The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed quietly, but firmly, and prices of all kinds were the same as last week. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on speculation. The Railway Share Market was steady, without any alteration in prices. The Money Market during February is thus de- s scribed in the Bankers' Magazine :—"The opening k s 5 of the Parliamentrry campaign, and the favourable change in the weather, appear to have produced a satisfactory influence upon financial affairs. The Budget, although it has encountered opposition, has been carried by a large majority, and the mea sures of retrenchment adopted, with the re duction of ,the Income Tax, have increased the Confidence of the public. Notwithstand ing, some ,incline to the belief that greater economy might have been exercised ; the pre sent changes must be accepted as an earnest of what the future may produce. While we are thus experiencing the benefit of diminished taxation, there is confident anticipation that the settlement of the Persian question will ba shortly announced, and under these circumstances, one great cause of anxiety is allayed. The dispute with China does not create much alarm, and although it may partially restrict trade, the re,ulf, it is thought, will eventually prove advantageous to the whole of our European mercantile relations. The Bank directors having announced their inten tion o f ma ki ng advances on stocks, and also on bills not having more than six months to run, until the Payment of the April dividends at the rate of six per cent., increased animation has been witnessed in the market for public securities. But altkough this is the case, there is no immediate probabi lity of a reduction in the terms of discount, the demand generally being well maintained. Arrivals of gold from Australia have lately taken place to the extent of upwards of 1,000,0001., in additi o n to supplies from America, but the entire sum has beon absorbed by purchases on behalf of the Bank of France and those engaged in securing silver from the continent for remittance to the East and China. Fottunately the stock of bullion in the Bank has not undergone diminution, for, notwithstanding some withdrawals have taken place, the return of coin from Ireland, Scotland, and the provinces has been sufficient to replace the amount so as nearly to balance the total. The late failures in the Greek trade have not occasioned alarm. t 1100 15 I all 5 all t. 100 100 t. 100 n I all :6 all .0 8 i 0 45 25 all St. 100 20 all St. 100 St. 100 n 8i 25 17 St. 100 20 all 10 4 St. 100 10 all St. 100 10 all St. 100 10 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 12 all 50 all 16, 14! 16i 12 • ..__ it:100 L 6 6 _3 j. 114 1 all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all 122 22 St. 100 25 all 25 all St. 'lOO 10 1 10 1 ;t. !IMO ;t. 100 ;0 all 5 all 10 all 5 all ;t. 'lOO i 0 I 3i it. , 100 it.lloo During the last two or three . days there has been a sensible increase in the demand for discounts, but as this is known to arise from merely temporary ca uses it excites no uneasiness. The sank mini- Mum rate is not exceeded " out of doors," but, as Might naturally be anticipated, the bill-brokers and others avail themselves of the opportunity for ch arging as much as possible for accommodation. It is found that the extended inquiry emanated from t hecommercial community, who, besides the amount required to carry on current operations, are providing for the bills which become due on Wednesday next. In addition to these wants, which are im portant, and absorb a considerable sum, the settle- Merits at the Stock Exchange augment the pros "re. The account in Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares has just been arranged, and in a few days the monthly liquidation of speculative engagements in Consols has to be effected. These events neces sarily create an increased demand for loans, and On the Stock Exchange 6 to 6t per cent. has been freely paid for such assistance. As soon, however, as these liabilities are wholly re moved, it is presumed that the money market, assisted by large arrivals from Australia, will be come easier, although, of course, an immediate de cline in the official rate is not thought probable. The gradual improvement throughout the Conti nent encourages the hope that affairs here will take a similar course, although the extension of joint-stock enterprise may retard it. A small amount of gold, namely, 24,0001., was re ceived on Saturday, but the Blackwall, which has now been out about ninety days, has not yet arrived. During the next fortnight or three weeks large supplies are expected, which will not only a rIPPly the continental demand, but also tend to augment the metallic reserves in Threadneedle- Ito all t Street. The letters and papers by the overland mail con firm the intelligence received in anticipation from 10 Marseilles. There was a considerable pressure on lc t he Bengal Money Market, but symptoms of relief lc had been experienced during the fortnight preced- 2 big the departure of this mail. The new Govern plent 5 per cent. loan had not exercised any pre judicial influence, as it was not supposed that sub scribers would be found. The Ministerial crisis is the subject of general con- E variation in the City, and the speculators at the 1. Stock Exchange evince great interest in discussing 1( 1 , the probable result . of the struggle. Of course aPeculation in public securities is temporarily inac tive, operators for a rise or fall being alike per plexed ; prices consequently droop, but no 1 ( material decline has taken place. The pre- liminaey arrangements connected with the approaching settlement are now engaging chief attention, but although business in Consols 11 is dull numerous transactions are recorded in rail- ti way shares, which still tend upwards. Consols for transfer are 93i ; for account, 931 ; and for 11 April, 9 , 4. t. The New 3 per Cents. are 94 to 94k, the Reduced 93i 1 ; the New 2i per Cents. 77 •, and the 5 per Cent. Annuities 114. The ad vertised Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 3s. die., and the Bonds are 98i Bank Stock is 221. Foreign Stocks remain dull, but the quotations are well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen full 1 per cent, being 97/ for money, and 961 - to 971 for the account. Spanish Certificates are 61 Russian 41 per Cents. are 981. Sardinian 91, and Peruvian 4 per Cents. 80 ex-dividend. Dutch 21 per Cents, are 651. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign S toc k s :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi can, 211 221 ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; Portuguese 3 ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; per Cents. , 44 46 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 1 07 109 ; ditto 44 per Cents. , 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. , 4011 ; dittoDeferre, , ditto Certificates, ; ditto Passive, bib. There has been an active business transacted this morning in the Railway Share Market, and the prices realised show in almost all instances an im provement on Saturday's quotations. Caledonian have advanced 10s., Chester and Holyhead 55. , Eastern Counties 5 5. , Great Northern 15s , to i t. , Great Western 10s., Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s . , North-Western 5 5., Mid land 55., North Britis h 10s., Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton it., and South-Eastern 10s. Northern of France have risen 55. , Eastern of Fra nce 55., Grand Trun k of Canada 10s., and Great Western of Canada ss. Western of France were very steady. British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining shares rule very dull, with little alteration in prices to report. Devon Great Consols realised 454. North France, ; Wheal Kitty, 5 1, and United Mexi can, 4 t . Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show no material variation in prices. Bank of Australia are improved an d Westminster 55., 1./ London Ottoman B ank 58, Canada Land have risen 108., and North of Europe Steam declined 53. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT on O'CLOCK. (From the „Officia/ List.) Badness done Elnk Stock , ........ . 3 per Cent. Reduced.AnnuTt.i .... ************ ... 22 1 3 par Cont. Console All Ira. Kies ...................... 9 911 i New 3 per Cent. Annuitaes ......... 94' Now 2i per Cent. Annuities •,,; 7 7 - 7 5 per Cent. Annuities. **•... .. . ************ .. Low!, Annuities, expire .sth. • 4 1 ;: * ii it . s . 4 ...... 114 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 188 i ... — 4 d par Consols for Account ................ • ... ....,. .. 93 i i FAchequer Bills, 2,d. £560 Small . ...................... 1 p Ditto Advertised ........ ... . i . 3 4 ..... Ditto Bonds, 1t358, 34 per Cent. .... ......... 98.4 Ditto, 1359 ........... 98i i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent BO Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cont._ Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. Spanish Committoo Cert. of Coup. not fun ei Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 97 4 .Ditto Account Dividends on the above Japoio 1a Londcn. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gu11,,. 651 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, mon e y l)itto Account Ditto AND. Acmuit ~,,„,,,,,,,,,,,,,t, 91i d it. 100 ;5 23 15 16 PO all it 100 4. WO .0 ,31.1 . 0 ,0 17 Kt all LO all it. 100 !I) 16 [0 10 ;t. 100 st. 100 ;t. 100 X) 4 i 0 all it. 100 [0 all ;t. 100 !O all 15 all 15 15 :5 3 _l6i It. 100 . h. 100 5 22 O all °,O all iO all O all LO all 5 all 5 all ►o $1 LO all :0 all LO all 8 I all so' all I 0 all :olio 2 5 !O all THE SON, LONDON MOND A EVENING, MAUCH 2, 1857, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Le tang oinpanies Ln. &N. W. (;aleclon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Nortlin E. Count. Caldonian. Do Wit. Westn Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W di Midld Midland E. Count Do Do ' Do L. &I. W Do CA.Northn T. Brasscy M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do Closing Prices Saturday, 95 - 97 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 1_37 3i - 41 1.07 - 105 12i 13 23 -- 24 107 109 P 2a -- 2i 90 92 P 55 57 1 131. - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 32 - 3 3 88 - 90 ,E SFIARES._ oi 1= 94 o 7- 100 6 - 61 110 - 115 iP $. 1.1 - 12;4' 75 -- 76 115 - 117 111 - 113 103 - 105 62 - 64 10 - 104 95 - 96 84 -- 86 1.00 -- 102 10 -- 1041 16; -- 17 - 10 -- 10) 74 -- 76 19A -- 20 9i -- 10 143 -- 15 134 -- 136 37 - 140 .15 - 1:18 ,156 - 158 i - il) 65 - 68 134 - 136 97 - 99 87 - 89 - .0i -: 107 60 - 92 11 id 1 - 1108 - 110 114 - 118 1 105 - 110 65 - 70 17h - 18 234 - 244 100 - 102 91 - 1041 27 - 28 21 -- 2ip ... --- •• i 2i - 3 135& 98 RAILWAYS, St. 10 St. 10 25 a' 53t. 10 St. ILI Glstr.&Dn.Fr. .11 IHull & Selby. .11 Do. 1 Shares. 11 Do. i Shares. .11 ;Lon.&Greenvs .11 !Do.Prefenee 'lOO Buckgllamsl . Clydesdale Col.Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. IGlas. Barr. dr Neils.Diroct. St. !O 2; al 50 a] 25 al 12 al 12i al 20 a] Do. New. St. 11 64 Lon. Til., dES. 51 : Do. Birk. Sll. 11 'Manch.Bxton. and Matlocl: Maid. Brad . 5 Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. 11 N.&Est.s p.e. 11 Do. 6 per et 11 Do.Fixedsp.e 11 Prest. & Wyre 11 Do. Stirs. A Ip Roystn.& Hit. Al Shrews.& Her Al S. Staffordsli 11 WearVal.g6po 11 Do.. 0 Wilts &Sonarst 50 a] 50 al 50 al 25 a] 121 al St. 104 12 a: 50 al 25 a] j t.IV~ PREFEREN' Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (isid.at 501.) 0 Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares )0 Caledn..£lo 41 p. c. ID Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c. 10 Do. do. 5 p,r cent ill Cork &Bandonsip.c. ill Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. I) Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c, I) Do. do. Cls. C7p. c ill Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l ill Do. No, 2 ill Do. New 6 pr. c. ►ll East Un., G. 6 p. c. al Do. 51., 10 per cent. ill Do. 10/. Debcntr.Sh. al Do. do. 4 per cent 10 East Lane ash .6 p.cts. E.&l 7 sr. York. J. sths .5 Edin.&Gl. 5 p.c: Sh. 10 Ed. Prth.&D uu. 4p.c. i 9 Furness, sp. c 10 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 10 Great Northn. 5 p.c 10 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 10 Do. 4i per cent ..... i 0 Do. 5 p.c., Rect. at 5 St. 10; 20 St. 1.01 St. 10; St. 101 64 al St. l St. ti 20 a 5 a 10 a: St. a] St. :01 5 a] 10 St. 10 St 10 St. 10 St. 10 St. 101 St. 101 .00 61 p. c. prom. 10 all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pre St. 100 Gt. S &W. (Irelandy 20 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc St. 100 Do. con. red. 44 P.C. St. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. St. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent. St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 10 all Do .Chester Bp. c.P.S 10 all Do. do. sp. c. St. 100 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk. 26 2 all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh. 13A all Do. do. do 2(1 . all Do. do. do St. 100 Lan.& York. 6pc. St St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 St. 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 St. 100 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 St.iloo Lon. & N.IV., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et 'V Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares 124 all Londy.& Color. 4 Sh 120 all Londy.&Ennis. 4Sh St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent 6 44 Do. do. do. £6 St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 124 all Marypt. A Carl. 4 P.C. 134 all Do. 44 per cent 120 104 Do. do. St. 100 Aid.Consol.6 p.c. St St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c St. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St St. 100 Do. L. &IL Pref. St 10 all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm 8 10. Perpet. 6 pr. ct 11 gorf k.Deb.4 p.c. Sh )0 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 /0 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847 10 Do. Wy. V. sp. c. , 1847 10 North British 34 D ). 71 . Preference ... 10 Y.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf., iq Do. do. do .3 Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 0 Do. York IL &S. Pur 11 North Staffordshire 0 Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 10 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar._ dl Scot. Cent. New Pref. )0 Se. N. E. Aber. g. 6p. c. )0 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. )0 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St di South Devon ill Do. fixed 44 pr cent di S. Eastern (Readiu Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d 10 Do. 44 per cent 11 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 10 S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c 10 Do. do. 44 p. c B.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar dl Stock. &Dar., sp. c .5 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. St. lii 10 10 al St. 10 St. 101 St. 10 St. 10 St. 1k 17 20 1 , 12 25 1( 20 a] St. 10( St. lii St: 10 St. 10 St. 10 25 al 10 al 1.0.6 Rt. 10 10 al St. 10 St. 101 20 a . 25 a 25 1 12i 20 1 ... BRITISH 12 ;Alfred Cons. (Philk. .1 British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Ls • Great South Tolgus )/ 3 ; G rt. W. Alfrd. ) IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 16d Lady Bertha ri N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.B A sset (Illogan) 15 North Wheal Crofty LA Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) is. Sort. Cons. Min. Co i S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 9 S.W. Frances( Illogn. ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co 1% Tin Croft 0 lUn.Mines (Gwennap] 12s 6 V. of Towey (Camar.; 14 11V. Basset (Illog in) 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd; 58 Wh. Basset (Mogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. Edward(Calstck) 117s1Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) $ 11Vh. Ma. Atm (Menht.) 4} Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 63 6 9 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuei. 20 14 Ardennes. at .£5 pm) ••• 5 all Belgian East. Juuct. • li 12 1 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiadr 3 31 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 3 4 p 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re 19 21 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Coal Mines and Ry. 5/ 5i Co. of Jamaica.... , . Id p 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 32 ni . . 16 Copiapo 20 all Do. New all Fortuna 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... par i i , 20 all General • '2O 18 Gt Central of Franc e 4 — 41 p all Linares - ii 20 17 Great Luxembourg... 6 a 6 4 6 1 5 li Lusitanian I -- 3 1 1G 4 Italian Junction...... ••• ... 1 all Mariquita 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .... 1 all New Granada 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... —•...d 1 all Noveau Monde 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 6 1 — 62 p 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt • 8 -- 10 ...:: 5 all Lucca & Pist.sc.. l• • 5 1 Port Philip p. p • - • 30 15i1 Santiago do Cuba _ • 2 2t,i. la 20 all Lyons and Geneva 293 391 j 1 all `outh Australian • _ ... 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ••• 1 1 all Do. Scrip 33 all Maria Anteula 10 all Do. N ew ... ••• 28k all United Mexican ...... • 3i 411 41 20 all Na mur & Li ege -1 9A 9 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 204 —21 t 1 21 6 00 a aa: 1 174 1 11 No. Northern wega n o T i f . France France o -f 3 p ; !?! 31 MISCELLANEOUS. - 25 19 Australian Agricult. 23 25 20 all Paris and Lyons 573 — 5 7 i all Australn. Royal Mail • RR P: oep i em i ei s ir. en a a n t i d . Orleans, a i g i a. e a 7F n rp s a: e i 5 1 5 . —..... 57 p 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 5 53 2122100000 allaall ll Royals a, .) on Sambre bs e ii. a o n a d n Frascati Danish r a am Meuse s t e i .E . : 8 - 818 1 ; . i ,B( i i 8 50 40 Brit. American Laud 40 —45 100 32k Canada St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 110 111 1103 I St. 100 Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Auv. ... ... 5 all Royal Swedish aceeern.sti:. Prof 4. .; 1 14) i r m 1 4 : St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. ... ... 20 8 i all au S w n e u s t t he F i ll in a e a r of Franc prof, St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 25 all Do. Prof. 7§ p. cent. 26 28 10 20 allall W. &. sN4.wper. of Fran 5 all Crystal Palace 2l -23 5 all Do. Preference .9 a 10 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... France .32 323 20 6 Western ofA t • / US rm. p 1 B Duston Iron Ore 20 18 Eastern Steam •• ••• ••• 20 1 all West. of Switzerlan*ci -" 1 ' 6 1 all Wiesbaden St. 100 ElectricTelegra,ph ........ .. .. 1 all Electric Tel of Irel. ... ... 6 i all Do. Bp. cent. • prof. •'' _ •••• 20 I all Zea1and,,,,,,,,,,, ••• •.. 5 all En.daust.Cop.SmCo 13 —li ••••• ... ..... ... 10 10s. Eur. & Incl.Jetn. Tel. ... ... • 25 all Gen. Ir • Se. Col.(lim.) ... ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... .. 40 all 'Australasia. 99 101 101 100 20 5 London Discount ... 3 id 2211 4 0005 a aal l llso l ll mm L iviN o aace n txod d .dijet . Daeal G rnieai e in n a . sE o ti m ese n .a i Tvi b e u gl s .. : : 4 .. h _—__ ! . 3 : I i P 19a 1 2 0 . 0 5 1 5 8 0 3 Bank Baok of ff London 59 61 40? all Bri.Col Bk.& Ln. Co. ... _ ... s & oo S on A t m c e o r . ic .. n . 2 id 3 —___ 3 13 4 1 5 00 0 a 251051 ,'`Colonial !British iotlyo n.ya. I N . .t. .. .. : American A ... ... 20 6 C.Ek•of Ind•Au.&Ch la 1 d 25 5 Do. New - 100 ... ...................... .68 70 10 5 Netherlands Laud._ • 1 la • ••• ••• 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c•Pf.iss.at 1 d 4 •q 100 20 Cht 18 —18 k 1 Do. Do. 20 all ,Lon• Ch. B .o 2alol \CEounag.msceorciaoll of ua. . 12 . 181 f l4 Au u sti . 18i 1 - 181 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land P 1 • ••• St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. . — 99 . 1 all N. B. Australasian * i 1 2 500 0 0 a 2 5 10 01 LLno Ditto odd.&o N iEl ei lak . . n . c . 0 . 0.. no . . 10 . 1 . tr • yp . 1 . : 8 : a —__ . ••• • 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... •..d 131 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ••••• •... _ 1 1 all Oriental Gas • P o l3 li 100 20 Lond.andWestmi,nst. ... —__ •• 47 1 ss. Do. New Shares 100 35 National Pro. of Lug. ... •.. 5 all Peelßr. Lcl. & Minrl. 2i —22 -• 50 all Peninsular & Oriental - 20 10 Do. New............... ... —.... .. 50 10 Do. New 50 22?,• National Bank ...... ••• ...... 46 50 all ' Rhymney Iron ...... 23 -- 26 .1) 20 all New South Wales.,,, 47 15 all Do. New 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 38 ..... 1 3 1 9 , 20 15 , Ottoman Bank . ..... i 15j 16 100 60 (loyal Mail Steam__ 6 8 1 all scot. Austral. Invest. ia -- ii 10 0 25 Provincial' of Ireland ... ••• 1 all Do. New 10 all Do. New ... ••• St. 100 S.Aus. Gov.6p.c.bds. : ''' 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im•Co .,. ••• 25 all iouth Austral. Land in _ ii 25 all South Australia . •--- ••• 2 5 all Union of Australia GO 62 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i_ 1 •• . 2 I.D New 7 9 1 all Do. Registered 50 10 Union of Loudon ... •• • . . .•• 100 ,50 Unity Mutual .... .. .. : 11 9 d ( 11 2 00 0 2 5 84 ' v ri a l n istll o t o O n o ;s U L .C a .t o n d • ii ___ 16 B. 100' V 1 G9,62,c4n, 4; July ~. ...... ... , 10 0 \so WestrA Bk,o:Loud.. 10 :: ,.. i 8 d MINES. 22 -- 23 6i -- 7i 155 -- 165 t5O 460 )51 161 9 -- 10 - 61 1 18. -- 20 , 32 -- 34 64 - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 1$ -- li 330 - 350 74 8 340 - 360 1 - lA i - 43 )230 - 25( ) - 1 . 35 - 36 )160 - 170 280 - 300 280 - 300 4i - 5t 19 - 21 46 - 48 20 - 22 Business this day. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The March Sessions of the Criminal Court commenced this morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Hall, Alder man Wire, Mr. Sheriff Keats, and Mr. Under-sheriff Crosley and Anderton, &c., &c. The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said that he was happy to inform them that the number of prisoners for trial was small, and the nature of the charges such as to need no lengthened remarks from him. There was but one case involving the loss of human life, viz., that of a man named Hanamone, charged with manslaughter. It appeared that in a drunken brawl a blow was struck, and the deceased man fell with hie heal upon the kerb stone, and in that way met his death. If it were positively proved that the prisoner Hammond struck the blow that knocked the deceased down, he was undoubtedly guilty of man slaughter. There was another serious case, that of a man named John Holmes, charged with arson, and as persons were in the house at the time he set fire to it, it was a capital offence. The evidence he thought was very clear and distinct against him. The learned re corder then referred to the case of SAsvond and Anderson, charged with forgery, which wou'd present no legal difficulties. He regretted to find that one of the prisoners (Seward) was a member of the profession to which it had been his-(:he Recorder's) pride, for many years, to belong, and the crime he was charged with committing was, as he had said, th ) serious one of forgery. The chief evidence against the prisoners was that of two accomplices, an 1 the grand jury would have to take care that their evidence was corroborated. It would not, however, be necessary for them to enter into the case with that minuteness that the jury who would hereafter have to deal with it would consider it. Ho thought it his duty to make one general observation in reference to what occurred at the last session. The grand jury now administered an oath to the witnesses, and it was provided that they should place their initials against the names of the witnesses to whom the oath bad been administered. In most cases it was not necessary for the grand jury to examine all the witnesses in order to return a true bill, but he thought, that before they de termined to throw out a bill, all the witnesses in the case should be examined, for it was impossible for gentlemen who did not know the merits of the case, to say what particular witnesses might be able to throw a light on the subject. He had been led to make this remark, be cause he thought that the grand jury of last session had thrown out bills without examining all the witnesses, no initials having been placed against the names of some witnesses who certainly ought to have been examined. The grand jury then retired to the discharge of their duties. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL—This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TBLEORAPII.) Fisherman, Janet Pride, Peachum, T. P. Cooke, Gameboy colt, Mary, Siding, Waterfall, Miss Hark away, Tom Thumb, Gitana, Lady Helen, Pizarro, Wea.- tbercock, Reveille, Miss Birch, Pera, Lazy Lass, Sir Humphrey, Casee Cou, Jean du Quesne, Garry Owen, Black Swan, Dangerous, Squire of Bensbam, Forest Queen, Trembleur, Midge, Albatross, Sting, Lady Arthur, Harry Lorrequer, Omer Pacha, First of May, and Wild Strawber►y. Racing Fixtu] MAP vs for 1857. Liverpool Spring 3 Doncaster Spring 10 Salisbury l2 Warwick Spring l7 Northampto n 25 Croxton P ar k 3l ,IL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven 13 Abergavenny l6 York Spring 21 Malton 23 Newmarket F S 27 Durham l3 Coventry l3 Catterick Bridge l5 Chester —. 5 Shrewsbury - _ . Bath Epsom 2G Ludlow - 14 Bibury Club 24 Stockbridge 25 Winchester o 6 Carlisle 3O Chelmsford Manchester Ascot Beverley, Hull, &c 10 Hampton l7 Newton 17 Newcastle 23 JULY. Worcester 2 Newmarket , Nottingham 21 Stamford . 23 Goodwood .28 -UST. York . l9 Radcliffe Egbam 25 Stockton 27 Hereford 27 Liverpool l5 Ripon /forth Staffordshire 4 Brighton Brighton Club 1 Wolverhampton lO _... Reading - 12 SEPT] Warwick .... Cardiff Thirsk Lichfield Derby OCT' .4 or tballerton Chester Autumn 6 Wrexham 8 Richmond 8 MBER. Doncaster 15 Leicester - 23 Manchester Autumn 24 Monmouth 24 Newmarket F 0 29 IBER. ' Newmarket S 0 l2 Warwick Autumn 2O Newmarket 1 2O NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn 3 Liverpool Autumn lO Wenlock Shrewsbury Autumn ...17 Irish Racing Fixtures for 1857. MARCH. Howth and Baldoyle 5...17 Curragh Camp Meeting.2s ...21 MAGAZINES. Blackwood. —Out of the contributions making up the Marcia number of Blackwood, t,ree are " con tinuations." The charming st.a.y of " Tne Athe lings" being of course the chief among them. The influences in it of the "Three Gifts" become more and more clearly develcped. Agnes with her genius bewitching the unbelieving Rector Li )nel, and fas cinating even the fastidious iss Anastasil. Marian with her beauty winning the sympathies of the lat ter no less effectually. The perseverance, or pluck, or resolution, or whatever we may call it, of Charlie placing already in the hands the big b the clue to the mystery requiring saltation in Italy, where the said big boy is still left cross-exam . ning the Natives and thumbing his d)gs-earcd Grammar. The avalanche, threatening at the close of the last instalment to overwhelm Lord Winterbourne, has fallen. It being nothing less awful, in pont f jet, than the sudden and premature death of his on'y son—the heir to his titla and es' a'es. Title and. estates, as the readers of " Ti:e Athelings" now know, not his by right —hi s o n ly wrong . B y a w r it has become the aim and object of the narrative to avenge and expiate. The second serial here couti nued.gives us a second portion of " Scenes of Cleri cal Life"—this said second portion illustrating in an eccentric way "Mr. Gill's Love-Story"—'not Mr. Gilfillan's ! The third serial amusing us with the second of Phosphorus's garrulous and gossip ping " Letters from a Lighthouse." For a wonder we have in this March number of Maga a poet'cal contribution —an unacknowledged claesic '' L of an Old Greek Vase," cornmern:)ra'ive of " The Conquest of Bacchus." So that, to our amaze ment, Mythology has st;11 its charms somehow for Blackwood—a th;rag we should never for one instant have anticipated ! " 2Est het . c 3 among the Alps— Element of Pow: r" is thn rather vague and pre tentious title of the introduct, , ry essay this month of the Magazine. A theme congenial to the taste, if not coincident in every respect wi h the judg ment, of Mr. Ruskin. "A Crow Plucke 1 with Mr. J. Bull" fails, to our thinking, in drollery, because the writer of it (as the very title of the paper inti mates) sits down with a predetermined resolution to be funny. If we laugh as we read, the laugh is forced—for the sole reason, perhaps, that in laugh ing we feel all the while, as it were, as though we were simply laughing to order ! " Picture Books " have suggested a pleasant sort of oninium gatheruns review, in which certain popular illustrators— such, for example, as Birket Foster and John Gilbert—are duly and deservedly enl gised. On , - of the principal of these recently embellished pub lications, being reserved as the subj.:et for a sepa rate and more elaborate criticism—a criticism con stituting Maga's tribute to the genius of " Barry Cornwall." Conspicuous among the attractions of the number under notice is au interesting magazine tale, in four chapters, entitled " Hester Benfield." The tenth contribution to Maga for March, nut yet mentioned, being a very reedable sort of a gene ralised resume of " Arctic Adventure." Dublin.—" The Fortunes of Gleneore" are con- tinned, and are evidently approaching a conclusion. The scene is laid entirely in Italy, and the Princess and Sir Horace are deeply engaged in forming schemes for the vindication of Lady Glencore, and the establishment of the unfortunate Massy. This story possesses an interest from its varied pictures of existence at borne and abro id, and the spirited way in which the events are describel " Clerical Life in Ireland" is an article well worthy of perusal. It relates to the memoir of the Rev. Godfrey Massy. The circumstances of his life were painful. His position as a Protestant clergyman in the midst of Catholics was of course an unnatural one, and be lived during some of the worst years of Ireland. Godfrey Massy exhibited a courage that was of essential service to him in many critical instances, and by his decision and promptitude he overcame obstacles on several occasions. His health subse quer): ly sunk underhisgreat exertions. It is observed that the intellectual produce of Ireland has always been spontaneous, but that no encouragement is held out for its display in the Church. Oratory is comparatively unknown in the pulpit. It is argued that if this was more sought after and encouraged a marked improvement would take place. " The Swifts, Burkes, and Sheridans of Ireland are her protest against being forgoAeu, and her pledge of the faculties essential to fame. To have produced the most powerful writer of the Augustan age of England, the greatest political philosopher of the age of Pitt and Fox, and the most brilliant wit in the annals of the drama, are the trophies of the Irish mind." "Tutors of the Young Idea" is a clever sketch of " Somebody" and " Nobody," showing the vast difference created by position in the lives of those living at a stone throw's distance of each other. The former is surrounded by all the appliances of wealth, the latter doomed to the most sordid poverty. "The Castle of Dublin" contains a description of that fortress. It is remarked that the object is not only to redeem the building from obscurity, but the personages connected with it also. It will be interesting to many to peruse this early record of the Castle, and the information is varied by striking occurrences. " A Winter Night's Wake," by Jonathan Freke Slingsby, is an enter taining subject. It contains some clover passages, and the story of it is interesting. There is a num ber of songs introduced, which imparts a variety, and the heroine, Marian, is a simple maiden, gentle and pleasing. Several other papers are met with in this number, among them the strange story of " John Twiller." Fraser.—The remarkable fecundity of the age in the way of authorship, and the serious defects in style of some of our most influential writers, have brought a leading contributor to the rescue of British literature. Such, at least, is the reason assigned for the appearance of the first part of a lecture on " Literary Style," in which most of the principal British authors of the age are made to pass under review. A good deal of the criticism advanced is unexceptionable, but more than one general favourite is treated with a sevt rity, to which we must take exception. A writer who teaches by example, even if a critic, should, in consistency, endeavour to "approve himself" just. " The In terpreter ; a Tale of War," is continued, and in the present instalment the reader will find a partial fulfilment of the favourable prediction pronounced in our last notice, together with unmistakeable in dications of the sort of fate awaiting the morbidly sensitive hero. He is fairly launched as a lover, the lady, we suppose, being intended for the hero ine, the Hungarian or "the torturing rival," and the Ropsley, now a captain in the Guards, for the villain. " Boswell's Letters" are the subject of an entertaining review, which is followed by an inte resting paper on "Rooks," contributed by one who has evidently made these remarkable birds a study. Among other accounts there is one of a colony formed of their own free will in the garden of Gray's-inn, some years ago, bat now broken up, the bird however, coming in flocks to feed there to the present day. "A Few Notes on Canadian Mattere deserve more attention than they are likely to meet with, it being part of our superiority as a nation to have no care in such se rious matters for the morrow. "Is it not a JIIIS t tke," the writer demands in sober earnest, " that we English commit, to care wore, as we undoubtedly do, for an ascent of Mont Blanc, or a quarrel about some isolated scrap of the Rubric than for the fate of the millions whom our high civilisation has sent to find bread elsewhere 7" " Tho Gladiator of Ravenna," a German play by Friedrich Halm, from whose " Der Sohn der Wildniss," the play of " Ingomar" is taken, is introduced to the Eng lish reader in an appreciating notice, and to judge by the extracts given is deserving of high praise. It is quite clear Shakspere has not been studied in Germany so intensely for nothing. " A Chapter on Flowerless Plants" will be found interesting to the naturalist—a review of " Kemble's article oState Papers" to the reade r of history, and an bt n " Public Affairs," whi ch concludes tae num sr o politicians. The key-note is, The Star of Lord & s a c d d a s t n o t n , e a is s m all r c t i e i e n s g ly s cons idered it should b e Palmerston is i n the l dissected. " Instead of a manly reliance on his abilities, a fixed and straightforward course, ho has ~ are told, " a crooked and fantastic preferred," evasion of responsibility, and a devious policy, action into which no man can venture to follow him ;" and no man in the house, it is \dded, is followed less. Colburm's United Service. —" The Life of Napier" is the subject of the opening paper, - the review a highly eulogistic one, concludiug as follows : " Tile highest compliment we can pay to Sir Wm. Napier (the biographer), is to say that he has rea lised the idea with which he set out, and given us " the story of a msn who never t trnished his repu tation bya sh imeful deed ; of one who subdued dis ' tank nations by his valour, and then governed them so wisely that English rule was reverenced, and lived wi:ere before it had been feared and exe crated !" And now we await its conclusion. " A Few Reniaks on voluntary Enlistment and Armies of Reserve" appear ,to have been suggested by what the writer designates " The palpable failure of voluntary enlistment under existing regulations to fill our ranks with eligble recruits during the late war." The writer recommends a reform lathe distribution of the army, and a more liberal rate of pension, and advances condemnwory strictures on certain parts of Gen. Wyndham's plan. A second notice of " The Theory of War" is followed by fur ther criticism on "The Regulations of the Army." " Tho General's Hut in the Trenches" is continued, and we have a glimpse of several civil and military notabilitiez, including the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Russel, Miss Nightinga!e, Gen. Markham, and Marshal Pelissier. " A Scramble Through the Hills to Cashmere" may be got through without difficulty, so far as the present iustalment goes. " Austrian Soldiers and Statesmen in the Nine teenth Century" are cinsidered, with due re membrance "that the hereditary tendency of the Slaavic races to absolute government arises from an excessive submission to authority." The weak point of Austria, according to the writer, is Lombardy, whiei "must always (?) re main a running sore." The recent amnesty is de scribed as " a temporary emollient--certainly not a definitive cure." "The Boatmen of the Coast" is a paper which ought to be read, the writer en deavouring t ) do justice to the gallant crewsof our life-boats, whom he, in conclusion, wishes all honour, prosperity, and success. "Notes on Mili tary Science" are continued ; and "The Caspian and its Shores," are the subject of an in'eresting historical vietw, which is to be continued. "The Editor's Portfolio" yields a by no means flattering notice of the way in which some parties have set about raising a Testimonial to Lord Har dinge. The force of the objections advanced agaiust the late Commander-in-Chief being honoured with an equestrian statue, would not have been diminished had there been no pre vious indications of a bias certainly not in favour of the deceased veteran. "The Victoria Cross," it would appear, could not be distributed without the Commissioners appointed to elect its recipients dis charging their duties in a manner so unsitisfactory as to provoke well-grounded, complaint. "Reform for the Navy" contains this serious allegation : "Proverbial as the Admiralty has always been for jobbery and corruption, no First Lord has ever abwed his patronage so grossly and continuously as Sir Charles Wood." This is going ahead ! The New Monthly.—Theopeninvz paper is a con tinuation of the "Memoirs of the Due de Raguse," under the tit'e of " Tl!e War of Liberation." "A Dreain from Heaven," by the author of "Ashley," gives us the conclusion of the history of Adam Grainger and Margaret Channing. It is written in this writer's interesting style, and conveys an exc.ell,nt moral. Adam Grainger, reduced to poverty and unable to obtain employment, forms the iall. and cowardly project of committing suicide, ' and abandoning his wife and children. He is pre vented by a warning dream, and renews his endea vours.with a perseverance and spirit that obtain success. An account of the " Renaissance at Ahi wick Castle" will be interes'ing to antiquaries. A memoir of Sylvain Bailly o•:'cupies this number of " Notes on Note-worthies," and draws a striking picture of the death scene of one of the victims of 1789. The tragic story, under a comic title, of Mr. Joshua Tubbs is proceeded with in its usual man ner. " A Swedish Voyage round the World" is also continued, and describes San Francisco and its inhabitants. Florentia contributes a paper on " The Batha of Lucca," and a description Of "An Autumn in Italy." " The Talker and the Worker," by T. E. Carpenter, is concluded wish melancholy interest. Alexander Andrews brings down his " History of the Newspaper Press " to near the close of the last century. There is no poetry this month. The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. John Murray. An interesting and able essay (prize) on " Bring ing Moor Land into Cultivation" opens the num ber. The writer's attention is principally directed to moorlands in an elevated position, and he may be said to have succeeded in diminishing the many obstacles to their cultivation by his remarks and suggestions. The subject of the succeeding essay is of kindred interest and importance. It is the "Action of the Atmosphere upon Newly Deepened Soil," which is clearly shown to be that of a power ful fertiliser. Who at all conversant with atmos pheric action could doubt the fact ? And yet many of our agriculturists who act upon it do so to all appearance unwittingly, or why, for instance, the necessity for this treatise ? "The Farming of War wickshire" is described in four divisions, and though not first class, we are happy to find there are tokens of steady improvement. The farmers of Warwickshire, it would appear, are not now the "sly jealous set" Mr. Murray de scribed them. " The Construction of Labourers' Cottages" is the subject of a suggestive and well illustrated essay, creditable to the writer and the conductor of the journal. It is always pleasing to witness anxiety manifested for the sanitary and social welfare of the toiling labourer, who literally earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, and is too often lodged in a hovel wholly unfitted for human residence. Professor Buchanan, of the Agricul tural College, Cirencester, contributes an article " On the Natural History of British Meadow and Pasture Grasses," in which various species are lucidly described. This is followed by another paper in connection with atmospheric action, being "On the Different Mechanical Modes of Deepen ing the Staple Soil in order to give it the Full Benefit of Atmospheric Influence." A variety of reports and miscellaneous contributions make up the contents of the number. The Journal of Agriculture. Blackwood and Sons. The collection of " Agricultural Statistics for 1856," though attended with considerable difficulty, has, we are told by "an Enumerator," been crowned with complete success. Among other notabilia we observe an increase of 15,122 acres in the area of tillage ; an increase of horses, sheep, and lambs, and of cows and cattle, but a decrease of calves, making a decrease in the total of cattle as compared with the returns of the preceding year. An increase in wheat and oats respectively of 2,200,000 bushels and 1,800,000 bushels, but a decrease in barley of 500,000 bushels. A great deficiency is reported in the potato crop 1 An interesting paper on " Tropical Cultivation, and its Limits follows." After a residence of 13 years within six degrees of the equator, the writer expresses his firm conviction that a temperate full l c p lii roe a dn t tu e production h o o e t f m e n o e re rgi e n s e c o e i ss in a raytk than fortihteisffuolrl thede vfeul the most valuable kinds of food. " Characteristic; of the Year 1856," and a paper on " Salmon and Pisciculture" will repay perusal, as will "Notes on Novel ies at the Smithfield Club Show." Besides the above, there is a variety of papers of more or less interest to the agriculturist. The National Magazine hopefully pursues its useful and entertaining career under the able editor ship of Messrs. J. Saunders and Westland Marston. The part for March contains a variety . of high class literature, combining the amusing and the instruc tive, together with a number of superior engravings of subjects judiciously selected, and worthy of the attention of the public. No. XVl- LAittrleemDaorrkraibt.ly n ß u y mb Ch er at as ies fDarickasens. one For in it old Mr. Dorrit dies—in it we hear importantte last in life of the mean spiritedhling 1 Father of the Marshalses, incident i s e nd c o ncer ned. bsb A c ' p Rae, so thoroughly and entirely obnoxious, character intr;nsical y so detestable so con temptible, w t e cannot find our sympathies touched for a single instant by the narrative of his demise—in spits of its being glorified,. in a manner, by the love of Amy, and eloquent in every word with the pathos of Charles Dickens. We turn from the corpse of the miserable old hound calling himself a "gentleman" with a sense of relief at being at length—ha—well rid—hum—of him. Regrettlng his death only because of its causing the decease immediately afterwards of his faithful and admiring brother the old quondam clarionet player Frederick. The first symptoms of Mr. Dorrit's failing vitality are exhibited, by the way, in the family banquets here fantastically described as of a decidedly C 6 pruney and prismatic" character ! re than the sir about making Mrs. General his.mo a. it middle-aged bride, leading him upon the were, of his dissolution, to the extravagance of kissing that lady's knuckles. eve, as salute cm a been " a lectured by our author to have 1,, lea rather bony kiss, of a cosmetic i fl i a ls e vr b ' y two--we ing the Dotrit family thus dim l of information about M, Bland 1 • follow Arthur Clennam for aohlinlecitoo his castles in (Coatlhtswinitiqeumest, Bentley's Miscellany. —The number for the pre- I sen t month does not offer any striking attractions. Dudley Costello's tale of the times, "The Mil lionnaire of Mincing-lane," is proceeded with, and is c hiefly occupied in informing the reader of the antecedents of the characters of the story. "A Summer in the Sahara" is an entertaining account of the adventures of a French artist intent on studying the peculiarities of the desert. " Mingle Mangle," by Monkshood, gives us a sketch of the careor of Ronsard, whose songs were so popular in France in the sixteenth century, and whose efforts to alter the French language were more ambitious than succatsful. An interesting traveller's sketch shows us a panorama of Amsterdam, Paris, and Venice, founded on another French work recently published. It hag not much novelty, but is an in teresting outline. " Thanatos Athanatos "is con tinued in the same style. "The Coroner's Inquest" is the continuation of the story that appeared last month, and still remains to be concluded. " By ways of History" has some remarks on tho tragedy of Sir Edwundbury Godfrey, in which it is observed that his real name was Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, has I but like the names of Masaniono, ilougoument &C., having once been circulated wrongly, it ha since been impo , sible to rectify it. "The Gallery Rigaud) from Miss Wade, the abominlble 1 A n d of Theatrical Portraits " has reache I the third here we at once gladly afford to a rather elaborate number, PTO narrates the history of William not , ., prefixed to the present number by Mr. Dowton. Dickeus, the benefit, such as it is, of our circulation It is a note, as the read r will observe, minutely aud rather anxiously explanatA7 : "By an oversight of the author's, which be did not observe until too late for correction in the first impres sion of the numbei for last month (No. XV.), the name Rigaud is used in the 17th chapter of the Second Book, instead of Blandoi3. The personage in the story who assumed the latter name, is habitually khown to the aulior by the former, as his real one • and hence the mistake. It is set right, if the reader will hare the goodness to substitute.the word 13Iandois for Rigaud, in that chapter when it occurs. The chapter commences at page 467, and ends at page 474." Nothing whatever is learnt, in the present number, as to the cause of the mysterious disappearance of th;s horrible ay assin M. Rigaud, alias Thandois. At Clennam has an unsatisfactory interview about the matter with Miss Wade—attended at the close of the interview by Harriet, otherwise Tatty ceram. Tbey meet, by the way, in a room at Miss Wade's Calais residence, in which we note among the marvellously characteri-tic still-life, such -exceed ingly Gallic eltbies as "a little round nt table, with a tumultuous assemblage of legs 'underneath :" and, upon the mantel-piece " a Greek warrior with his helmet off, sacrificing a clock to the Genius of- France !' Arthur Clen nem' harried about the Calais streets by hotel touters, such, for example, as the one described at p. 493, as "a native gentleman in a suit of grease, and a cap of the same material," returns to Lon don only just in time to tike leave for awhile of , his wise and honest partner, Daniel Doyce—off, as it appeees, on some engineering expedition for the Emperor of all the Russian. Arthur does more, however, than this almost immediately upon his re turn homewards. He sets upon the trail of Rigaud the assassin, true-hearted little chirruping Jean Baptist Cavaletto. As to the autobiographic reve lat one of Miss Wade (constituting the whole of chap. 21, book ii ), while they help to explain much that was bewildering and incomprehensib'e in the plot of " Little Dona," they at the same time only demonstrate more clearly than ever the detestable peculiarities of that most intolerable cha racter. Henceforth Miss Wade may be placei in the same category with Miss Dartle, the one blot in our authot's otherwise perfect mestetpiece— " David Copperfield." Ask Mamma." By the Author of "Handley Cro=s" and " Soapy Sponge." Illustrated by John Leech. Part I. A comical new serial, by a popular humorist— drolly written, and most facetiously illustrated. It gives promise already by the broad fun of the opening chapters—delightfully acceptable promise —of many a hearty laugh t) come. A prospect not to bs wondered at when the Author is the cele brant of the renowned Air. Jorrocks, and the Artit the chief glory of that merry old gentleman Mr. Punch ! Our Hero's Ancestors — Pere et Mere— occupy our attention in Part One : "our hero," by the way, let Ili say at once, being no other than one Fine Billy, otherwise Billy Pringle. Pringle, the elder, after the fashion of the famous lover in the Comic Song, falls in love with Miss Willing— " iirhich was a Lady's Maid !" Miss Willing's earlier experiences in wbich capacity are ludicrously enough narrated at the outset. As in the irnitance of the family she fedi con strained to leave, because at odd times her master would come into her mistress's roam with nothing on but his shirt and his spectacles ! The way in which the said Miss Willing "hooks" as well as " eyes" Mr. William Pringle is a thing to grin over while reading, as one can't help grinning ever John Leech's own inimitable caricatures. Ho is fairly hooked, by the by, to the suppressed amusement of °Le Blood-Red Ben, and of another " white lashed" Pheasant:Feathers. The former of the-e two worthies being a House Porter : and the latter the slatternly daughter of some down-country poacher. We shall look forward to the cootnua tion of "Ask Mamma" with a tolerable certainty of finding in it a genuine source of amusement. The Year Book of Facts in Science and Art. 1857. By John Timbs, F. S. A. _ _ Another useful book by the painstaking and able author of " Things not Generally Known," being an exhibition of the important discoveries and im provements of the past year in mechanics and the useful arts, natural philosophy, electricity, chemis try, zoology, and botany, geology and mineralogy, meteorology, and astronomy. The sources from which the facts have been drawn are the records of the proceedings of learned societies and other reli _ able storehouses of information. The author has compiled the matter juliciously, and with an im partiality sufficiently obvious to inspire confidence in its trustworthiness. The value of such a work will be best appreciated by those whose access to scientific reports and journalistic announcements is limited, while none who take an interest in the advancement of art and science will fail to is. cognise in "The Year Book of Facts" an imme diate boon, and the forerunner of an invaluable series. The English, Cyclopcedia...• A Popular History of England. Bradbury and Evans. " The English Cyclopdia" has reached the forty-ninth part, and extends from Nash to Pater son. Among the most remarkable names in this number are, of course, Nelson and Newton. Many living celebrities are also included—Viscount Pal merston and Omer Pacha among them. The work is too well known and widely circulated to require criticism, and will doubtless continue to obtain the encouragement it merits. " The Popular History of England" is a useful work, but not of so high a character. It has reached the fifteenth part, and brings down the history to near the c'ose of the reign of Henry the Eighth. It will be useful as a summary, and the illustrations are a great attraction. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(This Day.) -..110•----- LONDON, March 2.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; Light airs and hazy. PLYMOUTH, March. —Wind E. S. E.—Arrived—Politina, from Havana ; Willing, Lyme, for Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, I.—A ship's life-boat, about 30 feet long, paintei white, with blue upper strake, apparently new, was picked up on the 22d Feb., in lat. 47 N. lon. 9 W., by the Halcyon, arrived here. YARMOUTH, March I.—The Dutch galliot Harmonie, from Lyme to Bayonne, got athwart hawse of the brig Sarah, of Whitby, in the roads yesterday, and received some damage. CLYDE, Feb. 28. —Wind W.S. W.—Arrived—Glasgow (s.s.), from New York. Sailed—Brechin Castle, for Ba tavia ; City of Madras, Calcutta. WATERFORD, Feb. 28.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrived-- Clara, from St... John's, Newfoundland. SWANSEA, March t.—Wind N.E.--Sailed—Swansea, Knight, and Ogilby, for Coquimbo. LivirtPoor,:klaiN;h I.—The Kalamazo, from Now Or leans, reports passing, on the 11th Feb., in 40. N. —. N. a quantity of bulwarks. (P s E O R u E T L H E A CP . r u It r IC TO TE N LE , G xE R O A N P D H.) Ay }BURNING. Wind easterly, fine. Airived, Feb. 28.—Gipsy, from Llanelly ; Louisa, Ex. ter ; Emerald, Smyrna ; Chance, Dublin ; Four Brothers Lime ; Pope, Portsmouth; Argyll (steamer), Carentan. Arrived, March 2—Ariel and Ea-1 Gray, from Cardiff; Ann and Maria, London; Le Coq, Cherbourg. Sailed, Feb. 28 —Cicely and eltalanta, for Sciderlani; •Alarm, Portsmouth ; Mechanics' Own, Cardiff. Sailed, March 2—Florida, for Carliff; E litti, Llanelly; Clara, Sunderland; Charlotte, Guernsey; Sandford, for Shields. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning, Wind S.W. Arrived—Gipsey Queen, from Charleston. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 284 Wind S. Arrived—Jessie, from Ibraila. (BY BIIBMARINIC AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.5 a.m. Wind calm, weather foggy, tide last hours' ebb. Arrived, Ist—Rebecca, and Alionette, from Embden. Sailed, Ist—Soho, for Havre. 2d—Wisconsin, for Sydney. DEAL, Monday, 9.50 a.m. Wind E.N.E., moderate, and hazy. Passed Dungeness yesterday—Ariel, from St. Michael's; Agenoria, from Galatz ; Ocean, from Sicily—all for Lon. don. Passed, Ist—Vesta (s.s.) for Oporto ; Dreadnought, for Cape of Good H ope ; Sally, for Colombo ; Feronia, for Canaries ; J esam i ne , f or Malaga; Sarah Fox, for Swaim* —all from London. Passed, March 2.—Pori from Chris. tabel, North, for N r alg a lZ i f Hampden, fro m Newcastle, for Constantinople; and '" s! tabel, from Sunderland, for Calderia A small bri g , suppose d to b e a collier, is t north part of th e G oo d w i n Sande. Several bts gone tore on the • her assistance. ____—..------.. -- .....—.-------------- ITALIAN BRIGSAND 6101tTAD. —The lofty towers Of Italy (says Mr. R. Rawlinson), and the minarets of the if so good as, the modern archi. But, are for the most part c onstructed of bricks and i s command. The proportion of mortar. I have examined the bricks, and I have tested the mortar, and I found that neither the one nor the brick to mortar in the foreign structures differs,. moss materially from ra d • - etethetermiasybhetatveer atltle.ho however, to o ern practice. The bricks. of Italy and of the East are very thin in pr These bricks (or r are a a s o w r e bed sh — onu i lnde inch, op e n the most inch and a quarter, in thickness. almost sci de l s a i r g e oa b t: 'them) tiles, are frequently set or bedded in mortar as thickly spread as the bricks, so that there is almost as muc h mortar as brick. rom my examination I have no hesitation in saying that the permanence of the work is in a great measure dependent on this liberal use-of bard-netting, tough mortar. The tornado's sweep and the earthquake's shock have alike failed to overthrow these slender and lofty piles; though many times they must have shaken, vibrated, and bent under the furious effects of the contending elements and dread tremblings of the earth. The elasticity and tenacity of the mortar have, in my opinion, alone preserved th'e structures from sudden overthrow.—,7% Buighz• I SHARE MARKETS—{This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. RAILWAYS. Pa'd 2ii 91 %Jahr,. Nottng. Bost. d; Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Btrmng. Wolverh. dz Stour Valley... Birkonhd. Lancsh. 411 Cheshire Junct Blackburn .. Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter...- Caledonian........ Mester 1.1 Holyhead Cork and Bandon "jork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJum. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, A. stk. Do., do. B. ...... Do. New A.„ 'East Kent . East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. 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Galway 4 I Ballyeigh Tamore 11 I Tuam not fixed Killarney lB SEPTEMBER, Curragh 2 Jenkinstown Park 22 Catherciven OCTOBER. Kilkee Armagh 7 Down R. Corporation...2l Curragh 13 Cork 27 THE MOLT RABBIT CASE. The man John Hagon, mentioned in Thursday even ing's Sun as having been summoned to answer another case of alleged trespass on "the Lows Common in pur suit of conies," appeared on Saturday list at the Shire hall, Holt, before the Right Hon. Lord Hastings, Lieut.- Col. As I,y, and W. Hamilton Pemberton,=Esq. Notwithstanding a moat able defence on the part of flagon by Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Norwich, and evidence being adduced clearly showing that for a period of forty five years not only the holders of common rights, but other poor inhabitants, had maintained undisturbed pos session, exercising this felt, the magistrates convicted flagon in the penalty of 2/., with expenses, or, in de fault, two months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE DIVISION IN THE LORDS.—It is an instructive fact, that notwithstanding Lord Derby's earnest appeal to the Christianity and humanity of the Bench of Bishops, in the peroration of his speech on Thursday, only four Right Rev. Prelates, and these all Tractaristr, voted against Ministers. No fewer than fifteen Bishops, with Lord Shaftesbury, voted with Ministers. —Morning A dver tiser. ACTION Or SUGAR ON THE TEETH.—M. Larez, in a courec of investigations, arrived at the following con clusions relative to the action of sugar upon the teeth : —l. Refined eugar, from either cane or beet, is injuri ous to healthy teeth, either by immediate contact with these organs, or by the gas developed while it is in the stomach. 2. If a tooth be macerated in a saturated so lution of sugar, it is so much altered in its chemical cmposition that it becomes gelatinous, and its enamel opaque, spongy, and easily broken. 3. This modifica tion is due, not to free acid, but to a tendency of sugar to combine with the calcareous basis of the tooth. — Medical Times and Gazette. WILLS.—The will of the Hon. Sir Edward Ha r (Baron) Alderson was proved under 60,0001. ; Sir Wm. Lewis Salisbury Trelawney, Bart , of Cornwall, 6,000/. ; the Dowager Countess of Carhampton's will has just been proved in London ; Ed ward Croosdaile, E3q., late of Boulogne, 35,0001. ; Daniel Chambers Mack right, Esq., M.D., of Jersey, 2,000/. ; Henry Waterland Root, Esq., of Lincoln, 10,000/. ; William Tod d, Esq., of Barnsbury Park , 20,010/. A letter from Berlin of the 23d, in the Cologne Gazette, says . :—" We are assured that the affair of Neuchatel has taken a favourable turn during the 13st few days. Instructions for the ambassador at Paris, Count do Hatzfeldt, are to be sent off in a few and it is said that they are of such a nature as to leave no doubt of the early conclusion of the affair." The Prussian Correspondence of B erlin says "It is untrue that M. de Wildenbusch, Prussian Ambassador to Constantinople, has be en recalled, as stated by some journals. That diplomatist has me rely obtained temporary le 3 vo (,)f abseuck, to visit this capital," aca. , 1 101 11 33} 831 3 514 81i I 25 I [x d