The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool C ►tton Market yesterday closed quietly, but heavily, and prices of Am .ricans were about id. per lb. dearer. Brazilian and Egyptian Were also id. and Surat id. per lb. dearer. The sides were 6,000 baleS, 500 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market was dull, and closed with an easy aspect. Accounts from Nottingham state the lace trade is very quiet, but some large orders had been received from Canada and the German markets, so that increased activity was anticipated. During the last few days ,there has been rather a better demand for hosiery at Leicester, and business is increasing. The letters from Bradford are encouraging. There has been a good demand for most descriptions of goods, at full rates. The Mincing-lane markets, which re-opened on Tuesday, after the Christmas holidays, have been moderately active during the week, and in the •vent of money becoming easier there is reason to believe that an active speculative business will take place. Sugar has been supported, at an advance of 61. to ls. per cwt. ; but during the last day or two the demand has rather slackened. Coffee is firm, and plantation has risen 6d. to ls. per cwt. Tea has been quiet, without any alteration in prices. Rice has been in request at previous values, and numerous trans actions have taken place in cocoa. Spices have been rather dull. Cochineal is cheaper ; and salt petre has been quiet. Tallow has advanced. Notwithstanding the unhappy fate of Redpath and Robson, forgeries connected with public secu rities continue to be discovered. A person who operated in stocks and shares outside the Stock Exchange, but who was not a member of that in stitution, as erroneously stated in the Times this mornisg, has absconded, and a warrant has been issued for his apprehension, for forging a power of attorney for 5501. Consols. Besides this, he has obtained an advance for 2,0001. on 400 forged Peel River Shares. The members of the Stock Exchange are much annoyed at it having been stated that the party who had com mitted this fraud was a member of the " House." Much surprise has been occasioned in the City at the Bank of England authorities having raised the rate for advances on Consols to 6i per cent. This is considered to indicate that the money market is not in such a favourable condition as many sup posed. There is now an active demand for accom modation, and 51 per cent. is charged for the nego tiation of the best bills. The Bank of France Return is generally consi dered favourable. At the commencement of business this morning the Funds were heavy, and the dealings limited. Since then a slight decline has occurred owing to the announcement made at the Bank. Conic)ls for money have declined from 931 94i to 931 for money, and from 94i I to 94i, seller 3, for the account. The New Three per Cents. were 94i and the Reduced 94 Bank Stock is 216 to 218. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 4s. premium. The Bonds are 98i 99. The Foreign Stock Market exhibits a very in active appearance, and prices have shown a down ward tendency, which has been still further in creased by the announcement of the advance of the rate of interest on loans on stock by the lank of England, Russian 4i per Cents. are quoted 96 to 96k, Turkish 6 per Cents. 951 and the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed 103/. Dutch 21 per Cents. 64i 644, and the 4 per Cent. Certificates 97t k. the following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21 ;' Peruvian, 771 8&; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4A- per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i 41 ; ditto Deferred, 231 4 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. state that the market for American Securities continues active. During the past week there have been some con siderable purchases of State stocks for investment ; and in railway bonds also there has been more business. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...103 105 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 ... 78 80 ... 89 91 ...100 101 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-4865... 82 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 86 87 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 82 84 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...100 101 Illinois Central (Shares), IPS 164 174 p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. d o . d o. 1869... 91 95 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 91 93 New York Central - 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 864 874 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 85 87 Panama 7 per Cent.,.lst Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible t 1859... 90 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... 90 92 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 88 89 There has been a very dull market for Railway Shares, and in most of the chief lines a decline of Ito per cent, has taken place. Eastern Counties, Midland, and Great Western are ss, lower ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Western 10s. each, and Erighton 1/. In the French, Dutch, and Belgian lines quotations are quite nominal, no business having been transacted. Great Western of Canada declined ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also at slightly reduced values. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY &T ONK O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2174 3 1 per Cent. Reduced Annuiti 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .......... 91i 31 Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 944 Loeg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860.., 2 15.16 Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oet., 1859 24 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 2 9-16 India Bonds, £lOOO ...... ..... Ditto, under £lOOO par Console tor Account 944 Exchequer Bills, 2'd. £lOOO £5OO 4 p Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOI 'R. Russian Bonds, 1822, I; St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 44 per Cent. 96i Turkic!' Bonds, 6 per cent 9sf Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. • Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Lonfio Ditch Exchange, 24 per Cent. , 12 Guilders 644 Ditto 4 , . Per Cent. idertifieates 974 - - Co n TWO O'CLOC6. Ditto Console Accoun, rnoneY t 93i 941 sellers "TIMEIDrm P SAW % ika...,,.. -xOEBERY OF PLATE AT COLONEL LIND. tbron.gCu.ti-2--Yesterday information was circulated a darin g an d h e divisions of the metropolitan police, of deuce of Co extens ive robb er y o f p l a t e f rom th e res i- Street, Groav'ennei s Lindsay, M.P., 47, U pper Brook ,quare. ELEOTI ON o Rousto.---Y esterd STOREKEEPER FOR ST. PANCRAS WORK. Vestry, Mrati ch a l d , at the m ee ti ng o f S t. P ancras lebone Workhous e Ill"' the late master of St. Mary- St. Pancras w ork i h w on a: elected to the storekeepership of close of the ball ot—m:' The numbers were, at the 23 ; Mr. J. Arch er , 8 . " 1 4 T RYan, 24; Mr. Clothier, t0 . 0. z. S. Jackson, 1. The Nimro'id, which out two captains of the Royal Artillery, 115 non-ee-rn'inreissioned o ffi cers and pri vates, 40 women, and 62 child e, arrived at Sydney on the 12th of October. The latest dates thence are the 13th, ___ REPRESENTATION of RANDON.--The understands that Mr. Francis Thomas Cork Reporter Mackreth, of Canonbury-park, London, has been iolicited to become a candidate for the representatio n of this borough. Mr. Mackreth was one of the late directors of the Cork and Bandon Railway. 20 20 174 20 %4N 20t 100 100 100 100 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day) it.A.II:W sh-. raid .*fl WATS. Cloqing Prlces yestenlay. Business done this day 7o1):,;. 'To s. -ie . Jun 4e ,E LI - t•rmirtg. Stour ?M!-_y _!!nehtro !Do. (11 - 4 , 1.11 . 1. 4 ikrk. Dn., ..... Si 9 192 -- 20! 174 18: 13 1 - 14 Blackburn &Tynaorigina £25 (load. at £4' liristoi and Facto..., ` , Theater , S; rtolyhea , ' Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Pas , (71,ru Do. A 93 94 62k 624 37¢ 38' ... ''''' Do. B Dubtin&Belfastjur c Dun. P. An, r. Jne. East Anglian Eastern Counties Tnion, A Sti 8e.,8 Stock • Now A..... rEast Kent O 18.:; f isl 38 40 25 - 27 7 - 5 93 95 Lancashire !East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh di bllasg,, lEdinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth 4 Dund , Forth & Clydo Jun,. Furness 53i - 5 35 - ;36 ;Glasgow dr S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd. (Great Northern Do., A, 5t0ck....., 94 - 96 7 - 8 92 93 77 79 120 125 11l 113 68 68r, 1)(i.; 13. Stock [C t. 3th. 3tWest.are.: Great Western Do. stow Val. Rai Qua. Stk. . 60 65 Irish South-Eastern. ',master k Carlisle Do., Thirds I Do. New Thirds , Lancash.andYorksh 1)3., Wet. aiding Un Do. South! ort 70 74 51 f 1 5} 6i 97i 97i London & Blackwa! Lond. Bright lz S.Cst Load. and N. Westh Do. Fifths 6 7 [ll i -.10 113 1.0574 21 21 lot loi ; i LOT - 103 D0.101.t3h.,M&8 0 Do. Eighths. .__ London =dß. Westn. Ludndrry&Colersin, n d tut rr y & Enniak Kan ch.Sh et& Linclb Metropolitan 34 4 34i Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ... )o.Birmng.&Deri‘ G. West.(lr•; ) )o. Half Shares iewcastle& Carlig: wpt.Aberg.&lirffl Tewry Warrenpo:nt ..nd Rostrevor 82i - 834 54 - 55 ~. - 13i -14 e orfolk orthn.Connties Tin North British gth Devon Rail & Dock Stock 51. - 53 3i - 34(1 40 41 • •• . • • • 00., A Stock_ 00., B Stock . I,Zastern—Berwi k Jo. do. Extension ) , ).do.G.N.E. 'Purlll 00. Leeds Jo. York 844 -85 f, Lit - 30' 3 2. 181 60i Fl.+, 97 IC3 North London • .&S.Wstrn.,Harn• staad, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire orth Western I. At £3. Westrn. Jun Wore.. ac Wolv. _4f 41 , ! - 8 10 -- 11 28i - 29& •,rtsmonth Rhymney &• ottimll Central Scot. N E.Abrdii St. Do. Scot. Mid. St oshire Rni 108 26 27 71 73 49 tO ... 14 17 -75 A 844 - 85; 5 - ad 3 - 2 14 16 38 40 SitinzbournekSheer. .onto Devon 3outh Eastern , outh Wales 4. Yrksh. cOc Riv. Dal )o 4.B,;nes,Wok. &Wol Stockton & Darilng Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 Aoekten ds Hortlop rag Vale ........ . )o. Pref., No. 1.... Names 11ev. D.& B. Vale of Noath ...... Waterfd. & Kilkenn Waterford&Umerio • West Cornwa ll..... Wost End of Londcq and Crystal Palace. Do. A Do. B 193 - 204 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i West London... ••• -.. •. Do. First Class Do. Second Class...' Wirablerl knrnv • 7 9 COLONI AL. •tombay, ilaroCla Cen. India, g. dp. c Do. !Ceylon A shares Do. B. do ►e►uerera Eastern Bengal Kan Indian A and g. 6p. Do. Ex. C, gn. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.c.8nd3.,'57 00. do. do., '59, do Geelong AL Melbourne guar. 5 per cent... Al. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. a., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c 4t. Weatern of Canada Do. New Do. Bde., payable '67 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option.. Widras, guar. 4 p.c. Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4/ p. C. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do St. Andrew's and Quebec (A),.. ..... .. FUR: %ntweroddtvtt. m Ardennes "telgian Faiitn. June t teeters to Grai mess. c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Caruteaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry I )utch Rhenish Er stern of France )o. New Euphrates Valley Eur.tt In.Jn.Tel.Rail. Gt. Central of Frant e Great Luxembourg... Italian Junction Lake Conet. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Warta Antonia ...• • I Do. do. New Namur dc Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Prof. Northern of France. Nerweg isnTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish ..... Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse._ Do. 64 p. cent. Pref. southern of France West Flanders Do. B per c. Pref W. & N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealano _ 10 I NT43l't Aoastriibum,_ Bank of Egypt ****." Bank of London ...... Hri• Col. Bk.& * ;: Britivh N. A• Banklnerical3 . Chortd of A s i a Chrtd. Bnk. of India. Australia, at chilli City Colonial Oomntorclal of Loud Fmg.Scot.&Ans.Cht ond. Chart. Bk. of tkustralia Ditto New London and County Lnd. &B. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock Lond. ik Westminster National Pro.of Eng Do. Now .••• National Bank New South Wales— loriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now RAnsl3&GolmCc south Australia Unica of Australia . IDo. New "mon t L.owor Unity Mutual Western Bk of Loud 1 - 14 "ii 7 ii 113 - 115 21 2ip 2n -22 i 53 - 55 82 - 84 22 - 221 -111 p 24i i 54 - 3 99 - 100 118 123 118 - 123 108 110 20 - 20 22} -22 i 1 - - 2ip 1! 1i 1 2p li - 2 p 5 5i 31* 33 9 —lO par p 41 - 41 - 5h ... --- ... ... --, ..,(1 51 - 661 •• 1 • 91 - 10 8 - 8i 19 - 194 37/ - 381 Sr - 9 551 - 52 - • 54' * - ipl 18 - 20 1 •-• 9 - 9 9 ..•• - pm 4}- 41 - 10 336 - 346 6 -16 p BANIDA. 97 ... 99 Ad psi 61 -- 63 ... - .. ... A ...pi 69 ---. ii ••. '••• 18f -- 18,1 18} - 1941 18 - 14 M ~~ ac• it • .... ..• V. 2 15d ..• 35 - 37 65 - 67 7 -- 9 ••• - •• 10 — 8 • d 6 I I; 4d ~' ~~ a 271 22 ' all 25 all '6 all 3' , .1100 3t. st. 100 5u 20 all 20 all 10 1 all A. 5 4t. St. st. st. t. 2s -); St. St. to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA EVENING, JANUARX 9 1857 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARKET NEWS.— ay ) CORN EXCHANGE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE H. BROWN, H.P. -THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. DISPUTED ADJUDICATION. Since Monday, as well as fresh up t3-day, the arrivals of English wheat have boon on a very limited scale, and the show of samples of both red and white was small. The attendance of buyers was limited, and the business done in home-grown wheat was trifling, at Monday's prices. Over 10,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand. American qualities were very dull at the late de cline. Other foreign wheats were unaltered in value. Fine malting barley sold readily, at fully Monday's im provement in the quotations, and other kinds were steady. Malt realised former terms, with a fair demand. The show of oats was only moderato, yet the oat trade was inactive, on former terms. To-day, at half-past 12, was appointed for hearing argu ments disputing the adjudication in Bankruptcy in this case ; but owing to the absence of some of the parties interested, the proceedings did not commence till nearly one o'clock. Mr. Browne, instructed by Messrs. Linklater, appeared for the assignees of the Royal British Bank, the petitioners in the case ; and 4.1 r. Roxburgh for Mr. Brown., Mr. Browne said that he was afraid that he should not be able to establish the petitioni❑g creditors' debt to-day, as some of the witnesses were out of the way ; therefore he proposed to go on with the other part of the case. Mr. Rozburgh objected, and said that the first step was to prove the petitioning creditor's debt. His Honour said Mr. Browne must prove his case. His Honour did not understand it. They were confusing it at the beginning. _ _ . Beaus, peas, and flour realised full prices. AKRIVALIS THIS WISISK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Engllsh .. 880 520 3090 Irish .. Foreign 1 1 10,830 2,710 Oats. I F 810 I 2,510 6,410 1070sks. 5980 brls. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. In answer to questions by his Honour, Mr. Linklater said that they had got the bank books awl the pass book, and", clerk of the bank was present. His Honour— Then call him. To-day's market was scantily supplied with blasts, in very middling condition. Most breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. Although the supply of sheep was limited tho mutton trade was heaiy, and late rates were barely supported. Very few calves were on offer, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in value of quite 2d per 81bs. Pigs were dull, but not cheaper. In mulch cows scarcely any sales were effected. Mr. Linklater said the witness could prove payment of some of the cheques. It was alleged that Mr. Browne owed the Bank 70,030/., but it had been denied that he owed a shilling. Per Bibs to sink the offal*. S. d. a. (1.1 3. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 1 0 1PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 4 0 4 41LArge era. calves 4 2 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 B'Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots, dtc. 410 5 2 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 10 4 2'Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Second quality ...4 4 4 8 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Primo crse. -wiled. 4 8 4 10, Quarter old p igs 22 tl 2 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Mr. F. Wyatt, clerk in the Bank, was then called. The adjudication was proceeled with, and the bankruptcy was ultimately annulled. EXPARTE INCE - PROCEEDINGS IN CUANCERY AGAINST THE ASSIGNEES. This was a petition by a creditor who claimed when on the bankrupt's books, but it was withdrawn on a bill in Chancery having been filed against the assignees instead. i Boasts .......... .. ...... 1,220 i Beasts • • .. .. • . .. .. .. .. Sheep . 3,200 Sheep ... Calves 210 r Calves..• • • •• Pigs .. .... . .......... 220 j Pig 5............ .... .. NE WGATE &ND The trade generally ruled i Per 81bs by 1 nactive, as follows : 0 e carcasn. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small 4 6 4 8 Pork, large 3 8 4 6 B. 4. k. 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, small.. 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops continues very moderate, and most de scriptions are in fair request, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s; Sussex, 3/ Os to 31 18s. MR.. W. BROWN, M.P., AND THE LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 8 At a meeting of the Town Council, held to-day, the regular business of the council was suspended, in order to take into consideration the report of a special com mittee, appointed on the Ist inst., to decide in what way a suitable compliment might be paid to Mr. W. Brown, M.P., as a memorial of his great munificence in propos ing to erect, at his own cost,' a building for the Liverpool Free Public Library and Museum. • The following is a copy of the report : " The committee having considered the matters referred to them, report their opinion 'that, in order to mark the sense entertained of the munificence of Win. Brown, Esq., M.P., in the offer conveyed by his letter read at the coun cil on the Ist inst., a full-length portrait of Mr. Brown, by an artist of the highest eminence, should be placed in the building, and that a suitable inscription should be recorded on the frame ; and that, in addition, a marble statue of Mr. Brown should be executed and placed in one of the niches of St. George's Hall." Mr. J. R. JEFFERY, the chairman of the special com mittee, in moving the confirmation of the report, said he believed it to be the unanimous wish of the c ,uncil that the recognition should be commensurate with the muni ficence of Mr. Brown. It was with that desire that the committee proceeded to discharge the duties confided t them, and hence the resolution now submitted for the sanction and approval of the council. The portrait was to be placed within the precincts of the building ; but it was thought that whatever was done in the precincts of the building would tr,t be a sufficiently high recognition of the well-known liberality and character of Mr. Brown; and that, therefore, a statue to his memory should be erected in a niche in what might be fairly called the peoale's hall in Liverpool. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the special committee reappointed, in order to carry out the decision of the council. _ _ The cost of the building will be about 35,0005—a princely offering on the part of Mr. Brown. The letter above referred to, as having been received by the Mayor from Mr. Brown, is as follows : "Richmond-hill, Liverpool, 31st Dec., 1856. "My dear Sir,—l have long been desirous that Liver pool should have a free public library and museum wor thy of the town, where the inhabitants, be their position in life what it may, can resort for intellectual im provement; and as some of my relatives and friends expressed a wish that I should build one, and present it to my fellow-townsmen, I am prepared to do so upon the site provided by the corporation. I have no wish to interfere with the resolution the council have already come to of leaving the plans in the hands of the corporation surveyor, Probably it will not be unreasonable for me to hope and expect that, in some way or other my name will be connected with it, to show that I have endeavoured to be useful in my generation, and possibly encourage others who have the means to con tribute to useful public works : and that some of my family or executors may be continued on the managing committee. —Ever yours respectfully, " Wm. BROWN. " His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool." 'LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ~ ~::~~ RALLWAY 9. Bedford and Blotchloy Buckgilanotil Olydesdal• Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. ~. z.6pe E. Un. H. S,. setb. Do. New...-. 11;i0 10 all GlotrA Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway...„ Hull & Selby Do. Share:. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greetiw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gt. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bat u. and Matlot.k Middlesbro' Fti Alf all 100 31 100 Reie.g 6 p.c. Midld. isradi ,, Newmarket Bury E. Mile Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds pc Prost. & Vt , yr Do. Shre. A Roystu.& Hit. Shot Roth.an • Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent._ D 0..... ......... all 1.:)0 !83 Wilts&flomrst 170 pan London N. We.t. L. &N. W. Caledon E. CJ &E.C. Gt. N rt E. Count. jesidon'a.ta. I Do Gt. Wee= Yk. Now. & Berra. Y.&NM Do Do la Emit, Peto & ro Do ~ Norfoit . Do L.& N. W & Midl(l. Stckton & Darling t. Midland.. En. Coun. 'K. Count. Do Do L. &N.W Do Gt North n Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Dar I ingt Do kUlAreatn. Closing Prices yesterday. 96 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 136 4 ... 4 gi .7: in 12 - 1 3 22i 23 I 112 114 1) 21 2i 52 - 93 56 53 132 135 8 . 1 94j 33 - 34 89 91 Bustnesa this day POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) THAMES. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY oN BOARD SHlP.—Samuel Lowe, a sailor boy, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing two 5/. Bank of England notes, Bsovereigns, a half sovereign, and 6s. or Bs. in silver. Mr. Lawrence Henderson, master of the British barque, " Twenty-ninth of May," lying at Limehouse, said the boy was apprenticed to the owner of the vessel at Newcastle. On the morning of New Year's Day the prisoner, who was cabin boy, was missing. The ship was then lying in the river off Limehouse. At the same time he missed the ship's boat, and a purse from his chest. The purse contained two 51. notes, 8 sove reigns, a half sovereign, and 6s. or Bs. in silver. He saw no more of the prisoner until last night when he was in custody at the Thames police-station. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sen• tenced him to be imprisoned for six months, with hard labour. W RECK OF THE BARQUE BOADICEA OF SHIELDS, WITH LOS, OE NINE, LIVES. GUERNSEY, JAN. 6. Soon after daybreak yesterd a y morn i ng some persons perceived what they believed to be a wreck on the Totnez Rocks, to the north-eastward of the islet of Herm, between three or four miles to the east of the harbour of St. Peter Port, but as it was then blowing a gale from the northeast, no boats ven tured to proceed to the spot. About 9 o'clock, how ever, the brig Diolinda of Poole came into the roads, and, as it afterwards appeared, r e p or t e d to some vesse l which was also lying there that she had seen the wreck, and perceived several men on her deck. Unfortunately, however, this intelligence was not promulgated till about 11 o'clock, when it reached the commander of her . Majesty' s r eve nu e c u tt er Eagle, which was then lying in the roads, and also Capt. Scott, of the steam-tug Watt, both of whom prepared to go to the rescue. The Eagle got under weigh soon after 11, and the Watt, as soon as her steam was up, started about 12 o'clock. The two vessels reached the wreck nearly at the same time, after a run of about half an hour. Almost at the same time the cutter Blonde, be longing to J. Brache and Co., arrived at the spot ' from St. Sampson's, from where the wreck and the men on board had been perceived. Just before the Watt reached the wreck she picked up a man who was holding on to a spar. The Eagle and the Blonde each got out a boat, which approached the wreck as close as it was possible, and the latter suc ceeded in rescuing 2 of the crew, whom she transferred to the Watt, while the boat of the Eagle saved 3, and took them on board that vessel. There still, however, remained two men visible on board the wreck, and the crews of two boats made every effort to get at them, but the timbers, spars, and rigging which were being furiously dashed about by the sea pre vented them from reaching the ship. A rope was thrown on to the wreck, and was caught by the captain, who passed it under his arms, but from their being entangled in the rigging, or from ina bility to assist themselves, neither of the men could be moved, and the captain, after his first effort, dropped his head on his breast and apparently ex pired. The fate of th e o th er could not be ascer tained, and the th ree vesse l s , after continuing their exertions as long as the safety of their crews and the state of the rescued men would permit, re turned to Guernsey. One of the shipwrecked crew, Edward Bradley, expired soon after he was received on board the Eagle, and another was apparently lifeless, but was recovered by skilful treatment in the hospital ; a third had the great toe of his immediate amputation so much crush e d as to render amputation necessary, and the others were suffer ing from contusions and exhaustion. On being taken to the hospital the survivors wereimmedi ately attended by Dr. Roberts and Mr. Col lenette, and through their skill and the com forts supplied in that establishment, they are all now doing well. The wrecked ship was the barque Boadicea, Captain Todd, of North Shields, of 415 tons, from Alexandria, for Antwerp, with a cargo of cotton seed and nuttron. She left Alexandria on the 9th of November, and at noon on Sunday, the 4th of January , was in lat. 49 25 N., long. 6 16, steering E. by N. At midnight a light, which proved to be the Caskets, but which was taken for the Seven Stones or Scilly Light, was seen on the starboard bow, the ship steering E. by N., with a strong breeze. She was then kept S. and by W. till three o'clock yesterday morning, when the word was given, " Breakers ahead !" on which she hauled on the larboard tack, and ran for about half an hour, when rocks and breakers were seen ahead. An attempt was made to wear, but the ship would not, and she struck on the rocks at 4 o'clock. The masts were then cut away about 5 o'clock, and torches light e d, which continued burning till the ship broke up at about daylight. At about 10 o'clock, ono of the crew, who was sick, was washed away, and five others were in like manner washed away at intervals, the re mainder holding on to the wreck until the arrival of the three vessels between 12 and 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Nine of the crew perished, viz.: John Todd, master ; Wm. Newman, Cardiff ; A. Kidd, Shetland ; C. Campbell, North Shields; J. Wood, alias Rodgers, North Shields ; T. M'Donald, Bris tol ; I. Horster, a foreigner ; James Harris, b o y, Bristol ; Ed wd. Bradley, Bristol, died on board her Majesty's ship Eagle. The survivors, who are now in the hospital, are, Walter Matthews, chief mate; Ewd. Marsh, Thos. Smith, Jas. Warner, and John Wilcox. An inquest was held by the court this morning on the body of Edward Bradley, when several of the facts above detailed having been do • posed to a verdict was returned in conformity. The court, however, at the same time, expressed its opinion that there were two circumstances in con nexion with this catastrophe which demanded serious inquiry-Ist, Why the master of the Dio linda, who arrived in the roads at 9 o'clock, did not immediately communicate information of the wreck ; and, secondly, why the crew of the cutter Secret, who also knew of the event at 9 o'clock, did not go to the wreck. THE ACCIDENT To THE POINT OF AYR LIFEBOAT.— LIVERPOOL, Jan. B.—At the weekly meeting of the Liverpool Dock Committee this afternoon a report relating to the accident of the Point of Ayr lifeboat and the loss of her crew was received from Lieutenant Parkes, the marine surveyor of the port, which, however, re vealed no new facts. In the course of the discussion which followed it was stated by Mr. Charles Turner, the chairman, that the men preferred the boats of the Dock Committee to any other ; that on the occasion of the disaster the men had no lifebelts with them, they having an objection to their use on the supposition that they interfered with the action of the chest and arms ; that the men were picked men, baying been paid extra wages from Hoylake ; that most of them had been in the service of the Dock Committee from 18 to 30 years ; and that every time they went out to the assistance of a vessel they received 7s. 6d. each in addition to their wages. It was ultimately resolved, on the proposition of the chairman, that the sum of 500/. should be given towards the relief-fond, which now amounts to about 1,3001. In answer to Mr. Robertson Gladstone, the chairman stated that the boat, which was considered to be one of the best in the service, would be at Liverpool next week, when it could be examined. A GAROTTING CASE. —While General Tom Thumb was enjoying the pantomime at Drury lane on Monday night, seated in the manager's box, adjacent to the stage, he was forcibly and unceremoniously seized by one of the clowns, and, before he could recover his self-posses sion, found himself in front of the footlights in the centre of the stage. The audience were delighted with this unannounced novelty, as was manifested by im mense applause. The little general gracefully bowed himself out of his unexpected dilemma, and soon re , sumed his former position in the manager's box. COLONIAL. TEL.—The market has been rather quiet, but prices have raled steady. Common congou brought 116 d. per lb. A every fair business has been done in the finer kinds at full rates. SUGAR.—There is a good demand for fine grocery de scriptions for home consumption, but the quantity on offer is very small, and full prices are realised. Other kinds meet a rather dull sale at fully former rates. In the re fined market there has been an aotive demand, and a fur ther slight advance has been established. Brown lumps are 625. to 625. Gd., low to fine 635. to 615., and Titlers 665. per cwt. COFFEE.—FuII prices have been realised for all qualities, particularly for plantation, Ceylon, and mocha. Native has also been inquired for, at fully former values. RlCE.—Thero has been a very good demand for all the lower kinds, and previous rates have been fully maintained. Other qualities have been steady, but business has not been very active in the finer sorts. Rum.—The market rules very quietly, and prices are fully sustained. SPICES.—A very limited business has been transacted, and prices rule rather lower for mace, cinnamon, nutmegs, and ginger ; pepper and pimento are at steady rates. SALTPETRE.—FuII prices are demanded by holders, but very little business has been transacted. TALLOW.—An active speculative business has been done, and prices have advanced about 9d to is por cwt., as com pared with the rates ruling this day week. P.Y.C. on the spot, 59s 3d to 59s 6d per cwt., and last threw months' de livery, 52s 6d to 53s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-.-(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 9.—Wind at noon S.W.—Light breeze and mild cloudy weather. RAMSGATE, Jan. B.—The Alfina Egbardina, from Dautzic, to Guernsey, has been assisted in leaky, having been on the Kentish Knock. Sailed—Globe, Cape of Goad Hope. COWES,, Jan. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Fortuna, Antwerp, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W. Arrived—Mary Ann Wilson, Calcutta; Columbus, Deme rara ; H.M.S. Urgent, Malta. Sailed— Zurich, for Ne w York. PLYMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Bourse d'Anvers, Havannah. MILFORD, Jan. 7.- Wind S.E.—Sailed—Albanie, Nova Scotia. SOUTHWOLD, Jan. B—The Cheverill, of Whitby, sank last night near here ; crew saved. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6—The roadstead of Revel is covered with ice as far as the island of Wulff. To-day there are t 3 degrees of frost here. KONIGSBERG, Jan. 4.—The navigation is closed again. BREST, Jan. 6—The Francois (sc.s.), Nantes, from Car diff and the West Indies, put in here with machinery da maged, leaky, &c., and will go into dock. LAURVIG, Jan. I.—The Concordia, Odens, from Lon don, was brought in here, on the 30th December, with cargo heated, and discharging. Weather mild. Naviga tion open. WATERFORD, Jan. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Recipro city, from Monte Video. ConK, Jan. 7.-Wind S.S. W.—Arrived Acadian, from St. John's, N.B. HULL, Jan. B.—The Johanna Andre, from Carlscrona, to London, put in here yesterday, after being on the Dog gerbank—will discharge. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH., SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, 10 a.m• Wind S.W., drizzly rain. Sailed—Odessa, for Constantinople. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.E Arrived—Water Sprite, from Alexandria ; Baccante, Calcutta; Laguno, Monte Video ; Halton Maid, Messina; Britannia, Dantzic ; Anomina and Ticonderoga, Bilboa ; Ellen Rawson, Ichaboe. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7. Wind S.S.W. Arrived—Princess Eleanor, from Demerara; Welcome, Rotterdam ; Maxwell, Marianopol. WATERFORD, Jan. 7. Wind S.E. Arrived—Recipweity, from Monte Video. DUBLIN, Jar. S. Wind N.W. Arrived—John W. Lovitt, from St. John's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISiI EGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.15 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide three hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, Bth—Himalaya, from Mauritius ; Humility, from Bremen. Arrived, 9th.—Maria Manuelle, from Cadiz; Jane and Mary, Terceira ; Northieet, Canton; Clive, Antwerp. Sailed, 9th.—Cheapside, for D P E o A rt L, Alaide. Friday, 10.10 a.m. Wind S.S.W., fresh. Passed:—Fruiterer, from St. Michael's, for Hull ; Oscar Vidal, from Moulmein ' • Baldera, bark, from the west ward ; Blanch Moore, from Calcutta—all for London. Prospero, London, St. Michael's; Ida, schooner, Terceira, London. _ _ Anchored—Rose, from London, for Bathurst ; Princess Royal, London, for Galati ; Ulverstone, bark, Carthagena, for the North; Westmorland, London, for Cardiff; Lun dale, London, for Lisbon. The Lion, American ship, has been assisted off the beach at Kingsdown, and proceeded to Ramsgate, in tow, last night. SOLUTION OF QUARTZ. The Australian papers just received from Melbourne report the discovery, by Count Dembinski, of a process by which quartz or silica is chemically dissolved, and all the gold, metallic oxides, and metals contained in it precipi tated. His method is the following :—One part of quartz in small pieces is, together with two-and-n-half or three parts of carbonate of soda, brought to a red heat and melted. Cast iron tubes are perhaps the best vessels in which this process can be done. Silicate of soda is now formed, deliquescent in air, and perfectly soluble in cold water, the carbonic acid of the soda being, of course, given off by the reaction. This silicate of soda is dissolved in water, in wooden vessels, and thus left for a few hours, during which time the gold and all other foreign sub stances contained in the quartz are precipitated. After the precipitate has been formed the solution of silicate of soda is, by means of a syphon, decanted into another wooden vessel, in which, by the inflation of carbonic acid, the soda is separated from the silicio acid, and regained as carbonate of soda. By decanting it again and evaporating the water it is made fit for another dissolving process. B e obtains the carbonic acid, which is used for regenerating the soda, from the same fire which he makes use of in com bining the quartz and soda. This he does by employing the well-known centrifugal air-pump, and follows up in all particulars the method of Melsens in the decomposing of saccharato of lime. By inflating carbonic acid into the solution of silicate of soda he separates the silicio acid from the soda. This latter remains in water, the silicic acid has been precipitated in the form of a transparent, neb u l ous , jelly-like substance, which cannot be separated from water by filtration. He now decants the solution of carbonate of soda, which by means of evapnration, he obtains again as dry carbonate of soda. As such it can be made use of in further operations. Ma. COEN'S CLAIMS.—The following is an extract from the eighth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, by Mr. William Fairbairn, :—lt would be a dif ficult task to enumerate all the services rendered by Mr. Cort to the iron industry of the country sufficiently to express our sympathies with the descendants and rela tives of a man to whose mechanical inventions we owe so much of our national greatness. It is perhaps not gene- rally known that Mr. Henry Cort expended a fortune of upwards of 20,0001. in perfecting his inventions for puddling iron and rolling it into bars or plates, that he was robbed of the fruit of his discoveries by the villany of officials in a high department of Govern ment, and that he was ultimately left to starve by the apathy and selfishness of an ungrateful country. When these facts are known, and it has been ascertained that Mr. Henry Cort's inventions have conferred an amount of wealth upon the country equivalent to 600,000,0001. sterling, and have given maintenance and employment to 600,000 of the working population of the land for the last three or four generations, we are su rel y justified in referring to services of such vast inaporp auce, and in ad. vocating the principle that substantial proofs of the nation's gratitude should be afforded to rescue from penury and want the descendants of such a benefactor." REP ftESBNTATION" OF GREEWW.TOH. 'Last night, a crowded meeting of electors, convened for the purpose of hearing an address from Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Codrington. was held at the Literary. In stitution, Woolwich. The chair was occupied by G. Hudson, Esq., and it was soon evident that the proceed. ings would not be of the most pacific description, ai loud cries were heard of " The Ballot," " We must have the Ballot in Woolwich," &c. Gen. CODRINGTON, in a brief address, explained his political creed,—as a friend of Jewish emancipation, the conditio"al abolition of Church rates and the income tax the continuance of the Maynooth grant, and his de termination to oppose the vote by ballot. In reply to questions the gallant candidate said he would no. vote for any extension of the suffrage, an announcement which was received with unanimous expressions of die. sent. He would continue flogging in the army, and would oppose the institution of electoral districts for the purpose of obtaining a more just representation of the people. As the questions asked were very nume rous, the chairman somewhat abruptly declared that the meeting was at an end, and a scene of tumult ensued which baffles description, amidst which the gallant general and friends retired from the platform. Mr. Davey was then called to the chair ; and, in the course of a long address, Mr. TuFFIELD proposed a resolution, to the effect—" That the meeting having beard the political principles 'of General Codrington, considers him unfit to represent suck a large and im portant constituency as that of Greenwich." The motion was seconded, andlcanied by acclamation. Another resolution was then unanimously adopted, pledging the electors to vote for no candidate who was unfavouraile to the ballot. This was the third meeting held during the present week by the gallant general in the various divisions of the borough, and at each resolutions have been adopted in favour of the ballot. RENEWED SEARCH FOR THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. Who is Dr. King ? He is the man who descended the Great Fish River in search of Sir John Ross in 1834; who proposed to Lord Stanley (now Lord Derby)to reach the Polar Sea by Great Fish River, to act in concert with the Franklin expedition in 1845; who foretold the where abouts of the wreck of the Franklin expedition ; who implored the Colonial and Admiralty Boards, year after year, for several years, to let him descend a second time Great Fish River in search of the Franklin expe dition, a second time to save human life on 'a great scale ; and who, now that he cannot save their lives, offers to bury the honoured remains of the remnant of the expedi tion, 40 in number, bleaching in the sun, at Great Fieh River's mouth. Who is Dr. King? He is the wiry younger brother of Mr. William Francis King, of Sydney, Now South Wales, whose feat of pedestrianism is thus recorded in Bell's Life in London seine years back : " EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Mr. William Francis King has just accomplished the unparalleled feat of walking one hundred and ninety-six miles in forty-six hours and a halt, without resting for a minute through out that time. He had been preparing himself for the feat of performing 192 miles in 48 hours for the last few weeks, and on Tuesday eight he walked down to the race course, and at 10 o'clock started, at a pace over 6 miles an hour, which he kept up until long after midnight, num. hers of people remaining on the course tilt two or three o'clock. A tent was also thrown up underneath the grand stand, and afire lit, at which tea and coffee were made, eggs boiled, and handed to King as he might require them. By ten o'clock the next morning, 12 hours having elapsed, he had walked 71 times round the course equal to about 66? miles, thus making an average for the first 12 hours of about 5 miles per hour. At this time, how ever, he walked much slower, being engaged in taking his breakfast eating from his tray, now again slung before him, and drinking from a cup supplied to him by a man who accompanied him round with the teapot. At ten o'clock be appeared slightly lame, and his feet seemed rather tender ; but be was full of life and animation. At four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, 18 hour , having elapsed, he had walked rather more than 62 rounds, or about 86 miles, having thus walked only about 19 miles in six hours ; as the day had been excessively hot this was evidently good policy. At four he was looking quite fresh, and not tne slightest lameness or tenderness apparent. At ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, 24 hours, he had walked 112 rounds, or about 104 miles ; he had thus done only 18 miles in six hours, having been delayed doubtless by a heavy thun der-storm, which broke about half past six, and lasted for an hour, accompanied by violent wind and a smart shower. At ten the effects of his wetting appeared, his voice being hoarse, and sounding like that of a man in wardly exhausted ; but he was nearly as full of conver sation as ever, and to any suggestions of doubt he returned a confident answer that he should do the tack with two hours to spare. At ten on Thursday morning, 36 hours, he had walked 169} rounds, someihing mere than 157 miles, having done 53 miles during the 12 hours since ten in the evening. During part of the night we were told he walked at nearly six miles an hour, making an occasional mile at the rate of seven miles. When we saw him at ten in the morning he appeared tolerably fresh, going along at a steady pace of about three miles an hour, his legs and feet not appearing tender, but he seemed to be somewhat stiff, we thought, about the thighs. It afterwards turned out he was suffering from a violent attack of a com plaint to which he is subject. The morning was highly favourable, a cold wind blowing, which lasted through the day, although accompanied with much dust in the streets. We did not visit the e ntree again until eight o'clock in the evening, when we found a consider able crowd there, as well as a band, several banners, and a number of lanthorns. King was still walking at a steady pace, moving as it were me chanically, and his voice quite hoarse. When we reached the course he had about two more rounds to do, and during the first of these he increased his pace to about three miles and a half per hour. The last round was a most extraordinary one. As he passe d the stand the band joined in behind him, as well as the banner b. bearers and time keepers, the procession, indeed:n:l.7. quite a triumphant one. The order of itwas soon d s i ix tui bed, however, for King stepped outd Admirers miles an hour, making most of t his a theplay playing, band a n d d r o e w y h e h n amd t h t e o y cease c r o t i n n menoed • again. King kept on his course at a brisk pace, with several spurts, making nearly all run but p rU n n g aft b e e r hin t d heir untmilant, himself. He completed the distance at half-past eight o'clock on Thursday evening, thus taking forty-six hours and a half in w alking 192 miles (206 times round the course), although the distance he actually walked must have been four or five miles further, allowing for many detours and short returns on his course made by him in the earlier part of the task. In one of his rounds made on Thursday be carried a child nearly round iu his arms. A tremendous round of cheering, with waving of ban ners and hats, and firing of guns, hailed him at the coin pletion of the distance, During Thursday night he took very little rest, and yesterday morning appeared cheerful ared active. The average speed for such a length of t inte—upwards of four miles an hour—was most extr: tordinary, but to continue at this rate for forty-eight hours without resting a single minute, either to take refreshment or for any other purpose, svaa more - wonderful still." VERY P ARTICULAR.—At the fortnightly meeting of the Gateshead Poor Law Guardians, held on Tuesday, a letter c gas read from the Poor Law Commissioners ' asking to be informed of the exact quantity of flour used to a p , :t Ind of suet pudding. After discussion, it was re solved that on the ❑ext occasion they were riade one of the dun piing should be sent to the Commissioners to judge for themselves, which was adonted amid loud 50 1?, 123 St . 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"New Shares" - 4P pm 5 all Peel Rr. Ld.& MinrL 24 - 2/ 21 1°0L(' 1 1a1,t.0011 P S a cc o t. l:l A. Nstihi tt e s waar t i ral l"S 7 iteam lnv en e ta Z i 664 1 76 4 ---- 566198 : 1641 1 all Ditto New 25 all South A ustral 11 d - 14 ori 1 at Submar. Tel„ gi p... 1 38 P... 1 ' lal Do. Register e d .. t 1 20 Trust& 1. 4 .0 0 .1 - a,,,;: ' 184 Van Diemen's Land ;6 7- ig ...I ,„ VAh.tip.e.J au& July 92 3 971 i in 1061 li 1071 821 i 85 f 694 70 1091 11 LITERATURE. The English orMargFue ; illustrated in a Philo. logical Commentary on his Julius Omar. By George L. Craik, Professor of History and of English Literature in Queen's College, Belfast. London : Chapman and Hall. A noteworthy little volume, being to all appear ance an honest attempt to throw light on the subject, so to speak, with which it deals, rather than an offering to the vanity of the author. This may be questionable praise ; but it is more than we would yen ture to accord on(-half of the legion of commentators and self-described expositors and. improvers of the text of the great English Drama tist, for never were works so besieged by literary gadflies as his. Th e th oug ht o f w hi c h tempts us to picturep on our m en t a l re ti na th e look of im mortal scorn with which h o wou ld regard them and their labours, we re h e once more i n th e land of the living. " Luz buz ! then came each critic on his ass. What Professor Craik h a s a ttempted is in order, if not in the precedence of importance, first "to lay a foundation for the full and systematic treatment of an important department of the Eng lish of Shakespeare by an exposition of some prin ciples of prosody and peculiarities of Shakespeare's versification which have not hitherto met with suf ficient attention. Some will look on this—the Pro legomena—as the most valuable part of the book. Secondly, to give a correct exhibition of the text of " Julius Caesar," and such explanations of how what Shakespeare has written is to be read and con strued as to make it intelligible to the most ordi nary understanding. In his dealing with the text the author has made but few verbal "emendations" of his own, and of these we have noticed one or two we conceive questionable, the bulk being de rived from more or less valuable sources, promi nent among which is the text as given by Mr. Collier. The chief fault of the work is a redun dancy of explanations. What necessity, for instance, is there for explanation here:— "I have a man's mind, but a woman's might !" Is there any mortal living who would not under stand this line at the first glance ? Here and there we . notice an error in the text suggested where many will discover none, but little licence needing to be conceded to make the meaning intelligible. As a whole, however, we are pleased with the book, and feel disposed to give it a more attentive consideration than as yet we have been enabled to do. The text given is as perfect, we fancy, as any ; and the numbering of the speeches is an innovation for which we mustexpress our thanks—the labour of reference being greatly facilitated thereby. We hope to see a furthei. effort by Professor Craik, in illustration of the English of Shakespeare, and that directed to a play presenting more difficulties than " Julius Conan" He possesses both erudition, taste, and apprehension, and, what is seldomer met with, no overweening confidence in himself. Such a Shakespearean commentator cannot but com mand the respect and be entitled to the good wishes of the admirers of the immortal bard. Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India. By. W. P. Andrew, F.R.G.S. Wm. H. Allen and Co., Leadenhall-street. _ . The immense, not to say vital importance, to this country, to Turkey, and to the peace and pro gress of the world, of an established steam and telegraphic communication, via the Euphrates, between England and India, has induced Mr. An drew to come forward with the present work, which not only embraces what has already ap peared on the subject from his pon, but also a variety of new as well as more detailed informa tion. To say that he makes out a good case for the scheme with which his name is identified were but to repeat ourselves. A more appropriate form of expression would be to say no one cau read the volume before us without being more or less im pressed with a conviction of its desirability. Grand as the scheme is in its aim, the reader has his mind speedily set at rest as to the feasibility of its exe cution—the great difficulty being the construction of but some eighty miles of railroad I Crossing the Channel and availing himself of lines now existing, or in the course of construction on the continent, the passenger to India will find himself carried to a Mediterranean port, from whence a steamboat will convey him to Seleucia. Between this ancient port and Ja'ber Castle on the Euphrates interposes the tract of country along which the contemplated railway is to pass. From Ja'ber Castle to Busso rah, at the head of the Persian Gulf, and from thence to Kurrachee, the terminus of the Scinde Railway, nothing more than a service of light steam-boats will be required to make the re quired communication with India complete, leaving for the future, it advisable, the execution of a more perfect scheme. And all this space would be tra versed in 14 days. The main obstacle in the way of the scheme, we repeat, being the construction of 80 miles of railroad, 40 of which must pass along a dead level, and the remainder through a by no means difficult country ! To which consideration and what would ensue from such communication, in a commercial point of view, must be added the agency of the electric telegraph, which would bring India nearer to the Home Government than were many parts of Great Britain a few years back. But we prefer the reader laying hands on Mr. Andrew's book, with its maps, &c., and mastering the splen did prospect spread before us, to be realised at so little cost, himself without our aid. The impres sion then will be the morevivid, andthe confidence felt in the merits of the scheme in every relation. doubtless more implicit and unassailable. Otherwise it would have been both easy and pleasant to have dilated on the probable results of its accomplish ment, which we will only say are grand and imposing enough to warrant tenfold the expenditure re quired. We must mention, however, the check it would be the means of giving to the scarcely half concealed designs of Russia on our Indian posses sions, and also on Turkey in Asia. The Business Man's Note-book. 1857. Edited by James Hogg, jun., F.R.G.S. Edinburgh : James Hogg. An invaluable compendium of useful information, which should be in the possession of all business men, and may be referred to with advantage by every intelligent member of the community who feels interested (and who does not ?) in the welfare of his country and her dependencies. The leading departments of the work will be found dealt with in 12 sections-1. Statistics of Trade and Commerce ; 2. Agriculture ; 3. The Fisheries ; 4. Mining In dustry ; 5. Transport and Means of Communica tion ; 6. Joint-Stock Companies ; 7. Banking at Home and Abroad ; 8. The Revenue Taxes, Stocks, Shares, and Specie ; 9. The Commerce and Finance of Foreign Nations ; 10. Social, Vital, Political, and semi-Commercial Statistics ; 11. Comparative Table of British and Foreign Weights and Measures, Tables for aiding Calculation ; 12. Tariffs, British and Foreign—Trade Usanco, ST,e. Besides which there is a variety of miscellaneous information, all that is given under the respective headings being the latest obtainable from the best sources, blue-books and official documents more particularly, which are put under ample and readily available contribution. In order more fully to carry out its design, the work this year issued is of larger dimensions than any of its predecessors, though the Diary has been omitted. It is still, however, a portable volume, and what it has gained in bulk may be set down as su much gained in value.nuinb er A o f cloth broad case sho e ts,n which a o accompaniesrlet' containing a presented sta tistics of the British colonies, being a digest of a very elaborate and valuable blue book ; 2, a map of the electric telegraph system of Europe, revised to September, 1856, and for being enabled to present which the editor is indebted to the Electric Tele graph Company ; 3, a tabular and historical sum mary of the effect of treaties on the partition of Europe, together with a tabular view of the Indian territories ; 4, a table of the w ar f or ce and war e xpenditure of different nations, the balance sheet, of the nations according to their states and popula tion, and statistics of the losses in killed and wounded sustained by th e a lli es during the late war . with Russia, th e a b s t rac t s concerning the Bri tish army and navy as communicated by the autho rities of the War Department. and the Admiralty. Altogether, it would be difficult to conceive a greater quantity and variety of useful information of a commercial and political nature, presented in a handier and more reliable manner, than in the volume and case before us. MURDER IN FRANCE.—A barbarous murd er was com mittedin the night of Sunday, atßebais (Seine -et-Marne). A. soldier of a cavalry regiment, named Gustave, belong ing to the village, had long been passionately in love with a young woman of the neighbouring village of Gourcelles, but she had repeatedly and peremp torily refused his addresses. Last week he learned that she was likely to be married to another man, and the idea of such an event maddened him. On pretext of visiting his parents he on Sunday obtained leave of absence, and went to the village. He there made inquiries about what the young ea pea was likely to do in the course of the day, and he learned that she was coming to a wedding ball in the village. The next morning the dead body of the young woman was found lying in a solitary part of the road between R,bais and Gourcelles ; she had been beaten to death by blows about the head from a heavy stick. As the man alone bore animosity to the girl, it was not doubted that he was the murderer ; and when he was sought for he was found to have disappeared. It appears that he naFst have laid wait for the girl w ith the deliberate . intention of murdering her, and he was able to effe returct his . purpose without difficulty, as she happened to be 9ing home alone. The police a nd gendarmerie are making active carches after the man. 100 WO 100 20 GN . 10Si 121 a 18