The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-07 00:00:00

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Belg: )f din is El.3ouby 001. 11 ,.. 1 n a ssag f 3rs proc°:ct way ;,, ie Doti/ ;Ace Ae CO., not be . a Will?' 3 (nit In P ar tin,, : lost i d pAer 17 ,; was 1° "jus t o - to t I L Cabin') r - 1851_I 1852. 11853. "`° ol t this day ...... 42,735 1 46,590 69,876 32,696 rice of Y. C.: i to 37 :oB 3 gd:lBBC l d3dt° a g. ' 4l (' to 4 l B 3Nd E ol very last week .. , 3,97 l 1 , 961 3,08 7 2 , 89 7 itto from Jane 1. ..1 39,295 41,316 41,586 39,024 _Arrivals last w gk . 199 2,207 7,554 4,812 ulttofrora June e 1 . •.... 56,46 1 / :62,262 74,929 • f 31,0:5 Is Alco of loyfn ...... 396 6d Alts Od 396 6d 456 Od 29,131 sis 9d to 568 Od 2,361 48,231 9,880 54,047 595 6,1 Io N MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were but I noclerately supplied with wheat, yet the demand ruled in active, and in some instances prices had a downward ten dency. There was less inquiry for barley and malt. The oat trade was firm, 0„ extreme rates. Beans, peas, and Sour commanded 'wry full prices. The latest adVAces from New York state that both grain and flour were, in good requests on English account. Most of the contirdental markets have continued firm. "Up to T ar market last week the arrivals of Engli s h gra i n were 1313'6 moderate. From abroad we received 47,901. "ts of wheat, 5,430 barley, 15,823 oats, 2,015 beans, 2 , ,0 0 9 z peas, 60 tares, 3,903 linseed, 1,767 rapeseed, 37 naus laA seed, 592 sund ry seeds, 6,358 sacks and 6,492 barrels in flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of wheat Trom Essex, Sent, &c., coastwise, were very moderate, but in fair average codition. By land carriage, the re ceipts were small • hence the show of samples of both red and. white was limited. Owing, in a great measure, to several barrels of flour having come to hand from France, Spain, and Italy, buyers purch ase d a ll ki n d s o f E ng li s h wheat with extreme caution, and the demand was in a very inactive state, at prices barely equal to those of Monday last. For forward delivery very little was doing. We were well supplied with foreign wheat. Millers almost generally restricted their purchases to retail quan tities. In the quotations, however, scarcely any change took place. Floating cargoes—the arrival of which from the westward continue small—were held at full prices, but the inquiry was by no means active. Fine English barley was scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Grind ing and distilling sorts met a dull inquiry, and were the turn in favour of buyers. We had a fair inquiry for malt, on former terms. Although the show of oats was moderate, the trade was dull, at.last week's currency. The inquiry for all kinds of beans was firm, and prices well supported. White peas moved off slowly, at ls. to 2s. per quarter less money. Grey and maple were quite as dear. Flour was in moderate request, at late currencies. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• .. new 6281072 s Ditto •• ........ old 62s 73a Ditto, White new 62s 78s Ditt0........ old 65s 80s Norfolk and Lin coln, Bed, old 59s 68s Ditto new ...• •• 59s 66s Sys—old ...........• oos 00s New ............ 34s 38s Barley--Grinding....• 33s 35s Malting ......... 41s 43s Chevalier.... .•• 448 48s Illtalt - --Bnffollt and Nor folk: •• •• 56s 62s Brown ..........500 57s iringstonandWare 61s 65s Malt—Chevalier .. • • 68s to 73 Oats Yorkshire and Lineolnak., Feed 23s 26e Potato 27s 29s Yonghal and Cork _ Black. •••• •• 22s 24s Cork, White . .. • . 23; Scotch, Feed. • • 24s 27s Beans—Tick . 403 44s Pigeons ...... 418 49s Peas—Grey . ••• • • • 40s 42s Maple . .•. • .. 459 48s White... ........ 50. 583 Boilers ....• •• 62s 66s Flour—Towu-macle... 70s 75s Suffolk •• •• •• 53s 55s Stockta &Norfolk 54s 58s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week Were good, viz., 7,712 head. During the corresponding period of 1852, we received 6,117 ; in 1851, 7,602 ; in 1850, 6,072; in 1849, 4,412; in 1848, 4,085; and in 1847, 4,950 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam ll5 -. 736 -.-- -. 263 -. 61 Ostend - _. 158 -.-- -. 5-- Hamburgh l5 ._ -- -.-- -.-- :% 90 Dordt ...... -.- 9 -. 129 -.-- -. Bromvershaven -- -. 175 ~ -- -. Tonningen 462 -. 14 -.-- -. Amsterdam 76 ._ 870 -.-- -. Bremen Harlingen 458 -. 1,040 -.-- -. Tonning 48 3 3... 882 -.-- -. IfewDiep 64 '._ 1,199 -.-- -. Kasko 92 ... 67 59 1 ... Total,— 1,828 ... 5,203 ... -- -. 463 -. 218 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 368 5,110 ... 251 ... 88 1851 1,465 ... 5,707 ... 122 ... 308 1850 1,518 ... 4,168 210 ... 178 1849 892 3,268 172 ... 140 1848 728 3,283 74 Letters from Holland state that several rather large pur chases of stock have been effected for the French markets. In Spain, nearly 4,000 beasts have been disposed of for the same destination. We were well supplied with foreign stock to-day, but its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts were rather on the increase, and in improved condition. The attendance of both town and country butcherti being good, the beef trade ruled steady. In some instances, the medium breeds were 2d per 81bs higher than on this day me'nnight. Otherwise, the beef trade was firm, and last week's currency was well supported. The best Scots sold. at 4s 4d per 81bs. The receipts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire was 3,000 short horns. From all other quarters, the arrivals were very limited. With sheep we were seasonably well supplied, and their general weight improved to some extent. Prime breeds moved off steadily, at very full prices ; but most other breeds sold slowly, and last week's currency was barely supported. here was a good inquiry for calves, the supply of which was moderate, at prices fully equal to those of Friday. Pigs were in fair average supply, and moderate request, on former terms. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 6to 2 10 Second quality.... 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, 4te. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Lacoud quality ...3 6 4 2 Primo crse.-wlled.4 4 4 8 s. (1. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 410 Suckliugcalves ..21 0 27 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ...... • • • • 5,277 I Sheep ..• ...... • • .. • . • • ..27,240 Calves .. . . .. 262 A statement and comparison of stock exhibited and sold in Monday, Nov. 8, 1852, and 1.853. Per 81bs, to si RIOT AND GUNPOWDBR EXPLOSION AT EXETER. The observance of the sth of November in Exeter has been distinguished by a fearful accident, and by proceed ings of an extraordinary character. For a number of years the cathedral-yard, situated in the heart of the city, has been used to commemorate the day, and a large quantity of rockets and an immense bonfire were con sumed for that purpose, the effigy of the Pope being duly burnt. During the last few years, however, the effigy burning has not been confined to the Pope, but several local divines of the Church of England have been likewise burnt in effigy. The authorities, considering that these things were carried too far last year, made a vigorous brit unsuccessful effort to put them down. This year the dean and chapter, to whom the cathedral-yard belongs, issued notices threatening legal proceedings against all who either let off fireworks or assisted in lighting a bonfire in that place. The mayor, in order to carry out their wishes, engaged Mr. Cotton, the pyrotechnist to the Vauxhall-gardens, to give a grand display of fire works in another part of the city, in order to draw the people from the yard. Notwithstanding all these pre cautions, however, Mr. Cotton's display was scarcely finished, when, shortly after nine o'clock, large bodies of men entered the yard, and with cries of " We will have a bonfire," connuencedletting off rockets to as great an extent as formerly. The wood for the bonfire was brought into the city after dark ; but the police obtain ing knowledge of the fact, seized it, and deposited it in the yard of the White Hart Inn, South -street. Shortly afterwards a number of men assembled and broke down the doors, and, in spite of the police, who were guarding the wood, carried the whole of it into the cathedral-yard, where the bonfire was quickly lighted, in defiance of both the civil and ecclesi astical authorities. During the evening several of the police were injured ; and one of the inspectors received a, severe cut on his head. Many arrests took place, and the affair is likely to occupy the attention of the magis trates for some time. The tumult, indeed, was at one time so great that it was rumoured the mayor intended calling out the military. Before these extraordinary proceedings commenced a fearful explosion occurred in High-street. It appears that two persons were engaged in loading rockets in the upper rooms of the house occupied by Mr. Osborn, when by some accident the powder ignited, and there being a quantity of combustible materials in the room, a terrific explosion was the result. The whole of the roof was blown off, and one of the boys was hurled into the air, and fell with much force through the skylight of an ad joining house. Although very seriously injured, his life is not despaired of. The house was quickly on fire, and as the West of England Bank is near, serious appre hensions were entertained as to its safety, but fortu nately the flames were subdued before they had ex tended beyond Mr. Osborn's house. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •. ••.. • 1,756 Sheep .. . ....6,180 Calves,. ••.. • • ...... • • 220 f the supplies and prices of fat I Smithfield Cattle Market, on this day, Monday, liov. 7, ink the offals. Nov. 8, 1852. Nov. 7,1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 oto 2 2 2 6t02 10 second quality ditto ... 2 4 210 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 0 2 6 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &e ... 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 210 3 2 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 4 3 6 3 6 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 3 8 4 0 4 4 4 8 ?rime Southdown ditto ... ... 4 2 4 64 10 5 0 Large coarse calves ... 2 6_ 3 6 3 6 4 2 Prime small ditto ... 3 8 4 0 4 4 4 8 Large hogs ... 210 3 6 3 4 4 0 Neat small porkers 3 8 3 104 2 410 Beasts... ... ▪ 4,704 5,277 Sheep ... . • 25,500 27,240 Calves... ... 223 262 Pigs 360 310 SUPPLIES ON SALE., Nov. 10, 1851.—Beasts, 5,282 ; sheep, 26,780; calves, PJ64 ; pigs, 510. Nov. H, I Fl , 6o.—Beasts, 3,744; sheep, 25,540; calves 149 ; pigs, 380. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of country-killed meat up to these markets havir g fallen off, the keneral demand has ruled steady, and prides are well supported. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 6 I Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 2 8 3 2 Do., middling Do., prime large 3 4 3 6 Do., prime... Do., do. small 3 8 3 10 1 Veal Pork, largo 3 4 4 0 Pork, small.. s. d. s. d. 2 8 . 3 2 .3 4 4 0 .4 2 4 8 ...3 4 4 6 ...4 2 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. The hops are very scarce, and command the extreme rates of Monday last. Low qualities move off slowly, and are rather lower to purchase. The imports last week have amounted to 68 bales from Ghent, 183 ditto from Ostend, 193 from Hamburgh, 614) from Antwerp, 5 from I )unkirk, and 17 from Rotterdam. The quotations are— New Mid, and East Kent pockets, 151. Os to 201. Os ; rift' Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 131. 13s ; and new Sums,.; ditto, 101. ss. to 131. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. s The arrivals o f E ng li s h an d S cotc h potatoes are on the - Increase. The imports have amounted to 63 tons from Rouen, 52 bags from Bromvershaven, 28 cases from Gijon, 50 tons from Antwerp, 128 baskets from Rotterdam, 5 bags from Braden, 4 cares from Hambro', 20 sacks from Lime rick, 914 sacks from Dublin, 6 ditto from Cork, and 555 ditto from Belfast. The demand is less active, as follows : --Shaws, 320 s to 140 s ; regents, 160 s to 180 s ; foreign, 140 s to 160 s ; Irish, 120 s to 150 s per ton. WOOL. There has been rather more firmness in the biddings at - the public sales within the last few days. In prices, how ever, no advanc e h as taken place. Australian :—Clean sheep's, is 41 to is Bid ; clothing, la 6d to 2s 2d ; hog getts, is 10d to 2s lAd ' • handwashed, is 5 d to is 9 d ; lambs, is 6d to 2s Od; mixed and broken, is 2d to is 4d ; pieces and locks, 9d to is 2d ; grease, 8d to is. Port Philip—Clothing, is Gd to is lld ; scoured, is 6d to ]s lld ; handwashed, is 4d to is 9d ; lambs', is 5d to is 9id ; supeiior, 2s 2d ; mixed, 9d to is 4d ; slipe, is 2d to is 4d; grease, 8d to llid. Adelaide—Clothing, is 4d to is 6,(1; handwashed, is 2d to is 5d ; lambs', Is 6d to is 9d ; skin, 10d to is Od ; grease, 8d to is Od. Van Diemen's Land—Clothing, is 4d to is lad ; lambs', is 3d to is 84d ; mixed, is 2d to is 4d. Cape—Clean sheep s ', is 2d to Is 5d ; mixed, BAd to la per lb. A few parcel s of foreign have sold at from 7d to la 10d per lb. Lastweek's imports were under 2,000 bales. SEEDS. The demand for linseed is very firm, and prices are well "IPPorted. All other seeds are held at full quotations. Cakes move off steadily, at extreme rates. c ' t "r lll P•White, per bush. I%s to 21e Swede 20s 23s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 105 133 White, new....., 14s 16s Tares•Wlnter, new.... 7s 64 8s Od Spring Os Od (8 Od Canary, per quarter •• 65s 70s ! :t re grass.. • • 28s 84s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 64s White 48s 65s Foreign Red.... • • 445 62s White.... 51s 65s Trefoil, new.. • • ...... 193 24s Carraway .....• ••• • .. 423 48s Coriander ........ •• • . 103 15s Hempseed, per quarter 33s 388 Linseed, Eng. Sowing•. 58s 62s Crushing •••• • • .. 518 57s Baltic .. • • ...... 49s 54s Odessa ••••.. • • • • 503 55s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English • • . 91 lOs 10110 s Foreign, per ton 910 s 111 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 610 s 61 lOs Rapeseed, Nevr, pr lat 3010 s 3110 s TAU Our market is exceedingly i to decline. To-day P.Y.C. of 1 0 56a Oct. Town tallow is 'at, 3s 2d per 81bs. low. inactive, and prices continue n the spot is selling at 55s 9d 56s per cwt. net cash ; rough 1849. 1850. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The inauguration of the new Lord Mayor, Alderman Sidney, is to be celebrated on Wednesday next. No thing daunted by the inquiry of the commission now sitting, the corporation have decided on installing their new chief magistrate into office with nearly all the cere mony and pageantry of ancient date. The novel fea tures in the procession, in place of the traditional men in armour, or armed knights, will consist of a car, drawn by six horses, bearing the figure of Justice ; 13 heralds on horseback, attired in national costumes, bearing the standards of France, Turkey, Prussia, Italy, Russia, South America, China, India, North America, Spain, Austria, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands Denmark, Persia, Belgium, and Sweden ; an Australian trophy, signifying the auriferous and pastoral character of the colonies, drawn by two oxen ; banner of Peace and Prosperity ; implements of industry, borne by artists on horseback, two abreast ; and a car, drawn by nine horses, three abreast, bearing two figures, representing Peace and Prosperity. Mr. Sheriff Wallis is announced to appear in his private carriage ; while Alderman and Sheriff Wire will occupy his " full state chariot." The procession will leave Guildhall shortly after eleven o'clock, and, passing into Gresham-street, proceedjdown Princes-street, Lombard-street, Fer church-street, Min cing -lane, Great Tower-street, Eastcheap, down Fish street-hill, past the Monument, along Thames-street, to Billingsgate-market, where his lordship, who is alderman of the ward, will embark on board the City barge. The interior of Guildhall has been fitted up for the banquet in the evening. Although Mr. Sheriff Wallis has been induced to take part in the procession, he will not be present at the banquet ' • the whole expense of the enter tainment will therefore fall on the new Lord Mayor and Alderman Wire. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 4.—Goods have been dull, but 'without any giving way in prices ; during the last day or two, however, rather more, disposition for business has shown itself in some kinds of cloth, including T's and the lighter domestics. We may say, too, that we are closing the week in an increasingly hopeful mood as regards business in general. If this most propitious weather continue, we shall probably have wheat down in price ; and as to the Eastern question, a well-authenticated account of an engagement, even if adverse to the Turks, would now lead people to look for a hastening of diplo matic conclusions, than for the advent of a general war. As regards the disputes between employers and employed, we do not hear that the general suspension of work at Wigan, Preston, and Bacup, appears in the way of being terminated. The mills in the Burnley association were closed on. Friday last ; and at Bury fifteen leading firms have given notice that they will cease operations on the 10th inst. The Glossop masters have given notice for the withdrawal of the 10 per cent. which they had added to the wages of their hands ; and, if a strike should ensue, the mills in the associated dis tricts will be closed. This is a course now widely con templated. We learn from Royton that the fustian weavers in the employ of Messrs. Henry Whitaker and Sons, George Holden and Son, Holden Brothers, and J. and G. Travis, returned to work on Thursday, after a strike of eight weeks' duration. BRADFORD, Nov. 3.—Wools-----There is no move in combing wools, and the supplies in the hands of the stap lers, and coming to the commission houses, augurs strongly that the country dealers have not had so many buyers visiting them as in years past, Yarns—The ces sation of looms around here, and the turnouts in Lan cashire, have brought the business of the spinners within a narrow limit, and at no period for very many years has there been such a stoppage of machinery. In reeled yarns there is some offering, not of a very first-class kind. LEICESTER, Nov. B,—Our market may be summed in the word—caution in every branch. Manufacturers are curtailing production, and worsted spinners are working short time. But little is doing in wools, for which there is no fixed value, nor any disposition amongst the staplers to force sales. STATE OF TSB WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) lIIIDDERSFIELD t Nov. 1.--We have had a very flat market again to-day, there having been very few buyers either in the cloth-hall or the warehouses. In wools there has been some little doing at reduced prices. Goods in a great many cases are also lower. ROCHDALE.—We have had an extremely dull market, with very little business doing. The merchants are unwilling to purchase only at reduced prices. There is a decided fall in the price of wool, varying from 11d. to 2d. per lb., and the manufacturers buy for im mediate use only. In the warehouses the country orders are much more limited than is usual in the beginning of November. LEEDS, Nov. 4.—We have no change to report in the state of the woollen cloth trade ; it continues in the same dull, inactive, and languid state it has been in during the last four or five weeks. The trade in the warehouses is dull ; the present is not the shipping season, hence that branch of the trade is still, and those whose business is principally confined to supplying the wants of buyers who attend this market have been very quiet this week, as we are not aware that a single buyer of importance has been in the town. The country trade houses are circumstanced the best at present, but even they complain of their business being very much cur tailed. HALIFAX, Oct. 29.—The general state of this market is one of dulness and discouragement ; and the little business that is passing in the wool trade is rather de clining prices, both as regards combining and clothing descriptions. The nominal quotation for middle wethers is 15d, per lb. PASSENGER-SHIPS' STORES.—In accordance with a suggestion on the part of the Customs' authorities, the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners have instructed their officers to affix an official seal or stamp on all packages of bonded or drawback stores opened by them in the course of their inspection of the stores and provisions of passenger-ships, and have caused one to be prepared and furnished to the emigration officers at Liverpool, Southampton, and Plymouth, as well as at the port of London, with directions to use it for the purpose desired and in the manner directed ; and, in order that the seal may be recognised by the proper offi cers of Customs, the Commissioners have caused impres sions of it to be furnished to them for that purpose. MUNICIPAL VACANCY IN THE WARD OF CHEAP.—Mr. Edward Watson, silversmith and jeweller, of 6, King street, Cheapside, died on Saturday, the 31st ult., at Brightob. He represented the ward of Cheap in the Court of Common Council for 22 years. His remains were interred on Saturday last in Bunhill-fields. The deputy of the ward, Eugenius Fenning, Esq., and four of the Common Councilmen, attended the funeral in a mourning coach, the beadle of the ward following in another vehicle, with the mace of office covered with black crape. The deceased was much respected. Most of the shops in the ward were closed during the whole of the interment. By this occurrence a vacancy has been occasioned in the ward of Cheap, but it is not ex pected that it will be filled up before the ensuing St. Thomas's Day. THE MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN LIVERPOOL,--A numerous and highly influential meeting of the scientific and literary gentlemen of Liverpool, convened by the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., was held on Friday in the Council-chamber, at which resolutions were passed for the purpose of giving a suitable recep tion to the British Association, and committees ap pointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. We have no doubt, from the respectability and unanimity of the meeting, that the members of the British Association will, or) their v isit in September, 1854, receive a h ea rty and hospitablwelcome from the inhabitants of "the greatest seaport in the world.". TIRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1853. SHARN MARKETS-(THIS DAY). POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1854. KELLY AND COMPANY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. It is something wonderful to observe, year after year, in this remarkable volume, the steady advance of improvement on improvement. Manifest though this advance has undoubtedly been hitherto, it has never been so conspicuously displayed as in the present instance, that of its fifty-fifth annual pub lication. It evidences more than ever the perfect ing consequences of unremitting application and of a protracted experience. It reveals this in the union of many excellences until now deemed in capable of combination in a work purporting to supply the public with a really complete and accu rate London Directory. Already the Messrs. Kelly and Company had actually distanced the most en terprising of their competitors. They have now ren dered it preposterous for any other compiler to dream of emulating their extraordinary enterprise. It is by no means our intention to enter into the merits of a controversy which has latterly been carried on not without occasional displays of asperity and of petulance, through the medium of pamphlets, broadsheets, and advertisements. Considering the contention to be, as the imperturbable O'Trigger phrases it, " a very pretty quarrel as it stands," we cannot consider ourselves called upon in any way to decide between the claims of the prominent disputants. Nevertheless, it must be admitted, promptly, candidly, and without the smal lest circumlocution, that, whatever the situa tion at this moment of the contest here intimated whether, to employ an expres sion now generally recognised as idiomatic, it may, perhaps, in several particulars, be six on one side and half-a-dozen on the other, six on the side of F. Kelly and half-a-dozen on the side of F. Watkins—it must, we repeat, promptly, candidly, and without the smallest circumlocution, be ad mitted that the community has long since pro nounced its verdict with some degree of significance. Everybody recognises to whom has been awarded the palm of popularity. Scarcely any unprejudiced observer but perceives at a glance which work is the one allowed on all hands to be au thoritative. It is with Kelly's Post-office Lon don Directory only in a degree proportioned to its magnitude and comprehensiveness, as it is with many another favourite compendium of information. Precisely, for example, as the continental tourist, at every emergency consults " Murray's Hand books"—precisely as the railway traveller turns to his " Bradshaw"—precisely as "Dod" is invariably recognised as the surest guide to both houses of the Imperial Parliament—the masses are accus tomed to revert for intelligence in regard to all that concerns the metropolis, not here to one and' there to another authority, but habitually, and under all circumstances, to what may be designated without exaggeration, as at once the Dod, the Murray, anti. the Bradshaw of the English capital—Frederick " Post-office London Directory." In this the proprietor of the Post-office Directory is only reaping the reward of pertinacious industry, unflagging enterprise, and indomitable perseverance. A well-sustained effort of upwards of half a century's duration, has in this manner rewarded with unexampled success the meritorious toils of the originator. Insomuch that the wealthiest, if not the most populous among the chief cities of the earth, has in this ex traordinary volume a kindred index and an appropriate representative. London, in face, is here displayed for the ap preciation, it may be of remote races, and even one might conjecture of some distant genera tion, in all its present power, vastness, and en . terprise. Its p r id e an d it s r i c h es , ie varied avocations of its inhabitants, the extent of its streets, the multiplicity of its productions, the continuousness of its traffic, the unexampled im portance of its political position, and the unparal leled diversity and magnitude of its commercial operations are here clearly and succinctly portrayed under a series of suggestive and significant depart ments. A dreamer, long ago associated with this journal, once favoured such as might happen to delight in similarly fantastic visions of a possible futurity, with an account of " London in a Thousand Years," such an account at least as might be afforded through a vague poetic description. The ingenious Mr. Roche would hardly, however, have ventured, we may conjecture, to indulge in those sinister anticipations as to the fate of our metropolis, as to its gradual decline and ultimate decadence, had he been enabled in his eccentric pre visions to turn over the phantom pages of the " Post-office Directory for 1854," the work here distinguished by its fifty-fifth annual publication. He would scarcely have indulged so readily in the vagaries of his morbid and lugubrious imagination. He would hardly have ventured to foresee so very distinctly the grass sprouting luxuriantly from the chinks of the city pavement, the ivy mantling the ruins of St. Paul's, the reeds clustering among the broken arches of London Bridge, and those other signs of decay and solitude, through the delineation of which he anticipated, by so many years, Mr. Macaulay's memorable pen-and-ink vignette, in, perhaps, the most eloquent of his " Essays" in the Edinburgh. Briefly let us avow that, in poring over this extraordinary volume of more than 2,400 pages, closely printed and compactly arranged— the extraordinary volume epitomising the capital of England, as it is at this period, in the middle of the nineteenth century—we cannot, for an instant, conceive, except as the dimmest of all hypothetical entities, the existence of that scarcely possible New Zealander. To sympathise with us in our hopeful anticipations as to the protracted prosperity of our metropolis, it is only necessary to conn for a while the various sections of this surprising compilation. It will be perceived thereupon, at a glance, how many securities for that prolongation of pre eminence are compacted together in this sur vey of the complicated system of society, as it actually is in London nowadays. The British metropolis being here revealed under its several departments : its political authority in the " Official Directory" its enormous dimensions in the " Street Directory"—its abounding wealth in the " Commercial Directory"—its industrial activity in the " Trades' Directory"—its contending inte rests in the " Law Directory"—its luxurious re finement, its gaiety, and its splendour in the " Court Directory"—its importance as an arena for ambition in the " Parliamentary Directory"—its incessant and almost bewildering pertinacity of oc cupation in the " Postal Directory"—its monetary strength in the " Banking Directory"—its ceaseless and wonderful activity in the " Conveyance Di rectory." Out of the apparently unavoidable con fusion consequent upon the diversity of the sub jects thus requiring to be catalogued, we find on a careful examination of the portly volume under notice, that there has been evolved a really admir able lucidity of arrangement. The advantage thereby secured has been one, of course, remark able for its gradual and perceptible development. Year by year the work has in this manner appre ciably ripened. It has so ripened, indeed, in that particular, that in its present issue for 1854 namely, as already observed upon the occasion of its fifty-fifth annual publication, " The Post-office London Directory" constitutes a detailed account of the whole of the inhabitants of our gigantic metropo lis, so Classified in streets, and trades, and appropriate departments that almost any name may with the utmost facility be found when required. Added to which the information here compacted together is brought down to the very latest period practicable before the day of publication. It should be remem bered, in reference to this merit of the compilation, that a singular variety of difficulties has to be en countered by those engaged in the minute and punctilious labours of revision. It must especially be borne in recollection, for example, how perpe tual are the fluctuations observable in this mass of two millions of human beings crowded together in the capital of Great Britain—fluctuations caused every week, every day, every hour, by death, by removals, or by promotion. Upon all these changes the compilers of the " Post-office Directory" are compelled to keep a watch of unwinkingly vigilant observation—ready, up to the latest moment, to interpolate all kinds of unexpected emendations. In illustration of this, it will be only necessary to refer to the following particulars—namely, to the insertion of the name of " Richardson, J. J., M.P.," at p. 1962 in the Court Directory, and again at p. 2030 and 2037 in the Parliamentary Directory, as well as the insertion at p. 45 of the Official Direc tory, of the names of the Charitable Trust Commis sioners, besides that of " John Parker," at p. 40, among the numbers of the Privy Councillors, although it was only as recently as in the Gazette of the 25th ultimo that there was any official noti fication of those appointments. Thus ex uno disce omnes—down to the end of the chapter, the production is benefitted by the latest in formation received from different directions in discriminately up, so to speak, tot the eleventh hour and three-quarters prior to the momen t of publication. Nevertheless it m ust necessarily so happen happen occasionally, in spite of the most painful precautions, that errors are comm itted here and there in consequence of the rec ent nature of q alt e ra tion requiring to be some among the notified. Casualties ° f this kind, in fact, es i ed, n a work of this peon may be prono ,:allftogether unavoidable.. Where liar description sur prising, for instance, that two ..0-es which took place towards the o r three ch an close of O c tober in the Prison Department, „ i n no manner specified p. 57 of th © P r i c i a l Directory. Everything, however, that can be effected is effected by the promptitude of those entrusted, with the responsible and em barrassing task of minute emendation. Another ' meritorious peculiarity of the Post-office London Directory is in a particular manner deserving of consideration. It is the circumstance that while the whole of the present edition, an edition not far short of 10,000 copies altogether, was being printed off, the numerous indices scattered through the volume were compiled and incorporated with the undertaking. A single instance of the benefitaecruing to the publicfrom this arrangement will be sufficient to point out the extent of the advantage to the appre ciation of the least observant--as where it may be remarked that the Trades' Index from p. 1725 to p. 1737 will be found to refer to every trade specified between p. 1289 and p. 1724 in the Trades' Directory. Besides which, it is observable that in this same Directory (the Trades' Directory), for 1854, no less than about sixty new trade headings bate been classified —and this, of course, in consequence of certain new articles of commerce which have only very re cently been introduced : ex. gr. Railway Wheel Makers, Railway Strap Bag and Belt Makers, Rail way Woven Badge Makers, cum cceteris paribus. An improvement of a di fferentkindis especiallynoticeable by the way in the Court and. Street Directories, where in will be found distinguished by their respective initials, as F.R.S., or F.S.A., or F.G.S., or F.R.G.S., the members and associates of the dif ferent scientific and other institutions. A com prehensive catalogue, moreover, of the beneficed and officiating clergymen and Dissenting minis ters, with their churches and chapels, and private residences will be found at p. 2142, this list having been judiciously comprised for the new year among the different sections of the City Directory. It is by no means astonishing that with these and other remarkable additions, too nu merous to be here specified seriatim, the work has extended considerably beyond its customary dimensions. So considerably, indeed, as to have advanced from 138 to 151 sheets, constituting an increase of 208 pages additional. Notwith standing which, and notwithstanding the en larged volume for 1854 being printed with entirely new type, it is creditable to the enterprise of the proprietor that the work is issued to the public at no extra cost whatsoever. According to the satis factory explanation of the prospectus accompany ing the volume, it would appear that the last-men tioned circumstance is attributable to the advancing popularity of the " Post-office Directory" and to its rapidly increasing circulation. It may be observed, before closing our notice of this remark able volume for 1854, that reference to its contents will be found to have been greatly facilitated by a simple but very ingenious contrivance ink brands upon the edges of the leaves, indicating, when the book is closed, the particular portion in which may be found any department that may chance to be required — Assurance, Banking, City, Official, Postal, Street, Trades, Law, Court, Commercial, Conveyance, or Parliamentary. Further comment upon the work were unnecessary. Panegyric would be superfluous. Having analysed the nature of this remarkable enterprise ; having intimated the diversity of the facts accumulated in these 2400 pages double co lumned, and closely printed ; having defined to some extent at least the scope of the under taking, the accuracy of its information, and the lucidity of its arrangement—leave we with out further comment this miracle of laborious compilation, the reflex of London, the epitome of the wealth, the power, and the grandeur of the world's metropolis. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dr Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet._ Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons—. Do., £2O Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJune. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H ).. Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. B Do.NewA(lateThirds) East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Pith. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western ale - a South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancasb. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern ..... Liv. Crsby. &So utlypt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthond. Lond .Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JO/. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., £5O •• • Do., LlO Ludndrry.&Coleralne Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ..... Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.AbergAlltfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint di Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2.. ..... 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Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway).... Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry 'Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams. Shs.] NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5l per c. Pref, Western of France_ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ........ . Zealand 21 - i - 3 - 2 1 1 -- 3 - - tga - 24 - 3 .---- 2i - i 8i - 5g - - 1 7i - 8 33 -34; 7§ - 16 - 39 - 361 - 18} -- ld -- 11 -- 84 -- 2 - 31 -4: ;33:1' ~3 - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sig. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. Saturday. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 99 -- 101 50 all Clydesdale Jo. CaWon._ 49 50 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent ... Gt.Northn 140 —l42nd 25 all Glas. Bair. & Caldonian. Noils.Direct. 2; all Do. New Do. ._.... .. . . 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr G i t•Westn. 30 32 100 all Hrtl,pl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. . . 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md. 107 109 108 25 all Do. Shares Do 531 —54 i 12i all Do. i Shares. Do 26 —27 i 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 —2SA ad a d St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per dent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2l 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar . . .. . Darlingt 100. all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 9B 100 99 100 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 60 62 611 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do — ••• 50 all Do.Fixedsp.a Do .. . _ 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &I\ . W &Ln&Yk Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 137 142 1 41 s St t . . 12i 12 Do. Shares. Do 137 --1 42 140 25 188 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.di 100100 Do.Shepth.St. Do Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh d 12. 9i S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stoat. & 6 per cent ... Darling . 25 all Do Do 3O 31 St, 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 96 98 99 i - Business done this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c ~ Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £10*...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i p. c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction..... .. EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do: (£5) 7 per cent Do. (7175) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.dtDundec 4 per cent. .......... Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr sp. c Do. 5 p. c. ,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 41 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848 London anctßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Cov & Nun. , 5 per cent ndon & S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderiy& Coler 1 Shares Loudy. & Ennis. 1 Sb Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Do. Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 51 per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British . ...... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6p. c Do Scot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading] Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H It S. March 1.- --- ... "-- ••• :-.-. 6 -- 61 - 4 • 51 1 lA -- 13i 14 18 - 19 - ... 3 - 34 o - ii*6 108 - 110 - g P 8 - 84 6 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 par ,139 141 ~ '''' ••• 2 - tpl ii -: iii 6 - 7 9 - 9i SIP 139 141 i id ,s-s .." ••• 22 -: ii 103 - 105 i - i 1 9i -- 144 16i -174 p 12 -- 10 14 Par i P 23i -- 24,E 19 -- 20 94 - 98 41- 4i id par LITERATURE. CRUIKSHANK'S FAIRY LIBRARY. lop o' my Thumb and the Seven League Boots, Edited and Illustrated by George Cruikshank, D. Bogue. Glorious news for the Nursery ! A Fairy Li brary edited and illustrated by George Cruikshank ! Why, that simple announcement sounds like the most pretentious of all puffs preliminary. Wel come, therefore, must we accord perforce to this new adventure of our Hogarth of the etching needle. From the specimen before us we cannot but augur admirably as to its successful develop ment. " Hop o' my Thumb" gives promise of marshalling a long and gorgeous procession—a procession of the inimitable heroes of the romance of childhood. The dainty little mannikin heralds the way, we cannot but conjecture, to an extended succession of the worthies of the fables of infancy, the inhabitants of the beautiful fairyland of youth. After he has passed by, we shall expect to see trooping before us, in rapid sequence—Jack with the speckled seedling of the magic Bean-stalk— Tom (named like Hop o' my) Thumb, peeping out of the crust of the royal pasty—Jack them doubt able Giantkiller, trailing at his heels the cadaverous head of the grizzly Blunderbore ! Together with a protracted series of similar phantasies—familiar to us all as "household words"—the golden nug gets picked up by each in the familiar diggings of dreamland—the shells, and pebbles, and pre cious stones washed on shore with us at our first landing on the terra firma of existence. What ever the charm of the dear old stories in their original simplicity, when unadorned by the blazon ries of illustration—those charms are enhanced by the pencil of Cruikshank to a delectable and scarcely resistible fascination. If we could ever feel disposed to question the accuracy of the poet's dic tum, that " men are but children of a larger growth," we must acknowledge our doubts in the matter, dissipated by our sense of the attractions compacted into the thirty pages of this delightful little gem of a publication. Grandfather White head was never more of a child, with his pocketful of toys and playthings, than the man (we don't care who he may be) who turns over these leaves of "Hop o' my Thumb," edited and illustrated by George Cruikshank. Supposing him (the reader) to be the veriest curmudgeon imaginable, we would augur that, before he puts down the first volumette of the " Fairy Library," the down-turned corners of his sardonic mouth will be twisted up into a grin, that the corrugations of his brow will be smoothed away into a beaming hilarity of countenance, and that for once in a way he will think lovingly of the good old days of his boyhood—somewhat as we may suppose old Ebenezer Scrooge did in the phantom school room of the second stave of " The Christmas; Carol," when he cried out, " Why, it's Ali Baba ! It's dear old honest Ali Baba ! Yes, yes, I know. One Christmas time, when yonder solitary child was left here all alone, he did come, for the first time, just like that. Poor boy ! And Valen tine," said Scrooge, "and his wild brother Orson there they go ! And what's his name who was put down in his drawers asleep, at the gate o f Damascus ; don't you see him ! And the Sultan's groom turned upside down by the genii ; there he is upon his head ! Serve him right. I'm glad of it. What business had he to be married to the Princess." Precisely as it was with Ebenezer Scrooge it is with us in glancing over these storied pages of the " Fairy Library," illu minated into even more than their wonted lustre by the light of the pictorial additions from the hand of our incomparable and inexhaus tible George Cruikshank. There the " old familiar faces" flit by, one after another, and not only faces but figures, and many of them genuine " figures of fun," too--conjured a g ain before us by the wizard skill of the congenial illustrator. It is not extra vagant to say that a fresh interest is imparted to these fairy legends, by the exquisite fancy and the ingenious inventiveness of the etching needle of Cruikshank. We say this, however, exclusively in commendation of the artist's labours in the present instance as an illustrator. For honestly we would venture to whisper in his ears that we have a grim little crow to pluck with him in reference to his conduct as editor of "Hop o' my Thumb." As conscientious critics, we can't for the life of us countenance the liberties taken here and he there by our. daring innovator with that tex t which m ).. should have deemed sacred from any such presu I tuous tampering with its integrity. at least, is is all very well, vegetarianism, in theory, Temperan.e really delightful, and we cannot brave eyed, but respect your enthusiasm about the former, merry-ik ! But spoken, large-hearted Georg Cru the nursery legend it can scarcely be toleratedh thaticle for the diffusion of should be rendered the such crotchets, and for their more effectual enforce ment.ll e r 4 e ar e to him for the enter prise which has pour Indebted as forth_from the p ress so many bewitching e ffusion!, we cannot conceive that "Hop o' myThumb" is the appropriate place for an eulogistic allusion to its excellent publisher, editor ventures the remark (p. 25), that where the Hop, who was very fondof ' of Seven ' that "little reading, had book published by that • had read a story about a p a i r League capital Boots, in book seller and worthy man, Mr. David t ogue, of 86, Fleet-street." Nay, veteran and enthusiastic Free traders though we are, we cannot even in that par ticular admit the propriety of an allusion at pa/re 29 to the admissio n o f must inevitably be distasteful foreign corn duty free, which must to the agriculturists in bib and t uc k er, the boy farmers,• or juvenile entered ou r s t ate ;lough of this,. however—we have y protest against the rash inter polations of the edito r i n th e or i g i na l t ex t o f " H o p o' my Thu b , genial —ahem !—and now turn we with a air to the six etchings from his hand in his other capacity as illustrator. The title-page is the epitom e of it all—the hovel above, with the five br othersslumberingin while is •• lantly observant at the edge of the coverlid—the forest below, where the six are lost by their unnatural parents ...• on either hand the gi- gantic boots constituting as a pair the most appropriate supporters. There the Ogre, as he 'appeared when about to swallow Hop at a gulp—with a mouth so gluttonously cavernous ! There the said giant, ricochetting in his creaky boots high up in the clouds, bo un d a ft er b oun d over the mountains ! There Hop relieving him of the same boots in which the Ogre sleeps profoundly with a snore that (looking at the picture) is all but audible ! There a triple etching in one, showing the escape from the wood, the escape from the Giant, and the arrival at home ! And, lastly, a limning of Hop, in hisultimate glory, presentingthe seven-league boots to , the King—a Lilliputian bowing by the side of the bowing boots of Brob dignag. Everything in all this—more were scarcely possible in thi s res pect, to our mind at least, by way of panegyric —is worthy of the droll and graceful pencil of George Cruikshank. La crime. Translated from the French by Frances Langan. C. Dolman. A charming little story inculcative of good is this domestic history of " Lazarine." The heroine of the tale exemplifies in her life the blessedness of duty once understood, and when understood re ligiously fulfilled. As intimated in the dedication to a private friend, "as a testimony of respect and gratitude," the volume is a translation from the French--a translation which introduces the Eng lish reader t o th e pl e a s ant group ofimaginary beings there collected together among them Count St. Arnould, honest old William, his Baugh ter Veronica, naughty little Valerie, and, above all, the . kindly b u t a t fi rs t m i s t a k en Lazarine. An exquisitely appropriate motto from "Proverbs" appears upon th e titl e - page :—" M an y daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all : favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : the woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised." Beautiful words, - Which aptly indicate the moral of this ingenious narrative—an effusion at once of the heart and of the imagination. The New Stamps.—Tilsley's Treatise on the Stamp Laws. New edition. - Stevens and Norton. It is not our habit to pass in review the literary productions of members of the legal profession on subjects within their ordinary practice, and we should not, therefore, make any reference to the new edition of the work by the Assistant-Solicitor of Inland Revenue, just issued, had not our atten tion been directed to that portion which relates to the new bill and receipt stamps. Anything au thentic upon this subject the public will be glad at this junct ure t o ma k e t h emse l ves acqu ainted with ; and, although in a work not intended for popular reading, little can be expected that will be useful to the general public, yet, in the absence of more detailed information, we gladly avail our selves of such as we can glean, and, therefore, ex tract the following, under the head of " Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes :" "The stamp duties on promissory notes remain un touched by the recent acts, with one exception noticed under that head ; but an important alteration has been made in the duties on certain bills of exchange. "By the 16 and 17 Vic., c. 69, the duties on all drafts or orders for the payment of money to the bearer or to order on demand, are repealed, and a duty of one penny is imposed, in lieu, upon every such draft or order for the payment of money of any amount. "And it is provided, that all documents or writings usually termed letters of credit, or whereby any person to whom any such document or writing is, or is intended to be delivered or sent, shall be entitled, or be intended . to be entitled to have credit with, or in account with, or to draw upon any other person for, or to receive from such other person any sum of money therein mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to be hills, drafts, or orders for the payment of money within the intent and mean ing of that Act, and of any Act or Acts relating to the stamp duties on bills, drafts, or orders, and be charge able with the stamp duties imposed thereby. " The exemption in favour of cheques on bankers re mains as before. These cheques are drafts payable to bearer on demand ; but every such cheque, to entitle it to the exemption, must be issued within fifteen miles of the place of business of the banker upon whom it is drawn ; the place where it is issued being correctly specified ; and the date that of the day on which it is issued, or some previous day. Unstamped cheques thus drawn and issued may circulate at any place, how ever distant. "It was well known that a practice prevailed of issu ing cheques beyond the prescribed distance, involving the drawer, and the banker knowingly paying any such cheque, in a penalty of 1001., and the party receiving it in payment or as a security, in a penalty of 2014 and one reason for the reduction of the duty to an almost nominal amount, was, to enable persons, at a trifling expense, to conform to the strict law ; and by the means of adhesive stamps to do so with greater convenience ; thus at the same time not only avoiding liabilities in themselves and others, but putting forth good and valid documents, available to any persons into whose hands they may intentionally be placed. It will be observed, that such cheques wherever issued may, if stamped with this duty, be made payable to order ; the banker, how ever, is relieved from proving the indorsement. "All drafts or orders, whatever form they may assume, payable on demand to bearer, or to order, and stamped with the new duty, are subject to all the incidents of ordinary bills of exchange, and may therefore be trans ferred or negotiated ; and a receipt for the contents in dorsed upon any such draft, when paid, requires no stamp. "Another inducement for substituting a dui; of this amount was the hope of putting an end to the irilegular system of issuing unstamped letters of credit. Docu ments falling within this description are unquestionably bills of exchange ; and the Court of Common Pleas has,: as will presently be seen, somewhat recently so decided; but seeing that the practice of issuing them without stamps had become general, and that their illegality was a point not commonly believed, it was not thought pro-• per by the authorities to interfere with them whilst the late duties existed, and until some enactment specially declaring them to be chargeable had passed the Legisla ture ; the case now, however, assumes a different aspect, and the law will doubtless be rigidly enforced. "Three rates of duties are chargeable on drafts or orders, viz.:— " On drafts or orders for the payment of any sum of money to the bearer, or to order on demand. "On drafts or orders for the paymea to the bearer or to order otherwise than on demand, bnt not exceeding two months after d a t e , or s i xty days after ' sight, of money amounting to 40s. or upwards. "And on d ra ft s or orders for the payment to the bearer or to order at any time t eexceo 4 exceeding either of _the periods last-mentioned, amounting "A draft in g enera l terms, notp y s ecif gs. or upwards. itmeof payment, i s p aya bl e on demand ; and a draft not made laryable to be arer or t o or d er, i s, if d e li vere d t o th e payee 0 ) to any person in his behalf, chargeable with the same duty, according to its tenor, as if made payable to bearer or to order. "Letters of credit are for the most part not transfer able ; and it is well that all under 51. should be so ; it being unlawful to issue any negotiable bill of exchange for a sum under 205.; and all negotiable or .transferable bills for 20s. or upwards, and less than Si. being re., gulped to be issued, and endorsed with certain forma lities ; that is to say—the name and residence of the person to whom or to whose order any such bill is pay able, must be specified ; it must bear date before or on the day of drawing or issuing, and not after ; it must be made payable within twenty-one days after date, and not be transferable or negotiable after the time limited for payment ; every indorsement must be made withim the same time, and bear date on the day it is made, and specify the name and residence of the indorsee ; and ea signing of the bill and every indorsement must be at tested. " It will be noticed that no stamp duty is chargeable on drafts for sums not amountin g to 408., except under the late act, which imposes the duty of one penny on drafts coming within the terms specified, whatever the amount may be. havem merely to a to de o n ho " PROMISSORY NOTES. 4 etsi i i r e ab A le ct t s p of re l f B e s r o to an t i d iis lB h s e 3 ad a lt era tion respecting the sub j ect of char g e under it. Bills of Exchange ha ve been dealt with by the 16 arid 2rVe i tthat is d 17 Vict., c. 59, in a manner to affect, no doubt exten sively, the practical operations relating to them ; and the association ~i'..,ween bills and notes is so intimate a to give rise to a belief that the same l aw must neces-a 1 s a r ,T ' i , l) lio extend observationt,o both.that no a lt eration has been made in the duties on promissory note must receive one qua the head Receipt s in the 55 Geo. 111., oo filea,t4on, is . an Under exe mption from the receipt st am p d u ty o f li B i receipts for mon e y d epo sited.in the hands of any banker, to he accounted f or on demand, with the words added .But if with i nterest, ha see Promissory Note.' On re for money deposedd in thehands of ferring t o thati t will any bnkr, that a e r , e:ehi which s iteh shall contain any agreement or memorandum importing that interest shall be paid for the money, are to be deemed promissory notes within the meaning of the Act. No reference is made in the 16 and 17 Vict., 59, to this head o f prom i ssory note, b ut an exemption c. will be found, under the head Receipt, of receipts given for money depOsited in the hands of any banker to be ac counted for, whether with interest or not ; and as such receipts were, before, chargeable with duty as promissory notes and not as receipts, the intention of the Legislature was to extend the exemption to the promissory note duty. "RECEIPTS. "The whole of the duties on receipts have been re pealed by the 16 and 17 Vict., cap. 59, and one u n iform duty of a penny has been granted, in lieu, upon all receipts for money amounting t 0,21. or upwards. This duty of one penny is not extended to any document that was not chargeable before, whither by reason of any express exemption or otherwise; but besides the ex emption of bankers' receipts for m oney deposited w ith them to be accounted for with interest, there has been added (by the 16 and 17 Vict at i: . 632 s. 9) to the pre vious exemptions that of reo for e land ta x , assessed taxes, and property and income, Lord John Russell comes to Chesham.-place to-day from Pembro ke Lod g e, to attend' the Cabinet Council. The noble lord, during his recent retirement at the Duke of Argyll's romantic seat at Roseneath, is understood to have been much occupied with preparing his new Re form Bill, for which abundant statistics were furnished him ' and which ministers int en d to introduce to Parlia. meat soon after the commencement of th e maim Shr.l raid 100 100 100 all all all 2i 1.00 421 100 - 100 47i 174 100 32' 100 2.2 100 100 100 100 265 20 20 20 20 20 25 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 100' 8 100 20 all 51s. 1100 20 11i 100 20i1 1' 0 20 10 20 20 33 2ip 24d Sip 161p1 41 36i 4p 1d 19A 55 4i 6i 45k i i 13 121 131 44 83 4 62 127' 103 81 2A pm 651 6fi 4 i 97 8 104 i 74j 5 21a 20 1i 62 li 2i 3 i 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 12i St 12i 12i 25 10i 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 8 s 8 10 10 1.0.6 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria .. — p' 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold 3 d ... par 10s. all Anglo Californian d— par 10 2 Australasian l4 d 20 6 Australian 23 -- 3 33 1 all Australian Cordillera 3 d 1 all Australian Freehold. , d 1 all Ave Maria — d 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) 1 dis— par 50 all Blmnarvon Iron and Coal 1 all British Austrin. Gold # d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24 3 / 4 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 6 3 /4 7 3 / 4 7 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuio.da 21 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 34 36 1 3 / 4 Carson's Creek id par 40 all Cobre Copper 4— 43 42 3 / 4 5 1 Colonial Gold ... 15 Copiapo ll# 124 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 65 25 all Do. Pref. 7 3 / 4 p. cent. 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 3 / 4 3 d 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Gt.NuggetireinSerp 3 /4 d • ap 2 Do. Registered....,, . 3 3 / 4 all Great Polgooth 23 2 d 1 all Lake Bathurst. 1 all Liberty d 3 all Linares lO ... 12 12 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 all Mariquita id par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 6 7 6/ 1 an. New Granada to - par 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde a 20 all Poutgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 5 1 Port Philip — id • 1 all Quartz Rock d— par 50 all Rhymney Iron 26 28 15 15 Do. New — 30 11# Santiago de Cuba 4 5 1. all South Australian — d 10 7 Tin Croft ........ 4 6 28i all United Mexican 3 3A 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada — $ d 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of ••• Australia 1 all Yuba d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 75 77 77 6 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... 60 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk .of India, Austral., and China id idis 25 5 ,Chrtd. Bilk. of Asia. 11 ldis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud. 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... 1 1(1 8i 20 15 London Chrtd. Buk of Australia —1 p 6i 50 20 London and County -.— 50 10 London Joint Stock 23 25 100 20 Lond.andWestminst 33 35 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — ••• • 50 221 National of Ireland ... • 20 all New South Wales ••• 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ••• 10 all Do. New — •• • 5 1 Royal Australis. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co ad— par 25 25 South Australia — • . 25 all Union of Australia_ 74 76 7 5 4 Do. New 7. 81 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron .. 25 171 Australian Agricult. 41 43 43 2 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn, Royal Mail 31 10 26 Berlin Water Works 50 3818 rit. American Land 58 62 5 31. B rit. & Coln. Sueltg. and Reduction Co ..„ 100 321 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace —lg p 5 le Do. New — t 2 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam-- •• • ... 25 20 Electric Telegraph(A) 17 19 25 15 Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Tel. of Ire` 15 14 Gen. Steam Naxiga' 20 18 General Screw Steam 1 3 i 20 V, Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 4 Netherlands Laid l} id 2 IN. S. 'W. Coal & inter- Stem. Nay. Co ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian., ip 1 Do. New — 20 10 Nrth.of Europe Steam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Ylinrl, I—Spar 5i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam..,, 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 lip 2$ 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 37 1 all Submarine Telegraph 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 15 16 PROBABLE OFFICIAL INQUIRY AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-It is stated that preparations are being made at the Chief-office, in St. Mart►n's-le-Grand, for the accommodation of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the best :node of providing for the increased and increasing amount of business in this department of the public service, and with the view of obtaining infor mation as to the practicability of carrying out a modi fied rate of ocean postage. It is also said that the inquiry will embrace as investigation into the existing modes operandi of the office. Further particulars have not yet transpired, with the exception of the 12th of the present month being rained for the commencement of the inquiry. 29 i 11i 12i 10 all li all 62i 34i 3a 64i 5i ri 4a 9i 9191 61 6.1 51 61 34 1 i 4 i 171 i 1 pm pm