The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

Irnimr.•••••••••...A.••••••••.r• .r........... MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS-(This Day.) -4,--. RAILWAYS. AIM closing rr.0.,., Business done COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. yesterlay. this day. 124 10 imbg. Nottng. Bost. CITY, Two o'Cnocs. Is Eastn. June._ .. 41 - .4 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday mani- 50 all qelfast & Ballymena 8 - 81 131 all qtrmng. Wolverh & tested a firm appearance, and the valises of most Stour Valley .6- 70 des cr iptions advanced fully id. per lb. The sa l es st , 10) n rkonhd. Lanesh & were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,500 of which were Cheshire Juliet ... - ... 25 all Blackburn . I 9 i - 91 taken by the speculators. The Railway Share 25 all Blyth & Tyne original Market closed steadily, and prices are a shade £25 (iss. at £l5) ..• - ... St. 100 Bristol & Exeter.- Si - 88 87 higher. St. 100 Caledonian Bl - 82 811 2 Although there has b'en a favourable subsidence st. 100 mester di Holyhead 33 •-• 35 31 of commercial failures, the exciting terms of dis- 50 all Cork and Bandon 7 - 9 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• - ••• count and the injurious influence of recent events 20 all Cornwall 4 - 6 are still producing a good deal of distress, and 10 all Da. A •.. - ... numerous small houses are compelled to appeal to 1 , 3 4g Da D blln ß &BelfastJunc •••••• -- ....., the consideration of their creditors. A large 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc 8 - Bi, number suspend, which the public are S 2 t o . 100 East Eastern ,kni o a u n nt . ie . s .***** 15 q = Ni 1:1 never informed about, the amounts in- St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 40 - 44 volved, although, in the aggregate, extensive, St. 1.00 Do., do. B. ...... being individually unimportant. It is thought 25 84 Do. New A l7 - •• 25 171 East Kent • • - 18 that the list, so far as large firms are concerned, st. 100 East Lancashire 9l - - 93 921 is pretty nearly complete, but during t he next few 20 I'l , l Ea D st o Suffolk .... ..:.• months occasional instances of stoppage will, no St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 60 - 62 61 2 doubt, be recorded. Three were announced yester- 10 all st• 100 Edin.nl b ) .. . prt an h d P a e D eb u l n es d . ee iii - iii 291 4 day, viz.. •Messrs. Lloyd Brothers, picture dealers 19 all Forth and ClydeJunc ... - ... and exporters ; Messrs. C. Nicholson and Co. St. 100 Furness ' . . - ••• William w .Western 89 - 9 1 904 warehousemen, both of London, and Mr. .n. au 100 Groat N. of Scotland 94 - 104 Reid, wholesale grocer, of Edinburgh, with liabili- St. 100 Great Northern 97 - 974 971 7 ties estimated at 20,0001. or 30,000/. st. 100 Do., A. Stock St. !WO Do., B. Stock 122 - 123 A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. E. St. 'lOO Gt. Sth.dzWest.(lre) 96 - 98 971 Sieveking and Co., has been hel d t o -da y , and the 5t.11.00 Great Western. St. 1.00 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 53 - 62 following balance-sheet was presented :- 12 ' all Irish South-Eastern. ••• - 1 ••• i DR. 5C , all Lancaster &Carlisle. 76 - 79 76 To sundry c reditors-as per statement £77,229 310 161 1411 Do., Thirds .71 - 81; To sundry creditors par tiall y secured, as 16-1 12 Do. New Thirds .... 7 - 84: £lB,OOO 0 0 per statement St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 931 - 03 1 93 i 1 i Less estimated value of 16 ! 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... i - security - ... ------2,133 19 1 20 all Do. Southport....... ••• - ••• To sundry creditors fully secured- 114, all Union & Blackwell 5i - 6 Amount of claims - 106 105 1 1 Value of security - 964 961 7 6 4 1 i 20 1 all Do. Fifths - ••• Surplus taken per contra... 2,029 10 10 10 all Do., 10/•Sh.,M&B 0 ... - ••• -- - 1211 5 Do. Eighths 1 d - 1' Ito liabilities on acceptances, St. 100 London & S.Weatern 93 - 9 4 94 34 3 4 . as per list..., .• 454,690 2 4 - 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ... - . Of which itisexpected claims will arise on 125,014 1 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. • - •••, „„ w r , ' To liabilities on bills receivable, as per St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 39 - 39:1 00z statement 348,956 12 0 10 1 1 Metropolitan ........ ••• - - Of which those reckoned 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's as bad and claimable on arrangement ...... ••• - - ooi .. u s amount to 57,110 4 8 St. ' lOO Midland . . • . .. 831 -89 89 i 1 - 64 63 Deduct securities in the St. 103 Do.Birming.&Derk - 63 hands of holders, as per 50 all Midland G. West(lr.) ••• - ••• s t a t eme nt - ••• - - 53,988 1 1 1 00 all Newcastle &C,arlisle.. ••• - ... - ----- 25 all Newpt•Aberg.&Flrfd 12 - 13 £258,365 5 4 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - - Ca. 20 I all Newry, Warrenpoint 9By bills receivable on band, as per list - & Rostrevor • 5•• - 61 - ••• Considered good £26,191 15 2 St. 100 Norfolk. Doubtful. ..... 29,041 3 6 . 50 ' 31 Northn. Counties Un 31 - 345 Eltimated at - 503 50 491 f ---- -£28,191 15 2 St. 100 North Devon, Rail. da By tanclry debtors, as per list- Dock Stock ..• - ••• Considered good 56,900 13 1 St. 100 Do., A Stock ......... ... - ••• si ~ being repre- St. 100 Do., B Stock .... ..... ••• - ••• sented by merchandise on St. 100 N.Eastern-Berwick 95 - 96 951 I band, as per statement - •.• Doubtful ... £21,810 1 3 25 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. -21 •••• 11 Estimated at - 521 521 2 I Bad £7,667 2 7 St 100 IDo. York B3 - 84 834 -- --112,895 17 1 St. 100 North London 9O - 93 By surplus securities in bands of creditors... 2,029 10 10 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp ----- stead, and City Jn.. 8 - 9 £143,117 3 1 20 171 North Sta ff ordshire.. 3 4 - 34 14 13$ The partners' capital at the commencement of the 20 . all l N Nor tsi th s. W w e e s s t t e ru rn.. Western...,.... c * . g . --- 9 year was 72,000/., and the losses since October St. :100 Oxford Worcester & have been 206,603/. ls. 3d. It was resolved that 20 the estate lo should be wound up under inspection, for 16 PWolioslveorubtahmpton 104 = 8 31 i 301 10 Rhymney m - ••• which purpose two of the creditors were appointed St. 100 Scottish Central - 106 ... . 4I St. 100 ,Scot. N.E. Ahrdn. St 23 - 24 2 a committee. St. 100 Shropshire Union ... 46 - 48 471 A slight decline was apparent on the Paris 10 ' 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 3 4 3 -._ g 5. Bourse yesterday, the 3 per Cents. having closed at ra,. 100 South Routh Eastern Dev0n........, 6fq - 694 681 94 07.60 for money, and 67.75 for the end of the 10 all Do. 41 per . Shares ... - •.• month. St. 100 Sou th Wales 7 Bl - 79 1 a d 20 all S. Yorksh. River Dun 12 -11 A large Amount of gold was sold to the Bank 20 10 Do.. - 6 d yesterday, viz., about 210,000/. 20 all Staines,Wok. , &Wok 9 - 11 25 all Stockton & Darling 35 - 37 The Money Market is without any alteration of 25 15 Do. do., 1854 - ••• importance. In Lombard-street discount accom- 25 5 s D Do. drila s rtlepl .... -- ..:: modation is still obtainable at lower quotations, i v : . 1 1 0 V, T t aff Vale.... - ..• and long dated bills of good quality are easy of ne- st. 100 Do. Prof., No b l iii :.. - ... gociation. The supply is in excess of the demand, 25 a 2 1 2.1 ; Tham es ralo Ne a t * li ...... - 29 A 191 and the bill-br o kers evince greater willingness to dis- 20 all IWaterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ~." count long dated p a p er . After Christmas the inquiry 50 20 al l vir W e a s t t er e fo o r i d n di vr L a lm i cr i c k ..... - ... a l l will probably b ec o m e ac tiv e , a larger amount of 10 a ll We s t End of London * * - *** capital being required for the liquida' ion of annual I and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 and quarterly accounts, besides the bills which fall due 5 all , Do. A -3? . , 51 - 6 on the 4th proximo. The effect, however, may b e 2 0 a al l i i 1 DWe:t. B London only temporary, and the money market will no • - ••• 10 all Do. First Class 2 10 0 . al i 1 1 , w Do • • - ••• doubt gradually become easy, the tendency beingbl S e e d c o o n n & d Cro Cla ;tl; ... - ... already strongly in that direction. • BRITISH POSSESSIONS The market for English Securities has been rather 100 all Atian. and St. Law. ... ..-- ... variable to-day, and a moderate business has been 1.8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and done. At first there was a slight improvement, but ; Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 4 - 1 Upon the re-appearance of sellers the quotations gi all Buffalo & Lake Hui.. ** 6l -- Eid again became rather heavy, the decline amounting 100 100 IBuff., Brut. & Godch. }so - 85 to i per cent. When it became known, ho wever, 100 100 6 1 . 0 c.bd do s : , 1 1 J A u u 1y g. , ,: 73 72 1 75 - 80 that Lucknow was relieved, buyers again came 100 100 Do. d 0.., 1 June,'74 l 75 - 80 forw a rd and a partial recovery in prices ensued. 20 2s.lCalcutta and East. ... --__ ... 1 Consols after being 931 4 declined to 92i 93, and 20 2 i std c oy nt o r n al A Ou sh e ares (Lim.) ii .... ii,, 24 the latest value is 93 to 93. The news from 20 1 Do. B. do. ........... ... - ... 1 2 .7 0 4 all , Demerara. Eastern Indian Bengal India having imparted an improved tenet° business.... - ••• The New Three per Cents. are 931 4 ; the Re- st. 100 i - 1 I 1094 - 1104 110 duced, 934 ; and Bank Stock, 217 2174. Exche- 120 15 Do. C Shares ll -11 p 164 00 all Do. 41 p.c.Bnds. '57 -.- ... quer Bills are 4s. to ls. dis. ; do. Bonds (1859), 98 ; 100 all Do. do. do '59 'do - ••• and Long Annuities (1885), 17 546 7-16. 20 all Geelong & Melbourne Foreign Stocks are quiet and quo t a tions are i guar. 5 per cent .. 18 - 19 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada * 43 4 - 45 , 441 5 31 higher. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95f 1 ; Mexican 100 all , Do. 6p. c. Deben BO - 81 I 831 3 2 3 per Cents. 194 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents. 765 ; 20, 9.1. !C D 7t. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 214 - 211: 211 Sardinian 5 per Cents., 851; Spanish New De- ZU 20 all Gt . . We w st . nro a f oana P. ( c la . ' 19 - Pi r i i 114 i ferred 26 ; Venezuela 11 per Cents. 291 ; and 204 10.11 Do. New ,ll -31 d 114 $l4 Dutch 24 per Cents. 645. 100 all ID o. Bds., payable '57 - ... 100 all I Do. do., '76, p. '6O 1 03, - 108 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 100 all Do. ' do., '73, do. -03 - 108 Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Mexi- 100 all IDo o . d ti o a '73, without ' 100 can, 191 194 ; Peruvian 45 per Cents., 75 20 all ,Madras, guar. 41 p.c.' 184 -- 1 7 2 61 77 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 53 ; Portuguese 3 per 20 . ii ,l ,: ; Do. Do do., 4 5 per E e t:o - 1 21 - 214' Cents., 43 44 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 105 107 ; 2° 20 5 I Do.. 34(11:.xe,*g. E a te n. 3 -- i p d , 51 do. 44 per Cents., 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 20 5 Do. 4th Ex . ., do, ' / - Ip' 54 41 4 42 ; ditto Deferred, 251 26. 20 ss. Oude (Limited) 20 5 Scinde, guar. 5 pore 2 ] - 2ip $ 4 The Railway Share Market has bee n de p ressed, 20 all Do ... - ... I and the few dealings reported have in most in- - stances exhibited a decline of about Ito 4 p er cent. _. FOREIGN. on former rates. Caledonian, North-Western, and 10 0 a l l s l A A orr en p& s Rotterdam ' 64 - 64 64 Midland, receded s s. ; Great No rthern, Lau- 5 all Belgian East. Junct. * i. -- li t 14 : ' cashire and Yorkshire, North Bri tish, Oxford, 20 16 Bezi ers to Graissessac ..„ - ... Worcester, and Wolverhampton, a nd South- 6 all C c ar o n al ea l‘ it i x n & es T a o n u d lo ß us y e 3 ..... 411 Ea , tern, 10s. ; and Brighton and South Western, 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - 4,a 81 20 all all F.. ) .s o ter • i i 4 l o o w f France 15s. ;• Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have advanced 10s. The Foreign lines 20 2s, Euphrates Valley - .:: • are also at slightly reduced rates. Great Luxem- 20 18 l l at. Central of France .._._ - ... Bourg, Lombardo-Venetian , Namur and Liege, and 20 al, G I tract ~ tt n L J u u x n h r a Luxe . cu; n u r g . . . .7 . 74 74 4 Pernambuco, have declined ss. The Colonial lines 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .. - -- ••• are steady. East Indian, Grand Trunk of Canada, 20 al e l , I Lo aie ri ba va r i d a o d l T r azi e il t a i o a n n t la. - . . d 4i 11 and Great Western of Canada, realised about for - 5 all Lueca m dr Pi - st.sp.c.j ,.- .. mer rates. 20 all Lyons and Geneva • iii - 27 , 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares show 331 all Maria Antenia - - ••• little variation in value. The transactions re - 10 all Do. New . •• 8 • 8 20 all Namur & • Liege - 11 ported on them being unimportant. 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref l9l - 20 16 all Northern of Franco 374 - 38 38 10 all NorwegianTrtik.Pref 8 - 9 BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. 20 all Paris and Lyons 33/ -34 31 20 all Paris and Orleans 52 .- 54 (From lice Officsal List:) nusinessdoce. 20 7 Recife & San Fran , - 16 Sank Stock 14 --- - 8 P 94 i 9 3 3er Cent. Reduced xneuittee ..: -; Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 34 Hi* 20 all Royal Danish ........ . - 4 Lcc;_ , Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 1-1 6 5 all Royal Swedish i 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7 - .2i g 1 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 17 5.16 Do. 54 per cent. prof. 7 - 8 on_ sots for Account = 20 all Southern of France.. 21; -- 22 22 1$ Er , hsoner Hills, 20. 12 81 all West Flanders 4l •-• 5 44 81000 ON ••• 1 d 4 d oou . par 4 d 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof... 81 - 9 " 741 11 S -nail .... - 274 A , ...E. , Fxchequer Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent , - 20 6 Western , of Austria._ ... - ••• ‘.. Ditto, 1859 - ••• 6 all Wiestaden PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-THIS DAY. 6 all \ Do. Bp. cent. pr e t, ... -- •• .173 20 all Zealand ••• .".". •• • (From the Officsal List.) Bushieesdons. Ila.nk Stock 3 3er Vent. Reduced Annuities Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 3iliili Lo,c Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 5.16 0 ,L sots for Account. Er-heoner Hills, 2td. 21000. 1 d 4 d 000 , par 4 d ailikillS nail ..... , . 1,0013. par 4 d 1 p , F x ehequer Bonds , 1858, 3i per Cent '.._ Ditto, 1159 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazutan 5 per Cont. Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. liitt o Deferred si Mexican :; p e r Cent ..................... Ditto Account ........................ , Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent — Ditto Account .. .................. .. . POrbuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. , Con. 184 1 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .... Russian Bowls, ikl2, E St.,. 5 . per Cont lO6l Ditto, 4. 4- per Cent. 48 Ditto small RCA iniab Bollaii, Fi put. 0,,,,t . . ......... .. ~ Ditto Account (Dec. 31). 55. : 11 Spanish Bonds, 3 per cent. Ditto Now DQferred, 3 per Con% Taricieh Bonds, 6 per cent 951 ll.tto Account Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all lAustralania 79 81 12r , 18i Bank of Egypt I 4 3i 116 100 50 Bank of London 4O 45 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ••• 50 all British N. American • 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.A.u.ctCh ..." 100 50 iCity 56 60 100 25 "Colonial .... ..... 100 20 'Commercial of Lond. 20i 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus•Ctit. A 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.ofAx,t. 179 I .sl 20 all Ditto New 50 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bukng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock. 281 1 00 20 Loncl.andWestminst , 1 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National Bank 20 all 25 all ,Cliental Bank Cor p 32 34 33 20 New South Wales , 120 Pttonaan Bank 5 1 R.An5.8.4 0.1m.C0. I°° lo 'al IProvinc al .... ... r . 25 all South Austr a l ia 33 -- 35 25 all Union of Australia-. 50 52 50a Do. Now ............... ..• ." 60 10 `Orion of London.... ••• a./ I( 050 Unity Mutm..l ..... • ) •-• •• c l, 100 0 .Westrußk of Loud mo Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cenl., 12 Guilders 641 4 2 BABE O'CLOCK EffiConsole account, Jan. 8. 93 h a d The Sealark, 8, and Rollg, 6, Lieuts. Lowther and Nelson, the former employed in training at sea the " novices" of the Illustrious, and the latter the seamen apprentices of the Victory, have been laid up in, harbour for the winter. THE SU:N, LIOND - ON, WEDNESDAY EVENkNIGI LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid' Leasing iCompanies Closing Prices this day Business this day RAILWAYS. Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stonr Vy . E. Lin. g. 6 p.' E. Un. 11. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Roll 4: Selby Do. Sham Do. Shares Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. I Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her . S. Staffordsh WearVaLg6pc ,Do IWilts&Somrst E.n.&N.W. Ciabadon... E.U.&E.O 3t.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do. Gt.Westo & 3. Easter n Do Poto & Co Do Ln.&N.W & r E. Count Do Do L. &N. W Do Gt.Northni T. Braose3. M. MCloar Stk.dtDar Do Gt.Wciatn. 91 - 93 91 - 9 3 12 - 14 128 - 132 3i - 4 ••• Ii" 5 los - ••• 12 - 13 800 23 - 24 91 - 93 1 - 89 2 j - 91 Fir - IP 54 - D 6 128 - 131 71 -7/ 8 - Vf 30 - 82 - 84 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501.) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4 i p. C Ches. & Ho. sp.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons P.C $ un. Perth. &Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sb Do. do. Cl 3. B 6p. c Do. do. Cl.. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ...... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. C. Do. Si. , 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. C. prem Do. 44 per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. rod. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. 89 ::: 91 ••• 93 - 95 6 - 6} 105 - 110 106 - 112 105 - 108 03 - 106 121 - 124 20 5 10 St. 100 100 100 100 100 ss 7- Fi di 7 16 - 10 20 20 ao St. 100 100 100 100 100 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 IDo. Now Guar. 6p.c. Do, do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. IDo, do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cont. Marypt. & Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 105 - 107 97 - 99 60 - €2 - 10? St. 12t 12 12t, Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do, Con. Br. Bir.6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm. Do. Porpet. 6 pr. ct. Norf k D eb. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do Wv V sp. ; 1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Beres. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H.& S. Pnr North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ IDo. do. Debentr. St. Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. f10.3i p.c. pf. St Ninth Devon fixed 46 pr cent stern (Reading ..) of El Os. 6d. Do. 46 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh Do. New 4j pr, cent 86 -- F 8 81 -- 83 81 -- F 3 93 -- 95 9 -- 94 15i -- 164 9/ -- 9f 67 -- 69 17 -- lAA 8/ i -- 91 131 -13 i 132 - 137 112 - 115 150 - 160 111 - 117 $ - 4i 62 - 65 130 - 131 95 - 97 85 - 67 10 - 11 25 10 L 0.6 S. Ease Ann.' S. Wales Gila. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Watertd& Kilk. 6 pc Icl 10.3 93 - 95 11 - i 21 - I x2O 123/ 66i 7 4 96i b 110 - 112 101 - 103 109 - 111 101 - 103 68 - 73 -- 22 - 22,, 94 - 96 93 - 96, 221 2 111 101 i 2 BRITISH MINES. .. . '2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.l 12 13 I 121 20 14 British Iron ... 5 7 , ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 100 110 10 1 Dev.Gt.Cmils. (Tay.) 420 440 ... 27 3 / 4 East Basset (Mogan) 90 100 “. 1486 Great South Tolgus 13 3 / 4 14 3 / 4 ... 1113 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4 El ... 7a Grt.W. Vor (Heist%) i -- 1 ... 13s Lady Bertha ... 73 N. Frances (Illogan) 8 9 . . ... N.W.Basset (Mogan) 11 3 / 4 12 3 / 4 ... 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 1h Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 17 19 ' 8 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 5 ..• 68. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 13 / 4 li .. 2 3 / 4 S. Caradon (St. Clear) 340 350 ... 2S. Cam Brea ( ° Illogn.) 3 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 ... 19 S.W. Frances(lllo,m.) 220 —23 J 5 4j Pam. S. &L. Min. Co. i 1 ' 10 9 Tin Croft 3 4 ... 40 Un.Minea (Gwcnnap) . . „. ... 12s fV. of Towey (Camar.) 4 - 1 ... 1 6 W. Basset (Illogan) 2l 22 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 100 1103 / 4 ... 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan) 145 155 „. 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth) 2BO —2V ... 5i Wh. Edward(Calstck) ci 71 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Limit) 14 -- 16 ... 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht.) 45 48 46 iii 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 23 -- 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7h Australian 1. 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) 4 d par 35 27 Brazilian Imp.(ir,sued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 10 11 i. loi 3 / 4 1 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica ...d 40 all Cobra Coppor 37 33 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna `2O all General 3 all Linares - - 84 5 14 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pout Sil.LdM.&Smlt 5 6 5 1 Port Philip . • ••• 30 16i Santiago de Cüba 2811, all United Mexican 3/ -- 41 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... -- 25 19 'Australian Agricult. 24 26 241 54/ 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail . . 10 all Berlin Water Works .4 5 10 2 ;Do. New isa. at 51. d 50 40 (Brit. American Land 30 35 100 325 Canada llO 115 114 St. 100 'Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 1101 111 1101 11 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 25 all 'Do. Pref. 75 p. cent. 23 25 5 all Crystal Palace ll 11 11 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 all Eastern Steam ••• ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 all En.atAust.Cop.SmCo 11 11 10 lOs.tEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. 9 all jEur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 4} 51 2U all 'Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) 15 14 ,Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount 4 all 'Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 —3/ 34 20 10 'Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 85 Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all Mexican&S.Americz 25 6 'Nat. Discount Co 2l 111 10 6 INetitert.nds Land._ - 3j 10 all 'Do. Do. 5 all Do. 8 p.c.Pf. isH. at Id. 21 3 5 2 Do. Do. 100 80 New 13. &N. S. Land 16 18 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. • 9N 455 1 all N. B. Australasian_ 20 all lirth.ofEuropeSteam 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id 1p 5 all Pectin.. Ld. (St Minrl 2 —2/ 21 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 72 74 73 50 10 Do. Now 50 all Ethymney Iron 100 60 royal Mail Steam 5l 56 1 all scot. AustraLlnvest ll 11 St. 100 S.Aus, Gov.6p.c.bds 25 all South Austral. Land 33 35 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip I 1 all Do. Registered 20 6 Tru s. I. Co. Up. Can. - 100 281, Van_Dtemen's Lancl,.l 9 11 _ Mittton SUN OFFIOI, 'oven e Cloth. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. BOBINBO*--PEBRIE7. Lie further hearing of this case was resumed this morning. Mr. Sergeant Bylea addressed the jary, for the pro secution, on the whole of the evidence. Lot d Campbell then summed up, end read over the whole of the evidence. The jury then retired at 25 minutes past 3 o'clock to consider their verdict, but had not agreed when our dispatch left at a quarter to six o'clock. NEWS FROM LIICICNOW.—STRANGE SCENE IN COURT. —After the jury had retired the Associate, at the request of Lord Campbell, read aloud the telegram from India announcing the relief of Lucknow. It was received with loud cheers by the large number of persons assembled. His lordship joined heartily in the applause of the grati- fied auditory. THE BRITISH WIC TRIALS. These trials are fixed for the first day of the Guildhall sittiogs after Hilary Term. EAST INDIA HOUSE. MEETING THIS DAY. The quarterly general court of proprietors was held at the India House, Leadenhall.street, this day, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of submitting for confirmation the resolution of the general court on Dec. 16, approv ing the resolution of the Court of Directors of the 2d inst., granting to Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.8., an annuity of 1,0001, and to Lady Neill, widow of the late Brigadier-General Neill, and to Mrs. Nicholion, the mother of the late Brigadier-General Nicholson, special pensions of 500/. per annum re spectively, in addition to the allowances they are entitled under the regulations. Mr. B. D. MANGLXS, chairman of the Court ol Directors, presided. The meeting of the last Court having been confirmed, The CHAIRMAN announced that the dividend warrants for the half-year would be ready on the 6th of February. A PROPRIETOR said he wished to know, previous to the resolutions being carried, whether any step• had been taken to meet the contingency of General Sir A. Wilson's death. The CHAIRMAN said the business of the Court WAS confined to confirming the resolution of the previous Court or not—no alteration can be made in the terms of the resolution. The resolution was then formally put to the Court. Mr. LEWIN said he did not approve of the sums mentioned; ou the contrary, he thought the rams totally inadequate. With respect to the annuity of 500/. which much too small to enable her to maintain her proper it was proposed to give to Lady Nein, he thought it was position. The Government had conferred upon her all the nominal honours of a K.C.R., but he thought she would be better without that mark of die tinction. Everybody knew who General Neill was— (hear)—and therefore there was no necessity, for the purpose of perpetuating his memory, of conferring an empty title upon his widow. (Hear.) He thought that the annuity ought to be 750/. The hon. proprietor was then about to enter into the question of the employment of steam vessels in the conveyance of troops to India, when A PEOFRIETO/1 rose to order. He submitted that the hon. proprietor vas out of order. Mr. LEWIN said he had no wish to be irregular. He would presently move his resolution as a substantive motion. The CIAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried. Mr. Jowls then rose for the purpose of moving the following resolution, viz. :—" That it is due to the advancing intelligence of the people of India that a deputy from each university in the several Presidencies be maintained at the public expense in this country, with a ♦iew to inform the proprietors as to the witbes an I complaints of thepeople of India." He commenced by complaining of the manner in which he had been treated at the last court, when he brought forward his resolution, namely,counting him out. There was another oircusestance much to be regretted--that was the small attendance that day. Such an attendance would almost justify the threat that had been held out, that the Government would, in a short time, entirely abolish the corporation. He contended that the best judges of the wants and ne cessities of the natives of ladle were the Court of Direc tors. (Hear, hear.) The chairman had stated that the present mutiny was but a sepoy rebellion. Against such an opinion he would place the opinion of Dr. Duff. He was not of that opinion. Thu sepoys had been inflamed by the natives of India, and the mutiny was the result of the discontent that pervaded the entire Indian population. The law of inheritance was a great source of discontent, and he was fortified in bis opinion by a passage which he found ,in a work published by a Hindoo society, which stated that if the present course of interfering with the religious opinions of the natives was pursued, they would have at least 80,000,000 of discontented subjects. (Hear, hear.) The hon. proprietor then referred to the opinion of the Hindoo with respect to the possession of property which they believed necessary to their future salvation. He next referred to the policy of Lord Dalhousie, which he characterised as reckless, obstinate, and tyrannical ; the violation of treaties, and the robbing of the native princes of India, had led to the present unfortunate affAirs. The CHAIRMAN here announced that he had just received intelligence from l o dic . The note he held in his hand was as follows :—" The Government has received intelligence stating that Lucknow has been relieved." The announccment was received with loud cheers. Mr. JONES then proceeded with his speech, and con eluded by obser v i ng that the m ild es t way in which the difficulties of I n di a could be met , was by adopting the plan laid down b y hi s resolutiea . Mr. LEWIN seconded the mot i on o f M r . J ones . Mr. M.llieszte thou g ht there was no honesty in the motives, and th ere f ore he oppose d th e mo ti on . Mr. CLARKE also opp ose d the motion. The Cuatemax, h av i ng ra id a com pli men t t o Mr. Jones for the m anner i n which f e bad brought forward his motion, proceeded to defend his statement that the present disturbed state of India was a revolt occasioned by the sepoys, and the sepoys alone. What was the fact ? Why, throughout the whole of India, with the exception of the 13 hogeet, who were a predatory tribe, and had been from time immemorial plunderers—with this singlet xception' he believed throughout the whole peninsula there had been no rising of the people, and it was also a positive fact that where there were no sepoys there was no mutiny. (Hear, bear.) There had been a trifling emeute at Patna, but it was speedily put down, and from the best authority be asserted that where the native people of India had not assisted the Government n t h e e u t o r a al t . i v e (H p r e i a n r c , e e a a n r d .) p o T t e e n e te a ! a w i a e , re i t o in putting down the mut i ny, the) h a d rema i ned perfectly pwpaoss esa i d t to the Indian Government, but this he also denied. (Hear, hear.) To show the feeling of the Mohammedan princes he would just mention a circumstance that took place in Hyderabad, in the Deccan. A Mahominedan priest was preaching a sermon, in w hi ch t h e Ch r i st i ans were spoken of with the greatest lo ve, a fanat i c got up , an d using the native expression, that what was being preached was all nonsense, and interrupted the proceedings. Solut Jung, a native prince, was present, and he ordered his own guards to take the m an i nto custo d y, w hi c h was i ns tantly done. If the nativ e princes bad been aga i ns t us, such a proceeding was not lik ely to have ta k en pl ace . (Hear, hear.) Other e • rinc -2 had acted in a similar spirit, aid such circumstances fully pro ve d that the outbreak was a military mutiny, and n o t an i nsurre ction of the H e people. (Hear, hear.) . -etr received a letter from Sir J. Lawrence, who was al so o f a s imilar opinion. (Hear, hear.) Now, what had been the case in those places where the sepoys were drivel out—at Delhi , for had returned, and the re venue flowed in uninterrupt e dl y. (Hear, hear .) With respect to the resoluion of M r . J ones, h e did not think it would carry out his views. instance / Why, the natives Atter a few observations from se ver .' hon e proprietors, Mr. JONES said he thought the best course for him to pursue under the circumstances was to withdraw his motion. (Hear, hear.) The mitten was then 'withdrawn. The telegraphic despatch received by the Government was here r ead at length by the chairman, a midst loud dicers. On coming to/the part of the document ill which 22,000 men were stated to be under the command Sir Colin Campbell, he said it was evidently a nais take. It ought to be 12,000. ABOLITION OF TUE COMPANY. A PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman for an y information respecting the bill whi c h it was said was to be introduced into Parliament. Th e CHAIRMAN said he had ant i c i pate d s uch a ques. tion, and be had now to inform the Court that th e de. puty chairman and himself had h a d an interview with last, Lord Palmerston on Saturday when he cotainuni- cated to them that it was the intention of the Govern ment to propose a bill to Parliament to place the Queen's East Indian dominions under the Government of the Crown. Mr. LEWIN then rose to move the following resolution : "That the disasters that have lately occurred to our Indian territories have been ow i ng to the want of fore sight on the part of the Indian Government, and to a them. That to the supineness and apathy of the home neglect of the means which were at hand to counteract government of India is attributable Vie want of timely military aid, which it was in its power to supply by means of steam-vessels, which would have averted the slaughter of oar troops and countrymen, and averted the danger which now threatens the garrison of Luck now.,, . . ...,... The resolution having been seconded, was put to the meeting, and lost. Mr. LEwIN then handed in a motion for consideration at the next quarterly court, to the effect " that the grounds on which a pension of 5,000/. was granted to Lord Dalhousie be further considered." The CHAIRMAN objected to the resolution being re oeived. - - - - After some discussion, it was rejected, and the court adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Cmmiesioner Goulburn ) RI C. H. WRITE-SERIOIIB CIARGR, AND WARRANT TOR THC APPREHENSION OF A SOLICITOR. The bankrupt was a glass and china dealer, and some time before his bankruptcy it was alleged that he placed in the hands of Mr. Mackey, a solicitor at Southampton, the sum of 701., and, after repeated applications, Mr. Mackey has only handed over to the assignees under the bankruptcy 201. The result was they had bee❑ compelled to summon Mr. Mackey for payment of the other 501. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, /aid the ntntost exertions bad been made to get the balance before summoning Mr. Mackey, and although the sum mons had been personally served, he did not attend, and he now asked that a warrant should be issued for his apprehension. He was willing it should stand over for a short time to enable Mr. Mackey to explain his con- duct. The Commissioner granted the warrant, on the under standing that it should not be executed for three days. The question of costs was reserved. Al C. lIIDDLETON--A GOOD ISTITIL This was a choice of assignees. The bankrupt was a builder, of Poplar. The debts are ab0ut;1,5301., and assets sufficient to pay 20s..in the pound. Mr. T. J. Stubbs appeared as solicitor to the petition, and on his application aseigneei were chosen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) DECEMBER 23, 1857. WESTMINSTER. CONTINUED CRUELTY TO ♦ WI7/11.—A ♦ery respect. able middle-aged woman, accornp %flied by her daughter, entreated the magistrate's assistance, under the follow ing circumstances : She stated that after having submitted to a series of ill-treatment from her husband for years, she feit com pelled, a fortnight ago, to come to this court and seek the protection of the law. A warrant was issued against him, upon which he was apprehended, but on his enter ing into an agreement to allow he/ a small sum of money towards her maintenance, and to keep entirely away from her, she consented to withdraw the charge, and he was liberated upon entering into his own recognizance to keep the peace, which he had, however, since broke❑ by assaulting her last night. Mr. Paynter—Are you living together again Applicant—No, sir. Mr. Puynter —Then did he meet y ,u casually and assault you! Applicant—No, sir; he comes to my house and annoys me in every possible way. It is not only the assault I complain of, but his threats are of the most fearful description. Mr. Paynter—Then you go in great bodily fear : is that so I Applicant—ln the greatest ftar that a person can possibly go in. lam endeavouring to support myself and two children by needle-work ; and his violence and threats have such an influence over my mind that I am unable to work for a I, , ngth of time alt-r I hear a knock at the door, so fearful am I that it may be him. Mr. Paynter-1 will grant you a warrant against him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CAPTAIN Or ARTILLERY ON 'ME SPREE.—Captain Benjamin Bathurst, of the Royal Artillery, at present residing at No. 85, Great Portland-street, with Ellen Dacre and Sarah White, two women of the town, were brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with being drunk and dimrderly at an early hour this morning in Union street, Bond-street. Morrie, 173 C, stated that about 20 minutes to two this morning be was on duty in Bond-street, when his attention was attracted to a great noise of shouting, which appeared to proceed from Union-street. On going to the spot he saw the male defendant and the females, who were jumping and dancing about the centre of the u'reet surrounded by a mob of the worst of charac'ere, who were battling out and urging them on at the top of their voices. He tried to disperse them, but without effect, as the Captain swore be would have his spree out. Another constable after came up, and after a deal of trouble the defendants were lodged in the station-house, The gallant Captain protea'eciagainst the right of the policeman interfering with him or his anawement-, and contended that as long as he could walk upright he could not be called drunk. Mr. Beadan raid the defendant's conduct WWI unbe coming a gentliman, and a disgrace to the corps he belonged to. He considered the charge fully proved, sad should fine him and his companions 5-. each fur being (battik. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. On Monday night an order was received at Chat ham garrison countermanding the order for the embarkation yesterday of the reinforcements for the 18th Royal Irish, blot L. 1., 83d, 86th, and 98th Regiments on board the Salamanca, for Bom bay and Kurrachee, and it is uncertain what day they will leave Chatham. Mr. J. W. Husbands, chief engineer, RN., has been appointed to her Majesty's steam-frigate Vul ture, on the Mediterranean station. Her Majesty's steam slo la Sharpshooter, Lieut. Gibbon, bent sails on Monday at Portsmouth, and received her crew, and yesterday was adjusting her compasses prior to leaving Spithead. The Alban, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. the Hon. W. B. de Blaquire, left Portsmouth yesterday for the eastern ports, with superr.umerary seamen, &c. The Diadem, 32, screw steam-frigate, Captain W. Moorsom, C. 8., got under weigh yesterday at Spit head, notwithstanding the heavy weather, with the ohject of again trying her speed, &c. Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C. 8., surveyor of navy; Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, of the Curacoa, superintendent of the steam reserve at Portsmouth ; Mr. A. Murray, chief engineer of the steam factory at Portsmouth, and other officials were on board. The weather prevented any results of importance being ar rived at. The Ardent, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Cave, was ordered to sail from Portsmouth, yesterday, for the coast of Africa, calling at Plymouth, but had not left at dark last night. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. - - - To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. Good and fine qualities were disposed of at prices quite equal to Monday ; but low and damp parcels met a heavy inquiry, at late rates. Over 10,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to band. Most descriptions moved off slowly, but no change took place in their value. Barley and malt sold slowly; nevertheless, prices were well supported. The supply of oats was limited, and the oat trade ruled steady, at fall quotations. In beans and peas very little was doing, at late rates. Flour moved off heavily, on former terms. ARRIVALS VHS WEREC. Wheat. i Barley. Malt. 1,940 I 2,560 3,230 Oats. I Flour 890 I 2,830 English Irish. Foreign 110,590 1 680 1,270 eke 910 1,460 bls WHITECHA.PEL. The supplies of meat were very extensive, and the de mand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Bthe d; veal, 4s 441 to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s 4d per 8 1 bs by carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for nearly all kinds of hops has become very inactive, and prioee are barely supported. LLOYD'S SIEEPPING.--(Thia Day.) Losporit, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. moderate breeze and fine. RAMSGATE, Dee. 21.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Euphro myna, from St. David's for Messina. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21. Wind S.S.W.—Arrivod Her Majesty's steamer Urgent, from Malta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednobtiay Morning. Wind W.; fine. Arrived —Sultan, steamer, from Alexandria. Sailed—Barcelona,steamer,for Spauiati ports; Atalanta steamer, for Jersey . LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning, Wind W. Arrived—lngomar, from New York; Gudgeon, Prince Edward's Island ; Alice, Tampico ; Tros Adeltia, Galatea; Amelia, lbrail ; Trei Fratalle, Galstz. Sailed—Taurus, screw steamer, for Trieste. (BY OUBMARINg AND BRIIISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W. ; tide four hours' ebb ; tine. Arrived, Dec. 23. —Frowena, from Memel; Rye, from Guernsey. Sailed, Dec. 23.—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. Wen, Wednesday, 9 a.m. Wind W. by N., moderate. Anchored—Nazarene, and Lady Louisa, from Callao, for London; notine, London, Cardiff, LITERATURE. The Sepoy Revolt. By Henry Mead. John Murray. This is a thoughtful and valuable work well de serving of consideration at the present epoch, when so much discussion may be expected, and is now going on, on the subject of the government of our Indian possessions. When all have seen the direful results to which the public indifference on the subject has brought us, when those most pre jinliced and most averse to change are forced to mit that some alteration is imperative, all works written by those acquainted with the working of the present system, in a fair and candid spirit, deserve ' attention. The author of the present work is de cidedly opposed to the government of the Company, and gives at length his reasons and argumentts. He gives a narrative of the recent disasters, and adds what in his opinion, aro the causes and conse quences of the revolt. Speaking of the Company's rule, he says with truth— The overthrow of the Company's rule has long been felt to be only a question of time. It could not possibly have survived many years longer ; but the sepoys have simplified the labours of orators and journalists. The immediate proclamation of the Queen's Government throughout India would be worth 50,000 men, on the side of law and order. Of the princes and nobles who have taken up arms against us, there is not a man but is fully conscious of the overwhelming might of England, and who is riot impressed, in the main, with a belief in the desire of the imperial authority to do justice to the people of Hindostan. Only by such a change cen we safely temper justice with mercy. An amnesty on the part of the East India Company, how ever narrow in its provisions or distant in date, would be attributed to fear. The fighting class would have no respect for the Government which they had once over turned ; the native capitalists would never forget that, even in Csleutta, the bonds of the public debt had been almost unsaleable at 25 par cent. discount. The trading millions would shrink from embarking their means in ventures beyond the reach of their own supervision and control ; the servants of the state would have no reliance on the permanence of their means of livelihood. Ever in the minds of all men would survive the memory of past events, and the thought that what hal been might be again. He says in another part that it is useless to put the European race in competition with the Hindoo, and say they shall not rule over them. This has been proved again end again, and whatever system was adopted the native superiority of the race would undoubtedly manifest itself. But then the laws should be for all, and acomprehension of those laws be disseminated among the people. It is useless to have a code of laws that will redress the wrongs of the weakest if he does not know it, and big oppressor takes care not to inform him. On this subject our anther observes — Though we may fail to teach the natives the truths of our theology, we may easily acquaint them with the nature of our legislation. Our object should be to pro. tect them against the better knowledge of their own countrymen, who charge upon British authority their own acts of monstrous oppression. We want to see the Elindoo armed by his knowledge against the assaults of power, and made as impervious to an illegal act as the European or East Indian. We cannot teach him Socrates and Shakspeare ; but we can make him acquainted with the powers of native officials, and instruct him in the method of procuring redress for ju , tice. We may fail, for some generations to come, in making him a moralist, patriot, or Christian ; but we may convert him into coutei,ted sutject ; we can train his selfishness in the right direction, and enable him to curb the exercise of inimical power by showing him the secret of his own. Na• ive reformers, he remarks, if they had the offer of the English constitution would very probably reject it. They would like to pick out the parts that suit them ; they would likea Ilcuseof Lorclsofßrah mins, and a House of Commonsinproportion, " but if a barber's son claimed to lead the filet, and the child of an apostate was appointed to rule the second, they would forego all the benefits of legis lative authority rather than acknowledge them as superiors. The keystone of British freedom is the equality of all men beneath the law, whereas the principle of Hindooistn is the irrevors'ble snbordi nat An of classes " From this he draws the inference that the total abolition of caste would be neces sitated by any introduction of the English form of government. His chief recommendations aro in favour of justice and toleration ; that these, indo d, should bo the ruling principles of our government of India few will deny. Let no roan of our race harbour the foolish thought that the exAaple of the Emperor Julian might well bo imitated by our chief ruler in India, or that we can win the affection of the orthodox Ilindoo by hindering the growth of Christianity. From the highest to the lowest, they will gladly tolerate us if we will only consent to tolerate them. They have not sought the life of the missionary or the holdings of the planter. They wish to retain their lands and religion, and believe in their hearts that we intend to deprive them of both by violence. Let tte give them assurance to the con trail, and our Sovereign will have no firmer allies than the princes et Itindostan, no sejects more peaceful than the Brahmin and his f.dlowere. Ho is not Blow, however, in condemning toleration and mercy where they aro but other names for weakness and crueity ; thus ho aptly says of the insubordination at Liurrnah Naturalists have a story of a horse who once overcame a lion in a single combat, and ever afterwards 'was un tameable. Luckily for equesti ians the fact is unknown to horses in general, but otherwise we might bear of a great many successful mutinies on the part of those use.; ful quadrupeds. When the 38th Regiment refused to embark for 13urinab, and escaped without punishment, the horse overcame the lion, and the less •a has not been forgotten. Gxvernment in tleat case committed the fatal error of omitting to enforce obedience to its mandates, on the ground that the order ought not to have been issued. The sepoy, allowed to choose for himself as to what portion of the commands of his superior shall be obeyed, is naturally led one day to take a step in advance and refuse to own any ma, ter ship whatever. A Government can comma no breach of faith to its soldiers so mischievous as that which it com mits to the public when it allows a command to be dis regarded. Had the order to the 38th to go to Burinah never been issued, or never disobeyed, it is not likely that at this moment their lives would be forfeited to justice. He speaks with the utmost severity of the oppres sions and occasional cruelty of the Indian Govern ment. The mystery and exclusiveness with which it was conducted, added to the great distance from England and itsown peculiarly irresponsible nature, have left its officials comparatively free from re straints with which those in situations of far less importance are surrounded at home. It ho, in deed, been a d,spotism that sheltered itself under the shadow of a free government. " Some men," says the author in conclusion, " find it hard enough to tear with the existence of an aristocracy, but merit in every quarter of the globe can find an entrance into the ranks of the nobility. It was reserved for a knot of merchants to establish a system of exclusiveness such w the world rover saw before, and is not likely to witness again." In another place he speaks with force and just indig nation on the dilatory proceedings of the Govern ment For twenty-one weeks,leountin,g from the first receipt of intelligence of the Meerut revolt, the Government of India was on its trial. It was subjected to a strain which tested every joint and searched every flaw, and the result was most disastrous. Not a bolt remained in its place, not a rivet but was started, not an inch of sur face but was found to be decayed and rotten. It die closed neither the vrisdoin that could foresee ?anger nor the strength that c ul I overcome it. if the order of things could have been reversed, and the last acts of the Government made their first, matters would have now worn a very different aspect. They have done all that could be desired, but not at the right tunes. Volunteers were enrolled, troops massed, enter prises undertaken, and foreign aid enlisted, but all at the wrong seasons. Calcutta was wisely lett to the chief care of the civio force and the navy, but not until the rebel fires had blazed out in a dozen stations, and it was seen that the sepoy army had transferred its allegiance. " roo late I" was inscribed on the banner of the Ghoorkas, when for the second time they turned their feces towards Lucknow ; " too late 1" was graven on the lids of the empty chests in the treasury, when a loan was called for, and a second bid was made fur the hoards of the capitalist ; "too late I" was shouted by the public when the order was given to disarm the regiments at Dinapore ; "too late !" was shrieked from the well at Cawnpore ; "too late 1" was echoed by the breeze that swept over the battlements of Luck now. We saw in those days the story of Sisyplius enacted. The ceaselas striving, and the sore de feat ; the hand constantly striking, bat the foe still remaining in front ; the feet always marching, but the goal as far off as ever ; the Sybil's price paid, but the book of tate net forthcoming. It seemed as if a single faculty bed swallowed up every other quality of national greatness. Never did English courage shine out so gloriously, never was Eugli-h want of capacity so thoroughly displayed. We were giants in the field and dwarfs in the council. Oar soldiers surpassed in heroism all who bad gone before them ; their rulers transcended all previous notions of weakness and imbecility. The author, we must add, has been for ten years "a labourer iu the busy field of Indian journalimi." He has, therefore, had full opp.r tunity of watching and observing the acts of th e government, the chat actors of the officials, the opinions of European residents, the position of the native population, their feeling towards uq, Ihe conduct of the Sepoys, the alternate severity and undue lenience of the rulers, the discontent and duplicity of the people. All this he endeavours to familiarise to his reader. He shows the evils committed in the English name ; that .justice has dropped her scales and sword, and only keeps her bandage. He shows how treachery has taken ad vantage of both clemency and severity ; how the whip and the spur goaded the untamed horse, but the hand was not strong enough to hold the rein. He tells us frankly What he thinks are the errors and what their cure ; and if the reader differs from his conclusions, or his remedies, he at leant appre., ciates the earnestness and decisiou with which he sets forth his cause. The Interpreter ; d Tate of the War. By G. White Melville, author of " Digby Grand," Ike. Parker and Son. This very clever and interesting story is by an rtu'hor, who has already written several works of fiction, and is reprinted from the pages of Fraser's Magazine. It is a tale of the late War, in which the hero plays a conspicuous part. The public events of the day are cleverly interwoven with the narrative, which possesses much interest of its own. There are a variety of characters introduced of various. nations. The hero, Vere Egerton, is an English officer, who assumes the office of interpre ter to Iskender Bey, and he has been from child hood the friend of Victor de Rohan, a young Hungarian, who plays an important part• in the tale ; then, there are numerous sketches of English officers and soldiers patiently doing their duty in the dreary trenches, or charging at Death himself in the valley of Balaclava. Ropsley, one of these, is also on intimate terms with Sir Henry Beverley, an old family friend of the E're: ton's and is the moans of separating Vere from Constance Beverley, to whom he is deeply attached. The heroines are drawn with equal Success, and, contrasted with great skill. Constance Beverley is a charming char acter, with deep feelings and high principles, and well worthy of the life-long devotion of Vero Eger ton. Tho fair Hungarian, Countess Valerie, the sister of Victor de Rolian, is:equally captivating, with her high spirit and patriotism, her frank gaioty and true heart. Ro , e, Princesse Vocqsal, is the evil genius of the unfortunate Victor, and the very opposite of these two fair ladies, though she is not altogether without feeling, and time testifies the sincerity of her repentance. There .are crowds of minor characters, Russian, Turkish, Hungarian, and English, mingled with true dramatic variety. Tho following extract is from a description of the charge of the Light Brigade : Not a child in England at this day but knows, as if he had been there, the immortal battle of Balaclava. It is needless to describe its situation, to dwell upon the position they were ordered to carry, or the fire that poured in upon front, flanks, ay, and real, of the a'- tacking force. This is all matter of history ; but as the valley stretched beneath us, fresh, green, and smiling peacefully in the sun, it required but little imagination to call up the stirring scene of which it had been the stage. Here was the very ground on which the Light Brigade were drawn up ; every charger quivering with excitement, every eye flashing, every lip compressed with the sense of coming danger. A staff officer rides up to the leader and communicates an order. There is an instant's pause. Question and reply pass like lightning, and the aide-de-camp points to a dark, grins mass of artillery bristling far away down yonder in the front. Men's hearts stop beating, and many a bold cheek turns pale, for there is more excitement in un certainty than in actual danger. The leader draws his sword, and faces flush, and hearts beat high once more. Clear and sonorous is his voice as he gives the wed known word ; gallant and chivalrous his bearing as he takes his place—that place of privilege —in frotti— ' Noblesse oblige,' and can he be otherwise than gallant and chivalrous and devoted, for is he not a gentleman I and yet, to the honour of our countrymen be it spoken, not a man of that six hundred, of any rank, but was as gallant and chivalrous and devoted as he—ho has said so himself a hundred times. So the word is given, and the squadron leaders take it up, and the Light Brigade advances at a gallop ; and a deadly grasp is on the sword, and the charger feels his rider's energy as he grips him with his knees, and holding him hard by the head urges him remolately for ward—to death An-1 now they cross the line of fire : shot through the heart, an aide-de-camp falls headlong from the saddle, and his loose horse gallops on, wild and masteries!, and wheels in upon the flank, and joins the squadron once more. It Las begun now. Man upon man, horse upon horse, are shot down and rolled over ; yet the survivors close in, sterner, bolder, fiercer than before, and still the death-ride sweeps on. " Steady, men—forward !" shouts a chivalrous squa dron-leader, as he waves his glitterinz se o-d ab )ve big head, and points towards the foe. Clear and cheerful rings his voice above the tramp of horses and the rattle of small-arms and the deadly roar of artillery. He is a model of beauty, youth, and gallantry—the admired of men, the darling of women, the hope of his house. Do not look again. A round shot has taken man and horse, he is )ping rolled up with his charger, a confused and ghastly mass. Forward I the squadron has passed over him, and still the death-ride sweeps on. The gaps are awful now, the men told off by threes look in vain for the familiar face at right or left ; every trooper feels that be must depend on himself and the good horse under him, but there is no wavering. Officers begin to have misgivings as to the result, but there is no hesitation. All know they are galloping to de struction, yet not a heart fails, not a rein is turned. Few, very few are they by this time, and still the death ride sweeps on. They disappear in that tolling cut phurous cloud, the per - al of another world ; begrimed with smoke, ghsstly with wounds, comrade cannot recognise comrade, and officers look wildly round for their men ; but the guns are still before them—the object is not yet attained—the enemy awaits them steadily behind his gabione, and the fire from his batteries is mowing them down like grass. If but one man is left, that one will still press for ward : and now they are on their prey. A tiemendour roar of artillery shakes the air. Mitigled with the d .sh of swords and the 'dole of horses, oath, prayer, and dealoshiiek fly to, heaven. The ba teries are reached and carried. The death-ride sweeps over them, and it is time tat return. . I n t wo s, an d th r e eA , an d s i rg l e files, the few survivors stagger back to the ground from whence, a few short minutes ago, a gallant bend and advanced in so trim, so orderly, so soldierlike a line. The object has been attained, but at what a sacrifice l Look at yon stalwart trooper sinking on his saddle-bow, sick with his death-hur', his head drooping on his bosom, his sword hanging idly in his paralysed right-hand, his failing charger, wounded and feeble, nobly bearing his master to safety ere he fallslto rise no more. The sol dier's eye brightens for an instant as he hears the cheer of the !steamy Brigade completing the work he has pawned his life to begin. Soon that eye will glaze and close for ever. Men look round for those they knew and loved, and fear to oak for the comrade who is down, stiff and stark, under those dismounted guns and devastated batteries ; horses come galloping in , without riders ; here and there a dismounted dragoOn crawls feebly back to j , in the remnants of what was once his squadron, and by degrees the few survivors get together and forums something like an ordered body once more. It is better not to se mut them, they are so few, so eery few. Weep, England, for tby chivalry ! mourn and wring thy hands for that disastrous day ; but eucile with pride through thy tears, thrill with exultation in thy sorrow, to think of the eons thou canst boast, of the deeds of arms done by them in that valley before the eyes of gathered nations—of the immortal six hundred—thy children, every man of them, that rode the glorious death-ride of Balaclava. From the double interest attaching to the work from the story itself, and from its sketches of the campaign, it will no doubt be favourably received by the public, and will add to the reputation of its able author. The History of England, from the .Accession of James the Second. By Lord Macaulay. Vol. 1. Longman. It is with great satisfaction that we see Messrs. Longman commencing a new edition of this admi- • rable work, which will place it within the reach of a large circle. Without entering into discussions . on its historic impartiality, there can be but ono opinion as to its literary power and its position as a standard work in our literature. It is, therefore, desirable that it should be published in a form at tainable by many mule's, and the present edition admirably supplies that deficiency. It is much smaller than its predecessors, and will consequently occupy a larger number of volumes. The present volume just contains the introductory portion, and indeed, might stand by itself as an essay on that time. Beginning, as the reader_ will remember, with a summary of the history of the English. Con stitution, and rapidly tracing the events of the Civil War and the reign of Charles the Second, and describing the state of parties, it ends with the highly interesting comparison between the England of the seventeenth, and the nineteenth century. There is little doubt that this valuable .work, in its present commodious form, will be eagerly sought • after. The Family Friend for 1857-58. Ward and Lock, Meet-street. This is a most attractive little miscellany for a domestic circle. Tales for the young, receipts for the housewife, statistics for the head of the family,. poetry for the romantic, pastime for the schoolboy, the Work-table for the industrious, with an inter minable variety of miscellaneous information, sketches, and paragraphs, leave nothing to be de sired by the most extgeant. It is edited with such judicious care, that nothing is inserted that the most careful guardian of th e y oung could wish omitted, and it is especially qualified for the amuser.f ment and entertainment of a domesti c hearth. We are glad to find, from the preface, that its, success has been commensurate with its merits. Elgin Mr. Grant D uf f was returned on S a turday for the ilhout opposition, Sir James IVeir Hogg Laving lat e on t h e prev i ous evening retired from the contest in eo nseq uenoe of the overwhelming local infln coca of his opponent. The nomination passed off amidst muc h interruption, and L the crowd was very disorderly, the newly-elected member and his friends having been rather roughly handled in leaving the hustings. PABLIAIOINTARY PAM:W.—The following parliamen tary p a pers were issued yesterday : — Report of the commissioners appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to ascertain the equitable amount to be repaid by the counties in Ireland transferred to other lunatic asylum districts. Copies of correspondence with the Governor of British Guinea, with referee ce to the ordl nonce passed by the legislature of that colony imposing a registration tax. Copy of a letter by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to Lord CaMpbell and the Common Law (Judicial Business) Commissioners, on the subject of their report of July. 100 100 an !100 all 100 St. St. 25 St. 100 I I 511 1051 7} I