The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-23 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The Dagbladet of the 19th inst. publishes the
following :
" An order was issued on the 15th inst. by the
Minister of Marine, designating the officers'who,
in case of hostilities, are to take the command of the
ships of war, and giving directions for the disposal
of the gunboats destined to blockade the enemy's
ports or to be stationed on the eastern or western
coast of the peninsula of Jutland.
" The Minister of War is also showing great
activity. The services of 120 officers on the reserved
list hare been accepted."
Respecting the rumoured difference of opinion in
the Ministry, the Dagbladet says:—
"It is natural that the gravity of the moment
should give rise to debates in the Ministerial
Council, and that on certain points there may be a
difference of opinion, but there has been no diffe-
rence on principles, and the most perfect union pre-
vails now among the members on the means to be
adopted to meet the invasion of the Confederation.
A Cabinet Council will be held to-day, in which
the plans of the Ministry will be submitted to the
King for his decision."

TliE AFFAIRS OF M. MIRES.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Pos,
says :

Public attention in Paris is centred on the finan-
cal complications originating in the failure of M.
Mires, and the consequences arising therefrom. The
Bourse yesterday was enlivened with all descriptions
of reports about the failures of large houses at
Marseilles connected with Eastern trade. We are
also favoured with the names of certain establish-
ments in Paris as likely to go. A panic reigns in
our money market. The Threes have fallen to
67f. 90e. Every one wants to sell ; but where are
the buyers ? "La stagnation continue" were the
last words I heard yesterday on, leaving the money
market. Mobiliers and all societies of associated
capital have fallen considerably, and will, I sus-
pect, go down lower. I think the alarm is exag-
gerated, but we have not seen the end of it.
On of the lithographic-sheets sent from Paris
to the provinces has the following details :—" A
commissary of police arrived at the residence of
-M. Mires on Sunday evening, when that gentle-
man was at dinner with the Prince de Polignac
and the princess, his daughter, and presented a
warrant for his arrest. The prince wanted to
discuss the terms of the warrant, but the commis-
s sary replied that he could not enter into any dis-
cussion,'bat must fulfil his duty, and he led off M.
Mires to Mazas. Efforts are being made to obtain
that 'gentleman's release on bail." The same
sheet adds :—" M. Mires is of Jewish ori-
gin. He was born at Bordeaux in 1805, and
was a simple broker (courtier crafaires)
there when the revolution of 1848 broke out. He
afterwards became in succession gerant of the Gas
Company of Arles; founder (with M. Millaud) of
the Caisse des Chemins de Fer ; contractor for the
loan of the Department of the Seine; commanditaire
of the coal-pits of Portes and Senechas, and of the
Company des Ports de Marseilles ; director of the
Roman railways ; and recently contractor for the
Ottoman loan. Two journals of Paris, the Consti
tutionnel and the Pays, belong to hint,".

•
(From the Daily 11eum.)
The Princess de Polignac, Mires' daughter, who
is far advanced in pregnancy, was with her father
at the moment of his arrest, and it was feared that
the shock had dole her serious injury. She, how-
ever, bore up wonderfully, and within the last two
days has paid many visits on her father's behalf.
She obtained an interview with him at Mazas, but
only in the presence of' witnesses, M. Mires being
au secret.

Some idea may be formed of the effect likely to
be produced in Constantinople when news of M.
Mires' arrest comes to be known there, from the
following extract of a letter, dated Feb. 13, re-
ceived by the mail just arrived :—" The news that
the Bank of France has refused to discount Con-
stantinople drafts on the house of Mires has pro-
duced a tremendous sensation. These drafts, mind,
are made payable to the order of the Minister of
the Interior, and are endorsed by him. As soon as
this resolution of the bank was known at Galata,
several leading bankers went to Ali Pacha to
entreat him to find some means to mitigate the
existing embarrassment. Ali Pacha replied
that he was aware of what had passed at
Paris—that he would telegraph to the am-
bassador there to do what he could to
remove the difficulty. At the same time Ali
Pacha solicited the favourable intervention of M.
de la Vallette, the French ambassador. " What can
we do ?" said Ali Pacha, in dismissing the bankers.
" We will give you our blood, if you wish it ; but
as to money we have none." Anxiety is at its
height. We await with breathless impatience the
despatches from Paris, which will decide the fate of
Galata. Everybody has more or less paper drawn
upon Mires. Only a few daystsince this paper was
more inquired for than any other—it was the only
paper in fact which inspired confidence. If the
Bank of France persists in its refusal to discount
it three-fourths of the houses in Galata will be com-
pelled to stop payment. By the boat of the Mes-
sageries Imperiales, which leaves for Marseilles
this evening, several Galata houses have sent specie
to take up drafts coming due. This place is drained
of bullion, and this accounts for the extraordinary
movement in the exchanges. The English pound
is now worth 150 piastres.

ANOTHER CRINOLINE ACCIDENT. —Yesterday
morning as a lady was endeavouring to enter an omnibus
in the Euston-road which had stopped at her request, the
folds of her voluminous dress were caught by the wheel of a
passing cab, and she was carried a considerable distance by
the vehicle before she could be extricated from her perilous
situation. On being conveyed to a surgeon's it was ascer-
tained that the unfortunate woman had sustained a frac-
tured leg in addition to several severe contusions, and she
was conveyed to her home, in Oakley-street, in a most
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pitiable condition,

AMERICA.

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LONDONDERRY, FRIDAY NIGHT,

.The Montreal Ocean Company's steamer Bohe-
mian, from Portland (Maine) on the 12th inst., has
arrived, and landed all mails except those for
Liverpool.
The Anglo-Saxon and the Canada had arrived
out. The Bohemian passed the North American
on the 14th inst.

Five vessels belonging to New York shipowners
had been seized at Savannah in retaliation for the
seizure of muskets at the former city. The vessels
were, however, subsequently released on the muskets
being given up.
The Southern Congress had constituted a pro-
visional government, which would immediately
enter upon its duties. No plan of compromise or
reconstruction had been entertained. Mr. Jeffer-
son Davis had been chosen President, and Mr.
Alex. H. Stevens, Vice-President. These actions
had been endorsed by the Louisiana Convention.
Tennessee had voted against the holding of a
convention.

It was expected that Fort Sumter would be
attacked on the 12th inst. Government intended
to send reinforcements immediately.
Mr. Lincoln had started for Washington.

It was thought. prope.ble that the Peace Confe-
rence at Washington would make its report on

Le 12th inst.

It was reported that the British consul at Ha-
vannah had been tarred and feathered, but the
report was believed to be false.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, FEB. 9.

Exchange depressed. Bankers' bills, 1051.
Cotton sales, 1,100 bales middling upland, 11-1-.
Breadstuffs drooping. Provisions quiet. Stocks
dull; New York Central, 76 ; Illinois, 742; Erie,
32k.

NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 9.
Cotton has a declining tendency. Sales today,
4,500 bales midiling, 10t.

LATEST BY TFLEGRAPH.

NEW YORK, FEB, 11.

Stocks buoyant ; New York Central, 761; Erie,
34,. Cotton dull and irregular. Breadstuffs
slightly lower. Provisions dull.

(From the New York Herald, Feb. 9 )

NEGOTIATIONS RESPECTING FORT SUMTER
WASHINGTON, FEB. 8.

The President of the United States, in a message trans-
mitted to both Houses of Congress to .day, says that all the
correspondence which occurred in December last between
the Commissioner from South Carolina and himself was
sent in with his message of January 8. On the 14th of that
month Colonel Hayne called and informed him that he was
the bearer of a letter from Governor Pickens, which he
would deliver next day. He (Hayne), however, was induced
by the interposition of Hon. Jefferson Davis and nine other
Senators from the seceded and seceding States, not to de-
liver the letter on the day appointed, nor was it communi-
cated to the President until the 31st of January, when
Col. Hayne's letter of that date was also communicated.

The letter of Hon. Jefferson Davis and the nine Southern
Senators urging this delay bears the date of January 15,
and was the commencement of a correspondence the whole
of which, in the President's possession, he now submits to
Congress. Most of these letters have recently been pub-
lished.

The following is the concluding part of Colonel Hayne's
letter:—

COLONEL liAYNE TO THE PRESIDENT.

Washington, Jan. 31, 1861.

I advert to this point for the purpose of saying that to
send reinforcements to Fort Sumter coull not serve as a
means of protecting and preserving the property, for it
must be known to your Government that it would inevi-
tably lead to immediate hostilities, in which property on
all sides would necessarily suffer. South Carolinahas every
disposition to preserve the public peace, and feels, I am
sure, in full force those high Christian and moral duties
referred to by your Secretary, and it is submitted that on
her part there is scarcely any consideration of mere pro-
perty, apart from honour and safety, which could induce
her to do aught to the prejudice of that peace, still less to
inaugurate a protracted and bloody civil war. She holds
her position on something higher than mere property. It is
in consideration of her own dignity as a sovereign and the
safety of her people which prompt her to demand that the
property should not longer be used as a military post by a
Government she no longer acknowledges. Sho feels this to
be her imperative duty—it has, in fact, become an absolute
necessity of her condition.
Repudiating as you do: the idea of coercion; avowing
peaceful intentions, and expressing a patriot's horror of
civil war and bloody strife among those who were once
brethren, it i 3 hoped that, on further consideration, you wil
not, on a mere question of property, refuse the reasonable
demand of South Carolina, which honour and necessity
alike compel her to indicate. Should you disappoint this
hope, the responsibility k3r the result surely does not rest
with her. If the evils of war are to be encountered, espe-
cially the calamities of civil war, elevated statesmanship
would seem to require that it should be accepted as the
unavoidable alternative of something still more disastrous
—such a national dishonour or measures materially affecting
the safety or permanent interests of a people, that it
should be a choice deliberately made and entered upon—
war and its set purpose. • But that war should be the inci-
dent or accident attendant on a policy professedly peaceful
and not required to effect the object which is avowed as the
only end intended, can only be excused where there has
been no warning given as to the consequence.
I am instructed to further say that South Carolina can-
not by her silence appear to acquiesce in the imputation
that she wee guilty of an act of unprovoked aggression on
firing on the Star of the West. Though an unarmed vessel,
she was filled with armed men, entering her territories
against her will, with the purpose of reinforcing a garrison
held within her limns, and against her protest. She for-
bears to recriminate by discussing the question of the pro-
priety of attempting such reinforcement at all, as well as of
the disguised and secret manner in which it was intended
to be eflected ; and on this occasion she will say nothing as
to the manner in which Fort Sumter was taken, into the
possession of its present occupant.
The interposition of the Senators who have addressed
you was a :circumstance unexpected by my Government,
and unsolicited certainly by me. The Governor of South
Carolina, while he appreciates the high and generous mo-
tives by which they were prompted, and while he fully
approves the delay, which, in deference to them, has taken
place in the presentation of this demand, feels that it can-
not longer be withheld.
I conclude with an abstract from instructions just re-
ceived by me from the government of South Carolina :
The letter of the President, through Mr. Holt, may be
received as the reply to the question you were instructed
to ask. As to his assertion of his right to send reinforce-
ments to Fort Sumter, you were instructed to say to
him, if he asserted that right, that the State of South
Carolina regarded such a right, whon asserted or with an
attempt at its exercise, as a declaration of war. If the
President intends it shall not be so understood, it is pro-
per, to avoid any misconception hereafter, that he should
be informed of the manner in which the Governor will
feel bound to regard it. If the President, when you have
stated the reasons which prompt the Governor in making
the demand for the delivery of Fort Sumter upon the
pledge you have been :authorised to make, should re-
fuse, you will communicate that refusal without delay to
the Governor. If the President shall not be prepared to
give you an immediate answer, you will communicate to
him that his answer may be transmitted within a reason-
able time to the government at this place (Charleston).
The Governor does not consider it necessary that you (I)
should remain longer in Washington than is necessary to
execute this the closing duty of your (my) mission in the
measures now indicated to you (me). As soon as the Gov-
ernor shall receive from you information that you have
closed your mission, and the reply, whatever it may be, of
the President, he will consider the conduct which may be
necessary on his part.
Allow me to request that you will, as soon as possible,
inform me whether, under these instructions, I need
await your answer in Washington, and if not, I would be
pleased to convey from you to my Government inform
a-
don- as to the time when an answer may be expected in
Charleston.
The following is Mr. Molt's reply :
War Department, Feb. 6, 1861.
Sir,—The President has received your letter of the 31st
ult., and has charged me with the duty of replying
thereto. In the communication addressed to the Presi-
dent by Governor Pickens under date of 12th of January,
and which accompanied yours, now before me, his Ex-
cellency says :—" I have determined to send to you the
Hon. J. W. Mayne, the Attorney-General of the State of
South Carolina, and have instructed him to demand the
surrender of Fort Sumter, in the harbour of Charleston, to
the constituted authorities of South Carolina. This de..
mend I have made of Major Anderson, and which I now
make of ydu, is suggested because of my earnest desire to
avoid the bloodshed, which a persistence in your attempt to
retain the possession of that fort will cause, and which will
be unavailing to secure to you that possession, but induce a
calamity most deeply to be deplored." The character of
the demand which was authorised to be made appears,
Under the influence, I presume, of the correspondence with
the Senators to which you refer, to have been modified by
the subsequent instructions of his Excellency, dated the
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General, to claim for the State the exercise of its undoubted
right of eminent domain, and to pledge the State to make
good all injury to the rights of property which arise from
the exercise of the claim," and lest this explicit language
shbuld not sufficiently define your position you add, " The
pioposition now is that her. (South Carolina's) law officer

should, under the authority of the Governor and his
Council, distinctly pledge the faith- of South
Carolina to make such compensation in regard
to Fort Sumter and its appurtenances and con-
tents to the full extent of the money value of the property
of the United States delivered over to the authorities of
South Carolina by your command." You then adopt his
Excellency's train of thought upon the subject so far as
relates to the suggestion that the possession of Fort Sumter
by the United States if continued long enough must lead to
a collision, and that an attack upon it would scarcely im-
prove it as property, whatever the result, and if captured it
would no longer be the subject of account. The proposal,
then, now presented to the President is simply an offer on
the part of South Carolina to buy Fort Sumter and contents
as property of the United States, sustained by a declara-
tion in effect that if she is not permitted to make the pur-
chase she will seize the fort by force of arms.
He concluded as follows :—lf, with all the multiplied
proofs which exist of the President's anxiety for peace, and
of the earnestness with which he has pursued it, the au-
thorities of South Carolina shall assault Fort Su ter and
peril the lives of the handful of bravo and loyal men shut
up within its walls, and thus plunge our country into the
horrors of civil war, th-n upon them and those they re •
present must rest the responsibility. Your obedient ser-
vant, J. HOLT, Secretary of War.

TO Hon. J. W. Hayne,
Attorney-General of the State of South Carolina.
THE LAST WORDS OF COL, HAYNE.

Washington, Feb. 8, 1861..

The following is the rejoinder of Colonel Hayne to the
communication of the Secretary of War, which was sent
to the President to-day, not in time, however, to be sent
with the documents which the President communicated
0' Congress this morning. It closes up the interesting
correspondence which has been going on for some time,
and precludes any hope of settlement, or of long preventing
collision between the Federal and State authorities in the
harbour of Charleston.

Colonel Mayne expressed the opinion before leaving here
that an attack would shortly be made upon Fort Sumter,
and that it was the settled determination of the people of
South Carolina to take that fort at all hazards.

LITERATURE.

The Constable of the Tower. By W. Harrison

Ainsworth.

Another instalment of this enthralling romance
incomparably the best instalment that has yet
appeared, as the narrative itself gives promise of
proving when completed, the most resplendently

elaborated of all 111 r, Ainsworth's historical-roman-

tic masterpieces—adorns the newly issued March
number of Bentley's Miscellany. Half a dozen
more chapters have here carried us already deep
into the intricate labyrinth of the plot. At every
turn, too, in the maze of the story we come upon
new characters, or better still (as will be seen im-
mediately), upon old, old friends, not in any way,
happily with new faces, but rather with faces and
forms, and even costumes, many of them long since
delightfully familiar. In this way it is that,
as we are accompanying at the romancist's
instance the royal cortege attendant upon the Boy
King Edward VI., while he is making the round of
that half fortress, half prison, the grey old palace
of The Tower of London, the Tower of which the
nominal hero of this fiction is THE CONSTABLE, we
come suddenly upon our little eltrich acquaintance

XIT.

While Edward was moving slowly along through the
crowd, his atd ention was caught by a fantastic little figure,
which at first he took for a monkey, but on examining the
grotesque object more narrowly, he found it to be human
—though the smallest specimen of full-grown humanity
ho had ever set eyes upon. Attired in a tiny doublet
of bright orange-coloured satin puffed out with white,
with hose to match, the mannikin wore a scarlet cloth
mantle lined with sky-blue silk, about large enough to
cover the shoulders of a Barbary ape. In his hand the little
being held a flat bonnet of green velvet, which he waved
enthusiastically to the king. The dwarfs features were
decidedly of a simous character, the nose being flat, with
wide nostrils, and having a long interval between it and the
mouth, and the hair being of a tawny hue, with a marked
resemblance to fur. The position occupied by this gro-
tesque little personage was such as enabled him to overlook
the royal party; he being perched on the broad shoulders
of a gigantic warder, whose colossal frame towered far
above the heads of the bystanders. _ _ _

Standing as a pedestal below which pert little
manikin looms our burly familiar of days long ago—
when Mr. Ainsworth's illustrator, instead of Johti
Gilbert, was George Cruickshank—the giant warder
OG—FROTITteR or GOG AND MAGOG.

This tremendous son of A nak was quite as noticeable in
his way as his pigmy companion—more so, perhaps. His
features were broad and good-humoured; and - mightily
pleased the king, who could not help regarding him with a
certain degree of wondering admiration. .He was clad in
the scarlet cassock of a warder, with the rose and crown
embroidered on the front and back, and carried a partisan
almost as long as the spear of Goliath of Oath.
Later on here in the new narrative of our his-
toric romance writer. appears 'a more picturesque
figure still in some respects (also vividly borne in
remembrance in connection with he Tower of
London) the sinister and repulsive form of

MAULER THE HEADSMAN.

Tho aspect and demeanour of this personage were
savage and repulsive, and even the king's presence did not
seem to inspire him with much awe, though he rose on
Edward's appearance, and made 'a clumsy attempt at, an
obeisance. The upper part of his frame was strongly,
though not stoutly built, the arms being remarkably mus-
cular, but his lower limbs were less powerful, and he seemed
to be halt of the right leg. His physiognomy was
singularly repulsive, the nose 'being broad and flat,
and the eyes fierce and bloodshot ; the forehead
bald, and the hue of the skin dull and earthy. His
cheeks were clothed with a shaggy black beard, and the
sable locks left on either side of his head were wild and un •
kempt. His habiliments were of red serge, but above his
doublet he wore a leathern jerkin, which was sullied with
dark stains, as if of blood. On his right hip he carried a
broad two-edged knife, protected by a sheath. But the
implement that proclaimed his revolting office was an execu-
tioner's axe. This ho had not the grace to lay aside, but
continued to lean upon it while standing before the kind.
Another axe, similar in size and form, was reared against
the wall, and near it stood a two-handed sword, sometimes,
though but rarely, employed in capital punishments.
When the headsman arose, it instantly became apparent
that the seat he had occupied was the block—and, more-
over, that it was a block which had been much used.
Turning, however, from old friends and familiars
like Xit and three giant warders of the Tower, we
follow Edward VI., at the novelist's behest, into
the privy garden early in the morning ; marking
him as he strolls there, studiously conning the
" Institutes of Justinian," referring occasionally to
another ponderous tome, Braeton's "De Legibus,"
borne behind him by John Fowler, the Boy-King's
faithful attendant—a wight of whom the writer
whimsically observes—
He was short and stout, by no means ill-favoured,
and worn a reddish sugar-loaf beard. Fond of
good cheer, he had usually a ruddy, jovial look,
and a droll, good-humoured expression of countenance ;
but his face was now pinched with cold, and his nose,
large, knobbed, and mulberry-coloured, was literally blue
with cold, and he had much ado to prevent his teeth from
chattering.
Here it is in the Privy Gardens of the Tower that
Edward, then merely a stripling, meets and con-
verses with the Lady Jane Grey, then a young
blooming slip of a maiden. This interview is
charmingly described—as is another graceful scene
a little later on introduced, more of a love scene than
the one just particularised—the meeting between
Sir Thomas`Seymour and the Princess Elizabeth,
when the latter is conducted to the Tower, from
Hertfordshire, by Sir Thomas • Seymour's half-
Italian Es quire—Ugo Harrington. The contentions
(for influence over the young King) between the two
ambitious brothers, Sir Thomas Seymour, and his
elder, the Earl of Hertford, the Lord Protector—
and the contentions (for precedence in the courtly
festivities) between the Dowager Queen Cathe-
rine Parr and the Countess of Hertford, wife of the
Lord Protector—are alike admirably and
powerfully depicted by Mr. Ainsworth. No
man now living perhaps is better " up" in the period
than the author of " The Tower of London," and its
sequel, " The Constable" of that ilk—certainly no
man is more admirably well acquainted with the
manners and customs of those far off times—in which
he moves like one familiar to the age and
scene among clusters of his own creations
intermingled with well-known and many of them
world-famous historie,characters. " The Constable
of the Tower"—we speak from our own experience
—is already repaying, in the Reader's delight, for
the evident care lavished upon it byrthe Romancist.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TIIE LATE GENERAL
LveoN's.--BROADWAY, Feb. 21.—A fire broke out at the
residence of the late Gen. Lygon, at Spring-hill, near this
place, on Tuesday, which has proved most destructive. The
house had been unoccupied, except by domestics, since the
death of the General a few months ago, but on Tuesday
morning the servants were aroused by a sense of suffocation,
and on getting up they discovered that the butler's pantry
was on fire. The house is situate in a romantic position on
the Braadway Hill, but some miles from any town, so that
some time elapsed before fire-engines could be brought from
Campden, Broadway, and Moreton. In the meantime the
neighbouring farmers and their :abourers were strenuously
employed in rescuing the pictures, furniture, and valuables
from the burning building, and by a judicious use of water
they succeeded in preventing the fire extending to the
principal suite of rooms. The late general's,bedroom, Earl
Ileauchamp's bedroom, the pantry, and several other rooms
near, however, were completely gutted. The property
saved, however, was very considerable, said to be worth
£!0,000. A telegram was despatched to Earl Beauchamp,
at Madresfield, distant 30 miles, early in the day, and his
lordship arrived at Spring .hill in the afternoon. By this
time the firemen had obtained an ascendancy over the fire,
and soon afterwards it was completely extinguished. Tho
damage is estimated at between £;3,000 and £6,000. Of
course the property is insured. The origin of the fire is
not certainly ascertained, but is believed to have been
caused by a beam in the chimney of the butler's pantry
taking fire.
SAGACITY CF A PONKEY.—The other day a poor
donkey, with scarcely a shoe to his foot, was seen at
Braunton, Devon, wending his way, as it was thought,
homeward; but having to pass a smith's shop where he
was always shod, the poor animal walked up the court to
the shop-door, and there stood quietly, without company
or any harness, until the hammer of the smith—who na-
turally thought that some person must have takes it there
—commenced•work, and put a new set of shoes on, when
the "poor patient ass" quietly walked home, apparently
with much more case and freedom.— Western Morning
Atkcs.

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, ,
;0 p. ci,, . bds. Aug. 1, 1872
10 Bost. Sleaf. and alid.Co 1 all 6 61 100 !Do. do. July 1. 1873
of notes has been increased about half a stock Bristol and Exeter 1 100 99 101 100 Do. do. June 1, 187-1 100 65 70
stock Caledonian 1 too 97 971 071 1 5 121cuttaaaS.Ea stn. (Lim an 41 5
million ; the other securities show a falling-off of 10 Carmarthen & Cardio.,ar ; all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.! 25 d
. - 1
- 1
50 Cork and Bandon 1 all - - 20 CalpeTown & Dock Serif 5 1 1
fully a quarter of a million. The public deposits 20 (Cork, Itlrock., t•Passagt 1 all - - 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 4pr
20 all - -
have been largely increased by the active collection iCornwall . ; ail 864 171 Demerara
10 ;Do A. ( A gets no div.' `all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.' 15 ll d „..,
of the revenue, and there is nearly a corresponding to ,-„,,-/I , until 6 p,: peran.! all - - stock East Indian, gu. sp. C. 100 971 9/ v°2
' hasbeen • ti.toP! 20 Do. I' Shares Ext..- . all - -
all - -
decrease in the private deposits. The other items 50 Dublin & Belfast ..line.' all 44 45 20 Do. Jubbulpore
25
of the balance sheet present no material variation- stock Dun., Perth kAb. •lunc t all 8 84 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 97 98
East Anglian ..1 100 15 16 i, . 2
. 2 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. all 100 101
:- stock Eastern Counties lOO 471 484 45 100 Do. 18°5-1870
they will be seen in the subjoined table
stock Eastern Union, A stock! 100 37 39 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 215 224
Active Circulation .. .. .. £19,518,080 stc,x Do do Bdo 1 100 26 28 • 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref al 73 75
1 Decrease .. • • • • • • 172,0E0 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds ; 131 - - 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all CO 63
Bullion .. .. .. .. .. 11,893,256
Increase .. .. .. .. 321,924 stock East Suffolk - -
,
stock !Edinburgh & Glaso-oxv ; 100 86 88 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 43 45
100 Do. 7percent. 1862 .. all 50 55
43
stock Edin. Perth, A Dundee 1 100 261 265 100 Do. do. 1867 _ all 40 45
Rest .. .. .. , .. .. 3,504,936 'lO Forth A. Clyde Junction, all - - 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 40 45
Increase .. .. .. .. 6,768
stockstock - - stock •Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 944 P5l
Public Deposits .. .. .. 5,651,60720 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 15d 1 d
(alas„ and S. Western , 100 112 114
Increase .. .. . • .. 951,314 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - stock Gt. South.of India (Lim',
Other Deposits .. .. .. 11,4;53,279 stock Great Northern lOO 110 112 1111
stock Do do A stock
Decrease .. .. .. .. 707,869 Do.garanteed 5 per cent. all -
stock Do do Ti do
Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 590,407 stock Gt. S. ,t, W. of Ireland 100 110 112 201 Do. New
Decrease .. .. .. .. 25,328 stock Great Western ... .
Government Securities .. .. 8,414,776 stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 GO (3 opt,till '6O • all - -
No alteration.
stockl2 Irish South-eastern - - 100 Do. do. '73 till '60...... all - -
Other Securities .. .. .. 20,458,277 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 94 97 -
• Decrease .. . • • . • • 270,119 stock London and Blackwell 100 62 63 1131
Lancashire A Torkshir, 100 109 f 1101 110 5
stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 1134 1141 5 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 92
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all
Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 6,045,645 stock Loud., Chat., and Dover 100 48 50 stock Maras, gear., 41 p. c... 100 82 114
• Increase .. .. .. .. 509,800 stock Loud. & Nth. Western 100 0) 994 99 85 i
stockstock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 100 911 92/ 921
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 66 68 •
Since Monday last the imports of specie have Lund. & ,nth. Western. 100 03 04 912
25 T,alerry A Coleraine . : all - - 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 15 25 15
been about £275690, and the exports £169,590. 25 I,ll.'derry A Enniskillen all 101 114
481 8 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Mids. 100 -
r -
stock 20 Newßianswick as Canda
Sian. Shot. A Lincoln lOO 484 49/
In addition to the above, the Niagara sailed to- 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 0 5 7
day for Boston and Halifax with £75,400 in 11024 Do .to I shares...) all - - Class A Capital Share
Metropolitan 6 34 14d
~.,‘ . .. Do. do. Land d 0..... •• •
specie. stock Midland
6.1.0. Do new.
t A further gefieral advance was apparent in the stock Do oirming. & Derby 100 104 116 20 ,Oude (Limited) .... •... 55. - -
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - stock 'Scinde .......... , ..i. IN 961 9711 961
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. About 25 Po 4 shares • 20 'Do. Punjaub .... z... g 10 21,1 151; 8 5
£49,000 in Australian gold was sent into the Bank 25 Mid Kent. - - . 20 Do. Do. a ? all --dj 1
10 Do, Crayline - - sto tit !Do. indus.St. Flo. , ?„„7,L, 100 90 92
of England yesterday. 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 1231 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 # d
1 10 Newr • A Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
The bar silver by the Atrato from the West • :' " FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all -
) Indies has been sold at ss. ld. per oz. standard, stock amatoik.
stock North British 1100 63 635 0,32 2 20 A rdenne5........-.... .. all • - -p
showing a decline of Id. from the former price. stock Nor.Dev.llail&Dk.stoet 100 - - 20 Bah&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 •15 14
71
t Notice has been given that the Exchequer Bills stock D, A stk ; A recs no da 5 Belgian East. Junction all , 5 11
until apchas beenpd.Bl 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 1- -
falling due on the 11th proximo will be paid off or stock no 13 stock . - -
1011 1005
'l
i renewed at the rate of 2d. per cent. per diem, st2osck xptohd.ol.:aos.tNpri,nr. Berwick' 100 1005 1011
purchasell6l34 p 1p ear
stock Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 57 5S 5756 Ca-neaux Mine A Rail '3O l2 13
100 Copiapo . • A. all - -
'Which is an increase of id. 10 Ditto Extension .... all 31 211
e stock no York •
•
stock
Rather more animation was exhibited in the North London ..
10 Do new 5 - - 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 10 - -
s Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but prices 19.16.4 North Staffordshire.- 174 31 3 1 20 Do. do. all - -
remained without change. The sales were about 10 N. and S W Junction all 101 105 20 Great Central of Franc( all - -
f 7,000 bales. 12 Not. &Grantham Rail- 11 8 81 8
10 Trebles ... •• • • - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 65 (1
20 Italian Junction ..... . all - -
O 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - -
The official returns relating to trade and naviga- io, Rhymney.....- - -
3 100 114 116 20 Lyons A Geneva ...... all - -
e Lion for the 12 months ending the 31st of December, stock
stock Scottish Central
Scot N. E., Aber. stock
20 Do. 6p. c. Pr0f......... all 19 20
stock
e have just been published. From these it appears 100 334 3tl 331 45
Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 66 88 87 16 Northern of France.... all 174 381
stock Shropshire Union -
that the total declared value of the exports from 10 Sittin crbourne A Sheer all 51 64 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9
e the United Kingdom was £135,842,817 against stock South Devon .. 100 40 42 20 Paris,Lyons, A Mediter. all 301 371 365
'I 50 N• Om. Counties linlo'n• :: 34 - - d 20 iParis & 0r1ean5........ all 55 57
0 X 130,411,529 in the year 1850, showing an increase 25 .Drham & Lane. T.Tn. 21 - - Recife &S. Fran. (Perna,
stock Smith Eastern ~
n of £5,431,288; the augmentation being most per- stock South Wales - -
'37. stock S. York and River Dun 100 £4 96 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all , -
3t ooptible in coals and calm, cotton manufactures, 20 s • 'Sal 4 7
tai nes, Wok,. and Wok all 5 Royal Swedish ........ all ; - -
0, linen manufactures, linen yarn, sheep and lamb's 25 Stockton A Darlington all 404 414 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all j - -
h 25 Do do ll 10 11 p 20 Sambre A Meuse ...... all 1 55 51
.:) wool, and woollen manufactures. The importations 25 Do New (1860) 3 665 p 94 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..- all j 8% 4.
stock Taff Vale - - 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p.c. 4 1 14 11-•
le of the principle articles were larger as regards live stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO - - 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetini 14 1 11 10,
d animals, cocoa, coffee, corn, flour, raw cotton, pro- 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 --- 20 Southern of France....; all 201 211 1
re 50 Ulster •• - -
;h visions, spices, tallow, tea, tobacco, wine, and sheep 25 Do .......... ...... ,20 2 3 p 85 West Flandern
to and lamb's wool. The shipping accounts exhibit. .. I 2 el p 10 Do. 51 p. c.Preerence.. all 191 91
Id
stocki2io Vale ° of' N. ea' ih. ....
' • • 100 67 69 675 8 20 W. A N.W. of France .. all ; 211 225
an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim.. all 115 111 - 23 Western of Austria.... 6 I - - I
a• stone Waterford A Kilkenny, 100 - - 20 West,rn of Switzerland 1 all 1 - -
>lc the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the 50 Waterford A Limerick all - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... ..... • 1 all , - -
rs twelve months of 965,737 tons for the entries in- 20 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref : I all ; - -
am West Cornwall ........ • all 51 64
20 West London .........., 2O !Zealand 1 all 1 - -
__.
. wards, and of 541,912 for the clearances outwards. to Do Ist class ........ all - -
[e 20 Do 2d class ..
_,_. .... • all - -
In the coasting trade for the twelve months 471,294 stock Westilartlepool Harbr
- , A Hired Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 34 4
- tons more were employed than in the corresponding and Rail lOO - - 20 :British Iron !l6 1 2
in stock West Midland-Oxford, 100 45 47 - 'Clifford 1 nil 180 200
period of 1859 for the entries inwards, and 504,928 stock Do. Newport; 100 41 43 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavistol I 310 360
er stock Do. Hereford, 100 .81 83 - East Bassett (Illogan) 30 102% 1074
tons for the clearances outwards. - East Caradon 2.14.6 131 141 , 141 4
in There has been an absence of important fluctua- PREFERENCE SHARES. - E. IVII Russel (Tavistk ); 7.4.0 55 Gil 55 6
is tion to -day in the market for Public Securities, Con- - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l 515 1 21 23
ly I I Closing Business - Great South T01gu5....1 17s 174 8
'in Lola being 911 1 for money, and 91 a 1 for the ac- Share!
Railways. ;Paid 1
I Price. I Done. - G.Wheal Alta. (Philack), 13.9.61 1 1
- G. Wheal Vor (lielston)l 9% 11 15
Count. Business, as usual on Saturday, has been
rn 25 )111ythe and Tyne 10 psi; ,
- ;Herod's-Foot ,' 8.12 34 26
very quiet., New Threes and the Reduced were I C. pref. (issued at £5( I all - - .
an -II ingston Downs 4.10.6; 224
steady at 011 I•; India Stock is 2231 and 225 ;
20....tk I aris & Exet.4 p.ct.stockl 100 - - ILady Bertha ' 1.8.6 / 1 5
,'Do. do.: do. Shares ' 14 - - - !Margaret ((Joy Lelant); 95 50 52
ditto 5 per Cent. Loan was 991 ; but Exchequer stock Caledon .£10,41 per cent 100 110 102 - North Downs 2% 31 4
is-
stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 - - - North' Frances (Mogan)! 111 , 34 44
1.10 tills were firm at 6s. and 2s. dis. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - - IN.WIII Basset(Illo ;an) 4s 1 5 6
ill 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 20 21
Business in the Foreign Market has been mode- - ,North Wheal Crotty ; 9.18.9; 71 81
of rately active, and prices have shown little varia- • ••i
:61 IDun.Perth&Aber Jun 1 all 6 61
14 !Do Ist Class Pref ,all -- 1 - par Consols (St. Blazey)l 15 191 91
20 !Providence (Uny Lelnto 10.6.7 13 45
stock lE.Ane-n.Class A 7 &.sp.c. 100 99 101 1 - ,Sortriela.re Cons. Min.Co.l lls I 4 1
Lion. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 691 • ditto stock ;Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 112 115
a ) - South Caradon(St.Cleer), 11 1 300 '3lO
TO 1858, 541 to 541 ; ditto £lOO Bonds were fiat at stock I Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 106 108
2 . stock 'Do. do.- S. Caro Brea (Illogan)..! 45 1 31 35
tot 86 ; Spanish were firm at 481 ; Mexican at 231 stock ;E. Cou.n. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112
No. 2 100 108 110 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all I # /
- S.Wheal Fran, (Illogan),18.1'.8; 180 190
on 8 ' stock Do. New 6 pel et. stock. 100 124 126 - Stray Park 24.8.0 ' 37 39
an Portuguese at 461; but Russian 41 per Cents. were stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 76 80
stock . Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 - 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Mind 44 1 2 2%
In flat at 911 and 911- ,:. - 10 Tin Croft 19, 55 6
.'s 'ea
• stock I EdinatGlas. sp.c. shares 100 112 114
I.S. - Vale of Towey (Carm.)' As 6dl , .4
Business in the Railway Share Market continued stock; I Do. 4 p.c gun. S. &D. 100 90 92 - West Basset (Illogan) 1 11 1 164 171 171
Led
stock ; Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 - - - W. Caradon (laskearda 5 j 8 I 82
Tas inactive, and further depression prevailed. North stock IFnrness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - West Seton
at, Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick), stock. (; las A 9 West cr a. 5p c 100 - - - • Wheal Basset (Mogan)! sit ,10:14 1074
ad stotk :Gres,'' INCOrthern7. sp• . et: 100 116 118 117 - ,Wheal Buller(Redruth), 5 140 150
ha 1 declined lOs and Manchester, Sheffield, and
~ 7ittoviilk i
DPoo..s4piep.lt Vdmo.., IdOop.c.p. 100 112 114 - .Wheal Edward (Cals.)! 7.5 224
100 104 106 :, . - Wheal I: itty (C.Lelant)l 1.7.2 12 13
ha Lincoln £1; Great 'Western advanced 55., and 10 , Do. sp.c.•Retim. 5 p*.c. pm 80 "86 - Wheal MaryAnn(ol,eo 8 18 20 ".•"."- ~-:.,'
in •
sto"ck - - • - Wheal Treiewney (Lis.), 54 i 12 18
Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s.
his cit. Nh. of Scotld. lit pf. all
it G t.S.n. & W (-Ireland) l i 100 98 100 FOREIGN MINES.
ith ' The Foreign and Colonial Markets were dull. i p. et. pref. stock
SO , rent West. (Berke nne 20 Australian
l a Paris and Lyons declined 10s. ; Great 'Western of i- [Tants) Ext. sp. ct... I - 1 BonAccordCopper,Lima 17.6 1d 5
:he stock ' edeemable ,41 p.et 100 99 101
1 Co.• ' 20 ;Brazil St.J.del Rey,Liml 15 30 31
nta Canada ss. ;' and East India 55. stock I Do. Redeemable. 4p. et. 100 89 91 5 IDo. Land and Miningeo.l all 1 1 •
ut Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were stock !Do irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92
stock Do, 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103 101 1 'Clarendon Cons.AlinCo.l 17-, - die. ,
!Cobra'
ad. 40 Copper all ,4042 1
in limited request, without any material change in 8 Do. Itirm. Pref. Shares. all 10 104 ,16 ' 8 10
ast - ICopiapo
10 qt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsb all 17% 185 1 IDunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co; ail 1 1 I
es, Values. 10 ! Do. do. sp. et. prof all 104 11 2 ,Fortuna. ' I all •21 21
.ts. -- itoek !DO Birmg.guar. stock.. 100 76 78 76 20 General all 20 22
:nt 202 !Do. Chester gun. sharer all 204 214 2 !tit N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 11 pr 1p
re- BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 131 I Do. do. do.
3 per Cont. Reduced Annuities gal a 20 IDo do. do.
us 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% 1 100 Lan. & Girl. 41 p a pref. 40 - - 5 llmeitanian 2l pr ip
NO New 3 per Cent. Annuities ola 4 I stock Law&York 6p. c. stock. 100 135 137 1 i Mariquita I all 1. 4
stock Do.Barnslait..£s3s 10d pr 100 - a- 1 IN.RhineCopot.S.Aus.L 12s.Gd I 44 5
India Stock ... 225 31 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - -
.t 0 .. . 2O I Pontt.,lbaucl Silver,Lead
Ditto 5 per Cent
ng Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. - stock Do. sp. a No. 2 100 11l 113 5 Port Philip i 1 1 5 •
he Ditto 5 per Cent
1 • p. a
t 0 Ditto Debentures, 1858 951 i stock Do. do. 5 p.c
Do. do. 41 per cen'!C.°.•.4. 100 11l 113 51302.85 United Mexican . ......, all 3 34 t
q n Ditto 1859 951 stock 100 101 103 1 'Worthing (Limited)....' ,
195.1
_ll I 1 $
, 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. all - - 1 I Do.
Consols for Account, March 7
WS stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 150 153 I
L xelacquer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d
ter D tto £5OO 2 6 dis stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def tiPl3s` 100 '7O 73 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
5 2 6 dis .
stock Do.; 4 per cent. Pref lOO - - 100 !Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 'B3 65
Ditto Small
ed, FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock Lon. Chat. and Dover_ 100 88 S 9
IDo.W. A rceiv. no div. 4o Australasia all 67 69
of l'razilian 5 pea Cent - 25 'Bank of Egypt
100 Bank of London .......50 •51 13
ok, Mexican 3 per Cent .. - lrNc,• B B. & Brom ex all I - - ... 20 Bank of Turkey
ce ; Ditto Account - - ''2 1
50 ;British North American all 1 - -
)se, Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853.
hie Ditto Account . 461 6 Nuneaton, sp. et lOO 116 118 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.A Ch., all 133 35
.ora Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St .. -- stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 150 155 100 Cit 50 169 71 701 5
stock IDo. 44 per cent lOO I - - 100 Coloniall .. .... ...... ..., 25 138 39
Ditto 41 per Cent. ` 9ll 1- Is. Gd. Do. (Prtsm. perpl arms 2°•ll '.Corn. Bank' of Canada...! all 1 - -
tat Spanish 3 per Cent... - of 2s. 6d..... all 1 - -
. ....
124 Londondy. & Cole. 4sh all I - - 100 ;Commercial of London .1 20 I - -
in- Ditto Account
20 ,' ling., Scot., A Ans. Ch..l all 1 151 16
no. Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. . 651 121 .ILondony.& Ennis. 1 sh. all ; 135 141
stock., Tian. Sir. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 1125 130 20 IGen. Bk .of Switzerland; all I - -
P Turkish 6 per Cent 2O Lou.l Char.Bkof Australl all I 221 23
15 .. - 6 I Do, XI
Ditto New Loan
meso 'London Joint Stock - I 10 1 - - 1
Ditto Account
[an Ditto £lOO Bonds - 141 6)1 71 1 45
5
121 '.l-aryeort A Car., 4p. a all - - 20 (London and S. Alrican..l 4I 2 11 j
100 I London & Westminster 20 '6l 62 I 615
1011 Dividends on the above payable in London. 121 I Do. 44 per cent - - 1
100 'Nat. Prov. of England .y , 42 - -• i .
th, TWO O'CLOCK. stock Slid. Con. 0p a stock.. 100 - 20 ''iDo. new ...,..:: ........' •• 12 ; - --
3M Consols, Money 915 A, stock jDo.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. 100 134 136
1
stock 'Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock..; 100 102 104 50 -;National Bank ........1 25 1- - '
ill- Ditto Account - - . .20 New South Wales ...... 1 all I - -
25 lOrient B. Corporation .1 all 147 40 -
stock iDo. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. 100 95 97
ms - stock Nor 1k sp. C. Ex. et. 18111 100 - - '2O Ottoman, Bank . ell ;17 18
100 ;Provincial of Ireland .. 25 j - -.-
WO COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. stock ,Do. 51 p. c. Prof. do. 18471 100 - - 10 11)o. new. all 1 - -
his Amsterdam - -
11 18/ stock 'North British, sp. ts. .. 100 111 113 .
25 South Australia I all ; _ -
Ditto - - 391 1
tly Rotterdam - 12 12 5 101 Do. Bor. Un g. pf. she 3i 15 150 • Union o. London
100 •t.Tuity Mutual : 12 ; 234 24% 1 231 1
1 60 1 - - 1
Antwerp - 25 55 25 60 10 Do. do. do all - -
Ile- Brussels - 25 55 25 60 stock N tii.Dev.R ail. ADck.Co . 100 - - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
he Banaturgh - 13 St stock 'N
-East Cong Pret 4p el 100 00 82
13 9% stock !• - - • ' 'IIOO 102 - ICataGov. 6 p.c.Ja. &,,July 100 110 114
nd Paris
stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.l 100 100 102 - Do. Op. cent. 1879 100 - -
No Ditto - ' Do. Op. cent. 1882 100 - -
Lod Marseilles - 25 70 25 80 20 IDo. Leeds, 6p. E. No. 113 - - - I Do. 6p. cent. 1884 100 - -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. A Aug. 100 107 109
Frankfort on Blaine - 1191 1191 121 I Do. do. Quarters, 1818.. 9 - - - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112
its Vienna - 15 45 15 60 15 'Do. York, -,. &S. Purch. 10 *d 4 p - Do. 5 per cent lOO 1005 1015 1001 4
-
no Trieste - Cape G. Hope, 6p c,1850 100 107 108
the Petcrsburgh -33 a to uhrney Guaranteed. all - -
84 Scoltish Central, new pi all - - Do. 1890 100 1071 1085
_
ich Berlin - - stock Scottish North-Eastern - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.A.July 100 1051 1064
Madrid - 48% 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 - - - Do. 6v. C. Ap. A Oct. 100 - -
.nd- N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1806 100 97 98
Cadiz - 481 49 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 - -- - Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1870 100 97 08
Ins
Leghorn .. - 25 921 1. stock I Do. 7p. a pref. stock lito t3z 104 - Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwas sou 97 es
...
em Milan - 25 80 25 974 ios, Sout hey on, Ann. 10s. all 104 11
25 85 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
- 10 1 Do. Fixed 41 per cont. all - - sterling-, 1875 lOO 1055 1061 1084
bie Genoa - 25 80 25 85 1.0.6 Houth Eastern (Reading - S.A us.G t. 6 p.c.1878 A up. 100 -- -
lce Naples - 39% 395 Ann 1.0.6) - Vic. Gov 6 p.c. ;le. &July 100 - -
1 100 -- -
for Palermo - 1181 1181 stock 1 Do. 41 per cent
stock I Do. Fixed 11p.c. Ist is lOO -7. 7:
ist. Messina - 1181 1181- - , Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&001. 100 107 108 1074
l
stock ' =outh Wales, gun. 4 p.c. 100 91 93
Lisbon - 52% 53
Oporto - 53 531 stock I Do. 41 per cent. 1 100 100 102 DOCKS.
_______
IAL stock j Do. 5 per cent' . 1 100 - -
Rio Janeiro - .. • • stock IS.-Yorkshire, 4 plc. gua.. 100 87 90 1
stock Commercial , 100 ! -
the New York - .. .. 25 ,Stock. A Dar. A 5 p. c.. 11 all 27 28 27 stock 'Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min.' 100 , - -
this Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. £3 17 9 • ,
25 I Do. 1 6 per cent till 52 33 stock '!East and West India .. 10,0
rho Mexican Dollars .... , 00 0 25 I Do. CO percent all 32 33 stock 'London
Silver in Bars (Standard) OO 0 stock Watrfd A Kilkny, 6 p.c. 100 45 48 stock 'St. Katharine ' 100 -
the Is stock ,W. Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 125 127 1265 6
South American Doublons „ 00 0 stock j Do. 2d do 100 120 124 stock Southampton lOO -
day stock IDo.Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 101 103 stock !Victoria . ; 100 93 100 99
-- _____ - 20 Do, New. - --a 2 15d par ,
ion, stock ' Do.Perpet. Op. c. pf 1866 100 123 126 _
itry THE WEATHER. stock , Do. till 1869, Ist ie. 100 116 118 MISCELLANEOUS.
124 , Do. do. 2d is. 74 - -
-Ant,do-Mexican Mint,., all 1 135 141

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

;
Share[
Railways. . Paid.' Closing ; lingineu stk
i Price. ; Done. 11
21
50 Belfast and Ballymena 0 all 21
13.11 ,Big., Wol , and Str. Val ' all SI 8f 11
stock I Birk., La., and Ch June 100 SO 62
25 'Blyth and Tyne O all 101
10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co 1 all 6 61 101
stock Bristol and Exeter 1 100 99 101 101
stock Caledonian
10 Carmarthen A Cardigar , all 21
50 Cork and Ban don 1 all 21
20 i Cork, Itlrock., t Passago 1 all 21
20 Cornwall.... ; all 8 64 1;
() A_
In ID ( A gets no div., i all
, until 0 p,. peran.! 21
10 1-Jo B all stop
r hasbeen • tl. toil' 21
50 Dublin A Belfast. June. all 44 45 21
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stock Eastern Counties 1 100 471 481 416 2 2 101
stock Eastern Union, A stock: 100 37 39 stoi
stcox Do do Bdo 1 100 26 28 101
25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds ; 131 101
stock East Suffolk ' 100 101
stock !Edinburgh A Glasgow 1 100 86 88 101
stock Edin. Perth, A Dundee 1 100 261 261 101
' 10 Forth A Clyde Junction, all 101
stock Furness
stock
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10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all ; stot
stock GrcatNorthern lOO 'llO 112 1111
stock Do do A stock
stock Do do Ti do
stock Gt. S. AW. of Ireland 100 110 112 21
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50 Maryport and Carlisle all
121 Do do 1 shares...
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stock Midland
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stock Do Pirming. A Derby 100 104 106 2
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all sto
25 Do 1 shares ' 2
25 Mid Kent..
10 Do, ('ray Line
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10 Newry A Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
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100 53 t 5 „,,, 4 . 1
stock North British
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stock N'or.Dev.Ttail&Dk.stosst 100 2
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stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick) 100 1001 1011 1011 1001
25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 116134 p 1p Dar 10
stock Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 57 58 571 1
stock po York
stock North London ..
10 Do new 52
19.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 3 3 1 2
10 N. and S. W. Junction
12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 8 81 8 2
10 i',,ebles ... •• •
20 Portsmouth
10, Rhymney.....- - I all 2
stock Scottish Central
stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 .311 331 41 2
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 68 87 1
stock Shropshire Union
10 Sittingbourne A Sheer all 51 61 1
stock South Devon ......
50 Nt lin. Counties Union
25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un 221
stock Smith Eastern
stock South Wales
stock S. York. and River Dun 100 04 96 2
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7
25 Stockton A Darlington all 401 411
25 Do do ll 10 11 p 2
25 Do New (1160) 3 661 p 91 1
stock Taff Vale
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 2
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50 Ulster '`
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stock Vale of Neath
10 Victoria Sta. and Pim I all 111 111 2
stone Waterford 2t, Kilkenny 100 2
50 Waterford A Limerick all
20 West Cornwall
20 West London , all 2
10 Do Ist class
20 Do 2d class .. ._.
stock Westllartlepool Harbr
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and Rail lOO 2
stock West Midland—Oxford 100 45 47 -
stock Do. Newport; 100 41 43 -
stock Do. Hereford, 100 81 83 -

This Day,
between 8 and B. B. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
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Nairn 2917 43 41 S.W. 6 2 "-
Aberdeen ...
Aberdeen
Greenock
Berwick 2914 42 40 W.S.W. 1 4 b.
Shields
Sqarboreugh
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Portsmouth
9 r.
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to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
cans* about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E•
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of-wind (true--
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Clotid
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m , misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; snow • t., thundett A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

Business
Done.

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Crystal Mace
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WIND AND WEATHER REPORT, THis,DAY, 9 A.M.
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liiighton, S.W. ; rain Edinburgh, W.; windy, fine
Chatham, E.S.E.,light; rain , Gravesend, E.; thick, much
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LONDON, SATITRI)A.Y .EVENINCti FEBRUARY: 23,

L ATV INT ELLIGEN CB —( This Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
APPEAL-RIDGIWAY V. NEWSTEAD.
Mr. Ehusley, Q.C., resumed and concluded his arguments
for the respondents.

Mr. Wikens followed on the same side.
This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Sir
John Stuart, dismissing the plaintiff's bill.
Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., was heard in support of the decree.
The plaintiff, mortgagee on plant and machinery in a
leasehold brewery, filed his bill for restitution of a portion
of £2,000 legacy to Mary Ann Moore, who died in 1854,
and to her children on attaining the age of 21.
_ _

Mr. Greenside followed on the same side, and contended
that the plaintiff was barred from claiming restitution by
lapse of time and acquiescence.
Mr. Beacon, Q.C., was heard in reply, and mentioned
that the £2,000 was part of the assets of the testator, and
that the plaintiff was entitled to claim resti ution under his
mortgage.

The Lord Chancellor reserved judgment.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard J. Kindersley, Mr.
Justice Willis, and Mr. Baron Channell.)

HUGHES V. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY

COMPANY-MOTION FOR DEC KEE.

The plaintiff filed his bill for the purpose of establishing
his right to make a railway on his lands on the seaboard
side of the defendants' railway for general traffic purposes.
The Vice-Chancellor refused an injunction to restrain inter-
ference with the plaintiff's works, and that decision was in
effect reversed by the Lords Justices.
The plaintiff's private railway has been completed, and
the question now is, whether, in law or in equity, he is
entitled to use it for general railway purposes.
Mr. Glasse, Q.C., for the plaintiff, contended that, being
the owner of the lands, the plaintiff was entitled to make a
railway on them and use it for traffic and general purposes,
and asked for a declaration to that effect.
'1 he case was proceeding when we went to press.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
THE RECENT ALLEGED TALLOW FRAUDS-IN RE NICIIOLL

AND NORTH.

Another private meeting was held to-day in this matter.

It will be remembered that Mr. North is in custody upon a
charge of having obtained a quantity of tallow by alleged
false pretences. The meeting was strictly private, for
what reason has not at present transpired.

POLICE IN7ELLMENCE—(77iis Day).

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

ROBBERIES AT C'orrre-nousEs.—Peter Kimple, a Ger-
man tailor, of 15, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a coat, the pro-
perty of a German professor named Edward Funkenstein,
at a coffee-house, No. 2, Old Compton-street.
The prosecutor said ho was at a coffee-house in Old Comp-
ton-street, and had laid his coat down, and shortly after
missed the prisoner and also his coat, which was of the
value of £2 10s. 110 went in pursuit of the prisoner, and
saw him going along with his coat on his back. Having
given the alarm, two firemen took the prisoner into custody.
Henry Spendilow, engine -keeper of St. Ann's parish,
proved hearing a cry of " Stop thief," and pursuing the pri-
soner in King-street, on his return from a fire. The pri-
soner ran into a passage, and when he entered he found
him lying down. With assistance he took him into custody.
Sergeant Silverton, acting inspector, said that about 20
duplicates were found on the prisoner, and as several um-
brellas and coats had been stolen from coffee-houses, and
prisoner answering the description of the man, he thought
if he was remanded that other cases might be proved against
him. _ _

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MA.NCHESTER-YESTERDAY.

The Waterloo Coursing meeting had the effect of taking
away almost all the influential members of the rooms, and
with those present the most interest seemed to be talking
over the probable result of the Waterloo Cup ; however, we
were, from what took place during the afternoon, enabled
to make up the following scanty list of quotations :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Bto 1 agst Franc Picard (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Anatis (taken)
10 to 1 agst Emperor (take 100 to 9)
11 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
14 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken)
20 to 1 agst Xanthus (taken)
THE TWO THOUSAND OVINEAS.
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken)
10 to 1 agst Russley (takon freely)

LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1861.
The Liverpool Spring Cup (Handicap) of 100 sows (in
specie) by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60
added ; winners of any handicap after Fob. 19 71b extra;
about a mile and a half, starting opposite the stables.
57 subs.

Age st lb
Master Bagot a 8 7
Lovett ..
Weatherbound 4 8 0
Bucephalus
Ben Webster 4 7 10
M. Philippe
Oxford ..
Royal Sovereign
Eskdale .. 5 7 6
Petra 5 7 6
Golden Pippin .. 4 7 6
Mistake (late Earl
of Essex): 4 7 6
Desmond
Willie Wright 5 •7 4
Miss Stewart 5 7 4
General Hess 4 7 4
Springwell
Rosamond
Maid of Chesterfield 4 7 4
Killigrew
A riadne .. 5 7 '2
Parmesan 4 7 2
Forager 4 7 2
Birmingham 5 6 12
N. Lancashire
Feodorowna 4 6 12
Lawyer (h b)
Para Avis 5 6 10

Afi-stlb
Norton
The Prophet .... 4 6 10
Industrious
Edmund Kean 4 6 10
Jenny Longlegs
Furious
Lucknow
Trothplight
Lancaster
The Palaiseau
Vancouver
Black Diamond 3 6 3
Mousetrap
J acintha
Col. Crockett
Miss Dunstable
Wombat . 3 5 12
Whitewell 3 5 12
Isthmian
Pounce ..
Mantrap
Bandit
Princess Royal
Croagh Patrick 3 5, 7
Pixie 3 5 7
Rose
Shepherdess 3 5 7
Calpe 3 5 7
Duchess

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

➢BENTS.

On the 11th inst., at 9 a.m., Keepsake out of the Lin-
coln engagements.

On the 11th inst., at 1.30 p.m., Bramble out of the
Brocklcsbury Stakes at Lincoln.

On the 11th inst., at 1.30 p.m., Griffin out of the Hurdle
Race at Lincoln.

The prisoner entered into a rambling statement in his
defence, stating that his brother had given him a coat.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said after the cock-and-bull statement
about his brother, he should remand him, and he had better
have him in attendance.

THAMES.
REFUSAL TO REMOVE A PREGNANT WOMAN TO IRE-
LAND.—Mr. Coningham, one of the parochial officers of
St. Anne's, Limehouse, introduced to the magistrate, Mr.
Selfe, a poor woman named Mary Owens, for the purpose of
taking her examination upon oath and obtaining the magis-
trate's sanction for her removal to her native place, Cork.
Mary Owens said, in answer to questions put by Mr.
Safe, that she had been four years in England and was far
advanced in pregnancy. She did not want to go to Ire-
land, and was afraid of encountering the perils of the voyage
in the state she was in.
Mr. Selfe—When do you expect to give birth to a child ?
The woman replied, " Yu Honour, I don't know one day
from the other.
Mr. Selfc—And who is the father of your child, young

On the 12th inst., at 9 a m,, Misty Morn out of the Lin-
colnshire Handicap.

Harry and Marinion out of the Liverpool Hurdle Race.
Norton out of the Liverpool Spring Cup.
Comet and Queen Bess out of their Birmingham engage-
ments.

Comet and Evelyn out of the Liverpool Hurdle Race.
Comet and Evelyn out of the Shrewsbury Hurdle Race.

AQUATICS.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT-OARED

RACE.

The exact day for this great event has:not yet been finally
settled by the authorities, as it may in some measure de-
pend upon the Trinity examinations at Cambridge; but in
all probability Saturday, March 23, will be fixed upon, and
on that day the tides will allow of a start at a more reason-
able hour than has of late been usual. We give the names
and weights of the rival crews as they have been rowing
during the past week, but it is possible that alterations may
take place in the former, and very certain that on the day
the latter will be considerably changed, when severe train-
ing and long rows shall have told their invariable tale.
Let the good wishes of all oarsmen cheer both crews through
those unseen labours which are at last to reap their reward
in the general approval and praise of the practised critic on
the Putney waters.

woman ?
The woman, in answer to this question, said, " Well, yer
worship, it's a young man that made love to me. (A.laugh.)
Mr. Selfe—And you are not married ?
The woman held down her head, and replied that she
was'not married.
ConiUglialii neat' thu DvaLd of Ctuaidians of the Otepuey
Union had ordered the removal of the woman to Ireland,
and Mr.
,J. B. TOSS, jun., one of their medical officers, had
'certified there' would be no danger in her undertaking a
voyage to Ireland if she was sent away immediately.
Mr. Selfe said it was a great hardship on English rate-
payers to have to support the woman and her bastard child,
but he could not think of sanctioning her removal to Ire-
land at present. The woman, to use her own words, did
not know one day from the other when her accouchement
would take place. Under these circumstances it would be
most improper to send her to Ireland at present, and the
Union must take charge of her and maintain her in
Wapping poorhouse.
NOVEL APPLICATION--REFUSAL OF A UNION OFFICER
TO BURY THE Genus}... OF A CHILD.—A woman named
Barry, the wife of a doek labourer, of No. 12, George-
court, llarris's-court, Ratcliff, complained. to Mr. Selfe
that the body of her infant child, which was found dead in
its bed, and upon which a coroner's inquest was held a
fortnight ago, was still unburied, and that she and her hus-
band were in great poverty, and had not the means of bury-
ing it.
Mr. Selfe—Have you applied to the relieving officer.
The applicant said she had applied to Lowen, the relicv•
ing officer of Ratcliff, in the Stepney Union, and he refused
to give her a coffin.
Mr. Selfe—l suppose you have undertaken to pay the
expense of the funeral except the coffin. The Union will
not do anything unless everything is provided at the ex-
pense of the ratepayers. That is the rule, I believe.
Mr. Livingston, the chief usher—Yes, sir, that is so.
The applicant here said—Your worship, we have only
one room to live in, myself and husband, and two chil-
dren, and the body is in the same room, and has been there
for a fortnight. I produced the coroner's warrant fur the
burial of the body, and Mr. Lowen will not give me a
coffin to put the body in, and I can't afford to buy one.
Mr. Selfe -said. if the woman's statement was correct,
there was gross neglect in some quarter or othc r. The body
ought to nave been buried long shim. The magistrate
then ordered the chief usher to give the woman ss. from
the poor-box fund, and wrote a note, which he directed
the applicant to convey to Lowen, and if he did not take
the necessary measures for the immediate interment of the
body, he (Mr. Selfe) would interfere in another way.

OXFORD.

CA3tBRIDGE.

A lb
IW. Champneys,Bras.ll 0
2E. B. Merriman, Ex.. 10 3
3H. E. Mcdlieott,Wad.l2 9
4T. F. llalsey, Ch Ch.. 12 0
SG. Morrison, 8a11i01..13 4
H. G. llopkins, Corp.lo 13
7 S. French, Ch Ch... 9 12
8 W. M. Hoare. 10 11
S. 0. B. Ridsdale,
Wadham (cox) 9 0

Mr. Edward Searle is build,
and Messrs. Salter for Oxforc

st lb
IG. H. Richards, Trin.lo 6
2 II J. Chaytor,'Jesus.lo 13
3H. S. Wright, Trin 11 0
4H. 11. Collings, Trin,ll 3
5 J. Mason, S. Cath.,.l2 12
6M. Coventry, Tr Hl3 5
7R. P. Fitzgerald, T Hll 9
BJ. Hall, Magdalen 10 4
T. K. Gaskell, Trin
(cox) 8 4
ing a new boat for Cambridge,

MAGDALEN COLLEGE FOUR-OARED RACE.
The third annual four-oared race, for Mr. G. Nors-
worthy's challenge cup and the silver medals, between, the
Foundationers (holders of the cup), and the Commoners,
was rowed over the Nuneham course on Friday, Feb. lb.
The Commoners winning the toss, took the Berkshire side.
A good start was effected by Mr. Hopkins, and for the first
50 yards neither boat appeared to gain; after this the Com-
moners began to show in front, but at the railway bridge
the bows of the two boats were again level. From this
point the Commoners resumed the lead, and a very plucky
and exciting race ended :.n their victory. Time 11 min 30
sec. The steering of both boats, especially that of the
victors, was very good, and the rowing of Mr. Arnould was
much admired. The following aro the names and weights
of the crews :

FOUNDATION ERS.
st lb
1 H. F. B. Portman.. 9 2 1 E. V. Wcstmacott.lo 5
2 S J. Crawhall ....10 4 2 L. S. Tuckwell....lo 124
3 11. Norsworthy ....10 10 3 F, M. Somerset ..11 64
4 A. N. Arnould ....10 1 4 H. B. Middleton ..11 4%
It. Bateman (cox) .. 9 5 J. F. Payne (cox) .. 8 9
Both crews rowed in new boats built by Messrs. J. and
S. Salter, of Oxford.

COMMONERS.

st lb

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

FRIDAY EVENING.

The Bank return of this evening amply demon
strates the absence of any cause for the advance in
the rate of discount adopted last week, the increase
both in the bullion and the reserve being very
large. A reference to past experience constitutes
the only means for estimating at any time the pro-
bable course of the Bank, and no one guided simply
by that light could have been prepared fora move-
ment to 8 per cent. The measure being without
any apparent justification, those who defended it
had no argumext except that there might be great
apprehensions of a drain from causes of which the
general public were unaware. Such a ground of
action, however, is wholly opposed to the spirit of
the Bank Charter Act, and substitutes the mere
fancies of the directors in place of that inexorable
and automatic movement which should follow the
changes in the stock of bullion. The public
throughout the whole of the past ten days have
been kept in alarm from the assumption that, as
the rate had been put to a point entirely unwar-
ranted by a comparison of the figures of the
last return with those of any former return,
there must be some hidden danger im-
pending, which in due time would be revealed.
The idea was ridiculous, because all persons
should be aware that the Bank Court can have no
information regarding the foreign exchanges and
the flow of money beyond such as is accessible to
the whole world ; but it nevertheless prevailed
Dna has 'wrought consiclorabla alarm
and inconvenience. The return now published
should effectually dispel this feeling, but it may be
useful also to point out that there has rarely been a
time when there was less reason to fear the possibi-
lity of unsoundness in the financial condition of the
country. The exportation of bullion for the last
three months has been almost entirely in exchange
for foreign produce. We have therefore something
to show for it. Cotton and grain are as good as
gold in their way, and if the same cannot be said of
American securities, there is, at all events, no reason
to doubt that those which we have purchased lately
in such extraordinary quantities can, in case of need,
be realised in the New York market without any
ruinous depreciation. As regards foreign loans, we
are actually without a single commitment—an
almost unprecedented occurrence ; and for foreign
undertakings generally our liabilities are smaller
than at any period within recent memory. Never,
therefore, could a " precautionary" movement have
been taken at a moment when it was less directly
needed. It would, however, have been harmless,
and have led to no result, except that of lessening
the business of the Bank, but for the fact that the
currency is being absorbed by that establishment,
not merely through the regular influx of the re-
venue, but also from the payment into its coffers of
£700,000 or £BOO,OOO on account of the India loan.
Under such circumstances the public have but a
very limited remedy, and must, after a few weeks'
resistance, pay whatever is demanded. That the
Bank do not seek to tolce advantage of events to
grasp extortionate rates is fully understood, and
their whole course of late years has been such as to
show that, whatever disgraces may attend some of
our public concerns, this at least is managed with a
sincere sense of responsibility. But a mistake is a
mistake, whatever its cause, and, looking at the
vague anxieties with which the commercial public
have been oppressed during the past few weeks
by the crisis in the Levant trade and the commer-
cial confusion in America, there are few among the
timidity mercantile
and inconsistency public
of
have not
ee f p 1;1
tetyh aof
itahset
week operated as a needless aggravation of a dis-
eqvueierytul(elegtwtimhiacthe
meanscal l ed
frearthiteerstfloprprtehHeioeux._erc2tszemeosf,
City 44rtz'ae.