The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1864

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, 491 1 ; Imperial Bank, 341 35; Metropolitan and SHARE MARKETS.--This day.
Provincial, 251 26; New Zealand, 11 1; City •
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Offices shares are quoted 31 4 prem.; Queens- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS.
THE HA.VMARKET AGAIN.-Henry Isaacson, clerk, 40, land Sheep, Ito 1 prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 11 21 Share' p.m Closing I Business
Railways. Prioe. r done.
••• --.
Norfolk. street, Strand, was charged before Mr. Knox with prem. ; Credit Foncier, 441 prem. ; Financial Cor-
behaving in a disorderly manner in Norris-street and the Poration, 21 3 prem. ; National Marine Insurance
Haymarket.
Company, el- 11 prem. •; Imperial Financial 41 4-
; • a 13.14,25 Intilyl.7ll7 °ands - -
Staines, 123 C, said that at an early hour that morning prem.; Thames Iron Shipbuilding, 331 prem.; the 7 10 Bost.,Sleat. andMid.Co I all 85 9
he heard a great disturbance in the Haymarket, and saw aTnydnSet.r.Val ! all a 85
st Bristol and Exeter I 100 83 e 5
per ent. Bolivian Loan, Ito 11 prem.; North Aus- et Caledonian ; 100 1181 1191
the defendant there with two friends who were trying to per Cent.
50 Cork and Bandon i all - - trolifin Company, 11 prem.; Central Argentine all 6 7
get him away. He requested the defendant, who had been
fighting, to go away, but he refused, and got his legs be- Railway, 11 to 11 prem. •; London and Liverpool 20 Cornwall
10 Do A
10 Do lA all - -
tween his (Staines') and threw him down, and then struck Hotel, 14 2 prem.; London Gas Metre Company, -- - been paid to B.
him on the breast. i 1, prem.; Fore Street Warehouse, 51 6 prem. 4ti gte.senaon.a dins
,1 all
50 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all 35 37
25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.l all 16 17
:Mr. Knox asked whether there was any repetition of the ..... •••••••••• st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 1 100 9l 93
conduct of the previous night in the Haymarket. st Glaeg. and S. Western.; 100 101 106
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk ' 100 47 :8 471 t
Inspector Silverton said there was, and he had to send for et Ditto A stock - - _ GOVERNMENT, FUNDS,
the picket to take away a soldier. There was a large num- st Ditto East Anglian st -I 100 61 71
3 per Cent. Consols 914 i El, GreatNorthof Scotland 100 - -
b-r of persons there, and a good many young gentlemen, Ditto Account, April 8
He had to remain on duty in the Haymarket for nearly two 3 per Cent. Reduced
hours. New 3 per Cent
st Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 93 95
"ievr 2k Per Cent. Jan. 189 1
The defendant said that what had been said was true. Annuities, - 30 6tl:•J•ljn , 15W • - st Great Western
lie had been drinking, and was not in the place more than
Ditto
or 30 y3r,rrse, expireexpire
sth
April,• 1885. -- st Do Str Val giut. stock 100 -
st Lancashire & Yorkshire IGO 1(94 110
-
five minutes, and he was sorry for what had occurred. Exchequer Bills, kl,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 7 3 dis st London and Blackwall 100 68 70
Staines said he did not think the defendant threw him Ditto £SOO .. ..
Wilfully. Ditto £IOO and £2OO
st Lon. & North Western 100 1081 108 f 1084 5
3 ank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. shut
Mr. Knox, after stating that the defendant had said Mee st Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 98 100 98
best thing he could-that he was sorry for it-and advised INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 52 53 534 21
him to keep from the H tymarket, fined him 10s. or 7 days. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 - 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - -
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 16711
-4 a at Metropolitan all 1114 1125 1124 i
Ditto Account.... - st Midland
MONEY MARK.ET Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -
Do ertiticates -P
st Do Birming. ac Derby 100 96 93 981 J
50 11.11 d. Cll. W. of Ireland all - - -.-
AND
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. lO4 25 Do. 1 shares - -
ent -
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879
10 M
Did o K
Cray Line - -
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - et North British
O Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 - at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 26
st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1001 1011 tot
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. DT tta Bonds £l,OOO _
Ditto under £l,OOO -
25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - - a , About £52,000 in bar gold was taken into the at Do Leeds lOO 551 551 .
FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. at Do York
Bank yesterday, but 40,000 sovereigns were with- st Do Carlisle lOO - -
•_.drawn for exportation to the East.
Brazilian 5 per Cent .. st North London
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....•
, 916.4 North Staffordshire
There was no material alteration in the foreign Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
lu N. and S. W. Junction. all 101 111
Ditto 1863 893 100 124 126
st Scottish Central
exchange, yesterday afternoon.
Ditto Scrip, £55 paid
The bar silver by the West India packet has been Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO4 et Do Scot. Mid. stock.. 100 98 100
sold at ss. 11d. per oz., being rather higher than Ditto, Second Issue -
et Shropshire Union .... 100 63 64 -
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons -
the price recently obtained. This improvement has Ditto Account -
at South Devon lOO 34 26
et South Eastern
been produced by the advance just telegraphed Ditto Coupons - a t South Wales - -
from Bombay. Ditto Account lll st ;S. York. and River Dun 100 98 101
Guatemala 5 per Cent. - 20 ,Staines,Wok.,andWok. all ' 85 94
Since Monday last the specie movement has been Italian S per Cent.(Mareminana Railway) 744 25 Stockton & Darlington all 87 38
of a very extensive character, the imports having Mexican 3 per Cent
25 Do New, 1801 lO 7 8 p
amounted to £1,370,300, while the exports have 0n1yVa1e......._- Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - 10 Do B I
reached £413,300. Ditto Account - 10 Do C 3 3 4
There is no new feature in the general discount p
- Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 -
SO Ulster -
--5
Ditto Account 484 25 Do - p
t 2.10 ; Do 5l - -
market, and the demand for accommodation con- Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St - et Vale, of Neath
901 1 et iVictoria sta. and Pim.. 100
tinues moderately active, bat there is also a good Ditto 5 per Cent,, 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent - at IWaterford & Kilkenny 100 -•-
supply of capital. The charges for first class bills Ditto Account ; 521 at West Cornwall lOO 22 24
range from 5I to 6 per cent., and no further con-
-351 654 / at 'West Midland --Oxford 100 - -
cessions are expected until after the distribution of- at
st Do Newport 100 ..... .--
Do Hereford 100 the April dividends on New Threes, Reduced, (Sc.:. S pp!: nii Ditto
AccountP
Caesrsti. Passive
oef Coup - at W. Hartlepool Har.eat. 100 - -
Ditto Account 134 4
A call of £5 per share, payable oa the Ist pros., TuDrkititsoh 6 per Cent. 1854
Account
has been made by the directors of the Standard Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 -
Bank of British South Africa. Ditto Account 7O 4
- bare Railways Closing
Paid. Price. Business don.
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 -
The directors of the Credit Mobilier (Limited) Ditto Account .. 71 701 1/ 1 Du etiainio re St Lawrence all 58 40
Nape notified that, notwithstanding the receipt of Ditto, £lOO Bonds 715 1 sk 1 Bora.,Baroda&Cent Ind
( Gu. 5 percent.. IOC 1035 1015 1031
three times the number of applications for shares Venezuela 3 per Cent. - 20 Do. New . ...... ..... 8 p 1 p
Ditto Account - 20 Do. E. Shares
than were to be issued, an allotment has been made Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 - 004 Baffalo and Laaeliuron all 61 6 54
to each subscriber. Ditto Account
Ditto 14 pet Cent.
:00 { Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 50 _
The Bolivian Government has appeared in this 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18%
Dividends on the above payable in Load 'u ,00 Do, do. July 1, 187,1 ioc - -
market for a 7 per cent. loan, amounting to Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil . - 100 uo. do. June 1, 18,1 MO - -
4500,000, of which £500,000 is reserved till next Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l.,„ 100 102 (04
st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 103 10,
year. The bonds are to be emitted in sums of £lOO,
Italian, 5 per Cent., 186 1, Ex. 25 francs -
stock }Caen. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 1051 1064
Ditto Account . 674 cteck East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1(45 205 104/ 1
£2OO, and £5OO each, redeemable at par in 25 years 20 Do. do. LT Ext..... 15 4 1 p
TWO O'CLOCK. 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 4 t p
by an accumulating sinking fund commencing at stock Grand Trunk of Canada 1,a., 19 20 191
Consols Money
100 Do. lst Prat. Bonds.. ,ill 73 15
2 per cent. on the 15th March, 1866. The opera. Ditto A.pril Account
tion is brought forward by the London and County 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonus.. all 65 67 664
Bank, and the proceeds are to be applied strictly Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. 1
10000 Do. do. deferred.-- all
Do. 3d Pr ef. stock ... all 51 53
l 49 5 t
to industrial purposes--viz., the formation of a -- lOO Do. do. deferred...... all 40 t 2
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 28 credit establishment at Potosi, to assist exclusively Market quiet, but firm. Sales about 6,000 bales 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 c. 5
the stock Gt, IndlaPenln.gua.sp.c. 100 1035 1044 1015 5
mining interests of the State, to the con- cr more. Imports, 13.287.
20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 51 i, struction of bridges, roads, and other public works, - - Do. January, 1852 .. - -
etook Gt. South.of India (Lim
With a view to develops the vast mineral wealth, METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. guaranteed 5 per cent. too 103 104
205 Gt. W. of
Canada Shares all 95 10 .91 1
the guano trade and the commercial resources of the
201 Do. New 16 11 101, •
•
country generally. For the due payment of the This board met as usual yesterday, at the offices in too Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt.
aallll
LI 870 84
interest and the redemption of the principal the Spring-gardens ; the President, J. Thwaites, Esq., took the to teriocitsa4n p
Branchc do
Limited e i-i 2 1 4p 2/
Government of the Republic have specially hypo- chair at twelve o'clock. stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1015 a3l 1021
stock Do.4p. o. Extension 100 97 08
thecated the proceeds of the guano deposits, as well FINANCE. stock Dc. 14 d 0........ 100 s 2 94
Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- -
gThe cash statement for the current week shows a total 20
as the revenues accruing from
customs o thef thestock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnda. 100 - -
general balance of £188,797 12s 4d. 50 nelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58
,
PToLrt of Cobija and the towns of Oruro and La Pay.
EXTENSION OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg.„Bds. alt - -
The Republic has no external debt, and its internal 110 Nowßronsvack ac Can&
all 3 5
obligations Mr. LONG introduced a deputation from the inhabitants
Class A and B
are stated not to exceed half a million N.Rl.C'dati pc let lb& 100 82
sterrn of Slaoreditch, praying the board to oppose the extension of
(100 1034 1045 1045 4
1 -g; and this the Government intend to extin• the line from Shoreditch to Wormwood-street. The views of ?tuck. tS, (1
stook ueoi.nueelm • • - ••
• • a ..: ' 100 103 104
guish next year by the remaining issue (£500,000) the memorialists were that it the work were carried out it so Do. do .4 9 2 iip
st Do. Punjaub .... Es., C • all 1024 1033
a this loan. The • • •would necessarily involve the destruction of a large amount
Do. Do. ........ rc,g, , 100 - -
following • subscriptions can be made in the
instalments :-L5 on application, £lO on of property, and would do more harm than good. s ock Do. Indus. St. Flo. k• 100 98 103
allotment, £lO on Referred to the Streets Committee for consideration and
COLONIAL OOVERNMENI Stf,Cli UT tt.,;-.
15th April, £l5 on 16th Mav
•• ' repert,
£lO on 15th June, £l5 on 15th July, £l5 on 15th IMPROVEMENT OF NEWOATE-STREET. - k...n.1i0v. (5 p.c.J a. &J uly '
- 1877-81 ..... ... ..... 10 101 103 101
August, and £8 -less the dividend of 34 per cent. A'report was brought up from the Works and Improve- - Do. 6p. o. Feb..l; *Aug. 100 100 g
--on 15th September. Discount at the rate of 5 ment Committee, recommending (among other things) that : Do.1)o.
t(5.,f,...00.:11tanr.1.70efyt.. LT, 99
8 / 01 891
per cent. will be allowed for prepayments in full. the board do contribute the sum of £3,058 10s, being one- - Do. 5 Inscrib_ed etooi.. !pc; tp at
The quotation at the Stock Exchange this morning half the cost of effecting a public improvement in Newgate • - tapeGi;onlpelojeto:llE; !!)0 106 108
- iou 108 110
street, to be carried out by the Commissioners of Sewers of - Do. 18ta. 100 110 112
is 11 2 prem.
the city of London, by laying into the public way so much - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 NI? 111
The shares of the Dutch Tramway Company of the sites of the houses, Nos. 67 to 70, inclusive, in that - I(i,'l,3,,titolletiuNao6v.pleBr7t3c,en6tp.c. 100
100 196 108
Were in demand early in the day at 11 prem., and street, as is shown on the plan accompanying the memorial, - iNatal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 1.48 110
-- ,N.B.G 0v.15p.0.J a..tJ uly 100 tot 103
closed at 2 prem. at an estimated cost of £6,117 exclusive of professional
- Do. sp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
The prospectus of Silver's India-rubber Works charges ; and that such amount be pad to the Commission-
-7 DDoth.
N. S.W. tiov. 5 p c.,18,_,1 100 99 100 995
and Telegraph Cable Company (Limited) has been era of Sewers of the city of London, oa a certificate from the
::. IQuseteernisi
5tip0..,c1.80,1:t
&upwdst toEit
110000
9999 10010
architect of this board of the completion of the work. p cent. 100 108 110
put before the public, and, to all appearance, on a After considerable discussion and several divisions, it was 2 !geowvaZSecaoltVal °Of. 6p• c.
very sound footing. The capital is to be £500,000 litilicl7l7esv. 6p. C. IgLO) 103 105-
_ 105
eventually decided by the casting vote of the chairman that
in 10,000 shares of £5O each, of which 5,000 is to the amount to be contributed should be £2,500. - 18.Aus G6p.0.157&&up.. 100 101 111
be. a first issue, £2 per share is to be paid on appli- The routine business having been disposed of, the board : Zialo",io6.lo):VD.B:=l.3' lgg t-ii 112 112
cation, and £3 on allotment, of which a considerable adjourned. ----- —BRITISH MINES.
proportion have already been subscribed for. The
2 i Cambrian Consul. Gold 1 , 4 td '
works are already well and favourably known, and SALE OF MR. THACKERAY'S LIBRARY.-Yeater- - tr.,;liffordAlrnlgvpaavt -1
sgl
6:55
but little doubt can be entertained that, with the day, the third and last day of the sale of Mr. -
Eaest Bas u eett (illogan).. 30 63 65
d
influence of the important board of directors, whose Thackeray's effects, the library of the deceased gentleman, ": t ease t
(SalornounG old
.........
2.17;.6 2-9/ 3-01
names will be at once recognised as gentlemen of was put up to auction. There was a very numerous Mien- - East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 Z. 744
standing, these hitherto successful works wia dance of ladies end gentlemen connected with literature and
-- 11(' "2Atzgptt; 8.9.0t , Tg 11
rapidly expand. Not the least guarantee of this is the fine arts. The books were put up in 326 lots, and were -
in number about 5,000 vols. They were of the most miscel- - Greghe Vor (lieleton, the fact that Messrs. Silver and Co. will remain laneous des„i • • - ville
description, and many of them sold for very high _ :Great South '1 olgus ,
4107 s
445
141
394 i
6.16. I. 71 71
11er:4'8-Foot 8.12 55 37
identified with the extended operations of the prices. A few were very rare, and found a bidding proper- - Dingston Downs 4.18.0 31 44
company. tionately high. The following is a list of the principal books - Lady Bertha
- Margaret (Ony Lelant, Po 19 21
A company has been formed for effectively carry- sold, with the prices annexed :-"Ainsworth'sLatinDiction- Mame Valley.
) y Iron Ore (Lim , 2): It 4 4
ing out and extending Bonelli's Electric Telegraph. ary," with autograph, "W. M. Th.ackera y, Charter House,
4 I,lieVendSetun I 102 8e 95
The capital is to be £250,000, of which £25,000 July 182 " £4 15s "Bic replete Universelle Ancienne
et I.;l'odern7e," 52 vole', Paris £B. " A Christmas Carol," 7... N;.r.°llol'l)irairsneset(lllo can 13.214.0 P 2 •
forms the original capital of the company. Under
,0rt(12,1 Wheal ntayze 2.6.9 41 5z
by Charles Dickens, Presentation copy, inscribed "W. M. -
the proposed new management there wilt be a fur- Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, whom he had made very 2 , t'•rovidec°4(Usn•Lelni.) 10.6.7 41 43
ther issue of £225,000, in 22,500 share of £lO each. happy a long way from home." For this little book, an ordi- - 1.-?:otatrinGlfraedao(nAt.l)ot.gCalielre 14 1 440 (60
The deposit to be £1 on application, and £1 on al- nary copy of Etr.Dickens's story, there was an exciting corn-
lotment. We may notice that a line has been petition, and it was at length sold for £2:5 10s. Chastellux -.... IStray Park & _ d
-112. Wheat Fran. (Mogen 18.18.9 50 55
ar Slip. Lea Min.
already established between Manchester and Liver- (Marquis de) "Travels in North America," with autograph - Tin Croft 0 19 20
of Washington (1787), £4 10s. " Coruhill Magazine," Weal Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12
pool, the working of which proves to demonstra- from January, 1860, to June, 1862, 5 volumes, in rdd - ‘'v'esctisratdon (Liskeard)
4%
2205 22
tion the excellence of Bonelli's method over morocco, ia 12s 6d ; ditto, in green ditto, £B. De - Wheat Basset (Mogan) 55 875 921
that of other telegraphic systems, and the names Quincey ( rhoreas), "Selections, Grave and Gay" (14), --1 aieeaall 11=eyr(aderluantit'j 216 35
37
of the gentlemen who form the Directory are Edinburgh, in date, £5 10s. Bronks (Charlotte), " Vil- - WhealLuthott
guarantee that full scope shall be given to the fetes,'' 3 vole , a presentation copy, £5 ss. "The Gentle- -
Wheal Mary Ann /Men.) 8 134 141
Wheal 3eton . . 581 190 195
working of it out. Arrangements have been made man's Magazine," from commencement in 1731 to 1827, - wheaurreka„ey (Lie.) 7 21 25
to acquire the patent right for the United Kinaaarn I 1'12vols:, £_ll. _4: Herodoti Historiarum Libri IX Curs," - wheal Union 3.17 25 21

SALE OF MR. THACKERAY'S LlBRARY.—Yester-
day, the third and last day of the sale of Mr.
Thackeray's effects, the library of the deceased gentleman,
was put up to auction. There was a very numerous atten-
dance of ladies and gentlemen connected with literature and
the fine arts. The books were put up in 326 lots, and were
in number about 5,000 vols. They were of the most miscel-
laneous description, and many of them sold for very high
prices. A few were very rare, and found a bidding propor-
tionately high. The following is a list of the principal books
sold, with the prices annexed :—"Ainsworth's Latin Diction-
ary," with autograph, " W. M. Thackeray, Charter House,
July, 1827," £4 15s, "Biographic Universelle Ancienne
et Moderne," 62 vols., Paris, £B. "A Christmas Carol,"
by Charles Dickens, presentation copy, inscribed "W. M.
Thackeray, from Charles Dickens, whom ho had made very
happy a long way from home." For this little book, an ordi-
nary copy of Mr.Dicaens's story, there was an exciting com-
petition, and it was at length sold for £25 10s. Chastellux
(Marquis de) "Travels in North America," with autograph
of Washington (1787). £1 10s. " Coruhill Magazine,"
from January, 1860, to June, 1862, 5 volumes, in red
morocco, £8 12s 6d ; ditto, in green ditto, X?. De
Quincey (Thomas), " Selections, Grave and Gay" (14),
Edinburgh, in date, £5 10s. Bronte (Charlotte), " Vil-
tette," 3 vole , a presentation copy, £5 6s. "The Gentle-
man's Magazine," from commencement in 1731 to 1827,
112 vols., iIL "Herodoti Historiarum Libri IX Curs,"
T. Gaisford, with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray, £6.
" Homeri Odyssea cum Schollis Veteribus," and auto-
graph, £3 10s. "A Course of Mathematics," by C. Hutton,
with an autograph of Mr. Thackeray (1806) £3 108, " Liai-
sons Dangereuses (1788), recueillies dans une Societe ;"
ditto, " Recueil des Faceties Parisiennes (1760) £3 lOs.
" Memoirs pour eei vir a l'Histoire de France de-
pute le XIIIe Sidele jusqu'a la Fin du XVIIe,"
33 vols., Paris, 1857, £6. "The Midnight Spy ; or, a
View of the Transactions of London and Westminster
from the Hours of Ten in the Evening till Five in the
Morning" (1766), £2 4s. Paine's " Common Sense,"
addressed to the inhabitants of America (1792), £2 2s.
Rabelais (F.), " Works, translated and illustrated by M.
Laduchat." 4 cols., £1 Bs. " Shakspere," the text re-
vised by the Rev, Alexander Dyce, 6 vols. (1857), £3 10s.
Thackeray (Rev. F.), " Researches into the Ecclesiastical
and Political State of Ancient Britain," 2 vols., £l.
6‘ Walpole's Letters," edited by Peter Cunningham, pre-
sentation copy, £3 ss. "The Bloody Register; a
Select and Judicious Collection of the most remarkable
Trials for Murder, Treason, Rape, Highway Robbery,
and Piracy, from the year 1700 to 1764," 4 vols., £4 17s 6d.
" Wieland's Poetische Work," 49 vols., 1 eipsig, 1818, £1
18s. Quartos: " Froissart's Chronicles," translated from
the original by Lord Berners, reprinted from Pynson's edi-
tions of 1523 and 1525, 2 vols., £3 15. " Worcester's Dic-
tionary of the English Language," presentation copy, Bos-
ton, 1860, £ll7s. Punch, V ots. I, to XXII., Vols. XXXI.
XXXII., XXXVII., XXXVIII., and XLI. to XLIV.,
bound in 15 vols., and 1 vol. of 1850, £3 4s. Richard Doyle's
Foreign " Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson,"
1854, £l3e. There were some curious old folios, consisting
principally of engravings in outline, and plates coloured and
plain. 'I he most remarkable of these was a volume, " Monthly
Masks of Vocal Musick, containing all the choices Songs by
the best Masters," Dr. Kitchener's copy, £2 6s. The" Spec-
tator," Nos. Ito 200, 3 vols., £4 ; " Laiger : 160 Carica-
tures, from 1782 to 1810, arranged chronologically, and
marked with Names," £2 58. " Monument du Costume
Physique et Moral de la Fin du Dix-huitieme Steele,"
twenty-eight plates, by Moreau Neuwied, 1789, £2. Doyle
(R.), "Ye Manners and Ye Customs of ye Englisho,"
£1 13s. Ditto, "Selections from Rejected Cartoons," with
descriptive letter-press and critical remarks, presentation
copy, £1 14e. There were a great number of books, in-
cluding cases of French novels, magazines, miscellaneous
works, and ephemeral papers, which wore eagerly bid for
by the dealers, and call fur no particular description.

A company has been formed for effectively carry-
ing out and extending Bonelli's Electric Telegraph.
The capital is to be £250,000, of which £25,000
forms the original capital of the company. Under
the proposed new management there will be a fur-
ther issue of £225,000, in 22,500 share of £lO each.
The deposit to be £1 on application, and £1 on al-
lotment. We may notice that a line has been
already established between Manchester and Liver-
pool, the working of which proves to demonstra-
tion the excellence of Bonelli's method over
that of other telegraphic systems, and the names
of the gentlemen who form the Directory are
guarantee that full scope shall be given to the
working of it out. Arrangements have been made
to acquire the patent right for the United Kingdom,
as also to meet the great expenditure necessary to
carry out the extensive operations which are pro-
posed. It is intended by this company to reduce the
tariff of charge for messages to a uniform rate of
sixpence for the usual 20 words. The typo-electrical
instrument possesses peculiar advantages—amen g
others the printing of each message in the very act
of transmission, and also the greater celerity with
Which communications may be forwarded. The ex-
periments which have been already made so success.
fully show the great value and importance which
must attach the commercial world, more especially,
to the operations of this important company.
The shares of the Frontino and Bolina Gold
Mining Company were in demand at =-3-, and 1 prem.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1131
Great orthern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1021 8
Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 741
great Western, Chester gua. stock, 761
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2dpf., 70
Midland New £4 shares, 21
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Buckinghamshire, 94
Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 551
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, n
Great Luxembourg, 111
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 371
Sambre and Meuse, 81 1
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211

FOREIGN MINES.
Cape Copper, lira., ilk 10}
Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21
Yudanangutana of S. Australia, lira.; 2! I

Two O'CLOCK.
At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr.
Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes
opened at 66.10 66,05. Very fiat.
The English Stock Market presents renewei
indications of heaviness, and the funds have de-
clined another per cent. This downward ten-
dency is produced by sales in realisation of profits,
there being an absence of unfavourable rumours,
and not much business in progress. Console are
911 a for money, and 91 a I for the account.
The New Threes and Reduced are 89a I; Ex-
chequer Bills, 9s. 3s. die. ; and India 5 per Cents.,

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Agra and United Service (lim.), 1211 2
Alliance 491. ly
Anglo Austrian, 6# it
Australasia, 75
Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 441
Chartered leer. of India, London, and China, 70
Consolidated Bank, lira., 104
English and Irish (lim.),
English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211
European Bank, lim., 9 #
Hindustan, ihina, and Japan (lim.), 34 34 45 31
Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 11 104
Imperial Bank (lim.), 35 4 #
Imperial Ottoman, 195
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint, 34 1 1
London and i,lrazilian (lira.), 59 4
London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 515
London and County, 60 594
London and South American, lint, 9
31erchantlliank, lim., 12 #
Mercantile and Exchange. Rm., 144
Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 254 6 54
New Zealand Baak, 11 #
Oriental Bank Corporation. 634
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Lim., 11
Ditto, new, 114
Union of Australia,

There has also been less buoyancy in the Foreign
Market, and business has been very much curtailed.
Turkish 6. per Cents., 1862, are 71 711 ; ditto
Consolides, 538 ; Greek, 23 I. 241 ; ditto Coupons,
; Mexican, 448 ; Spanish Passive, 351 36;
ditto Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 481 4 ; Italian,
671 =;1, ; and the Confederate Loan, 51 53.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been limited, and in a fsw instances prices
have shown less firmness. Great Eastern, Great
Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and
South Eastern have each declined 5s ; while Great Northern A stock, and London and Brighton have
improved ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive
at about previous rates.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally sup-
port Previous quotations. Alliance Bank realise

Ditto, new, 304 14
Union of Loudon, 46j

MISCELLANEOUS.
Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Um., 31 I
Bombay Gas, limited, 5*
• Canada Company, 741
Commercial Union (Insurance)' 91
Contract Corporation, line., 64 7
Crystal Palace, 344
Discount Corporation, limited,ro/
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 5
Financial Corporation, 4* 5 * 5
Gen. Crt dit and keinance of London, Urn., 84 4 1
Hudson's Bay, 18 ; 19
International Financial Society, 11; 12 111 12 11/
Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lim., 74
Joint 'stock Discount, lim., 64
Land Securities, lim., 44
London Financial Association, lim., 261 /
Ditto, new, 154
Londn Provincial Marine, 3i
alatiras Irrigation and Canal, 24
Ditto (all), 21
National Steam Navigation, lim., 5 4/
Thum and Mersey urine (insurance), Uun., 7

It is reported, upon good authority, that the
murderer Townley has been put to the trade of a weaver,
in the Model Prison of Pentonville.—Derby Mercury.
The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mills pm., anti
the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Z 3
17s. tOttL per ounce for standard gold, it appe.,,e that gold Is
about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE,
(This Day.)

EXPERIMENTS AT SHOEBURYNESS,

The never-ceasing wheel of time has brought round
another University Boat Race, and we believe there never
has been one that has created more excitement than the
present, nor in which there has been either a greater
amount of money speculated, or the odds have
more fluctuated. The love of the English for aquatic
sports in this our seagirt isle is a striking trait in their
character, and the penchant has been fostered by the esta-
blishment and wide incremo of rowing clubs amongst the
people of every position and denomination.
When the University race first commenced, rowing at
the Universities was in its infancy compared with its present
maturity; it was not then as it is now. It was considered
enough to bring them into competition now and then, but
not yearly. There was a gap of seven years between the
first and second matches, and three more before they again
entered the lists, and a corresponding time afterwards, but
for the last 10 years it has been annual. Its attractions
were at first insignificant, but the most cursory reference
to the contests of later years must show the interest and
importance that have gradually grown with its growth and
strengthened with it strength. To not only the old
University men and the public at large is this peculiarly a
matter of excitement and interest, but it is anticipated with
mingled feelings of anxiety and pleasure by the craws
themselves—notwithstanding the severe training and
enormous self-denial to which they are subjected, and
talked of with pride and admiration in after life, to the
latest period, by its heroes.

In the revolutions of time there have been exactly 20
contests between the sister universities. In the first 9 of
these, extending over a period of 21 years from 1829 to
1849, Cambridge won 7, but latterly fortune has smiled upon
their opponents, and in the last 11 years, including the three
last, Oxford has achieved 8 victories to 3 of Cambridge ; so
it will be seen that the present race was to determine out of
the whole which was the winner, and the anxiety which
has been manifested during the past week, and the larg e
attendance at Putney, conclusively attest the interes t
which was taken in the result.

The following were the gentlemen composing the
crews :

OXFORD.

st lb
C. P. Roberts, Trinity
W. Awdry, Balliol
F. H. Kelley, University
J. C. Parson, Trinity
W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church l2 4
A. E. Seymour, University , ...
M. Brown, Trinity
D. Pocklington, Brasenose
C, R. Tottenham, Christ Church (cox) 7 0

Another theoretical novelty in the way of targets
was tested at this practice-ground on Wednesday,
and, like most of the extraordinary novelties that
are brought there, was proved to be utterly worth-
less in two shots. The target was one composed
of compressed wool, made after Mr. Nasmyth's
plan, that gentleman, and a very large number of
others also, entertaining a confident opinion that a
good thickness of wool when pressed tight would
offer an amount of resistance to shot which, if not
et:ancient to keep it out altogether, was, at least,
certain to be enough to justify the Government in
making experimental inquiries on the subject. We
do not know, even if the discovery had been success-
ful, how it was proposed to utilise it—how, for in-
stance, to recoat our ironsides with 10 or 12 feet of
pressed wool, or how to appiy so bulky and cum-
brous an appliance in any way. Fortunately there is
no necessity for considering such embarrassing
speculation now, inasmuch as the experiment of
Wednesday proved the wool to be rather more per-
meable to shot than almost any other novelty that
has yet been fired at. A very few words •is suffi-
cient to tell the result. The target, if we may so
call it, was a wrought iron tube, like a boiler or iron
funnel,open at both ends, loft. in diameter and about
lift' long. The wool part of the target was con-
structed by tilting this on end and filling it with wool
as tightly as men could trample it down till the cylin-
der was full. It was then laid on its side fronting
the gun, so as to present the appearance of a large
white circular target or drum, 10ft. in diameter and
lift. thick of solid wool. The first shot was fired
from the Armstrong 100.pounder:with a 101 b charge,
and this not only passed through the target from
end to end, but buried itself in the earth behind.
A second shot was fired from the 68-pounder, with
the usual service charge, and this also went through,
burying itself in the bank, and as a means of re-
sistance the target was such a palpable and utter
failure that even Mr. Nasmyth was satisfied with
these two shots, and concurred in the uselessness of
firing any more. The result exactly fulfilled the
anticipations of the Iron-plate and Ordnance Com.
mittees, who, however, concurred in the propriety
of trying the experiment, for the sake of exploding
and patting an end to the theory for ever. One
would think, however, that the extensive and ex-
pensive experience the Government have had of the
value of these new theories would by this time have
given them sufficient confidence to say " No" to
experiments with any further crotchets except at
the inventor's own expense.

An infinitely more curious and important ex-
periment took place at S aoeburyness last week, to
test the powers of the greatest gun yet forged
by Sir William Armstrong against oue of the
thickest plates which Messrs. John Brown and Co.'s
eminent firm have yet produced for actual armour
plating. The gun was the celebrated Big Will, the
600 pounder, about which so many canards have
been in circulation as to its having given way at the
breech, &c., for all of which there has not been the
slightest foundation. This magnificent piece of ord-
nance has only been fired 20 times, each time with
the most prodigious result, and after the great ex-
periment of Thursday it was as perfect inside
and out as the day it left the factory at Elswick.
The mass of iron, for it can hardly be called
a plate, against which it was tried on Thurs-
day, was no less than eleven inches in.thickness—
a sample of one of the many of the same enormous
strength made by Messrs. Brown and Co. for the
Russian Government to plate the sea faces of some
of the most important and most exposed of the
Cronstadt forts. According to the theory of the
Iron-plate Committee, that the strength of an iron
plate increases as the square of its thickness, the
11-inch mass tried on Thursday was equal in
strength to no less than six plates of the famous
Warrior target ; yet, before the experiment com-
menced not the slightest doubt was entertained
that the 600 pounder would utterly smash if the
fired with a 6001 b. shot. The real interest of the
experiment consisted in ascertaining—first, whe-
ther the same destructive result would be gained
by using the gu❑ as a smooth-bore with a steel
shot of half the weight; secondly, how the gun
would stand the tremendous charge of 901bs. of
powder ; and, thirdly, whether the fracture of the
plate would show that even Messrs. Brown could
manufacture oue of 11 inches in thickness rerfect
throughout. These were the three points really at
issue, and the solution of these was looked forward
to with keen interest by all the officers on the ground.
The first and only shot, we are happy to say, settled
them all in the most satisfactory manner, and proved
the enormous advantage of steel shot, the strength
of the gun, and the excellent manufacture of the
plate. The plate or slab of iron was four feet long by
three and a half wide, and was unimpaired in its
strength by a single bolt-hole or fastening. It was
held up vertically against two 12 inch beams of solid
oak, to which it was fastened by railway iron passing
up its face on either side. Behind it, and in support
of the oak beams, was the Fairbairn target of 5
inch plates and a 1 inch inner skin, with the usual
massive framework of iron rib beams. This target,
however, did not support the plate to be fired
at, but only the beams of o sk which held it in
its position. There was an interval of 12 inches be-
t ween the plate and the Fairbairn target, which wile
left purposely that the former might do its own
work if it could unaided. The proceedings were
commenced by firing two cast iron round shot of
3001 b. weight, levelled at 200 yards' range, against
a " dummy" target placed close alongside the 11
inch plate, for the purpose of determining tea e exact
degree of elevation to be given to the gun. Both
these were fired with the enormous charge of 901 b.
of powder. Such charges even with 600 pounders
would not be used in actual warfare, and for
experimental purposes like that of Thursday were
objectionable, as it seemed to make it almost as
much an effort to destroy the gun as the target.
To load " Big Will" with a sack of powder, such as
two men could scarcely lift into the muzzle--7such
a sackful as it was never built to withstand,
and such as it would not be loaded with in
service—seemed, as an experiment, almost childish.
The gun stood it perfectly to all outward seem-
ing; but those conversant with the nature of
wrought iron know very well that the piece is so
much the worse for the ordeal through which it
bas now been forced, and that they have, if any-
thing, less confidence in "Big Will" after such a
straining than they had before it was tested at all.
Our system of testing wrought-iron guns is con-
demned without an exception by the Artillery
officers of all other nations in the world. The pre-
cise range having been ascertained " Big Will" was
again stuffed with a sackful of powder, but, instead
of a cast-iron projectile, was loaded with a steel
round shot of 3441 b. weight, and levelled against
the target. This shot struck the very centre of the
plate with a terrible crash, at a velocity of 1,560
feet, and at one blow closed the experiments of the
day. Nothing further remained to be accomplished,
for the target was gone. Never, probably has a more
tremendous blow been struck by human agency.
The mass of steel drie en by the tremendous charge
of powder must have struck the target with a power
inconceivable, for everything went down before it.
The solid oak beams behind the plate were crushed
into splinters, and the plate itself hurled bodily back
against the Fairbairn target and split into two
pieces, one huge piece being flung away to the right
and the other to the left, and all this before the shot
had time to penetrate to a greater depth than 41
inches. The 11-inch plate, in fact, had not suffi-
cient stability even to receive the blow aimed at it;
it was torn apart by the tremendous force with
which it was jammed against the Fairbairn target
behind, and an examination of the fracture showed
that its manufacture was admirable. Fourteen feet
in front of the target lay the steel shot, much
flattened and cracked, but evidently as good metal
of its kind as Mr. Brown's plate itself. A close
examination of the gun was next made by
the Inspector of Artillery, and it was found
to be wholly uninjured. Notwithstanding
the use of steel round shot in a rifled
gun, the grooves of the rifling remained es
sharp and fine as ever, and only one feeling seemed
to be entertained on the ground as to the strength
of the gun and the excellence of the plates.
Our readers may, perhaps, ask what further tnodi-
flattens or changes are denoted by this.experiment,

either in our ironclads or our artillery. We fear that,
as far as a pratical result is concerned, the experiment'
is absolutely worthless, except as showing that
Messrs. Brown and Co. can make an 11-inch plate
as perfect as their sk-inch plates, and that the 600
pounder will utterly destroy the most perfect 11 inch
plate that can be made. Unfortunately, however,
11-inch plates are not wanted for our ironclads, be-
cause they cannot carry them, and still more unfor-
tunately, the 600 pounder which can destroy them
is not in our service. The 600 pounder at Shoe-
buryness is only an " experimental" gun—so called,
we presume, from the fact that no experiments
worth speaking of have been undertaken with it,
and that, though it has been tanning on the beach
at Shoeburynese since last April, only 20 rounds have
been fired from it in a year. What the gun will de-
stroy is pretty well known, but what the gun will
endure before it is itself destroyed no one seems
to know, or care about kne wing. And it is this very
question of the life of these large guns—that is, the
number of effective rounds they will fire, not the
number of destructiVe chargos which they can be
made to take before breaking., which the country
ought to see solved. The stereotyped answer of the
Government to all complaints about the want of effi-
cient artillery is that more of these great guns can-
not be orclered till their powers of endurance are
known. Yet this 600 pounder—their best gun—has
been now a whole year at Shoeburyness without
even an attempt to ascertaire the number of rounds
it will stand. It is the same with the 300 pounders.
Where are the big guns which have alone proved
really efficient against thick iron plates? Where
are these 300 pounders, one shot from which has
never failed to smash the strongest experimental
naval target at Shoeburyness, against which even
salvoes of 68 pounders and 110 pounders were fired
in vain ? There are two on board the gunnery-ship
Excellent at Portsmouth, one or two at Shoebury-
ness, another on board the Royal Sovereign cupola
ship,and about eight unrifled, and without even car-
riages, in store at the Arsenal. It cannet be ima-
gined that the Admiralty really believe in the po-
tency of their old guns, or even in the Duke of
Somerset's 100 pounder Armstrong smooth bores,
for the successful attack of iron-plated vessels such
as now exist. One 300 pounder is to be preferred
to a whole broadside of such guns, and one 600
pounder is vastly superior in destructive ( ffect io
many 300 panders. These powerful guns are good
for something or good for nothing. The public
urgently desire to know the truth with respect to
them, and very properly complain of spending large
sums of money upon experimental machines which
hitherto have been merely employed as bugbears to
frighten our enemies and lull the British nation into
false notions of security. We have monster irons
clads, and so have other Powers ; but what are they
good for without suitable guns ?
It is important that the public should know that,
in the event of the necessity arising for large ord-
nance like 300 and 600 pounders, a considerable
period must elapse before they can be supplied. If
the powers of endurance of the big guns are still
doubtful, who is responsible for the delay in the
decision of this question ? It can hardly be attri-
buted to the responsible advisers of the War office
in the matter of artillery—the Ordnance Select
Committee, for they must clearly have reported
in favour, at least, of the 300-pounder, as otherwise
these guns would not have been formally intro-
duced into the service. Is economy the cause ? If
so, we may venture to suggest that, as the price of
iron has risen considerably of late, the acres of ob-
solete cast-iron guns at the Arsenal might now be
disposed of with advantage. The uninstructed
Englishman, in surveying this endless array of old
and useless guns, may, perhaps, consider tho scene
as peculiarly impressive, and felicitate himself that
his country possesses such inexhaustible stores of
ordnance. No greater or more serious delusion can
well be entertained. 'With the exception of the
Armstrong field artillery, we are now without any
recognised gun, and have none whatever of large
calibre for army or navy. The experiments at
Shoeburyness are very interesting, and would be
valuable if they were anything but experiments.
But the important results which have been elimina-
ted there have been ignored in turn by both Admi-
ralty and War-office, and at the end of four years'
experimenting, and nearly two millions of money,
we are still dawdling on at trials like that of Thurs-
day, when it is the plates which are tested, and not
the gun which knocks them to pieces, and then rusts
till John Brown sends np a stronger and a thicker
plate. A plate sent up to Shooburyness one week is
tried the next. The 300-pounders were sent there
in May, 1862 ; the 600-pounder in April, 1863 ;
and here in March, 1864, the Government state
that they are not yet acquainted with their powers
of endurance. Experiments at Shoeburyness are
very costly ; as far as acting upon their results are
concerned, either in targets or guns, they seem ut-
terly worthless. Both the Orduance and the Iron-
plate Committee know this welt, and, what is worse,
know that they are powerless to remedy the evil.

The Yankees' Tribute to Mr, Bright !

(From the Alta California, San Francisco, Jan. 27.)

The following was received by the United States
Marshal yesterday, and the conditions were shortly
afterwards communicated to Rubery, who signified
his intention of proceeding by the first steamer to
England, at the same time thanking the Mirshal
for his uniformly courteous demeanour towards
him. He was then released :
" Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States of America, to all to whom these presents
may come, greeting : 'Whereas one Alfred Rubery
was convicted on or about the 12th day of October,
1863, in the circuit court of the United States for
the district of California, of engaging in and
giving aid and comfort to the existing rebel-
lion against the Government of this country,
and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, and
to pay a fine of 10,000 dollars; and where•
as the said Alfred Rubery is of the immature
age of twenty years, and of highly respectable
parentage; and whereas the said Alfred Rubery is a
subject of Great Britain, and his pardon is desired
by Sohn Bright of England :
_

" Now, therefore be it known that I, Abraham
Lincoln, President of the United States of America,
these and divers other considerations me thereunto
moving, and especially as a public mark of the es-
teem held by the United States of America for the
high character and steady friendship of the said
John Bright, do hereby grant a pardon to the said
Alfred Rubery, the same to begin and take effect on
the 20th day of January, 1864, on condition that he
leave the country within thirty days from and after
that date. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
signed my name, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.

" Done at the City of Washington, this
seventeenth day of Dec Ember, A.D. 1863, and of the
independence of the United States the eight•eighth.
"By the President.
" ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [L. B.]
"IVM. H. SEWARD."