The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-04 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLATE

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena,
Captain Woolward, with the above mails, has ar-
rived. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, 29th March ;
Montevideo, Ist April ; Rio de Janeiro, Bth ; Bahia,
12th ; Pernambuco, 14th ; St. Vincent, 22d; and
Lisbon, the 30th.
She bring 155 passengers, and specie and bullion
valued at £27,080.

At Montevideo, her Majesty's sloop Spy. At
Buenos Ayres, her Majesty's ships, Leopard, Ar-
dent, Oberon, Curacoa, en route for Buenos Ayres.
At Rio de Janeiro, Madagascar, and Industry.
The Royal Mail Steam Company's steamer
Mersey left Rio for the River Plate on the Bth of
April. The Oneida left St. Vincent for the Brazils
on the 20th of April. The screw steamer Bahiana,
from Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope, arrived
at St. Vincent on the 21st of April, with damage to
her machinery and short of supplies. Her passen-
gers were transferred to the Magdalena. The screw
steamer Portugal, with 240 passengers, left Pernam-
buco on the 11th of April, three days before the
Magdalena ; she had not reached St. Vincent on the
22d. The ship Petrel, of Bristol, had arrived at
St. Vincent. The screw steamer Milford Haven,
from Milford Haven for the Brazils, reached Lis-
bon on the 30th.

At Buenos Ayres during the month there had
been great accession to business generally, in both
imports and exports. The demand for produce had
been languid, owing to the continued advance in
prices. Cattle were rapidly improving in condi-
tion, and estancieros were disposed to ask high
rates. The general tone of the market was satis-
factory, and money exceedingly plentiful, and con-
fidence universal.

The political news was unimportant.
Sales of the hides during the month, 45,000, at
from 61 to 654 reals; slaughter during the month,
30,000 head. Sales of wool for export limited ;
parcels of good quality sold at 100 to 115 dollars;
demand is slack, and speculators hold out for high
rates.

Exchange to the amount of £200,000 was passed
for this packet at 665. to 675.

Jottings from my Journal. By Eliza Cook.
Routledge.
Few of the readers of that popular periodical,
Eliza Cook's Journal, can have forgotten those de-
lightful prose sketches bearing the name of the
gifted poetess, which occasionally enlivened its
pages. Written in an animated and brilliant style,
they were totally free from pretension, and though
containing plenty of sound sense and sober counsel
for those who liked to appropriate it, they often hid
their graver meaning under playful jest or good-
natured satire. It is therefore with great satisfac-
tion that we see a selection of these sketches now
offered to the public in this cheap and convenient
form, and thus rendered accessible to a large circle
of readers. Ranging over a variety of subjects, they
are mostly on familiar topics, such as household
peculiarities, respectable prejudices, and pardon-
able eccentricities. We are instructed how
to " Make the Best of it" in the problems
and perplexities of life ; we are reminded
of the lamentable results which sometimes fol-
low " Making a Day of it ;" we are shown the
miseries of " Best Rooms" and the comforts of
"Easy Chairs." We get a peep at "Flowers and
Trees," and " Our Cottage in the Country." We
have the iniquities of " People who de not like
Poetry" clearly manifested to us, we are introduced
to the attractive presence of our First and Second
Sweethearts. " Our First Sweetheart" is among
the most fresh and captivating papers in the
volume. The easy and truthful pictures it affords
are not drawn by an every-day pencil, as such
passages as the following will testify :
" One side of this Eden wilderness was bounded by a
rippling stream of lucid water, known as Miller's Brook,'
across which, close by the frogs' hermitage, were a couple
of rough planks, forming a bridge, leading on to a fresh,
grassy bank, where flags, and rushes, and forget-me-nots,
grew thick and odorous, under the shadow of poplars and
alders ; and beyond lay the Long Water Meadows,' with
Dives's farm in the distance. On the other side was an
ancient rambling sort of orchard, inclosed with old grey
paling, all covered with yellow lichens, and willed with
wiry ivy, with an occasional azure periwinkle and red dog-
rose peeping out, reminding one of Infancy's blue eyes and
ruddy cheeks playing with the wrinkled brow and silver
hair of a grandfather. Ay, that was an orchard I where
bouncing cats-head apples shook their fists in the nigger-
faces of muscle-plums; where greengages bursting with
sugary juice tumbled into the cool grass, and gipsy filberts
rattled down about our ears with very gentle assistance ;
then the mulberries and the ' swans-egg' pears, and the
damsons and the cherries—oh, such cherries I—may-dukes
and bigaroons, and blackhearts and morellos, hanging like
coral and jasper wreaths from the drooping boughs, propped
up here and there by a broken rail. Ah, what mouths,
what pinafores, what hands, used to be seen in that old
orchard during the cherry season ; what morning gluttony,
what evening excesses, were carried on in defiance of all
paternal authority and serious prognostications of cholera
and sudden death. We taught the very sheep dog to mum-
ble the delicious food, and old "Watch' was often seen with
his grizzled muzzle deeply stained with the forbidden fruit
--to say nothing of the pony having real nonpareils handed
to him by dozens through a gap in the paling, and whole
capfuls of the finest Orleans,' or melting 'swans-eggs,'
being bestowed in munificent generosity on any ragged
wayfarer who looked with longing eyes on our depreda-

tiens.
" This paradise of an orchard led through a gate into a
lengthy sort of a copse, the copse led into a cloverfield, and
the cloverfield skirted a lane with luxuriant hedge-rows,
where bees, butterflies, and grasshoppers made assignations
with thg honeysuckle and sweet-woodruff; where the infant
stragglers half hid themselves among the wild briony and
tall foxgloves, and sat threadling ' cheeses' from the mal-
low, or flinging ox-eyed daisies at each other by the hour
together. About a quarter of a mile down this lane, just at
the commencement of the village, was the blacksmith's
rustic forge and thatched cottage, where the ringing ham-
, mer made cheerful music, and as happy a family dwelt as
one might meet in a day's march, and with whom we scraped
an enthusiastic and immediate acquaintance.
" Widow Hewitt was a dear, primitive old woman, with
only two faults in the world. The first, and by far the
most terrible in our estimation, was an inveterate prejudice
in favour of camomile tea, and the strength of her prejudice
was only equalled by that of the decoction. Her preserves
were superb, and her apple-pies—her real ' apple-pies '—
were something to talk about, putting to the blush the
make-believe fashion of trumpery tarts, where an ounce of
fruit is spread over any quantity or quality of crust, with
prison bars laid across, as if to protect the beggarly thing
from invasion ; her cake was equal to her pie, and herhome-
made wines were equal to her cake. Somehow,we soon got on
such terms with the old lady that we had the run of a certain
corner cupboard, and revelled in raspberry-jam, greengage
marmalade, and sparkling gooseberry ; but, alas! there was
a ' bubbly-jock 'to our gastric felicity in the form of that
horrid camomile tea, which the dear old lady insisted on
administering, in the full dose of half a pint, to every luck •
less being within reach of her prescription. No matter
what was the ailment—fever, sprained ankle, or neuralgia,
—it could only be cured by camomile tea. Camomile tea
was her ' life-preserver ;' it was necessary to existence, in
her opinion, as the air we breath ; and, as old Gimble the
wheelwright said, ' It wur a merciful providence she didn't
take to quack pison-stuff on the same scale. She bribed the
Sunday-school children into its bitterness once a month ;
she persuaded the landlord of 'The Chequers' that it would
remove his grog-blossoms ; she made the dressmaker be-
lieve that it would ' clear her complexion,' and it was as-
serted that she had attempted to dose the olsi foxhound,
Music, when he came to them a puppy with the distemper.
Certain it is that old Music always displayed active signs of
disapprobation whenever he caught sight of the brown
pitcher that held the elixir, and it is also certain that he
scratched up the camomile flowers on the common with a
force that savoured more of revenge than mischief. Dame
ti.e,ave ether Nett was in thinking that her son, who
managed the business, was the only son in the world worthy
of a mother. Certainly, Ben was a fine-hearted, hand-
some young man ; he was seldom seen at ' The Chequers,'
and played the fiddle at church every Sunday; he knew
a good deal of Shakspere and Goldsmith ; always had a
flower in his jacket button-hole ; managed to shoe the most
vicious horses without difficulty, and had a knack of quiet-
ing obstreperous babies in a magical manner. Ben's eyes
and whispers were enough to disturb the peace of all the
Phillises and Daphnes in the neighbourhood ; and when
his mother declared that the baronet's son was not to be
compared to him, there is little doubt that her opinion was
fully concurred in by more young ladies than one."
We are assured in these pages that even luggage
has its philosophy, a fact that will scarcely be dis-
puted by any one who reads and recognises the
versimilitude of the following sketch
" That there is philosophy in luggage, we are convinced ;
we have known people who travelled with unnumbered boxes
and bags, and yet were without essential comforts, and we
have held pleasant company with those who had extremely
compact arrangements, yet needed nothing. Some persons
are as diffuse and unmeaning in their packing as in their
conversation. We have seen a bit of top-string put round a
chest of two hundredweight ; we have seen an address left
' on a valise indicating that it was to be sent to Bristol, when
the owner fully intended it at the present time to go to Cam-
bridge ; we have seen hampers burst at the most awkward
moment, and parcels ' come undone' when it was impossible
to do them up again, whereat the ' lords of creation' generally
' got in a way,' and make speeches as sharp as their razors.
Somehow, men seldom put up heroically with trifling an-
noyances. They can look a bankruptcy in the face with
the courage of a lion, and often bear the death of a wife,
who brought them ten thousand pounds, with Spartan re-
signation ; but give them an ill-cooked dinner, ask them to
wait for you five minutes, or let a parcel, as we have stated
above, run restive in their hands, and one might think a
linchpin was coming out of the world's axle by the fuss and
fume they make. Poor things ! they are but human, after
all. Certainly, it is very provoking to find ourselves at a
railway station, as the reputed proprietors of divers ad-
juncts, nobody knowing exactly what or where—trunks
uncorded, bags unfastened, brown paper bundles in most
equivocal security, cloaks here, rugs there, and umbrellas
out yonder. One gets into a heated bewilderment, that
leaves us in our corner seat, with our ' back to the horses,'
in a state something between scarlet fever and nettle-rash.
" Be assured that philosophy and luggage have an affi-
nity that yields great personal comfort, and we advise all
who ' pack up' for general travelling excursions, to do with
as few packages as they can, and keep those packages as
concentrated as possible. Strap all loose wrappers together,
and tie up all parasols, sticks, and the like, closely and
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firmly, yet so arranged that they are easily available in
case of requisition, and put plain addresses on every
package.
" Eschew all the impeding animalcule of locomotion—
such as indescribable baskets filled with everything that is
never wanted, bunches of flowers that are dead long before
they reach the hands they were intended for ; [bags of bis-
cuits which you never eat, or if you do, only remind you of
the possibility of getting bread from sawdust. Carry no
more books and papers than you can put in your pocket,
and above all, as the highest practical point of the ' philo-
sophy of luggage,' renounce band-boxes."
Who has not experienced the uncomfortable con-
dition so pathetically described in the following
passage, when visiting a household which are slaves
to their " Best room" :
" Very trying things are these 'best rooms,' especially
where the lady proprietor is 'excessively particular,' and
walks round with her laced cambric, which she insinuates
into every crevice, to ascertain if the unhappy housemaid
has doze her duty efficiently. Heaven preserve us from a
hostess who is devoted to a ' best room I'
"The children, if there happened to be such humanising
things in the establishment, look upon the walls with a sort
of religious awe. They never ' play' in the ' best room ;'
they never dream of clutching at the splendid bell-rope ;
they never have the most remote idea of making Lord
Mayor's coaches of the embroidered footstools ; they never
think of playing at ' 80-peep' behind the richly-fringed
damask drapery ; they never dare to speculate as to whether,
with a stout pin, they could pick out the eyes of the queer
little mean on the Indian card-box ; mirth and mischief are
thoroughly mesmerised, and the little darlings sit or stand
as though their life-tide had been suddenly manufactured
into the ' best starch.'
"And let us confess, that we experience no inconsider-
able sense of misery ourselves in such a situation. It may
be that a trace of the gipsy blood is in our v eins, or that
some natural disqualification for ' gentility,' equally
ignoble, marks us, but we certainly are never quite
comfortable in a room that is only occupied on ' grand
occasions.'
" We remember being once put into a' best room,' in
order that our devotions to Apollo might be undisturbed.
It was, doubtless, a considerate and gracious condescension
on the part of our entertainers ; but never shall we forget
the shudder that came over us as the door closed, and we
stood alone amid all the ' porops and vanities' of a domestic
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stood transfixed between a gorgeous ' console' in book-mus-
lin, and a grand ' divan' in a brown Holland ' Taglioni,'
with our inspiration oozing out rapidly."
Music and musical people occupy a prominent r art
of the sketches—the " Musical Corner " of the
journal having been one of its most attractive fea-
tures. The folly of parents insisting on their

daughters possessing the " Universal Accomplish
ment," and expending large annual sums t
acquire an art for which the requisite taste and
talent can never be instilled by professors, is for-
cibly exhibited. Let us hope the obvious good sense
of these remarks will convince some heads of families
of their mistake on this point. Arts are not like
handicrafts that require nothing but practice and
application to secure proficiency ; yet how often
do we see girls who confess they dislike music,
chained to the piano for three or four hours a-day,
at a great cost of money to the parent, pa-
tience to the teacher, and discomfort and vexa-
tion to the young pupil. In others of the sketches
we find some good advice to those who sing and
play with tolerable skill, and if some of these hints
are taken we shall soon have a considerable im-
provement in our amateur musical parties. Young
ladies are shown that words and meanings may be
perfectly distinct in sentimental ballads, and are re-
commended to select songs whose words will be
worthy of a clear and distinct enunciation—a rare
quality in singers. An excellent paper on dance
music should be read by all who wish to enable
their friends to enjoy a quadrille or a polka even at
some sacrifice of musical dignity. " Giving up
Music" is another of the harmonious subjects, and
very sensible advice it coatains, certainly
not unneeded, since most of us can recall the names
of ladies who were accomplished musicians in their
single days, but who, when they took the cares of
a household upon them, forthwith " gave up
music." One of the most attractive of these musi-
cal articles is that on " Old Tunes," from which we
quote the conclusion :

"We believe we could dance with the gout to ' St.
Patrick's Day,' and sing with the toothache if See the
Rosy Morn appearing' were chorused around us. As for
' Roy's "Wife,' despite of her celebrity for jilting, we are
ever ready to be off with her on her slightest whisper ; and
' We're a' Noddin ' has kept us out of our bed many an
extra ten minutes, when some little' or big warbler'

has volunteered it just as the chamber candles were lighted.
"When have we tripped so joyously through the fes-
tive maze,' as in the free-and-easy time of ' Christmas
jollity,' after supper, when young and old, grave and gay,
are enlisted, nolens volens,' into' hands across, down the
middle. and up again,' while Money in both Pockets,'
The Young May Moon,' or ' Rory O'More,' was inspir-
ing our ecstatic antics ; and then, shall we reveal our foolish
emotions of plaintive sympathy awakened by the Robin's
Petition,' or Savourneen Dheelish,' when a dreamy dim-
ness has gathered before our eyes, until the very blaze of
the cheerful fire has lost its distinctive form, and we have
seen nothing but the poor, starving little bird shivering in
the snow-storm, and the exiled wanderer in his mournful
solitude. Oh, we do lova these old tunes and ditties, and
hope we ever shall love them ! And how many more are
there in this hard- grinding world, who snatch glimpses of
happiness from these antiquated sources. How the children
of the poor will cluster round some ragged servitor of Apollo
who scrapes away at some of these ' vulgar tunes,' and how
they involuntarily assume attitudes and steps of most ani-
mated, though grotesque arrangement. These steps al-
ways appear to us the identical ones mentioned so often by
philosophers, as being between the sublime and the ridicu-
lous, yet we scarcely dare to smile at the approach of Igno-
rance to the altar of Spiritual Beauty, uncouth as the ad-
vance may be. Let them shuffle and twist, and slide and
jump, in their own uncivilised way ; they have ' music in
their souls,' and it is an opportunity for their getting nigher
to God, through the medium of an ' old tune.
" And what would the mother do without these ' old
tunes,' to hush her infant to rest, or arouse it into chuck-
ling joy ? Who ever heard a mother or nurse attempt to
soothe her young one with a scientific bravura, or a ballad
from the latest opera ? Why, the thing is not to be ima-
gined I No, it is the old tunes '—the quaint and ancient
morsels of common melody—that are naturally uppermost
on the nursery tongue, and pass from generation to genera-
tion, with undiminished charms.
" There are few hearts but what have a grey stone or
two erected in them to the memory of some departed loved
ones. These consecrated tablets are mercifully shadowed
by time into a soft oblivion, and we are spared the pang of
continually tracing their mournful inscription, until a ray
of light is thrown by some thought-star, and we con over
the sad words with renewed devotion. All poets and philo-
sophers have discovered how slight a touch will bring back
our warmest recollections, and, perhaps, among the
strongest links which hold us to the dead, there is none
stronger than the old tune' which they liked to listen to,
or used to sing. What a gush of gentle sorrow will spring
in the father's breast, when by chance he hears the self-
same air that his fair girl learnt, years ago, to please
him. The child is missing in his home—her place is
vacant—she is gone from his warm hearth-stone to the
cold sepulchre ; but the old tune' lives on, and
has the power to thrust the world and its allurements from
his mind to take him back to scenes of bygone happiness,
and lead him onward to the future in hope and faith. The
son never forgets the melody that his mother used to sing
to him in his early years. Simply and imperfectly as it
might be rendered by her, yet he was gladdened and ex-
cited by it, and he will recognise it when his own hair is
white, and his limbs tottering, with a tender respect, as the
' old tune' which he loved when he was a boy. Oh, ' old
tunes' are blessed things I and, come where and when they
may, the one who is akin to heaven as well as earth, will
bow to their influence. Never let us be ashamed of finding
ourselves laid hold of by Tom Bowling' or Black-eyed
Susan.' Let us not deem it a weakness to detect our feet in
an incipient vertigo, at the bidding of Mrs. M'Leod' or
Paddy Carey ;' for we have little reverence for the man or
woman who is never to be warped from the frigid proprieties
of artificial existence, and betray the ' music in their souls,'
at the vulgar interference of ' old tunes.' "

Here is a homely portrait that looks as if it had
stepped out of the old-fashioned frame over some
household chimneypiece :
" 'The old lady of the old school' generally has an espe-
cial and peculiar arrangement of working tools, in the
shape of scissors, pins, needles, tapes, threads, and so
forth, with which none dare to Interfere, under penalty of
her severe displeasure and very active resistance. She
will graciously lend or give front her stores, but the articles
must be asked for, not taken ; and a vulgar snatch at a
piece of bobbin, or an unceremonious appropriation of her
best scissors, may be productive of considerable mental
excitement. She is ever obstinately bent on threading her
needle herself, particularly by candlelight ; and when she
by chance does allow another to perform the task for:her, it
is only on the strength of her firm conviction, that the
eyes of the needles in our days are made very differently
from what they used to be.'
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" She is a little given to etignette, and meets strangers
with a visible evidence of having studied the 'Minuet de la
Cour ;' but if you can once get her to dilate on the acting
of Mrs. Siddons, or get her back to the palmy time of
Vauxhall, her formality dissolves wonderfully, under the
recital of a crush she endured when she went to see' Isa-
bella,' when she never enjoyed herself so much in her
life, for she cried the whole tine,' and the delight she felt
in listening to Mrs. Bland's ditties, while it poured with
rain one summer night.

" She cannot be induced to admire railways, and strenu-
ously declares that people never know when to stop with
their inventions and science. She thinks it very strange
that the world cannot go fast enough with respectable stage-
coaches and eight •horse waggons, as it used to do ; and on
her son's proposing to take her to Brighton by express
train,' she indignantly and seriously begs him not to talk
nonsense.'

"The old lady of the old school' frequently appears as
the patroness of a venerable spaniel, or antiquated, ringed
tabby, whom she protects from the violent clutches of her
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Fop's dinner, or Tibby's milk, a very decided reminder is
volunteered. On inquiry, the dog or cat will often be found
to have been the favourite, or gift, of her late husband, and
the old lady's love for the dumb thing is a tender and natural
compliment to the memory of the departed.
" In literature, she prefers Shakspearo and Goldsmith.
She honestly declares she cannot understand much of the
poetry put forth in our time, but that she can perfectly
comprehend Othello' and the `Deserted Village;' bat
then,' as she observes' 'those writers were simple.' She
also has a predilection for Whittington and his Cat' and
Little Red Riding Hood.' All the juvenile possessions in
this department are the gifts of grandmamma, and it is
shrewdly suspected she sometimes has a peep into them en-
tirely on her own account, without even the excuse of little
Tom's wanting to know what that pretty yellow book is
all about.
"As regards dancing, she cannot bring herself to un-
derstand the Cellarius,' or approve of the Gallopade.
The Schottische and Mazurka are invidiously compared
with the minuets and gavottes of her young days ; while
the Polka and Valse a deux Temps' are denounced as
highly indecorous.' She has no notion of women swing-
ing and twirling round, like so ninny brazen teetotums.
E ren the ' Lancers' and First Set' are not in full favour,
but she evinces undying affection and admiration for a coun-
try dance, and when the opening bars of ' The Triumph' or
'The Recovery' are heard, and preparations for down the
middle and up again are making, then do we see the odd
lady nodding time with her head, and betraying certain
fidgetting symptoms with her feet ; and if it should happen
to be Christmas-eve, do not be astonished if she suffer some
favourite and audacious young friend to pull her into the
rank, where we find her jigging away in a fashion that causes
one to doubt whether her frequent complaints of rheuma-
tism are justified. At cards she is very serious, and sits
down to a rubber with imperturbable gravity and precision,
Even the darling- grandson stands a fair chance of being
snubbed' if he dare to address her while the odd trick'
is pending ; and, though she be of a most amiable and for-
giving disposition, she has been known to bear violent
animosity for three months towards the most amiable of old
gentlemen, because he trumped her best card."
The sketch entitled " Come out of That" furnishes
a pleasant sample of the author's ready skill in
combining jest and earnest, humour and pathos. It
commences with a tragi-comic narrative of her
troubles with a juvenile nephew of whom sbe
had rashly taken charge. Having reluctantly
consented to take him to the Crystal Palace,
she arrayed him in velvet tunic and kid
gloves, but imprudently leaving him alone fop
a few minutes she discovered him deep in a eucuna4
ber frame, rake in hand : " Come out of that,"
shrieked his justly incensed relative and mentor,
but in vain. Before she could reach him he was
prostrate in the dirtiest corner, to the utter destruc-
tion of Genoa robe and light kid. This domestic
melodrama gives rise to a few reflections on analo-
gous cases among older, if not wiser, folks than the
unlucky little culprit of the story, which are written
in the author's most vigorous and graphic style. If
we turn to lighter subjects, few can help smiling
over the quiet fun of " Stirring the Fire," in which
we are assured that each mortal considers the right
to perform this simple domestic act as his own ex-
c'usive prerogative. After its humorous pictures
of the family rivalry existing on the matter, we
come to the following animated and amusing com-
parisons :
" Our comparison' Is rather large, and we occasionally
rove and range into the strangest of fancies under its va-
garies. We have often thought the sea coal pile very like
the calorical of political government, originally intended
to promote healthy warmth, but which, under bad ma-
nagement, often presents very little heat, and a great deal
of smoke, the carboniferous grossness of which, at last,
chokes up the chimney of the people, until the chimney
becomes on fire, and a revolutionary reform notion, in soma
shape or other, gives it a temporary clear out;' and most

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poker,' The Better Observance of the Sabbath ;' another Share! gag-ways. Paid. 100 Atlantici &St Lawrence ail 84 66
f illom„Baroda&Cent.lnd
d sense imagines that it entirely depends on a bold raking with a
more activity in the markets for foreign and colonial 1
'amilies ' Reformb Bill;' a third has an implicit faith in breaking-- 12.10 -Amberg., el otting. Bost. t gu. 5 per cent
lot like up the close, sulky coals at top, and letting in the draught produce. Tea has been on steady demand, and and Eastern Junction 10 ct 61 18 )o. Do. is 131 Id 4 d,
of ' Free Trade ;' a fourth begins at the bottom of the grateso Belfast and Ballymena.. all - -
13.11 )iii., Wol., and '',l,:r. Val. all 8 84 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron al L 41 54di
ce and realised full rates. Sugars, suitable for home con-all 61
76-84
872-1-
with an ' Education Bill ;' a fifth declares that the vitality2o4 Do. New
10010 f B
,Dtioa.loP, rßerfaenr et lc
Ge
r often rests solely on certain one-sided• thrusts with the crooked sumption, have met a fair inquiry, and fully late Stock, liirk.,La.. and Ch. June. 100 70 72
2e Blackburn
music, lever forged by ' Protectionists,' while the majority, like values are current. The transactions in coffee have 23 Blyth and Tyne all - - (6 r. et. bds. 1 Arise. 1K", 2
i a-day, ourselves, are anxious to make as much. flare as possible, been moderate, good and fine qualities of plantation 10 Flost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn all 61 7% 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1e73 100 70 75
it, pa.- merely to gratify their own petty conceits. We ben pardon Stuck Bristol and Exoter
-ladies must not mention politics, though it may be a Ceylon have slightly advanced, while other descrip- Stock Caledonian
I vexa-
uestien whether there is not as much nonsense talked by Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 - - ' 20 iCape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.y 2s. 1 - -
qtions have been dealt in at former prices. No bus' 10
'"' 60 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 ;CapeTown & Dock Scrip, 3s. jlll4 d
ketches old women in the house, as by old women out of the house 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Pac sage all - 20 !Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.r.' 74 14 Id, 54
ng and -taking bad grammar and dislocated sentences into the ness of importance has been recorded in saltpetre.
20 Cornwall all 04 7 174 'Demerara , all - - '
ie hints bargain. But see, there is the old state of things-the fire For fruit an specie the demand has been inactive, 10 4 roves. no div.
20 !Eastern Beng,,al.gu.sp.e.l 5 Id id
Do. A all - -
ble im- going out while we have been scribbling this. It is very except for low descriptions of currents, which havelo untilap.c.per an. I ~,
_.... _
Do. B S tockEast Indian, em. sp. c 1 100 102 1024' 1021
cold, and two friends present themselves; the lady is about hasbeen pd.toß. "" 20 Do. F Shares Ext 10 par 1p; 16%
Young 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - -
sltiro: Do.po. J44ubpbuclpporeebentrs all p,cur
let),
to seize the poker to resuscitate the dying fuel, but the gen- been taken by the trade to some extent. Tallow
may be tleman advances rapidly-' My dear,' says he ' allow me, has been dull, and a further decline may be noticed Stock2s n„Perth,& Ar. une all 8 8
Du b J 4
East Anglian
are re- you know you can never poke a fire properly; I'll do it.' Stock Eastern Counties lOO 544 851 554 6 20 G eelong& Melbourne .. all ' 204 214
I ,Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _
will be We are afraid we are laughing behind our teeth-where in value for both present and forward delivery. Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 38 38
Stock Do. do. B Stock too 26 28
-a rare many genteel people swear-but it only tends to convince In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the t , per cent. Bonds
us, that every born being, where there is fire to stir,' thinks Do.Nw. A. (lte. E. U3ds) 84 - - Stock 'Grand Trunk of Canada 100 334 314
i dance transactions were rather extensive, and prices were 25.,..0 East Suffolk - - 100 'Do 6 per cent. Pref..... all 91 93 92
he or she can do it best, and if our readers will take the 1 •
, enable trouble to enter into their own private feelings on the sub- firm. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. The Do - -
Stock :Ed' b re•and Cleserow 100 76 79
in u,• i . ... 100 ,Do. 0 percent, Debeu tr. all 68 70
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 . ... a.ll ,82 85 84
even at ject, we are quite sure that these desultory remarks will be Stock lEdin„Perth, & Dundee. 100 314 :it 32 100 Do. do. 1867 .... all 168 7',
Railway Share Market closed steadily, and with
ving up pronounced ' perfectly true.' " 10 !Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 63 72
Stock IGt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp..e.. 10100 991:
an upward tendency in quotations. Stock pitmen,. - - 1001 100
-...t5, and We could quote many other passages, replete with Stock Glasgow & South Westn too 99 100 20 ;Do. New, gua.s per cent. 6 id 4 d
ertainly perceptive sense and pleasant humour. The writer has A moderate demand for money is reported, but
10 Great North of Scotland all - - 20 I Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.-, 1 '
e names a quick eye and graphic pen, and withal she is in- there is much less active than might, have been Stock Great Northern
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 115 117 1161 4 c I guaranteed 5 per cent , 1001:
100 118 120 1194 20 191 204 ,Gt.W. of Canada Shares' all 131 131 134 4
in their spired by such warm and kindly feelings that her expected from the payments due to-day, the 4th of Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 1324 2 204 'Do. New IIB 74 7 d
I !Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
cares of reader' Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 114 s sympathies are at once enlisted. Even the month. Stock Great Western
00 70 704 704 70 4 ( apt. till '6O
!
eve up those who may wince under the description of " A
About £BB,OOO was taken into the Bank of Eng- Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. too so 65 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O
se muss- Dashing -Wedding," or "The Thornberrys' Musical
land yesterday. - 12 Irish South Eastern.... all - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt.! all '97 99
high we Parties," can hardly fail to recognise and smile at Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1051 1061 1051 4 100 !Do. 51 p. '77 do 1 all 90 93
Stook London and Blackwall. 100 69 71 69/ 704 Stock IMadras, guar., 41 p. c 1 100 88 90
the truth they would not care to acknowledge. It On the 16th inst. a further instalment of 8 per Stock Lon.,Brierliton&S.Coast 100 113 115 114 1 Stock 'Do. do. 5 per cent ' 100 98 99 981
tto ' St. is scarcely necessary to recommend the volume to cent. is due on the Canadian Loan. 25 Loud. Chat. and Dover all 11 12 Stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension lOO 91 93
Stock London & North Westn' 100 1014 101/ 101% 4 20 Do. Fourth do.
' See the the general reader, as it is already extensively cir- At the public sales of foreign and colonial wool, 124 Do. Eighths - -
Stock London& South-Westn lOO 92 93
I. As for enlated ;we need only congratulate the holyday Stock:Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - ....
g, we are seeker who can escape from the toil and turmoil of which commenced yesterday, being the second 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - iNewßrunswick&Canda.
;per ; and series for the present year, there was a full attend- , 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 11 12 20 i, Ry.&Land(Lim.)g-.6pc all 5 7
the metropolis to the sea shore or the forest trees, Stock Man., Shef., A Lincoln lOO 42 424 ' Class ACapithShare..
many an
' warbler' and loiter away this charming May weather with ance of both home and foreign buyers. The bid- 50 Maryport and Carlisle . all .- - .. Do. do. Land d 0...
124 Do. do. }Shares all - -
.. Do. do. Land d 0...
20 'Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 all 5 7
relighted. so pleasant a companion as this little volume-a dings for the various qualities were moderately'
- 10 Metropolitan
the ' fee- volume of such racy, genial, and original prose, active, and except for the finer descriptions of Stock Midland lOO 1174 1171 1174 1 1 20 Oude (Limited) - -
Christmas that it is well worthy of a place beside the author's Sydney and Port Phillips a decline of *d. to id. per Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.; 100 94 96 Stock Scinde ej .4 100 103 100%, 1004
and gay, world-famed volume of poetry. 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 20 Do. New r, c, ! all Id Id'
down the lb, took place, compared with those current at the N ili,akehnatres all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .. g 9 ! 5 1 1 d
all - - Stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. 55;1 100 94 95
Pockets,' . previous sales. The quantity to be offered at these to Do. (Cray Line) all - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
as inepir- 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 10 Trinida.d(Limited)Berip 1 4 iit t
aur foolish terms amounts to about 50,000 bales, the greater 25 New Aber., & Heref'd7 all 104 114
The adoption by the Neapolitan Government of
a ' Robin'slo Newry & Armagh (clef.) 9 7 6d' FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
the telegraphic arrangements agreed to ac Berne has led to portion and
of which is from Victoria Adelaide,
amy dim- 20 Newry Warpt., &1805 all - - - ---- - - - ---...- -_ ___-
y blaze of a great improvement in the telegraphic service from Malta with a few parcels from Sydney and the Cape of Stock Norfolic lOO 54 56 544 le Antwerp & Rotterdam! all 44 44 44
via Sicily. During the last fewdays several messages have 50 North. Counties Union 34 81 a d 20 Ardennes all - - p
dwe have Good Hope. Some addition, however, will no Stock North British lOO 614 614 611 20 BalL&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e. 7 4 Id 64 1
been received in London within a few hours of their de-
ivering in Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - - 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
spatch:from Malta. doubt be made previous to the conclusion of the
mournful Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no dee. 26 Beziers to Graissessae.. all -
itties, and The telegraphic accounts from Bombay reach to sales, which are fixed for the 29th inst: until 6p.o.hasbeenpdß 100 - -
Stock Do B Stock
7 more are the 11th of April, and show a favourable movement of )per 100 - - 6 'Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 21
Very little alteration has taken place to-day in Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 96 964 964 6 4 100 Copi aim - -
;limpaes of cent, in the rate of exchange, the quotation being 2s.d 10 Ditto Extension
ae children 15-16 d. A rise of li per cent. is announced in the Rupee the market for public securities, the dealings not 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purohase 1613 4 11 II d
Stock Do. Leeds lOO 49 494 494 f 20 .Dutch Rhenish
rof Apollo Five per Cents., and of 2% in the Five-and-a-Half per haring been of a character to produce any move- Stack Do. York lOO 80 804 801 180 20 'Eastern of France ...... all 25 26
1
1' and how Cents., the respeceive quotations being 99 and 105%. Stock North London lOO 106 108 20 Grand' Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 - -
.1 ment of importance. Consols are 95,1- -7,- for money 20 North Staffordshire. ..• 174 31 34 d 20 Do. do. .... all - -
. most ani- THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF EN G- 20 ,Great Central et France all - -
• steps al- LAND.-At a of the council of this society, held on and the 9th instant, and 951 fl, for the June settle- 10 No. & sou. W. Junction all 91 9.1
20 'Great
Luxem., Com shs.. all 61 7
so often bymeeting all - - 20 Italian Junction ....... all - -
Wednesday last, it was agreed to hold the annual meeting ment. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are 10 Peebles
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 43 45 444 4 4
the ridicu- 20 Portsmouth - -
of the society at Leeds in 1861. There were applications
.•;11 of Igno-flat. at 931 1. India New Loan is steady, at 104 .1; to Rhymney all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout_ all - -
from the following- places besides leeds-York, Doncas- • 100 115 117 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 14 2 p 111
as the ad- ter, Hull, Wakefield, and Harrogate. The council decided ditto 51- per Cents., Enfaced Paper, is firm at 104 4. ' Stock Scott,. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 351 364 36 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - -
A slide and by a large majority in favour of Leeds. a . Stock Scottish Central
and the Debentures are 961 i 971. Exchequer Bills Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 88 90 331 Maria Antonia all - -
1 `music in Stock Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 Do. do. New - -
ting nigher We understand that the Mediterranean Exten- are heavy, at 6s. to 9s. prem. to ISittinzbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d 20 Namur and Liege all 8 84
sion Telegraph Company propose repairing their damaged Stock ;South Devon lOO 42 44 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. .. .. all 19 191 194
these 'old cable between Malta and Corfu about July next. The die. Stock i South-Eastern lOO 874 88 874 64 16 Northern of France.... all 384 39 :391
into chuck- Continued activity is reported in the Foreign
tance between these two points is 300 miles, and the frac- Stock Market, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Stock South Wales - - p
attempt to ture is situate about 24 miles from Corfu. The cable Cents. are 763-, to 77.1 ;ditto New, 61% to 621 ; Peru- Stock 'SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 100 77 80 10 Norweeian Trunk Pref all 8 9
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok., all 6 8 20 Paris,l.yons, and Medit all 37 874
or a ballad ceased working in August last, and has not been in use 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 394 404 40 20 Paris and Orleans . all 53 65
. ... ,
10 I Recife& S. Fran. (Peru. l3 14 11d
to be into.- since. The company naturally wish to avoid expense, and vian 4%- per Cents. have improved to 921, Spanish; 25 Do. do.
and ancient to wait for the setting in of favourable weather in the Me- 9 81 94 p
Deferred to 381 I, Russian 41 per Cents. to 971 981 - Stockton & llartlepool 161 -
Stock Taff Vale too - - gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ...
' uppermost diterranean. The operations will be conducted by Messrs.
ditto 5 per Cents. are flat at 108, Mexican at 214' 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 10 - -
Ito genera- Newell and Co. Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - -
The Scotsman mentions the failure of the legal 221 •; Sardinian are 851 86, and Portuguese 451 1-. ii 22 -25 ThamesHavenDk&Ra - 20 :Royal Danish all 13 15
50 Ulster - -
rey stone or firm of J. and A. Blaikie, of Aberdeen, and the flight of the The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2% 3 25 Do. 2O 24 34 p 4 !Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - -
iarted loved senior partner. The deficiencies, which are rumoured to 12 10 Do. ll 4d 4 p 20 Sambre and Meuse.-- all 51 6
ly shadowed have occurred under circumstances of the gravest kind, are prem. ; the Universal ditto, a _,7_, prem. Stock Vale of Neath lOO 58 60 10 IDe. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 81 BX-
the pang of stated at £200,000 or £300,000, and it is feared that many There has been more activity in the Railway 10 (Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 20 San Paulo (lim.) g. 7.p. c. 2 4 4si
until a ray families will suffer. StockWaterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Southern of France .... all 20 21
Share Market to-day, and prices have shown a so (Waterford & Limerick all - - 81 West Flanders all 14 61 a
we con over THE LATE SIR HENRY HAVELOCK.--Early in the2o West Cornwall
Is and philo- further improvement. Caledonian, Brighton,
autumn a monument in honour of the Indian hero, Have- - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 22 23
1 bring back lock, will be publicly inaugurated at Sunderland. His North-Western, and North British have advanced 10 Do. Ist Class - - 20 Western of Austria .... 6 -
among the 20 Do. 2d Class - 20 Western of Switzerland all - -
Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief will be
Lore is none 5s ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and Great 121 'Worcester & Hereford 11/ 3 2 d 6 Wiesbaden -
invited on the occasion, and hopes are entertained that ' 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all -
to listen to, Northern, 10s. •; and the A Stock, 10s. to 15s. ;
Lord Clyde will also be present. 20 Zealand. - all - ,
will spring PREFERENCE SHARES.
ire the self- EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN.-A shock of earth- Bristol and Exeter, and London and Black wall,
Closing Business
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
,) to please quake was felt on the 26th ult., at Albacete, in Valenta, 15s, Great Western, Oxford, Worcester, and Share! Railways. Paid.i
her place is which lasted three seconds. The Madrid journal says that I Price. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July j 100 114 116 -
Wolverhampton, have declined 55.; and South-stone to the it was violent, and acccmpanied by a subterranean noise, - Do. 6 p.e.Fb.&Aug. ' 100 109 111
a on, and but that it did no injury. Easterns, £l. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112
e. pref. (issued at £5O all - - - Do. 6 per cent. 1878 100 - -
ements from CASUALTIES IN LONDON.-A return was issued In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has not i Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stoo 100 96 98 - Do. 6 percent. 1879 100 - -
e happiness, yesterday by Sir R. Mayne, to an order of the House of2o Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 10C - -
faith. Theactivity; prey'
been much 'ma rates have been fairly took Caledon 210, 44 per cent 100 100 102 - Do. do. Scrip.. .. 26 - -
Lords, of the number of persons killed or injured by car-
used to sing 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all - -
riages within the metropolitan police district from January supported.- N. B. G 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1074 1081
6% Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
Irfectly as it 1, 1858, to March 1, 1860. In 1858 the number run over 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. - - 201
led and ex- Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con- - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 too
and killed was 45; of maimed and otherwise injured, 665. In
6% Dun. Pertle& Aber.Jun. all 54 6
own hair is 1859 51 were killed, and 682 injured. In 1860 (2 months) tinned in fair request. Oriental Bank improved Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1870 100 991 1004
Do.sp.een.lBBB and up 100 1991 1004 100 4
mapect, as the 8 have been killed, and 110 injured. About two-thirds of about 55., and London and Westminster ss. Union Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc I 100 110 113 113 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St.
y. Oh, ' old Stock Do. do. Class C 7 ••• •1
100 108 11+ - Deb. redeernable,lB7s 100 011 1084
these cases were not witnessed by the police themselves, of Po_,•
Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p at. NO.II 100 110 112
London have declined about ss. Peninsular and
id when they- Deb.
100 10 112
but the particulars were obtained at the time from other Stock Do. do
100 80 82
us earth, will-- Viet•Gov.6p.e.Jan&July 100 - -
ad of finding persons. In a great number of cases of those maimed, &c., Oriental Steam are steady at 80, and Madras Irri- Stock Do. New 6 per et. StockN°.2l 1000
1084
11012
Stock Eastern Union. 4 per et. - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 107 108 1071 7 4
the injuries were slight. gation have advanced to ss.
Stockiltoek
EaDino..&s
100 110 112
' Black-eyed.
THE ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL.-Down to
Gpelars. MISCELLAIIEOUS.
ct our feet in Tuesday evening the Newcastle police had not got on to
M'Leod' or the track of Walter Scott Douglas, the Jack Sheppard of BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock Do. 4p c gua &D I 100 90 02
cent,spo war..' 100 -
10 iAnglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 15 16
r the man or Stock' Mir • • •S.
D.
.Perth,& Dun. 4 pe,, 100 754 764 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited). 1 all - -
the north, who escaped from the gaol of that town a second 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93% I I Stock Furness, 5 per cent ... 1 100 - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 314 321 32 14
A . proprieties time on Sunday morning. There is no doubt but that he 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
L their souls, has made off to the wilds of Northumberland-a direction he N,w 3 Cent. Annuities - -
per..
was seen to take on leaving Newcastle. The magistrates Anns. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 ... - Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pne 100 110 112 50 Brit. & IrishMag.Tel.A., all 37 39
sif it had have held an investigation into the circumstances of the Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 17 5-16 Stock Do. 41 p. e. do. do. llOOO 103 105 105 4 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862..' all 20 22
100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm I B5 87 20 Do. C 1 all 144 161
over some escape, and the under-governor (Mr. Wood) and the war- In lie Stock - 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pt.l all 100 Canada Land I 324 120 125
der who had charge of Douglas have been suspended. Ditto 5 per Cent.
Stock , 100 96 98
A LORD-LIEUTENANT AT THE TARGET.-A very Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent - Ip. ct. pref. Stock ..., Stock Cop.MheofEng.&Smltgi all 25 30
has an cape- appropriate instance of the application and assiduity of the Ditto 51 per Cent.
tools, in the Heats) Ext. 5 p.et.... 6 - - Stock Crystal Palace.
Earl Ducie, lord-lieutenant of the county, in carrying out itto Debentures, 1858 -
eads, and so Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 pet. 100 98 100 6 Do, Preference al 99 101 -1 100 9e
all that comes under his official observation. was, strikingly_, Ditto. 1859 96i ii
lee penalty of *Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 1 100 88 90 Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb. 100 103 106 104
illustrated on 'Wednesday afternoon last, when the noble Consols for Account (May 9)
stance. She
lord, having presided over a meeting for the formation of a Exchequer ))ills, £l,OOO, 15d 6 9 Stock Do. sp. cf. Redeem.Pree I 100 102, 103 25 Do. New ll5 1 it%
t the articles '.
Book-hawking Association, held at the Literary and Philo. Ditto £5OO lO 6 8 Do. 13irm. Prot. Shares' all 9/ 104 5 ,English & Aust. Copper all 23 24 21 1
• snatch at a sophical Institution, accompanied by several officers of the 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh.! all 17 18 15 :Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - -
iation of her FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref.. „ , all 10 10% 1 !Great Ship (Limited)., all 1 I 4
local rifle volunteer corps, paid a visit to the practice ground
rable mental Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. - -
at Southern. His lordship, during his stay on the ground, B _ ~, 1
breading her. azilian 0 per Cent.
tried his aim at the target, and "proved himself so good' a . ee ,134 Do. do. do
ad when she Ditto 41 per cent. 1802; ...
marksman as, three or four times in succession, to hit the 20 Do. do. do.
ask for:her, itDitto, 1858 91%
bull's-eye," an example to all volunteers who are aspiring Steck; Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 138 140 137 20 Madras Ire. and Canal 1 1 31 4 5
on, ' that the Mexican 3 per Cent. - Stock IDo.Barnsl.St.£s 3810dpe 100 - - 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg. all ' - -
to distincton with the rifle.-Cheltenham Examiner.
7 'differently Ditto Account - - 10 !Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4
DEATH BY FIRE.-A woman named Catherine ~, • 4%
uvian per Cent - Stock L on. & Bri g.spc. gu. No.l 100 116 118 25 'National Discount Co_ 5 1 4 d
ets strangers Richardson, residing at 16, Webber-row, Blackfriars-road, Ditto Account - -
Minuet de la yesterday met with her death under the following painful Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
m the acting circumstances :-At about 11 o'cioek in the morning the Russian, 1822, £St 5 p C t., er en
Stock Do. Do. 44 per cent lOO 101 103 100 ,N.BratNovaSootiaLand 80 110 15
1' IN.B.Australaslan(Lim.), all i I 4 4
almy time of - neighbours were alarmed by screams proceeding from the Ditto 45 per Cent
ly, under the house. They immediately ran to give assistance, and found Sardinian, 5 per Cent - Stock Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. 100 154 157 1 IDo. New Shares lsa. 14 par
to see' Isa- the poor woman completely enveloped in flames. They sue- Pitt° Account - -
much in her ceeded, however, with blankets er other available means, Spanish 3 per Cent - Stock D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) 100 68 70 10 Ditto B 6 -- -
Light she felt in extinguishing the flames, but sot before the woman was Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. - 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 21 22 10 Ditto C 2s. -ee ---
Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- Stock Peel River Laud & Min lOO 48 50 48
poured with fearfully burnt. Mr. S. W. Smith, surgeon, 111, Black- Ditto Account
friars-road, was immediately on the spot, and rendered all Curkish 6 per Cent - Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, 100 1514 1574 50 Do. New l5 134 141
the assistance in his power, but without avail. An inquest SI
, and atrenu- Ditto Account - - 20 Red Sea , Ind. Telegr. • 174 1 d 4 p
to stop with was shortly after held, when from the evidence it appeared Ditto New Loan
that the clothes of the deceased caught fire while she was Stock aran„Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 125 127 15 Do. New
very strange Ditto Account
sitting asleep. A verdict of " Accidental death" was re- 8 Do. E 6 4% 1 4p 5 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51
actable stage- V euezuel 3 an per Centturned. .. - Stock Do. 34 per cent.
o do ; and on Littoill per Cent.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.-A Parliamentary 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 1 1 p 25 South Australian Land.' all 35 36
.by ' express Dividends on the above payable in London. 12% Waryport & Car., 4 p.c. i all - - 1 Submarine Tel Scrip. all 1 4
return, issued yesterday, shows that 18 superintendents of
1 `not to talk 124 Do. 44 per cent... .1 all - _ 1 ,Do. do Registered all
metropolitan police and 175 inspectors have been promoted TWO O'CLOCK. Stock Ilici. Con. 6Stock.! 100 - -
p. C. 2O 1Tr..1; 1.n.C0.0f Upr. Can. 5 -
Console, Money
to their present situations from the force; 21 inspectors9sl 1 Stock IDo.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct.l 100 138 140 100 ;Van Diemen's Land .. 291 [lO 11
y appears as Ditto Account
have been in the army and 4in the navy; 18 superinten- Stock 'Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. i 100 101 103
tutted, ringed Ditto June
954 i
6 IDo. with option till 18601 3 4 14 p
itches of her dents and 145 inspectors have been appointed without hay-
. The domes- in previously been in the public service, civil or military, Stook ,Do. Lei°. & Hit.pref. st.] 100 94 96 BRITISH MINES.
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THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—A Parliamentary
return, issued yesterday, shows that 18 superintendents of
metropolitan police and 175 inspectors have been promoted
to their present situations from the force; 21 inspectors
have been in the army and 4 in the navy ; 18 superinten-
dents and 145 inspectors have been appointed without hav-
ing previously been in the public service, civil or military,
all having joined the police as constables. The number of
police constables reported by sergeants or acting sergeants,
was 2,863 in 1857 ; 2,578 in 1858 ; and 2,456 in 1859. In
1857 1,318 entered the force, 257 were dismissed, and 769
retired (resigned). In 1858 the number who entered was
1,040, the number dismissed 299, and the number who re-
tired 654. Last year 898 entered the force, 213 were dis-
missed, and 800 :retired. Of those who resigned during
these years, 503 have received pensions, and 143 gratuities;
A large proportion of the remainder who resigned, as well as
those who were dismissed, were men who had been but a
short time in the force.

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ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN FRANCE.—The excava-
tions which are being made at the bathing establishment
at Aix, on the site occupied in the time of the Romans by
the baths of Sextius, have brought to light a fragment of
antiquity calculated to excite the curiosity of archaeologists.
It is in Carrara marble 201 inches high, by 111 wide, and
has evidently been detached from a monument of much
larger dimensions. The side best preserved represents a
river nymph crowned with reeds, and holding a palm
branch in her hand. She is reclining in a majestic attitude,
and leaning on an urn from which water is flowing. On
the other side is to be seen, but in a very dilapidated
state, a figure with the tail of a fish, and intended to re-
present a Triton or marine deity. The arm and hand,
which are extended, are in better preservation than the
other part. There were found near this fragment a Corin-
thian capital, in stone, but in bad condition; also, some
remnants of common earthenware.

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

tmsnoN, May 4.—Wind this day at noon, North-
East ; light breoze and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind N.N.E. to S.—Arrived.
—Einespie, from Batavia for Amsterdam.
NEWPORT, May 3.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Portland,
for Singapore.
CARDIFF, May 3.—Wind E.—Sailed—Kortsea, for
Singapore; Charles, for Calcutta; Margaretta, for Bahia;
John Henry, for Cuba.

OEF DOVER, May 3.—Arrived—Monarch, from Mel-
bourne.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—The public will recollect
that there appeared a few weeks ago the particulars of a
very singular accident that took place at the Falcon
drawing-dock, Southwark, when a horse and cart be-
longing to a carman named Chamberlayne, together with
the driver, that was about to make a load of bricks from
a barge, by some means got swept into the river, and
for more than a fortnight no trace of either horse, cart,
or man was discovered. The two former were found, after
a considerable time had elapsed, floating in the river below
London bridge, both the wheels of the cart being missing.
Search was made for the body of the unfortunate driver,
but without any effect until two or three days ago, when it
was found not far from the spot where the horse and cart
had previously been discovered. It was, of course, very
/lunch decomposed, from the long period it had been in the
water, but it was clearly identified by the clothes and other
particulars as that of the unfortunate man who was drowned
under flu circumstances narrated. An inquest was held,
when the above facts were put in evidence, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental Death."

RAMSGATE, May 3.—The Omnibus, of Aberdeen, from
Antwerp to Gibraltar, assisted in leaky, off the Goodwin
Sands, has discharged all her cargo.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.

Wind S.W.
Arrived, May 4—Magdalena, steamer, from Rio de
Janeiro.

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THE MILITIA. —Now that the militia are about to
be called out for the annual training it will be of interest to
observe what was their strength at the last training, and it
is stated in a parliamentary return. On that occasion the
numbers of the disembodied militia in attendance were
44,340; the absentees were no less than 30,557. Let us
hope that it will be otherwise this year. The regiments are
to be called out simultaneously. It is curious to observe a
difference in the rettitns of the three kingdoms. In Scotland
the absentees, though numerous enough, were not half so
many as the number in attendance ; in England the absen-
tees were equal to two-thirds of the number who presented
themselves ; in Ireland the absentees would really have
made almost as large an army as those who were present,
for 9,037 attended and 7,937 were absent. Of the embodied
militia the effective strength at present is 23,735 ; the num.
ber wanting to complete the force up to its nominal strength
is 8,831.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about at par, and the short exchange on London is
25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price
in London and Paris. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on
London is 13.31 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore at about the same
price in Hamburg as in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is
about 1081 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint
proportions between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is slightly against England ; and, after making
allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission
of gold between the two countries.

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(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind E., very light; tide, two hours' flood; weather
very fine.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Wind, N.E. by N.; moderate.

FOREIGN VAIL PACKET LIST.

124
Stock
Stock
Stock
6
Stock
10 f
10

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Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

switched
mails.

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10
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
Stock

Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
Do.Barnel.StXs 3810dpc
Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) ..
Lon.&Brig.spc.gu No.l
Do. , 5 p. o No. 2
Do. (rua., 6 p. ct.
no. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
Do. Do. 44 per cent
Do. do. 44 per c. shares
Do. 7 per eent. Pref. St.
D 0.6 p.c. do.(W. E. &C.P.)
D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.tir 65),
Lond. Chat. and Dover
Lon . & N. W.Cov. &Nun-1
eaton, 5 p. ct.
Lon.&S. W, 7 p.cf. stock,
Londondy & Cole, .4 shs.
Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh.
& Lin., 6 p. ct.
Do. £6
Do. 25 Der cent.
Do. redeem. 6 per cent
Waryport & Car., 4 p.c.!
Do. 4a per cent. j
srid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 1
Do. Con. Brie.&Bir.6p.Ot.
I Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock
I Do. with option till 1860
,Do. Lei°. & Lfit.pref. st.
Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s
p. c. redeem, at 5 p. a. a rn
Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with
option till 1866
Do., till 1869, lst is
Do. do., Id is.
Nerfik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4e
no. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
00.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847
North British, 5 per cent
Do. New, vita. 5 percent
Do, Bor. TJn. g. pf. shs.
Do. do. do.

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Stock

Stock
Stock
10s.

1.0.6.

Nth. Dev. R ail. &
'N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c.
Do. Berwick, 4 p. o. Pref.
Do. do. do.
Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters,lB4B'
Do. York, H. & S. Purch
North Staffordshire
ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g
Do. Redeem., 2d rola.
Do. Irredeem., 2,1 gua.
ißhymney Guaranteed.
Scottish Central, new pi
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138 140
101 103
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100
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all

Share Closing Business
Mines. Paid. prioe.. Done.
Alfred Consols (Philack)P 2.11.10 24 31
20 British Iron
Clifford 2BO 290 295 90 21
= Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450
Nast Bassett (Mogan) 3O 85 90
*Etat earadost
--, E. WI Rusxl (Tavistk.), 7.4.0 111 124
Gam. StSt.Aubyn(Gwen.). 541 39 41
Great South Tolgus l7s 141 144
G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack.) 12.8.9 1/ 21
—G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 • • •
Grenville
fierod's-foot 8.12.0 30 31
Hingston Downs 4.7.0 4 4}
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9l 42 45
North Downs
North France s (Illogan) 11 31 41
N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) 5 44 54
North Wheal Crofty. 7.9.4 8 9
10 Par Consols (St. Mazy). 11 121 131
Providence (Uny Leliet) 10.6.7 45 47
Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s .1
'SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 1/ 300 310
south C. Brea( Mogan) 3 21 24
1 S. Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 11 14
S-WhealFran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 145 155
Stray Park 20.18.0 50 521 47
5 Tamar Silver and Lead
Mining Co 4l 24 34
10 Tin Croft 9 4t 4
Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 1
West Basset (Illogan) 24 20 11
W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 87 89
West Seton
Wheal Basset Illog.an). 56 145 155
Wheal Buller (t edruth) 5 874 926
Wheal Edward (Cals.). 64 14 14
Wheal Kitty(U. Lelal 1.7.2 16 17
- Wh'l Mary Ann (Mcalie 8 204 216
- WWI Trelawney (Lick. ' 51 29 31

3i per c. pref. stock....
Do.Aberdeen.gma.6pc.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 44 percent.
South Eastern (Reading;
Ann., 1.0 )

90 C 2
95 97
lt Id

Do .4 per cent
Do. Fixed 4i p.a. Ist is
South Wales, gua. 4 p.c
Do. 4i per cent
S.-Yorkshire, 4 plc. gua
Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e
Do. B 6 per cent
Do. C 6 per cent
Watrfd &lc Kilkny, 6p.0

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100
100
100
all
all

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

Leasing IClosing' Business _
FOREIGN MINES
•Railways. Paid. I Co.'s. Price. Done. v.) A.ustralian 74 4
1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 153 4 d par
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W .. . 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 275
Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln& N.W 98 SS 20 I Do.St.Johndclßey,Lim. all 235 24 24
Chester & Ilolyhead.. 100 Do. 5l 314 5 Do. Land and 31iningeo. all
Do. do. 55 p. ct...... 100 Do.
Do. do. sp. et.
46
ClydesdaleJunetion.. 100 Caledonin!to3 105 cepiapo
Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.StE C. 16 17 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.o is 11 13
o ail i
E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 100 Gt.North.!l39 141 2 Fortuna
ustr 1 5 d it p
Do. Woodbridge . 1 100 1
Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc.t.., 100 Caledonin' 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Al 5 Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 15 25 1
Do. New lOO !Do. — es
Gloster& Dean Forest! all Gt. West. s 3 Linaritan all 105 115
ian
Hartlpool.Dck.&Rall., all Yk.N.&P,r, —_ ' 5 Lu
1 Mariquit 4, all 5 4
Hull and Selby 1 all !Yk.N.Md 110 112
'1 1 N RbilleCop.of S.Aus.L 10s. 5 d p
Do. 5 Shares ! all Do.! , ..... ,—2) PoutgibauaSilver, Lead
Do. 5 Shares all !Do. 1
I Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6
Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c.' 100 iLn&NIW 207 210 5 Port Philip ..... . 1 4 1
London&Greenwich . 100 IS. East... 63 65 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... lOs 5 d par
Do. Preference . 100 ,Do.
I 110.2.81 United Mexican ........ all 1 2
Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 !Pet° &Co.! 94 97 1 Worthingi (Limited).... all I Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 ;Norfolk ~
Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk., all ILN W&M, 2; 31
Mid. Bradford Prefer-'
I I JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
1
ence Stock 100 !Midland 95 97 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk, 50 75 77
Newmarkt.,ll., o 1 .
-ix i 5. 5. 6.4lCounts 1 4 /
a P 40 ,Australasia all 71 73 71111
guarantee( t., C. 1
25 Bank of Egypt all 215 224
Northn.& E. ~... 5 p.e all !Do.
100 Bank of London 5O 51. 53
Do. do. 6p eat— all Do. 1 _ ...
Do. Fixed Sper cent! all Do.
50 British North American all
North Western 1 all 31.idlacid .. 145 15
W 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c all 194 205
& L.yk.
L& N
Preston and Wyse, 1 all , 25 Ch.3ler.of In. Lon.&Ch all 31 33
! 100 !City
Do. 4 Shares A. all Do.
Roystn Ilitch.,& Sher)! 100 Gt.North.ll-35 1-37 , 100 Colonial I 25 37 38 :374 7
Shrewsbry& la 20.11 !Corn. Bank of Canada all
Do. Do. 1 1 ereford 100 IT Brassay 101 103 100 Commercial of London 20 19 21
! •• • • ii p 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch, all 17 174
South Staffordshire ..! all MtClean . 101 11 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 !Gt. West 91 93 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 225 23 225
Wimbledon& Croydn. all IL.&Brotxt 75 85 5O London and County 2O 35 i
DOCKS. 50 London Joint Stook .• • 10
100 London & Wes,toninster. 20
Share Dooks. I Paid Closing Business 100 Nat. Prov. of England. Bto
20 Do. neVi lO •-••••.-
; Prioe. Done.
50 National Bank ...., 25
..... _
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20 New South WaleS
Stook.; Co
4 poi-Cent •Pref . Min lOO —. 20 Ottenan7. ;Sank all; 175 184 184 4
StockEttst and West India.., 100
100 P7ovincial of Ireland
Stock !!1., on don
StoekiSouthampton NO .... 25 'Union of Australia all
10 I Victoria . 100 100 103 ....' ... •-t «........ 50 Union of London l2 —...-; 254 6
Do Now ..‘4,ov4imeige! 2 ... 100 ithalty Dltitual .00.
.....

111E7 :SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY gEVENING, ,MAY 4, 1860.