The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-22 00:00:00

LITERATURE,

The Standard Writing Exorcise Books for Schcol
and Horns. By J. S. Lawrie. Thomas Murbyl

Bouverie-s1 rect.

These are very useful little works, that have been
arranged with great care, and will doubtless prove
of essential service to those for whom they are de'
signed. Great attention has been shown in select'
ing the subjects given for writing, and in this, as
in many similar instances, we can see how great is
the superiority of education now-a-days to what it
used to be. Learning is rendered more available
in every way, and in some degree the task is
lightened by the introduction of pleasing varieties
into the weariness and monotony of study.

Milton's Conzus, 4-c. With illustrative notes. BY.

the Rev. J. Hunter, M.A. Longman.
We have here another of Mr. Hunter's useful
little manuals for training schools and colleges.
The type is clear and good, while the explanatory
notes, which are full and comprehensive, will enable
the dullest or least imaginative scholar readily to
follow the author's meaning. They are not re-
stricted to mere observations or queries on parts 0'
speech, as is too often the case in works of this kind,
but they explain difficult phrases or obscure com
parisons after illustrating them by passages from
other poets. The critical extracts at the beginning
will assist the young reader in forming some idea
of the peculiar beauties of Milton's style.

The History of England. By Lord Macaulay.
Part VI. People's Edition. Longman.

This admirable edition of one of the standard
works of our language is uniform with the cheap
re-issue of the same author's world-ramous essays,
and, like that, is suited to the book shelves of the
humblest reader, while the type and paper render
it by no means unworthy of a place in a more ex-
pensive library, By following the method of
monthly publication, Messrs. Longman are thus
putting within the reach of all who are likely to
appreciate them some of the first works of our time,
and in thus encouraging the taste for solid reading
and diffusing knowledge and cultivation they are
conferring a public hem fit.

Old Bones ; or, Notes for Young Naturalists. BY
the Rev. W. Symonth, F.G.S. Hardwicke, Pic-

cadilly.

We are not surprised that this little work s'aould
have reached a second edition, for it combines in
high degree the two important qualities of being
interesting and instructive. It combines in some
degree the two sciences of zoology and geology,
since it traces the changing forms of animal nature
from the living beings of the present day to the
ancient remnant:3 of the mastodon or mammoth Of
an earlier age. The illustrations are copious, and
add greatly to the value of the work, whose clear
aud simple style and abundant information render
it pleasant and pr, fitable reading for many who
have left their school-days far behind.

The Standard Manua? of Geography. Edited by
J. S. Lawrie. Simpkin and Marshall.

This little work has been compiled by a gentle•
man who is one of her Majesty's Inspectors of
Schools, and who is consequently familiar with
the requirements of pupils. It is arranged on a
very excellent system, being plain and terse, and
giving its information, brief though it necessarily
is, in a fo.rm sufficiently interesting to impress the
pupil's mivd with something more than a mere
catalogue of names and dates. For the benefit of
small schools., &c., we may add that this useful
compendium is being also published in four monthly
twopenny parts,.

Handbook of Croquet. By Edmund Routledge.
A capital explaua tion of this now very fashion-
ab:e game. Those wishing to become proficients
in it have only to stun)) this volume, and the work
s accomplished.

SHIPPING--This Day.

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LONDON, April 22.—Wind this day at noon—North•
East; moderate breeze and very fine weather.
FALMOUTH, April 21. Wind 11.—Arrived—flouen)
steamer, and left for the West Indies.

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DUNDEE, April 20.—Wind W.—Arri Yed—Lalla Rookili
from Calcutta.

CLYDE, April 21.—Wind N.W.Sailed—Bungalore,
for Matanzas—John Gray, for Trinidad—Melrose, for NeW
York—Abbey Craig, for Miramichi.
COWES, Aprii 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Laura and
Louise, lro•n Callao,
OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 21,—Arrived—Bathurst, from
the Cape of Good Hope.
OFF TORBAY, April 20.—Arrived—Lady Macdonald,
from Kurraehee.

OFF DOVER, April 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Shama:4h
from Calcutta.

BY ELECTRIC TET,EGRAPH.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
a9k
Tha Bavaria, steamer, sailed ter New York at Bait-l'
10 last night.

Arrivea—Bmanucl, frcra Christiana.
BY MAGNETIC TELEGIiAPEt.

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, April 21—Krageroe, hum Krageroe—Snan"ll'
from Calcutta—Triton, from Warburg—Just, from 'n'
—and Wave, from Guernsey.
Arrived, April 22—Two Friends, from Guernsey.
Sailed, ispril 22—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Friday Morning' .
Passed—Scotia, for Port Phillip—Johanna, for Racial-
bucti-6hepherdess, for Port Augusta—all from London.

PC/ST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.—The undermen-
tioned offices in Birmingham will be opened as Post-otlice
savings Banks, on Monday, the 2d May, 1864 :—Aston
Park, Hagley-roal, Hockley-hill, Parade, and
Summer-
lane.—By command of the Postmaster-General, J
oIIN
TILLEY, Secretary,—General Post-office, 9th April/ 1804.

ITONIY MARKET

AND

COXMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, TWELVE 0 CLOCK.
There is a ratl,er less favourable feeling in the
discount market this morning, consequent upon the
adverse movement ezhibited in the. Bank return,
and to 7; are the quotations for first-class bills
having Only a short period to run.
110 Bank of England return for the week to
Wednesday last presents some very unfavourable
features. The bullion and reserve of notes are both
smaller, and the other securities have experienced
a further increase, notwithstanding the large sums
pod to the authorities by parties who were cora •
Pehed to borrow during the period of the "shutting
°f the transfer books." The following are the par-
ticulars :

Active Circulation
Decrease ..
Bullion
Decrease ..
Rest

.. £21,141,675
.. 114,545
.. 12,743,302
.. 337,098
.. 3,195,300
• . 31,143
.. 5,787,329
.. 142,953
.. 13,684,069

Increase .. • • • •
rkblic Deposits • • .
Decrease .. • • • •
ether Deposits.. • • , Increase .. • • • •
Seven Day and other Bills ..
Increase .. • • • •
Government Securities ..

98,040
351,108
1,731
. 11,022,267
No alteration.
Other Securities .. 4476,912
Increase
.. •• 210,874
Notea Unemployed .. 5,664,845
Decrease . 205,880
The committee of the Stock Exchange have fixed
Monday next for a special settlement in the shares
°`, the Thames Iron, Sce.,Company, dealings in which
ilre to be recorded in the twice-a- week list.
It has been announced that Mr. Thomas B arker,
of Lloyds, has been appointed underwriter for the
National Provincial Marine Insurance Company.
At the meeting of the Scottish Australian Invest-
ment Company to-day a dividend at the rate of 10
Per Tent. per annum was declared.
tusiness in tne Foreign and Colonial Produce
14erkete during the last few days has been rather
more active. The public sales of Indian teas have
Me off with more animation, and prices have
°lightly improved. Sugars have been in steady
(leeland, at an advance of 61 to is per cwt., but
toffee has rt tnained inactive, and declined about is
per cwt. In rice, fruit, cocoa, and spices, the opera-
tfts have been moderately acti at about previous
1.8-tee, but increased depression has prevailed in the
tallow market, and prices have shawn a further
decline.

The directors of the Agra and United Service
.0.314,1 k, have convened a meeting of shareholders, to
thet4in the sanction of the latter to the purchase of
e. business and premises of Messrs. Masterman,
Peters, Mildred, and Co., and to the proposed
mange in the name of the undertaking to " The
Zirs and Mesterman's Bank (Limited)." Power will
40e_ be obtained for increasing its capital to
')000,000, by the issue of 20,000 newshares of £5O
each
? ;it is arranged that 10,000 of these shares shall
offered to the proprietors of the original stock in
the
Proportion of one new for every two of the old
fl• ares held on the 15th May next at a premium of
""0, to be paid together with £25 within six
ab
with The remaining shares are to be dealt
the directors may deem most desirable.
'application is to be made to Parliament to enable
the Board to divide the original £lOO shares into
Others of smaller nominal amount.
An important undertaking, brought forward toe
rY for a capital of £1,000,000, is the British and
.30hth American Steam Navigation Company, which
3 to establish a line of steam communication
between England, Brazil, the River Plate, and
the
'West Coast of South America, via the Straits of
;,711gellan. Operations are to be commenctd with
screw steamships of 2,200 tons and 300-horse
Power each, leaving Liverpool and Falmouth every
month, calling at Bahia, Rio Janeiro, and Monte
Video, and thence proceeding via the Straits of
agollan to Valparaiso and Lima. It is stated
that the Chilian Government has long desired such
line, and some years ago offered a subsidy for the
Purpose, and strong hopes are now entertained that
c)trle liberal concessions will be obtained from the
ehilian, Peruvian, Argentine, and Brazilian Go-
.P.ernmente. The services of a firm well acquainted
With the trade and the management of screw
Steamers have been secured on advantageous terms.
Details are given in the prospectus of the trade be-
tween this country and South America, all tending
to show the large and profitable field existing for
the operations of the company.
The increase in the importation of foreign cattle
into this country, and the very scandalous way in
'Which this importation has been accomplished,
14(Ided to the disastrous results that have occurred,
tiA., the deterioration of stock, as well as the im-
portation and propagation of disease into our own
cattle, has at length aroused from the old systems a
few of those most directly interested, in a pecuniary
:e1,48e) and, to a certain extent, the public mind, to
`'e importance of devising, and at once, efficient
remedies for this long existing evil. At a meeting
held the other day a number of importers and
e
,:eelers met to commemorate the opening of a new
lied more speedy route from Holland via Thames
tielten, and under more humane arrangements, and
:ler the statement of one of the speateers, we can-
mat but conclude that this event comes somewhat
4htdilY. Mr. Giblett, in proposing the health of
tiet importers of cattle, pointed out that the ques-
,4 of cattle supply from abroad was becoming
re and more important every day. Already
c)there had been imported this year 109,000 head of
assns, 448,000 sheep, and calves and pigs in pro-
h,7 rti°o, and he believed that if facilities were not
,;
rveu to the import trade, the effect would be an
:erease of something like 4d. per lb. on the price
F
• went. It was, therefore, their interest to use
cur
means for the conveyance of cattle brought to
„111. shores to the London market as speedily as
:°ssible. Since the above meeting was held a new
,34:,41Pany has been started to carry still further, and
a much more extensive scale, the importation of
~Q3,eign cattle, not only from Holland, but from the
;7010 of Southern Europe; and considering that
600 head of cattle are daily imported into London
(Item(l the Continent, there is ample scope for the
tirations of such a company. It is pleasing to
ed that this company propose to give a special
4ttention to the sanitary arrangements of their
beans of transport, and to provide at all ports suit-
able conveniences for the care and rest of the stock
44 route to the markets, in fact, to carry out the
spirit of the new Act now passing through Parliae
went. In reference to the pecuniary prospects of the
1,
ruropean Cattle Importing Company, from calm
atiens which hare been made by experienced men,
Proft of some '25 per cent. will, they expect, be
the result of the. trading of this particular company.

Two o'CLocK.
4! Paris fhis morning, according to Reuter's
jQaranas, ti'm Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 50c.
There man d.,
for , a continuance of dulness in the market
.lSecurities, and the quotations are un-.
ered. Consols for transfar are 912 k, and for the
aeo
4°44 t 9144 t. File New Threes and the Reduced
114 i tie, are 894 1 ; Exchequer Bills are marked
it
41'`,.; India per Cents, 1051; Enfaced 6i per
,
t-„,tltrl., 112 i; and;the Debentures, 1866, 99:. Bank
i 3 238 240; and India do., 218.
t•ila)1 the Foreign Market there is a decidedly
tone,er and business is rather more active.
t2L'sh 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71k ; do., Clnsolides,
pry,' Mexican, 458 46i ; do., New Loan, par
; Greek, 24i 25k ; Spanish Passive,
„,;
4; and the Confederate Loan, 541,- 554.
4ti have else taken place as followt,
ktt,ti 41 per Cents., 1852-60, 902 ; do., 1863, 872 ;
1001; 101 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
63, 481 49 ; Russian per Cents.,lB62, 87-1
t;7,i."attlelan 3 per Cents., 221 ; do., 6 per Cents.,
; and Italian, 681.
bottlhthe Railway Share Market the dealings have
1\1ot:eel:I very numerous. Great Eastern, Brighton,
tvEr'h Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, how-
ilave each improved ss. ; while Midland has
tp4ed 10s., and Metropolitan £l.
eb 11° Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little
of importance.
tatv 44k and Miscellaneous Shares also have re-
4ed very inactive. Union of London have