The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, IS6O.

S 4.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

SHARE MARKET-(TBIS. DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

R always paid • Closing Business
Price. I Done.
50 ;Belfast and Ballymena j all
Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 81
stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 70 72
25 Bla&cbnrn
25 Ills th and Tyne all
10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co all 6; 71
stock Bristol and Exeter 100 102 104 104 31
stock Caledonian
10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9
50 Cork and Bands n all
20 Fork, ]rock., &Passage all
20 Cornwall
10 Do A (A gets no diva all
10 ntil 6 c erm
Do B !Itlasbeerl4l:l. toll all
50 Dublin & Belfast June all
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 9
stock East Anglian lOO 16 17
100 54 55 51}
stock Eastern Counties
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38
stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27 261
25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 84
20 East Suffolk
10 Do
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 78 73
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 30 31 30}
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
stock Furness ..' .
stock Glasg. and S. Western 101 103 105
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all
stock Great Northern lOO 1151 1161 1151 16
stock Po do A stock
stock Po do B do
stock (t. q. &W. of Ireland 100 112 113
stock Great Western
stock Do Str Val gll9. stock 100 60 65
12 'rich South-eastern
stook Lancashire & Torkshir 100. 1011 105 i 105} 5
stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 701
stock Lon., Rri ryht.. &S Coast 100 114/ 1151
25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 101 111
stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1011 .r 2 101; I
124 Do eighths
stock Lona. & th. Western lOO 93 94 931
25 L'derry & Coleraine all
25 i.irierry &Ennisin all 10 11
stock Man. Shef. & T.in oln 100 411 423
50 Haryport and Carlisle all
121 Do do 1 shares all
10 Metropolitan 3 21 2 d
stock Midland .
stock Do ',Arming. & Derby 100 94 96
50 3111. Gr. W. of Ireland all
25 Do I shares all
25 Kent .. . .
10 Do, Fray Line
100 vewea.tle and C trlisle all
25 New., Aber. & Herd& . all 10 11
10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all
stock Norfolk.. ..... . 100 54 56
50 N hn. Counties Union 3l 34 3 d
stock North British lOO 614 611
Mock Nor.Dcv.Rail&Dk.stoz 100
stock D A stk ; A rocs no (1.
until 6pchas beenpri.B 100
stock Do B stock .. 100
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 96 061 96
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 11
stock Do Leeds ...... ........ 100 52 523
stock -Do ........ ...... 100 SO) 811 81
stool North London
20 North Staffordshire l7l 13.1 1.11 131
10 V. and S. W. Junction all 91 94
12 Not. &Grantham Rail lO 6; 6;
stock Oxf. Won & Wolverptn 100 44 46
10 Peebles ......
20 Portsmouth
10 Rhymney
stock Scottish Central
stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 35
stock Do Scot. 111fid. stock lOO 87 89
stock Shropshire Union
10 Sittinebonrne & Sheer. all 4 3 d
stock South Devon 100 42 44
stock South Eastern ..... 100 851 86 85;
stock South Wales
stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
25 Stockton & Darlington all 381 391
25 Do do 9 8 9 p
Stockton & Hartlepool 163
stock Taff Vale
stock Do Pref. No 1 lO6
25 Thames Haven: k&Rail 22
50 Ulster ....•f..
25 Do
12 10 Do
stock Vale of Neath
13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11
stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100
50 Waterfor d & Limerick all
20 West C rnwall
20 West London .......... all j
10 Do Ist class ........ all
20 Do 2nd class ........ all
121 Worcester &Hereford... 111 2 1 d

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Railways.

Pam. Closing Business
Paid. Price. I Done.

Share Railways. Paid. Frice.
Closin,g
Business done
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all I
Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind B5 87
stk 100 961 971 97
Gu. 5 par cent.
18 Do, Do. B 131 4 d 4 d
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 5 d
10010 ,
BuDfroa.loprßerfaenretu4ce
64
62
201 Do. New
Godrich
100 75 80
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 1 d 1 p
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 21 If d
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 15 4 d
171 Demerara... all
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 1 d
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 102 1021 102 4
20 Do. F Shares Ext..... 10 par 4 p 115/
20 Do. Jubbulpore lO, par 4 p
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 981 991
stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102
20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22
sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 311 324 311
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 92
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 62 61 63
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70
100 Do. do. 1872 all Si 70
stock Gt. Indiarenin.p,ma.sp.c lOO 991 1001
20 Do. New amt. sp. 0 6 4d5 d 5f
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 n lid
uaranteed 5 per cent.
204 Gt. g
W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 121
204 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 98 100
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 100
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 91
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 88 90
stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99
stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 91 93
20 Do. Fourth do lO 14 4d 9
20 Do. do all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c Buds. 100
Newßrunswick& Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
• Do. do. Land d 0........
20 Do. do. B Capi' al d 0... all 5 7
• Do. do. Land do. ......
20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss.
stock Scinde
20 Do. Pnnjaub EI 1g all 11 d 1 d
Fs
20 Do. Da. ..... 9 5 —di
stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. gr,,?. 100 95 91
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41
20 Ardennes all —p
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.o. 7 :f 5d 8
5 ' ; -Ig,ian East. Junction all f 1
20 Beaters to Graissessac.. all
10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 25 —p 81
6 Carmeaux Mine & Hail all 21 21
100 Copiabo .....: &...... all
10 Ditto Extension .... all 1/ ljd
20 Dutch Rhenish
20 Eastern of France
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c (
20 Do. do. ail
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., con. shs all 61 61
20 Italian Junction ..
20 Lake Constance & Bale all
20 Lierre & Turnhou'
20 Lyons & Geneva
331 Maria Antonia ....
10 Do. New
20 Namur & Liege
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref all 191 191
16 Northern of France all 331 .191
20 Do. New Shares
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 3 1 :341
20 Paris & Orleans all 52 54
20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Pero )
gua. 7p. et. Rm..— 13 2 14d
20 Riga & Dunaburg lO
10 Rome & Frascati
20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish ... . all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 81
20 San l'aulo, run, g. 7p. c 2
20 S. Aust &Lomb Venetin 12 Id {p
id 15 '}-b
20 Southern of France all 20 21 201
81 West Flanders ......
10 Do. 64 p. c. Preference all 91 91
20 W. & N.W. of France
20 Western of Austria 6
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref..., all
20 Zealand

BRITISH MINES.

Sharel Mines.

Paid.l Closing Business
Price. Done.

' ' ' •
25 }Blythe and Tyne 10 per Al lre i Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 31 44 (
C. pref (issued at £5O all 20 British Iron
c •:+1( Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 96 98 Clifford — 270 2SO
i2O Do. do. do. Shares
stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 101 103 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 1101 115
12.10 Do. Quar.Shares, No. 2. all East Caradon 2.11.5 8 84
64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all —•—• E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 111
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. all Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 541 39 41
61 Dun.Per,h&Aber.Jun. . all 51 — Great South Tolgus , 17s 124 13
stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 101 103 G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9 14 11
stock Do. do. Class Bis p.c.... 100 112 115 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 4
Grenville
stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 109 112 5.14.6 3 34
stock E. Coen. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112 Herod's- Foot.. —.. ; 8.12 29 31
stock Do. dam. No. 2 100 109 111
Hingston Downs 1 4.7.0 34 41
sto^k Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. 100 124 126 125 Lady Bertha
stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 M irgaret (Uny Lelant) 94 454 451
stock Do. 5 per c .nt. guar... 100 21 54 54
stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 110 112 North Downs
North Frances (Illogan) 11 4 5
stock Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) 55 , 5 6
stock Fclin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 76 North Wheal Crofty
stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 124 131
stock Glas.t S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 118 120 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 45
stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 116 118 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 14 14
stork Do.sp.c.ltedm., 10 p.c.pm 100 111 112 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 295 305
stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do.
100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 86 88 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 4 14
10 • Gt. Ntt. of Scotia. Ist pf. all
f G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) i 1 100 97 99 S.Wheal Frau. (Illogan)18.1-.9, 1674 1721
stock,— Stray Park 126.18.0 50 62
p. ct. pref. stock.... 1 5 Tamar Silir.& Lead Min 44 ' 24 24
50 Great West. (Berks and 10 Tin Crort 9 451 5
plants) Ext sp. at... 6 Vale ot Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 4
stock Do. Redeemable,4lp.ct 100 99 101 ,West Basset (Illogan) 2.4 1 194
stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 89 91 ' ;W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 73 76
stock Do. Irredeemable, do._ 100 91 93 914 West Seaton
stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 103 105 104 ;Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 150 160
8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 91 104 ;Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 90 100
10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 17 18
,Wheal Edward (Cals.) 61 21 31
10 Do dcs p. et. pref .. all 104 101 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 144 15
stock Do Birmg.guar. stock.. 100 74 76 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 22 21
261 Po. Chester gua. shares all 191 204 'Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 54 26 28
131 Do. do. dn. -
20 Do. do. do.
stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 139 141
stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 . 20 Australian
stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim lss p 1 p
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ ,
stock T.on.& Brig.s pc.gif. No.l 100 116 118 p.) 27f
stock Do. sp. c No. 2 100 116 118 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lrm 15 :284 294 294
stock Do. mitt. 6p. c.
stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 dim.
stock D.,. do. 44 per con` lOO 103 105 40 Cobre Copper
5 Do. do. 44 p. c. shares.. 24 Copiapo 16 11 13
stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 54 157 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 1
stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 132 136 2 Fortuna.
stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 68 70 20 General all 23 25
25 Lon. Chat. and Dover.. -,11 21 22 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d par
stock Lou. and N.W. Coy. and 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 11 17
Nuneaton, sp. ct..... 100 115 117 3 Linares all 104 114
5 Lusitanian 2 4 d
stock Lon. & S.W, 7n. et stock 100 1524 1574
lip
12) Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. all 1 Mariquira all 1
124 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. all 12 124 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L los. 1d p
20 I
kook Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 125 127 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead
8 Do .£6 44 4 1p Mining and r.melt.. all 5 6
stoe- Do. 31 per cent
10 Do. redeem. 6 ner cent.. 5 4 fp 1 Scottish Austrln. (L.) lOB, fd p
121 Nary ort & Car., 4p. a all 281•84 United Mexican .
124 Do. 44 per cent. all 1 Worthing Limited i
'd) all 1
stock Mid. Con. op. c. stock.. 100 1 Do 19s. 1
stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. 100 140 142
stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1 p
stock Do. Leis& nit. pref. st. 100 94 96 100 Agra&UnitcdService Bk 50
Newor pt Aber.&c.pref. 5 1 all 40 4 ustralasia all
'lO 94 104 25 Bank ot Egypt all 214 224
p.c.redcem.atlip.c.pm j 100 Bank of London
10 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. with 20 Bank of Turkey 3
option tilt 1R66 .... , . all 111 124 1 50 British North American all 53
12 10 Do. till l 869, Ist is. 9 4 14 p 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20
124 Do. do. 2cl'l. "24 - P 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 32
stock Norfik sp. c. Ex. 5t.1846 100 100 City -
emir Do. 54n. C. Pref. do. 1847 100 100 Colonial
stock Do.sWar.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all
stock North British, sp.c. _ 100 110 112 100 Commercial of London. 20 19 21
stock Do. New, mil. sp. c.... 100 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 16 164
101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 1 4 1 P 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
10 Do. do. do. all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23; 231
stock Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dcic.Co. 100 50 London and County
stock N-East.Cons.Pret 4 p.c. 100 91 93 50 London Joint Stock
stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 96 97 100 London & Westm'nster 20
17 Do. do. do ` 13.4. 1 1 d 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 35
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 1:3 20 Do. new
124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 50 National Bank
25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 p 4 P 20 New South Wales all
20 North Staffordshire.— . all- 23 24 20 Do. new
stock Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 123 125 1244 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 421
stock. Do. Redeem. 24 gua— _ no 20 Ottoman Bank all 174 18
stock Do. Irredeetn. 2d gnu_ 100 120 122 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 854
10 Rhymney Guaranteed: all 10 Do. new all
85 Scott-I.h Central, new pf all 25 South Australia
stock Scottish North-Eastern 25 Union of A ustralia
34 p. r, pref. stock.... 100 73 75 50 ;Union o• London l2 21
stock Do.Aberdeen,e-,ua.6p.c. 100 100 Unity Mutual 60
stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 135
108. South Devon. Ann. 10s. all 10 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT .S'ECURITIES.
L 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all
i 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading ---77,Tan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &Jul 100 114 116
Ann., 1.0.6)
. stock Do. 44 per cent
~ stock Do. Fixed /p.c. let is lOO 101 103 Do. op. cent. 1882 100
[ stock 'ouch Wales, gua. 4 P.C lOO 89 91 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112
; stock Do. 43 per cent. lOO 99 101 Do. 6p. c. Mir. & Sept. 100 110 112
f stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 86 88 c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1024 1024
L 25 Stock & Dar. A 5 P. c.. all 28 29 t Do. Scrip 42 I
25 Do. B 6 per cent all 334 344 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 109
25 Do. C 6 per cent all 324 332 324 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100
I stock Watrfd & Kilicny, 6p. c lOO 44 48 , — N. S. W. Gov. sp. e., 1866 100 100 101 1001:
1 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 100 101
f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. — Do. 5 p.c.,1888 upwds 100 100 101
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C
) sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109
• Railways. raid Co.'s. Leasing 1
Price. Closing I Business
' Done. IS.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up.l 100 110 112
;Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I
Bedford t.ndßletehley, all ILn& NAV • • • • 1 i Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.StOct. 100 1061 1074 1074

Bedford and Bletchley all
Buckinghamshire lOO
Chester & Holyhead 100
Do. do. 51 per cent I 100
Do. do. 5 per cent , 100
Clydesdale junction 100
Colchester, Stour Val all
E. Lincoln shlre,g.6 p.c 100
E.Union,Harwich Shs all
Do. Woodbridge lOO
Gls.Ba rr.& Neil s,Dret 100
Do. New .. • 100
Gloster& Dean *Forest all
Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all
Hull and Selby . .
Do. a Shares
Do. Shares ...
Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c lOO
London & Greenwich 100
Do. Preference .. • 100
Soutend. 100
Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100
Do. 6 per cent...
Manc.,Buxtn. & 3latk., all
311 d. Bradford Prefer-I
ewe Stock ... • •
Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6 E.Counts
guaranteed 5 p. c.
Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all 'Do.
Do. do. per cent .. • . all Do.
Po. oi'ixed
Westerns .... ..
per cent
. nll
North all
L NAP
Preston and Wyre. all
tt L.Yk. 1 ,
Do. ; Stares .. .... A. all Do.
Riouyevrs
stn.gy& Hereforditch..Shep 10
1000
s!TG.tl3.Nraosrstehi
Do. Do. 1 ......
South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean..
Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West.
Wimbledon & Croydn. all L.& Brgtn

Ln&
Ltt,SzN.W 96 98
Do.
no . 125 127
no. ll3 115
Caledonin
0 16 17
Gt.North.l3B 140
E.Counts., 44

Caledoninl
Do. ......1

Gt. West.i
Yk.N.dair'
Yk.N. Md.
Do.

Docks.

Ln.& N.*
S. East
Do.
Peto & Co
N.,rfolk
Do.
,L NW.t3l

21 3}
96 98
i }p
55 57

14 14

133/4 143/4

1000

304 311
4i 5

37 39
19 21
13 15
120 125
6 8
22 27
241 251
31 34
98 100
103 106
106 108
p 1 p
2i 2i
id ip

i2i
10
stock
25
stock
stock
stock
stock

d
1 id
lf I
21 p

135 138
102 104
lut 11P
92 94
74 si

DOCKS.

;1
1 O d
ld'
1

Bneineae
Paid . Closing
Price. I Done.

stock Commercial lOO
stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO
stock East and West Indies 1:;?
stock 'London lOO _
stock 'St. Katharine • 100
stock Southampton lOO 1
stock Victoria .
80 Do Now . . 2 id jp!

10 151

100
stock

B. 1
1 ;
i id

45 48
76 78
13 15 p
id p
20 22
5 6
50 51
120 130
341 351

321 2

8 10

LITERATURE.

reader. If the admiring letters of Kings,
Dukes, and Princes were only worthy of con-
temptuous critiscism, why preserve them and
forward them to his friend to read, and afterwards
publish ? Was it from a wish to elevate himself
at the same time that he depreciated his titled cor-
respondents ? Remembering how much the world
owes to the author of " Cosmos,' we would rather
have remained ignorant of these ungenial charac-
teristics. We would fain have believed that the
mighty intellect was accompanied by as large a
heart ; that the greatest general philosopher of our
time could appreciate and accept the homage ten-
dered him by less conspicuously gifted mortals, not
with the coldness of the cynic, but with the humility
of a truly great mind, owning its advance in the
steep ascent of knowledge above its fellows, but
recognising the distance that yet remained between
the loftiest achievement of human powers, and the
full development of the majestic laws of creation.
En the preface to the third edition, published in
Germany, the editress answers at some length the
objections which have been raised to the publica-
tion of these letters. She says of Humboldt—" It
was his wish that his convictions should not be
liable to be discussed. He had willed that the
picture of his mind should go down to posterity
pure and unfalsified. A giant intellect, so fervently
venerated and acknowledged by his nation, that
the mere fact of his views being known on certain
questions may exert the most powerful and incal-
culable infiucnce on the people and its progress. It
was that very reason which made him wish that
the whole people should be granted access to the
workings of his innermost mind." That the reve-
lation of the Liberal sympathies and tendencies of
so great an authority may forward the develop-
ment of Liberal principles in Germany we heartily
wish ; and had his political, literary, and social
views been alone expressed in these letters, they
would have been justifiably public property. How-
ever, as the translator observes, this vexed question
is one with which the English public has nothing
to do, and that they will readily avail themselves
of the opportunity of reading the volume before
us we have no doubt. The letters from such men
as Arago, Herschel, Sir Robert Peel, Metternich,
Victor Hugo, Manzoni, and Thiers, would alone
invest it with interest, independently of its own
individual attractions. One of the most interesting
letters in the volume is the followin,g, which gives
Humboldt's own account of his magnificent work :

Chilcote Park ; or, The Sisters. By the Author
of " Likes and Dislikes." J. W. Parker, West
Strand.
This little book is written in a very attractive
manner, and is altogether out of the common in its
style. The characters are exceedingly well drawn,
and although the first story is exceedingly melan-
choly, and the second contains much that is of a
painful nature, still there is something irresistibly
fascinating in the perusal of the book. Those
tales are the most effective that do not attempt to
create an eclat for themselves out of nothing, that
do not strive after effect and struggle to seem
simple, hut let things take their course, and when
light and shade alternately illumine and obscure
the humanity of which they treat, they. let the
readers judge for themselves as to the brightness
of the day of joy or the gloom of the night of
sorrow. This little work is replete with the truest
discernment and the nicest discrimination. Bertha
is an exact counterpart of a young girl thoroughly
spoiled, and yet when she would allow herself to
be natural, of a loveable disposition and a fascinat-
ing manner. Her early death is very sad, and
doubly so as her sister was thus so painfully de-
serted.. The second pertion of the book refers to
Agnes, and her adventures are of a most romantic
class. It was finally, her dreadful fate to undergo
one of the most terrific visitations that can befal a
human being—to be shut in a sane condition within
the walls of a mad-house. In the last struggle,
however, she turned on her destroyers, and
defeated them in their hour of pride, and
as they thought their day of victory. Agnes was
of a brave spirit, and the thought of danger gave
her strength and roused her courage in a conflict
far harder than the fiercest battle-field, and when
threatened by a fate more cruel than even the
tribunal of the dark Inquisition used to inflict in its
inmost cells. In one point Agnes was mistaken.
Mercy is a God-like feeling ; but justice is the first
consideration in an affair of this sort. For the sake
of society, whose vital principles are affected to their
foundations, for the sake of the laws of man that
are cruelly violated, and the commandments of
Heaven that are thus trampled under foot, no one
is justified in not bringing to open shame the per-
sons who immure their fellow beings in an asylum,
knowing them in their hearts to be in the full pos-
session of their senses. If it is only to deter others
from following their example, it is requisite,
but to protect other victims and discover
other oppressors, it is a solemn duty not to
pass lightly by, and compromise the guilty as
Agnes did. Doctor Martin is a fine character,
who is one of the redeeming persons met with in
these chronicles of guilt and gloom. Altogether
this story is of great interest, and displays sufficient
ability to render it a desirable study to those who
desire something more than mere amusement. In
these graphic pages some of the most prominent
sorrows, sharpest sufferings, and most deadly sins
of human nature arc disclosed with a sympathy
that touches, a reality that stirs the feelings, and a
vividness that rouses the indignation of the be-
holders. When we stand at the couch of the dying
Bertha, and see her sinking in the sunshine of
beauty, youth, and love, into the cold and. dark
abyss of the grave, we know that it is a scene
that the sons of Adam must pass through,
again and again, till the curtain of oblivion
bas been drawn around themselves, and for
them the things of time are lost in eternity;
yet not the less do we feel the effect of the repre-
sentation for its oft rehearsal in every age and
clime. One of the most striking lessons of the
story is here given. Bertha, in her innocence and
gentleness, had done no wrong, but she did fear
death ; she did not look to a better world with the
confidence that is often most freely expressed by
those who die surrounded by all that makes life
precious. This was the sting of the parting for
the agonised group who sat under the orange trees
gazing on the Atlas Mountains. When we enter
with Agnes the awful dwelling-house of madness,
a far darker night than that of the grave enshroud-
ed the prospect, and the pain is increased by the re-
flection that many crossed that threshold as sound
in mind as she who was taken in the toils of a
wicked plotter, and brought to be an offering on
the shrine of their greediness fur gold. Of all the
crimes committed for that purpose, this ranks in
the first order of guilt ; and this surely will call for
the most dreadful doom when the destroyers of their
brother's intellects stand before the Judge who
created them, and from whom not the closest secrets
of the asylum ate hid. The records of some of these
retreats, especially before the recent improvements,
would furnish horrors that no language can ade-
quately tell, and must stand out in the blackest cha-
racters in the chronicles of the recording angel's
testimony. " Chileote Park" will most likely gain a
favourable reception on account of its vigorous
expression and vivid delineations, the interest
of its style and the freedom of its sketches.
In its limited range it has compressed as
much that occurs in far more discursive narra-
tives, and altogether it is an excellent production
of its class—a class that cannot be too widely
known or too highly recommended—of moral
stories which contain lessons none are too old to
learn nor too wise not to stand in need of. Some
very mistaken critics have abused this style, and
said let one be amused at one time, and read a ser-
mon when one is to be pious. The real iilust.ra-
tration of the events of daily life presents truths as
sublime, thoughts as beautiful, and hopes as sacred
as any that the most learned preacher ever ex-
pounded. Those who listen to sermons are the
first to acknowledge the merit of worthy attempts
to benefit society, and to welcome the appearance
of anything attractive in the right road. They
give instances, furnish examples, and present warn-
ings in a way recognisable by all, and that may
teach some whom subtle arguments could never
reach, and cold maxims never impress. It is one
thing to lay down a rule and another to apply it ;
in such a case it is applied in the living example
before us, and these after all, and not the theorist,
are walking the way that we must walk. It is no
fanciful allegory nor region of illusion, for the
heroes and heroines are climbing, the hills of difficulty
that over and over again we must mount, and it
would be well if, like them, we followed the wind-
ings of the path that leads to the Palace Beautiful
and the Chamber of Peace. Such representations
of the minor trials and petty cares of life are al-
ways desirable, when they are told in a true spirit
and with a right purpose. If they eschew the
dogmas of stoics, and do not deny that small
troubles are hard to bear, amd do not declare that
pain is of no consequence, and only to be laughed
at—if they do not fall into the opposite extreme of
the Methodist, and proclaim this beautiful world
as nothing but a vale of tears, and all enjoyment
sinful, and all hopes of comfort impossible. If,
avoiding these errors, they show the mercies that
abound, while they do not deny the trials that are
so numerous—if they picture souse calmly bearing
injustice, otherspining under anguish in patience,
and many wearing a smile with an aching heart,
to spare the feelings of others surely
such examples may be followed with
benefits to others and blessings to ourselves. If
they go on to show that the hardest struggles are
soon over, the most intricate paths made straight,
and the bitterest sufferings soothed, if we have
faith to trust, courage to endure, and honesty to
guide us, arc not these the truths taught by sages
and the steps trodden by saints ? Is it not the
wisest and the highest counsel to impart to.aspiring
youth, care-ridden manhood, and trembling age to
enjoy the good gifts of the world, but when the evil
days come to remember that this world only
was not made for them, but those who ever seek to
perform their duties fuithfully can never finally
- fail—if they fight in the hardest battles of life, they
will come out snore than conquerors, when death
calls them away, if they carry the cross on earth,
they shall wear the crown in heaven. If these
truths are ever so faintly foreshadowed, if these
i
hopes are ever so feebly imparted, the work is in
the right road, and the promise is fair to the seed
thus sown that it shall flourish abundantly here and
hereafter. Those who set forth to pioneer us in
our daily paths are as good angels heralding the
right steps to take on the heavenward track, as
the poetess has finely expressed :-
4, Shall not such lessons teach aright, and bid vain conflicts
cease I
Aye, when we commune with ourselves, in holy hours
of peace,
And feel that by the light and shade through which our
pathway lies,
By the beauty and the grief alike, we are training for
the skies."

Lte of Alexander von Humboldt to Vurnhogen
Lon rs
I use. Authorised Translation. Trubner
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& Co.
The publication of the correspondence of a de-
parted celebrity cannot fail to awaken a consider-
able degree of interest, although a strong doubt
arises in the readers mind as to the wisdom if not
the propriety of such a proceeding. In the present
case there can be little question that the production
of these letters will not, enhance the reputation of
the great natural philosopher. It would be unjust
to attach blame
to the fair editress, since she fol-
lowed the positive instructions of her uncle and his
illustrious friend, but it is nevertheless much to be
regretted that this collection of letters should have
seen the light. They in nowise interfere with the
lofty reputation of the man of science ; it is his
individual disposition as a man that they depreciate
in our eyes. A certain cold hearted cynicism and.
absence of geniality., a total want of kindly feeling
in return for the tributes, doubtless genuine, paid
him from so many quarters, and withal a degree
of self satisfaction and superiority to the rest of
F mankiud, are appureat iti theq and repel the