The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Zodge s Peerage of the British Empire. Corrected
by the Nobility. Twenty-seventh Edition.
Hurst and Blackett.
This handsome and commodious volume contains
',succinct account of the Peerage and Baronetage
6,,,` the United Kingdom. This peerage has two
iiTvantages, one being that it is kept constantly
vauding in type, and that consequently any addi-
teuor alteration is readily made. The other pecu-
liaritye„ is, that it is published in two volumes ; one
t;nlPrising the living members of the peerage and
ow collateral branches, and the other devoted to
4,lB?rical and genealogical sketches of their ancestry
volumes
families. Those who desire either of these
contains
can obtain them separately. The work
collaies all the usual information respecting the
a-sof armq, the orders of precedence, the family
surnames and mottoes, &c. ; and an historical view
t)f the peerage is prefixed to it, giving an interesting
!eceunt of the origin of all the different titles. The
full and
respecting the Royal family is very
and accurate, and the work is dedicated to '
—"llia the Duchess of Kent, and is under the
:Pecial
patronage of her Majesty the Queen and
Prince Consort.

lircidshatv's Overland Guide to India, Egypt, and

China.

At the present moment the value of such a work
'4 the present can hardly be questioned. It be-
longs to a series of guide books of standard charac-
ter,and its efficiency is, therefore, unquestionable.
elides the usual information respecting the route,
the
modes of conveyance, &c., it provides the
"javeller with all requisite knowledge for his pre
vells preparations, and for his arrival and resi-
lice in India. The following extract gives a brief
nunary of the various points on which the tra-
Veller is enlightened :-
27," This Hand Book contains a series of valuable long
1.,_7."916 Route Tables, showing at a coup d'ceil how to
,ciiii.li_that vast territory, the arrivals and departures of
ve,,,w4Ye, steam packets, and every description of con-
jnete.e throughout all the routes, the cost of such,
tun. 'ing every expense, both travelling and incidental,
toi:encY in use, first-class hotels, time tableß, and
140;g,raPh rates, of all the railways, description of the
titat',' remarkable objects at and in the vicinity of all toe
1"8, priced lists of outfits, most carefully compiled,
m •
eebtng the articles required foi both sexes, and
ed with a due regard to the necessities of the
taate
ra
e and position of tvellers, also the addresses of
principal establishments at which such can be
Zusared. Post-office regulations, a well selected list of
r,,kB, to alable travellers to render themselves perfectly
f,,,
N„. fait with the manners, customs, and history of the
umtl
in es visited."
It
the officials
observed that much has been said about
0 officials becoming involved in debt as soon as
they enter on the duties of their appointments,
It that nothing has been done to help them to
;void these difficulties. The publisher of this use-
4, Guide-book has therefore endeavoured to as-
,' them by laying down a system of economy
t'4l,table to Indian habits, and by explaining in de-
tlthd how debt and difficulties may be avoided, and
1;.1.15 enabling the new corner to defend himself
bfkust imposition and inexperience. The nu-
en—e„r,°lls maps, distance tables, and plans are all that
aid the
be 'expected from a work of this character,
ci„Vhe table of telegraph rates will be found very
'IL No traveller to India or resident in that
41,,
°l4ltrY should be without one of these concise and
compendiums of useful and practical
—,nruction.

°llrait of .111..8.H. Prince Frederick William.
3. Mitchell.
tie4_. Portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Fre-
t 9ek William of Prussia has just been published
4t
114 r. Mitchell. It was painted by Winterhalter
k.
etc Ingham Palace, June, 1857, and drawn on
1)48 by It. Lane, A.E.R.A. It forms an admir-
theet?°l32Panion picture to the pleasing portrait of
htt. ribcess Royal, painted by the same skilful
1143 and will no doubt be extensively demanded.

ItONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
xtLetters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
"`arket on Saturday closed with a heavy appear-
-1411, ea) and prices were slightly lower. The sales
are estimated at 4,000 bales. The Railway Share
market
- was ateacly, at improved rates.
Notwithstanding the firmness with which the
terms
of discount are maintained, and the increased
tatition created by the continuance of failures
ling the commercial classes, the Money Market
th Tuexhibita some faint symptoms of improvement.
hat is to say the demand for accommodation,
• .Irclttigh the curtailment of business) is less urgent,
liberal,
the supply deems to have become more
No doubt can be felt that the rates will
°n decline, the rapid influx of gold and the run-
• g
off of securities at the Bank, being indicative
-1"` an early change in that respect ; and there is
e°ls reason for the expectation that before the ex-
ration of of many months the minimum will be
1
'rered to a
very moderate point. This must be
Prelude to a thorough revival of trade, which
4,115
T._111(1 scarcely bo more depressed than at present.
of
all departments there is the same complaint, viz.,
tostagnation, but at the same time it is gratifying
fattld) by the tenor of the advices from the menu-
iktti uring districts, and from the daily conversation
in °ng merchants on 'Change, that the general feel-
°f apprehension lately so prevalent has given
Alace to increased confidence, and a hope of a
gre4n
-8"' restoration of prosperity. The suspensions
that
during the last few days however, show
44:144at the force of the panic is not yet wholly spent,
ac:4 hence many ,rumours—probably not without
0,418 foundation—are circulated to the prejudice
111 several firms who, however, have not yet
jlecurnbed. Further additions to the list will no
doubt be made, and the Gazette returns are likely
to Show much distress among the retail trade, but
this state of things being the natural consequence
Of a crisis like the present, it excites far less notice
than might be imagined. Fresh failures are
anticipated, and if they unfortunately occur, they
Will excite little surprise and may not have a very
powerful influence in retarding the progress of
recovery.
On Saturday there was only a small sale of gold
to the Bade ,
ic viz., 12,0001., chiefly Russian, but it
is tbunght that the bulk of the remittance by the
"434 will be added, this afternoon, to the general
stock
of precious metals deposited there. The
dnffolk awaited with interest, but she is not yet
Bfefore the end of the year it is thought
that several important receipts will be announced.
ijah'ne fact of two or three large mercantile estab-
lishments Ine nta temporarily involved, and on the verge
• at °Pi:mg; having been assisted by the Bank, and
the
circumstance also that the City of Glasgow
watrit.k `Rill resume business, appeared to be viewed
" general satisfaction, inasmuch as they
• c)w n. favourable turn in the situation of
g_aira) and are confirmatory of the encouraging
Yniptores of amendment noticeable in other
directions. The sudden increase in the resources
of the Baaak enabled its administration to afford
greater facilities to those requiring temporary aid,
but in private channels, also, accommodation is
obtainable with less difficulty, and this more than
anything else will expedite an alleviation from the
existing burdens which must be removed in
order to render trading operations in any way
remunerative.
The arrangement of the Foreign Stock and Rail-

*way Share accounts is now in progress, but the
extent of the business transacted has not been suf-
ficiently great nor the fluctuation wide enough to
cause so much embarrassment as was reported last
Week in the English market. The terms for
"carrying over," with two or three exceptions, are
rather heavy. The settlement of the cousol ac-
count, although it passed over in a quiet manner,
Was productive of some mischief among the
clue of smaller operators. Fluctuations dur-
ing the month had been rather more vio-
lent, and the engagements of the doubtful
bears left them saddled with larger differences than
Usual. Any personal responsibility, therefore, in
addition to principals proving defaulters, increased
their liabilities, and the consequence was, the de-
claration of seven members in the course of the
three first days of the week. Amon,' the number
two will pay respectable dividends--one about 14s.
or 155., and the other probably 16,. or 178, in the
pound ; but such a prostration of Stock Exchange
credit on a limited scale has not been known for a
lengthened period. Some of these parties have,
however, had the misfortune to pass through the
c/rdcal before, and one was placed in the
allollllllous situation of having only just re.