The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 9,
Tho following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday:—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess of Hohenloho Langenburg, their Serene High-
nesses the Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of
Hohenlohe, and the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of
Kent.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duo de Brabant, the
Comte de Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte of Bel-
gium, arrived last night on a visit to her Majesty, at-
tended by Colonel de Moorkerke, the Count de Briey,
and Sir Robert Carswell.

The usual parade of the troops, and feu de joie. which
takes place on the birth-day of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, was countermanded to-day in conse-
quence of the approaching funeral solemnities of his late
Grace the Duke of Wellington.
The Earl of Derby and the Earl of Malmesbury had
an audience of her Majesty this forenoon.

Mr. William Henry Coffin and Mr. John Hodge
(agent for Honduras) had an interview with Sir John
Pakington yesterday, at the Coloniel•office.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes•
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Derby and the Earl of Malmesbury re-
turned to town yesterday afternoon from Windsor
Castle.

Mr. Cao3sr Hawkins, president of the Royal College
of Surgeons, had an interview yesterday with Sir John
rakiogton.

Dispatches wore received at the Colonel-office yester-
day, from the Governor of Malta.

DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET.

We can state, in the most positive terms, that within
the last few days, very grave dissensions have taken
place in the Council Chamber, relative to the question
whether there ought or ought not to be a paragraph in
her Majesty's Speech, recognising the benefits of Free
Trade, and pledging the Government to a continuance
in our present commercial policy. Mr. Disraeli pro-
posed that such a paragraph should form part of the
Queen's Speech, and tho course which he proposed was
concurred in by Lord Derby, with a modification as to
the phraseology of the paragraph, and also by Sir John
Packington, Mr. Henley, Mr. Walpole, and Lord Lons-
dale. The proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman was
opposed by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Northum-
berland, Lord Salisbury, Lord Hardwioke, Lord Meknes-
bury, Lord John Manners, and Mr. Heroics. There
were thus six for the recognition of the advantages of
Free Trade, and seven against it. But the numbers
may be said to have been, in reality, equal, inasmuch as
the opposition of Lord John Manners was of so modified
a character as to be hardly any opposition at all. This
was the state of affairs on Monday ; but we are unable
to give the final conclusion to which the Cabinet came.
To• morrow, however, will throw some light on the
subject.—Morning Advertiser.

SOMETHING LOOMS IN THE FUTURE.—The incessant
cabinet councils which are being held in Downing-street look
ominous. They are also of a very protracted sitting, and it
is said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer looks extremely
" glum " on his way home after they break np.
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.. —Mr. G. S.
Brent, the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex, concluded,
on Monday evening, at the Cleveland Arms, Charles-street,
West, Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, a lengthened in-
quiry touching the death of George Williamson, aged 25, a
carpente-, residing at 20, Upper Brook-mews, in the same
locality, who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor, in his room, on the Wednesday evening previous,
whilst in a state of undoubted lunacy. The jury returned a
verdict of Accidental Death, with the following addendum:
"The jury cannot separate without expressing their regret
that Mr. Piercy, the relieving officer of the parish, refused to
re-deliver the certificate of the mental infirmity of George
Williamson, written by Mr. Teevan, the surgeon, to the mes-
senger who had previously left the same with him, as it
appears to them, the jurors, that the means of averting the
suicide of the deceased man have been lost by such refusal."
METROPOLITAN CARS.—Thcre are 3,500 cabs, which
pay duty of 91,000/. per annum ; taking each cab
as of the
value of 60/., the value of this property amounts to upwards
of 200,000/.
ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL,
CitAItiNG.CROSS.—At a meeting of a committee of this insti-
tution, held on Thurday, the 4th of November inst., the
secretary reported that 700 poor persons attended during the
last month; that 15 operations for cataract had been suc-
cessfully performed during the month of October, 3 for arti-
ficial pupil, and 40 for minor afflictions; that the funds were
totally inadequate to the demands on the hospital, and that
contributions must be earnestly requested from the public.
ALLEGED FATAL FAMILY SQUABBLES.--Yesterday
Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, Inld an inquest at t'ie Wellington,
University-street, St. Pancras, on Mrs. Mary Chapman, aged
67, widow of, Mr Cnapranextensive
, the ladies' boot and
shoemaker, igt!e of London•street, Tottenham-court-road,
n e ourt-road,
vho was Pileged to have died from maltreatmentam-e- but after
hearing the evidence, the jury returned the following ver-
dict :—Deceased died from a natural disaase, and not neglect
or otherwise, as suspected and clArgod."

EARTHQUAKE 1N LAN CA SHIRE.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The shock of an earthquake was most distinctly felt
in Liverpool and Cheshire, this morning at about half-
past four o'clock. The motion was from west to east,
and accompanied in many cases by a rumbling noise. In
some cases, individuals were awoke from a sound sleep,
and jumped on the floor, expecting an attack from some
nocturnal marauder; in other cases, children screamed
and hid their faces under the bed clothes; whilst iu a
few instances, persons in bed simply felt a kind of rock-
ing motion liLe that of a cradle. bed. One gentleman
who resides in Claughton-park, Birkenhead, described
to our correspondent the sensation experienced by him-
self and his wife, as similar to that which would be pro-
duced by some giant shaking the bed upon which they
were lying for several seconds. Captain Greig, the
Liverpool head-constable, who lives at the George's
Dock passage, was awakened by the loud noise. All the
earthenware in the house was shake❑ about, and rattled.
He got up, fancying that some one had broken into the
house, called up the man on duty at the station. and
examined the roof of the building to see that no person
was there.

All the police-officers on duty round the docks re-
ported that they had heard the noise, Officer Blackmore
(No. 227) was leaning at the time against one of the
landing-waiters' huts, and the hut shook so much that ho
thought ho and it would have fallen into the dock.
So great were the vibrations felt in Standish that, our
correspondent informs us, one woman was thrown quite
out of bed.

Mr. Stodart, who lives in Toxteth-park, near Prince's-
park, says he heard five or six distinct vibrations. At
first the rolling noise was long, and then during each
succeeding shock the noise became more faint, and gra-
dually diod away. The motion of the bed was like that
of a swing cradle. The people who lived next door
jumped out of bed, and a young woman, their daughter,
crept under the bed clothes in a state of alarm.
At Woolton, Childwall, Aigburth, Bootle, and Sea-
Forth, the earthquake was distinctly felt, as well as at
Oxton, Claughton, and other parts of Cheshire.
The weather for the last few days has been wet and
sultry; the atmosphere, even out of doors, being unusu-
ally warm. Last night, about ton o'clock, the sky was
very dark, with huge black streaks extending from the
west to the east.
The last shock of an earthquake experienced in Liver-
pool and its neighbourhood was about ten years ago.

MANCLIESTER, TUESDAY.

Very great sensation was created here this morning
by the rumour that a somewhat severe shock of an
earthquake had been felt during the night. At first the
rumour gained little credence, but as the morning wore
on. and men of business came pouring in from country
places, all doubt was dispelled, for it was scarcely pos-
sible to speak to any half-dozen persons without meeting
one or more who had felt it. Tho time at which it

occurred seems to be generally fixed at half-past four
o'clock in the morning, though there is some uncertainty
about this, owing to the circumstance that it was in the
dead of the night, and observations as to time are not
then very accurate. Those who speak most distinctly
of the phenomenon say that windows shook and clattered
loudly, and that the beds on which they lay were lifted
up and rocked beneath them. One gentleman, who has
served in the army in Jamaica, was awoke by his wife,
and jumped hurriedly out of bed, imagining that thieves
were getting in at the window. A little girl, about seven
years old, in a fright called out to know what was the
matter with her bed, and the servants were alarmed by
a noise and shaking of the house, which they attri-
buted to the removal of furniture in the next dwelling.
The gentleman, while sitting at breakfast a few hours
after, remarked—" If we had been in Jamaica, they
would have said that what alarmed us was an earth-
quake." This was at Cheetham-hill, about a mile from
Manchester. To select another instance, a family re-
siding at the outskirts of the township of Hulme, about
two miles from the centre of Manchester, were all
awoke by the rocking of their beds ; and i❑ another
instance, a little girl was so much alarmed, that she
crept from her own bed to that of her sister for safety.
The shock was also distinctly felt about nine miles from
Manchester, at Ashton-upon-Mersey, and at other places
in that neighbourhood, awaking persons out of their
sleep there, and creating considerable alarm; it therefore
appears to have had a large range of operation. It is
needless to repeat the accounts which are given from
various places within that range ; they are nearly re-
petitions, all who felt anything speaking of a trembling
of their residences, an upheaving of beds, and a loud
noise of windows clattering, as if the whole of their re-
sidences were in a state of violent tremor. We have
❑ot heard of any damage done either in town or coun-
try; indeed, in the town, the oscillation does not appear
to have been so distinctly felt. The police make no
mention of any unusual phenomena occurring to them
during the night.

ALARMING SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE

AT DUBLIN.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING,

This morning, between four and five o'clock, the in.
habitants of Dublin and its environs were awoke from
their slumbers, by hearing a loud noise resembling the
echoes of repeated discharges of peals of artillery,
which shook the houses to their very foundations,
causing, it may easily be imagined, the greatest con.
T..Tp w tue MIS
sternatir—
arriyett_ of any fatal or very serious results, beyond the
v 0.7 great alarm created.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, NOV. 9TII.—ID this market we have
a suspension of business, such as was experienced
last week. Those who have orders in their hands are
deferring their execution, and buying only in retail
fashion for assortment, in the expectation that prices
may be lower ; but the extensive transactions of the
last three or four weeks have placed spinners and manu-
facturers so much under contract as to prevent any very
sensible effect being observable in the current rates.
Still, the bias of the market is in favour of buyers,
who, in most of the medium and lower counts of yarns,
and also in many kinds of goods, are able to get what
they want at a slight reduction.
ROCHDALE, Nov. B.—The demand for flannels con-
tinues very good, notwithstanding that part of the
year is fast approaching when it usually falls off. Also
in the warehouses there is a fair amount of orders
coming in from the country, quite equal to what it has
been for some weeks past. In wool the demand is
steady and prices firm.
HALIFAX, NOT. 6.—There has been a very slender
attendance of merchants is our Piece Hall to-day; and
but few worsted goods of any description, have been
disposed of. The yarn market exhibits great firm-
ness. In consequence of the advancing price of the
raw material, the spinners are compelled to ask still
higher rates, to which the merchants are unwilling to
accede; and the struggle between them will probably
lead to such a diminution of production as may insure a
rise in the quotations. Wool is again somewhat higher;
and the spinners are purchasing with more confidence.
HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 9.—The demand for woollens
has been somewhat slacker, but considering the advanced
state of the season it has been about an average. Stocks
in the cloth hall are low, as !most of the manufacturers
are making to order; still prices are very low, scarcely
remunerative; but on the whole there is a good prospect
of a fair trade through the winter, as some of the mills
that have been running short time aro already working
full hours.

TUB BANKING INSTITUTE.-,A meeting of the
Banking Institute was held at the offices of the institution,
Threadneedle-street, last night, John M'Gregor, Esq., M.P.
for Glasgow, in the chair. There was a pretty numerous
attendance of members. Mr. Sewell read a paper oa the
origin of bills of exchange. The points principally dwelt on
were two :—First, whether bankers ought to have any regard
to the state of foreign exchanges in regulating the currency
of this country ; and secondly, whether, in the present cir-
cumstances of Australia, the establishment of a mint or of an
assay office would be of most practical benefit to the colony.
On the first of these questions Mr. Bell gave no opinion him-
self. With regard to the second, he expressed himself
strongly in favour of the establishment of an assay office
to test the quality of the gold produced in the colony rather
than a mint to turn that gold into coin, which was not
wanted in the colony, the circulation there consisting, as in
Scotland, of 11. and 2/. notes. The paper having been read,
the meeting adjourned.

LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY.—A general meeting
of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law
was held on Tuesday evening, at 21, Regent-street ; Lord
Brougham in the chair. The attendance of members was
unusually large. The following resolutions were agreed to—
I. That the present state of the law referring to the transfer
of land is highly unsatisfactory. 2. That a cheaper, simpler,
more expeditious, and more accurate system is exceedingly
desirable. 3. That to effect this object, the transfer of land
should, as far as possible, be assimilated to the transfer of
stock. 4. That in particular, purchasers and mortgagees
should be relieved from the necessity of enquiring into equi-
table interest in land. 5. That the power to shorten the
present practice as to titles to land, should be conferred on
a competent tribunal. 6. That it is absolutely necessary to
control, tax, and moderate more effectually than at present
the expenses connected with the transfer of land. The
meeting then adjourned.

OVERCROWDED GRAVEYARDS.—Last evening, a
meeting was held in the school-room, at St. Mary, Newing-
ton, for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity
of closing the already overcrowded graveyard of the old
church. Mr. Mulcock, senior churchwarden, presided. Mr.
Alder moved, " That the fact of the present limited grave-
yard having been in use fqr several centuries, and that for
some ears past not fewer on an average than 477 inter-
ments have annually taken place therein, is of itself sufficient
reason for its being closed, while the injury inflicted upon
the health, comfort, and commercial interests of the inhabi-
tants, in the event of a recurrence of the cholera or any ether
epidemic, render it of paramount importance that it should
be closed forthwith, and the provisions of the new act
adopted." Mr. Cooke seconded the resolution. After much
discussion, the resolution was carried tinanim, usly. A
Burial Board was nominated, for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of the recent act of Parliament.
SAD ACCIDENT.—Captain James Sargeanf, deputy-
governor of the Defence convict hulk, stationed opposite the
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, while crossing on a plank on the
middle deck of that vessel, with the intention of inspecting
some meat brought on board as food for the convicts, fell
down to the lower deck and broke his thigh and sustained
other injuries so severe that he died on Saturday last, the
same
week. having taken place on the Wednesday of the
week. Captain Sargeant had served in the 13th Light
Dragoons previous to his appointment to be deputy-governor
of the Defence convict hulk.
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LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—Mr. Sainuelnorlmool
for the
tercisy unanimnivilv eted M ::' i
asT
as,iveLittieedaw ywehso-
ensuing year, in place of Mr. Thew
retires from the civic chair with the good wishes of his
tO WWI

MONEY A.ND COMMERCIAL NEWS•

CITY, Two o'Ceocit.
The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday
amounted to 3,000 bales, of which 1,000 were takes
on speculation. The market was dull, and the tea'
dency in prices down wards. There was a heavy
market for Reilway Shares, and prices declined. ,
The Members of the Banking Institute mustered
tolerably strong last night, to hear a paper by Mr'
Bell upcn the important subject of the Foreign Ef.
changes. Mr. Macgregor was in the chair; and t
commenting upon the paper, expressed his view lu3ti
no legislative enactments could control the balance °E
trade, and that the adjustment must be left to the
natural operation of bullion remittances when ear
sion needed them. Mr. Gilbert seemed to agree,
with the writer of the paper that
Mint is not necessary in Australia. "C°;
our own pact we dissent from such
conclusion. The small notes circulated by t'
Australian Banks, doubtless, supply the place of sece,,'
reigns to some extent, but it is important to bear td
mind that the colonists are properly ambitious) '1,4
desire to manage their own affairs ; and, further, ti 'd
the mere stamping of gold by an assay office Vi°lllo
not protect inexperienced parties from fraud. 3,
elaborate coins can be successfully counter
what is to prevent a copious alloy of gold and a ficl;
tious impress of the characters stamped at the as'lly
office ? Moreover, it is unlikely that small pier'
of the metal would be assayed and circulate;
and we know that half-sovereigns are 0111,„$,
wanted. Probably the greatest inconvenience Atis"si
lia will experience will be from scarcity of silver, be
the notes provide no resource. A Mint equal to til'o
service of the colony can, in the opinion of Sir J°,l
Herschel, be established and conducted at a vibemoderate expense; and the growing wealth of ,
colonies entitles them to it, however banks, bulli°e,
brokers, or shipowners may be prejudiced. At Pitie
sent most unnecessary risk is incurred by
lis
constant transmission of gold from Australi,
to England, and vice versa ; and the Legi3io
ture at Sydney was, in our opinion, riglat
urging the formation of a Mint. Mr. Attwvo
of the British North American Bank, Pct
some interesting explanations upon the managetli,,e;
of the exchanges with Canada, stating that :
York stood thereto in about the same relation as
don to the other towns of England. The sunr, t°o
metallic money in Canada seems now quite equa' no
its requirements, though, of course, there can be
objection to a steady increase of wealth. lot
There was a slight decline yesterday in the rateee,
bills of exchange on Amsterdam and Hamburg!),
Trieste was firmer, and Paris without alteratioc•
A meeting of the holders of the Turkish loot be
been convened for to-morrow and will, probabli, ity
very fully attended. There is obviously a nee,es:oo
for the public expression of those opinions wille":"vote
hitherto only been murmuringly indulged in in Pride,
circles, and to fix the blame upon the right Psreiflf
in the face of so much mystery, is particol-90,
desirable. Seeing the feeling that exists,. they
Devaux and Co. have announced that ties
also intend to convene a meeting of the 0/. to
interested as soon as they are in a positisloo
attend and give explanations, the affair of the gle
requiring now their constant presence in Paris. f
cannot help thinking, however, that the hands °alio
contractors will be much strengthened by a P the
demonstration on the part of the holders. Let
tbe
latter prove to the world that in reliance clnbel
good faith of the Turkish Government, , the,
subscribed for, or purchased the scrip, an of
national discredit arising from a repudiati° eat,
obligations entered into through an accredited,/ his
(no matter how far that agent may have exceeds see
authority) will not be so likely to be incurred h 1 es'
Ottoman Porte. The argument put forward ;ot
tenuation of the disallowance of the Loan is, ;„"gtiee
return of the amount subscribed will meet the Je'riotie
of the case, but clearly this cannot be, for tog
reasons. First, the party who subscribed, ha'':Ts per
concluded that he was making an excellent 915 to
cent. investment, with a handsome beationelf,
prospective, and either withdrew his 11111 to
'
from some other security which he cannot nei 131st
place on the same terms, or if he had the caPitlifnine
he has missed the opportunity for now eight °r io
weeks of placing it in other channels. 'l'l,l' resY
regards those of the original subscribers svuei, let
be holders at the present time, but the case pet:
worse for second and third parties who have„titleG
chased at a premium. They are as clearly ea's the
to compensation, if they come Scrip in band' resell
man who buys merchandise with a certain watilitots
which afterwards proves worthless. Mere sßee reecee
will, of course, have to arrange their time di"ece
amon temselves.
The following is from the Mexican Cerareittee"/
TRANSLATION.
Financial Agency of Mexico in Londoc9os,
6'32, Great Winchester-street, Nov. 3; ilowicg
sir.—i have received bythepacket the
eowmut.ication, wh..t. h - thrOug—nood'
to the knowledge of the"'C'eonmreaZie7:nd the --
holders : re ect
" His Excellency the President, with re,'„,ell
-
to your letters, Nos. 176 and 183, of t"" the
August, and let September last, both relative -bead'
protest made by the committee of Mexican, - tee
holders against the want of punctuality b 0
payment of the dividend due Ist July last',, the
been pleased to determine, and his Excelleecioione
Minister orders me to inform youthat, as the 5%10 t°,
of the Congress have closed, it has been imPes94l, osi),
take the necessary steps for the payment of iteteeri
dividend, in which payment the Supreme Gegeh", vita
feels deeply interested, from its conviction of the
importance of maintaining its credit abroad. Poi 031'
as the Congress will again meet on the 1501 oolote'
month, the Government will then take care to Pejo 1°
by all the means which it may consider 000 dels),''
that end, the payment, without further neeerit
of the said dividend, notwithstanding tb,e ,n`ottCls,,"f
of the Exchequer and the number of urgent ue:gsecl 7,1
has to provide for, which are still further iner%olse -
the agitation at present unhappily existing to
,t
the States of the Republic." that be
" His Excellency the President also desires that t
ot
should impress upon the creditors themsolve?
Supreme Government is quite aware of the Ptothem.
their claim, and of the consideration that is du eogov
as he likewise is of his duty to fulfil strictly 1113
le
ments towards them.' " cg'sye
" Of this he will convince them as soon as wiebe aiejoi
ture shall commence their labors and place at vibic",o
sal of the Executive the necessary resourees, to of
present are wanting, owing to the deplorable stet
public exchequer.
I have the honor, &c.
(Signed) F. 'Zoo'
"The Baron de Goldsmid, Chairman of the
tho
mittee of Mexican Bondholders." and
The funds have been flatter this mornillg'ilet, lje;,
reported ministerial differences have some in
poiveto
cause a political crisis, whichever party be sow t
involves uncertainty. Consols have bee' ecrefite
1004- brit are now 100?,- 4. The December ,25 '
price is 1004 Bank Stock is steady' at re'teliapillf;
2234.. Exchequer Bills have realised 765.,,,P0e
The New Three-end-a-Quarter per Cents.
103 to and the Three per Cents. 991 t° tit;otiriep.o
India Stock is 274 to 275 i, being rather flue"ot he,i3o
In the Foreign Market there has °bet id
a single bargain in Turkish Scrip' veferrhog
nominal price is 2to 2k premium. Spanish OCl'
Bonds are very firm at 251 to I. Mexican tbate be.°
been buoyant at 251 to Grenada Bondsi bel°s
211. Buenos Ayres 811-, and Venezuela
all firm. Brazilian Scrip has been at 14 P'e
Dutch Stock has been quiet. tly
Railway Shares have been very little dealL4'ilotere
upon the whole, no material alteration can u've-re°s-,
for the English lines. The French, bevieteeo3l°-ef
down 2/. on the 201. shares, owing to the de 1001,8
nation of the Paris stock-brokers to require Pe ow
deposit from speculators for a rise. It is tit°
check was imposed.
Gold Mines are firm, but very quiet.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. 4,
(From the Official List.) (101.
Barine'l 3
2234
Bank Stock ••• 991 ;
3313'peerr (c.lntt. Ez.clonsucot AAnnnnsui.ties ..... . ..... I 3
"5. 5
10g6,6
Nevi 314 per Cent. Arms.
6 7-`
Long Annuities. Emp. Jan. sth, 1860.. ••• 83i
30 years, Exp., Oct. 10, 1859......• 2A 51
India stock ................................
Do. Bonds, 1000/...
I'spot;
Consols for Account ........................
••• 6
Exchequer Bills. I%d. noel' I.
1,0001......
5001.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per C'ent. .............. 11004
Ditto, Small ................................ 114 /
Ditto Scrip ............... ....... 103
Ditto, New, 1843 • ....• 811
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. .•
Grenada, 11% per Cent. ................. ••• 211
Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849... ......... 1,
Ditto Deferred ..............................
Mexican 3 per Cent. .................. 6
Feruvian Itt,nds. 1849, 6 nor Cent., .....
.. 821,
Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. ••••• .... 11835 i
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.-- ...• 1041
Ditto OA per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ........................ 0,,,v4
Sp-inish Bonds. 3 per Cent. .............. 2511
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent..• ......
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 . ......... 41
Venezuela Bonds ........... ................. 151
Do. Deferred 1 per Cent ............. . .... 65k
Dutch Excha., per Cent, 12 Gull . 0614
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .......
oC.I
TIIIIEF NO% /;
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preliminaries
MARKIA—GI3 H/G-11 lib
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the Lad are arranged for a matrimonial allianc
an, Y Octavia Grosvenor, fifth daughter of the
eirt4iV
U Marchioness of Westminster, and ,Sir Nicba
Bge,, 9Yitolgowas

Consols
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THE SHARE MARKETS.
1
BRITISH RAILWAYS. - ,
Business done Railways.
c.this day.
Business done
Railways. Closing Prices. this day. _ I Closing Prices. ',
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dap ------ ----- ---- Cent. France (0.V.) all ... - •••
ken Aberdeen 1001. paid 28% to 29% 29 Chad. & Erquel. all pdl 1434 - 15%
en" Amb., Not., Bost. &E. Demerara all pd ... - •••
MI Junc. B% pd 6 t - 6i• 6% Dijon & Besancon,4 pd 4% -5 % p 8% % %
Bin , W olv., and Stourl Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd 1% - %dis.
Valley ... all pd. 10i - 1034 101 Eavt. Indian all pd 8% - 9 287/s
?red Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., Gt. Indian Penin. all p 2- 2% 714
Mr. late 33/. 65.8 d., 28/. pd. 6i -5% dis. Gnid.Junc. of Fra. 4pd 3% -31 75fa 7 IAI
EV Ditto, Chest. & Birk., Great West. of Canada
in 50/. & 25/. Cons., all pd. 21% - 22* Shares 5% pd par -1 p 11
that Ditto, 201. ... 18% pd. 3 -2% dia. Louv. ala Sambre 7% „.. - ...
.10 of Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. 105 - ICi 106 Luxembourg ...141. pd 7 -7}
Caledonian ...100/. pd. 57i - 57% 581,1 8%8 7i Do. (Railway) 101. pd 434 - 5 47/4
the Chest. & llolyh., all pd 23 -24 23 % % Do. 1% pd '34 -1%
ea' Cork & Bandon, all pd 171- - 173/4 17% Do. (Canal) ...2'% pd 1 - 11/
/fee Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45/ pd. 5 - 4 dis. 40% Lyons & Avignon, spd 11 - 13 p
1° 6 Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. ... - ... Madra5......... 4% pd 23/ - 3 71/4 N
For Dundee,Perth, & Aber- Maria Antonia 27% pd - - -
deen Junc. ... all pd. 7% -8% Do. New - - -
1 6 Ditto, New ... all pd. ... - ... Namur & Liege all pd 8 -8 % ,
the East Anglian (25/.L. & Do. ex int .all pd 6% -7%
00' E. and L. & D.) all pd. 4% - 5 4T. North. of France, all pd 341,E - 35% 136 5% %6 4 1
Eir iti Do (18/. E.& H.)all pd. 3% - 4 Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p 1434 -15 Vi I
East. Counties ... all pd. 12 % - 12% 12% LA'
AW Orleans & Bor 11/. pd ...
and- ... I
Eastern Union, dais A, Paris & Lyons 101. pd. 18% - 191/s p 29 %8%
tbet late E. U. stirs., all pd. 9% - 101% 10 Do. Bonds l2 pd. ... - ..•
id
( 0111 Do. do. do. 6/.pd. . . - ... Paris & Orleans all pdi 68 -70
if Do., do., B & C., all pd .6•?,'i - 67,:, Paris & Rouen ...all pd !40 -42 40
,
eiteet East Lancashire ...all p) 78 - 79, , Paris & Stras. ...all pd ; 343/4 - 35% '36v, 5% 4i
lictl' E. & W. India Docks Paris, Caen, and Cher- I
and Bir. Junc., all pd 57 -59 bourg. 4pd I 6 -6% p 93% 10 's
figiOl Edinb. & Glas.,loo/. pd 76 -78 751 Rouen & Havre...all pd ,20- 21 121 A
/ 2P-1
)iecgs Fdin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. 24 -26 15 Sambre & Meuse all pd' 10 .-11 I 101 /
5A
late°' Gl' as. & S.-West.,looLp 56 -58 St. Andrew's & Qmebecl
Great Northn.,loo/. pd 821 - 831 83i (A) 4/. pd, ... - ..•
roilell
itle. Do. %s. A Stk., 100/. p4B - 5'.) 48 Tours & Nantes 171. pd
, ... - ..•
BAi Do. % B Stock,loo/. p 119 - 121 119 20 West Flanders all pd ' 43/4 -•5
18 17
'et, - Gt. S. &W. held., all p5O- 51 50 5/it West. of France 91. pd, 8% - % 1 161 17i
,0 tll Great Westn., 100/. pd 95 - 95% 95% % MINES.
Jobe Lane. Lane. & Carlisle, all pd 85 -87 Agna Fria all pd IA -% p
vet: Do.Thirds,ll/:13.4 pd 11 -12 p pm Anglo-Calitornian, all p % - IA p
of the
Lane. & York., 100/. pd 86i - 87% 874 6% % Asturian 15/. p ... - ~.
illielr Do. Fifths l5 pd 3% -31 dia. 11%
Do.,\ST. Rid. Un. 11%p 2% - 2 dis. Australasian 21. pd 2% - 3 p
Australian 5/. pd 1 -1%
le 17% % % Austr. Freehold all pd % - lA_ dia.
tbe Leeds Northern, all pd 17% -18
Liv.Crsby& Sthpt. all p ... - ••• Ave Maria all pd i& - %
iii Loud. & Blackw., all pd 8% - 9
stre Brit. Austr. Gold all pd lA/ dis. par
London, Tilbury, and British Iron 13/. ss. p 6% -7%
qi511,; Southend 3pd 1% - 21,4 p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24% 5% -6%
ht j 1 Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct 100 p 105% - 1061 106 51 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p - 2 % 2%
tivu'l Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p 124 -124 i 124% * 5 Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. . 30
vane Do. Fifths 121. pd 3% -4% p 16 S •• - .••
ns Carson's Creek...all pd I %dis. - 1/4 p
,toe" Do. 10/.,M &B. (e) 1/p 13/4 -2% p Cobre Copper ...401. pdl 44 -45
' Ile Lon.Sz S.-West. 100/. p,93 - 93% 93 % % Colonial Gold 1/ pd! 7/8 -1% p
Do. New 50/., 42% poi V;i - 31% dis.
YviCopiapo 141 pd' 6% -7%
s
0 Do. New 40/....341. pd 3% -2% die. Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p % - % dis.
,pi' to Lou. & Enniskil., all pd 20% - 21% General all pd ~. - ...
051 . Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p 311 - 321 311 Gold Mountain all pd % -1/ dis.
be P' Do. Manch. & Lincoln Grd. Duch. Baden, all p ~ . - ...
Union 4/. 2s. pd 3% - 3 die. Great Polgeoth all pd 1% -1% p 4%
for Midland 100/. p 79 - 79% 791 A % 9 Lake Bathurst...all pd % - 348 dis.
.ate , Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. 45 -47 Liberty ... ...all pd 1A - 11,4 p 2% x
b, bP Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 % . - ... Lou. & Cal. Gld Quartz I
a. Do. % Shares, 17% pd ... - ... Crushing Com..all pdl 3/4- % dis.
00
) Newcas. & Carl. all pd ... - ... Mariquita. all pdl %- % p
, be Newmarket ...100/. pdl 49 -51 Mexi. &S. Amer. 9/. p 41% - 43/
1) ~1
esel' • Newport, Abergaven., New Grenada all pd % dis- p
!C .0 and Hereford ...141 pd 33 - 3 dia. Nouveau Monde, all pd 5/8 -3!, p 1%
13 hiP Newry & Ennisk. 71% p 3% -3% die.
c tePort Philip all pd 1% - 5/8 p 13414
priC! Norfolk lOOl. pd 48 -50 48% Quartz Rock all pd % dis. par
srlleS Do. No,/ 201.... 20/. p 6% -7 % Santiago de Cuba 10% 18 - 13% 13 34
P 01/ North. Coun.Un. 3 %pd ... - ... die. South Australian, all pd par - IA p
cal
North British ...100/. p 56 -37 361 6 N Tin Croft 7/. pd 111,4 - 12%
ylegers. Nth. Devoe, N0.1,13/.p 6% - 6 %dis. United Mexican all pd, 71;, - 8
, tbel 73A 1,4
Ale Do., No. 2 6% pd ... ,- .. West Mariposa...all pd ,I % dis. - par
• _1 -C ..1 i .-.A oli - .9
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Nth. Devon, No 1, 13/. p
Do., No. 2 6 4, pd
Do., A, def....a1l pd
Do., % B, guar. 5/..pd

North Stafford. 17 p
North-Western...all pd
N. & S.-W. June. 814 p
Oxf.,Wor., &W.,100/. p
Scottish Central 100/. pl
Scottish Midld., 100/. p
Shrews. & 8ir....100/. p I
Do. do.
Shrew. & Her Bl. p
Shrewsbu. and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) all pd
Do. Halves all pd
Do. Oswestry all pd
Shrop. Union _614 pd
Do. A, B, C, & D fully
pd. up at per cent. .' .
South Devon all pd
South-Eastern 100/. pd
South Wales all pd
S.York.& Ric. Dun 151.

Do. Do. 51. pd
Stirl. & Dunferm. all p
Stock. & liar. 16/2s. 3d.
Taff Vale 1261. pd
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway —l9/. pd
Vale of Neath...l7/. pd
Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd
Waterfd. & Lim. all pi
West Cornwall 131. pd
West London ...all pd
Yk., New. & Ber. 1001. p
Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p
Do. G.N.E.purc. 101. p
York & N. Mid.looLpd

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Aberdeen all pdi
Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all
Brie. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk
Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd
Caledonian, l 0/. 100/ p,
Ches. & Holyhd. all pd
Cork and Bandon, 5%
per cent. 1 p
Dundee, Per., & Aberd.
Junction all pd
Ang_ (g/ 10)6 p c. all
Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p
Do. (7/ 17e) 7 p. c. 2 p
Eastern Counties Ex.,
5 p. c., No. 1 pd
Do. No. 2 all pd
Do. New lip. c. Stk. all
Eastern Union Scrip,
Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p
Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p
East Lancashire, 6 per
ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd
East & West Yorkshire
Junction, 5tb5...a1l pd
Edin., Per. & Dun. 5%
per cent. all pd
Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 p.c.
Gt. North. 5 p. c.lOO pd
Do. 5 p c. red. sc. 100 p
Greet, South. & West.
(IrJland) Bths all pd
Gt. West. (Berke & H.
Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd
Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 20/. ...61. pd
Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p
Leeds Northern, 6 per
cent. No. 1 131. pd
Do. Qrs., 1848...91. pd
London & Brig. guar
5 per cent. _lOO/. pd
Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001.
Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all
Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p
Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. &
Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd
Ln. & S.W. Co 3ds. Si. p
Lon. & En. % Sh. all p
Man., & Lincn.
Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd
Do. New, IC/....a1l pd
Do. 6/. 3l. pd
Maryport and Carlisle,
4 per cent all pd
Do., 4 % per ct. 6 % p
Mid. eon. 6 p c St. 1001.
Do. Con. Bris. & Bir.,
6 pei cent.... 100/. pd
Do. Erewash Val. all p
Do. Leic. &Swanning.
8 per c. Guar. 1001. p
Do. Pref., 4i p.c. 5/. p
Norfolk Exten all pd
Do. Gr. 5 % pet. all p
Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p
North British 1001. pd
North Stafford all pd
Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151.
6 per cent.... 100/. pd
Ditto ditto ... 6/. pd
Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all
Shrews. & Ches. (N.W.
Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd
Do. 5 per cent. 101 pd
South Devon all pd
Do. New 1% pd
St.-Est. (Reading An-
nuities)...l/. Os. 6d pd
Do., 4% p c 100/. p
Sth. York. 4p c gd. all
Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c
until July 1,1856, all p
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent. ...... 3/. pd
York, New. & Ber. all p
Do. Do 5/• pd
York & N. Midland H.
and S. Purch. 101. pd

1157 - 109

101 - 104
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11 - 113

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Agna Fria all pd
Anglo-Californian, all p
Asturian 151. p
Australasian 21. pd
Australian 51. pd
Austr. Freehold all pd
Ave Maria all pd
Brit. Austr. Gold all pd
British Iron 131. ss. p
Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24%
Do. Coca. & Cui. all p
Do. St. Joh. del R. 151.
Carson's Creek all pd
Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd
Colonial Gold 11 pd
Copiapo 141 pd
Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p
General all pd
Gold Monntain all pd
Grd. Duch. Baden, all p
Great Polgeoth all pd IyB 15/8 p
Lake Batharst all pd % 3tB dis.
Liberty .. all pd 1A 11/s p
Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz
Crushing Com all pdl 34 % dis.
Mariquita.... all pd I 24, —% p
Mexi. &S. Amer. 91. p 41% —4%
New Grenada all pd die— p
Nouveau Monde, all pd 5/8 34 p
Port Philip all pd, p
Quartz Rock all pd ' dis. par
Santiago de Cuba 103/41 13 13%
South Australian, all pd par p
Tin Croft 7/. pd 111/e 12%
United Mexican all pd 71, 8
West Mariposa all pd ;3.4 di,. par
Yuba 1 paid I par
JOINT-STOCK BANKS,
Australasia all pd 59 59%
Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 57 —5B
Colonial 251. pd 15 16%
COM. of London 201. pd 29 —3O
London Chart. Bank of
Australia
Lon. & County 201. pd
London Jt. Stk. 101. pd
Lon. & \Vestm. 20/. pd
Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd,
Do. New lO/. pcl
Nat. of Ireland 22% p
Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd
Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd.
Do. New all pd
Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold'
Importing Corn. Ipd
Union of Austral. all pd
Do. New 2% pd
Union of London 101. p
Union of Madrid all pd
MU.
Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p
Canada 32% pd
Copper Miners of Eng-
land . . all pd
De. Preference, 7% pd
Crystal Palace ... 5 pd
Eastern Steam...2s. pd
Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1p
Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd
Gen. Screw Steam Ship-
ping Company...so/. p
Irish Beetroot Sug. 211 p
Netherlands Land, 2 pd,
Penin. & Or. St. all pd
Do. Do. ...15/. pd
Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd
Universal Emigration
and Colonization, 21. p

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BOROUGH HOP.

DEPOSIT AN!) GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Life assurance is daily mektog rapid strides in public
estimation, but in the multiplicity of new societies that
have been recently established, assurera aro often at a
loss to make a selection. Desirous of availing them-
selves of the advantages which these noble institutions
hold out, they are frequently precluded from doing so
by the want of a guide to direct them in the selection
of an office, and any information which can be collected
upon the subject is always welcomed by the provident
portion of the community. The following will most
likely, therefore, be read with interest. It is a report
of the proceedings that took place at a large and influen-
tial public meeting of the inhabitants of Rickmansworth,
which was held on Thursday evening, for the purpose
of hearing a deputation from London on the principles
of life assurance generally, and especially in connexion
with the deposit system recently established by
the " Deposit and General Life Assurance Com-
pany," which appears to be conducted upon sound
principles, both scientific and commercial, and has al-
ready begun to make great progress in its business
operations. Amongst the gentlemen who were present,
we observed G. Conde, :Esq. (a near relative to the
Earl of Derby. the Premier), C. Poole, Lg., C. W.
Bevan, Esq., W. Prinsepp, E,q., Dr. Codd, Messrs. H.
Matthews, Tracy, Strasburg, &e.
Mr. POOLE having taken the chair, observed that he
had hitherto refrained from entering into any public
company, but he was so convinced that the Deposit
Assurance Company was capable of effecting a great
amount of good, particularly among the middle and
working classes, that be entered soul and heart into it.
The object they had in view was to benefit these classes,
and to benefit society at large, by combining all the
advantages of assurance with a system calculated to be
essentially useful to the working iclasses—viz., the de-
posit system, giving them not only the means of saving
their earnings, but also adding to thorn a fair amount
of interest. He would call on Mr. Kendall, who would
detail the advantages held out by the present company.
Mr. RENDALL stated that he was glad to have the op-
portunity of saying a few words, explanatory of the
deposit system of life assurance. Savings banks, with
all their imperfections, had long been considered the
most convenient places for small savings ; but ho was
able to show, from experience, that the plan he was
about to bring before the meeting possessed still greater
advantages. It was the plan of a company established
to embrace that large and influential class who maintain
themselves by their own labour, manual or mental, in-
cluding as well those who are professionally engaged,
and possessed of a limited income, as those of every
trade or occupation,whether mercantile or manufacturing.
It was statistically true, that only 70 persons, out of a
population of 1,000,000,000, the population of the world,
live to the age of 110 years. Such being the case, it
becomes the imperative duty of man to provide for the
contingencies of the future. He would not now enlarge
on that subject, but would at once proceed to explain
the distinctive features of the deposit system. An
objection frequently urged against the present
system lay in the fact that the assured, by the
contract of assurance, is bound to pay to the assurers a
stated yearly sum during the remainder of his life ; and
should it happen, fr om alteration in his circumstances or
other causes, that he becomes unable to meet the annual
premiums as they become due, or omits to pay them,
the policy must either be abandoned in the hands of the
assurers at a considerable and unnecessary sacrifice on
the part of the assured, or otherwise declared as forfeited,
along with all the payments made thereon ; but in de-
posit assurance the case is different. It combined the
facilities and advutages of deposit and savings banks
with the important benefits of ordinary life assurance.
The speaker then explained the peculiar manner in which
the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company con-
ducted its business, and the distinctive advantages which
lit was therefore capable of conferring. He also showed
that the Deposit Company was not intended to interfere
with the general operation of savings banks, but that the
one prepared the way for the other. Mr. R. concludes
his observations amid much applause.
Mr. C. W. BRYAN said that it had often struck him
as a singular coincidence that any one endowed with
common prudence should neglect the importance of life
assurance. It was true that persons might say they
have got no money to spare for the purpose. On the
deposit system, a person assuring at the age of 20, and
paying 71. 10s. annually, will at the expiry of 30 years
have paid in the sum of 225/. His policy would be
worth 5221.; and if he were then unable to continue his
payments, he would be entitled to 287/., being 50/. more
than ho had paid. Besides, if ho has lost his situation,
and does not get one for years, his policy still remains
the same; but with this distinctive privilege, that he
may draw from the company to the amount of 2871. To
exemplify this subject more particularly: by paying an-
nually any sum which at the end of 30 years will amount
to 1001., the sum assured, and which would be payable
in the event of death, would amount to 2471. 4s. 4d. If
during that period the sum of 25/. had been drawn, there
would be left a balance which the assurer might draw on of
754 Suppose ho wore to omit paying for one year or more,
or to stop altogether, his claim would not be forfeited, be-
cause on the deposit system the depositor has entire con-
trol over his capital, and each payment effects a distinct
policy. He was so convinced of the advantages which
the middle and working classes derived from life assur-
ance, that he was anxious that they should participate
in its benefits; and he was confident that they would not
he slow to avail themselves when they once compre-
hended its practicability, and felt the great importance
of providing against the contingencies of life, from which
none were exempt. (Applause.)
Mr. MATTHEWS, solicitor, next addressed the meeting,
confining himself principally to the advantages held out
to the working classes by effecting an assurance on the
deposit principle.
Mr. BARBER expressed his concurrence with all ho
had listened to, and hoped that similar meetings would
take place in other parts of the country, as he was con-
vinced that the plan of effecting insurances on the sys-
tem of deposit was calculated to extend the principle
of those causes who have hitherto been unable to avail
themselves of it.
Mr. CODE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman,
the secretary, and Mr. Bendel], which was seconded by
Mr. CARTER, carried unanimously, and the meeting
separated.

100 99i

26 %

'lO% i
,ENTALS.

Our market continues very firm, and, in some instances,
prices are the turn higher.

WIIITECHAPEL.

The general demand was a very sluggish state, at
barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 01 to 3s 4d ;
bilutton, 2s 8d to 4s Od; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Pork,
2s 6d to 4s Od per Blbs by the carcase.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1852.

LITERATURE.

Lives of the Queens of Scotland. Vol. 111. By
Agnes Strickland. Black wood and Sons.
Although the present volume of this very charming
and remarkable series contains merely the first por-
tion of the life of the illustrious rival of Elizabeth, it
reveals on the part of the historian a minuteness of
research, a subtelty of appreciation, and an exquisite
delicacy of treatment, such as cannot but justify us,
we conceive, in auguring confidently for the excel-
lence of its completion. If the subsequent volume,
bringing the narrative to a close, be in any way com-
parable to the one just published,—the biography of
Mary Stuart must undoubtedly be regarded as the
masterpiece of Agnes Strickland. Enough has
already been rendered apparent in the twelve chapters
of this most romantic and enthralling memoir here
submitted to our criticism—enough has already been
rendered apparent of those eminent qualities which
have hitherto distinguished the writings of our
authoress, to assure tee judgment of the least san-
guine reviewer, that her celebration of Mary, will
constitute a noble companion picture to her long-
famous celebration of Elizabeth. It cannot be ob-
jected that we are here deciding ex pede ilerculem.
It is not as though we were praising the symmetry of
the glass slipper, and surmising merely from its out-
lines the proportions of the yet undiscovered Cinde-
rella. Sufficient materials are before us in the com-
mencement of the composition to enable us to judge
with considerable accuracy of the probable merits of
its termination. Added to which, it must be remem-
bered, that, in commenting upon the latest of the
literary productions of Agnes Strickland, we are
pronouncing our opinions upon the effusion of one
with whose extraordinary qualities as an annalist, the
student of British History is by this time, we rejoice
to think, tolerably well familiarized. Experience has
told in her instance beyond the reach of hesitation,
that she is invariably as painstaking in the accumu-
lation of her facts, as she is lucid in the manner of
their arrangement—that her conscientious adherence
to truth (however much that truth is occasionally
opposed to her most cherished sympathies) may be re-
garded as altogether not less conspicuous among her
more distinguishing characteristics than the eloquent
picturesqueness of her descriptions, or the nervous
energy of her style, or the attractive novelty of her re-
velations. As an historical writer, Miss Strickland pos-
sesses indeed two qualities, in regard to which she
stands almost alone amongst her contemporaries.
Her indefatigable industry, and her serene impartiality,
have in this manner invested her volumes with the
most enviable of all kinds of popularity : that which
commands an almost implicit reliance, while it extorts
a genuine and unaffected admiration. Her volumes
having reference to the Queens of England, first
secured to her that meed of approbation, which has
been simultaneously confirmed and justified by the
subsequent and companion serial relating to the
Queens of Scotland. And as in the former work the
crown of her labours became visible when she ar-
rived at length at the period enabling her to treat of the
career and character of Elizabeth, the greatest of the
Queens of England—so unquestionably, in the latter
work, it has become manifest in a very surprising
manner, at that juncture when she finds herself em-
powered to weigh in the balance of Clio, the crimes
and the virtues, the glory and the shame, the resolution
and the weakness, the happiness and the misfortunes
of Mary, the greatest of the Queens of Scotland, of
Mary, the beautiful and unfortunate, the bride suc-
cessively of Francis, of Darnley, and of Bothwell, the
pride of Paris and the suspicion of Edinburgh—the
loveliest woman who ever ascended the scaffold, with
the heroism of martyrdom, and closed, by a death of
sublime resignation, a life of startling and unpre-
cedented vicissitudes.
As the biographer of Mary Stuart, known through-
out Christendom, as par excellence THE Queen of
Scots—Miss Strickland must have found herself at
the outset of her very difficult enterprize, embarrassed
by a multiplicity of rather bewildering considerations.
She must have remembered that there is perhaps no
personage mentioned in the annals of the now United
Kingdom whose character is regarded even now-
adays under aspects more astonishingly antagonistic.
Considered by some as guilty, and by others as in-
nocent of the various charges of a sinister nature,
directed against her by a considerable portion of her
contemporaries, Mary is viewed indiscriminately by
all with sentiments of profound and tender considera-
tion. Her calamities, her beauty, her genius, her
courage—the imprisonment in which she displayed
such noble endurance and the disastrous execution
under the sorrows of which she revealed such gentle
but lofty magnanimity—have been celebrated nearly
three centuries after the close of her tragic existence,
by the most resplendent intellects, not only of
her native land but of France, of Italy, and
of Germany. Has not Schiller portrayed with
his pencil of light those features of haunting
loveliness ? has he not enshrined in one of the
grandest of his majestic dramas, the story of her loves
and her disasters ? Alfieri has told that same pensive
tale in the melodious language of Tuscany. Be ranger,
the Tyrtaeus of France, has sung in his matchless num-
bers the " adieux" addressed to her adopted country
by the widowed Dauphiness. Robert Burns, in one
of his tenderest songs, sang for her the " Lament" of
her incarceration—her temporary escape from which
Walter Scott commemorated in one of the most be-
witching romances penned by his hand of magic fas-
cination. Historians, not less than poets and novelists,
have seemed to rejoice in reverting to that strange
narrative of misfortune : but to attempt anything libe
an acurate enumeration of the novelists or of the bio-
graphers who have written upon this enthralling sub-
ject would, in all respects, be as tedious as it would
be unnecessary. Besides the sedate Lingard, and the
unimpassioned Hume, there have been latterly other
distinguished authors who have endeavoured to throw
light upon that chequered epoch, and to dissipate
some of the many doubts by which the memory of it
has been so long obscured. Connaeo has penned his
" Vita di Maria Stuarta," given in Jebb's Collection.
Dargaud has written his " Histoire de Marie Stuart."
Brantome has treated upon the same theme in his
" Vies des Dames Illustres," Then there are like-
wise the voluminous "Reoueil des Lettres de llarie
Stuart," compiled under the editorship of Prince
Labanoff, and the " Life of Mary Stuart," by Miss
Benger, and the " Illustrations of the Reign of Queen
Mary," by Stevenson, and the " History of Mary,"
by Lesley, and the reference to that unfortunate
heroine in the " Female Sovereigns" of Mrs. Jamie-
son, and the " Life of Mary Stuart " by Bell, and by
a multiplicity of other authors, some of eminent, and
some of indifferent, reputation. Not satisfied with the
abundant materials collected by her very numerous
predecessors, Miss Strickland, it appears, has herself
visited every locality associated with the more re-
markable incidents described in her biography, besides
collecting an extraordinary variety of traditions relating
to the period at which she has arrived, and collecting
a marvellous store of original manuscripts hitherto
overlooked altogether, or the value of which has re-
mained until now unappreciated. M. Mignet, in
our own time, has tifilertaken to argue the case
against Mary Stuart in a manner austerely logical,
and with a spirit of cold antagonism, such as must
have proved acceptable even to John Knox and the
Lords of the Congregation. Happily the interests
of justice seem to be now secured to the luckless
rival of Elizabeth—now that the duty of recording
her career has devolved upon a writer as calm, as
intelligent, as lucid, as accurate, and as elcquent, as
the laborious and gifted Agnes Strickland. Begin-
ing her narrative with the birth of Mary Stuart on
the 11th of December, 1542, in Linlithgow Palace,
Miss Strickland carries it down as far as the June of
1563, and we doubt not that the same impartial
tone as is here observable will be recognised in the
subsequent chapters of the memoir, conducting us at
last to the mournful Bth of February, 1587, when
the beautiful and ill-fated " lady of the land" was
beheaded to appease the rivalry of her ruthless and
implacable antagonist. Although sympathizing, as her
generous and most womanly heart could not fail to
do in the misfortunes of the " Queen of Scots,"
Miss Strickland, it must be especially remarked,
mentions the circumstance of Mary's persecution of
the Gordons in the severest language of reprehension.
This persecution of an illustrious house is mentioned,
indeed, by our authoress as the most indelible blot
upon the records of the reign she has chosen to COM -
memorate thus luminously. Alluding,in general
terms, to the celebrity of her heroine, she has penned
the following noble observations :
" Mary Stuart is exclusively the Queen of Scots—
Queen not only of the realm, but of the people; and
with all her faults, real or imputed, she re
mains to this
day the peculiar object of national enthusiasm in Scot.
land. Her memory haunts the desolate palaces, where
every peasant is eager to recount traditionary lore con-
nected with her personal history. Not a castellated
mansion of the sixteenth century but boasts some
i
quaint-looking room, which s emphaticallyhatically pointed
out as Queen Mary's chamber. Every old family
possesses a painting, for which the distisction of
an original portrait of Queen Mary is claimed.
Tresses of every shade of golden, auburn, and
chestnut, are preserved, and fondly exhibited as
well-attested portions ot her hair. Persons who de-
nounce the relic veneration of the Rornish Church us
idolatrous, enshrine a glove, a fan, a superannuatel
watch, or any other trinket supposed to have belonged
to Q Seen Mary, among their choicest treasures, to be
handed down as heirlooms in their families. The variety
of articles thus preserved and hallowed for her sake
is almost incredible. Queen Mary's mirrors and cabi-
nets appear interminable ; and as to the antique chairs
of carved oak and ebony with which their possessors
have endowed her, they are numerous enough to supply
seats for all her descendants, who, be it remembered, are
to be found on almost every throne throughout Europe-
The name of Stuart, it is true, exists no longer in the
regal line,--but the lineage of Mary Stuart, through thef
posterity of her grand-daughter, Elizabeth, 4uoAen-
Bohemia, still reigns in Great Britain, Prussia,
and
mark, Hanover, and other Protestant States ;
through that of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, the
youngest daughter of Chtules 1., in PP*lO, rortugtki,

Austria, Naples, Sardinia, Modena ; and before the ex-
pulsion of the fleurs-da-lys—in France."

While of Mary's character, generally, the latest and
most accurate of her biographers speaks thus by way
of appropriate introduction :
"If the favourable opinions of her own sex could be
allowed to decide the question, then may we say that a
verdict of not guilty has been pronounced by an over-
powering majority of female readers of all nations,
irrespective of creed or party. Is, then, the moral
standard erected by women for ono another lower than
that which is required of them by men? Are they less
acute in their perceptions of right and wrong, or more
disposed to tolerate frailties? The contrary has gene-
rally been asserted. Yet, with the notorious exceptions
of Queen Elizabeth, Catherine de Medicis, and the
Countess of Shrewsbury, Mary had no female enemies.
No female witnesses from her household came forward
to bear testimony against her, when it was out of her
power 0 purchase secrecy if they had been cognisant
of her guilt. None of the ladies of her court, whether
f the reformed religion or the old faith—not even Lady
Bothwell herself—lifted up her voice to impute blame to
her. Mary was attended by nob!e Scotch gentlewomen
in the days of her royal splendour; they slave to her in
adversity, thr,ugh good report and evil report; they
shared her prisons, they waited upon her on the scaffold,
and forsook not her mangled remains till they had seen them
consigned to a long denied tomb. Are such friendships
usual among the wicked ? Is the companionship of
virtuous women acceptable to the dissolute ?—or that of
the dissolute to the virtuous ?

Thu description of Mary Stuart's marriage with
the Dauphin of France, when the bride and bride-
groom were respectively about 15 years of age, is
accompanied in the volume before us with an enter-
taining account of the young Princess's lovely,
appearance, of her gorgeous apparel, and of her sur-
prising combination of accomplishments. Although
aware, while so doing, that we are only dallying as it
were with the trappings of history, we linger with
pleasure—we confess it—over the minute enumera-
tion of the jewels and the robes worn o❑ the bridal
day by the dauphiness, according to Mits Strick-
land's picturesque and elaborate narrative. The
mantle of "blueish grey cut velvet, richly embroidered
with white silk and pearls," the " matchless jewel "
suspended round the neck by a chain of precious
stones, the diadem composed of the " finest gold,"
and fashioned by the most "exquisite workmanship,"
and covered with " diamonds, and pearls, and rubies,
and emeralds," may appear matters of indifference
to those who care little for the ornate particularities
indulged in by the chronicler : but for all who regard
with emotion the history of the noble, the beautiful,
and the unfortunate, even these apparently frivolous
minutia will prove fraught, as for ourselves, with a
peculiar and graceful fascination. We are grateful for
the opportunity of perusing even these lesser memorials
presented to the world by the untiring industry and
eclectic taste of Agnes Strickland. Still more are
we grateful to our distinguished authoress for
the evident caution with which she has collated
upon loftier topics the contradictory evidence adduced
by preceding, and most of them prejudiced, anno-
tators. We await with eager expectation the next
volume, in which Agnes Strickland will bring to a
conclusion the most attractive of her many brilliant
biographies. We look forward with intense curiosity
to her account of the tragedy glooming most darkly
over the career of Mary Stuart—her marriage with
the handsome but besotted Darnley; her passionate
affection for him; her disappointment at his profli-
gacy ; their gradual estrangement ; Bothwell's appear-
ance on the scene at the close of his prolonged banish-
ment ;Mary's infatuation ; the murder of Darnley ; the
abdication of his Royal widow, and her ultimate union
with the assassin. We repose such implicit confi-
dence in the impartiality of Agnes Strickland, that
we look to ,her next volume for the clearing up of
whatever doubts still remain capable of being cleared
up in reference to Mary's share in these foul and
execrable proceedings. Her present volume justifies
us to the full, we conceive, in these bold but unexag-
gerated anticipations; for the twelve chapters here
given of the Life of Mary Stuart, are assuredly as
honourable to the industry, as creditable to the judg-
ment, and as worthy of the reputation of Agnes
Strickland, as they are eminently enthralling i❑
themselves, or as they constitute the augury of a
splendid addition to the treasures of our national lite-
rature.

By Rev

Popular History of British Zoophytes:
D. Landsborough, D.D. Reeve.
We have repeatedly had occasion to notice Messrs.
Reeve's very admirable illustrated volumes of natura
history. A series of very interesting explanations,
elucidated by most beautifully coloured engravings,
have already brought before us in a most attractive
manner many of the mysteries of the animal and vege-
table kingdoms. Of these was Moore's " History of
British Ferns," Robert's " Woodlands," White's
" History of the Mammalia," Reeve's " Concho-
logy," Gosse's " British Ornithology," and various
other works on mineralogy, entymology,&c.,&c.,includ-
ing some admirable sermons in stones in the famous
analysis of a pebble, and some curious matters for
consideration in Catlow's " Drops of Water." These
excellent works have been recalled to our notice by
the appearance of a new number of the same col-
lection, Dr. Landsborough's " History of British
Zoophytes, or Corallines"—one of the most curious
subjects which engage the attention of the naturalist ;
those "animal-plants" which form the connecting
link between animate and inanimate nature. Dr.
Landsborough was the author of the book on "British
Seaweeds," which recently appeared in the same
series ; but the present volume has been to him more
attractive, he tells us, because, according to
the definition of Linumus, " Stones grow, vege-
tables grow and live ; animals grow, live, and
feel," and the weeds were only of the class that
grow and live, while the zoophytes are also endued
with a sentient power—a fact to many quite incre-
dible, but which will perhaps render this volume more
interesting, as it will undoubtedly, to such sceptics,
enhance its value. It is unnecessary to observe that
the coloured engravings, and the various minutim of
the publication, are all excellent—such being the
characteristic of the whole of the above series.

Short Short-hand. By Laming Warren Tear. Lon-
don : Whittaker and Co.
This little work displays considerable ingenuity on
the part of the author, and as it contains much that
is both new and useful, it may be fairly treated as a
valuable addition to our stenographic authorities.
It simplifies and improves the characters of Gurney's
system, and renders the " line" theory far more intel-
ligible and less difficult of acquisition than it has
hitherto appeared. It furthermore gives a series
of lucid instructions by which—paradoxical as it
may seem short-hand may be made shorter,
Mr. Tears plan, however, is more complicated in its
detail and more encumbered with rule than that
of Harding or Taylor, and the learner who de-
termines to adopt it must be prepared to make
a corresponding sacrifice of both time and patience.
But, under any circumstances, there is very little
intellectual difficulty in the study of Short-hand,
it is merely a trial of patience and determination ;
and this we can promise to the student, that directly
he becomes thoroughly master of Air. Tear's method,
in theory as well as practice, he will be able to follow
the quickest speaker with certainty, and afterwards
to transcribe his " notes" with ease and rapidity.
Neither Gurney's, nor the " line" system, is popular
in the Reporters' Gellery; indeed, it is doubtful
whether either is used there, but that fact ought
not to detract from the merit of the present
work which has been prepared with much care, and
is evidently the result of long study and experience.
Those, therefore, who wish to learn short-hand, and
who can afford to bring to its study more assiduity
and a greater sacrifice of time than the systems gene-
rally in use demand, would do well to make Mr.
Tear's " Short Short land" their standard ; but
at the same time that this advice is offered, it should
be stated that, besides a thorough grammatical
knowledge of the English language, the system
requires some slight insight into.the principles of mu-
sical notation. Fortified with these auxiliaries, the
student need have no apprehensions as to his future
success; and again we recommend him to turn his
attention to this little book, which is neatly got up,
being printed in very handsome type, upon fine
paper, and illustrated with numerous plates, showing
the various changes and situations of the characters.

Bleak House. No. IX. By Charles Dickens.
Although a rather inelegant phrase, and one more
applicable to a :cub than a story, we may observe,
somewhat expressively, that the eight preceding in-
stalments of Bleak Rouse have been effectually
" licked into shape" by the number just published
for November. We begin at last to understand the
connexion of the various groups of individuals in-
troduced; we comprehend at length the " ideas of the
tale in their concatination." We can conjecture how
it is that there are entangled with each other so many
ersonages of different grades in society how
p
the same webwork of the plot meshes together the
crossing sweeper, and Lady Dedlock, the fine lady,
and Mr. Tulkinghorne, the attorney of Lincoln's-inn-
Fields, and Mrs. Chadband, the spouse of the reverend
proprietor of the oil manufactory, together with
Wlaiwth.,
George the fencing-master, and Nem', h
writer, and Brook the rag-merchant, and Suagjoi
the law•stationer, and Guppy the clerk, and good,
gentle, womanly, loveable Esther Suramerson. Much i
that has been mysterious hitherto has been now ren-
dered clearly comprehensible. It proves
suspected, that Esther is the daughter of Lady
, as we had
Dedlock, and of the unfortunate N
character as Captain Hawdon. Ladym° in his true
discovers the existence of her . Dedlock only
ill-requited love of " the young child
man ild through the
and
ename
of Guppy." Anxious to serve Esther,of th
in
doing so to find access
t
been
relry bauffseyctiniognsn,iniMselrf.
Guppy, it appears, has
in tracing out the identity of her father in the opium
eater,r4l 5 at:l. 41
d,, of,ltrrmother in the haughty lady of Sir
" e I°l4/g °l2PPtet of the uillAbg before