The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoorc. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton 50 Market, on Saturday, closed firmly, and, compared 13i with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were un- t , changed. The sales were estimated at from 7,000 25 to 8,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the ex -25 porters, and 1,500 by the s peculators. The Rail waY Share Market closed steadily at a slight im proverneut in value. st. T he dearness of raw materials checks business in 50 the manufacturing districts in the North-west of 20 ° England ; but trade is nevertheless exceedingly lu healthy. At Leeds during the past week numerous 1 9 transactio n s were concluded for the home and 50 foreign markets, but there was an absence of much tzt. animation. In Bradford the spring demand has St. oammeneed, and extensive purchases of seasonable St, fabrics have imparted additional firmness to prices. 45 5 The late advices from India have favourably affected St. some of the Manchester markets, and in the other 20 towns a moderate business is transacted at steady 181 prices. On Saturday afternoon the failure of Messrs. D. Franghiadi and Sons, Greek merchants, was an nounced, with liabilities estimated at from 75,000/. to 85,000/. The firm had connections at Galatz and Alexandria ; and it is alleged that the estate will enable the creditors to be paid in full. Accounts have been received from New York per steamer Arabia, which brings 40,145/. in s p ec i e , probably on French account, to the 9th inst. These report increased heaviness on the Stock Market, owing to the stringency of money, the active shipments of specie, and the large imports i of foreign goods. From these causes it is presumed , that the value of discounts will be maintained for 2 1.1 the present. Th e last Bank Return completed to St. the 7th was unfavourable, showing an increase o f St. $1,090,380 in the loans and discounts, and a de- ig crease of $1,047,931 in the bullion. 12. Although some favourable symptoms have re- 25 neatly been apparent in the general mone y market 25 its position has no t materially improved. The it. 10 Only difference yet apparent is that the demand 10 instead of exhibiting continuous pressure is at times less active. During these intervals the St best bills can be negotiated s or perhaps per 5€ cent. below the minimum, but it is generally 1 2 ! remarked in Lombard-street that no diffi culty is found in employing all the capital at 5( command at that official quotation. On Satur 21 - day the inquiry was very brisk, but this morn- S ing it, is quieter. The numerous dividends now in course of payment on all the principal railway shares s and many, other classes of negotiable property no doubt tend to relieve the market, but the diversion S c' of capital from its usual channels through the specie Operations recently so much in favour assist in maintaining maintaining the stringency. Preparations are now in progress for the remittances by the next steamer to India and China which ! leaves on the 4th proximo, and large purchases'of silver will be effected on the Continent for that purpose. This will entail the necessity of with drawing gold from the Bank, unless some of the overdue mails from Australia arrive with sufficient supplies in time to avert it. On Saturday about 40,000/. was sent away, showing that this unsatisfactory movement has not yet ceased. As it is known, however, that several vessels are en route from Victoria, presumably With extensive supplies of the precious metal, not the slightest uneasiness is created, especially as the bullion in Threadneedle-street during the late drain was so well maintained, and the foreign exchanges are becoming more favourable to this country. Last week the receipts of the precious metals amounted to about 374,0561., and the exports to 801,432/.—the latter showing an excess of 427,376/. The Ocean Chief has already arrived from Vic toria with 72,312 ounces of gold, and the Black- Wall is immediately expected with 80,678 ounces, Making a total of 152,980 ounces, valued at 61.1,9201. The Mermaid, the Vocalist, and the Maid of Judah are now expected with further supplies. 20 25 25 25 The meeting of the Buffalo and Lake Huron 10 Railway Company was held to-day. The report 20 stated that the line was opened on the Ist of Nov., 10 since when the traffic bad gradually increased from 3701. weekly to 6701 . weekly , in January - 17.Z 1 2 The capital of 410,0001. would be found f. , utEcieut to accomplish the objects contained in the prospec tug. The outlay of the company hitherto has been vx ; 226,451/. 3s. 9d. 100 Continued weakness is exhibited in the prices 1.00 of English Securities, but it results chiefly from the 20 uncertainty felt with regard to the proc eedtngs in 20 Parliament in connection with the Budget. The E large arrivals of gold from Australia, and the pro- 17 spect of a further immediate supply, are certainly SO in favour of values, but their effect has not yet 20 been important. The nature of the speculative 100 engagements has no doubt something to do with 20 the flatness of values ; but the position of the market is strong, and its tendency is to improve, I t notwithstanding the dullness which temporarily 20 exists. Consols for transfer have been 93i I, an d 20 for the account 93, 1 The New 3 per Cents. ar e N. 941 1, and the Reduced 931 94. Exchequer Bills 100 are steady at 3s. premium, and the Bonds are igg marked 98i /. lc° Very few transactions have been reported in the Foreign Stock Market, but in most instances prices have been well maintained. Notwithstanding the decline in the Consol Market Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 951, and the 4 per Cents. advanced to 1011. Spanish 3 per Cents realised 40/. Peruvian 4/ per Cents. were dealt in at 80k. Portuguese 3 per Cents. realised 44a, and Russian 41 per Cents. advanced to 98k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 22 224 ; Per • uvian, 80 81 ; Ditto 3 per • Cents., 55 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 4 per Cents. l 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 404 i ; ditt o D e f erre d , 24i i ; ditto Certificates, 6i i ; ditto Passive, El 6. , The Railway Share Market this mornin g rathe rli shown some heaviness,. and only a limitedbusin h e a ss s has been transact ed, in most instances, at lower quotations. E ast Lanca shire have declined 10s. Great Northern, 10 s.; Great Western, ,nd ss. ; e Brighton, 10s; ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Liti coln, ss. ; North - Eastern Berwi c k, 10 s. ; and South- Eastern, 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire advanced about 55. ; and Norfolk, 15s. The French lines have been in moderate request, and have realised fully former prices. Grand Trunk of Canada declined about 10s., and Great Western of Canada ss. Dutch -. Rhenish receded ss. to 10s., and Western and North-Western of France ICs. to 15s. East Indian and Madras rule steady. British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares _exhibit no material variation. In Joint Stock Bank Shares there has been very little busin Australia adva nced transacted. London Chartered of Ottoman Bankaneed about 55.; Oriental Bank, 55.; minster, 6d .; 5 5. , 7s. a nd London and West- The 'Miscellaneous undertakings are inactive, at Steam N ew abtollB. Peninsular and. Oriental Shares advanced ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (1 " n1 the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities„ Rosiness dons 3 per Cent. Consols &nullities ************** New 3 per Cer!).. Annuities ** ****** ******* 93 4 Consols for Account *********************** • **** 11:chequer Bills, 24d. ....... .. 93,1 E1000•......................N ... 2500 ........................................ 3 P Small ............. par Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. ...... 3 P Par Ditto, 1359 ................................. . 08 1 pPRICES OF FOREIGN FUN DS . 4 .... .A.'p 98;R0NR `'CLOCK Dittoßonds 44 per Cent .................. ` / CLOCK Ditto Account ......... .................... . 801 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per . Cent., Con. 1 . 84 . 1 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ........................ Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1522, 1r SL , 5 per Cent Ditto, 44 per Cont. Swinish B o nds, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . 4O Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent gg Ditto Account 95 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. O Consols, m oney. TAY 93O'CLOCK, Ditto Account Ditto April Account THE SUN, FLONDO'N, MONDA i r EVENING, FEBRUARY 23 11b7, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. raid i RAILWAYS. Altas. Noting. Bost. Eastn. Junc....... all Belfast & Ballymena all Btrmng. Wolverli. di Stour Valley F lOO Birkenhd. Lancsh. do Cheshire Jun.:L.. all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £.15) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all De. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. diAber.Junc. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties..... 10 0 EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 Do., do. B. • 8i Do. New A............ 1 7i East Kent 100 East Lancashire ...... all East Suffolk 4 Do. 1 • 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth. &D undo all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 IFurness . ..... 100 Gflawrow & S .Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 I Do., A. Stock 100 Do. , B. Stock 100 'Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str.V.R gua. St all /Irish South-Eastern all , Lancaster & Carlisle. 141 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshira 6 Do., do. F. £l6 .. . Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. ...... all London & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bright. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths St. St. 12 50 all 1D0.,161.5h.,M&8...C, 24 Do. Eighths 100 London 4S. Western all Lndndrry.&Coleraine i all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincla. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West.(lr.) all De. , 4 Shares ......... all Newcastle & all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k...... .......... 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British .00 North Devon, Rail. do Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock .... 100 ,N. Eastern Berwick 23030. do. Extension bo do. G. N.B. Purch. all Do. Leeds LW Do. York 100 North London 1 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ all N. dr S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton.. 16 Portsmouth 10 I Rhymney .00 Scottish Central. 00 Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St 100 Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 4. per c. Shares 1100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 D 0... ...... ...... all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18N5 . . 16i Stockton . 6z Ilartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 IDo. Prof., No. 22 Thames liay. D. Sill, all Vale of Neath. ..... .. all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all iWest Cornwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all I West London.. all I Do. First Class... all Do. Second Class all i Wmblodon Steroydo; BRITISH all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, BAroda, and Con. Ind,guar. 5 p. c. all CDo. 10} Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff., Brnt.& Godch. 1100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 l Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2srid Central Oude (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Demerara .. 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.42 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent ICO Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all IDo. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73, d 0.... all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 44 p.c all Do. do., 5 per e. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ez., do 58. Omle (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do FOR all Antwrp &Rotterdam 14 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junet. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mires and Ry, 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Conat. & Pale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran, all Maria Ante is all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref ll ei aa a all D P ll PNN! il l wts s f h o c : eg" nu , : and o' s lf an ;7on nik r .a : .l r Orleans a nPcr n e o (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati,, all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish...' all Sambre and Mou—se— all Do. 5A per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders.,,,,,, all Do. 54 per c. Prof all , W.&N.W. of Fraucc 6 Western of Austria._ all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all I Do. 8 p. cent. pref. all Zealand JOINT-STOI all A.ustralasia 1 18i Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London 1 all Bri.Col. Bk.& Ln. Co , all British N. American 6 C.Bk.of Ind.Au&Ch 50 City 2 21aa20 5 015v, 5: ~ ,P rovincial4 w C olonialS outh usu aAn . Commercial . i 1 .. a . all Eng. Scot.&Aus.Cht. y all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. all Ditto New . 20 London and County 50 lAA &E.BnkLg.Corp 10 Loudon Joint Stock.. 20 I Lond.andWestru inst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 iDo. New ............... 22 National Bank ...... all New South Wales .... all 'Oriental Bank Corp. Banks Mutual c t. f. Ireland Australia...... ,ia.u . .. 4. .... all Al. R u o n . A i o u N n s e . o ß w f .&G.lni . Australia...C.o... 5 1 0 0 z ' 1 iu u l) nn ° i i t Z eN T 0 London 41 - 4 8i- 9, 68 - 70 81 - 9 94 - 96 66i - 67: 36 37 ••• '''' •• • '... • - ...p' 101 - 10+ - 19 -- 20 101 -- 10 43 -- 46 32 -- 31 ••• 74 - 97 - 99 ... . 55 :--- 5i - 311 - 35, 95 - 96 7 - 8 92 - 93 79 - 81 121 - 126 111 - 113 63 - 63 64 - 66 70 - 75 - 6. - .4p 99 1 . - 103 - 63 -6; 103 - 10'J 103 - 1031 211 - 214 1 93 - 1941 1011 - 105. • '... ••• 36 - 831. -83 i 51i - 61 iii - 14 55 57 34 —34 d 41. 88 89 34 3d 2t 2i 19 1941 634 644, 98 102 5 - 7i - 8 10 - 11 27i - 28,i tOB 108 26i 27» 50 51 2A lid 18 19 76i 77 85 - 86 4i - 31 4 - 3(1 12 - 14 40 - 421 ••• - ... 20A - 21 7 - 2 - 51 - • .• .."." ••.. - 7 - oSSESSIONS, ••• - ••• i - 1 I) 2 p 195 98 94 96 94 96 Par ••• •• • 1 - p llt -- 114 2f -- Zip 21,4 -21 i 49 -- 51 81 -- 83 21i -21 i lipl 25 -- 25i1 2f - 37 - 99 -- 100 118 -- 123 118 -- 12; 1 108 110 19 4 3 20, 21 —22 i par p - IP 004, ....... 400 2 -- 2ip 6 - i 21 3ip * 51 53 P 321 33 94 101 par 4 4p 61 ...d, 62 681) ... - - 29 - P. - 9 194 - 201 37 - 371 9 - 91 561 - 56.1 54 - 55& is - lu 84 Si 8i Si ri n 96 10 32i 33} lip BANKS. 6ii --- -7- 9i i9d 6 -- i l i 5 - 68 - 701 is - 19 18 - 19 18/ - 181 - ••• X 47 - 49 371 - d par ei• • • 60 62 - 9 •.• v. 9d .•. 10 ... 1 ..- a - 8d LINES LEASE Paldl RAMWATS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Gilts. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. A Shares Do. Shares Lon.&Greonw Do.Preference' Lou. Til., &S. IDo. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Braclfil. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.c Prcst. & Wyre Do. i Shrs. A Royitn. dr Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Sta' ordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do.. ViltsdzSamrst 93 - 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3/ - 41 ~lpg - 111 121 - 13 23 - 24 1 10 i - 110 - P - 92 - 94 :2 1 3 5) - 57 1131 - 134 8 - 9. 9 - 9i 32 - 33 88 - 90 reqt n. 'E SHARES. :D AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Companle. Closing Prices Saturday. Ln.&N.W. Caledon E. U. 4E. C Gt. Nor th n E. Count Caldonian. Do.. Gt.lirestn. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do._ Do L. &N. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey, M. AI - Clean sul,aDar. Do. Gt.W. PREFEREN , IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (i&A. at 50/.) Bris. & Es. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. Ches. & Ho. 54 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cen:;... Cork Stßando , so.c. D .Perth. kAber.J. :E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. i Do. do. Lis. B sp. c.' Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas Co Ev 5p.cN0.1 • • Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 pr. c. St, East TM G 6p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Del)entr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.G !Lets. 1E.43.-M. York. Ellin. do Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth.k.Dun. 4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c....... Glas. dr 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 p. c. prem. G t. N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S dz W. (Ireland), Do. 4 per c. Prof. SO Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc' Do. con. red. 4i p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pe. No. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p.c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 1 Do. do. 5 P. c., No. 4 Lon. dt N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S_ W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares .. Londy.dE Color. Londy.&Ennis. 6 Sty.'' M., S.,&L. 6 P. Cent.l Do. do. do. £6 ..... Do. do. 3.j per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 2 4 per cent Do. d& \lid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St., Do. L. &H. Pref. I Near., Aber.. Ste., pr 5 p.e.red. 5 p.c. pre r)o. Perpet. 6 pr. et Norfk.Deb.A, p.c. Sh Do. sp. c. :i_f346l Do. 5.i n.e. pf., 1 471 Do. Wv.V.sp. e., r 47. North r, tish D. 7/. Preference Bcrw. 4 p.c.."'r7l tDo. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1843 1 Do. York LI &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. ' Ist guar. Do. 6p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Abcr.g.Gp.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pr. B. Do. d 0.3.1 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 43 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. Do. 46 per cent Do. Fixed 43 p.c. Si, S. Wales Gua. 4 p. e. Do. do. 43 p. e _ . S.Yorksh.4 P.e.Guar. Stock. &Dar., sp. c. De. do. do. Stock. & liartl, g. 5 , 1 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l British Iron ...... Condur3w (Cambrn.) D ev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus„ Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. MM. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer' S. Cam Brea (Iliogn. S. W. Frances(lllogn.) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camay,) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Uskrd Wh. Basset (Mogan Wh. Buller (Rdruth Wh. Edward(Calstk Wh. Kitty (U. Lint WlLMa.Ann(Menht , Wh. Trelawney (Lis ) FOREIGN Australian Braailianlmp.(issuedi at X 5 pm) Do. Cocacs dt Cuiacla Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon COP. Min. Co. of Cobre `;',opper C0r• 3 , 3 po ortuna General Linares Lus; tan ian Mariquita Now Granada Noveau Monde Pont.Sil.LdM.& Port Philip Santiago do Cuba mouth Australian _1 Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. C. United Mexican MISCE . 92 - 94 o . a -7- 3.60 6 -6 , , - - 1110 - 115 in 12.} - 12 75 L 76 ... ...... .., [l7 - 119 111 - 113 101 - 106 62 - 64 10 - 10. 6 -6, 93 - 95 83 -- 85 99 -- 101 10 -- 103 164 -17 i 104 -10 i 75 -- 77 191 -- 203 94 -- 101 14' -15 i 131 -- 136 1136 - 139 1 114 - 117 1156 - 158 • • • --' ••• 65i- 6 P 134 - 136 199 - 101 189 - 91 ..ii ::- iipl 1 - 106 92 94 1i id •• ... • • • 1 .. idl - 109 11 , 1 - 118 105 - 110 65" - 70 17 - 18 23i - 100 - 10 24i 3 10 -10 j, 274 - 28$ 2 - 3p 3 - 3} MINES. 214 -- 22, 6i --74 - 155 -- 165 150 -- 470 15i -- 16 6 - 64 - -- 1 - 18 -- 20 34 -- 35 -- 7 25 -- 24 8,1 9i 18 -- 1k 330 -- 350 7i 8 330 -- 350 1 -li - 4 - 43 - 230 250 -- 1 35 -- 36 160 -- 165 280 -- 300 270 -- 290 4 -- 4,1 19 -- 21 43 -- 48 19 -- 21 MINES. 3 3t, is 20 Id— p 55 57 12 14 id ii at ld- p I - 1 i .--- iii - i :- ii i - ii .INEOTIS. Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada 1 D o Go. 6pc. JanSauly 1 Do. 6 p. c.Feb.S:Aug• D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7; p. cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference ... Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore I Eastern Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind,Jctn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel., Mexican & S. Amei icn I Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land., , Do, Do. Do.S p c.Pf.iss.at id. Do. Do. New R. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. N. B. Australasian Nrth.ofEuropoSteam Oriental Gas Do. New Share s Peelßr. Lit dz Minrl Peninsular dr Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron IDo: Ne..., Royal ➢sail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trust&Ln. Co. U.Can Van Diemon's Laud V. Go. 6p,cJau. di July 22 - 24 40 -51 -- 45 135 -- 140 1101 -- 111 35 - 40 26 - 28 21 2i 5; - 54 92 = ••• 1 • •-• l ..... ••fi • 1 - •.• •• 4 - id 4k- 4 } 2i - 31 A ' IP 1 li 3 4 4 4 par 4P • .--0 I . i '"" i - - 2 - 21 ii -25 P 6 - 8 ••l•i la ..... ... 35 - ii 1 -...-.. I. Yi :: is BliSillen thin do 1. MARKET NEWS.— (This paY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very moderately supplied with wheat. The demand, however, was inactive, and prices were barely supported. There was a steady business doing in barley, at full quotations. Other kinds of produce were heavy. The continental markets have been rather dull for wheat. In prices, however, very little change has taken place. The shipments of grain and flour from the United States have been very moderate of late. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were limited. The imports from abroad were only 1,102 quarters of wheat, 1,387 barley, 2,479 oats, 328 beans, 85 tares, 230 rapeseed, 10 Indian corn, 370 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of Euglish wheat, coast wise and by land carriage, was very limited, and in bad condition. Although there was a fair attendance of millers, and the show of samples was trifling, the demand for most kinds of wheat of home produce ruled heavy, at prices about equal to those realized on Monday last. A largo quantity remained unsold at the close of business, though offered on lower terms. We were fairly supplied with most kinds of foreign wheat, wholly ex granary, as numerous floating cargoes of grain have arrived off the coast from the westward. Since Friday dealers operated with extreme caution, consequently the business doing was limited. In the quo tations, however, no change took place. The supply of both English and foreign barley was only moderate. The trade ruled firm, and prices were well supported. For malt we had a slow inquiry, yet no change took place in its value. The oat trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The show of samples was rather limited• There was a better feeling in the demand for boans, and last Monday's prices were fully obtained in every instance. Peas wore in short supply and steady request at full quo. tations. The flour trade was rather heavy, but no change took place in prices. The few American parcels in the market were much neglected. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, xiat _ebevager •• •• 76s to 793 Red •... new 54s to 6Gs Oats— Yorkshire and Ditt0........ old —s —a Lincelnsh.,FeecT 211 254 Ditto, White new 57s 73s Potato . Ditt0........ old —s —s Toughs! and Cork Norfolk and Lin- 81ack....... 19s 22 , coin, Red, old -s -a Cork, White .. 21s 26s Ditto new •• •• •• 52s 63s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 26s 293 aye—Old •••• -s —s Beans—Tick 34s 35s New •• •• •• 385 42s Pige0n5...,...... 403 46, Barley—Grinding ••• .. 315 35a Peas—Grey 36s 39s Malting .•• ••.... 36s Ms Maple 39s 403 Chovaller.• •• • • 405 48s White........... 373 393 Malt--SaffolkandNor - Boilers -• •• .• •• •• 38s 404 67s 77s Flonr—Town-made... bbs 57s ...............cos 61s Suffolk •.........415 44s Kingston ind Ware 61 78s Stocktn & Norfolk 42s 45s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were but moderate—the total supply being 1,203 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we reeeived 612 ; in 1855, 289 ; in 1851, 2,775 ; in 1853, 3,590 in 1852, 1,824 ; and in 1851, 1,991 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRNS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 53 ... 01 ..• ... 49 Ostend Antwerp — ... Schiedam Harlingen 453 ... Calais 10 20 5 20 661 7 33 2i 3 .09 81 [O5 4I 54 5 id 112! 13} all 10 all all all all 60 all - ... - ... 103 - --- ••• - 7 ... --- 9 ... - T0ta1.... 526 ... 481 •201 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheen. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 433 ... 7 0 ... 112 1855 169 ... ... 120 1854 BB9 1,621 ... 250 15 1853 5Ol 2,821 - 250 15 1852 516 ... 99 ; ... 257 3 1851 447 ... 1, 438 206 3 We had 16 very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, but its general quality was tolerably good. Compared with Monday last, there was an increased supply of home-fed beasts on offer this moraing, and most kiwis came to hand in good condition. The attendance of buyers was tolerably numerous, yet the beef trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 23. per 81bs., and a total clearance was not effected. The top figure for beef was 4s 10d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,350 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 250 of various breeds ; from Scotland, . 4 )0 Scots; and from Ireland, via Liverpool, 120 oxen. We had an unusually dear trade for mutton, owing to the supplies of sheep being very small in num b9rs, though prime in quality. The trade was dull, at a further im provement in value of 2d per 81b. The general top quo tation for Downs was 5s 10d per 81bs, bat some very prime lots sold at over Gs per Sibs. There was a poor show of both English and foreign calves, and the veal trade was brisk at a rise in value, com pared with Monday last, of 4d, per 81bs. The best calves were worth 5s 103 per Sibs. We had a moderate demand for pigs— the supply of which was moderate —at last week's currency. Per Slbs to sink the offal,. s. d. s. d. s. 11. s. Interior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Primegouthdowii 5 8 510 Second quality.... 3 6 3 10,LArgo tree. calves 4 2 5 4 Prime large omen 4 0 4 6Trime small d 0... 5 6 510 Prime Scots, dm. 4 8 4 !OlL:it-go hogs 3 8 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...4 4 4 SSmail porkers ... 4 6 5 2 Second quality ...4 10 5 O'Suckling calres..23 0 39 0 Prime tree.-vslied.s 2 5 4/Quarter old pigs.2l 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOZTIQX SUPPLY. Beasts . . 3,607 I Beasts.. ..... .... • • • 365 Sheep .. ........ ••14,530 j Sheep ..... ....• •• 250 Calves .•• •• ......•... 173 Ca1ve5....... ..... •• 73 Pigs ..•• •• •• •• 270 Pig 5......... ....... ..•• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices .1 fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 25, 1856, and this day, Monday, Feb. 23, 1857. . . _ Per Bibs, to sink the offal& Feb. 25, 1856.1Feb. 2 3, 1557 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 4to 3 6,3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ,„ 3 8 4 03 6 310 Prime largo oxen ... 4 2 4 814 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &a ... 430 5 0,4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 2 3 6,4 4 4 8 Second quality ditto ... .„ 3 8 4 014 le 5 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 6.5 2 5 4 Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 6 0 5 8 510 Lambs • 0 0 010 0 I 0 Large coarse calves ... 4 6 5 4,4 2 5 4 Prime small ditto 5 6 6 015 6 510 Large hogs 3 6 • 4 2 3 $ 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 4 410 4 6 5 2 Beasts... 3 , 567 3,607 Sheep „, „, ,„ „, 20,090 14,530 ,„ 173 Pigs , „, „, 250 270 SUPPLIES ON Sets, Feb, 20, 1855.—Beasts, 2,901; sheep, 19,880; calves, 41; pigs, 310. February 27. 1854 .-- B oasts, 4,463; sheep, 21,870; calves, 102 ; pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIA.LL! Since Monday last the arrivals of Scotch and country killed meat have been seasonably extol:siva, To-day our markets were but moderately supplied with meat slaugh tered in the metropolis, and the trade generally ruled firm, as follows : Per Bibs by th e Car We. S. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 310 Do. prime large 4 0 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 d. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 5 0 Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROI7OII HOP. Our market is fully supplied with most kinds of bona, which continue stoady, at full quotations. Last week's imports were 7 bales from Boulogne, and 91 from Rambro'. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 15s to 51 12. 3 ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 51 03 : Sussex, 3/ 3s to 4/ Os ; Worcester, It 4a to 51 5s ; yearlings, 11103 to 31155. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report only moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise and by land carriage. There is a fair amount of business doing in most kinds, at full quotations, Last week's imports were 60 bags, from Belfast; 147 from Limerick; and 137 toes from London derry. York Regents, 1103 to 1303 per ton 'Cent and gssex do., 100 s to 1303 ; Scotch do., 1003 to 1201 ; do. nuns, 90s to 1008; Middlings, 65s to 755; Linoolus, 90s to 105 s; Blues, Oi to 105 s. WOOL. The quantity of wool to be offered at the sales, which commence on Thursday next , is 32,30 0 bales. By private contract nothing is doing, and we have no sellers under 2d per lb advance. Last w ee k's imports were 950 bales adore, 118 from Bilboa, 124 5 5 3 3 from from Illic'agmbro', 12 from O s t en d, an d The following are the current rates of English woo l :- Down togs, is 7d to is 8 ( 1 ; half - hred hoggets, i s 6 4 1 t o i s i f fror 7 ° 9 l: rAo Shangha i ,ml g° H a av B a y,r e . 6d; Down owes, is 5d to ; combing Edens, is 341 to is 5d ; flannel wool, is 24 to is 6d ; an d bl anket gent Leicester fleeces, assess, is 5 d i t: 4d l is toi 5d 7 w ids o 6 o ;d l,od to is 2d per lb. SEEDS. The brisk demand for linseed has somewhat subsided, and transactions now passing are comparatively limited. We quote Bombay, 725; fine Cal cu tt a, 70s ; and Black Sea, 703 to 70 3 Gd per quarter. Scarcely any inquiry exists for linseed cakes, and. to effect sales lower rates must be submitted to. Rape and oilseed aro more difficult to sell. Calcutta rape has realised GEis to 608 ; and Bombay, 70s per quarter. Tarnip,Winte,per bash. 205 to 21s i r st e aW s s , w W rhdei itneet 8r0wn ..... .ne, vi' n • 55 • 12:0 1 5 652210221; Carraway ....... 448 46s Coriander •... „....... 22s 24s llempseed,per quarter 453 46s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.• 718 74s Crushing 58s 72s Baltic —5 —8 Odessa .... •• .• .• 703 708 6d LinsecdCalte pr. ton— English .. ...10110s 101158 Foreign,per ton 9115511.736 d Rape Oakes, per ton 61 5s 6; 108 !Rapeseed, pr qr....... 823 841 Old• ••• • • —8 —8 Canary, per quarter 64s 705 Rya grass (new)...... 28s 423 Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 52s 99; White .......... 685 82i Foreign Red...• 685 77s White.... 683 80, now• •• • eir e• •• 235 335 TALLOW. a e r x k t e e t n has extent. on the spot, is ruled To-day thhees demandvy and is inactive quoted at 66s 6d hough fat has declined to 3s 2d per Sibs. per cwt. Since Monday last to ou s r om m e prices have given way i 853. 44 3 % 9 1 79 % 6 3 2 6 ; 9 0 7 d 2 35 618 Stock this day 5536 d trice of T. C •• • • 44i 6d to—s o.: —s B or Delivery last week • • 2,059 1,644 1,865 Ditto from Juno I. 78,790 78,782 62,797 Arrivals last week.. 680 1,671 216 Ditto from Junel .... 75,927 1J2,446 62,308 I'4o of 45! 9d 6316 d 568 6d 1856. 1857. 24,316 11,350 58s 6d to 663 Cd —s Od to —s Od 1,195 702 85,142 89,204 2,394 1,880 62,916 83,574 54 6d 59s 6cl 19i 19 5k xd LITERATURE. NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. (Meeting this Day.) The half-yearly meeting of this company was hell this afternoon at the Euston-square station ; Mr. John Scott in the chair. The report stated that there had been an increase in the passenger traffic over the c rresponding period of 1855 of 4,6191. ; on the goods, 1,63 d/ ; on cattle, 2781. ; and other sources, 1151. ; making together 6,618/. There had been a diminution of 2461. on the working expenses. After "deducting all outgoing ex penses and interest on the debenture debt, a net balance as /eft of 23,3891., giving a dividend of 5 per cent., and leaving a balance of 7781. to be carried forward. The report was agreed to. Mr. Lambert, who retired by rotation, was re-elected a director. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting terminated. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. In consequence of the change in the rate of dividend from 51 to G per cent. the issue of the dividend warrants is deferred until the sth of March. LLOYD'S SEEIPPING.—(Thiz Day.) -4C.- LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this clay at noon, S.S. W.— airs and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.S.W. to S.—Sailed-- H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, for Woolwich; 11.11.5. Hawk, Queenstown. _ _ _ PLYMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Queen, from Paraiba ; TI.M.Str. Vixen, Portsmouth. for the Pa cific. Sailed—H.M.S. Indus, for tho West Indies. FALMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.W.— AT rived—Harold, from Havana; Oceana, Manzanillo. de Cuba. WATERFORD, Feb. 21.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—Avoca, for St. Thomas. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 22.—The Arthur, of Glasgow, tim ber laden, waterlogged and derelict, was passed in 43 N. 17 W. BALLINA, Feb. 21.—The Falcon, from Liverpool, for this port, is on shore at the rocks at gillal4, full of water. SLIGO, Fab. 21.—The Gr;msby, of Grimsby, from Taganrog, for this port, was abandoned at anchor, off Cannasharry Point on the ►9th inst., in a perilous position. Was next day boarded by a pilot, who slipped her anchors and proceeded to this port, when the crew return-d. LISBON, Feb. 16.—The Pcrtugnese steamer of war, with the Ralph Thompson in tow, was obliged to abandon her near Entre Cabos, in consequence of the heavy sea and the hawsers parting. TORBAY, Feb. 22. Wind S.W.—Off the port—France and Brazil, from Rio Janeiro, for Havre; James Ewing, Demerara; Protector, Mobile. (FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, 10. a.m. Calm any hazy. Arrived--Charles, Florida,Vigilant, Cumberland, Alarm, Mary Ann, John Daniel, and Abcona, from Sunderland; Newcastle, steamer, Littlehampton ; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Petropolis, steamer, Hamburg; Barcelona, steamer, Spanish ports. Sailed—Henrietta, sill Newc_lstle, steamer, for ;Attie hampton. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Caroline, from Denmark; Celerity, Palermo; Kangaroo, steamer, Philadelphia. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 21. Wind S.W. AiTived—Florida and An rora, from Galatz ; Eliza Ann, Ibraila; Warbler, Constantinople; Margaret, St. John's, N. B. ; Alpha, Ibrail ; Lady Sale, Leghorn ; Isabella, Monte Video; Bromlcos, Alexandria ; ll3spatch, Tangiers ; William Henry, Laroche; Lahore, Manilla. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TRIEGRAPri.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.4 a m Wind S.E. ; tide thrcs hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, 22d.—Lady of the Lake from :Algoa Bay ; Azores (packet), Seville ; Robert Cottle, Faro; Garland, Genoa; Cinderella, Madras ; Robert and Alexander, Odessa ; George, Seville ; Florencia, Bilboa ; Mill Bay, Nice ; British Empire from Moonsoorcottah. Arrived, 23d —Brontiero, from Oporto ; Prince Albert, Cadiz; Lord Raglan, Mauritius; Tergo, Marsala; Saxon, Charente. _ _ DEAL, Monday, 9.44 a.m. Wind S.W., very light and fine. Anchored, 22d—Royal Charlie, from London, for Ade laide ; Neptunus, from London, for Gantander. Anchored, 23.—Cherso, from Marseilles, for Boston; Catherine Jameson, from Sierra Leone, for Sheerness. Passed, 22d—Busy Bee, from London, for St. Michael's; Brenda, screw-steamer, London, Constantinople; Paris and London, screw-steamer, London, Paris. Passed, 23d—Gluibienout, from Fimuo, for London ; Harkaway, ship, Boston, Hull. Sailed—Constantine, for Calcutta; Conflict, Bombay; Ondine, St. Michael's. Sailed in tow—Crusoe, London. • Freida. the Jongleur. By Barbara Hemphill, author of "Lionel Deerhurst," "The Priest's Niece," &c. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. The plot and incidents of this story are as singu lar as its ti'le. The date of the narrative is sup posed to be the commencement of the fourteenth icentury, and the scene is chiefly laid in France. Philip the Fair and his brother Charles de Valois f occupy a conspicuous place, the latter appearing as the evil genius of the story. The plot chiefly turns on the false accusations of sorcery, witch craft, and similar crimes, which in those days were common means of revenge among the power ful and crafty. The heroine, Freida, is one of a band of Jongleurs, or wandering tribes of minstrels and singers, who bore some resemblance to gipsies, ex cept that they were regarded with a kind of super stitiois hotror by the Cbr!stians of those days, as heathens versed in unrighteous mysteries. At the opening of the story she is introduced to the reader as a fair and graceful maiden, learned in many tongues, and otherwise accomplished. She attracts the attention of a Templar Knight, who makes her his bride, after the Jongleur fashion, quite regard -1 less of the fact that he has already obtained a dis pensation to many a lady of noble birth. After many varying incidents, and a lapse of twenty years, Freida is again met with, aged and careworn. She recounts her history, and this retrospect occu pies the second volume. The plot is so entangled, the characters so numerous, and the motives so conflicting, that to unravel the thread of the story is not very easy. The chief features, however, are the suppt ession of the Templars by Philip the Fourth, awl the accusations against De Marigni preferred by his brother Charles de Valois. It is a most eccentric and elaborate story ; veverthele a it is, in some respects, an improvement on the author's other works. Traces of exaggeration are discoverable in many portions, though the author does not fail to substantiate the historical portion by notes. Its eccentricity, and the novelty of its scenes and persons, may very likely prove attrac tive to some, as the style is not wanting in vigour nor the characters in variety. A greater simplicity of plot and fewer persons would, however, have rendered it more accejtable to the general reader, who will be very likely to lose himself in the mazes of plots and plotters. , • The Egyptians in the Time of the Pharaohs. By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. An Introduction to the Study of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. By Samuel Birch. Bradbury and Evars- A very interesting addition to the valuable series of books published for the Crystal Palace Company, and designed to illustrate the various compartments Of their wonderful Exhibition—a series which, it may be said, already constitutes a library of art, ch., of no mean pretensions. The works before us are comprised in one volume, the former being de scribed as " A Companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian Collections and the latter appearing as a sort of sequel to it. Sir J. Gardner Wilkin son is the author of " The Private Life, Man ners, and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians," and is consequently well qualified for his task. The books describing the courts of the Crystal Palace, he justly remarks,-not only serve as guides to those who actually visit them, but give a very useful and instructive insight into the general history and character of art and architecture at different periods. For a knowledge, however, of the customs and occupations of the Egyptians much more is to be obtained from the tombs than from the sculptures of the public buildings. What he has attempted in the present work is to furnish a brief account of the paintings on their tombs andthe scenes they describe. Of course much of the matter contained in his former work doei not appear in this but he has introduced into it both new matter and illustrations, and made of it a very in structive and interesting book. The Tombs and Temples are treated separately, as far at least as possible, the tombs en g aging the reader's attention first. The account of the habits and pursuits of this remarkable people derived from this source possesses an unusual interest, and explains how much we are indebted to them for an acquaint ance with the domestic life of the Egyptians, and how important are the subjects on their walls for supplying what is unnoticed on the public monu ments. The work is profusely illustrated, and furnishes vivid glimpses of some of the crafts and customs of this singular people. Any one taking up the book without a knowledge of its contents would be led to imagine some of the woodcuts were illustrative of existing art, so similar are many - of the specimens of Egyptian handicraft to specimens of productions for domestic purposes everywhere to be met with at the present day. Of course, a history of the Egyptians, or an elabo rate account of their institutions, religions, and otherwise, could not be looked for in a work like this. Enough, however, is given to stimulate in quiry, which will be considerably facilitated by Mr. Birch's "Introduction to the Study of Egyp tian Hieroglyphs." The injunction against the sale of the Royal Panopti con of Science and Art, in Leicester-PquarP. has been removed, and there is a prospect (says the Literary Ga zette) of this fine building being again turned to some useful account. PARLIAMENTARY BILLS.—Sir John Pakington's Edu cation (Cities and Boroughs) • Bill. Colonel Donne's Lunatic Asyletir Bill, and Mr. M'Mahon's Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill were issued on Friday. Sir John Pakington s bill bears the names of Mr. Cobden, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Headlam. FIRE IN TOTTENHAM-COORT-ROAD.—At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in the chapel known as the Tabernacle. The roof of the chapel was entirely de stroyed, and much damage has been done to the interior of the building, which but a short time ago had been entirely re-decorated. The overheating of a flue is sup posed to be the cause of the disaster. STRANDING OF THE TINE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Satur day.—The exertions to get this ship afloat are still being made with great assiduity. Now the neap tides are on the endeavours of the parties engaged in the work are directed to the further lightening of the ship, and to effect this purpose the whole of her machinery will be taken out. It is confidently anticipated that she will be fluated the next spring tides. The suspension was announced on Saturday afternoon of Messrs. C. Franghiadi and Sone, Greek merchants, with liabilities, principally on acceptances, for about 80,0001. The connexions of the firm lay between London, i Liverpool, Galatz, and Alexandria. It is said that their assets show an apparent surplus, but that part of them are abroad. A meeting of creditors is to be called at an early day, and it no unforeseen difficulties arise 25 per cent, can be realised without much delay. .. ST. PAUL'S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.— tIDDELL V. WESTER TON.—A. conference was held on Saturday afternoon at the Council Chamber, of the members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council who have sat to deter mine this vexed question. The committee was to settle the judgment, which, it was understood, was drawn up by the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and having been assented to by the other members of the council, will, it is expected, be delivered in the course of the week.— Observer. THE REDPATH FRALIDS,—We understand that the frauds by Redpath and Co. on the Great Northern Com• pany will turn out to be about 200,0001._ Tee directors are in a fix what course to take. They can do nothing without an application to Parliament, as the capital on the books, we hear, exceeds their Parliamentary powers to raise. One curious consequence of the frauds is, that the two A and B halves of the dividend shares are ren dered unequal. In other words, Rodpath has actually made two and two more than four, or two halves mare than a whole one,—/ferctpath's Journal. , THE GAROTTE :ROBBERY AT CHATHAM.—The three prisoners, named Tooi•!, Lee, and Reading, who stand charged with garotting Lieutenant T. Bent, of the Royal Marines at Chatham, on the night of Wednesday last,' and robbing . him of his watch and guard, were finally examined before the mag,s,trates at Rochester on Saturday, when the whole of the men were unhesitatingly identified by.tbe prosecutor, and also t„,`' Lieutenant W. W. S. Bridges and Lieutenant G. R. b..." 11, of H.M.S. Iris, vain insisted in their capture. At the nonclasion of the examination the prisoners were fu!ly conOte d -, In compliance with memorials to Prince Albert, t he Commissioners of Patents, and the Board of Trade, fro:u the Society of Mechanical Engineers, and from Man chester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Not tingham, and other law towns, the Coiernissioners of Patents 'have undertaken thelormation of a Museum of Models of Patented and other Inventions, and of a Library of Works on subjects relativz to the Industrial ,Ax . ts. Space has accordingly been allotted in the museum build- , 1, ,, , ing at Brampton for these purposes. SEIZURE OF A PRIVATE DISTILLERY. —On Saturday li t, morning last a seizure of an extensive private distillery took place in'Neptune-court, Nep tune street, Walvvorth, through the exertions of M r . J. Vanstone, and Meagre. TA Bullen, Leigh, and Pargeter, • officers of the London de- %. tective force of the Inland 'Revenue Department. After t recon noitring the court for souls time they e ff ected an i t entrance Into the suspected house, a nd there found a pri. ; 1. . vete distillery in full operation. There was no one in the house at the.time, as t he parties working there made a their escape before the o ffi cers could gain an entrance. J. On the ground - floor w as a lar g e stiff, and on the first- l, floor another much larger, in full operation. In the n house was a large quantity of molasses wash, a quantity 5 of spirits, tubs , an d ever y thing necessary to carry on an , l, extensive business. The stills and the apparatus were i x , taken possession of by the officers and conveyed to the Excise stores, Tovve r-hill. 1 N APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names l e of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certifi- ca tes to practise, on Thursd a y , the 19th of February : Thomas Torkington Blease, Altri ncham ; Phineas John t. I Kendrick, Goldtho rn-hill, Wolverhampton ; James -- a Greenwood, Queen's-road, Dalston ; George Smith la. Hutchison, Norwich •, Frederick Gull. Stanway, Essex ; and Astley Cooper, Plymouth, Devon. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURG.SONS.—The following gen tlemen, baying undergone the n ecessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted monabers of the College at 1 th e ;fleeting of the Court of E:.-aminers on she 20th 1. s inst. :—Kcsers. Owen Tucker, An ts y ; Georg Henry Dyer, Royal Navy . ; Robert Lamb, Suthealand-square, .' Walworth ; Win. Wood, Middleton,. Beverley, York shire ; Henry Laver, Pagleabaus, East er ; Win. Forbes, ' Aberdeen ; Thom as Denne, Tonge, Sittingbourne, Th e Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Vol I .', Sent ; Charles Marchant Jones, Beyr out, Syria ; and. James Nichol, Edinburgh. . Ebenezer Toiler, Hon. East India Con. Tany's service. n ets which able edition of the British p 0 At the same meeting of the Court Mr. A rchibald Leslie Mr. The Whale' t Nichol has been publishing for some , times as Archer passed his examination for naval E orgeon. Thisd lately included some of our best authors. gentleman had prsviously been admitte d . a member of the Edinburgh college of Surgeons, his diOoraa I).earing ' Burns have appeared during the last forpuolo_narters, date the 4th , of Ally, 1849• t and we have now the first volume of Sir 1Y Parliamentary Precedents. By the Hon. Robert - . Bourke. Henry Sweet, Chancery-lane. Those who are accustomed - to read the daily re ports of the proceedings in the House of Com mons will frequently have observed the difficul ties an independent member has to contend with in the forms of the house. If his motion be at all inconvenient to Ministers or others, with or with out a Parliamentary following, he finds himself in danger of being placed hors de combat, or reduced to silence, owing to his ignorance of rules some times overlooked, with which he has not had the opportunity to become acquainted. To such the present volume will be particularly valuable ; while it is one which no member of the house should fail to purchase in order to a mastery of its contents. It is a collection of all the decisions of the present Speaker on interesting or important points of order, rules of debates, and the general practice of the house. The value of the work will appear, when it is remembered how high a character the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, to whom it is dedicated, has achieved, in the discharge of his arduous and responsible duties—so high, indeed, as to elicit from the late Sir Robert Harry Inglis the flattering tes timony that he had "compressed into the period of his services more labour, more attention, and more successful energy than any one of his prede cessors." All the ewes quoted have been takeu from "Hansard,"are duly classified, and, with a few exceptions warranted by the circumstances, appear in chronological order. In an Appendix will be found the Rules and Orders of the House, a refer ence to any of which bearing on the subject is given in the text. Mr. Bourke is deserving of the thanks of the representatives of the people for this his well-timed and valuable contribution towards the efficient discharge of their duties. Suggestions for the formation of a Penal and Reformatory Settlement for Convicts in. the Peninsula of the Mullet. M. S. Rickerby. A pamphlet apropos to the present phase of the great social question of the day—what are we to do with our convicts ? The writer, as the title shows, suggests the formation of a penal and reformatory settlement for convicts on the north west coast of Ireland, to wit in the Mullet, which, as he shows, possesses many natural advantages for the purpose. Just abort of being an island, Mullen is sixteen miles long, acid varies in breadth from seven miles to as many hundred yards, and, for the most part, is capable of successful cultivation. So that thete w ,:nuld lie no cost of shipping for conveyance of con victs, stores, &c., a complete separation might in classes and usefully be e ffeted from the main land, and th e conv i c t s required. The climate is said to be employed in agriculture if kept apaYt salubrious, ams. in the neighbourhood a naval sta tion where ships of war would command the whole o f the west coast of Ireland, now totally unpro tectbd, could be established. The writer is of ()pink% 400,G05/. wou'V cover all expenses, and give the, Government possession of the entire peninsula .and everything on it —excluding, we suppose, its poor inhabitanw, respecting whose future destiny we have .no information. . The French Revolution. By Thomas Carlyle. Vol. If. Chapman and Hall. The second volume of the , new series of Mr. Car lyle's works has now appeared. It contains the conclusion of the history of the French Revolution. The forthcoming volume will be the first part of Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches, which will occupy three volumes. The admirers of Mr. Car lyle should avail the mselves of the Present oppor tunity of securing a complete and handsome edition of his works at a moderate price. Ch ar les O'Malley. By Charles' Lever. Vol, I. Chapman and HalL The works of this brilliant and .amusing writer a re now in course of publication in a n e w f orm. Harry Lorrequee has already appeared, and is followed by the first volume of "Charles O'Mal ley." Mr. Lever's works are too welt known and too successful to require criticism, and the present series will be likely to extend their porfularity, by offering them to the general reader in a ecymmodious and inexpensive form. Scott's poems. It contains " The Lay of the Last Minstrel " and "The Lady of the Lake," and will, of course, be followed by the' complete set of hi s poems. The type is excellent and the general ap. pearance of the volumes all that can be desired in a library edition. The introductory life, by Mr. Gallen, may not be acceptable to' all readers; as his opinions and criticisms are not always remark able for their moderation. The present volume has anotbtr attraction, the original notes of the author unabridged. STANFIELD'S " VICTORY." ENGRAVED BY ..TOZN COUgEN, RA. • A magnificent work of art has at lengiethnob3e,eant completed, in the form o f thi s very noble line en graving from the hand of Mr. Cousen, the Academician. It may be accepted. we conceive, as his contribution to the World o f A rt in his cap s _ city as a Royal Academician. To which hooxi:- n. dignity it should be remembered that our artist. LasY been happily elected—at once to his ovvn honou r and to that scaucely less of his brother Academicians —since this superb plate was originally commenced. It is, without any doubt wl:atever, his masterpiec e . And as such, those who know what Mr. C ous , hand has alCousen 's accomplished by the cunning guidance of the graver over burnished surfaces of steel and copper wilt not marvel to find it added, with all po-sible deliberation and emphasis, that the remarkable work of art before us is perhaps .the very finest line engraving produced in England since the tine of William. Woollett—not a Royal Academician ! " The Victory," after Clarkson Stanfield—' akiug rank at once with "Tile Fishery," with " Niobe; with " Pnteton," with " Ceyx and Alcyone" —in short, with any one of the many glorious productions given to the world by that illustrious engraver. Those who - are labouring under the very erroneous impression— and there are such—that this wondrous art of line . engraving is somehow dying out amon gs t us, w ill find a very startling and signal refutation of the fallacy in this truly national composition. National we say advisedly. For in subject, in treatment, in style, in heroically historic association—is it not so ? Is it not national, strikingly and pectiliarly national, in every one of these particulars None who have ever seen either the original painting by Clarkson Stanfield, or this very masterly engraving from it by John Cousen, can hesitate in at once aacordin c ,o , to it on the instant the tribute of honour (peculiarly its due) expressed by the simple recog nition of this one conspicuous characteristic. A Na tional Picture, if ever there was one, is beyond all manner of doubt this affec' *ng representation. The " Victory" painted by Stanfield, engraved by Cousen, published by the Agnews of Manchester. It represents—how nobly and touchingly it repre r Bents !—H.M.S. The Victory, being towed into Gibraltar, by H.M.S. The Neptune, on the even ing of the 28th c October, IBos—exactly one week after the glorious death of Horatio the Lord Vis count Nelson, in his grand and crowning seafight off Cape Trafalgar ! The Victory herself—the mag nificent old war-ship—dismantled, thunder-black ened, lightning-riven, with her masts broken short off, ber rigging gone, her hull battered, splintered, and bloodstained ! Bearing thetattered banner of Old England half way up even the shattered stump of her fore-mast—in token of mourning for the " darling Hero," whose remains were still on board on their way home for sepulture in St. Paul's Cathedral. On their way home for sepulture but already in a manner, in that preliminary step of their progress home wards, in some way even then virtually and most fittingly sepultured ! As a Sailor-Artist's genius afterwards recogn's:•.d, and (in this itnpres sive picture of Clarkson Stanfield's) most eloquently and touchingly commemorated. Embalmed in the grateful memory of all future Englishmen—The Victory, the cenotaph—the green deep, the mins'.er floor— " • • • red evening's smile His epitaph : and thou rude Die,* Austerely browed and thunder rent Great Nelson's noblest monument, r Looking upon this solemn and affecting represen tation of the Victory being towed into Gibraltar— whether in Stanfield's exquisite painting or iu Cousen's marvellous engraving—we cannot but re member (and apply to this glorious picture while remembering it) what Mr. Ruik-in has remarked so grandly in reference to Turner's picture of " The Old Temeraire." Saying first of all of the Victory somewhat as Mr. Ruskin has said of the Temeraire—that " no ruin was ever so affecting as the gliding of the vessel," on towards her hero's " grave !" " Surely" as the Great Critic adds,* " Surely, if ever anything without a soul deserved honour or affection, we owed them here. Those sails that strained so full bent into the battle [gone 1 :1 — that broad bow that struck the surf aside, enlarging silently in stedfast haste, full front to the shot— resistless and without reply—those triple ports whose choirs of flame rang forth in their courses, into the fierce revenging monotone, which, when it died away, left no answering voice to rise any more upon the sea against the strength of England—those sides that were wet with the long runlets of English life blood, like press-planks at vintage, gleaminggoodly crimson down to t h e cas t an d clash of the washing foam —those pale masts that stayed themselves up against ttie war-ruin, shaking out their ensigns through the thunder, till sail and ensign drooped— steep in the death-stilled pause of Andalusian air, burning with its witness-cloud of human souls at rest, surely,- for these some sacred care might have been left in our thoughts 1 . " Replying to himself immediately afterwards in a kindred strain of eloquence, " Nay, not to. We have stern keepers to trust her glory to—the fire and the worm. Never more shall sunset lalr golden robe on her, nor starlight tremble on the waves that part at her gliding. Perhaps, where the low gate opens to some cottage garden, the tired traveller may ask, idly, why the moss grows so green on its rugged wood ; and even the sailor's child may not answer, nor know, that the night-dew lies deep in the war-rents of the wood of the"—grand Old Victory ! Precisely these—or something wonderfully like it—are the emotions awakened in the heart of the true Englishman A when he looks upon Stanfield's picture of " The Victory," either in the exquisite colours of the original painting, or in the hardly less exquisite black-and-white of Cousen's line-engraving. A magnificent production, appropriately contributed to the world of art at the present moment by the enterprising firm of the Messrs. Agnew and Sons, of Manchester—now that we are upon the eke as it were of the Great Fine Arts Exhibition in their immediate neighbourhood. * If we may so apply (by poetical licence) to tiee rocky promontory of Gibraltar what B. Simmons applied with literal accuracy to the " island" of St. Helena. ... t " Notes On the Turner Gallery-1856." By John Ruskin, M.A. Bvo., pp. 88. Smith, Elder, and Company, London. 1837. A very masterly criticism—all too brief, unfortunately. Yet, in spite of it s b rev it y, one of tho most genial and eloquent of all the effusions which have yet emanated from the genius of incomparably the greatest Art-Critic England has ever produced. CONTINUED SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON. At the early hour of ten o'clock yesterday morning, the gateways leading to the Surrey Gardens Music-ball were crowded with well-dressed persons of both sexes, waiting to obtain admission, while the various a, °outs leading thereto were pouring forth their hundreds in rapid succession, alt intent upon the same object. At half-past ten all the barriers were removed, and the rush was severe, if not tremendous. The vast masses of human beings soon separated, and bent their course in . 9pci c eu i o ff aAaor e raot r t n e eaa n re ne t gou d if nal i a r ron e tt, he: quarter ha o i direct i o n s,—some pulpits ,r before persons — n o s teolmae withveswee neafaort were fwhecteaeohbs preacher i retpe a o au r g e ctba s heie , dte ,rh o t a t lvo • m h dr e ,baa dr be pre se nt . nepp f dehr o der even ss ie. t na h n e tl.l and 'others again for the three galleries. In a platform, standing room was scarcely to be obtained. Beta een great coat, and evidently much enfeebled from ill health. He at once commenced the service with a brief but im pressive prayer.. This being concluded, the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon announced that his medical attendant had determined of his indis position him not to leave home in consequence him, ifhe paliy e si ti f o o n r : ; I, a b n u o t r fi t n time,ding him to v a l p u r e e d a c n h i , 8 even life, to close his sermon, if ever . so abruptly, as soon as be found his physical powers was that f the probability a i l him, for if he did not, he would never be able to preach again. He, therefore , delivered short; but very able di scourse f rom the a latterclwre of the 22d verse of the 19th c h apter of Hebrews, "'Without shed ding of blood th ere i s no remission ' ' in the course of which he d e pi c t e d with great eloquence and power the sufferings of ou r S av i our on the Cross as an atonementk for sin. It Was painfully observable, during his remaril:l , . that his voice frequently became harsh and ieE e rugg ed, xbaustion. that he was suifering much from p through the task he He succeeded, however, in gettingt led down the pulpit had assigned himself, and then w a s steps in a state of utter prostration. The oth er por. dl dertaken by a rev. n y un Lions of the service were k, re sent upon the occasion. friend, who was fo rtuna tely p —Morning A dvertiser. Notts, an octogenarian who has been blind 1 " Th " The GOOD OLD Tl7dEs ere is now living in f the effectsan accident. 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