The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-06 00:00:00

MONEY - MARKET AND CO 11 MER CIA L IN TELL IGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at about 6,000 bales, including 400 Surat taken for expert. The market was tame, but closed without change in prices. The sales comprised 5,060 American, 50 Pernam and Maran ham at 6W. to Gad., 150 Egyptian at sd. to 70., and 700 Surat at 36d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The parties interested in lighterage and in the coasting trade feel much aggrieved at the attempt of the dock companies to reverse the previous cus tom, and charge lighters and craft entering to re ceive ballast or goods with the payment of rates, and a statement has been drawn up explanatory of the grievance. From this we extract the fol lowing : "The St. KathariLe's Dock Company, the East and West India Dock Company, and the London Dock Company have all given notice of bills, in which, amongst other pecuniary arrangeieents, it is proposed to quote the clause in the St. Katharine Dock Company's adver tisement as an example of the whole, to enlarge the powers of the Dock Company with regard to the levying of rates, in respect of lighters and other craft frequenting or using the docks, basins, locks, or cuts of the company, and in respect of the ballast or goods received by or dis charged from such lighters or craft, and to repeal all provisions of the before-mentioned acts, or any of them, whereby such lighter or craft, or the ballast or goods received by or discharged therefrom, are now exempted from the payment of rates to the said company.' "A great transit trade is now carried on through the port of London. Vessels are continually arriving from the East Indies with linseed and other seeds, or from various places with flour, grain, or other commodities, a portion of which is transhipped to Holland or France. By a late regulation which put an end to the claims of the meters, all seeds and grain are now allowed to be transhipped without measurement or paying dues of any kind, from the ship which brought them into the river to the ship which is to carry them away. Aided by this change in the claims of the City, the transit trade has latterly extended very much. It em ploys a great many labourers ; it employs ships ; it brings ships hither which would otherwise go to Holland or Belgium ; it supplies cargoes to the screw steamers that keep up a continual communica tion with all the neighbouring continent ; it extends ge neral trade, and promotes the prosperity of all the peo ple along shore—wharfingers, storekeepers, publicans, provision dealers, &c. If the dock companies levy a tax on the lighters that remove these goods from the ships or dock to the small vessels in the stream, and to the wharves of individuals, to be put on board ships going to the continent, they will inflict, we believe, a ruinous blow on the transit trade. It is carried on in competi tion with Holland. We have latterly succeeded in this competition, but if the companies lay their heavy hand on the trade, it will, we believe, be very much dimi nished, if not annihilated. That will stop ships coming to the docks. It will compel those who have an interest in such cargoes to stipulate that they be unloaded in the stream, and the dock companies will inflict a serious injury on themselves." The Foreign Exchanges were scarcely supported yesterday afternoon. Paris, however, were firm at 25 324 1 to 371 for 90 days' paper. Amsterdam was quoted 11 lif to 171 ; Hamburg, 13 5/ to 0 ; and Trieste, 12 35 to 40. In silver there has been nothing done, and the price is nominal for both bars and dollars. Accounts from Berlin state that many of the bankers at Vienna had applied for allotments in the Prussian loan, and that the total subscriptions amounted to far more than the sum to be allotted. From Athens we learn that the political and com mercial relations between Greece and Turkey had been resumed, and that an ambassador had already been appointed to proceed to Constantinople. The Frankfort Journal positively denies that there is any secret article to the new Treaty be tween Austria and the Allies. In letters from Kisheneff, dated the 28th ult., it is asserted that the prohibition by Russia of the exportation of wheat would ruin many Austrian merchants who had entered into contracts after en gaging for supplies from the heavy stores accumu lated at Novoselitza. The position of the National Bank of Belgium, on the 30th ult., had changed but little compared with October, the specie and circulation having each been augmented about 2,000,000 francs. The ship Phoenician has arrived from New South Wales, with dates of August 31. These are not so recent as others previously to hand. The amount of gold on board is 4,204 ounces, 2,7501. Partly owing to the settlement of the account, which takes place to-morrow, and partly to the strong impression in some quarters that peace is to be patched up under the new Austrian Treaty, public securities are still advancing. The " options" come off this afternoon, and a good deal of stock is likely to be " called" for. The parties who sold lately are compelled to buy back, as the Hebrew capitalists are investing apparently. The closing of the transfer books, prior to the dividend payments, and the assertion that Government will require neither loan nor taxes for the present, also encourages the Bulls. Consols have been 921 to 9 3 for transfer. The New 3 per Cents. have been 91 to 911. Bank Stock has been heavy at 208. East India Stock has been firm at 234. Exche quer Bills have been 3s. to Gs. premium, and Ex chequer Bonds 991 The foreign securities have generally benefitted by the advance in Consols, and altogether there is a better feeling. Mexican have been done at 21i and Peruvian at 67i to A. In these securities there are more local circumstances to operate than general matters. Brazilian New 4k per Cents. have been at 921 a. Spanish 3 per Cents. have realised 381 to 391 and the New Deferred 19k to The Committee's Certificate has been at 5 1 per cent. The advices from Madrid as to the large majority obtained by the Ministry aro con sidered very satisfactory for the future prospects of the bondholders. The Turkish Scrip is 6i to per cent. discount. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stock s :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 54 ; Mexi can, 21f (to 21i ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 4 i per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 191 to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 5- to 51 ; ditto Passive, 41- to 41. An improved market has existed for Railway Shares, owing to the advance in other securities, and the favourite lines were all higher. Bristol aid Exeter have risen 1 to 1, Great Western about 1, Lancashire and Yorkshire to 1, and Midland, North-Eastern, and Great Northern in proportion. The Foreign lines have participated in the improve ment. In Mining Shares there has been scarcely any thing doing, but nominally tlrey maintain the previous rates. The Joint Stock Banks are without alteration. In Miscellaneons shares there has been rather more doing, but the quotations have not risen generally. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'cLooti. (Prom the Oda List.) Bu4iness done Rank Stock . 3 per C en t. R e d uc ed Annuities... 914 1 $ 4 3 per Cent. Cor.sols Annuities 92i 3 2 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities L ong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto under 21063 7 .Consols ' for Account Exchequer Bills, lid. XlOOO ... £5OO 3 G Small 3 6 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3. per Cent. 9 9 .4 Ditto 1859 . ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto New, 1852, , q per Cent . . Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 67/ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39/ 1 8t Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Ccut — • Ditto for the Account 194 4 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fuu 54 p o Turkish Scrip 6 per cent. Ditto for the Account 6 : 3 /4 i d Dividends on the above payable in London. • HALF•PAST TWO. ecns010 Ditto, Account 25 St. 8 2s IC , g 3 8 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 20 THE Loss OF THE NILE. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday l ietking.—The following passengers for Penzance were °n board the Nile :—Frederick Gruizelier, master ma liner of Scilly, and wife ; Edward Trewavas, mariner ; and John Treweeke, and Joseph Ivens. The late master the Nil e (Mr. Perry) and his family were too late to ini!l her at Liverpool. Advices from Constantinople of the 20th of November mention the safe arrival in the Bosphorus of the steam transport Melbourne, having the transport Cadaceus in tow. The Melbourne rode out the gale at Balaklava Without injury to her hull or machinery, but with the 1055 of masts, which she would get replaced at Constan tinople before returning to the Crimea. Yesterday advices were received, under date Gibraltar Nov. 27, that her Majesty's steamer Curagoa, in corn tanY with the Bl a k e and Alipore transports, with troop:, had arrived th a t d a y, and passed on for the Crimea. Her Majesty's ship Curlew arrived on the 26th. A special te s ti mon i a l i s i n t en d e d t o be presented to th e 23d 'Welsh Fusiliers for its gallant conduct at th e gl?ri uus v i ctory of the Alma. The fund on account of !j;,h a ” at present been coll ec t e d f rom th e P r incipality of ales the_trustees being Lord Dynevor, Sir Watkin Lynn, Bart., and Sir W. Wynn. The amount received exceeds 1,124/. 1.6 i 16i st. 194 _ . THE SUN, LOND,ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 6, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) ----~ -- BRITISH RAILWA YS. Rtumiar. Closing Pi lee yesterlay Business done this day. e l / 2 .benleen . Ambg. Nottng. Bosi and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. A Stour Valley Birkenhd.. Lancsh. Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and 225 Cons. Do., 220... Myth &Tyne origina 225 (issd. at 245, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cal marthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass. Cornwall Crieff Junction üblin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber Teen Junction Do. New. ...... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ... . . Do B. Stock Do., Now A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles, Edin.Prtb &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock 0., B. Stock t. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksli Do., Fifths D a. , Wet. Riding Tin Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright k S.Cst. , Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8...t Do. Eighths [GondoiandS. Wostn No . : 2g Lnd ) ndrry di Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Mancli.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birnang. & Derby afidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd ' Newry & Enniskillen Nowry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un ' North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No, 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guarantee(' N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York Vorth London Do. New .£lO N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hanap stead, and City Jn North Staffordshim , North Western .., N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth , 4cottish Central 'Scottish Midland ihrewsl. y. & Herofd Shropsi in Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per eon . South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Do itaines,Wok &Wo 'tockton & Darliag.l '-itockton & Ilartlepl. l Puff Vale.. Do. £lO shares .1 Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriel West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn 8:, Croydon FOR: Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graisst ssac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., ' con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Centralof France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares . Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p.'56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. dg Ry. Namur di Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3I p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1554 Do. 20/. 3 p. a Bde. (fmy.B. & Ams.Shs.) NorwegiauTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bouds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen . ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. 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'...." pm 5. 6 f6 i = l'i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British Colon's' BP,D and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Cond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australu.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co 'South Australia Union of Australia... Do. New t,Tie 4 9u of London.," i( -- EJ ... ••• id—id 34 —• 2d 211 224 35 1-- '4O 36 - 38; 41 - 43 G 7 - 70 8i - oi. •N = ... 20 19,E _kberdeen 98 - 100 92 - 96 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Rris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 94 - Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons p. c DandeePerth &Aber deen Junction Ea.stAnglian (X. 3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 5i -6/ - t. 12 134 Do. New 6 r . c. St.' Eastern Uuiou, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 Der cent. Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East La.ncash. 6 p. cts East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundee, 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4Y p.c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre f Gt. Southn.diWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4. p.c Do. con. red, 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. e. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Stk Do. do. do Do. do. do. ••• ••• Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... Loudon and Brightoi. Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Gnar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct. London & S. Western Con. Thirds 22 4 - 24 GO - 65 113 - iiV 105 - 107 99 - 101 6-6 94 96 89 91 91 93 10 11 16 17 10 101 71 73 18 19 9 —9l 131 141 11 id 134 136 •• • `'... ... 2/ - 2ipl Londonderry& Cole. Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Kan., Shef., & Lin., I Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. X 6 .. 10; -- 11 i - iP Haupt Carl. 4 p c Du. 41 per cent. Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol Se Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i por cent gorfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Steels Do. 5 p. c. Est 133 135 li id 47 - 90 - 105 Do. 5i per ct. prof_ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. North British Y. E. Bony', 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do.. 100 - 102 89 - 92 3 - 3i Do. Leeds 6 p.c ;N Do. do. Quarters 4S D.. York IL & S. Pi , r North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, A Wolverh. Xl5, 610. e Scot. Cent. , New Prof Do. 5 per cent South Devon •• 1 - 106 - 108 11 13 id par Do. fixed, 46 per cent 3. Eastern (Readir4 Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent i.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. de. 4i p. c...... Stockton and Dar- 22} -22 i 16 le lington, 5 per cent Do. do. do Stockton and Hartle- is 7- 'it; pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 VVatorfcl.&Killo3p.c. ••• • 1 •• 2 d PREFERENCE SIIAREB. Rubin Coal and Iron' Australian Agricult. Anstralsn.Peific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American. Land Brit. dt Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal, of France, Eastern Steam ElectricTelegraph(A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Nat. Pat. Steam Fue)i Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co N. B. Australasian Nrth. ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph Do. Registered roan, 35 = 37 2i 2d GO 70 100 - 105 100} - 10911 - 2i 16 -- 17 .•• -- ••• i --. 14 I :- f ii :: ii ••• ---- ••• ••• - ••.p 2 - 21 la 31 36 1 4 1 1 2 13 OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM THE PACIFIC. We have been favoured by the Admiralty with the following despatches : (Copy.) 11.M.S.ilique, Sept. 19, 1854. STR,—I have the honour to enclose, for their Lordships' information, copies of letters addressed to Captain Frederick, of 11.M.5. Amphitrite. These copies will be forwarded in the event of a mail leaving San Francisco during Captain Frede rick's absence from that place.—l have, &c., (Signed) F. W. E. NICOLSON, Captain. The Secretary of the Admiralty. (Copy Euclosure.) ILM.S. President, Petropaulovski, August 30, 1854. Sir, —It is my painful duty to report to you officially the death of Admiral Price, Commander in-Chief of the Pacific Station, which took place at 4.30 P.m. this day.—l have, &c., (Signed) R. 11URRIDGE, Captain. To Capt. Sir F. Nicolson, 13t., &c., &a. Return of Officers, Seamen, and Marines killed, wounded, and missing, on board H.M. Ships engaged in the operations against the Batteries and Town of Pvtropaulovski, the 4th Sept., 1854 : . PIQUE. Lieutenant A. Bland, slight contusion. G. Robinson, mate, slightly wounded. L. Chichester, midshipman, slightly wounded. Lieutenant E M' Ca Im 111.,slightly wounded. Lieutenant W. H. cio ,R ra . cnts, R.M., severely 1 u wounded. Seamen-8 killed or missing, 5 dangerously wounded, 5 severely wounded, 4 slightly wounded. Marines-4 killed or missing, 2 dangerously wounded, 5 severely wounded, 1 slightly wounded. . . Total-12 killed or missing, 7 dangerously wounded, 11 severely wounded, 9 slightly wounded —39. PB.F4SIDENT. Captain C. A. Parker, R.N., killed or missing. Flag-Lieutenant E. H. Howard, wounded se verely. Lieutenant G. Palmer, wounded severely. Lieutenant W. G. H. Morgan, wounded slightly. Seamen-5 killed or missing, 2 wounded dan gerously, 14 bruised severely, 4 wounded slightly. Marines-5 killed or missing, 10 bruised severely, 4 wounded slightly. Total-11 killed or missing, 2 wounded dange rously, 23 wounded severely, 9 wounded slightly —5O. VIRAGO. T. Whitelock, boatswain, wounded severely. Seamen-1 killed or missing, 3 wounded se verely, 7 wounded slightly. Marines-2 killed or missing, 3 wounded dan gerously, 1 wounded slightly. Total-3 killed or missing, 3 dangerously wounded, 4 severely wounded, 8 slightly wounded —lB. R. BURRIDGE, Captain. List of Officers and Seamen killed, wounded, and missing on board the French Squadron, on the 31st of August, and 4th September, 1854, at Pe tropaulo vski. 31st August, 1854. FORTE. Dumesnil, midshipman, slightly wounded. Seamen-1 died on board, 1 dangerously wound ed, 5 slightly wounded. Total-1 died on board, 1 dangerously wounded, 6 slightly wounded. 4th September, 1854. FORTE. Seamen-7 left on shore, 1 died on board, 16 wounded dangerously, 4 slightly wounded. EURYDIC. Lefebvre, Lieutenant, left on shore. Bourasset, Lieutenant, died on board. d'Lacombe, Lieutenant, dangerously wounded. Gieguel des Fondles, mate, dangerously wounded. Costo, midshipman, dangerously wounded. Guerien, surgeon, dangerously wounded. Seamen-8 left on shore, 7 dangerously wounded, 10 slightly wounded. Total-9 left on shore, 1 died on board, 11 dan gerously wounded, 10 slightly wounded. OBLIGARDO. d'Journel, mate, slightly wounded. Gieg. des Touches, mate, left on shore. Lutre, midshipman, slightly wounded. Seamen-5 left on shore, 1 died on board, 10 dangerously wounded, 16 slightly wounded. Total-6 left on shore, 1 died on board, 10 dan gerously wounded, 18 slightly wounded. Grand Total -22 left on shore, 4 died on board, 38 wounded dangerously, 38 slightly wounded -102. (Translation.) Fregate la Forte, Sept. 6, 1854. 111. le Commandant,—lf the disembarkment has not been fortunate, it is owing to difficulties of the soil, and if our men have been obliged to re embark, we have at least acquired the certainty that the two nations can depend on each other, and that if circumstances place us in the presence of the enemy our efforts will be crowned with Our crews, little accustomed to fight on shore, showed great ardour. Receive, M. to Command ant, my acknowledgments, anti transmit them to your captains, officers, and mean, and I shall be happy to inform the Government of the courage, the discipline, and the devotion which they showed. P. PONTES, Rear-Admiral in command of 'the French naval Forces. (Copy.) H.M.S. ship Pique, Petrapauloysibi, Sept. 6, 1851. Sir,—lt is with great satisfaction that I have re ceived the letter which you haves lone me the honour to address me, in which you mention in high terms the conduct of our men while engaged on shore with the enemy. Allow me, Sir, to convey to you the heartfelt thanks of every officer and man i! the British squa dron for the expression of your good opinion. I hear from all quarters the highest praise of the ardent courage of your men while advancing, and of their coolness and discipline during the retreat, remarkable qualities in seamen, who are, as you truly observe, unaccustomed to .thore operations. Allow me to take this opportunity of expressing my deep sympathy for the losses. sustained among the officers and mcx of your squeolron. I have, &a., (Signed), F. W. E. NICHOLSON, Captain and Senior Officer. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—Our readers are aware that the Government is endeavouring: to obtain the sta tistics of agriculture through the agency of boards of guardians, in some of the rural districts the guardians show an unwillingness to furnish the information re quired ; but it is not so in large towns. Here the guar dians show a spirit of ready co-operation, and promptly and carefully supply what is asked for. We have the return for the Bradford Union before' us. The results are not very important in an agricultural point of view, but they will be interesting to many of our readers. In the four townships which constitute the union there are 4,832 statute acres—viz., Bowling, 3,416 ; Bradford, 837 ; Horton, 1,563 ; Manningham, 1,030. Of these only 461 acres are under tillage—viz., wheat, 33 ; bar ley, 11 ; oats, 214 ; turnips, 83 ; potatoe-s, 42 ; vetches, 22 ; and the remainder beans, mangold wartzel, &c. The great bulk of the land is under grass-3,91:3 acres. The , item of grass and tillage together dispose of 4,384 acres, leaving rather more than 500 for houses, gardens, roads, fences (which occupy 160 acres) ; woods and' plantations, 74 ; waste and common land, 84 acres ; arill7B in small holdings of less than two acres each, the application of which is not stated. The return of stock is as follows : --Horses, 621—we presume those only aro a ounted which a re employed in agricultural processes ; colts, 52 ; cows, 72 ; calves, 102 ; sheep and lambs, 97 ; pigs, large and small, 192—a very small figure this, which we can hardly believe is correct, if the town pigs are reckoned ; other cattle, including working oxen, 26. These figure s are certified by Mr. John Smith, chairman, and D 1 r. Darling -I.)n, clerk of the Bradford Union.—Bradford ObBcrver. THE REINFORCEMENTS. According to present arrangements the 18th Royal Irish embark on board the Magdalena steamer, for the Crimea, to-morrow (Thursday), et Portsmouth. Tho cavalry regiments on service are to be increased by remounts each to eight troops of 75 men. The Royal Artillery have commenced enrolling men at a height of sft. Gin. at an increase of 21. on the original bounty of 71. 1.54. Yesterday afternoon upwards of 180 fine stout young fellows, volunteers from the militia and recruits, arrived by railway and steamer, were marched to the principal recruiting-office, Delahay-street, Westminister, where they were officially and surgically inspected, and, with out a single exception, were found fit for service and accepted. There are at preset:t no fewer than 27 recruiting parties front infantry and 12 from cavalry regiments stationed in the metropolis, each of which obtain a fair proportion of recruits. 300 volunteers from Dublin are expected to arrive to-day. Two of the Ordnance hoys were towed from Purfleet to Woolwich yesterday, each having on board 1,000 of the usual barrels of Mini 4 rifle ball-cartridges, to be put on board a steamer loading at the Royal arsenal with stares and munitions of war for conveyance to the Crimea. About 120 tons of ammunition, GO tons of shells, a quantity of horse hammocks, halters, squad bags, &c., arrived at Southampton yesterday, for immediate de spatch to the Crimea, chiefly by the Magdalena. The Bahiana steamer, just arrived with the mails from Brazil, has been taken to convey troops to the Crimea. The Crcesus, 2,500 tons, daily expected at Southampton with mails from Australia, has also been chartered, and she will be despatched immediately on her arrival with troops to the Crimea. j Yesterday morning, so very numerous were the ap plicants for service in her Majesty's ships fitting out and in commission, that police constables were stationed at the doors of the naval rendezvous, Tower-hill, to pre vent the over-crowding of the reception room. A large number of fine athletic young men were entered for general service, and will be sent to her Majesty's ship Excellent at Portsmouth, and Fisgard, at Woolwich, for instruction. About 100 volunteers from the Militia into the line passed through Southampton yesterday. They belonged to an English Militia regiment in Dublin, and they had volunteered into the 7th Regiment, stationed at Win chester. All the men had a very warm large scarf, with which they were supplied for their passage in the Dublin steamer to Southampton. A. further number of volunteers from the Monmouth Militia, 75 in number, together with Lieutenant Peirse, have volunteered for active service with the 23d Fusiliers in the Crimea, and have joined the depot previously to proceeding to head-quarters at Balaklava. 390 men have volunteered from the Militia stationed in Ireland, and have been attested at the Dublin Police court. The inhabitants of Bristol have petitioned the Home office to be allowed to form a volunteer rifle corps, and a similar desire exists in Sheffield. Orders have been issued for the Militia regiments now doing garrison duty, who have given volunteers to the line, to send recruiting parties into their respective coun ties to enrol volunteers. ROYAL CORNWALL RANGERS.—We understand that the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia is amongst the re giments which are about to be embodied in consequence of the war with Russia. THE WEST ESSEX MILITIA.—The members of the West Essex Militia Staff, stationed at Chelmsford, have received an intimation to hold themselves in readiness, as the regiment will probably be embodied for permanent duty.—lpswich , Express. CowEs.—Further detachments from the depot bat talion at Parkhurst have embarked here since our last, for conveyance to the Crimea. The men were animated by the greatest enthusiasm, which Hems to show how little is known of Englishmen by those who say we are not a military nation.—Portsrnouth, Gazette. THE NEW ARTILLERY BARRACKS AT Irswicia.—This depot is intended to afford accommodation for the regi ment of Suffolk Artillery, which will assemble on the 14th inst. We understand that the arrangements, un der the superintendence of Mr. It. M. Phipson, archi tect, will be ready by the time named for the reception of the regiment with its stores, guns, &c.—Tpswick Express. BARROW'S FOR THE CRIMEA.-Mr. John Sutton, tim ber dealer, Chester-road, Derby, has received orders from Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Brassey, to make an unlimited supply of " Navvy barrows" for the Crimea. The instructions are to forward as many as possible up to Saturday, the 9th—the order extending over one week —so that they may be ready for shipment on Tuesday next. WAR MOVEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL. —The splendid fast•sailing paddle-steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins, sailed on Monday night, about seven o'clock, for the seat of war. She carried out several packages of flannels, stockings, and such like comforts, for the use of our soldiery ; these have been contributed by the pa triotic liberality of a few private individuals, and afford an example worthy of imitation. Several of these pack ages, we understand, were consigned to the care and dis posal of Sir Colin Campbell. The Arabia proceeds direct to Dublin, where she will take in ammunition and stores, and, after a few hours' delay, she will sail for Marseilles, when there to embark French troops for the Crimea. The South American Company's new screw steamer Imperatrice, 1,800 tons, Captain Cox, is ex pected to be ready by the end of next week to proceed to Cork, to embark a regiment for Sebastopol. A rumour has prevailed that the Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Manchester, Captain Wylie, had been taken up for the transport service ; but at present there is no foundation for the repo' t. Recruiting for both ser ♦ices is going on briskly in town. The 2d Royal Lan cashire Militia Regiment is to be embodied immediately, and will assemble at head-quarters, Waterhouse-lane, Everton, next week: A second vessel, the Lady Jane, of 400 tons, belonging to Messrs. Fernie Brothers, is being loaded here with hay, for the cavalry in the Crimea. —Liverpool Standard. A IlEao.—We rend in the Salut Public of Lyons : "There is now here a sergeant-major of the Zouaves, who was in the battle of lukerman where he received three wounds while fighting like a lion. At one moment he was surrounded by seven or eight Russians ; he de spatched five of them and then fell with three lance wounds in his body and lay for dead. Fortunately he was found after the battle, and from the attention he has met with he is now in a complete state of convalescence. He had been before decorated with the miltary medal ; he has now received the cross of the Legion of Honour, and eaters with his present rank into the Imperial Guard." THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—In consequence of an ap plication made by M. Th. Barbey, the extensive ship owner of Havre, to the Minister of War, 40 of the Rus sian prisoners taken at Bomarsund, who are ship car penters, have been allowed to leave Aix to be employed in the yards of M. Lefoulon at Honfleur, and M. Gui bert at Nantes, where vessels are now building for the above house. By a singular coincidence, the first vessel they will work on at Honfieur is to be called the Alma. FRENCH _REINFORCEMENTS. Detachments from the 24th, 29th, 33d, 34th, 38tb, and 51st regiments of the line arrived yesterday in Paris. After having remained a few hours at the bar. racks of Reuille they left in the evening for Lyons.j Detachments of the 41st and 48th regiment% of the line also passed through for the same destination. Detach ments from the 44th, 53d, and 55th regiments of the line will arrive to-day, and leave in the evening for the south. They are all under orders for Aix and Avignon, whence they are to proceed to the army o the East. We read in the Nourelliste de Rouen: " A detachment of 320 Fusiliers from the 48th of the Line, destined for the 6th Regiment, serving in the East, will leave Rouen to-day, Dec. 4, en route-for e Aix. 80 men (40 Grenadiers and 40 of the Light Companies) are required from each regiment of the Imperial Guard." The Journal de Toulouse announces that the two war battalions of the 49th of the Line had received their marching orders ; the 2d was to leave Toulouse on the sth of December, and the Ist battalion and staff the day after. They are to march to Nimes, and wait there for further orders. We read in the Sentinelle Tdulonnaise, of the 30th ultimo : " The 2d detachment of the 4th Company of the wag gon train, with four guns, and 230 men of the 10th Light Infantry, embarked yesterday in the Andromaque, about to sail for the Black Sea. The transports Chande nagor and Giraffe continue to take on board materiel of artillery. The Calypso and Sane have been obliged to put back front stress of weather. As soon as the wind ; moderates they will again put to sea. The embarkation of troops was discontinued on account of the heavy swell in the roadoted." The samo paper of the Ist December announces that the Androntaque had railed the night before, and the frigate Cleopatre on that morning, at eight o'clock, with artillery, stores and troops for the army of the East. All the ships are to leave in the first week in December. The sailing vessels are to be taken in tow by the steamers. A letter from Brest of the Ist December says— " We have no arrivals or departures to announce, but the greatest activity prevails in the port. The seine Blanche and Chimtlre were taken out of the basin yes terday. The Duguesclin and Iphigenie are at anchor in the roads." FRENCH SHIPS ON TIIE STOCKS. The Moniteur de la Plutte gives the following list of vessels of different sizes, as being now on the stocks : " Bretagne, steam line-of-battle ship, Ist rate ; Alge siras, Arcole, Imperial, Intrtpide, Redoubtable, Ville de Bordeaux, Ville de Lyon, and Ville de Nantes, ditto, 3d rates.; Souverain (Ist rate), Alexandre, Tilsit, Breslau, Castiglione, Massena, Fontenoy, and Eylau (2d rates), fitting with screws. Imperatrice Eugdnie, Ardente, Audaciense, Foudre, Iropdtuense, and Souveraine, Ist rate steam frigates ; D'Assas and Volta, Ist class steam corvettes ; Devastation, Tonnante, Lave, Fou droyante, and Congreve, floating batteries ; Fleche, Alarme, Fusde, Mitraille, Etineelle, Eclair, Grenade, Flarnme, Dragonne, Fulminante, Aigrette, Avalanche, Tourmente, Tempete, Redoute, Pou dre, Ar q uebuso, Salve, and Lance, steam gun-boats ; Aigle, Rodeur, Croiseur, Podor, Dialmath, Guetteur, Pecheur , Ebri 4 , Grand Bassani ' Basilic, Akba, and Guet' - n'Dar , s te am advice boats • Fournaise, Torche, Trombe, Tocsin, and Bombe, bomb vessels ; Gironde, Dordogne, Loire, Durance, Nevre, Meuse, Marne, Saone, Rhin, Isere, Meurthe, Rhone, and Yonne, steam corvette trans ports." BIRMINGHAM INSTITUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF DEAFNESS. The annual meeting_of the subscribers to the Institu tion for the Relief of _Deafness took place at tne rooms in the institution, in Cherry-street, on Thursday last, when there were present the Mayor, (in the chair,) R. Mar tineau, Esq., F. I. Welch, Esq., the Rev. J. C. Miller, Aldermen Baldwin and Lucy, Mr. Councillor Chance, Mr. Dufton, and others. Letters explanatory of the absence of Mr. Alderman Buckley and Mr. J. 0. Mason were read. The report showed a continued increase in the benefits conferred on the poor of the town, by means of the relief the society afforded ; 288 cases had been at tended to by Mr. Dufton, the surgeon, of which 145 had been cured, 98 relieved, and 45 were incurable. The number of 3,578 patients had, from the commencement of , the institution, received gratuitous relief. The Treasurer's statement showed that the balance in hand was 751. 12s. 10d.—The Rev. J. C. Miller moved the first resolution, which, with the others, will be found in our advertisin g department. He observed that he felt it to be the duty of the ministers of religion to hold themselves at the call of a committee like the present, or of a gen tleman like Mr. Dufton, who had devoted so much valuable time to the relief of such a serious bodily ail ment as they had heard described. He felt it important in these days, when there were so many religious insti tutions calling for zealous Christian aid, that they should not forget there were others which had claims upon them ; and they should not slacken their zeal in behalf of those which were merely of a philanthropic cha racter. He had no doubt if all.those who had obtained relief from that institution could have been present, they would be able to give much interesting infor mation as to the great value and importance of such an institution ; and it afforded to Mr. Dufton matter for pleasurable reflection that during the last few years he had been the means of supplying relief to so many hun dreds. It was a great satisfaction to know in Eirming ham to feel (and he said so without any invidiousness to other medical gentlemen of the town) that they pos sessed one person to R hom they could apply with full confidence in any case of deafness. In Birmingham they were very well off with regard to the medical staff. Generally speaking, there were few towns in the king dom that were better off in this respect. He would not elevate Mr. Dufton at the expense of other gentlemen, but having made the car the organ of his particular study, he (Mr. Miller) had reason to believe, from his own experience, that he would be found a kind, skilful, and generous member of his profession. One. of his (Mr. Miller's) objects, therefore, in attending the meeting, was to offer his own personal gratitude to Mr. Dufton, and to bear his testimony in favour of the institution. Mr. Welch seconded the notion, which was passed.—Mr Martineau, in proposing the next re solution, said that he had been a subscriber to the in stitution since its commencement, and the expressions of gratitude he had constantly heard from those who had been relieved through its agency were frequent, unanimous, and of the warmest kind. In conclusion, he bore witness to the esteem in which Mr. Dufton was held, and the sacrifices be had made for the welfare of those sufferers who had been under his treatment.—Mr. Alderman Baldwin seconded the resolution, in support ing which Mr. Alderman Lucy stated that he had la boured under deafness since he was a child, and spared no expense in obtaining relief; but he had received more permanent relief under Mr. Dutton than under any one else. Thanks having been voted to Mr. Coun cillor Chance for his continued services as honorary secretary, and thanks having been accorded to the Mayor for presiding, the proceedings terminated,—Mid land Counties Iferald. MARKET NEWS-(TELIS DAY.) CORN EXutiANGE. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with English wheat ; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on offer, and the sale for all descriptions ruled very inactive, at barely stationary prices. We were well supplied with barley, in which only a limited business was doing, at late rates. Malt was very dull, and rather lower to purchase. The show of oats was extensive. All descriptions were heavy, and the quotations wore barely supported. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. Wheat. 720 r. nglish Irish •• • • Foreign .. sal 3: . 8 2s. all all 11 all 61 601 1i 70A i i 72f a 2 a 105 tai 9 s si 814 2 21i i 68 1 a I I 74 5 4i 131 13 61i 2i THE AUSTRIAN TREATY OF ALLIANCE. We extract the following remarks from a letter re ceived from Paris this morning : " In my letter ofyesterday I mentioned that the French Government is perfectly satisfied with the treaty of alliance just concluded between Austria, France, and England, and that in high quarters here it is considered as a great triumph gained by the diplomacy of the Western Powers. At the palace of the Tuileries on Saturday evening,when the telegraphic despatch announcing the signing of the treaty was received, a large party happened to be assembled, to whom the Emperor read the despatch, amidst the hearty congratulations of his guests. The text of the treaty has not yet been made public, and it is probable that its precise words will not be allowed to transpire till after its ratification on the 15th of the pre sent month. The purport of the document is, however, perfectly well known. It is bona fide a treaty offensive and defensive ; it sets forth that if Russia do not com ply with the just demands of the Western Powers, and take steps to conclude a solid peace within a cer tain specified time on the basis of the four guarantees, Austria will make common cause with England and France in coercing her. The period within which the treaty is to come into operation is variously stated, but in general it is supposed that it will be within three months from the day on which it was signed at Vienna. In the meantime Austria, backed by Germany, is to take steps at St. Petersburg with the Government, in the hope of bringing the Czar to terms ; but in the event of their failing, Austria will at pnce adopt coercive mea sures. It has been objected to the treaty that it throws the whole decision of the case into the hands of Aus tria ; that the four points are very indefinite, and that Austria may put such a construction upon Clem that their acceptance will be completely illusory. But it must be remembered, in the first place, that we are not acquainted with the precise terms of the treaty, so that it may be much more stringent in that respect than is imagined ; and secondly, that when Austria entered into tke treaty she knew perfectly well what construction the Western Powers put upon the four points, and upon what terms they would agree to a peace founded upon them. But, besides this, we have a still stronger gua rantee that Austria will not allow the peace to be a de lusion. There is no country that has a greater interest in having the question settled on a satisfactory footing tha❑ Austria, and there is no country that has greater reason to dread the vengeance of Russia in the event of her having an opportunity of showing her anger." The Times says, a mistake exists respecting the delay accorded by the Vienna treaty of the 2d, to the Emperor of Russia to negotiate on the basis of the propositions presc nted by the Allies. That delay is not three mouths, but one month only—naively, to the Ist January ; at the end of which time, if Russia persists, Austria will co-operate with the Allies in the field. GOLD FRO3I AUSTRALIA.—The Crcesus, daily expected from Australia, has 45,000 ounces of gold and 52,000 sovereigns, making a total of 232,000/. The Phoenician, from Sydney, has 4,204 ounces, and 2,750 sovereigns ; and the Phoenician (brig), 5,250 sovereigns. COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA.—A Southampton cor respondent writes :—Ladies are continually arriving at the Admiralty-office here , in their carriages, with huge boxes and chests, directed to various regiments in the , Crimea, and to Miss Nightingale. The number of boxes sent off from Southampton lately to Miss Nightingale might make the people of Scutari think that the India maii has been lauded there in mistr.ke. One lady gets up a clothes chest, or creature-comfort box, for one regiment, another lady for some other regiment. The (rallant 03d Hig hlanders, and the Ro y al En g ineers arse 'evidently not forgotten. The presents sent are comforts and lux i ~:ries which are not included in the regimental regulations. The names of the senders will p ro b a bly never be known to the receivers. The whole of the chests and boxes for the British troops sent by private individuals are forwarded, free of charge, in the ships chartered by the Government to take out troops, st ores , or ammunition to the Blac k Sea. The Glasgow Daily Mail says :--" Mr. Sussex, Millbank of Thorp, Bedale, has ordered 100 wash-leather waistcoats, with sle eves , as a donation to the Guards, being a most comfortable clothing during the winter months." all all all all ♦RRIVALS TIIIS WEER. Barley. 1,410 3,970 M 8 :( It. ft i ts 6 1 F 1 4 0 31. 16,280 - - 5,133 I 2250sks. BOROUGH HOP. Selected new hops move off steadily, at very full prices. All other kinds are a dull sale. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of moat moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Beef, 3s 44 to 4s 64 • mutton, 3s Id to 4s Bd. ; veal, 4s Cato 5s 24; pork, 3s 44 to 4s 84 per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Dec. 6.—Wind this day at Noon, W.S.W. ; moderate breeze, and flue weather. OFF MARGATE, Dee. s. —lndia, from Hobart Town. RAMSGATE, Dec. s. —Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Wal demar, from Leith ; and Hertha, Newcastle, both for Rio Janeiro.' OFF DOVER, Dec. s. —Wind, W. to W.S.W. Arrived —Soren, from the Cape of Good Hope._ PORTSMOUTH, Dec. s. —Wind, W.S.W. blowing hard. Tho Liverpool, for New York, has not sailed, as reported. FALMOUTH, Dec. 5. Arrived—Jose, from Havannah ; Temperance, Mazagan. GLOUCESTER, Dec. s.—Arrived—Osprey, from Quebec; Prince of Wales, do. GRIMSBY, Dec. 5. —Arrived—Eliza Jane, from Richi bucto ; Regent, Quebec); Wm. Watson, do. SHIELDS, Dec. s.—Wind, W. Sailed—Martha Jane, for the Cape of Good Hope. SUNDERLAND, Dec. e.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Jeannette, from Batavia ; Princess Sophia, Ceylon; Re na tta, Aden. WarristuvErr, Dec. s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Trou badour, from Damerara ; Repeater, Savannah. BLYTH, Dec. s.—The Atlas, of this port, from Dunkirk, has been got off the sand, without much apparent damage. YARMOUTH, Dec. s.—The Rovigno, of Trieste, from Falmouth to Hull, struck on llasborough Sand yesterday, and came off and sunk. YARMOUTH ROADS.--Arrivod—Eden, from Itichibucto ; Harold, from St. John's, N 8., both for Hull. LIVERPOOL, Dec. s.—The Courier, of this port, was all well off Cape Chersonese, Nov. 16. QUEENSTOWN, Deo. 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Puujaub, from the Cape of Good Hope; Avalanche, from Callao ; Jas. Cruikshank, do. CAPE TOWN (Cape of Good Hope), Sept. 22. —The Chan cellor, from Bombay to London, ran ashore about 15 to 20 miles B. of Struy's Point, on the night of the 12th instant, and went to pieces the following day ; two men were drowned, but part of cargo saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; fresh breeze. Arrived—Atlantic (s), from Now York, with mail of 25th ult., despatches not lauded; M. J. Ward, Mobile. Off—Contost, from Bombay ; Robina, Callao ; Secret , Singapore ; Rosario, Buenos Ayres ; Marquis of Chandos, Honduras ; Susan, Halifax. --- (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.17 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, one hour flood ; fine. Arrived, sth—Maria, from Guernsey; Agnora, St. Übes ; Reliance, Guernsey ; Leonne, Gravelines; Gipsy, Experiment, and Iris, Guernsey ; Varoon, Callao. Arrived, 6th — Stadt Dordrecht (s), from Dora ; Ocean (s), Havre ; Seine (s), Boulo,gue ; Warburton, Prince Ed ward Island ; Lily and Hero, Guernsey. Sailed—Albion (s), for Boulogne; Belgium (s), Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.35 a.m. Passed—Jelin Banks, from Melbourne for London. ; Naiad, from Terceira for London. Tho Puzzle, schooner, received orders and proceeded to Hull. THE WEATHER.—DUELIN, Yesterday.—For nearly a w eek past it has been blowing a succession of violent gales here, accompanied occasionally by drenching Showers of rain, sleet, and bail. The hills about Dub lin were on Saturday still capped with the snow that fell some days previously. Since then, however, the temperature, as regards oold, has considerably mode rated, and, although this morning the storm continues to rage from a north•wcsterly point, the atmosphere is light, and, for the time of year, comparatively mild and warm. The London mails arrive very irregularly, the weather in the Channel being even more severe than it is on land, LITERATURE. Popular BLiory of BritLk Mosses. By R, M. Stark. Popular British Colichology ; a Familiar History of the Molluscs inhabiting the British Isles. By G. Brettingham Sowerby. Lowell Reeve. We have frequently had occasion to commend the very excellent series of popular scientific works issued by Mr. Reeve. Each volume is embellished with numerous illustrations, beautifully coloured, which considerably enhance its value, rendering the explanations doubly interesting. The students of the two works above-mentioned will learn, perhaps with surprise, what marvels are connected with the lichens and mosses they tread under foot in a coun try ramble, and the Shelly habitations of the "creeping things" they would otherwise consider unworthy of attention. As a means of rendering some among the wonders of nature more attractive and intelligible to the unlearned, the volumes of Mr. Stark on British Mosses, and of Mr. Sowerby on British Conchology, are valuable additions to Mr. Reeve's excellent series. Arvosi ; or, The Trials. By C. Mitchell Charles, author of " Hamon and Catar," &c. 2 vols. Routledge and Co. This work is entitled a legend, but it may rather be considered an historical romance. The author is already favourably known by his earlier produc tions, which display much vigour of style and ori ginality of construction. His favourite epochs are evidently ancient ; and although this tale is not, like his first, of an antediluvian era, it relates to a comparatively anti quar i an period. The year 1341 is the date selected, and the scene is laid in Brit tany, r.kt the time when the rival clainiants for the dukedoms, the Earl of Montfortannede,Lowerrde fighting Charles Blois, nephew of the King of Fm for the possession of Nantes, the chief town of Brittany. The interest of the narrative does not, however, rest with the leaders of the factions. The reader is somewhat startled at the opening of the story to be introduced to no less than three youths of undiscovered parentage, residing at the court of the Earl of Montfort. then Duke of Brittany '.l.lais extraordinary coincidence is suosequeubi, plained by two of them being brothers. The plot is somewhat elaborate, and, to add to the diffi culty, we are led to suppose, and, indeed, it is stated by one of the parties interested that one of the three is Edward Arvon, the brother of the hero, wL'ile in reality it is his companion who is Edward ~M.von. This intricacy of plot will, no doubt, be very attractive to many, and certainly it has the retlommendation of arousing the reader's attention, for it would be difficult for the most ex perienced novel reader to foretel the conclusion. The heroine, Alice de Leon, is a very attractive character. She is the niece of Sir Herve de Leon, a haughty and violent man of much power, one of the councillors of the duke, who, on some provo cation, went over to his rival and surrendered Nantes to him. In youth he had committed many crimes, of which tho greatest was the accusation of murder, which he had brought against his for mer friend, Henri Arv,m, knowing it to be false. The poetical justice by vhich his unrelenting per secution of the supposed .Thild of his victim leads him to kill his own long . -lost son is powerfully drawn. The style and language is quite modern, which, if not so correct, is certainly more agree able to the reader. It is an interesting romance, in which love and hate, private quarrels and public war, escapes and murders, plots and discoveries, romance and history, are skilfully blended. Railway Reading. The great demand that has arisen of late years for cheap literature, more especially for works of fiction, has given rise to a rapid increase in the publication of shillina , volumes. While the benefits of education for the rower classes are now generally admitted, and while none can deny a taste foe reading to be an elevating and profitable acquisi tion, yet there are many disadvantages attending the perusal of works of this class. In the first place, the copyright question having been so long in so unsatisfactory a state, many foreign works of a questionable tendency have been among the novels selected for publication, and secondly, the lowness of price, when the works were original, have necessitated their being of a very second-rate character,. This would signify very little to those who had opportunities of a better kind of reading, who, directed by a cultivated taste, would be quite above their influence. But those who would most eagerly peruse these volumes as the only ones within their reach, the half-educated of the upper lower class would be those most unable to see their faults and absurdities, and most likely to be charmed with the wild romance or exaggerated sentiment of their style. After reading a few of such works, those. of a higher class, should they obtain them, would appear dull and tame. Hence forward they would only seek fresh excitement, aad require it of a more stirring kind. Even should they possess no decided fault in the moral they are very apt to disgust the reader with real life; and instead of teaching him that "life is earnest," and showing bim that " we can make our lives sublime," they tend to make him dissatisfied with his position in the world, and to take away his interest in practical life. The obvious method to counteract the influence, it is to be feared, very largely exercised over the lower reading classes of the community by these pernicious works, is the publication of novels of a high class and standard character, with the prestige of well-known names. Novels are no longer what they were. A hundred years ago none but the most trifling and silly could have devoted their time to their perusal. Now, genius of the highest class, taste the most refined, and knowledge the most varied, unite to produce works that elevate, while they enthral and in struct and fascinate the reader. There no longer exists a dearth of works of fiction of the highest class ; and could they be brought to supersede the worse than nonsense now so freely circulated the benefits would be very great. It is, therefore, with much pleasure that we see that many respectable publishers are meeting the demand for cheap literature with a re-issue of many standard works, formerly published at a high price. Conspicuous among these we may men tion the production of the " Waverly Novels," now publishing at eighteenpence each, by Messrs. Black, of Edinburgh. The " Select Library of Fic tion," published by Chapman and Hall, contains works of a superior character, and of great attrac tions. Among those now ready we may mention " Mary Barton," a novel of deep and thrilling in terest ; the " Blithedale; Romance," by the well known American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne ; " The Head of the Family," by the talented writer of " Olive ;" and the lively and clever "Bachelor of the Albany." Those who wish for standard romances are also supplied by Messrs. Routledge and Co., who are now bringing out the novels of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, in monthly volumes. The entire series will be included. Two sets of Cooper's novels are a lso being published —one by Messrs. Routledge and Co., and the other by Mr. Hodgson, the founder of " The Parlour Library," which has been so long in existence, and includes, among many others, the works of G. P. R. James and Mrs. Marsh. Among recent American works issued in this country, one from the pen of Miss Mcln tosh sustains her character as a simple and pleasing domestic writer. " Ida May," a story of the slave states, is also an attractive and truthful tale, while a now romance entitled " Fashio n and Famine" is one o f the sentimental and unpro fita ble class above allud e d to. The editionfift . li c, o f G. Warburton's celebrated " Ilochea,, and Minx Pardoe's " City of the Sultan,,, have ac r h e . cently n t a h p e . 1 p ? e a a e w d a y a t Library,n one shilling and sixpence " _Rockingham,' a well-written , e taining of Mrs. Gore's cleve r and interesting novel, andosntherioefs,t,h,eriminomst o e n n e tz ; b n yK al in n g o st v o e n ls we may mention , have been lately intchleudf,dA. 1 b a A t r m o s o s n , 'g naval ' improbable but interesting somewhat and "Singleton Fontenoy," by J. Hannay. " Sybil Leunard," a "Modern Flirtationr) Sinclair, are also among recent by Miss Catherine by Mrs. Grey,. and . With such works as we h ave mentioned r s e to p r r y in , th. widely circulated among romance readers let us hope that the good will conquer the evil, and that translations of French novels, and tales of which highwaymen and murderers are the heroes, win no longer be tolerated, but that the works of our first rate romancists, who in this century have eclipsed all their predecessors, may fulfil their highest and noblest task—the elevation of the literary taste of the people. HOP DRYING NUISANCE NEAR GUY'S HOSPITAL. — Yesterday, at the Surrey Sessions, William Trower and s Jacob Mass, ex t ens i ve hop factors and dryers, were in dicted for c arry i ng on the business of drying and colour ing hops i iesor kilns, by means of sulphur, on the premises, furnaces, , Queen's Head-yard, High-street, South wark ; such being a public nuisance and injurious to the healths of the inhabitants, more especially to the in mates of Guy's Hospital adjoining. The case lasted the whole day, and excited great interest. A great many eminent medical gentlemen were present, among whom were Drs. Taylor and Letheby. Several of the wards of the hospital adjoin the back of defendants' premises, and it was contended by the prosecution that the sul phuric acid from the defendant's factory afkcted the health of the patients, and, indeed, had caused the death of a child. Dr. Taylor wts examined for the prosecu tion, and Dr. Letheby for the defence. A good many other witnesses were also called on each side. The jury, after nearly an hour's deliberation, found the de fendants guilty. 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