how aptly named ! ) gets at last upon more familiar subjects. When, for example,he has to comment at his own free will and pleasure on " Cutting the Hair," on "Combing and Brushing," on Washing the Hair, on Dyeing it—though to our mind, with such wigs in existence as Truefitt's, the motto with the greyest and the reddest haired among us all, ought certainly to be " Never say Dye !" Greases, and 'Washes, and all the little et cetoras of the toilet, one by one are passed in review, moreover, by this Arcadian dreamer—we should say this Burlington-Arcadian dreamer upon Hair, and Scalps, and Wigs, and Baldness. Even the most irritable of Yankees might allow, in Mr. Truefitt's regard, that he gets one's dander up sometimes, perhaps, with his brushes —with his pen, never ! Only once his own may be described, figuratively of course, as having risen —namely, when he bursts into a " fine phrenzy' of indignation upon what he dabs in plain terms (the capitals are his own) " The Folly of Shaving!" In such horror is he at the mere notion of that barber-ons proceeding, that one could fancy almost " each particular hair" upon every one of his wigs standing upon end, by electric sympathy, " like quills upon the fretful," &c. For, in point of fact, what after all is Shaving P Why nothing less than the production of—what Mr. Truefitt has an especial horror of in every point of view, what he has here discoursed upon so eloquently through nearly 300 pages octavo—the deliberate production of an arti fieitd—Baldness! llistery of England from the Accession of James L to the Disgrace of Chtel-Justice Coke. By Samuel RAwson Gardiner. Two Vols. Hurst and Bldckett. The period of history comprised in these volumes is a very brief one. It extends over little more than a dozen years, and those years are unmarked by startling events or national crises. It may seem at first sight strange that an historian, who was willing to devote so much time and labour to so short a page of our annals, did not select a passage from the reigns on either side of his hero, and depict with the elaborate faithfulness of his present treatise the great statesmen who gathered in the council chamber of the Maiden Queen, or the sturdy patriots who fought the battle of English rights in the days of the Civil War. The epoch which Mr. Gardiner has chosen, however, is not without its importance. It was a time of transition and uncer tainty. The strong hand that had so long guided the helm of State was gone; the honour of the people abroad, and their liberties at home, were in equal danger. During the thirteen years which occupy this history, James was secretly busy in extending the influence of the Crown, and consoli dating its rights and privileges. The foundation of the fatal struggle between Crown and Parliament, which was to be productive of so much trouble in the succeeding generation, was even then being laid. Mr. Gardiner goes so far as to say that, ‘• if it is possible for those who begin their study of the English constitutional struggle at any later date to arrive at sound conclusions with respect to the principles at stake, it is utterly impossible for them to judge the actors fairly." It is only, he adds, by a careful investigation of the origin and progress of the guiding principles of a party, that it is possible rightly to comprehend tFre feelings of the partisans, or to draw the line which separates a blunder from a crime. The general political history of the open ing years of James's reign is summed up as follows —" At the end of 1816, the Constitution, at least in the minds of the supporters of the Crown, had assumed that form which was always defended by them in the course of the ensuing conflict as the true Constitution of the country. The prerogative had established its claim to be con sidered as the regulating part of the machinery. The sittings of Parliament had been suspended without any immediate prospect of their renewal. The judges had been taught by a practical example, that they held their offices only at the good pleasure of the Sovereign. In short, these thirteen years and a half were years of constitutional change, no less real because it was carried on within the letter of the constitution. It was in them that the wea pons were forged which were to be used by James and his son with such unfortunate results for them• selves. Up to the summer of 1616 it was a question what constitutional powers the Cr own would be able to assert. At the end of the year the question was, what use would be made by it of the powers of which it had obtained possession." The gradual steps by which this change was effected are well told by Mr. Gardiner ; so is the firm stand made on the ground of constitutional right by the Parlia ment. Sometimes James went a step too far, and had to alter his position. Such was the case when the Commons took into consideration the imposts which the King had been levying on certain articles of commerce. " The kings of France, Spain, and Denmark," said James angrily, " had the right to levy impositions, and why should not he do as they did ? He would not have his prerogative called in question." This unconstitutional language gave great offence to the Commons, who appointed a committee on the subject, and drew up a petition of right, in which they declared that " they would not be prevented from debating on any matter which concerned the rights and interests of the subject." The dispute was subsequently compromised, only to be succeeded by others of a similar character. In the year 1614 James was compelled by his neces sities to summon a Parliament. The elections were most unfavourable to the Government, and the re suit was a serious struggle for supremacy. The com mons brought forward the public grievances, of which the first and foremost was the impositions, and on the refusal of the Lords to hold a conference they postposed the consideration of the supply. The King, incensed, dissolved the Parliament after a very brief session, and committed four of the refrac tory members to the Tower, four others were struck out of the commission of peace, and several were forbidden to leave London. James did not venture on summoning another Parliament until long after the date at which these volumes close. The evil example which he thus set to the youthful heir to the throne was only tpo closely followed by the hapless Charles the First. Of the effect of surrounding circumstances on his nar row and impressible mind, Mr. Gardiner speake strongly in his concluding pages. Had be , I d s i ff r e e a n r says the historian been some 10 or s older he might have learned theirw I:3e°twhingma of El i za beth had Passed away. But at the dawn of his early great men of the great daysmaaeeoondestehde principles their system away. Their policy, their iadge of the temper and o e f n t t he in past. th e ‘ h ‘ ith Therehistory of government, wants of the people, which ! Tett a youth as Charles could fw b i e t e :l a es m s o chance of understand has, perhalast an n h e o v o e d r nature the duties which he was called Incapable of forming large and u g p la o n n d m at ieounfgtEetruhe real • views for himself, there was little led in the right path by those w ho were around him. Even the greatest and the b licu e :P s wPo t enP. o °r f etfi7 t l h ilev o fisu s s e ilfivbe w le.i h n o g took part in his lather's counsels were men whose thoughts lay apart from the main current of the life of the nation; and, desirable as it is, that diversities of opinion should exist in the body of the people, it is never with impunity that such a separation grows up between a nation and its rulers." Short as is the period referred to in this work, Mr. Gardiner considers it as an epoch com plete in itself. With the disgrace of Coke, he says the period of transition ends. " It is a great his torical landmark. Up to this time James has been busy in acquiring the powers which were after wards to be used with such fatal results to himself and his son. In two or three years James will be the most unpopular man in the three kingdoms. England will be disgusted by the negotiations with Spain—Scotland will be enraged by the Five Articles of Perth—lreland will be irritated by the 'seizure the charter of Wcterford." Mr. Gardiner has brought his task a thorough knowledge of his subject, to a spirit of fair and careful investiga tion, laborious research, and ternperaance of tone. His style is always clear and even, never rising into eloquence or sinking into mediocrity. Yet he can scarcely expect his work to be extensively popular. ' It required the reputation and the genius of a Macaulay to make the general public interest them selves in a few outwardly uneventful years. It demands an historical student like himself to appre ciate and to value his labours. It needs the same sp'.rit of patient inquiry by which he is distinguished, to read carefully these two bulky volumes, only to trace the origin of the great facts which casual observers learned long ago. Yet every careful and authenticated work of the class is a gain to our standard literature, and though perhaps unread by the mass of superficial readers, the thoughtful student will be tempted to place this work on his shelves as a contribution to lie right appreciation of the history of his countrymen. Memories of the Past and Thoughts upon the Present Age. By J. Brown. Longman. This work contains some very interesting essays on various topics, and the author informs us in his first article that he is approaching his eightieth year, but still preserves unimpaired his memory. Thus he can compare the storms of the present day with those on which his young eyes opened. He has a perfect remembrance of the sensation which was made by the capture of Louis XVI. A brief but emphatic account is given of the varied feelings produced in the minds of men by the changing aspects of the French Revolution. At first it was supposed to be the dawn of a great and glorious era, and on all sides it was hailed with en thusiasm. " O'er the vine-covered hills and gay valleys of France See the day-star of liberty rise," sang the poets of the day, but afterwards men be came disgusted at the extremes to which the advo cates of liberty went in the pursuance of their pro jects. Passing onwards in bis cursory glance at historical events, the author mentions Mr. Buckle's History of Civilisation, and dissents from the opi nions therein expressed. There is a good deal on the subject of America, and at the conclusion he considers the present social position of England. He says that if we would rightly depict the mind of England, we must consider loyalty and patriotism the prominent characteristics. He aptly refers to the prevalent sentiments of the last generation, and suggests that to illustrate his meaning any senior of our community should call up before his mind's eye the condition of the country at the time of Queen Caroline's trial, and compare what he then saw with what he now witnesses. " How was this manifested when Prince Albert, the great, the good, passed from among us to brighter realms." While on this subject Mr. Brown mentions an interesting occurrence which took place more than twenty years ago, when he, as mayor of the town, presented an address to the late Prince Consort. He says that, looking up at the Prince, he recalled the words of the greatest historian of all antiquity to his fa vourite hero, " You would readily believe him to be a good man, you would wish to believe him a great one." Finally, the work winds up by decl ar i ng that England is at this moment in the van of the civilisation of the world. Nor does there appear any reason to fear her decadence, since nations fall from their sins. "Rome fell because her very con stitution was a vile conspiracy against the rights and liberties of all the rest of the world." In our country, on the contrary, it is not probable that civilisation will become retrogressive, and as our policy, international and domestic, is founded on right and justice, we may foresee for its future a long career of happiness and prosperity." Nobly False. A Novel. 2 vols. By James M'Grigor Allan. Newby. This is a very peculiar work, that is not likely to be pleasing to the general reader, on account of its being more the exponent of ideas and the enunci ator of theories than a reflection of society and a chronicle of the lives of individuals. Gerald, the hero, is one of those wild erratic young men who are always supposed to be doing something great, but unfortunately never succeed in achieving any thing in a small way that can win for them true renown, or gain respect from sober-minded people. In religion he tried all creeds, till he appeared to be too good for any at last. In politics he was also most skilled in detecting frauds and fallacies, till he ended his first attempt in that line by being ar rested as the leader of a Chartist mob and creating riots in his native town. He was not more happy in his affections than he had been wise in his public career or notable in his form of worship, He ruined. the peace of an innocent girl, who was deeply at tached to him, and she became so confused by the conflicting claims of right and wrong that she poisoned herself. Then in his marriage Gerald put the finishing stroke to his long career of blunders. There are some minds that get so infatuated with their notions of broad views, liberal principles, and unprejudiced opinions, that they end by be coming as rooted in their unaccommodating dogmas as any of the bigoted classes they despise and de nounce. Gerald is a good prototype of such individuals, and the extremes into which he went may serve aptly to portray the evils they occasion and the errors they fall into from their extreme views. Essays and Reviews: their Origin, History, General Character and Significance, Persecution, Prosecu tion, the Judgment of the Arches Court, Review of Judgment. By the Rev. R. B. Bernard, M.A., Oxon. Hardwicke. In all probability every one has heard enough, and more than enough, of the subject of this volume, but as the author has been at considerable pains to collect the diverse intelligence that he imparts in these pages, some may be induced to give them their attention, and be instructed and interested thereby, even though they should not agree with the tenets of the writer. In the preface we are told that the work is put forth with the hope of dispelling the cloud of prejudice and misrepresentation through which the volume of "Essays and Reviews" bas hitherto been regarded. "For this end the writer delusionctal p o r f o v t o h - e has endeavoured to point out the true place of thst work in the history of religious thought, its origin in the inductive method introduced by Bacon,. and and special This its more immediate antecedentst h ese a l n f and to the purpose, at all events, is straightforward that those and although it is not l i ke ly who have catives in the literature of the present day." the outset recognised from - 1 wr it e rs of that cele br ated v, tune now und er discus sion, and the glaring errors into which they have fallen i n their so called search after truth, will be influenced by any ingenious arguments to change their opinions, still all who honestly state their views are entitled to consideration, and th© author of this littl e b oo k -t appears to be more moderate in his tone and less bitter than most writers who dis cuss theological questions. Ad, D a a F lr le°y2mtepseuse,—"A Novel. By th e au th or o f " Th e Sze, 3 vols. Newby. This is a very romantic tale that is well calculated to please those readers who love excitement. The incidents are very strikingly told in some parts, and there are many individuals introduced into these pages, Ada is an interesting heroine, and although she was most culpable in entering into an engage ment in so clandestine a manner, and particularly in her secret marriage, still we cannot but sympa thise with her in her sad trials. It was a very hard lot for one reared in luxuries as she had been to be cast so friendless and unprotected on the world. Her adventures at Mrs. Robertson's are very ably nar rated, and it is to be feared that they furnish a true picture of the existence of many unfortunate go vernesses who are domiciled beneath the roof oefrurne-. un feeling women like her whom poor Ada hadatsousme a It was a most unwise thing for Adahatvoaa Mrs. Robertson from behaving inBu but she bad to different name, but nothing could ah a sty exchanged one tyrant for anot her, with such a mart t e h sh e in ar g tifit thank her own folly for going "'there is much to en as Mr. Snell. On the whole the secondary an d some of to in these volumes,uch a s Lucy Melville, are l e e x . c A us d e a d personages introduced, , ry am re id fr the a ppearancerough usages outsettheofforeign of this yo. _ h i . . 'onable hfe. T e cone uelon is a cial scene of fasbi for the much tried Ada, and we are left h a ppy one . . attractive. There is .toameatabgialgadvye had i m parted to Edward Alassener, that warfare wisdom in . t d h o e n2 l3 11: 0 8 hioenittihokatecithaet HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 106; and straw, £1 106 to £1 16s per load. Trade dull; supply moderate. CUMBERLAND.- - Meaiow hay, £2 Os to £4 Oa; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 106 ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 166 per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 108 ; and straw, 61 10a to £1 16s per load. Trade heavy. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK• Miles Opened- Receipts, Railways. 1863. 1862• 1863. 1862. £ £ Belfast and N. Counties 136 13 5 2 , 077 1,946 Belfast and County Down 49 49 739 598 Blyth and Tyne 2B 23 1673 1,879 Bristol and Exeter 12 14 121 i 5, , 62 5,734 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bi 20 2 , 92 217 Cork and Bandon 2O 403 372 Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 64 64 201 16 9 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 634 5 3 1 1, 31 6 1,158 Deeside l7 F 266 261 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,293 1,239 Dublin and Drogheda 76 63 1,486 1,467 Dub. &Wicklow and Wexid 484 484 2,4 5 2,165 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1 , 194 1,062 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 . 1604 7 , 26 7 6,867 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5) 2,787 2,479 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 330 330 23,564 24,718 Great North of Scotland 6B 58 1,554 1,851 Gt. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7ll 41 4 365 304 'it.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 329 329 7,419 7,792 Great Western 992 9644 56,286 80.315 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 735 1 , 0 6 7 794 Irish North-Western 145 130 726 1, 1,432 Irish South-Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 395 34,550 29,469 Limerick and Ennis 24 244 1;9 176 Limerick and Foynes 26 261 138 164 Llanelly 46 46 543 503 London & North-Western London and Blackwall ..... . 54 51 1,841 1,493 London & South-Western ..: 4424 400 22,550 17.201 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2504 2114 22,817 15,029 London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 3,856 1.738 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend nan.,Sheffield,& Lincolneh Manch. S.Jun.& A ltrincham Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,827 542 Metropolitan 3l - 2,1c4 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6144 41,577 37,468 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irlnd 24 94 1924 4,432 1,315 Monkland 7li ,a 714 1,894 1,588 u Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 2,226 2,436 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee „ 3454 11,423 10,108 N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944 8674 41,417 36,904 North London . North Staffordshire 254 252 8,215 7,637 Oswestry and Newton.. 42 42 1,075 591 Rhymney l9O 19 4 853 8(2 52 St. II elen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 1324 1324 4,611 4,539 Somerset and Dorset 3 9 4i 39 4 341 221 South Devon South-Eastern .,",,"`' 161??5 21,949 17,267 Stockton and Darlington .. •• •• "" 8,3.2 8,310 Taff Vale 55 Aii ?? 5,089 5,274 Ulster " 2 571 2,078 1,937 Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 140 154 Vale of Neath 254 25 1 1,762 2,102 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 292 294 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W w; H ha a v r e t n le x po k o a l t l o l r ar 4 b E rtta n i t l -4 1 i2 g i 3 ,540 766 3,431 810 7 744 380 W 12 hitehaven J unction l2 883 52) Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 836 518 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,154 1,054 Austrian B2B 828 30,772 36,613 Belgian Eastern Junction 2 64 2 6i 291 247 Bombay, Baroda, & ( en. India 182 1 13 2 i 1,939 1,095 Buffalo and Lake Huron 16 14 1614 1,986 1,510 Detroit and Milwaukie . 1 „„ 85 „ . 185 3,622 2,252 Dutch Rhenish .. lu'z 10 81 4,418 3,783 Eastern of France lO7B 1060 47,908 47,764 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1690 :17,209 13,513 Great Indian Peninsula 4(25 4371 10,04 6,t68 Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,823 4,2.6 Great Western of Canada 345 3 45 14,954 10,233 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 409 435 17,037 14,655 Northern of Canada . Northern of France 7Ol 698 49,702 48,436 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. 4Bi 40 .... .... 243 219 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1 354 121,164 120,338 Paris and Orleans 1340 120 4 61,347 55,408 Pernambuco 77 i --- 1, 0 91 Royal Danish 69 69 555 686 68 Sambre and Meuse 6B 1,467 1,267 South Austrian Southern of France ... 777 77 7 ,21,864 25,071 Welland. •• 25 25 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 758 758 36,880 33,456 The Minister of Marine has awarded a premium of 1,200 f. to M. Vissiere, whose chronometer stood first in the competition opened on the 15th December last at the Ministry.