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THE SUN, LONDON!
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ay.) MONEY .MARKET AND CITY NEWS. i SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) t BRITT SII POSSESSIONS.
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4 losing i
Railways. Paid. Price. l:Sadness done
SHARES AND STOCKS.
CITY, Two o'CLocK. ORDINARY Share
_______---- - ____ - --
.uusines, . io, !Atlantic &St Lawrence all 87 89
ng =with Although very few withdrawals of gold from ,
Share, Railways. Closing
Paid. Price. I Leased at 6 per cent.. j
partner- the Bank of England are now reported, and the
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it. The price of that metal is only a fraction dearer in Paris 12.10 AWL/Cr:Z., A curing. hoot.
gu. 5 percent
--- - -
I and Eastern Junction 10 64 64 61 Do. Addit. Capital A
than in London, remittances are still made to the 50 ;Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - 18 Do. Do. 811 5d jid
201 Buffalo and L ake Huron all 43 55d 54 4
Continent, and the £61,000 received by the Africa 13.14 I Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84
201 Do. New all - -
Stock, Birk., L a., and Ch. June. 100 73 74
10 Do. Preference
mating. from New York has been purchased for that pur- 25 Blackburn'
reach of 25 I Blyth and Tyne all - - 100 j !Buifalo,Brant.&Godrich i 100 - -
/ !6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug.., 18:2 )
pose. The cessation of the effluz from the Bank, 10 I Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coon. all 64 7
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - - curt wall • S ock Bristol and Exeter ..., 100 104 106
certain however, has somewhat diminished the expectation t
Stock Caledonian - -
of a further immediate advance in the rate of 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 5 ICleutta •&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 30. par 1 p
50 Cork and Bandon 9 -
20 ,Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - -
- 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 11 1 d
discount, although the inquiry for money continues 20 'Cork, Blicrock,&Passage all - -
20 Central (Jude (Limitedos.od. - -
E. active, at full quotations. 20 Cornwall all 6 64
20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 74 1 $d 63
10 0. A A rcves. no div. 1 all - - 171 Demerara - -
There were no bullion operations of importance 10 0. B until6p.c.per an. all - - 20 Eastern Bengal.g-u.sp.c 5 3dl d 44
hasbeen pd.toß. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. e lOO RO3 1011 101 1
at the Bank of England yesterday. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - -
purpose 25 Duns Perth.,& Abr.June. all 74 8 20 Do. F Shares Ext. 10 5 d 1 p
Stock lEast Anglian2o Do. Jubbulpore lO 5 d 4p II
lon the The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex Stock
CO- hibited a slight recovery in the Austrian rates. Stock Eastern Counties lOO 575 681 88 100 Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. all 100 100 j
100 134 144
Stock Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861.. 100 1001 1011
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 20 Geelong & Melbourne .. all 20 21
ered an In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday the Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29
80. 5 Geelong Corporation 6 1 100
25 Do Nw.A. lte E U3ds 84 - - - -
transactions were rather restricted, and prices were 20 East• Suffolk( • • ) all - - ( per cent. Bonds
for the Stock Grand Trunk of Canada! 100 35 36 35/
heavy. The sales were 5,000 bales. The Railway 10 Do - - 100 Do. 8 per cent. Pref i all 94 95
leridge, Stock !Edinburg and Glasgow 100 804 814 100 Do. 6 per cent. Debentr 1 all 735 744
Share market closed rather actively, and quota- Stuck Edin.,Perth, & Dundee., 100 29 291 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 all 86 87
ter of a tions exhibited increased firmness. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - -
Stock Furness - - 100 IDs. do. 1867.... all 76 78
. 10°106 91485 d 398dlid 984
I
100 I Do. do. 1872.... all 75 77
Stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp )miness It appears by a return just published that the Stock 'Glasgow & South Westn. 100 100 102
10 Great North of Scotland all - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent.•e
mime, total amount of Enfaced India Government Rupee Stock Great Northern lOO 108 lasi 1084
20 f Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.-,
oath of Loans registered at the India House up to the 3let Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 97 98 I guaranteed 5 per cent , )
I Stock Do. do. B Stock too 133 135 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares 1 all 124 1824
71123,1
smeneed '
December last was £4,098,657, and the portion 201 Do. New
100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
birth to
transfelred into stock £694,965. Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 I opt. till '6O
the eX. .
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 1(0
with the , There is a steady demand for discount accommo- 12 Irish South Eastern.... all - -
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 100 1004 1804 1 1 100 Do. do. 73 without opt. all 95 1(0
dation both in the general market and at the Bank Stock London and Blackwall.l 100 68 70 674 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do
Stock Lon.,Brighton&S.Coast 100 110 112 1111 i Stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 86 89
)out six of England. Full rates are consequently enforced, 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover, all 12 13
Stock , Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 961 971 974
th great and a further advance is still considered probable Stock London & North Westnl 100 90 09/ gat 1
124 Do. Eighths lO 4 i 0 Stock Do. 43 p. c. Extension.. 100 90 93 91
state of the specie movement becomes more favour- Stock London& South-Westn lOO 954 053 93 4 Stock Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 100 -
20 Do. Fourth do, -
unlesslo 1 d 3 d
passion able. ' • 25 L'derry & Coleraine... all - -
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 8 10
rasnwddi(
cork,. i
ty
ne.
)7..6d.
p.ac all
Stocko
NM
eneDNlvyboß...lCorp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - ---
to her
The Market for English Securities opened favour- Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 IS 384 384
of 1853, 50 Maryport and Carlisle . all 50 52
d stated ably, but the sales then effected produced heaviness, 125 Do. do. 1 Shares.... all - - all - -
10 Metropolitan
and at the latest moment a decline of about I per
-satiateloo 1104 1103 1081 s .. Do. do. Land d 0...
Stock Midland
20 Do. do. B. Capital do. )
her for- cent. was exhibited, Consols being 94+ 1 for Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.; 100 86 88
.. Do. do. Land de, ~ f all - -
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - -
by tele.. money, and 941 1 for the account. Speculation is 25 Do. 4 Shares all 20 Gude (Limited) - - I
need to dull, and very few transactions are recorded. 25 Ilfid Kent all 20 Scinde sis:, all 191 193
all - - 20 Do. New Le, 5 15 1 1 d
1 ins rot- • New Threes are flat, at 94,45 1, ; the Reduced are 10 DC, (Cray Line)
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .. 0,
..0 5 5 fd
20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ac c'' all 3d 1 d 1
or some 25 New., Aber., & Hereld; all 91 • 105 101
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - i
1866 the firm, at 94,1 95 ; Bank Stock is steady, at 2291 to ;0 Newry & Armagh (aef.) 9 - - 10 Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 fd Id 1
ler and 231 ; India ditto is 220 ; ditto New Loan has im- 20
stsoco k & tiros all - -
100 57 59 c
but he proved to 1031 -',-; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper rth. Counties Union 34 34 I d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. c
led in has receded to 97. Stock worth British lOO 613 621
Stock Ncr.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO - - -
19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 44 ;111
20 Ardennes all - - p i
Is re. took Dos& Stk.-Arec.no div. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e 7 4 d par
Business in the Foreign Market continues inac- s .N7TooewrYitac, Warpt.,
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - -
iatment 5 !Belgian East. Junction all 3 1
100 - - f
20 Beziers to Graissessac all - -
Sled her tive, and prices are tolerably firm. Turkish 6 Stock Do. B Stock
Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 955 96 935 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 t
4 deli- per Cents. are 78 to 79 ; ditto New, 651 to 66+; 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 1 d
100 481 49 47f d 100 Copiabo -
10 Ditto Extension
c
pie her and the 4 per Cents. are steady at 1011 102+; Stock Do. Leeds
100 79 794 774 20 Dutch, Rhenish
left her Stock Do. York
Venezuelan 3 per Cents. have improved to 261 Stock North London lOO 107 109 20 !Eastern of France ...... all 244 254
-- 20 North Staffordshire 175 31 31 d v
20 , Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p
;oes, by 27 ; Russian 3 per Cents. are 641 ; and ditto 5 10 No. & Sou. W. Juncton all 9 91 20 ,Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c 6 - - &
her acts per Cents. are 109* 110. Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 35 36 364
10 Peebles all 73 81 20 Great Central of France all - - li
suffered 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 63 7 si
The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares 20 Portsmouth - - in
impelled 10 Rhymney lO - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - el
th her are .2 I prem.; the Universal ditto, I I prem.; and Stock Scottish Central lOO 113 115 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - -
Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 274 28 tc
20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 15 13p
londent, the. Canadian Loan is 2 I prem. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - G
MI but The transactions in the Railway Share Market Stock Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 335 M. aria Antonia all - - a
i 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d 10 Do. do. New - - P'
have been very moderate, and in most instances Stock South Devon lOO 42 44 20 Namur and Liege all 8 85 in
*en the s
Stock South-Eastern lOO 875 88 881 481 a 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref..... all 19 10t
prices have shown a slight depression. Eastern tt
bing to- Stock South Wales
t child, Counties, Great Westerns, South-Westerns, Mid- Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 70 72
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 20 Do. New Shares - - p
10 Norwegian 'l'runk Prof all 9 10 a
to fits, lands, and South-Easterns declined ss. Caledonians 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 385' 39 20 ParissLyons, and Medit all 345 351 at
eatment , advanced ss. 25 Do. do.
'Paris
- !Stockton & llartlepool 161 - - 20 and Orleans ...... all 53 55 ,
1 Recife& S. Fran. (Porn.) 1 t 1
to
s. She Scarcely any business was transacted in the Stock,Taff Vale lOO - --20 / gua. 7 ri. ct. (Lim.) ... 513 14 Id
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 10 - - si,
9ns at Foreign Market. Sambre and Meuse advanced to 25 ThamesHavrenDk&Rall 22 - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - bx
•by his 6, and Lombardo-Venetian are nominally quoted 50 Ulster
dent in 11i1 1 i• . 25 Do.
12 10 Do. 2O 25 34 p
14 i d * p 5 Royal Swedish - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - Ca
hi
td over- Stock Vale of Neat]) lOO 00 62 62 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 55 6 11 he
t not be In the Colonial Market prices have been steady. io victoria. Station & Pim 94 105 11 10 De. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 135 94
not of Grand Trunk of Canada realised 351 ; East Indian Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
f 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - a
20 Southern of France .... all 19 20
83 West Flanders all 51 54 d
aration. 101 to 101 6'; and Great Indian Peninsula improved 20 West Cornwall . all 53 64 10 Do. 54 p. a Preference
treated to 981 98,I• 20 West London
10 Do. Ist Class all - -
all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 22 23
20 Western of Austria.... 0 - wl
to
i
I Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 20 Do. 2d Class all - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - be
rise.] 6 Wiesbaden - - to
a shade flatter. London and Westminster have im- PREFERENCE SHARES. 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
20 Zealand...-. all - - Le
proved 51. ; Union of Australia ss. Royal Mail
LI i'd Paid.!
Closing Businese • th
Steam have declined 55., and Madras Irrigation share! Railways. Prize. Done.
ss, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. by
sh,
26 Blythe and Tyne le per --Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 113 115 of
BRYAN - c. pref. (issued at t.. 50) all - - - Do. 6 p.c.Fh.&Aug. 100 109 11l
?air, re- • aztvrzsm FIUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. j Stk Bris. & Exet4p.etStock 100 95 97
14 - - - Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 114 we
cal
Le Poly. Batik Stock
Lock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 102 104 - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 - -
- Do. 6 per cent. 1878 100 - - for
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 943 541 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all - - - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 109 110 cal
Willa 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - - - Do. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 - - tee
Bazaar, N,w 3 per Cent. Annuities - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 100
lnlia Stock - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1978 100 99 100 am
Ditto 5 per Cent. .. 1031 1 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 - Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100 km
Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 12 116 - NovaScoteaGov.6 p.c. St. WM
Me toys Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. - Stock Do. do. Class C7pc - . 100 105 107 Deb. redeemable, 1875. 100 108 109 due
mod the Ditto 5 per Cent. 97 Stock' E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.i. 100 114 116
100 113 115 - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 109 in her
men to Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - his
f aver C insole for Account (March) - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 110 111 1103 11
tetioned Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11c1 24 5 3 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84
Stock ,Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113 MISCELLA/lEOUS. pro
COD
(}snags IPAICEB OF FOREIGN PIMA AT ONE weLeex. Stocks Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 ------ - 3
swished Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent - Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 774 784 78 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all I, 14 15
u their Ditto Account - -
100 116 118 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 1301 170 COD
to
emoveti Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 644 .Stock Gies. &S West.'r a. 5 pc.
Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 120 122 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 83
10 Australian Royal Mail . all - - wit
public, Turkish 6 per Cent _ Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 41 55 ope
hich los Ditto Account - - )
Ditto New Loan
_„80 87 89 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 38 40 gav
Ditto Account - 10 Gt. Nh. or scotld, lat pf. au - 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till itaaa.. an zo 22 as 1
unwed Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
.nd)4 1 100 98 100 20 Do. C all 14 15
bar
plies of . Venezuelan 3 per Cent •• 27 64 Stock p. ct. pref Stock ..,
50 rent West. (Berke and ~ 100 Canada Land 324 120 125
10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 , fen,
Dividends on the above payable in London. Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . 0 - - Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all - - as t
w whe•
TWO O'CLOCK. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p c•t: I 100 97 99 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 234 244 infl
ig f' stock , Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 87 89 Stock Crystal Palace. - 3 O 3O
Consols, Money 944 1 (1-1(
d for sit Ditto Account (March 8)
mot
&Oa Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb. 100 101 103
Stock; Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref.
was theloo 100 102 1015
8 ;Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 1.04 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 104 an I
reit the to 'Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 17 18 25 Do. New
,
Ir. STAT.E OF TRADE. 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 161 103 5 English & Aust. Copper all 24 24 21 exp
Stock Do. Birming. guar. stock 100 75 77 764 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - the
ice, sad • 20 Do. Chesterguar.shares all 20 21 1 (Great Ship (Limited).. all 4 1
aPP
MANCHESTER, Feb. 14.-There has been a good 135 Do. do. dolslo 1501 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. - -
He
deal of business in yarns, and in some cases rather 20 Do. do. do. 1 alla
l 5 LondonDistrictTelegr. District Telegr. 2 1 5 d
1 WITE Stock Lan. & York 6 p.a. stock, 100 139 141 20 London Discount 5 If ILI sect
of Mr. higher prices. The chief demand in singles was in Stock Do.Barrisl.St.£s 3slodoc! 100 - - 4 Lond. Gen. Omnibus Co all 11, tf gen,
20's and 30's water-twist, and in 40's mule yarn, Stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) . 100 - - 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 15 24 21 pub
Burton, 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - ,
priv
the latter being chiefly in demand for India. For Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l 100 116 118
ire Mr. Stock Do. ,sp. o No. 2 100 116 118 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 enec
40's mule some very large additional contracts have Stock Do. gua., 6p. at.
10 Netherlands Land all - - on 4
aid the been entered into at very full prices. The Germans Stoek Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 116 118
• Stock Do. Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 6 Do Bp. c. Prefsiss. at Idi s. all 4 1 in
are also free buyers to-day in all suitable descrip- 5 Do. do. 451 - -
per C. shares 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - -
that on . tions of twist. For Bradford the demand was some- StocklDo. 7 ner cent. Prof. St. 100 153 157 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1
the pri• StockiDo.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) 100 133 136 1 Oriental Gas
thing enormous, chiefly for the doubled yarns used
prisoner
Stock p.c S.(div.def.til'6s)' 100 IA 68 1 Do. New Shares lss. * d par
in the warps of worsted goods for dress pieces. 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 21 22 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 - -
iange. Yarns cannot, in fact, be supplied in sufficient Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- 10 Ditto B 6 -- -
had no quantities for this branch of trade. On the whole, eaton, sp. et
Stock 100 117 119 1171 10 Ditto C 2s. - -
hrough the Market for Lon.&S. W, 7po Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 052 t. stock, 100 - -
yarns has been healthy, strong, and 121 Londondy & Cole, 4 she, all - - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 78 80 T
to-n
ing the ; vigorous, with a demand for all markets, home and 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. all - - 50 Do. New l5 19 14
•OlUerav 1 foreign. In the cloth market there has been less Stock goa.n.gh., & Lin., 6p. at. 4
100 124 127 4
3 il' 2O Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 f
50 Rhymney Iron
1 p take
activity, the letters by the overland mail, now over- Stock DO. 35 per cent.
nael Mail
TSet le eagm. band.
scrl p
.1
aa 1
ll 3,5 a 36 I
10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 1 3 P 125001
ssßuooubyintahla
AustralianMri
Stock Scot.Austrin.lnT.(Lim.) 100a° 12 13053 , 324
) medi• due,-,not being to hand. Manufacturers have few 124 nary port & Car., 4 p.c. all - - T
he wall or nogoods to sell, however, and are indifferent
124 I Do. 41 per cent .. .... all - -
Do. - -
1 Do. do Registered ~„I, iiii 1 1 I lion
.about extending orders which must necessarily be
Stock Nfld. Con. 6p. a. Stock . 100 - -
30 ,Tr,,e 4,Ce.9ll3V,Rerlevoiliesul ;INES. and
on like for delivery at a remote period, and form engage- Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 139 141
_________ 23/ n 12
_Doe.: 44 p. C. pref. stock.. 100 104 105 102 lee 'Var. TlLempn a and • ""' - I 1 lows
menu which there is hesitation about taking with- stoc6k
Do. with option tilllB6o 3 i A P dies
r for • out some advance in terms. For the home trade Stock Do. Leic. & Hitpref. at. 100 95 97
money, market there is no change. 10 I NewportAber,&c.pret.s )
•I all 10 101
gene
that
LEEDS, Feb. 14.-There has only been a moderate 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. c m
Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with
~,,- Alfred Consols (Philack) - -Wl\
Share Mines.
21:1e11.d.10 Closing Butz em
attendance of merchants in the cloth halls this option till 1566 all 115 121 Price. Done. wou
,00king 1869,pt.ia11Ex74 par 4 P 0•
morning, and the tone of the market has been rather
scrii
night, Stk,ll3tes 100 - -
Au British Iron
Rat. ' The demand for summer fabrics is decidedly Stock Do. sttp, a. Pref. do. 1847 100 - ....
- Clifford
,aril
', and easier, and the transactions generally have been S
8110011 Nortiplcos
- Devon - 330 340 men
fell 5 er cent 100 111 113 G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 440 450
Stock North Brit . Pimp
- East Bassett -
%---ofl,an). 30 130 135
rt aged Within a limited compass. gua. 5 per eent 100 109 111
Stock D 0.5 avVal.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - -
Stock Do. New,East Caradonss 61 Goon
sling a Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Di'k.Co. 100
93_
91
- E. WI Russl Tav ( istk ) 7.4 0 the I
ise No. • 984 - Gant&StAub n(G e • • 11
114
- Herod's-Foo•t ************
Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. a Prof. 1- Great South 'lolonws .11.) 811 " 57
413.4. 974 3 d
he met , THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Stlo7ck
Do.\'-East,Cons. Pret4p.e. 100
o 91i
2G Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1. 13 - - - G.WhealAlfd.(Phill • • 1 143
lo.ek) 12.4.2 11 If
- Margaret (any *** *********** 1.84
- G. Wheal Vor Melt;
• -I 124 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 .. 9 - - Grenville * . a)
91
• .
r, nearlo I 14 93
:7" 2174 291
do. do
25 90 York H.& S. Parch.
sercial• Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng-all 23 24
- NI I othr tg stoic
a npcoews n. 11.3- 1 orgi al lir 1)
topped Bah wheat in fair average condition. All kinds moved off Stock Ox 1 6 Ist g
, Wr. &Wo . IV. 100 124 126 124
125 130
1-0 Northrar eo
nDsooslv:
- N.Wh'l Basset a11e.g..a.n.) 4'3:
- Lady Bertha *
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sNoourtthhcW:raredaolne(srto.fetieei)
121 49 51
544
6411
250_1
2iol
20 North Staffordshire.... ffordshire ....
. freely, at fully ls mend above laat week's quotations, and Stock Do. Redeems 2el gua... • 100 -
ed thell7 120
at which a good d was effected. Stock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. 100
("St. IllazY•y•)•. "11 1824 195
24 6 64 61
t that There was rather more inquiry for foreign wheat-the 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - -
ts.. Providence (Uny Lelia) '0 6 7 18 50
.i SsowhrtriedgoepCroani si..„lllliinogCano) -18. 1:8 9 f 54 Z 6
nits. show of which was good-at very full prices. Floating 81 Scottish Central, new pi all - -
Stock Scottish North-Eastern 100 - -
itained cargoes, however. were a slow inquirz.
The barley trade was somewhat active, and extreme rates Stock 31 per,. pref. stock- . 100 70 78
truth, were paid in every instance. Stock 15o.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 122 124
Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 125 130
he pHs. Fine new malt was steady in price; but old qualities 10e. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 11 114
0 took were very dull.
We have to report a fair inquiry for cats, at full quota- 10 Do, Fixed 44 per cent. all - -' - South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 21 3
1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading
corner tions. 0 Ann., 1,0,6) all 24 244 - Stray Park ..... , .
•184 ,
Both beans and peas were firm, and there was rather Stock Do .41 per sent lOO 103 105 5 Tamar Silver and Ise;sl 81"
55
28
ides. more doing in flour. Fine country marks wore held for Stocko soDu.;)iriv/aeril 4* p.c. 1:t is
rt 81 83
10 Tin Croft . . ... ; , ..... :: 44
4 354
Wales, gua p.c. 100 92 94
sellith, - higher rites. Stock Do. 44 per eent. lOO 101 103 - Vale of Towey .
(....... 12 96d -I "
is, and •s • • ARRIVAL/ TRU OUT Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 100 85 88 - West Basset (Mogan). a-ti -
25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. all 284 29 -W. Caradon (Liaise di -it 10 ed
which • ' Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flwar. 25 Do. B 6 per cent
-- WWehseta 15 et°n
Basset. ii.lll:2,glariali:i ):. id the • English 1,150 ( 4,080 i 6,170 ; 1,220 I 1,700 25 Do, C 6 per cent. all 324 83is 105 415
70 180
found Irish, .., - 70 1 - 790 i - Stock Watrfd 1 Kilkny, 6p.c. 100 50 55 - Wheal Buller( edruth) 5
Foreign 1,640 , 4,120 1 .- 11,280 - alts. - Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 6 IC4II Oa
13
- Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7,11 14. 1
Lurie
1 _ bis. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Wh'l Mary Ann (Melillo) 8 30 4 sol ,A
•
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• BOROUGH HOP.
Railways. I
Paid. Leasing, ! Closing Business ---- - ----F0 REIGN 3ma---Is-----
,
. Safe Our market is very dull to-day, and prices rule almost Co. IL . Price. Done.
in the zo Australien 7l--1"---- 4
11012141a1. Bedtorel and Bletchley all Ln & Di. w .. ..
1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s i 1 d par
id had Buckinghamshire --• 100 Ln& N.W 99 101
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp., 275 I - s..
living .
" • WHITECHAPEL. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do .
Do. do. 54 p. et .... 100 Do. 505 31
127 129 20 Do.St.Johudelßey,Lim. 15 21 22
eight, Each kind of meat is in moderate request, as follows :- Do. do. sp. et.
Colchester, Stour
100a11 Ckaxle.d&otnicnllo63 10175 5 Do. Land and Minnie°. all - _
1 Clarendon Cone. Min Co. j - - d
to the , Beef, from 3• Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 88:;all 46 48
J'il.Lincolne'liire,seen.c. 100 Gt.North.'l4o 142 40 Cobra Copper
plan- mail, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 58 2d ; and pork, 38
oilberiiid,:gpere.t..
100100 - Copiapo l6 7 8
box of 6d to 5s Od per 81b., by the carcase. IC Union,HarwicliShs. all E.Countei 41 44 1 DunAloun.Cop.MingsCp all
ICaledonin - - 2 Fortuna
AS a ----- - - GlDs.ollarWr.l - - 20 General all 24 254
would Colonel M'Cleverty, who has just bren appointed Do. New , 100 Do.
ther's tMajor-Ge,neral on the Staff in India, will proceed to the Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West. 1 - - 3 Linares all 101 111
In Ilartipool.Dck.datall.: all Yk N&B 5 Lusitantan
ratt'• adras Presidency, relieving Major-General Craige.- Hull and Selby , • • I', - -
, all Yk.N.Md. 111 113 1 Nlarlquita all f Sent
4rtrie and ,Naify Gazette. Do. 1 Shares 1 all IDo.
door. Do. 1 Shares
- -
all Do, .
_. _. , ...._ _ 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, accom-
I to,* Lanc.&Carl,gua.s p.c. 100 Ln &:NIW 208 212 Alining and Smelt.... all 4 6 Rup
P'hied by the Princess of Leiningen, and attended by Lady London&Greenwich . 100 IS.
.East..' 61 66 5 Port Philip 1 4 I pond
y the Car •
ohne Barrington, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Colonel the Hon. Do, Preference
411••• Liddell, and Lord Charles Fitalto honoured Iy, the 0 ym- Lon.,Tilhy.&Soutend lOO ,Peto &Co.I 93 95 934 44
Lowestoft. gua• 4p. ct lOO ,Nerfolk ~1 - - 28.2.83 United Alexicanl all 2 2/
__________ snow
Pie Theatre with their presence last evening. Do. 6 per cent lOO 'Do i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ti
away Iler Royal Highness the Duchess d'A 1
uma e gave -m.
Mane. Buxtn.&Matk. all
,LN W 3,- ,23 3 --- --- --
tnd I s Mid,liradford Prefer- I 1 I Closing I Business clerk
grand ball last evening at her residence, Orleans House, enoe Stock
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The Earl and Countess of Darnley come to town
t 0.% from Cobham Hall, Kent. His Lordship has taken
%residence in Bruton-street for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield left town a
few dais since for their seat, Shugborough Hall, Stafford.
The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun have left
Lollg's Hotel for Lord Middleton's seat in Yorkshire.
The. Countess of Powis, the Ladies Herbert,
'gad the Earl of Powis are expected iu town on Thursday,
iro Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire.
An influential meeting of the wholesale tea trade
wlrki held this morning in Mincing-lane, and a committee
41Vointed for the purpose of representing to the Chan-
!eller of the Exchequer that the proposed charges on the
2 bonding and warehousing of tea arc considered exorbi-
I'llt• The feeling on the subject was unanimous, and it
.7444 thought desirable that the committee should at once
r rt themselves into communication with the leading mem-
reit of the trade at the various bonding places throughout
Ledl country, so as to obtain a general assent to their pr.).-
ings• The question of the heavy charges proposed to
placed upon warrants was also warmly discussed.

Stock
Newmarkt..BuryEx
guaranteed 5 p, O.
Northn.& Eastn. 6 p.c.
Do. do. 6 per cent
Do. Fixed 5 per cent
North Western
Preston and Wyro. I
Do. > Shares A.
Roystn,Flitch.,& Shep,l
Shrewsbry& Eloreford
Do. Do.
South Staffordshire
Wilts and Sbmerset..l
Wimbledon& Croydn.

'Midland .I 98 100
E.Counts p
Do. 57 59
Do.
Do.
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Brassoy 105 108
•• P
M'Clean . 101. 11p
Gt. West 90 92
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Paid cloning Blithe"
Price. : Done.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 44 :114
20 Ardonnes all
20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 4 d par
5 !Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 Beziers to Graissessac all
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 24
100 Copiaho -
10 Ditto Extension all 11 4 d
20 (Dutch Rhenish
20 !Eastern of France all 244 254
20 Euphrates Valley 2s. —p
20 ,Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 64 7
20 Italian Junction
20 Lake Constance & Bab? all
20 Lierre and Turnhout all
20 Lombardo Venetian lO 14 14p
20 Lyons and Geneva
334 Maria Antonia all
10 Do. do. New
20 Namur and Liege all 8 84
20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 191
16 Northern of France all 36 364
20 Do. New Shares
10 Norweoian Trunk Prof all 9 10
29 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 344 354
20 Paris and Orleans
20 1 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 113 11 Id
gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.)
20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 10
10 Rome and Frascati all
20 Royal Danish all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.
20 Sambre and Meuse all 54 6 6
10 D.). 54 per cent. Pref.
20 Southern of France
84 West Flanders all 51 54
10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference
20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23
20 Western of Austria
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all
20 Zealand...—. all
•
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 113 115
Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111
Do. 6p.c.31r. & Sep. 100 112 114
Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100
Do. 6 per cent. 1878 100
- N.B.Gov.ap.c. Ja. &July 10C 109 110
Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
- N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 100
D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1978 100 99 100
Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100
NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St.
Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 109
S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111
- Vict•Goy.6p.c.Jan&July 100
Do. do. April & Oct. 100 110 111 1104 11
MISCELLA/lEOUS.
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 1 14 15
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 1130 170
25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 83
10 Australian Royal Mail . all
19 Berlin Water Works ... all 44 51
50 British American Land 40
50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 38 40
20 Do. B, 7p. C. tlll zo 22
20 Do. C all 14 15
100 Canada Land 324 120 125
10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9
Stook Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all
25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 234 244
Stock Crystal Palace.
5 Do. Preference at 5 84
Steel Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 103
Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 104
25 Do. New
5 English & Aust. Copper all 21 24 24
15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14
1 'Great Ship (Limited) all 4 4 a
20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s.
5 London District Telegr 2 1 d
20 London Discount 5 14 1 LI
4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 18 l 4 g
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 21 24
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4
25 National Discount Co 5 11 4 d
10 Netherlands Land all
6 Do Bp. c. Pref.,lss. at Idi s all 4
100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaLand 80
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all
1 Oriental Gas
1 Do. New Shares l5B. d par
10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6
10 Ditto B 6 --
10 Ditto C 2s. -
Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 50 52
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 78 80 t,
50 Do. New l5 19 14
20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr lB p t,
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 61 7
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 53 524
Stossoolk,Tsssuocor:b4tint.hAia:ruis:nctserptl.Trnoa.efliiiunei:LsLecorani:pd )11 100aalalll 1-20352 I
1 t,
1 Do. do Registered I a
161 iVar. iliernpnis 11
and 284 11 12

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Corn. Bank of Canada
Commercial of Lsndon
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LITERATURE.

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The Earl's Cedars. By the Author of " Smugglers
and Foresters," &c. 2 vols. Booth, Regent-
street.
These volumes present a complicated story, which
contains some dark scenes of life. Some of the
persons met with have a very real appearance
about them. Duncan Geddes, the keeper, is an
excellent sketch ; in his strong character and severe
style we seem to trace some remnants of the old
Covenanters. As is often the case with such men,
sorrow and disappointment hardened him the more,
uutil he looked upon all around with uncompromis-
ingsternness. There is also something worthy of
notice in the wild recluse, Matthew. It was his
tales of wondrous travels and voyages that first
created the desire for roaming in the mind of
Charles Frankland. As he wandered about the
beach, this strange individual would descant on his
long past days, and tell how, when at the age ofhis
auditor, he had " crossed the line, and seen the
southern cross dip down beneath the water in
another hemisphere." This was the learning that
Charles prized. " What was the cold teaching of
books, compared to the simple words that came
from lips which had given forth a wild shout, when
at last, after unnumbered perils, the vein of virgin
gold was found ?" As might have been supposed,
after such thoughts in youth, the energetic hero
lost no time in seeking adventures abroad ; but he met
with the most romantic ones at home. Near to his
father's house was the stately domain of Lord St.
Lo. It was called the "Cedars" from the magnificent
trees, that were its glory and its pride. The circum-
stances connected with the family to whom the
estate belonged were most peculiar, and the house-
hold of Doctor Frankland was mixed up in their
affairs. Lady Honoria is wild and fitful in her
moods, but one cannot help sympathising with her
in the many sufferings she underwent in conse-
quence of the persecutions with which she was sur-
rounded. The stepmother was inimical enough to
have belonged to the old tales that abound concern-
ing that class of relations, and for a time indeed
her direful plots seemed to succeed, at last how-
ever, the retribution that so often overtakes the de-
vices of the cunning, anif confounds the machina-
tions of the crafty fell ',Ton that deceitful woman.
In spite of all her me.neeuvres, she lived to see the
son of one of her step-children inherit the property.
Among the many who flit across the scene, Captain
Fairfax is one of the most pleasing. He is a good
representative of his class and displays many of
those qualities that have long distinguished the
British seaman. The pictures of horns-life that ap-
pear in the first volume are pleasant to dwell upca,
and far greater serenity reigned beneath the bum-
ble roof of the country practitioner, than under the
grand dwellings of the Earl of St. Lo. The con-
flicting circumstances of the latter portion of the
tale are very ingeniously disclosed, and the "Earl's
Cedars" is altogether a very eventful story.

The Comprehensive Ristory of England ; Civil,
Military, Religious, Intellectual, and Social.
Illustrated. Parts Ito 26. Blackie and Sons;
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London.
The inhabitants of Great Britain may, without
national prejudice, or exaggerated vanity, be per-
mitted to claim for the history of their empire a
degree of interest and importance second to the
annals of no other state or nation, ancient or
modern. Reaching from our own eventful epoch,
when England is foremost in the march of progress
and leading the van of civilisation, back to the
shadowy days of early legend—
" Beloved as fable, yet believed as truth,"
the rcords of our national achievements are inse-
parably interwoven with the rise and progress of
modern Europe. Even before emerging from the
gloom of barbaric ages we can recognise some of
the spirit of our later days. Caractacus and
Boadicea proved themselves no unworthy antago-
nists for the victorious Romans, while few of the
gorgeous Camara could bear comparison with our
English Alfred. Coming down to the days when
our national existence had assumed a more definite
form, what thrilling episodes we encounter. Every-
where we see the same dauntless spirit, loyal and
self-sacrificing to the death where it embraces
a cause, be it ever so hopeless ; inflexible and
invincible where its freedom is at stake.
We cannot proceed far in the history before we
come to the sturdy barons of Magna Charta ; while
the Scotch struggling in early ages for their
national existence, and later on for their freedom
of worship, though defying successfully the tyranny
of the English, prove by that very defiance their
kindred spirit. The annals of the Civil War,
grievous as such a calamity must ever be are not
without their redeeming touches. The chivalrous
devotion of the gallant cavaliers upholding a failing
cause, the unbending determination of the resolute
Puritans, unflinching in their sense of duty, may
each show, among crowds of time-servers and self-
seekers, brilliant names and noble characters
that do honour to their nation and their age.
The changing scenes of the history bring us down
through many eventful years till we reach the
climax of naval, military, and political glory at the
beginning of our century. Now the giants of those
days have passed away into history, leaving 'their
humbler successors in less stirring times to reap the
fruition of their labours, and to carry out those
great principles of civil and religious liberty which
the tread of contending armies kept from full de-
velopment, though it could not exterminate the
seed. After a long interval of peace, and
domestic improvement Europe seems threatened
with a return of storm and convulsion. We can
hardly hope to escape altogether from the strife
and turmoil around us. It is well then that in
this anticipation, the men of the present should
learn from the errors and achievements of the men
of the past, and study the fourklation and develop-
ment of their national greatness. The importance
of a full and accurate knowledge of the history of
our country is now becoming universally recog-
nised. It is not a mere rote knowledge of names and
dates and the outlines of a school epitome, or cate-
chism that is required,but a thorough comprehension
of the individual features of each successive epoch, a
familiarity not alone with the names but with the
characters of the great men of the time ; a sense
of what was the nature of the principles contended
for in our social struggles ; a perceptien of how the
opinions and doings of one arse acted upon another,
of what was the extent of the influence exercised
by education and literature and the gradual ad-
vance of the people in political knowledge ; a
right view of the onerous position held by England
among the nations of our day, and of her responsibi-
lity to God and man for her use or abuse of her
opportunities and power. We have much pleasure
in directing the attention of those who wish to
acquire this invaluable knowledge to the work
before us, which is now approaching its com-
pletion. Commencing with the earliest traditions,
it gives a full and comprehensive account of the
history of England, as viewed in its civil, military,
religious, intellectual, and social objects. A work
combining the civil history of a nation which has
wrested its freedom alike from despots and demo-
crats ; the military records of the people who have
struggled successively and successfully with the
whole of Europe, the religious annals of the greatest
triumph of the Protestant Reformation, the intel-
lectual achievements of the countrymen of Shakes-
peare, Newton, and Bacon, and the social progress of
a self-governing community may well be called a
comprehensive history. Nevertheless, all these pro-
mises are fully and fairly kept. The various branches
are carried on simultaneously in different chapters ;
the style is clear and copious, enriched by nume-
rous extracts and quotations. The following pas-
sage, taken from the early announcement of the
work will give the best view of its plan and pur
pos

-..-........v.au.r0,..w....0..0..4
individuals by whose effective but unobtrusive labours th
Kveral departments of art and science were improved, and
their influence extended over the community at large.
" In treating of these subjects, care has been taken neither
' to be too abstruse nor yet too prolix. Instead, therefore,
of entering into a minute reccrii of each custom, art, and
science, and thus encumbering the general narrative with
disquisitions by which the reader's patience might be too
severely tried, the principal points have been selected and
introduced, for the purpose of giving strength, distinctness,
and continuity to the history, as a record of the religious,
intellectual, and social progress of English society."
More than a thousand illustrations enhance the
value of the work. They include maps and plans
of various localities, battle-fields and ports, views
of buildings and monuments, illustrations of the
manners and customs of our ancestors; por-
traits of celebrities, and steel engravings of his-
torical subjects. We heartily commend this value-
' ble and interesting work to all who wish to obtain
a thorough knowledge of the history of their own
country, and if continued and completed with equal
success and ability, which there is little reason to
doubt, it will form no unworthy record of our
national greatness.

"The history of a country is not exclusively impressed
upon its battle-fields. These, indeed, are the great land-
marks that first arrest the eye, and over which the popular
feeling is most delighted to linger. The deliverance of a
land from thraldom, and the heroic deeds through which a
small nation has become a great one, are, indeed, of para-
mount importance, and should therefore be duly commemo-
rated. But the adaptation of a people for those achieve-
ments, although a silent and unobtrusive, has also been a
most essential process; and its record is to be traced, not
upon the heaving surface, but in that under-current of
progress by which the people have been borne forward—by
which they have been taught the full value of national free-
dom, and the best modes of securing it. But here some one
else than the successful soldier has been at work, and some-
thing else than mere military training. The wise and the
good, who carried on that improvement, and made each
generation better than the preceding, are a country's verit-
able heroes—the progress of that improvement is its real
history.
" But while these are truths so obvious that it seems
almost impossible to overlook them, history, a
hitherto been written, has been too exclusively desvoiiehdoutot
military achievements and political movements
reference to that moral and intellectual progress
country emerges from barbarism into civilisation, by which a
and its
_
people become intelligent, happy, and free.
and, This defect in
historical writing has often been felt,on two occa-
sions, attempts have been made to produce
Thistoriest of
be
our own country as they ought to wri en
yoluminous but un-
f
these was Dr. Henry's well-known. t
finished work; the other the "Pictorial History of Eng-
land," which was an improvement on the plan of Henry.
attempt In the present work an has been made to improve
upon both ; and the
plan which has been followed for that
purpose we shall now proceed to specify.
" Tn the Comprehensive History of England, while due
preponderance has been allowed to the civil and military
annals, constituting, as they do, the most distinct and im-
portant' part of the narrative, special attention has been
•
given to present a History of the People of England, as
well as of England itself—of the state of religion and the
progress of social refinement, as well as of conquest and
political aggrandisement. More particularly, the following
subjects have been grouped together in two sections, and
suitably detailed at each important period or epoch of the
history :—the state of religion—the industrial condition of
the people, and their agricultural and mercantile progress
—the dress, distinctive habits and customs, and the general
aspect of society at each step of transition—the progress •f
literature, science, and the fine arts; and notices of those

•
Stories of Peninsular lfrar ; or Peninsular .sketches.
By %V. H. Maxwell,fh,q. Charles H. Clark,
13, Paternoster-row.
These sketches, by a practical writer like the
author of the " Stories of Waterloo," with which
most of our readers are conversant, would have
come out with great ad-vantage at the close of the, Russian war, just to show the public that many of
the shortcomings of the War-office, and other in-
competent public institutions, were not peculiar to
that period. The " Sketches" are not as concisely
compiled as might be, but this is made up for by
the truthfulness of narrative for which Mr. Max-
well is so remarkable. If we had general officers
in the Crimea who thought more of pipeclay and
blacking than the rations of the troopers and the
feed of their cattle, in the Peninsular campaigns
things were carried rather further, if possible, as is
shown in the following extract :—" We recollect
hearing of a major of brigade, who threatened to
punish a guard for coming a file short—i. e., to
punish the thirty-nine files who did their duty,for
the fault of the fortieth, which was absent." When
we think of the incompetency of some of our
officers, we would ask for some of the spirit of the
olden days. When all was in confusion at the
siege of Badajoz, when ladders broke down and the
troops were repulsed, the commanding officer of
the fifth (Lieutenant-Colonel Ridge) exclaimed to
an officer of his corps—" There, you mount one
ladder, and I will lead up the other." " Come on,
Fifth, lam sure you will follow." lie was killed,
but the place was carried. How would such con-
duct have answered at the Redan ? The Colonel
fell ; his troops continued to advance, in spite of
all opposition, leaving a guard of honour over their
leader.