The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-30 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

For Ever ! (r the Final State of the Redeemed
Considered. Shaw and Co.
This very beautiful and consolatory volume will
be read with pleasure and interest by many. Very
happy is the quotation on the title-page from Mrs.
Norton's " Child of the Island ":
" Oh, there is need for permanent belief
In the ad-equal world of j.,y to comp,
Need for such solace to the restless grief,
And heavy troubles of our earthly home."
We have glanced over the pages of " For Ever" with
considerable interest, although we have not coin-
cided with all the author's opinions. We very sin-
cerely appreciate, throughout the volume, the very
reverent spirit in which the awful topics of the work
are treated. So reverently are these all-important
themes discussed, and so tenderly are the sublime
teachings of revelation dwelt upon, that even those
who do not agree with the writer's deductions as to
particulars, may peruse with very great plea-
sure and meditate over with, we doubt not,
very considerable profit, these anticipated glimpses
of the world beyond the grave. As an instance of
the writer's peculiarly felicitous power of description,
let us transcribe from the commencement of the
volume the picture of man in " his primeval

Innocence

" There we see him made after the likeness of the Infi-
nite, created 'an image of God's own eternity,' standing
with his helpmeet alone in the freshness of the new earth's
beauty; that earth filled with things innumerable, all in-
tended to minister to his wants, or gratify his sen es--a
mind at peace with God and with itself, a disposition at-
tuned only to adoration and. to love—and power given him
to use all things for his p?easure. Such was the bliss of
man with respect to this rnatetial world only; but his hap-
piness did not end here. He posse s•ed withm him a prin-
ciple of life, and as yet death did not struggle for the mas-
tery. His life was an unclouded ray, an emanation of the
lite of the Eternal ; God was his companion and his friend.
In that garden which was planted by infinite skill, the
Creator condescended to converse with the creature of his
power and love, and man was permi•ted to hold such com-
munion with Jehovah as a child with the parent he re•
veres, It is not fanciful, then, to contemplate him for a
moment in our mina's eye, with angels his familiar friends,
the heavenly hosts his constant visitants; to suppose him
elevated by such intercourse into a fi ress for that 'high
estate,' and to conclude that the presence of the ' High and
Holy One' had so made Paradise a heaven, and sanctified
the garden into a holy place, that our first parent could
scarcely have needed a change nto the heavens above
to inerea e his blessedness, for he had the company
of heaven, *and the 'very God' Himself present to
constitute his earth a heaven. To ' see Him as He
is,' to converse face to face with the Triune E ernel, we
are taught to believe the highest point or bliss to which
created beings can attain, as involving all others; and yet
this was the portion of the fir. t man—of unsinning Adam I"
OL:e great object of the book, as the author very
happi,y explains to us, is " to show what is revealed
rather than to analyse that revelation ; to point cu.
what is our hope, not to intrude into the still hidden
mystery of how that hope can be realised.
We have simply to inquire " What,"
God will arrange the " How."
And in that assurance poor Human Nature may
rest satisfied. Man's anxieties and aspirations
perplex him in vain—" there," let them
" Alike, in trembling hope repos-,,
The bosom of his Father and his God."
We differ from the writer of these very eloquent
pages in the stress laid upon the equality of the
future state. Many illustrations are brought forward
from the prophe2ies of the Old Testament, and from
the parables of the New, to prove the equality of
happiness enjoyed by all who have once passed the
golden gate. These columns are not the acting
place for the discussion of religious subjects, and we
will therefor e content ourselves with acknowledging
the logical clearness with which the writer's vielAs
are expounded and the very free and impartial
spirit with which those views are enforced. We feel
assured that upon further consideration one so true-
hearted in the pursuit of truth, and so submissive
and reverent itl its acceptation when recognised,
will come to a conclusion more in accordance with
the general teaching of the Christian world.
"No Cross, no Crown," is a familiar adage to us all
—according to the manner in which the Cross is
borne in this word will be proportioned the
glory of the Crown in the hereafter.
Apart from the opinions in which the reader may
d ffer from the writer of this very earnest little
volume, there is much in its pages that will appeal
to the heart of every Christian. The beautiful
truths of revelation, so consoling to all who love and
suffer, but who ale,o hope and believe, are here set
forth most tenderly and earnest,y :
" There, in the soft and beautiful Belief,
Flows th • true Lethe for the tips of Grief;
There, Penury, Hunger, Mis< ry, cast their eyes,
How soon the bright Republic of the Skies!"

GEOGRAPIIICAL FEAT.—Sir Roderick Murchison
writes to the Times, intimating that he has "just
received from Mr. Layard, M P., Under-secretary for Fo-
reign Affairs, the intelligence, so highly gratifying to all
geographers, that Captains Speke and Giant have corn-
plettd their arduous j•iurney across Yistern and Ceneral
Africa, from Zanzibar to Kh4r 'An, by the White Nile,
where they arrived in safety. As the news has only reached
the Foreign-office in a telegram from Alexandria, the exact
line followed is not known,"

Briton Medical and General Life

Association.

ANNUAL ME E I'ING—T 0-DAY.
The ninth ordinary annual meeting of the sharehold
of this association was held to-day, at the chief office, 4
Strand, for the purpose of receiving the directors' rep
for the past year, for electing directors and auditors, I
declaration of a dividend, and transacting the ordinS
business of the association.
Dr. G. H. Barlow, the chairman of the board of direct°

presided.
The directors' annual report, read by the Secretary (Jo
Messent, Esq.), was as follows :
"The directors experience unqualified satisfaction
meeting the sharehnlders and ). embers of the associatic
and laying before them the following statement respeoti
its progress and position is—
"ln the past year the directors have received 2,5 i
proposals for assuring £653,238. Of these 174 f r assuri
£49,048, have been declined, 563 pr.posals for assuri
£9 ,735 have not been carried out, while 197 were and
consideration at the close of the year. The remainder ha
been c mpleted, and 2,023 policies issued, assuring the au
of £459,540, and producing in annual premiums the su
of £15,275 13s. 6d. ; being an increase of over 60 per um
on the returns of the previous twelve months.
"Nine annuities have been granted, foi which the asi
ciation has received £1,177 9s.
" The following table exhibits the progress of the ass
ciation during the last five years :
No. of Amount No of Amount Annual
proposals, proposed, policies, assured, pr,rniutni
1858..1,976 Z 395,815 1,342 £262,815 .. £8,328 14
1859..2,370 430,265 1,751 .. 314,240 .. 9,751 16
1860 ..2,405 .. 466.788 .. 1,805 .. 3 i 6,16 .. 10,023 12
1861..2,512 .. 482.950 .. L 839 .. 349,990 .. 10,084 15
1862..2,810 .. 653,238 2,023 .. 459,,,40 15,275 13
" The claims have been 97 in number, and amount (le
£5OO reassured) to £26,373 1 ls. 7d., which sum includes
claims for £2,375, admitted but not due at the close of ti

accounts.
" The balance sheet and cash account, which are ant
milted herewith, show the total income for the year to hat
been £90,780 13a. After the payment of claims, annuitie
dividends, re-assurances, and V other outgoings, ti
balance on the year's transactions in favour of the associl
tion is £40,469 10s. 4d. This sum has been duly carried I
the Assurance Reserve Fund, which now amounts I
£146,520 2s. Ild,
" A dividend at the rate of £6 per cent, per annum, frl
of income-tax, is recommended.
" The directors who retire by rotation, in accordance wil
the deeds of settlement, are Dr. G. H. Barlow, Mr. Georg
Chapman, and Mr. Wilson Ancell, who being eligible, O
themselves for re-election.

"During the past year the amalgamation between tb
"New Equitable" and the "Briton" has been finally con)
pleted, and the united companies, with the special permit
sion of the Board of Trade, have adopted as a title tb
" Briton Medical and General Life Association ;" tbi
name representing toe two interests upon which the bust
ness of the institution mainly depends.
" The directors have also entered into arrangement
whereby they have acquired the assets and lire business 0
the Unity General Assurance Association. From the larg
additional connection thus secured much advantage is no
ticipated. This arrangement having been made late in the
year, there has not been time to show the entire results 0
the transaction in the present balance sheet, but the diree'
tore have every reason to be gratified with them so far el
they have already been developed.
"This being the period appointed by the deed of settle'
intent for the valuation of the assets and liabilities of tbt
Association, with a view to the declaration of a bonus, till
directors have instructed their consulting actuary, Arthur
Scratchley, Esq., M.A., to make the necessary investige'
tions the extensive transactions of the company render
this operation one of considerable magnitude and cnflimit/'
and it has consequently been found impossible to conclude
it in time to embody the results in this report. The dire'
tors, however, confidently anticipate a most favourable con'
Cusion to the lattours of their actuary.
" the directors feel great pleasure in welcoming the
shareholders and memoers to the new offices of the ago:tele'
tion. The former premises were found too small to accorr
modale the staff required to carry on the extended opera'
tions ~f .he company; and the directors, after due conaide°
tion, deemed it advisable co embrace the opportunity whi'
offered of securing a long lease of the noble and comin°-
dious building in which the business of the association f°
now conducted.

" l'he two great features of the Briton Medical and
General Life Association are, that it asserts more co;
pletely than any other office the important principle
doing justice to the medical profession, whose services to the
c iuse of life assurance are pre-eminent ; and that it WO;
duced into the practice of life assurance the novel at;
equitable plan of making ordinary life policies payable
during the life. time of the assured. Wherever this plan IP',
been inown, it has been approved, and the directors ben;
have it will be found peculiarly applicable to the preen
assurances of medical, and all other professional men, or of
those whose incomes in any way depend upon the exerm"
of their mental or physical powers.
"In reviewing generally the progress of the associatieli;
the directors feel they may justly and fairly congratulate tb
proprietors on the position it has attained.
" The present income of the association may be estimate
at over £ [lO,OOO per annum,

" The funds in hand amount to £lBO,OOO,
" The new business is progressing at the rate of unsirit
£16,000 per annum.
" The association has over 2,000 active agents residing till'
the United Kingiora lV and abroad, who are daily contrib.
ing to its prosperity.
" From the foregoing it will be seen that the future Pr°e ,
6
pacts of the association are most encouraging, and that ''.l3t
success the directors anticipated has been to a large eaten
achieved. The directors, however, invite the earnest e°,
operation and assistance of the numerous friends of they,
ciety still further to edvance its interests, and more sin(
fastly to promote those great and just principles
was founded to establish." or
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption t
the report, congratulated the meeting on the very el:
success that has attended the operations of the Associttti°4
during the past year. The revenue had largely increase
during th ,t period, and one of the most gratiffl
features in the report, which they had just betirol
read, he considered to be the fact that, after paying
claims, the directors had been enabled to add nearly b
alf
their annual income to the reserve fund. (Hear, be:o3
The annual premiums had increased 50 per cent. eon* 0,1
with last year, and he was sure they would all feel satiss
with another announcement, namely, that the direett'o
were enabled to declare a dividend at the rate
ru".)
6 per cent free of income tax. (Hear, bet.%
The large fun •1 the association had in hand was the 't
and most substantial guarantee to the public for its safe
0(
and security, and with continued exertion on the 04 to
their friends next, he felt he should live to congrattilii
them on an increase of their success, (Cheers.)
The motion for the adoption of the report was carerga
unanimously.
The retiring directors having been re elected. a "te 01
thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings'

MANCHESTER EMIGRANTS' AID CoM3lr,rllool#
A general meeting ot the Emigrants' A'd
hatli
mittee for the Cotton districts was held at the Town- 00
Manchester, yesterday, when the Executive Colo Wilt t
reported that since the last meeting 122 persons ob°ol%
emigrate to New Zealand had been assisted in pipe" do'
their outfit, at a total cost of £l3O. 'I he corolni,ftleewigb4
cided to accept a rroposal made by Mr. J. a tb
Commissioner for Victoria, to find aEsi,ted passage° -ot of
colony ot Vict,ria for upwards of 300 persons, I:te
whom have been already selected. 1 his will ific°'
outlay by the committee of £l,lOO at the least.
net:
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Yeateruag IA a to
noon a fire took place on the premises belorigi°Pla
Mr. W. W. Pettitt, dealer in china and glass, situate :foil
rear of No. 13, Lambeth-walk, nearly facing Be% tie
Rigged Schools. The disaster commenced from s°l3lad
known cause, in a timber building 70 feet long, tor
stores adjoining another range of wooden buildings, Pio t
ing to Mr. Lee, butcher, and which extended s°tot 0
length, and with such fury did the fire progress 4tacir
the course of a few minutes the flames commenced 'will°
ing the stables belonging to Mr. Blair, a greengrooll'a col'
same ,horoughfare. The engines soon arrived, but the
of
flagrtitioa was not extinguizhed until a serious ara°
mischief was done. coliel
THE FRENCH INSTITUTE.—Mr. Arthur 00
Fellow otTrinityCollege,Cambridge, has been tilde;
corresponding member of the Institute of France :nee/ tli
partment of astronomy. The name of M. Otto Sti butt,
distinguished as ronoraer, was under considerationtou 001
Cayley's claims were deemed superior,— a fact Will col
enhances the value of the honour conferred. I‘ll.' 0110
was Senior Wrangler and Senior Smith's P Eiger°
anl is well known in the s. itentific world from his in
uti
tions in the higher branches of pure analysis and alla
astronomy.
ry nib
GALE AT LIVERPOOL.—Between .11esJai -
-le
and yesterday morning there was a sironglra
sbtP
wind at Liverpool and its neighbourhood. Of LiverP,a'
S irah Palmer, Captain Reid, from Calcutta lb' tear'''.
The t
went ash,,re yesterday morning eff Tuscan is so la
Rattler w, nt to her assistance. One beat's crew is
°OO
be missing. On Tuesday evening theAn'yorkidri3oo
William Tapscatt, in the river, bound for Newel about
on Pluckington Bank and remains. She ha
inf`flf'
emigrants on board. is 424 Pererli9g..
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold
er X 1 st abous
and the short exchange on London is 13.
51
therefoe,
tandard ,tiold at the English Mint price uurg, At
for btiP
6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in
Co ldlaieysco,
si ht iesxlc6h7antogea iont
pere v
eYorke,t.
,O
an n ld;:irn or 11;
°°j:tS
gol is about 654 per cent. At these rate
_lna.
011, the impertation of gold from the 'United 161s1

.....
ri ()NEI". MARKETI SHARE MARKETS—This day.
AND
ORDINARY SHARE }7; AND STOOh S.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Share Rallwam I paidi Closing Busineto
4,
Price. done
1
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 1
all 8 84
13.14. Bir
There were no bullion operations of importance h 5 ic, :. Wol., and Str. Vat.
3 the and Tyne. - -
10 } Bost.,SieaL,andllid.Co all 7 8
at the Bank of England to-day.
st 'Bristol and Exeter
Tne prospectus has just appeared of a new moue- at !Caledonian lO 1121 118
tart' institution, which though novel as a joint stock 50 10rrnk,,,,,z;8a1,!.. all - -
all 64 0
''
undertaking in this country, one similar to it has / 10 ,IDe A
.eta no Oh )an _ _
10 Do. II
,712(iliPre)ari'datit011; i - -
nevertheless been estabished many years in France,
and proved no less useful to that portion of the 60 Tuatatiii) & Belfast Junc. alt 40 42
commercial public it was formed to serve than re- at
jg
e Greati a sg . 1 i and:as t e
rsn. ts(; er sdt ear:), L i Igg 1(5)26 1838 52 i 4
munerative to its large body of proprietors. The 81
46 i f1:64
st ; Ditto A stock . lOO 40 18
name of the new institution is the " London st 1 Dio East A nlian at, 100 241 251 244
Financial Association," and its object is the st
illreatttNorthot Scgotland! 100 - -
.•
negotiation of debentures and bonds, making 81;Great o NorthernAsguk
100 1244 1251 1244 in 1
!
advances on railway and other securities, on most- st Do Bdo
t Gt S. an •W of Ire Pin! 100 101 103 1014
gage or title deer: s, and on large public works in st Great Western ... . . 100 661 (7 67 61 4 7
: 100 - -
progress of construction. The directors will also stla , L
aDuouuBstLyea 1 gun stock
(t Yorkshireask 160 1071 1031 Ic7; 81
st London and Blackwal 100 76 77 77
undertake money agencies, receive deposit loans, st Lon. Bright. &S. Coast 100 114 116 1151 15
and transact all descriptions of financial business at Lou.,: Chat., ;Tad Dover 100 40 41 8
on commission. No promotion money will be paid, el V)t & North
Z:fgni Ig(03, 1(2 984
?0,4 „ i
the preliminary expenses are to be confined within et !Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 43 44 434 4
IMaryport and Carlisle. all - -
,
proper proportions, and the remuneratioa of directors 121 ; Do 3 shares.. - -
all 12 12 1 4
will commence only after the payment of a mini-
,t,tti
Midlandl •tzli tan 1
MO 1231 124 1231 18 4 1
. !
mum dividend of 6 per cent, to the shareholders, 4 4.0 Do New
11'O all'al.riV.ngo. 'i Derby 100
91 93
:f Ireland all - -
while a sum equal to one-fifth only of the surplus
- -
all - -
shall be set aside for the services of the board. The g Impdo.KhenTres
!
capital of the company is in the first instance limited 10 Do Cray Line - -
st Nortli British
to £1,000,000 in shares of £5O each. st lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 25
Tg IN til;.o,Ett e.r ..-
Si i pH: rrovarlacs '-e' 1r103.4 99
99'1„ 994
a
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
et Do Leeds lOO 551 664 56 64
to this day are, in round figures, as under : st . Do York
1863. 1862. st i Do Carlisle lOO - -
North-Western
South-Western . 21,654 19,852 10 ,Do New
Brighton
Midland ..........
st iBc.ottish Centrarcti.".. 1(4(1) 111861210
South-Eastern ..........
18,567 20,230 at Scot N. E., Aber. ...... 100 43 44
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,080 31,937 to ;Shrews. and Welchpoo: all
Bristol and Exeter- -
6,551 6,38.5 it iShropshire Union ..„ 100 48 60
North Eastern 43,194 36,365 at South} Devon lOO 32 33
100 92 424 92 14 21 1 1
Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc01n...... 15,614 14,231 4,3 ;goouultti, k:aaelteern
100 67 694
5,043 4,706 3 t S. York. and River Dun 100 99 l'"
Scottish North Eastern
Edinburgh and Glasgow
16,433 17,469 25 ;Stockton Az Darlington all 3761381
Grand Trunk of Canada
13,558 10,613 ! 139
Great Western of Canada
25
25 I Do New, 1860
at ITaff Vale.. . .......
1521
These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of a
1u ! Do B 8 41 51 I
very favourable character. On the North-Western to f Do C..
there is an increase of .£4,481 ; on the South- 50 !Ulster ' al3l -3 -;44 P
Western, of £1,802; on the Midland, of £3,793; 1Z.'510 Do 2O
on the Great Northern, of £96 54 - -
3; on the Lanca- st ; Vale of Neath - -
shire and Yorkshire, of st !Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 154 156 £141; on the North- st !Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
et !West Cornwall lOO 28 30
Eastern, of £5,829 ; and on the Great Western of
Canada, of £2 945 ; the Lot don and Brighton shows st 141".es7aa1=114:ixr.ttrli 100 g 43- " (-5 44
a decrease of i',s 072; the South-Eastern, of X 1,663; ,': Do Newport 100 37 38
I Do Hereford 100 .98 100 100
and the Grand Trunk of Canada, of £1,036. I
BRITISH P )-SESSIONs.
Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's Clo Bin.
till I tv,IVI, Palo. Price. :undue:oh doD,
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Renter were 'baro , :Intl, &St Lawrim. , ti, - -
69f. 42c.—rather firm.
!,,
ssets tu.,
(in. spercent Baroda&.Cent IT,. t ItB 109 1084
p
REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE. 20 1),-, :Slew
A further reduction in the minimum rate of dis- 20 Do. E. Shares... 54 14 Pdi
(.(.,; rsuoiloa.i(geniocrLonaca; stint, r, all .i.
864
count has been announced to-day, and the measure
has been productive of some surprise, although it (00 1 tputt,,a!o,l. blidrir I,u.tyr fly?
~, _ _
was evident that the tendency of affairs was strongly loto t),°. do., :1:13; l'118,7': :--
-
in
the direction of increased ease. Tne directors, at I 'uri:;.-.1v.5.p.a5t;(.!,1. 10(1 1(1 11-8
o 9
8 . ,
after a brief deliberation, announced that the
quo- stseick k;,l7tn. lienral Rm.
.t. Dock ,TT too ti 9 10 .
6r. Ith 108 09 110811
tation had been lowered from 3f to 3 per cent., and atc2ieli LaNt IncLan. cu. 5 P.!. 6(' 1( 9 II 1094 410 bills are now negotiable in other quarters at 21 per 20 Do. do.
l a B
Vi Ec510t...... 56 14 14
1,
19,
4
cent. The movement adopted a week ago seems to si(i))(e"ra,u.drrulik °l'Crid anas" 61 (4 62i
' 1:14 0 i
have utterly failed in assisting the directors to 100 Do. ,0.0 et erred . ..... all 560
obtain a larger share of the bills brought for- 'A D.,::
(,;(4; lir ;.I.l.ieodn.
.13.....
all
4253 6:).1
ward, avid as their discount operations had IV, Do. E.lei
.eile. i srto:k
d..... .. ; . 80 t 3)
continued to fall off, and their resources have 12 Do. 4th Pref. s o k... all 2' 25 22
stock Gti.)lon.6.l,.ord.eficklr.r4.da 6..:u.
roc
(l
10941 2La
1094
increased, they have taken another step
Do.) •N ew gua. sp. c... 12 1 2 p 104 4
in ordar the better to compete with the joint-stock Vi
and private establishments. Owing, however, to stock tit. IT juAni.uorlit'lliaBl.,ir... 4 11 11;
teed 5 per cent. too 1064 1074 1074
the abundance of money, and the moderate demands lr; i'Duly.Naiw(2 an ad a 811a.r.! all„.1 1(1,4 4: 114
for commercial purposes, it is even now by no means
1000
100Do,o)..
0,r).fc.0171.71.tg-tBr.Tp t.. allal 99l
11
certain that the authorities will experience much
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 14 4p 2 1
aceassion of business by their new r-guktions.
xn .
!lococit 117).do
r.74.' tic''..uca.r.Axsll,e'n°F;ioV 1°( 00 !gg 'l7
106"
The rate of interest on deposit accounts has been ''' 102 1014
stook 1;c 4 reduced to 2 per cent. at the joint-stock banks; the 20 Do. Fifth Extension, le(2) 97
9
sto:,k
discount houses now offer 2 per cent, for money at 6 N'll'a.'Sn'Obeo'nu;sl3?"' in,'
- -
;ay. all 47 49
call, and 21 per cent, at seven days' notice. 100 Do. 7 p.c. 51ortg. lid.. ali - -10 New Brunswick a, Can ,i, 1
Further indications of buoyancy have prevailed 3 5 1
to-day in the English Funds, the decline in the stock LintlaC'da6 po Ist pi h& 100 50 83
rate of discount and continued purchases having st { Do. do
Do. Delhi
•.:: -- - 1 • (-4 ii 8 09
c •(- 100 1( 64 1( 74 ]
led to an additional rise of i per cent.; Conaols are
20 '4';
Puu.' .......
7.
•-•
,t i.„!: , 10102' 1,};14 liltf) 107 t
93k 1 for money and account. The New Threes and .as. :a iZ.II-r,oa'as..a.'i:i,V.) k 10. 101 1(3 f
the Reduced Annuities have risen to 911 i; and ------
. it., )s . A 777--,77777-77.7"------
Exchequer Bills to ss. and Bs. prem. ; India Stock - i
have been quiet and steady ; the 6 per Cents have : !! 'L'l) A:7:7'e: ';').4::.l)::Feb. 4
i''Aj. t:i ; . toe,t '' ' 104 106 105 1 J
beendealt in at 109,-1 4, the do. Enfaced at 107' - i Do. tl p.c.Mar.& Sep, it), 00 I
Do. Ip. c. Jan.&.lul • 10! 94 934 954 41 4 I
Continued animation and buoyancy prevail in the = ' Do. 5 Inscribed 8(2; 1
Foreign Market. Mexican have risen to 354 i; Spanish - alieG•lloPe. 6 o c.187' l:1,0' 1h.;(1 1512 r
Do.Ap &Oct 1884 0 111 113 g
Passive to 3-It 35; and the Certificates to 114 4 ; -- Do. 189 tot
in 113 Italian to 711; Egyptian to 981 -I; New Grenada --
' Do.e l ojaa.n.Nito vjiu irk 1"1-
104 113 115
Mayn Blue i Pe; ce:tp... 110'11
to 154 4 ; Peruvian to 884 89 ; Portuguese have - 112 114
Nam! G...v. 6 per cent.. 100 08 110
advanced to 48+ ; Greek ore firm at 291 4; ditto --- I.s.a.oov.sp.o.aa..s.ial, lOU 104 106 105
Coupons at 14 4 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are ....--
\.,:0._6(p. c.An. & 00. toe -
a•‘s • ,ov.sp :., Is i(T!, 102 1024 T
cl
704 f ; ditto Consolides, 484 494 ; and the Cottle- - I Do.. sp• c.,16,.. tot I 10t• 102 1024
, Do. d0.,1888 ,kupwch 100 102 103 1021 4 CI
Berate Loan, ll 4, 21 prem. The ;gents for the con- -- !New Zealand 6 p Jolt. too au 112
!Nova Scotia Gov. 8 P. .!.
tractors have given notice that as the Stook Ex- -
10( 104 1(6 105 of
!Quseteerusl itagudlresv.. 6
change will be closed to-morrow, the instalment of ---
i p. c. 100 :1 113
10 per cent. then due may be paid on S aturday. -
• I ', Aus Gf1p.0.1670.c0 up. 10,.. +ll 113 Y,
at. :eaioa. 6 p.e..tia&Jue 101, loa 110 P 1
!Do. t'' !,-, ,!, A I,..str),t " 100 109L1101 1104 10 1 E
In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount -
____
Bi-:nisi-I NUNES. PI
of business has been transacted, and a further slight
....2 ( .ia,tutobrruiluAi
mCoaiiisol. Gold 1 i id 51;
advance has taken place in prices. Lancashire and
1 - 20 22 ax
1 510 320
Yorkshire, Great. Western, Brighton, South Western, - !!IqvlllG•coang:a'iraavtiesdt..
(GlOTri,l.d. g 0 t" 90
" at
Midlands, and South Easterns have improved 55., 1 !Gust C itos.gs ea
tut
East Uaradon ..... ‘... *t. (-is'. ud 41p 104 ' hi
Great Essterns, North Westerns, and North Eastern -
--
liait 'l'airtunasi3eriet;l;tv.i;i ..
3.4."
" 9
(Berwick) 10s. Bristol and Exeter have receded k. 8.1.6 34 4
- Gam.dtSt.AutTyntGwen.) T 7. 13 15
10s., and Great Northern (A Stock) 15s. - orsot South Tolgue..., 17,, 5 5h 5
1. Wheal Vor(L-lelston 10 64 7" ev
The Foreign and Colonial Market undertakings - Grenvill, ,.16 55 51
have remained without material alteration. - Herod's- F00t,... ..,
re
I Ingston Downs... - . 4. 7.0 2# 3
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have : Lady Bertha - - ..I.rgaret (tiny Ulan! ~.0
74 530 32 fo
man Bark have improved to 214 221; London and -4
.. larks Valley..
South African to 271 274 ; Oriental Bank to 54/ ; -
N, raj? Setun
'
and Peninsular and Oriental Steam remain
steady - wit 'I toiawsnes‘ 4 2t 21
at 77.q (1110 ;an t 17., 41 5 vi!
-. ern Wheal Crotty . 2.4.0 41 6
- 'ar Consols (.st. Blaze} 14 44 6
-...-- 10 rovidence( Uny Lein! 10.6.: 11 43
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. - SuithCaradon(St.Cleer ti 305 405
- S Cart Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6, 31 41
St
Bank Stock 234 5 - -. Wheal Fran. (Mogan izt A( 85 “1
3 per Cent, Reduced Annuities - Stray Park ' 28 936 3.1
l_per Cent, Consols Annuities
Nw 3 per Cent. Annuities
fin
India Stock
232 - Nest Basset (Illegan).. I 14 12 13
Ditto 6 per Cent.... - Tv Caron (I.iskearci I 5 27 29
Ditto Enfaced Paper, . .per. . Cent 1094 4 - West Seton ..... ...... 47/ 250 AY/ 270
-- - TCheal Basset (11Io),Tan; ' 04 (5 70
Ditto 5 per Cent,,,
- .. heal Bulleratedrutlii 5 50 55
Consols for Account, Ma; ..
"11, - a heal Katy (I.s.Lrlant ; 2.0.0
Exchequer Bills, Xl,OOO 21 per. .6 . n't
' - WhealLud ott ......... !2.10.8 54 51 5i 1 •
Ditto Small ........... e---• ••8 pm - A iq.al 31ary An n (Men. ;I s 15h 64
5 pm
bat
- Wheal Seton i 584 260 TO 2674 FOREIGN FUNDS--cLOSING tun Rq
an!
Brazilian 5 per Cent....... 41-101------' _ ; ii.,alTr..i..vney (Lie. r, 7 164 (71
- Wheal Union ''
3.17 41 5
Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-68-60 ........ 9-4
-----
Buenos ,e;''orn. A nor (taut

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 234 5
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
918 f f f
India Stock
232 Ditto 6 per Cent........
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent --
Ditto 5 per Cent.,, " . . 1071
Consols for Account, May. ..
93 I
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 pence. .. ... . 8 pit
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—cLOSING te RACES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
9
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ...... 941 4
Atilian 6 per Cent.
102
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 161
Egyptian 7 pet Cent 9B 8
Ditto, Second Issue
.. 971
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms..
Ditto APeolint ..
Ditto Coupons l4l 4 14 1
Italian 5 per Cent. (Nlaremmana Railway) 761
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
8
Ditto 2 per Cent l5 4 4 164 154
33a
Ditto Deferred, ...........
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... 7
pa, o e,an 41 per Cent. ............. .
Ditto 44 per Cent, 1862. ....... Ditto Acc0unt..................
........ 884 9
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18.53.......... _
Ditto 1862 .......... 48i
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ........
Ditto 41 per Cent ~ 18.50 .... ........ 90
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Sardinian 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
l:itto Account 514
Ditto New Deferred • . —
Ditto Account 4B}
34 4 a 51 44 51 40
Ditto Passive
panish Cert. of Coup
not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto A.eits Int
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account .
Ditto, £lOO Bonds . . •
!tto 6 per Cent. 1869 ....
71
Duto A
Vbietzi_nenloc,c3lll,letr Cent ......
""i3)iti.)ei; Cent., 1862
Dutch 21 "'ends on the above payable in London.
4 per on
Ex. 12 Gull Ditto
641
Italian, 5 -e; Cent. Certificates
t' C
era., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 713 .1
Consols, Money .
THREE O'CLOCK.
Ditto Atie0un:::::::::223...t......"'" '' "" ''' 931
i
BOLD FEAT op ,rti---E-6
IRCASSIANS.—The last ad-
vices from Cireessia bri
ws of a bold feat co! the
Circassians. It seems thant .11n(4
h,
We Grand Duke Michael lately
visited Anapa. Thence
Circassian frontiers. He
theennt to Pert Able, upon the
rtohceeeded to visit Fort
Chebiz. Learning this intention')
Circassian cavalry
formed the daring project of carrying
They attacked
his force, and, after a very desperate cZbir. the Russians
do
by a
Were discomfited. The grand duke escaped
ctuhilety in
miracle, and succeeded only with the grealest
escaping into Fort Chebiz. The Ru sians lost in
gagement a number of officers and soldiers, and alseon;
quantity of arms and ammunition. At the date of the last
accounts, the Circaasianm had assembled in great forca
at
Ireall distance from the fort, a

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Gt. Western (' erks & Hants Ext.), 44 per cent. red., 991
Mid and 4 per cent. pt. stk., 1031
orth ',astern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 93
North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent, prep, 97}
North Staffol dshire, 22f
Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., ni
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS,
London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., 8,.6 per cent., 101
LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS.
Chester ,nd Ho yhead, 5 per cent., 115 14i
London and Greenwich. 824
Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96
Northern and Eastern, ! per cent., r,64
Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94i
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1.3,

M)ItEIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, SI
Bahia and pan Franc sco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent., 21 201 11
Great Luxembourg, 4}
Namur and Lie_!e, gua. 6 per cent. pi., 201
Recite ant San Francisco (11m.), gua. 7 per cent, 10i 17
R yal Swedish,
Sambre and euse, 11} 11
Sambre and Meuse, 5; per cent. pf., 10}
San l'auio gua. 7 per cent.,
Ditto (a.l),
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 24 f
West Flanders,

FOREIGN DIENES.
No h 9 et ey, 1
Cl34;4eee°Cgi:e—r' I°l
Caput ,i.i".::-"°.1317ir
Stitr.,iJteodhumdtext
jet-tac:37((ititra. ),us.sttr..ua
(um.) 3
Yudanamutana or 7-1 I
Alliance Bank ojf°LlONlsnrafindliv, • •
~,INKS.
Anglo ortuguese 7} rPOOI (111 n.), 30* 30
A ustraladta, 72
Bank of E*3t, 30
Bank of New Zealand (lint.), 10/ 11
Charter i:e China. of India, London, and
Continenied a 1,491
Engiish, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 22
Hindustan, Nina, and Japan (lint.), 13
Imperial Ottoman, 2,i 2- 2
Loudon and Brazilian 42 31
London, B. Ayres. and IL Plate (lint.), 22}
London and County, 431 3
London and South African, 27} 7
London and Westminster, 77* 7
Dletrop. and Prov. Bank (Bin.), 12}
New South Wales, 5, 2
Oriental Bank Corporation, 54/
Provincial of Ireland, 90
Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi aim% 21
standard of Itiitibh South Africa (lint ), 17i
Union of Australia,
Union of England and:France (lint.),
DOCKS.

London, 58} 7i 8
St. Katharine, 57

MISCELLANEOUS.
Australian Azricultural, 23y
Berlin Water IVor.s, f
Canoes Hotel, limited, 5f
Crystal l'alkce, :s4y
Ita li in Irri4-,it on (Canal Cavour),
Ditto, 6 i)er cent. Bonds rd. iB,O issued 90, 142
Joint sto, k Discount, 21
National Discount Company (lim.), 9.1 I
Peel River Land and Mineral, 51
Peninsula and Oriental 77