The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 27.
Exchange on London, 50/ ; wet salted hides,
32 for 60 ; wool, 47 to 87 ; tallow, 14 ; sugar, 19.

LITERATURE.

Lady Lisle. By M. E. Braddon. One Vol. Pp.
358. Ward, Lock, and Tyler.

Another—the tenth—volume has, here, been added
to the handsome Library Edition of Miss Braddon's
Romances. Already that one-volumed issue of her
popular fictions makes a goodly row upon our book-
shelves. Yet, even now, the series is still incom-
plete. We don't imply, of course, when saying
this, any reference merely to the fair prospect Miss
Braddon's admirers (and Mudie, for one, could tell
how numerous they are) have before them, in the
remembrance that she is still in the early summer of
her life, and to all appearance, judging from her
current serial tale in Belgravia, " Birth of Prey,"
in the fullness of her powers and just in mid career
as a delightful raconteur. Our allusion in saying, as
we have just now done, that even yet this uniform
Aeries of her works in a Library Edition, voluminous
though it has already become, remains incomplete,
has reference solely to those novels or romances
which she has already, with her facile hand, currente
calamo, produced and actually completed. It is
worth remembering, too—so industriously employed
has Miss Braddon been since first she began to evi-
dence her capabilities as a novelist or romancist
that already she has penned with her own hand,
swiftly and apparently without an effort, thirteen
of these more or less elaborate works of fiction.
Numbering them up—as three volume novels—
here are a set of works representing
as many as thirty-nine octavo volumes altogether
And this cannot but appear all the more remark-
able when, on turning to Routledge's Biographical
Dictionary, descriptive of eminent living characters
of both sexes, we find among the few facts therein
recorded at page 99, in regard to Miss Mary Eliza-
beth Braddon, that she was born in Soho-square,
in 1837. So that—authoress though she is already
of as many as thirteen elaborately constructed
works of fiction, representing as a mere set of books
as many as nine-and-thirty volumes octavo—our
novelist, after all, is only now in her thirtieth year.
Seven years ago she brought out (this was at the
Strand Theatre, by the way, in the March of 1860)
a comedietta, entitled "Love in Arcadia." The year
after that, in the January of 1861, she brought out
" Garibaldi and other Poems"—just as two or three
years before that she had taken sundry flights in the
Poet's Corner of one or two of the provincial news-
papers. Otherwise, her literary energies have been
exclusively devoted to the cultivation of her un-
questionably great and sometimes brilliant powers
as a prose story-teller. How energetically she
has been cultivating those powers—as has been
evidenced by the mere amount of work actually
accomplished within an interval of eight or
ten years, at the most—we have but just now
indicated. If we remember rightly, it was
in a charming little serial, edited by Dr.
Charles Mackay, a little twopenny weekly entitled
Robin Goodfellow, that Miss Braddon made her first
hit, that she first attained anything at all like popu-
larity or reputation. Tho success thus achieved
was won for her by the issuing there and then
from the press of " Lady Audley's Secret."
Prior to that the authoress of " Lady Audley,"
and of Lady Audley's now numerous successors,
had written, unnoticed by the public at large,
novels that, now that her name has become famous,
her publishers have induced her to revise with her
own hand—whenever her better judgment tells her
that such revision would be advisable—the precursors
of her popularity, the avant couriers of her reputation.
Such was thereprint in a collected form, revised, and
partly re-written, of the last volume added to this
Library Edition of Miss Braddon's Novels, a reprint
already commented upon in these columns, namely,
that of an early story of her's, if not indeed the earliest
of all her stories, entitled " The Trail of the Serpent."
Such, again, is the new volume here submitted to
our consideration—her romance of " Lady Lisle."
Two others of these reprints have still to follow—
" Ralph the Bailiff," and " The Captain of the
Vulture." And then—with the reissue in this
popular form of one of her very latest fictions,
" The Lady's Mile," not yet added to the
Library Edition—we presume that the whole
of the already very ample series of fictions
produced by Miss Braddon at so early an
age and with such astonishing rapidity, will have
been fairly completed. When it has been remarked
that the earlier works of Miss Braddon which
are being thus reprinted in volumes uniform with
her more well known romances have been revised
by her, and even here and there in parts re-written,
it must not in any way be imagined that the dis-
tinctive character of each as an earlier production
from an artist hand that has since then won great
cunning to itself by practice, or in other words by
experience, is in any way obliterated. It is not so.
The work of art, such as it is, is there in its integrity.
More crude in its colouring. F aulty in drawing it may
be distorted in foreshortening—in error in perspec-
tive. But none the less interesting—to our notion
far more interesting—on that very account, are these
earlier sketches ; sometimes, as it were, mere
sketches in sepia, or neutral tints, though often bril-
liantly coloured here and there, in Epite of the
obvious immaturity of the artist's powers at the
period of their original production. Always devoting
her very first attention as a novelist to the con-
struction of an interesting plot, Miss Braddon has
here, in "Lady Lisle," given precocious evidence of
her extraordinary skill in that direction. The
reader's curiosity is awakened at the very outset.
Incident follows incident with rapid succession.
There is a mystery hinted at almost at starting, and
that mystery, bewildering enough from the
very commencement, becomes rapidly more and
more inscrutable. Yet, tangled though the
thread of the narrative is with surprising in-
genuity, the skill with which it is eventually un-
ravelled is yet more remarkable by far. The scene
opens—as it closes—at Lislewood Park, in Sussex.
Claribel is the heroine. Major Granville Varney
is the evil genius of the book—the low villain or
ruffian, half accomplice, half tool of the Major, being
one Gilbert Arnold, first of all a poacher, afterwards
the low-browed ranter at a little Bethel. As to
Captain Arthur Walsingham, who marries the
widow of Sir Rupert, he contrives somehow be-
fore the tale is quite told out to win upon the
reader's sympathies in spite of all his many
and wholly undeniable shortcomings. Lightly
pencilled though the entire sketch is, it is
not unworthy of taking its place among the
more vigorously wrought out productions from the
hand of the same rapid and industrious artist—the
hand that has since then revealed to us the lime-
walk at Audley Court, the daring designs of
Henry Dunbar, the favourite haunts of Aurora
Floyd, and all those other varied scenes and people
she has, during these last ten years, been rapidly
conjuring into seeming life by the force of her
creative imagination.

IMPORTANT DECISION.—LIABILITY OF RAIL-
ROADS FOR LOST LUGGAGE. - Dorothea Raw-
son, a married woman, brought suit in a New York
court against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
recently for her luggage, wearing apparel, and jewel-
lery for ordinary wear, valued at over $3,000, lost on
the train of the defendants, on which she was a pas-
senger, through a collision. The jury gave her a
verdict for the full amount claimed, and the de-
fendants appealed. The opinion of the general
term, delivered by Mr. Justice Clarke, decides that
a wife's wearing apparel, the gift of her husband, is
hers in law so far as to enable her to maintain
suit for it, and that a railroad company is liable for
a passenger's luggage as a common carrier, unless
there is a positive waiver by contract of his right
by the passenger, and that this contract cannot
arise by any notice printed on the ticket or other-
wise. It further decides that what is reasonable
baggage is a question dependent on the circum-
stances of each case, to be decided by the jury on
the evidence.

The following items will give Queen Emma an
idea of what her visit cost Uncle Sam :—The bill of
Willard's Hotel for Queen Emma and her suite of
ton or twelve persons, from the 13th to the 22d of
last August, was $1,867. The department paid
this and a livery bill of $255, and other hills to the
amount of $233 on account of her visit.

4,10
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Cal/Tat

HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 28.

•
The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Prin-
cess Louise, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Christian, arrived at Windsor Castle at a
quarter before 7 o'clock last evening from Bucking-
ham Palace.

The Duchess of Roxburghe, Lord Charles Fitz-
roy, and Colonel the lion. D. de Ros were in at-
tendance.

Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess
Beatrice walked and rode on ponies in the grounds
this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian went out walking. Her Royal Highness
Princess Louise also walked out.

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold took a drive,
attended by Mr. Legg.
Lord Bagot has succeeded Viscount Hawarden as
Lord in Waiting to the Queen, not Viscount
Hamilton, as erroneously stated in the Court Cir-
cular of the 27th.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, Feb. 28.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has
recovered from all ordinary events of confinement.
The general disturbance from the acute rheumatism
has ceased, and the local affection, limited to the
right knee, is less severe.
The infant Princess continues well.
No bulletin will be issued for some days.
(Signed) ARTHUR FARRE, M.D.
JAMES PAGET.
WILLIAM JENNER, M.D.
E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Viscount Hamilton, General Knollys, and Major
Teesdale, presided yesterday at a meeting held at
the Mansion House in aid of the funds of the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution.
His Royal Highness was afterwards entertained
at luncheon by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress.

TIL:LN E Y 21 ARKET

A ND

COMMEROIRL INTELLIGrENkIG,

TWELVB O'CLOCK.

With the favourable returns issued from the
Bank of England and the Bank of France, the
general discount market continues easy, and the
rates are still as low as 2:1 per cent.
No gold operations of public interest took place
at the Bank yesterday.

The Tasmanian has arrived from the West
Indies with specie amounting to about £673,000,
and the Arago from New York has brought nearly
£40,000.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
a remittance from the Custom-house of Santa
Martha, for account of the New Granada dividends
of £2,000. The amount by this mail would have
been larger, but for the impossibility of obtaining
bills either at Santa Martha or Baranquitta.

The list of applications to the issue of 4,000,000
florins of obligations by the Dutch-Indian Railway
Company closed yesterday evening, and the applica-
tions received exceed the total amount. The price
in the Stock Exchange closed at a premium, with
a moderate amount of transactions.

The Bank of England return completed to the
27th February is again of a favourable character.
The stock of bullion shows an increase of £78,899,
while the reserve of notes has been augmented by
£44,965. The private securities have also been
diminished by £155,531. Annexed are the parti-
culars :

Public Deposits... £6,734,959 Increase ...£531,091
Other Deposits ... 17,847,021 Decrease... 712.432
Rest .. ... 3,545,921 Decrease... 16,338
On the other side of the account.:—
Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration.
Other Securities... ... 18,043,819 Decrease £155,531
Notes unemployed 11,030,450 increase ... 44,965

The amount of notes in circulation is £22,375,835,
being an increase of £80,245 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,390,312, showing
an increase of £78,899 when compared with the
former return.

Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Market during the last few days has continued
very inactive. Scarcely any dealings have been
entered into in sugar, and prices are ahuost nomi-
nal. In coffee there has been hardly any change as
regards values ; while the public sales of Indian tea
have proceeded with considerable animation, at full
rates. Rice has been at steady prices ; while for
spices, fruit, saltpetre, and tallow slightly reduced
rates have been established.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 28 30, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds have advanced 1, to 22k 23f.

The official returns relating to Trade and Navi-
gation for the twelve months ended 31st December,
1866, have been published. From these it appears
that the total declared value of the exports from
the United Kingdom have been £188,827,785
against £165,825,725 on the previous year, and
showing an increase of £22,992,060. The in-
crease has been most perceptible in coals
and culm, cotton manufactures, earthen-
ware and porcelain, haberdashery and millinery,
linen manufactures, and woollen and worsted
Manufactures. The importation of the principal
articles have been larger as regards raw cotton,
petroleum, quicksilver, sheep and lambs'wool, wheat,
flour, rum, brandy, tea, unrefined sugar and wine,
but a diminution is perceptible in flax, hemp, pro-
visions, raw silk, tallow, and timber.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade,
for both the entries inwards and the clearances out-
Wards, and the same may be also said of the coast-
ing trade.

Two o'CLocc
According to Reuter's telegram, from Paris to-
day, the French Rentes were TOf. 22c.
There is very little animation exhibited in the
market for the English Funds. Consols for money
,retrain steady, at 91 4, while for the 7th inst. they
have receded 4, to 914 sellers, for the April settl..-
lent they are quoted 914 4, being 4 lower. The
New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 904 4 ;
Annuities, 1885, 13 ; Exchequer Bilk, 12s. for
March ; Bank Stock, 2524 ; India Stock, 2144 ; do.
5, Per Cents., 1074; do. 4 per Cents., 934; do.
Lnfaced, 1074 108 ; and do. Bonds, 345. prem.
The Foreign Stocks show increased firmness.
Italian 5 per Cents. have advanced 1 to 541 ; Mexi-
cali Stock 4, to 174 4 ; Greek Bonds`i, to 16 164 ;
Spanish Passive 4to 224 4 ; the Certificates 4 to 144
Turkish 5 per Cents. 4, to 314 I ; the Russian
Loan Scrip, 4 ton 3 prem. ; the Chilian Loan Scrip,
t° 24 2 dis. • and the Danubian Loan Scrip, 4 to

American Securities remain without variation of
lraPortance ; United States 5.20 Bonds being at 73f
I ; Erie Shares at 36/ ; and Illinois Shares at 76g.
British Railway Shares have been in moderate
)"equest, and a few instances slightly enhanced
rates have been current. South Western have im-
proved ; Brighton, ; and Great Northern, 1;
while Metropolitan have declined I ; North Western
and South Eastern, each f ; and Great Western, lf.
The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate-
rial alteration.

Bank Shares are very dull. Union of Australia
have declined to 471, ; and Consolidated have im-
proved to 4 i ; and Union London remain steady
at 451.
, 4'

Ali;cellancous and Finance Shares are in very
limited request. Fore-street Warehouse are marked
,12
; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., 52} 53;
Val Mail Steam, 106 i ; and South Australian
Land, 33i.

MINING MARKET.
FRIDAY., Two o'Clook.
,Continued activity has prevailed in the Mining
at.'et, a fair demand having sprung up for the e',.!rnicipal shares. Annexed are the ourrent quota-
Kona
t ftrti Cantborne, —5 —s ; Chiverton Moor, 7i ; Chon-
ki " Gold, ; Clifford Amalgamate, 6f 7 ; Cooks'
tch
' ra
910 • D kewells, —8 —s; East Basset, 20 22} ;
tast
GCaradon, 6 5f ; East Cam Brea, ——; last Lovell,
10; East Russell, 3 3}; East Wheal Grenville, 2 2f;
-""eat Laxey, —; Great North Downs, 41. k ; Great
Lallaak
3}; at South Tolgus, —s —d —s;
r, 31. GreA GI" a
' t
Wheal Tor, 16 17 ; Marks Talley, 4 4f ; North
%,47 °I i; North Roskoar, ——; North Treskerby,
"Z; Prince of Wales, 21 3 ; Prosper Ilnitod, 3f 4;
2citiloor, 0s Us; South Condurrow, —e —d; 8 oath
tville, 7s Od 9s ; south Herodsfoot, —; Tineroft,
wela ; West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 59 61;
g7aBt Seton, 132} 1371; West Drakewells, Gs 8s ; Wheal
Bt, —; Wheal Buller, • Wheal Chiverton,
; Wheal Grenville —; Wheat 'Seion, 105 110.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
e'vEIt.NBIENT FUNDS.
a Der n
Dr %dent. Consols -
31,,,°' Account, March 7 9l }
`Aie ,;I.4ject. Reduced 9o} i 1
lie ; Per Cent 9Ol 1
.IZI per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
•kb., *. Per Ceut. Jan. 1873 —
'.ltities, 30 y
s' expire sth Jan., 1880
p,. .for 30 yier,expire sth April, 1885 l3
° (Red Sea Telegraph), Alm, 190 R —
iceF 311 Ct., March. 4V Ct., Jame.
DO. quer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Ct. 12 7 put
bo ..............
/344 k ... .. .... £lOO &£2 ~
00 ~ 12
4k .of. En. ...... Stock, 6} per Cent
Punt ,1:")144•N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
1)-4 Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2l4} +
(0). Account
D°, A 5 Per Cent. July, 1880
CePr
Do: ' er Cent, Oct. 1888
1)o ti6cates —
Do: ` I:lfitced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. Per Cent., Jan. 1872
00. u„i Per Cent., May 1879 lOB 7}l-)
0,..c,"., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873
1)0 '011(18, 5 per Cent., £l,000
044(w 4:1,000
ttre I'OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
4tisti.,4-title Republic 6 per Cunt —01 N. ;"„'"). 13ends, - per' Cent, 1859
Dl-34""41 5 per C°ent _
o 1. „„. ,-.
„.
1., lir uent., 1852-58-e0
'lO. 5 • 1863
uNJ2OO 41,,cc°,rul?ent., 1865
~. • .ClOO Bond
-etioB Ayres
6 per Cent —
o,,ilizt4
I)0. herP C
er ent.
(Deferred 3 per Cent.)
P Cent —
3 °
pe _
.00. 6 r Cent.
Lo Per Cent A
--
1)0. 71 B
r, to. 1, 1867
'ulo • , Scrip, £2O paid (3t 41144 e '6
2} } 2 die
tb,t, 6 , Per Cent.
Per Cont.

Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
lb. 5 per Cent., 1864 .
Oanubian Principalities,;? per Cent
E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
Do Doferied ' _
rigyptian 7 per Cent BO
Do. Second Issue
Do. £lOO Bonds
Do. Do. 1864 B2l
Do. £lOO Bonds B3l i
Do Government Railway Debentures BOl i f
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Di. Coupons
Do. Account
G tateniala 5 per Cent.
Itilian 5 per Cert 1865
Do, Account .. 731
Do. Meremmana Railway —
M %,:icar. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
Aontevideau il per Cent.
qoorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Nev Granada l2l
Do 3 per Cen _
Do. Deferral
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
I ‘-trrian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account _
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41i per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4} per Cent., 1862

Do Account
P ,rtuguesc 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 42f
aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St B7f
Do 41 per Cont. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859 _
Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BBl 1 1
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 9O/ f 1
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBl '1 1
Do. do. £25 paid 2/ pin
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Acc6unt
Do New Deferred —
Do. Account
Passive Do —
Do Accaant 221 f

Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded —
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cent. —
Do. 4i per Cent. 1864

Do. Scrip, £6O paid
t'urkisli 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds . 5B
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account s7} 61
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Dividenus on the above payable in Lun,i,,..,
Austrian, 5 pm- Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
BAlgiau,_4l per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch c; per ClAut. Ex. 12 Guil , —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. .
French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 26f. —
'Win): 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251.
Do. Account 5l 3/ •
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9l 1-
Do. Account

POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day.

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BOW-SThEET.

A QUESTION OF IDENTITY.—A young man, named
John Quinlow, was charged by Herman Beloman with
robbing him of a brilliant pin, valued at £lO.
The prosecutor, who described himself as a merchant,
stated that on Monday week he met the prisoner in the
Strand, and asked him the way to Crown-court. The
prisoner asked him to step into a public-house, the
Spotted Dog, to look at the "Directory." They went
upstairs to the first-floor, where the prisoner began to
turn over the leaves of the "Directory." Two men came
iu and invited witness to play at cards, which he refused
to do. They, however, sat down and began to
play. The prisoner whispered to him "Don't play.
After a while he said he could not find it in the "Direc-
tory." They then left the room together. In going down
stairs the prisoner snatched the pin from his scarf and
darted down to the bar, and thence out into the street with
it. He (witness) hurried after him, but lost sight of him
in the street. On Tuesday last he met him in St. Martin's-
le-Grand, and gave him in custody. He stated that his
father was engaged on the South Eastern Railway, and
that he had himself come to town that morning from Tun-
bridge-wells, with a pass, of which he produced the un-
used portion that was to frank him down to Tunbridge_
wells again. He denied having been in town on Monday
week. He was remanded on bail for enquiry on this
point.

Mr. Stephens, from the solicitor's office of the company,
and Inspector Parker now attended, and informed the
magistrate that prisoner's statement was certainly true as
to his father boing in the company's employment, and also
as to his having come to town on Tuesday with a pass, of
which the up portion was now produced.

The prisoner said, if further time were given, he should
also be able to prove that he was in " the Wells" on the
day of the robbery. It was a case of mistaken identity.

Ho was sgaia remanded ou

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ESCAPING FROM AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. —A girl about
11 years of age, named Mary Pratten, who was charged
before Mr. Knox a few weeks ago at this court with felony,
and was committed to the Industrial School, No. 1, Lisson-
street, for five years, was brought before Mr. Arnold.
Police-constable Benjamin Nicholl, 89 E, stated that
the girl had made her escape from the school by climbing
over the railings, and that on his receiving information
that she had escaped, he having had her in custody on the
oharge of felony, he made inquiries and found her in bed at
her grandmother's in Mead's-court, Wardour-street, and
that morning went and took charge of her.
In answer to Mr. Arnold, the girl stated that the reason
wby she left school was beaause she was punished for
forgetting one of her lessons.

The constable, i❑ reply to Mr. Arnold, said the girl's
grandmother stated that she was about taking the girl
back to the school.

Mr. Arnold said he would remand the girl till Thursday
next, when Mr. Knox, who knew all about the ease, would
be sitting.

MARKE TS. --This day.

MARK-LANE.

The supply of English wheat on sale at market to-day
was very moderate. The condition of the produce was
tolerably good. The trade for all qualities ruled quiet at
the decline in prices noticed on Monday.
There was an increased supply of foreign wheat on the
stands. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly at
about late rates.

Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request
at Monday's currencies.
The market was very moderately supplied with English
but somewhat extensively with foreign barley. The trade
generally rulled quiet, without quotable ohange in prices
from Monday.

Malt was in slow request at the recent decline in its
value.

The supply of oats on sale was moderato. The trade
ruled quiet, at the rates current on Monday.
Beans met a slow sale, at about stationary prices. The
market was fairly supplied.

The demand for peas rulad quiet, on former terms. The
show of samples was very moderate.

The flour trade ruled quiet, on former terms.
slur ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 1,170 690 2,280 10 1,490
Irish
Foreign 16,640 10,580

790 4,390 sacks
brls.

•
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- British Columbia, 8 per
scent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 - --
- Can.(ioy.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1877-84
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 98 100;
- Do. 5 p.O. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102, 9)
- Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 8i 90 elih
- Do. sp. o. Inscribed et 100 e 7 8:1
- Cape G. Elope, ll p.c. 1873 10u 10: 104
- Ou.Apl.&001. 1890-1900 100 i 105 107
- Do. do 1880-4 k 100 101 10. i
- Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. 100 102 101
- Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
anti i 5 Oct., 1909.... 100 81 ", 3
- 'Cc.; lon, Nov. 1888, 6p. 100 101 103
- L/o. 1878, do lOO 106 1 6
- Mauritius, Cp. C, 1873,
lan. and July
- Do. 1178
- ' ,o. 1832, Mayls, Nov. :: 100 11.3 1.6
- 11.4). 1895, Feu. & Aug.. 100 105 907
- • \ atal '4ov. 6 per cent.. 100 18 t, 0
- N. lI.Gov. 6 p.c.J a..t.1 uly 100 28 is 951
- N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1861 100 91 9,3 9; 3
- Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871. 100 - -
- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1693 tOu 47:5 7 86 4
- New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 lu2
- Do. s.per cent.— ... 100 84 86 85}
Nova So.,tia Gov. 6 p. C
sterling, 1875 l9O 98 98
- Queensland Gov. 6p. e lOO 91 e 3 914
- S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18084, 100 -- -
- Do. 1878 & upwards ll.O 106 11.8
- Vic,Uov. 6 p.c. la &J uly 100 - -
- Do. do, ~ pril t Oct lOO 107 it,! 108 i
....... ......11r....................
BRITISH MINI6S.
Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 - -
- Chiverton
- Clifford Amalgamated 3O 5 7 w
- Devon G. Cons. (Tavust 1 400 119
- Drake walls 2.1.0 1 II
- East Bassett (Illogan) 294 22 21
- East Caradon 2.14.e 5 6
- East Carn 11r.a...
- East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3
- Nast Gunnislake .. 8.3.•• I 4
- East Love.' 3.941 9 10
- N. %V% Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 51 34
- iam.Ar StAubyn(G wen. e 6 4 5
4 Groat L trey, limited all 13 17
- Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 - -
- Great Wheal Busy 14.9.0 - -
- G. Wheal Vor (lielat,,, 40 17 18
- Grenville 8.18.0 14 15
- Herod's Foot .... 6.10.0 33 31
- Hingston Downs ...... 5.10.0 24 :11
- Margaret tUny Lelant 13.17.6 7 D
Nlarke Valley *.10.0 31 14
4 aiwyndy Iron ore, lim .3 24 114
- New Seton
- North Roskear
--
LLWrtlhilnemal tVoliltor n 42..41..30,
44
-54
Prosper United...... 7.1.0 21 34
- providence UnyLelaut 10.6.7 28 28
--/S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 310 130
- South Condurrow 3.2.0 4 14
- 'Wheal Fran. allogan 18.15.9 - -
- Stray Park
- fin Croft 9 23 14
- Vigra and Clogan, lim all - -
- West 2lassett(lllogan
- W. Caradon (Ltakeard 14 10 12
- West Chi verton ll 61 63 69
.- West Seton 474 130 140
- Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 85 75
- Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 23 28
- Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12
- Wheal Seton
- Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.9 10 12

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 28.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Feb. 28.

Feb. 21.
fr.

fr.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 0
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-

182,500,000

22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14

15,248,408 33 14,146,870 88

rout creditor
Current accounts, Paris 231,929,819 56 241,230,093 83
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 1,602,416 75 1,823,592 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

six mouths
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

1,574,256 34 1,574,256 34

M 5,280 98 6,411,417 82

Total
CREDITOR.
Feb. 28. Feb. 21.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

counted, not yet due 319,968,585 84 286,767,743
Do. branch banks 800,024,001 803,334,666
Advances on deposit of
bullion 84,218,700 34,544,700
Do. branch banks 9,202,200 8,778,700
Do. on French Public

Securities 13,457,300 13,631,200
Do. by branch banks 7,305,200 7,279,000
Do. on railway shares

and debentures -
D. branch banks 25,749,750 25,802,650 -
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds •k
Do. branches -
Do. to the State (Con-
vention,
June 10,
1857) 60,.000,000 60,000,000 -
Government Stock re-

serve 12,980,750 11 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
otel and furnkture of
the Bank and landed
propeity branches
Expenses of manage ,
656002 03
went 265,716 28
Sundries

Total 1,712,734,472 79 1,675,386,038 30
Certified by the SenatOr Governor of the Bank of France.

(Signed)

ROULAND.

REFORM MEETINGS.

LEEDS.

Last night a very large meeting of Liberals of all
shades took place in the Town-hall, Leeds, to con-
sider the Government Reform plan.
Alderman TATHAM moved a resolution strongly
disapproving the delay caused by the course Govern-
ment had pursued, declaring Mr. Disraeli's scheme
unsatisfactory as to the redistribution, inadequate
as to the occupation franchise, and highly objection-
able as to the fancy franchises, which would afford
facilities for fictitious voting.

Mr. T. ALLEN, insurance agent, seconded the re
solution.

Mr. BAINES, M.P., supported it, and said he
could not speak with confidence as to the future,
which depended on what should be done with the bill.
Nobody had confidence in it or the Government,
which did not know its own mind. The unhappy
choice of the Government was either to bring in a
good bill and split up their party, or a bad bill and
be forthwith turned out. But what would the Libe-
ral party do? Some wished to keep its authors in
office and compel them to make it what they liked.
But Mr. Bright said, "I distrust the Tories for this
work. I summon the Liberals back to power to com-
plete their own work." (Cheers.) Ile said that the
proper place for the Liberal party, who were a ma-
jority, was ou the Treasury benches. He (Mr.
Baines) stood as independent as Mr. Bright, and
said the sime thing. (Cheers.) To amend, liberalise,
and popularise the Constitution should not be left
to the open enemies. But there were Liberals in the
House of Commons—he could riot say how 'tally—
who would be glad to see Reform settled with the
smallest concession to the people's demand. (Cries
of "Shame.") But he (Mr. Baines) turned to the
people. It was by such meetings as this, of those
who valuedthe justice of their cause and its wisdom,
and appreciated the necessity for carrying it to a suc-
cessful completion, that they must look for a larger,
a more generous admission within the pale of the
English Constitution of multitudes of those who would
be its strongest and most loyal defenders. Therefore
he was for a generous and a bold policy. (Cheers.)
In conclusion he reiterated the words of the
great Edmund Burke in reference to the Ame-
rican War of Independence,—" Tell me how you
are to govern a people who think they ought
to be free." If that with wisdom could be
said of the three millions of men who then lived
across the Atlantic, with how much more weight
might the same question be asked concerning the
thirty millions of English now unenfrauchised ?
(Loud cheers.)

The foregoing and other resolutions were adopted,
and the meeting concluded most satisfactorily.

On Wednesday evening
BRADFORD.
the following resolution
was passed by the committee of the Bradford Re-
form Union :—" Considering that there are in this
country about five millions of adult males who have
no voice in the election of representatives of Par-
liament ; that the measure of Reform sketched by
Mr. Disraeli will enfranchise about 418,000, of
whom, at the utmost, no more than 150,000 will be
working men ; that the proposed redistribution of
seats is wholly inadequate to redress the existing
anomalies in the representation—this committee is
of opinion that the Reform scheme of the present
Government is wholly unworthy the serious consi-
deration of any section of Reformers, expresses its
indignation that any Government should presume
to trifle with the just claims and desires of the
pledges itself to resist the scheme to
and that whether it be passed or not,
this etcommittee will not for a moment relax its
atphgeeoitpaultinlnostf and
o;r a substantial and honest measure.
This committee is further of opinion that no bill that
does not give a much more 'liberal extension of the
suffrage than the bill of last Session will be satis-
factory to:the pebple. ',1:114t for the purpose of more
effectually carrying on the agitation, the members
of this committee will double their subscriptions to
this association, and will invite the whole body of
members to adopt the resolution at the annual
meeting on Monday next."

NOTES

FROM
TRAINING QUARTERS,

(THIS DAY.)

NEWMARKET.

The heath is in beautiful order now, and our Two Thou-
sand and Derby colts, as well as the One Thousand and
Oaks fillies, are getting gradually into nice fast work ; and
the handicap horses, too, aro doing exceeding) i well.
D'Estournel galloped a mile and a half, led by Leybourn,
in splendid form this morning; and Dragon irent about the
same. distance, but more steadily. Hermit and Knight of
the Garter were again cantering s..utrtly; and The Rake
was galloping a mile and a quarter slowly. Friponnier
took Van Amburgh nearly a mile and a half ; and Ravioli
and Moleskin followed Sealskin about a mile and a quar-
ter. Roquefort was cantering smartly; and so wore En-
chanteur, Cerf Volaut, and Trocadero. Jasper and Hippis
galloped a mile and a half with Dalesman ; and
Tourmalin a couple of miles by herself. Mann got on For-
mentor, and went over a couple of miles at a good stead:
pace, the Oaks winner moving in splendid form. Falk:n-
stein.and Camilla are in mile work only. Julius went a
mile and a half at three parts speed; and Avron,
Bum-
bastes, Pericles, and the Flying Scud did nearly as much.
Star of India had a rattling mile and quarter spin, and
goes first class. Shakspere is the best place horse to back
for the Liverpool Grand National, for he is a splendid
jumper, is very fast, and can stay. Dermot Asthore is also
a nice horse, and quite fit. Lathario, Sydmonton, and
Nutrition are in longer and faster work, looking and going '
well.