The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-22 00:00:00

LI7ERATURE.

Meta's Faith. By the Author of "St. Oleire'
Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett.
This is a far more interesting story than itl3l
which we have of late years been accustore"-tbot
receive from the hand of the accomplished 1/11,-•ell
of
." St. Olave's." Her last novel, `4,,,°A;(3le,''
Quiet Life," and its predecessor, " Alec's Pr' cot
were so entirely deficient in the sensational e1e133.00
alis almost to resemble the no-story of " Cal:1131-00
nife-Grinder." In " Meta's Faith" Ivemreso
glad to notice a visible improvement in the,lem7ol
of the plot, but even with this amelioration 6ci the
Faith" is one of a class of navels very rare r-t
present days of literary excitement. A cln:te; sod
scription of the simple details of every-daY
a faithful pourtrayal of the peculiarities of the
dual character, are the principal features °loch
works of this writer. Some of the characters'
te,
as Mrs. Waldemar, for example, with her `` Irmo'
and her " hysterics," and her continued .14.$ ohs
tation for the lack of attention OP gear
meets with, "so different from pcor,ettri'
Mr. Waldemar's time," become positively ;001
some from monotonous repetitions. 11°W
times Mrs. Waldemar bewails the de'
yo'
parted during the course of the threeg the
lumes of Meta's history—how many tilir-tio
salts are in requisition, and the sol-vcla /0 10
brought out of the cupboard, where it is alvi:f be
reserve, we should be sorry to count. The laude, 011
comes, even by the close of the first Yelti0;00/
great a nuisance to the reader as she t 4
have been to every friend and acquaintance vie)
reach. When she takes her departure for 110000°
tour of visits, we must confess that we exPie,oooll
quite a sensation of relief. Very different is ''' oftP
Dorothy Ann, the sister of the hysteric°lakitig:
Waldemar. Dorothy Ann, with her Vice' 001
housewifely cares and her knitted stockie,g6; old
withal a corner of romance in her tenue
heart, which prompts her to sympathise with spctoi‘'
in the
sister
story, is one of the best characters
The scene in which a friend of her fine ladY ore'
surprises her, while unpicking some bed filrilooeh
is capital. In the conversation which.: ac
:
the honest-hearted spinster beecra:--b
quainted with the duplicity with Will at po°„'
sister Waldemar" has endeavoured to Wig"
ftder to
Meta's happiness. Not wishing before on tra s t
het
hegive vent in words to the indignant feelipigto
information occasions her, Dorothy Ann li;nl3rtai°,°;
chintz,
indignation upon the unconscious chintz,
tg
rending the seams with a vehemen w
as a safety-valve for her excited emotions' ac,
Waldemar, the heroine, is a very ellionlar,bo
loveable character. She is not Pari; 11',1
fortunate in her lovers. Dr. lif3't 14,4
is represented asc one of the most a'binvi
abstracted of mortals, loves her after a floret
account of a fancied resemblance to his eithe,
wife, an affection not very complimental 40e.
lady, and we cannot say that we feelfitalfo:3;derg
thy for the venerable doctor's seconu-- her-9 a
mentality. Stephen Garton, the veritabsl:;ctii;
a somewhat original, though not di vela . s toot
ta ,0
.re
character. Every portrait has indeed st,
dividuality, and, as we have already sa 013 a f
Faith," as a story, is far more interestirte 00ti/ti
tractive than any of the recent works cf
of " St. Olave's."

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MARKET
AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocE.

Business has at last shown symptoms of improve-
Meat, and both English and foreign securities were
firm. The railway market participated in the im-
provement. The rate of discount is 21 to 1.
Consols are 93 / for money ; ditto, for Ac-
count, 931 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 I ;
New Three per Cents, 931 1.
Canadian 4 per Cent. Bonds, 1903, 105.
1111 dia Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 213 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 12 ; litto En-
faced Paper, 51 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091 101.
In the Foreign Market Turkish Five per
Cents. have improved to 381 381 ex div. Italian
per Cents. remain at 531 531 ; Greek Bonds at 111
12 ; Mexican, at 151 151 ; and New Spanish Three
per Cents. at 311 311 ex div.
Egyptian 7 per Cent. Loan is 714 721 ex div. ;
the Honduras Loan 17 87 ex coupon ; Italian
Tobacco Scrip 1 11 prem. ; and the last Russian
Railway Loan 1 dis., par.
In the railway market Caledonians are 1,
Great Eastern 1, Brighton 1, North British 1,
North Western 1 better, while Midlands
have fallen off .1. The quotations were
as follows :—Caledonian, 784 to 791 ; Great
Western, 49f 60 ; Great Eastern, 421 1 ; [Great
Northern, 1071 1081 ; ditto A, 1084 109 ; Lanca-
shire, 129+ 301 ; Metropolitan, 1071 8 ; ditto Ex-
tension, 1021 31 ; Midland, 1141 15 ; Sheffield,
471 81 ; Brighton, 52 1; North British, 32 ;
North Western, 1154 161 ; North Eastern, 1031
41; South Eastern, 81 1; Chatham and Dover,
171 1.

American Five-Twenty and Ten-Forty Bonds
remain firm at 751 to 1 and 721 1 respectively.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures are 42 42/ ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds 46 464. Eries have improved 1, and Illinois
Central stock is 1 better at 921 93} ex div.

There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.

The Bank of France return this week shows a
recovery of £53,000 in the stock of bullion.
The large amount of Mexican dollars brought by
the French packet Washington has been disposed
of at 591 d., showing a rise of Id. from the last
Price. Bar silver is firm, wish a moderate demand
for India at 600. to td.
The return of paid clearing for the week ending
20th January, issued from the Bankers' Clearing-
house, is as follows :—Thursday, January 14th,
£20,412,000 ; Friday, 15th, £13,599,000; Saturday,
16th, £12,276,000 ; Monday, 18th, £11,237,000 ;
Tuesday, 19th, £11,424,000 ; and Wednesday,
20th, £9,555,000 ; total, £78,503,000.
The report of the Brighton Railway, to be pre-
sented on the 2d of February next, was issued
Yesterday, and shows that, after paying the pro-
Posed dividend of 12s. 61 per cent., which will
Absorb £42,750, a balance will remain of £5,982,
Ind that the sum really available would have been
£62,400 but for an amount of interest payable to
the Union Bank in settlement with that establish-
ment.

It is proposed to perforate the postage stamps
With the initials of the persons using them, which
Will render the stamps useless except to the owners,
and prevent the sale of them to stamp dealers, as
the most effectual means of preventing the fraudu-
lent removal of postage stamps.
Advices from Manchester announce the failure
of Mr. A. Winterbottom, who has been largely
engaged for many years in the stuff trade. The lia-
bilities are estimated at from £30,000 to £40,000.
The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway traffi,t
return, including the Metropolitan Extension,
shows this week an increase of £1,324, compared
with the corresponding period of last year.
The ordinary general meeting of the Thames and
Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limite.l) will
be held on Feb. 12.
A general meeting of the East London Railway
Company is convened for F eb. 5, to receive a report
from the directors.

Our letters from Frankfort state that the
Bourse has been in an uncertain state during the
past week, from the contradictory influences of the
reports from Vienna and Paris. Lottery shares are
flat, the market having been flooded with them from
all parts. The Italian Tobacco Loan "is now quite
naturalised in Germany and bought for invest-
/4"V' The Hungarian Northern Railway is said
to have been sold to an Anglo-Belgian Company
for 11 millions, the Government guaranteeing an
interest of 7 per cent., and the line is to be con-
ti,illued from Salfo-Targan to join the Raschau-
:"lerberg Railway. The Cologne-Minden Railway
if building a railway from Stade to Cuxhaven,
f
liatnburg and Prussia will guarantee jointly an
Interestz of 4i per cent. The Petersbou-g Borsen
tjitung now announces that no new concession for
4'e Construction of Russian railways will be given
for some time.
The return from the Bank of England for the
r4i/ ended the 20th of January gives the following
14et ti when compared with the previous week
Pytll 43,322,232 Increase £56 ,386
Othira t•Posita
*posits 20,174,108 ... Decrease 943, 789
filtile other aide of the account :
tirraent se o uri-
°Ms; ............
N
otes socurities
'tits Itzleraployed 8,616,225 increase ... 207,41 c
beit amount of notes in circulation is £23,979,735,
litag decrease of £145,625 ; and the stock of
an I.°ll in both departments is £18,704,177, showing
pre inereas• of £95,853 when compared with the
I:letting return.
Subjoinedof thi., is a comparison of the present position
Indßank of England and the prices of Consols
likkt Year rench Rentea with the corresponding week of

Sme Wk
At Present. last Yearee .
4,4 e n ............... £18,704,177 ~. £22,200,903
Note 9,724,442 ... 13,332,033
ItoTI in circulation 23,979,i 35 23,868,870
0,7 Vadiscount
93
1,4411
ante* 7of. 15c. 68f. 60c.

PRICES.
LOSING
13RITISII FUNDS—C
q 1
`TOrERNMENT FUNDS.
93 i 3 l Der Cent. Consols
93} 3 7
a ~.itto for Account,
98} i
1,1" r ()att. Reduced
93i I
? 3 per Cent
_
-it* 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
1880 —
Do, 6 per Cent J an. 187 3 T
tlttunities, 80 yrs, expire sth -11.885
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth Apr,
,„„8 _
~„ Do,
Mid Sea Teleh,raph), Aug;, ""
Put
tehequer Bills, 41,000, 2 per (it
Do,
£5OO
Pm
IA Do.
£lOO & £2OO
._..44
:kutito.oef.etcongliland Stock, 4per Cent
105
`janada 4 per Cent. Bonds
inter-Colonial Ornnium
216
INDI.OI CiOVERNIIENT SECURITIES• .
I • '
ttclla toek, 104 par Cent., April 1874 _
Do.
Opening, for Account
1121 12
40. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
uo. 4 per Cent Oct. 1888
O.
CertificatesCer
Do'
cdPape 4 per Cent
12Iho. 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 . — 4 101-
109
*6l per Ce.u.t May 1879
Da
Per Cent., E. Deb. 1872 —
Do.
do. 1877
_
is D.
do. 1882
, 11041
D~• bob., 5 er Cent Aug. 187- ......
22 pm
N. Bonds, 4Pper Cent.,. £l,OOO
17
Do' under, .£l.OOO
A roßtbcni FUNDS—CLOSING
-4rOntine Repubbc, 6 per cent
_
A bc., Scrip £45 paid .. .. 7PoRt TES.
_
'tiltrian Bonds 5 per cent
_
nraztr, . . Do. 1859
han 5 per Cent
.....-
2°. 4,4 per Cent., 1852
`,',°- do. 1858
Do_
"0. do.
186 n
1)0
do.'
1863
_
/3 uc,. 3 per bent , 1865
i Account ....................................
Dn Ayres 6 per Cont.
u%) 2 per Cent. (Dsferrtd 3 per Cent )
11)4. 0
0 ,:-, ~ per Cent.
'`„1,1141 6 per Cent .......... ..
'13°,"0. 44 per Cent... ...... ........... t-
. per Cent., ...
Do 6
v• Per ce t• 1867
0 ~,o. 7 per Cent, 1866
1.; locabian, 6 per Cent.
vanish, 3 per Cent., '825.. ....
ta.nabiati Principalities, 7 par Cent 7,
„t„e,„B Per Cent., 1867 ............... >., .... ..: e't
t"a`Lor New Con4olidated, 1 per Cent
tuYptian, 7 per Cent ........................
r‘o.Second issue
450 t. Bonds
'Jo. 4101) Bonds •
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