The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-26 00:00:00

RAILROAD BONDS, Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 89 91 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875. 86 88 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...106 108 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid 19 21 p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do, do. do. 1869... 89 91 Now York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 88 90 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 78 80 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 80 82 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 72 74 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund ... . ............ . ............................ 1875... 80 82 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 89 91 To-morrow is "Making-up" day in the Railway Share. Market, and the account is stated not to be •so heavy as usual. Most of the principal shares are firmer. There is an advance in Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, Caledonian, North-Eastern, and nearly all the principal lines. The Foreign are quiet, and tha French . shares, owing to a decline at Paris, are all lower. Indian and Canadian shares are equally dull, and a decline of 1/. to 11. 10s. has occurred in Grand Trunks. Mines, banks, and miscellaneous shares are re markably inactive. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Easiness done. 3 per Cent. Reduced AnnulLit.s 93 021. 3 New 3 per Ccnt. Annuities . 2i luta Bonds, £lOOO ..... ....... _ Ditto, under £lOOO 4 Et Co - Isola for A ceinur, , ... .. .. 93 Ditto for Opening c al -Etahequer Bills, 24d. 21000 . gina11......•.• •.. ... ..• • Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. ... 9Bi Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llO ElDitto Account 96; Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lO2l 2 Dtmlends on the acre maple in Lon. , n. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols:for Account n , + 00.0..., 931 i RAILWAYS. Closing Price% eqc,r,lay 55 - 5B 8i - 9 70 - 72 7 - - . . - 4 - 5 8 7 d 97 98 6i - - Ei 83 = 99 - 101 8 - 9 98 - 9941 914 - 9211 122 - 124 LO4 - 106 64.1 - 65 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 6- 8 • .0011 - 101' - 6f - 61 12 - 113 03 - 1041 ~ .". ... id d 101 101.1, ti - iiA 83i- _B4i 55 - 56 .ii -- l'a 63 - 6 3 - 43 - 92 93 - 2, - 2 24 - 11 44; 45A 71 - 72 96 - 991 4$ - 44 1 7I - 8 10 - 104 32 7 4 - - 5 106 108 24,1- 251 43 50 3 2d 18 19 75 i 6 88 - 89 5 - 44-f 5 - 9 - 11 40 - 42 21 - 21 1 31 - 7 - 9 3 - 3i - 6 2BIARE MAltiiETZ—(This Day.) 90 - 92 74i - 754 36 - 37 Business done this day. 9 - 10 19.4 - 23 113 - 111 51 - 53 - 34!; 4} f THE SUN, LONDOK I FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1857: LITERATURE. Popiaar History of theAquariton of Fresh Water Animals ami Plants. By George B. Sowerby, F.L.S. • - Popular Greenhouse Botany. By Agnes Catlow. Lovell Reeve, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. There appears to ba a natural tendency in the human race—at least in the bAter port'on of it, to pet and cherish samething belonging to the lower orders of creation. In Mrs. Thomps.ol'A duodicemo style of residence where a large famly and small means are curiously ma le to balance every Christ mas and where, we know, every extra quartern loaf is a matter of itnportanca ; yet, there, wa sea a favourite canary hanging, at the w:ndow ; whose cage must have involved the disburdemeut a a serious capital, and whose luxurious support must add somewhat to the weekly expenditure : but the family would go into deep mourning if aoything happened to that graceful little embodiment of silver note, and golden caat. Mrs. Thom son has bean known to keep her uttcle waiting in the back parlour, while sh 3 finished attending to Bijou's domestia comforts in the front one. Mr. Thompson may be seen •on the fiercest of dog-days burtheniug himself with a bunch of chickweed and plantain for ajOu's ex press delectation ; and the undeveloped Th.omps - nts are so duly impressed with Bijou's valu that their affection and admiration for hint are screpulogsly exempt from the usual juveni'eadm:xture of insult and injury. The house is certainly no:, big, but we question it its occupants would not deem it much less if it did not contain that pretty, useless little bird. Those rich people, the St)ckmans of Stamford hill, have such exquisite carpets and s )fas, that one almost doubts the propriety of their being used by more material beings than Oberon and Titania ; but there is an old fox-dog and a young setter who are privileged to parade the velvet pile without even rubbing their shoes, and to repose on the damask cushions, as though they could order new furniture and pay the upholsterer whenever they chose. The cobbler round the cernerVatroniseS a huge tabby ca+, whose wonderful ablity he is never tired of eulogizing, on the score , that it sits by his side and insists on helping him to pull out the wax ends at every sfcb. It is a verit tble fact that he loses time and profit by Grimalkin, but it is an equal fact that the dumb thing is an essential adjunct to the cobbler's comfort and content. The boudoir of the Fitz Cavendish's noble man sion, exhibits an Indian paroquet, and an Italian greyhound ; and all visitors enjoying the entree to that sanctum, would, run some risk of losing the good opinion of the amiable lady dowager and her lovely daughters, if some gentle words of courtesy were not bestowed on " Vert" and " Zephir." The tiresome young Biukles, of. Tooley-street, have contrive Ito surreptitiously establish ,a Lilipu tion rabbit hutch in the lower regions of the domi cile, and are in a state of perturbation lest the matter should be known in the upper department. Of course it does become recognised by the inferiors, and a degree of threatening and expostulation itn plies the possibility of Mrs. Double Smut being immediately ejected from the premises; but in due time Mr. Binkle is seen peering with some degree of interest into the secret chamber, and heard to give a sort of indifferent hint, that a larger hutch had better be had, now the doe has young ones ; while Mrs. Binkle may be discoverd on the stairs, enquiring, in the true maternal tone, breathing something of the caudle-cup and cradle hymn, as to "How many there are, and what co lour?" The young Binkles are extatic, and the old Binkles go on encouraging the population of " long ears" until they might stock a warren. Some would experience no delight in the "great globe" itself, unless it contained go'd fish. Monkeys are fraternized with in, many families. (We are simply alluding to. the natural and most agreeable of the genus.) Pet pigs are to be met with, (and again we would intimate that we touch only on those of the quadruped order), and dormice, white mice, squirrels, parrots,and silkworms, are common and familiar residents among us—though, as re gaids the latter "pets," we fully concur in the opinion of a gentleman, who remarked the other evening that he could "see no fun in keeping them." However, pet what we may, it is pretty certain that so doing is indicative of a loving and benevo lent nature ; and despite the empty-headed sneers launched against that unjustly -vitupe rated - race—old maids—regarding their affec tions for birds and brutes—we - are inclinei to think that the disposition which prompts the exhibition of tenderness and love, even towards the meanest of dumb things, is one of God's most blessed gift, and that " old maids" are by no means more objectionable, either in amoral or so&al point of view, than "old bachelors," who too fre quently "pet" nothing but their own stomachs or their own pockets. • , Fashion has a control over this department of our civilised constitution, as it has over every other. Once upon a ,time monkeys were all the rage. Long- eared, snub-nosed spaniels were in the ascen dant in the " merrie monarch's" days, when his Gracious Majesty could not walk in the Mall, or enjoy his luxurious saturnalia, without the company of half-a-dozen of these celebrated "bow-wows." Then, French poodles became promiuent features on the face of English society. More lately, Skye and Argyle terriers have asserted their supremacy, being recognised by quick-witted people as "ani mated door-mats," "loco-motive m las," and "self acting brooms." At this present epoch of petting fancies, the strange and unfamiliar creatures of " the vasty deep" command our devotion and ex cite our curiosity, under the form of "Aquaria." Our drawing-rooms and conservatories now present to our notice " crystal palaces" on a minor scale, wherein we may gaze on star-fish without the aid of a telescope, and dilate on the beauty of sea anemones without presunring to pluck one. There we may revel in "Sea Cucum ber" without thinking of the cruets in conjunc tion ; make pleasant company of coral skeletons, and sport with Sea Urchins who never plague us with their noise or mischief. This novel and in teresting introduction not only serves to amuse the idle and ornament our dwellings, but ministers to the elevating general knowledge of natural his tory, and the abstruse pursuits of the scientific in vestigation of Creation's wonders. With a com paratively inexpensive receptacle, stocked with tiny tenants of the lucid flood ; and with this work of Mr. Sowerby's on the tab'e beside it, much may be learnt, even by the most uninitiated, of the functions, habits, me tatnorphOae3, and construction of the astonishing family leaping, floating, and diving before ns. The volume is a compact and simple book of reference, though thoroughly correct in its details of natural classification. A. great number of coloured plates illustrate the various orders and characters expa- tiated on, which are very attractive, and help the young disciple of the aquarium school most ma terially. In short, we can only pronounce the publication to ba worth much more than its cost. Of Miss Agnes C ttlow's Popular Greenhouse Plants, we need say little, as her works on Garden Botany, and Field Botany, have rendered her name honourably familiar to ail - lover 3 of Fiona nature, Miss Catlow, in her present production, fully El tains her reputation, and the most exquisite in habitants of the greenhouse are al ably and charm ingly described by her pen, as they are beautifully represented by the pencil, in the plentiful and gor geous illustrations. TUE Moons.—Throughout the winter grouse have been :n fine condition—their plumage glossy, flight vigorous, and the wed-known crowing of the cocks loud and clear. The nesting time is now over, with very favourable weather. On all low moors the young broods are strong, and counting from eight to ten in a covey. A sportsman, well known for great feats on the moors and in the deer glens, writes from his shooting quarters on the 4th of June :—" Grouse are quite healthy, and stags are getting very forward in condition. I expect better herds this season than we have seen for the last three or four years." Another sportsman writes on the 7th of June :—"I am happy to give good accounts of my bill, disease having quite disappeared. A great many grouso are hatched and strong ; and, should the fine weather continue, and water not bcome scarce, I think we may promise ourselves a capital year." From all we have heard it appears certain that wherever there was a sufficient breeding stock there will be at least average sport. No season for a long time has promised better for deer-stalking —grass is earlier by a month than last year, and those who are versed in the beauties of anilers will be gratified to find the caberfeigh in perfection.—lnverness Courier. _ _ CRIME IN SCOTLAND.—A blue-book just published gives long tabular statements of crime in Scotland in the year 1856. From the abstract it would Appear that the number of persons eharq,ed with offenws in 1856 exhibits an increase of 2'2863 per cent. ; 2,591 nvilms and 1,122 females were committed, 2,996 tried, 2,762 convicted, outlawed, or found insane, 926 convicted as relapsed or previously convicted culprits, and three con demned to death. The proportion of c invictions to committals was 74'3373 per cont., and the proportions of acquittals to committals 25.6127 per cent. ; 1,046 were offences against the person, 39 against property with and 1,912 against property without violenc, 79 malicious offences against property, and 85 offences against the currency. Offences against the person have increased 7'613 per cent. ; offences against property, without violence, 5 . 77342 per cent, and malicious offences against property, 1 . 282 per cent. Forgery and currency offences have decreased 31.451 p er cent. 716 persons (of both sexes) could read or write, 2,352 could do both imperfectly, 556 could do both very well, and 81 had a superior education. Of the 234 acquitted, 179 got off by the open verdict of " Not proven." Three of the criminals were sentenced to be hanged, 72 to be transported, 202 to penal servitude, 2,170 to imprison ment, nine to be flagellated, and 223 to lines. and Cnr r. li. 41An t t 11l CS, tting , Mr. amber lay in isaio o n pal" rr,T dT g baa' )813 0 „ 1 , 1 • t o wn), le TO; an d enalY ment °3 El Bal iveteu tipper/ King . ; • ere'. a STATE SECURITIES. 'Tr •--1. ./.1 .2% AND CoyiIAERCI INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a firm appearance, and prices were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and only a limited business Was transacted, but prices were a shade bean-. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Market this week there has been less animation, and the general tone of business is quieter, but at the same time the quotations of nearly all the chief articles steady. Sugar has been less active, but holders have withdraWn several parcels offered publicly, so as t) support prices, arid thus very little variation has taken place. Coffee has realised full prices, and a good demand has existed. At the forthcom ing Dutch auctions 80,794 baskets and 2,745 bags of Java, besides 7,377 bags Mauritius, will be of fered. Cocoa is quiet, but 2e per cent. dearer. niceeontinuee steady, and for tea there has been an active enquiry, at a rice of id. per lb. Spices are steady and tallow has advanced. The declarations for the Indigo sales of next month are extended to 12,381 chests, and same additions may still be made. In:the course of examination we find a very large Proportion of the Benla( crop to be more than com monly cold and otherwise defective. Sound red qualities suitable for Russia are very scarce, and are likely to command higher prices. The deliveries of late have been steady, the arrivals early, and the stock still shows a temporary increase upon that of last year. . The stock of saltpetre on the 20th instant was 5,532 against 6,121t0ns at, the same date last year. ,The Bank of Fiapce have reduced the rate for discounting bills from 6 to 5t per cent., but no alteration is made in the terms for advances on stock. This measure, as far as we ere in a position to judge, is a sound one, and, notwithstanding an ?pinion is loudly asserted in some quarters that it is utterly inconsistent with sound principle, there can be no question that the administration will bltimately be proired to have acted with prudence arad a due regard to probak le cowing( ncies. Sup posing the stock of bullion has been diminished to the extent of 800,0001., as stated, that is no reason Why the position of the Bank should render a change impolitic, and a wise determination is evident in the course pursued, viz., the Withholding of increased facilities from the specu lative public. It is proved by the premiums paid for the" call" of different kinds of stock that a disposition exists to extend operations on the Bourse, and if .these were encouraged by an offer on the part of the Bank to grant loans 'on easier terms the results might be disastrous, and the improvement in financial affairs thus impeded. Again, there will soon be an issue of 50 franc notes, the emission of the scrip of shares representing the hew capital having already commenced. As soon as some of the instalments are paid, note circulation will be increased ; and with the pros- Pects of a gool harvest it will no doubt be found, iu spite of the doubts expressed, that the alteration made yesterday was not only Opportune but perfectly justifiable. Of course there is a good deal of disappoiertmente some ex pected a reduction of 1 instead of per cent., while others made sure that the measure, whenever it was adopted, would apply to loan as well as dis count operations. During the fortnieht ending last evening the amount of hills drawn by the Honourable East India Company ou the three Presidencies were as follows : Rates of Exchange— Amount. On Bengal, 2s eid per rupee... £41,851 . 8 9 On Madras, 2s OAd per rupee... 7,840 18 0 On Bombay, 2s. id, per rupee... 600 0 0 Total. The Trade and Navigation Returns for the month d five months, ended the 31st of May last, have been published this morning. These exhibit a steady expansionof our commercial intercourse with most Parts of the world, notwithstanding the tightness of the money market and the dulness which seems to Prevail in most branches of business. The value Of . our exports, and the results when comps:el With the previous year, are m under : One month. Five months. 1857 ... £11,382,204 ... £50,195 541 1856 Increase...£2 648,904 ... £6,888.212 The import tables are also satisfactory, and those lelative to shipping show that a larger amount of tonnage has been employed this year than.in 1856 or 1855. _ _ This day a large meeting of shipowners, mar chant-s.e.tmen, and others, was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.p., in the chair, the object being to affect a re- Deal of the Act of 1854, and to induce the Govern ment to grant a charter of incorporation for the merchant seamen of the Although exceedingly dull, the English Funds have been very firm all the morning, the decline in the minimum at the Bank of France, notwithstand jag the depression on the Bourse, having given support. The market remains in the same dull and apathetic state, and there is no variation of the slightest importance to comment upon. Consols hav e been 93k I, and they are now flat at these quotations. For the opening they are 93g. Th e New 3 per Cents. are 92k 93, and the Re duced 921 93. Exchequer Bills have further receded le., being 7s. to ss. discount, and the Bonds are at 98 India Bonds are marked 4s. discount. Foreign Securities are quiet, but on the whole rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents have risen to 961 A, I, and the 4 per Cents. are firm_ at 1021. The only other transaction recorded is Russian 5 per Cents., which have been done at 110. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign •Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61; Mexican, 221 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 47 ; Russian 5 per Cants., IC9 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ; 'Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 21; ditto De ferred, 25k 261 ; ditto Certificates, 6A 6/ ; ditto Passive, 51 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., report that during the week there has been very little business in. American Securities, and little change in prices. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...106 1061 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 106 Alabama 5 per Cent _ ... 78 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 89 91 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ./.100 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk Bonds - 1841-1871... 40 42 Mississippi 5 per * Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 20 22 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 79 81 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds ' ••• - Virginia 6 per Cent:'-Bonds 1886... 833 843 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. Bolton 43 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 90 92 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883.... 75 77 )f the -day, Limn- ggine, loore, o❑ for o 8:h 5; G. Ileged wP. frau- e Faid It tbo ❑ the owing d, tho ,ry by ion erg ing. from office - W ith ,n the riking ustru- The um of estern being ,t and essing man ; d that ;barge Ld ira 3 sta" voter ' s iVoree B inter• es net cele" dace eclareg e time union is cow a posa blessed ot oull marry els the fle eced s olemn e could p a rio )0 :-"" ;ouch. r evert news' neva: d U° lona' nd SO aecv s. aster d the ikerit Ise 10 vious meld' ice of Ise to wor' ► used Died liato ,0 to To! with a V / ;log► gain %~ ..~~ RAILWAYS. all 100 100 ' I It?? 100 all 4 Amhm. Nottng. Bost. do Eastn.' Junes ..... Belfast & Ballymena Blaming. Wolvcrh dt Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lanesb d Cheshire Junct Blackburn ........... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol do Exeter ' Ca1ed0nian............ Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. .4. Do. B Dublindtßelfast Juno Dun. P. drAber.Junc, East Ang,lian 20 tl4 St. St. St. 50 St. St, 20 20 10 St. llastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A.stk Do., do. Do. Now ^ Elst Kent ......... East Lancashire East Suffolk ..... Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde( all Forth and Clyde June. 1 00 Furness ... ....... . 100 Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ..... 100 Gt. Sth.kWest.(lre. ) 100 Grant Western. 100 Do. Str.V.R gua. St all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster &Carlisle. 14f'Do., Thirds 12 •IDo. New Thirds 3 i 100 100 1 100 100 100 23 16 all 100 XlOO 31.1 17i all all 1100 164 100 100 all all all all Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,1 Gl,. 5ii.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London £ S.Weatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo'p arrangement Midland ........ Do. Binning. & Derby Midland 0. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carl isle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk_ Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock v. E astern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London ..... N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn,. North Staffordshire North Western .N. & S. Wostrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Rhymney Scottish Central 1 Scot. N. E. Abnln . St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i per:. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0......,...... Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West - Cornwall...—. . West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH POSSESSIONS. [CO all Atlan. and St. Law. 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Can. Ind, guar. 5 p.c. 6 p 18 all Do. 20i 103 Buffalo & Lake Hur 3 2d 100 100 Buff., Brnt. & Gorfch BB 92 100 100 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 100 100 Do. Do. d d 0 0 . . ; July, jtine, ;7 7 4 3 f is s 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... - ..• 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) 20 lOs Ceylon A Blares •— ••• 20 1 Do. B. do. •• 11 —l6 p 176 all Demerara 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian 108 110 20 15 Do. C Shares ll -- lAp 100 all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ••• 100 all 1)o. do. do., '59, do. ... 20 all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 2O 20 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 586 594 59 7i 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben B7 89 87 20 all Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 pare 2ll —21 A 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 2 aP 206 all Gt. Westn;of Canada 22h 22# 204 106 Do. New 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 100 101 100 all Do. do., '76, p.'66 106 112 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 106 108 20 all Madras, guar. 46 p.c l9 20 20 all Do. do., 5 per c..,, 216 22 20 10 Do. 44 p. C. Eaten. par 1 p 20 5 Do.• 3d Ex., g. sp.e. „ 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 20 58. Onde (Limited) • 20 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c. 2p 20 all Do ••• FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 7 20 18 Ardennes .14 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 14 *** 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac par 1 p 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 5 5i 20 12 Dutch .Rhenish 20 all Eastern of Franco 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphra;os Valley 20 18 Gt. Central of France 2 4 25 1p A 20 18 Great Luxembourg sg sg 6i IC 4 Italian Junction . 20 all Lake Court. & Bale ••• ••• 20 all Lierre and Turnhout , . ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian .41 5 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. 33i all Maria Ante; is 10 all Do. New • ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 201 20/ 16 all Northern of France 39 394 10 all NorwegianPrnk.Pref 8t 31 20 all Paris and Lyons 59/ 60 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 I 7 Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. i d •—• par 10 74 Rome and Frascati... • • •• 20 -all Royal Danish l6 1 8 5 all Royal Swedish — 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse — gi 10 all '3o. 54 per cent. pref 8 8i 20 all Southern of France 3OA 31 84 all West Flanders 4/ 5 10 all 00. 54 per c. Prof 9i 20 all W.&N.W. of France 301 3111 20 6 Western of Austria._ par 1 p 20 all I West, of Switzerland 6 all 'Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent.pref 20 all 'Zealand ......... •. •.• O i INT-STOCK BANKS. 1. 24 :0 5 a 1 50 1 41 ; 'BB Bank n n s k ktr a l o oj f fa s I E o a B9 91 90 g d p o t n 4 19 — l 5 I d l 40 all IBri. Col. Bk.&Ln. Co 50 all (British N. Ame r i can :*: *- *: 220 0 58 .Bk.of Ind.AuCh 00 50 IC Cit .& y 63 6 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Load - :• • 120 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht 1 73 —18 i 20 all Lon.Ch, Bk.of Aust. 18/ 181 20 all Ditto New lB 2C., 20 London and County 29 50 50 Lnd.dtE.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock ICO 20 Lonland Westminst. ... 50 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 77 20 10D°. New •• ••• 1 50 22 National Bank i — ••• 20 all 'New South Wales.... 48 50 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 384 39 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 16 Provincial of Ireland ~. 10 all Do. New. 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co — 25 all South Australia 25 36 37 all Union on e of Australia 56 -- 57 2D 6 7 50 10 Union of London 101 i 0 Unity Mutual . •-- ...6 - 100 ,P 0 Westrnßk of Load,, 10 41 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. EATLWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yesterday. ! 11 - 13 1.32 •-.. 13E I 3/ - 1.(56 i2i -- 12/ 22i -- 234 103 -- 105 -- a P 2/ -- 2$ 89 -- 91 par - i p 54 56 llii - 1.33 8 - 8i 9 - 91 31 - 32 88 - 90 S SHARES. 90 - 92 o'n : 97 5/ - 112 112 A,b - 72 - 116 - 107 - 102 - 63 10 - 6i - 95 - 85 - 87 - 102 - 10 -17 i - 104 - 74 1 ,9 1 i 131 - 91 - -14 i - 136 - 141 - 117 ••• .. - 157 - fip' - 68 - 133 - 89 - 1i - 103 - 95 - 1(1 par - 115 - 116 - 110 - 19 -23 i - 100 - 100 -28 i - 3 "... ••• - 3 MINES. 15A -16 i - 7i 130 - - 140 t4O - 460 16 - 17 - 7 4 - 5 13 - 15 15 - 16 34. 44 21. 24 44 54 la -- la 315 325 5 - 6 290 -- 300 3 - 41 - 272 - t2O - 130 240 - 250 280 - 330 6 - 64 182 191 44 - 46 24 - 26 100 I Buckghamsh. 100 Cly‘lea?,B.leJc. all iCol.Stour Vy. 100 , E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all l E. Un. H. Sh, 1.00 Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. i Sharec all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw, all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 7i Do. Bark, Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Maid. Brad fd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc, N.& Est.s p.c. Do'. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. 2 Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews . & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do.. 100 5.i Wilts &Samna PREFEREN , nt. WI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4,1 p. c. Ches. 4 Ho. 54 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 ap.e. Dnn.Perth.SiAber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l' Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do: do. 4 per cent... East Laucash .6 p.ets. E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Farness, 5 p. c....... Glas. do 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Notthn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. C. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 4 per cent ...... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S Is W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spc Do. con. - red. 44 p.c. Do. eon. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per 'ent. Do 5 p. c. rod. prof. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Li.n.& York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D0.,P., 5 p.c. St. No. 2 Do, New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh Londy. &Ennis. Sh M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. .E 6 Do. do. n per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Mid.Consol.6p.c. St Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c Do. 4 p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &IL Pref. St New.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norf k .Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 o.Wv.V.5p. North British Do. 7/. Preference E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ Do. York Ef. &S. Pur. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. S Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St Sou% Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (1; lading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4? per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do, do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '36 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. Ln.&N.W.' Calcdon E.U.dtE.O Gt.Northn i E. Count. Caldonian. Do t. Y. & I Vte s N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Lu. &N. W & E. Count Do Do Do L. & N. W Do Gt.Northni T. &assay M. 31Clean Stk.dtDar Do BRITISH lAlfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Conduraw (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsle. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. ) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Mogan) N. W. B asse t (Illoga,n) North Wheal Crotty Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 2orkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Mir. Co S. Caradon (St. Ceer S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances(lllogn.i T* tu. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mines (Gweanap) ,V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogar).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Bailer (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wb. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 1071 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 ,„." 15 1 i Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica a Id 40 all Cobro Copper 5l 53 . . 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariguita 1 all New Granada ' * g 1 all Novean Moude 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 5 7 5 1 Port Philip • -- ..• 30 16.. Santiago de Cuba 1 all iouth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Prof ... ... 283 all United Mexican 3 i 3 i MISCELLANEOUS. ' 25 19 Australian Agricult. 193 203 10 all Australis. Royal Mail ... ... 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 50 40 Brit. American Laud ... -- 100 32!, Canada St. 100 Do.G3.6pc•Jan&July 114 115 11.13 I St. 100 Do. 6 p.c.reb.S:Auq. ... ••• St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. ... ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 30 35 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 25 27 5 • all Crystal Palace li 2i 5 all Do. Preference ' .51 i . "-' 3 N 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... _ ... 1 i Daston Iron Ore •• ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam — ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. ... . • 5 all En.drAust.Cop.SmCo 1} 1 . 3 10 103. Env. & Ind.Jctu. Tel. .. ••• 25 all Gen. Ir• Sc. Col.(lim.) ... , 15 1.4 Gen, Steam Navigat. ... ', .. .. 20 5 London Discount ... 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i 3i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... _ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. . _ 10 alI Mexican& &Amnion 21 :ii 5 5 INat. Discount C 0.... 11 i a 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land...; II j 10 all Do. Do. 5 all DoiBp c • PLiss.at 1d I 4, 3 / 4 4g 5 1 Do. Do. 1.00 80 Now B. &N. S. Land' 18 2 - 2 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D.t ... ~. ... 10 1 1 a a a l l l l i l NN • Or ;t i ll e h n . . tai o A f u E G ß u t r a rali o s ;Stin " 0 4 1 —.... 1 1 1 I t 12 ss. Do NOW Shares 0 ie par 25 all jPeelltr. Ld. & Minr l li 2t 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 66 —6B 50 10 Do. New • 50 all Rhymney Iron I l 21 —23 15 all Do. New. 1 6 8 80 60 Royal Mail Steam 157 —59 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 1 all Do. New 1 100 all S.Aus, Gov.6p.c.bds lO5 • 107 I 25 all South Austral. Land 34 •6 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 1 all Do. Registered - 1 20 5 Trus. Ln , Co. Up . Can. ~ ... ~ 100 283 Van Diemen's Land... 11 -_-_-• 12 \ ~, Business this cloy 20 Hi 351 n I i lot i 641 5j ,100 1 1 1 100/ 6/ 1.121 13 121 13# 1011 4 i 2 1011 21 44 i i 81* i 45 711 i 33k 3 S 8 9.1 All 100 100 .100. 100 3i 1100 100 1 100 100 100 all all 12112, 20 1 14s 7 I3s 16/151 40 1 1.250 ii ris; THE BANK CHARTER. The Bank Charter Committee continue their heavy labours, but, according to report, no revelations have thus far been arrived at to encourage the delusion that the means of este' lishing a " sufficient currency," such as shall keep the supply and demand for money always independent of any disturbasice from the foreign ex changes, are destined to be arrived at. The evidence taken is likely to prove voluminous, yet, however weary ing may be their task, it is to be hoped the committee will not break up until they have given ample latitude to every gentleman anxious to uofeld ar.y idea on the subject. With the wh••le arguments of the various schools comprised in one book it will be in the power of any person, even if the committee should abstain from reporting their own conclusions, to form a clear judg ment, and the public will be relieved from a continuance of that issue of pamphlets—each propounding some (lai ; ous and infallible system, wholly overlooked by every previous inquirer- - .vhich has been kept up in an uninterrupted stream for the past twelve years. It will create surprise shoul 1 it be found that the examina tions have brought out a single opinion or statement which had not years previously been answered over and over again, but an available receri of them will be invaluable towards stopping similar repeti tions for the future. There is one suggestion, how ever, which, although more specious than most others that are put forward, has been less discussed than any, to which the Co in trittee will perhaps give pat ticular attention. It is founded on the cry of free trade, which, according to many recent signs, seems as liable to per version in the commercial as that of liberty in the poli tical world. The question wby should there be a monopoly of the power of is.oeing notes ? "Let us," it is said, " have free trade in money as in everything else." The days of restriction and prohibition are passed, and, if a private individual, or a body of individuals consti tuting themselves a company, choose to issue their pro mises to pay, and the public choose to receive them, why should the law interpose a bar and declare that such a privilege shall not be allowed to any establishment other than the Bank .of England ? Even if it be found impossible all at once so far to discard old prejudices as to refrain altogether from the paternal system of State interftrence in such matters, surely, it is said, it would be enough to stipulate fur a deposit of certain recognized securities, such as Government stock, real estate, &c., with an ample margin. Against such arguments can any thing be urged To the astonishment, perhaps, of those by whom they are brought torivard, the answer even in the Times must be that they are indisputable. There ought to bano legal restrictions whatever on the issue of notes. If this is what is meant by !rep - trade in "money" the wishes of the advocates of that . piinciple might at once be granted. In strict consistency every man ghoul fbe at liberty to make what promises he pleases, leaving the public also at liberty to place faith in them or otherwise at their own discretion. But is it certain that this is all that the agitators of the question demand ? Of course each notes must not be a legal tender. If the Govern ment force the community to receive notes as a legal tender they are bound to take upon themselves the re sponsibility of insuring that they shall, under all con ceivable cucomstances, be found convertible into the gold they purport to represent. That precaution is taken with regard to the notes of the Bank of England, and it is capable of demonstration that under no imaginable contingencies can the exchangeable value of the issues of that establishment be for one moment jeopardised. But 14,000,0001. or thereabout, which is the issue allowed to the Bank, has been clearly ascertained to be the limit to which a currency based merely on securities can be carried with the certainty that its part value in the money-market will be maintained. Hence, as the Government cannot guarantee any further issue that may be made except against a deposit of gold of equal amount, they must of course refrain from assuming any liability with regard to it. To prevent misconception it must therefore be provided that all notes except those of the Bank of England should be stamped with the words " not a legal tender," or if this should be deemed an unjustifiable compulsion by the extreme sticklers for license, the difficulty might be equally well met by the words "a legal tender" being prominently affixed on the Bank of England notes, leav ing the public to discriminate the probable value of the paper on which this inscription is wanting. Such a pro vision in connexion with the existing powers of the cri minal law would undoubtedly sup?ly all the protection the community are entitled to insist upon. In case of attempts to pass other notes than those of the Bank of England as " money" the Courts of Justice could at once meet the evil. If any person asks Mr. A. for his note there can be nothing wrong in the transaction, but if Mr. A gives his promise to pay on "demand to a customer across his counter, who through being a foreigner or an ignorant person is led to assume that he has received a legal disbursement, then, of course, Mr. A. must hold himself liable to sustain the penalties which, as the law already stands, apply to all analogous pro ceedings. A strict enforcement of the penal clauses of the Bankruptcy Act against all who Should be found to have issued notes payable on detnaad under circum stances of actual or approaching insolvency would like wise assist to keep everything straight: That the first introduction of this kind of. freedom would be followed by many abuses and much mischief cannot be doubted; and to most persons it will be a question whether, until the general popul ttion become hotter informed on finan-. cial matters than at present, these results would be com pensated by the fanclul advantages of rounding off a theory. For the moment the joint to be understood is ' simply that the cry against the supporters of the Bank Charter Act, that they are opposed to the principles of commercial freedom whenever those principles clash with theiryiewo, isaltogether a mistake. Perfect free trade in money. exiets already. The profits of the 14,000,0001. issue which, apart from gold and silver, is all that can ever be really regarded as money, are divided among the public, since heavy deductions on account of it are made by the Government from the Bank. • With respect to money beyond that total, every man is at liberty to make as much as he pleases—or, in other words, to take gold and silver to the Mint •whenever .he can get it, where it will be made into money for him at the public expense. With the golden peetnise3 of A, B, cr C, issued on their own credit or on the security of stooks, shares, houses, colonial produce, &c., the term " money" has nothing to do. If, however, there is a class of persons who would place them in that category, and who would desire to have opportunities of being furnished with an unlimited supply, it must undoubtedly, as far as our ideas of freedom are concerned, be regarded as a pity that there should be any legal barrier to their being gratified.—Times' City Article. MARKET NEWB,—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE• Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat in to day's market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds, compared with Mond a y, was rather heavy. Very little business was transacted in any description, and the quotations wore next to nominal. • The week's imports of foreign wheat are only 7,460 quarters. That grain met a very dull inquiry, but with out leading to any change in value. There was a fair demand for barley, the supply of which was very limited, at previous quotations. There was a slow inquiry for malt, on former terms.- Oats were in short supply, and steady request, at full prices. Both beans and peas supported Monday's currency, but there was much, lees activity in the demand for flour. ARRIVALS TIM WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. English 2,210 I 990 Irish - Foreign 7,460 380 Oats. 670 300 Floor. 1,35 J 11,890 2,400br1s 350 sacks METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. We had a fair show of beasts in to-day's market, chiefly the refuse of Monday. For all b re eds, the demand ruled heavy, at that day's decline in the quotations. The sup ply of sheep was short, and the mutton trade was more cheerful, at the late decline in value. There was an im proved inquiry for lansb3, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was extensive moved off heavily, at 2d per 81bs less money. Pigs and mulch cows were very dull. Per 81bs to sink the offal'. s. d. s. d. l Interior Beasts.... 3 o to 3 2 Sec..nd quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 21 P r imo Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 6 I n f er i o r Sheep ~.2 14 3 21 Second quality —3 4 3 Si Prime orse.-wlled. 3 LlO b, 4 5s '4l a m O. d. A 3. Primo Sonthdown 4 6 4 8 forge crso. calves 3 6 4 0 , 'Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs (Small porkers 4 2 4 S Suckling ealves 23 0 30 0 Quarter old pizs 21 0 28 0 a to Gs 6d. TOTAL SIIFPLTZ Beasts 9lO Sheep and lambs Calves Pits FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l7O Sheep and lambs 220 Calves Pigs NEWG..k.TB AND LEADENHALL. Only a limited busiaess was transacted to-day, as fo' ,ovrs Per Sibs by the carcase. __ 8. d. 8. d. _....... s. (1. s. d Bee', inferior 2 S 210 Mutton, Inferior 210 3 2 Do., middling 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 4 310 Do. prim© large.. 3 6 310 ( Do., prim e 4 0 4 4 Do., do. small .... 4 0 4 2 I Veal 3 4 4 4 Pak, large 364 0 I Pork. small 42 4 8 Lamb, 4s 10d to Cs 2d, BOROUGH HOP. As the plantation accounts at haul, to-day, are less fa vourable, the duty has declined to 115,000/. Our market generally is firm, and prices are well supported. Mid and East Kent pockets 31 10s to 51 15s ; Weald Sussex, 31 Os to 3/ 12s ; year of Kent, 3 / 55 to 31 15s ; lings, 1l 10s to 3/. O. per cwt. COLONIAL, TEA. —There was a very active demand, and prices were Id. per lb. dearer. SUGAR.—The West India market was firm, and a mode rate amouni of business was (low at full prices. 8,000 bags clayed Manilla, sold by private contract, at 43.4 64 to 493; duty 12s 61 per cent. The refined market was dull. brown lumps 69s to 698 6d. Run.—The market is inanimate, there being only a small lot of Demerara, sold at 28 104 per proof gallon ; an d 50 puns good brown Leewards: at 2 s 91 COCOA. The market is somewhat firmer. Grenada being 2s dearer ; 760 bags sold fair to good red,7B3s to 88s per cent. COFFEE. —Plantation Ceylon brought full prices, and the larger portion of 452, casks, 51 barrels, 330 bags were sold. litcE.—The market is steady and firm, prices are in most instances obtainable for good qualities. SALTPETRE is steady; 591 bags 13angal sold low 25 ► lbs; 36s per cent. COCHINEAL.— Blacks aro id to 2d dearer, but silvers are steady. TALLOW.— The markets is very firm ; buyers on the spot and all the mouth at Gs; July ;,to September 535; aucl - OctQluer W December 584 per cent, "LIRTLE DORRIT." BY CHARLES DICHENS. It is a great pleasure , and yet a great grief to us also, that Little Dorrit has arrived at last, in due course, at the period of its t.'rrnination. We have never yet closed the green double number (xix And xx) of any one of Mr. Dickens's elaborated serial tales withrut this same mingled feeling of chagrin and satisfaction. It is precisely the same with us now, in regard to this concluding instalment, of Little Denit., precisely. the same as it has been with us previously, in various degrees, after a perusal of the closing chapters of Bleak House, of Martin Chuzzlcwit, of Donthcy and Son, Or of David Copperfield. Observe—we have said "as it has been with us previously, in various degrees." The pleasnre and grief we have herevery sincerely spoktn of, being, of course, proportioned to the excellence of each particular performance. Delight at the final satisfaction of a long sustained, a piqued, and sometimes even a tantalind curiosity 1 Regret that the dear companion of. many a gladdened month before, wi'l be surely, surely missed by us here after ! Such—we need. hardly have said to m my thousands upon thousands—are the conflicting emotions (agreeable to the last, notwithstanding their in congruity) with ..which we end our first reading of one of tl!ese great composite fictions by one whss name we have long learned to love and hon'our as that of the most delightful of all English Hurnorist4. Any one who happens not t) have yet read " Little Dorrit," but who has of course read one or more of Little Dorrit's predeces sor, may, at once by an appeal to the menory, imagine our " regrets " at least, on putting aside —finished and done with fur the time being (in fact until the next reading)—the last - new story by Charle) Dickens Ret:ollect, for example, how it was with you—un ler the like straight—you who were readers in your time of "Martin Chuzzlewit," " the immortal narrative," as Sir Edward Lytton genially calls it in the last number of Blackwood, in the commencement of his new serial file in monthly instalments ! Reniember how loath we were then t) part, so far as the first reading was concerned [and the first reading of a fiction is its very life, as any after perusal is merely a reaollec tion of it]—how loath we wore to part then; for once and for all, from the midst of that . crowd of motley and familiar characters ! Wonderful Sairey Gamp and her apochtyphal acquaintance Mrs. Harris— chirrupping Poll Sweedlepipes and Bailey Junior straddling about during the whole story the most delectable and incorrigible of . Jackanapes—Tom Pinch " Dear Tom, Old Friend," about whom a clever critic in a recent number of Maga, wrote to our thinking little short of " rank blasphemy"— Pecksniff, that most sleek and oleaginous " Greek Chorus" in broadcloth—Montague Tigg alias Tigg Montague, with his Anglo Bengalse great hocub pocus swindling association—and with these how many more ; the Spy Naddgett, the murderer Jonas, M. Todgers whose gender still seems to us to savour somewhat of the epicene, Mark Tapley, Mrs. Lupin, John Westlock, Old Chuffey, Ruth, Cherry, Merry, Betsey Prig, Young Martin, Old Martin Chuzzlewit ! The cata logue threatens to be interminable—we cease. Re collect how gladly we would have lingered longer in the midst of them, those vivid delineations, those li teral "creations," those ssemiugly tangible, visi ble; living-and breathing' personages. And you who have not read " Little Dorrit," but who have read " Martin Chuzzlewit," may fancy the throng of familiar figure)" now scattering away from us into thin air at that ghostly exorcism "The End"—fatal as the sound of cock crow to the witches of theWalpurgis ! Yet scattered from us thus by the so far unwelcome close of our first perusal—the characters of Little Dorrit like so many hundreds of those in Little Dorrit's prede nessors will live long (better this than flies in amber !) in the perpetuating medium of a most vivid remembrance. What characters, what creations they are many of them ! Panck-7, the • Tau Casby, the Patriarch. Gentle, Ta g . manly hearted Arthur Clennam. Flora per fectly natural, yet utterly preposterous. Plor nish, the good-natured, growling plaisterer. Mrs. Plornish, his helpmate, with her rare Italian ac complishments. Little Mr. Nandy, her old father —of Phyllis and Chloe, and yet also of the Work house. Dear Little Dorrit. Uncle Frederick of the Clarionet. Mr. Dorrit, of Mayfair, and likewise —hum —ha— of the Marshalsea. Blandois Rigaud (of Paris), Chevalier d'lndustrie—he, of the descending nose and the ascending moustache: Mrs. Clennam, old Flint winch, Affery, Tip, Fanny, Merdle, Meagles, Doyce, Gowan, Maggy, Mr. F.'s Aunt, Sparkler, Physician, Bishop, Bar ! All the well-to-do denizens of the gay world—and all the ill-to-do denizens of the poor miserable dilapidated world of the Marshal se t. What a microcosm the book is ! replete —in spite of irs shortcomings—with tra gedy and comedy, with the hortiely and the eltritch, the romantic and the commonplace, the pathetic and the ridiculous ! The author expresses a very natural wish in his preface to the effect that now the various threads of his narrative arawoven to a conclusion, it may not be unreasonable on his part to ask " that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern fioished." How reasonable this wish is, to our thinking, may be conjectured, when we add that in this double number the mtnifold mysteries of Little Dorrit are surprisingly explained. Observe are ex plained, are actually accounted for—not slurred over, but accounted for. Pint winch's shadowy 4' double "—Mrs. Cletmam's " motives "—all the ghostly sounds and rumours about the House upon Crutches—Rigaud's power over "them two clever ones." Everything in the story, we repeat, is ex plained that seems to require, and at the same time to defy explaatation. It is the most rational expla nation, indeed, of apparently inscrutable enigmas that wo can call to mind since the winding up of " The Mysteries of Udolpho." As to the fall of the House upon Crutches—(a fall which Mr. Dickens may remember we ourselves anticipated)—Poe had already, in one of his brief wierd Tales of Glamour, employed the same grimly idea by way of solution ! We allude to his record of "The Fall of the House of Usher." Here is the incident as described by Mr. Dickens, with a pen dipped in the ink of De Balzac. Blandois has been left alone in the house, smoking upon the window sill— " whoof !"—his moustache going up and his nose coming down. "as he ogles a great beam over his head with particular satisfaction." A short time, afterwards— It was one of those summer evenings when there is no greater darkness than a bng twilight. The vista of street and bridge was plain to see, and the sky was serene and beautiful. People stood and sat at their doors, playing with children and enjoying the evening; num bers were walking for air ; the worry of the day had a'- most worried itself cut, and few but themselves were hurried. As they crossed the bridge, the clear steeples of the many churches looked as if they had advanced out of the murk that usually enArrouded thorn and come much nearer. The smoke that rose into the sky bad lost its dingy hue and taken a brightness upon it. The beauties of the sunset had not faded from the lung light films of cloud that lay at peace in the horizon. From a radiant centre, over the whole length and breath of the tranquil firmament, great shoots of light streamed among the early stars, like signs of the blessed later covenant of peace and hope that changed the crown of thorns into a glory. Less remarkable, now that she was not alone and it was darker, Mrs. Clennam hurried on at Little Darrit's side, uninole4ted. They left the great thoroughfare at the turning by wnich she had. entered it, and wound their way down among the silent, empty, cross-streets. Their feet were at the gateway, when there was a sud dee noise like thun " What was that ! Let us make haste in," cried Mrs. Clennam. They were in the gateway. Little Dorrit, with a piercing cry, held her back. In one swift instant, the ell house was before them, with the man lying smoking in the window ; another thundering sound, and it heaved, surged outward, opened asunder in fifty places, collapsed, and fell. Deafened by the noise, stifled, choked, and blinded by the dust, they hid their faces and stood rooted to the spot. The dust storm, driving between them and the placid sky, parted fur a moment and showed them .the stars. As they looked up, wildly crying for help, the great pile of chimneys which was then alone left standing, like a tower in a whirlwind, rocked, broke, and hailed itself down upon the heap of ruin, as , if ever y tumbling fragment were intent on bury:ng the crushed wretch deeper. Ultimately, we are told, on digging out the ruins they found "the ditty heap of rubbish that had been the foreigner betore his head had been shivered to atoms like so much glass by the giant beam that lay upon him, crushing him." As a contrast to this horrid casualty take the laughter-moving vengeance wreaked by Paneks upon the Last of - the Patriarchs. Proprietor and Grubber, have been the central figure in a final tableau in Bleeding Hart-yard, when-- • Quick as lightning, Mr. Permits, who, for some mo meno, bad had his right hand in his coat pocket, whipped out a pair of shears,ars, wooped upon th e P a t r i a rch behind, and snipped off short, the sacred lock s . that flowed upon his shoulders. In a pat'i m animosity and rapidity, Mr. Pancks then ean z g Y li s t broad-brimmed hat out of the astounded Patriarch' hand, cut it down into a mere stewpan, and fixed the Patriarch's head, ittohonesf Before the frightful results of this desperate action, Mr. Pancks himself recoiled in consternation. A bare• polled, goggle-eyed, big-headed, lumbering personage stood staring at him, not in the least impressive, not in the least venerable, who seeme d to b a y e s tarted out of the earth to ask what was become of Mr. Casby. After staring at this phantom in return, in silent awe, Mr. Pancks threw down his shears, and fled for a place of hiding, where he might lie sheltered from the consequences of his crime. Mr. Pancks deemed it prudent to use all possible dispatch in making off, though he wag pursued by nothing but the Hound of laughter in Bleeding Heart Yard, rippling through the air, and making it ring again. Does anyone wish—rather, does not everybody who has read Little Dorrit wish to learn something (be roro closing the book) about the Whereabou . s of the vrinished old debtor's prison of the Marshalsea ? Here is the eminently characteristic recora by Mr. Dickens (:n his preface) of his own persinal rosearehes into the matter down at Bermondsey. He writes Some of my readers may have an interest in being i formed whether or no any partions of the Mar.shalsea, Prison are yet standing. I did not know, myielf, until the 'sixth of this preteot month, when I went t s look. I found the outer front courtyard, often mentioned in this story, metamorphosed into a butter-shop ; arid I then almost gave up every brick of the jail for lo t. dering, however, down a certain adjacent " Aniel COurt, leading to Thirmondsey," I came to " Marshal. sea Place ;" the houses in which I recogu'sed, uit molls! as th© great block of the former prisoo, bet As preserving the rooms that arose in my mind's-eye when I became Little Dorrit's biographer. The smallest bety I ever conversed with, c arying the largest b shy I over saw, offered a supernaturally intelligent exist +nation of the locality in its 01(1 uses, and was very nearly correct. How this young Newton (for such I judge him to b'e) came by his infortna•ion, I don't know ; he was a quay ter‘of a century too young to know anything a' - mut it of himself. I pointed to the room where Little Dorrit Was torn, and where her father lived so long, and a ked him the name of the lodger who tenanted that apartment at present ? He said " Tons Pythiek." I asked him who was Tom Fythick ? and he said, " Joe Pythick's uncle." From this same brief yet ample Preface we learn with delight, but not by any means with wonder—(for a popularity like that of Charles Dickens, true, and noble, and genuine, and good, like his own Rare Geniu4, must inevitably expand rather than contract in proportion as the know ledge of it spreads, and with the knowledge ofit the no less inevitable appreciation)--that " uevei" has he had 5 , ,) , , itany readers ! He said the same thing (as he reminds the public) in his Preface t 3 House. And he adds, "In the preface to its suc cessor, Little Dorrit, I have still to repeat the same words." An announcement his many readers will receive, one and all, with no trival sense of satisfaction. It is from the introductory pages to Little Dorrit that we cull—(a blossom between the two last green letves of the serial)—our conso lation upon closing Mr. Dickens's latest narrative. " Deeply sensible of the affection and confidence that have grown up between us," writes I,iSr. Dickens to his readers, " I add to this Prefac','as .I added to that [the Preface to Bleak House] —Miry we meet again I" How many will echo '• with a heart and :half" that plea , aut aspiration THE "PRINCE CONSORT." At the Council which was held yesterday. an order was passel for publishing a Letter Patent, by which the Queen gran's to Prince Albert the title of " Prince Consort" during their joint lives. No one can object to the distinction which is thus conferred on the husband of the Queen after 17 years of married life. We are not now concerned to say whether the title of " Prince Consort" gives to the possessor any accession of heraldic rank which continental Chamberlains would recognise. Suffice it to say that it makes Prince Albert legally,' as he already is actually, a member of the British Royal Family. Hitherto the Prince has had no British rank whatever. Philip of Spain eras titular King of England, but the Consort of the present Queen is only what he was prior to his marriage—a Prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha. He has not even received a British Peerage. Although a naturalised subject of the British Crown, Prince Albert has hitherto borne only his German title, and out of England takes, we believe, according to the code of Court precedence, only his rank as a younger brother of a Ducal German house. Although styled "Royal" among ourselves, and no doubt invested by courtesy with Royal honours in friendly States, the Prince has by birth a claim only to the title of " Serene Highness," and must yield prece dence to numerous scions of continental Royalty, whose lot is obscure comparatively with his own." . Her Majesty has then certainly transgressed no bound of moderation when, after a reign of 20 years, she confers on her husband a title which, without giving him any authority at home, assures to him a high and definite position abroad. Prince Albert will now meet foreign Royal families with the status of a British Prince of the highest rank. Already, by ttoyal Order, he has taken precedence of all members of the reigning family in Eugland, the new title only assures to him the same position in other countries, where these matters are ordered by immemorial usage rather than in accordance with the statutes of any particular monarchy. .We may well acquiesce, therefore, in the act which the natural affection of our Queen has prompted in making this innovation on English heraldry. The law of this country has, indeed, always been that the rank of the wife confers no dignity on the husband. No dougbt this is in accordance wiuli the law which determines the descent of dignities in England. Alt our old English Baronies and a great number of the Scottish Peerages are, like the Crown, heritable by women. So; in default of a Salle Law, we have established by custom another which the non-existence of the former almost renders neaps sary—namely that the husband shall receive no rank, dignity, or precedence in right of hi s wife. This has become so much a part of our jurisprudence that we are inclined to forget that it is hardly un derstood in many parts of Europe. In Sp un and Portugal, both lately governed by Queens, the Consorts of the Sovereign had the title of " King." It was thought no more than just that the hus band. of a Queen Regnant should have the same social rank as his wife, even though he did not share her authority. Her Majesty is certainly the best judge whether a similar regulation in England will enhance the dignity of her husband. If the title of "Prince Consort" gives to Prince Albert a higher position at the Courts where the wife's dignity naturally attaches to her Cons.rt, the people of England can have no objection to the grant. It is within the prerogative of the Sove reign of England to bestow any title of honour or any place iu precedence, although actual authority within the realm can only be constitutionally exer cised in pursuance of an Act of Parliament. Prince Albert, therefore, may fairly bear his new title. We cannot, indeed, believe that the change \vas necessary to obtain for the Prince fitting respect among ourselves. For 17 years he has received almost every honour which the Crown or the great Corporations of the country can bestow. The list of his titles and offices obtained before Middle age is a proof of the public respect for himself or the widely diffused loyalty to the Crown. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort of the United King dom will be to us pretty much the same as his Royal Highness the Prince AlbertofSias much xe-Co in a Saxe-Coburg naroe Gotha. But, in spite of the poet, there d, if there be increased homage rendered to the new titi3 on the banks of the Spree or the Danube, the English people will be happy to sanction and adopt it. --Times. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, June 21—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze, and sultry weather. SOUTHAMPTON, Juno 25.—Arrived—Indiana (s.s.), from New York. PORTSMOUTH, June 25.--Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Avon, from Woolwich; her Majesty's Leopard, Devonport. Sailed—H.M.S. Melville, for Cnina. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Wyoming, from Philadelphia ; Minha, screw steamer, Oporto. Sailei—L =aster, for Philadelphia; Annie, Archib a ld ; William Stetson, New York ; Maple°, Lisboa ; G am b ia, Havre ; Oliver Putman, Calcutta ; Peter JeaL, P ara ; Macedonian, Alexandria. QIIRENSTOWN, June 24. Wind S.S.W. A rr ived—George, from Girgenti ; Reaper, T r i po li ; Har riet and Molly, Rio Grande ; Julia Cobb, Cardenas; Fairy Queen, Rio Grande; Martha Pope, Girgenti ; Koh-i-Noor, Matanzas ; Plantagenet, Win&or, N,S. Ofl—Urania, from Antigua. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELE¢BAPA•) GRAVII;E ND, Friday, 9.30 a.m. Wind calm ;title' five houra' ebb ; fine. Arrived June 25—Francis A. Palmer from Callao Elena°, Randers ; F re d er i ck Franz, mi n it a ian; El Dorado, Callao ; Nina, Pict on . Algoa-bay - Arrived, J uno 2 6 — Golden Fl eece , from Christiana Margaretta, Randerp. Sailed, June 26—Orient, for Adelaide; St. • George, Demerara. DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m, W ind N.N.E , light. Pa,sei, June 25—Inkerman, from London, for Holz Kong ; Avon, London, Boston ; Eagle, bark, Sunderland, Aden ; Don Antonio, Liverpool, Hamburg. Adelaide; I li -im am Hyde, Boston—all from London Passed—Soake, fo r Cape of Good Hope ; Lady Ann, s e ine, screw st eamer, Die pp e ; Mary Ann b Hudson's Bay ; . A nc h o red —Tam ar, from Colombo, for London. Sailed—Minstrel Boy, for London. The Archbishop of Milan, Count de Ramilly, is to receive a cardinal's hat, and to be summoned to Rome, ft vacant being filled by the p l ac e le Prince Schwa tzen burg, C a rdinal-Archbi ,, hop of Prague. BATTERSEA NEW PARK AND CHELSEA NEW BRIDGE. Yesterday evening a public meeting numbering at least five thousand people, chiefly of the working classes, took place at the foot of the new bridge, at Chelsea, to pro test against the imposition of a toll on tlr-tt bridge. Amongst those present were Si4J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., General Sir De Lacy Evans. M.P., Mr. Alcock, M.P., and Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. Resolutions in conformity with the objects of the meeting were agreed to unanimouply. 25 121 12i 20 261 13 St. 20 12i 25 20 25 10 1.0.6