The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The following is the letter of the Times Paris
correspondent, dated yesterday (Friday), 6 p.m. :
In the leading article, or, as it is called, " bul-
letin" which the Illoniteur publishes since the Ist
inst., occurs the following paragraph :
"The English papers of to-day publish and comment on
the words spoken by the Emperor in reply to the compli-
ments addressed to him by Lord Cowley in the name of the
Diplomatic Corps. Generally they concur in admitting
that these words are of a nature to disaipate disquietude,
and to make us hope for the maintenance of peace."
The Illoniteur is too positive. It is not the fact
that the English papers are as unanimous on. this
point as the Moniteur would lead the French pub-
lic to suppose. But, if they 'welt% agreed among
themselves, they certainly are not in perfect accord
with the Parisians, who are not, incompetent to
form an opinion on the subject. affirm, without
fear of serious contradiction, thAlt the Emperor's

words, as reported in the Moniteur, do not
iusp fro all the co,, fida z:ee desinil-N'r,. What
people alwt:ys colui,l4in of is, thnt his
whether from design or from natural inde-
cision which he cannot overcome, is unwilling or
unable to utter a sentence which shall be perfectly
intelligible, and the meaning of which no one can
understand. I incline to the belief that it is less
from any desire to deceive than from an uncertain
and hesitating nature that this deplorable ambi-
guity arises. With the present speech I have not
heard a single individual express either positive
satisfaction or positive dissatisfaction. It may
mean any or nothing ; but, whatever feeling it has
inspired, that feeling is assuredly not one of abso-
lute confidence. I gee that in Brussels the im-
pression seems to be the same as in Paris—at least
if we may judge by the Nord, which says :--
"The first impression produced in Paris by the words
pronounced by the Emperor Napoleon at the reception of
the corps diplomatique was a slight feeling of disappoint-
ment at the absence of a positive assurance with respect to
the maintenance of peace. The expression of a wish was
observed in it in which everybody participated, but the
public would have desired to find in it a declaration which
might be interpreted as a formal and certain pledge."
It is asked whether the Emperor, when he ex-
pressed the conviction that the friendlyunderstand-
ing of the Great Powers would maintain peace, had
Syria as well as Italy and Austria in his mind. It
is desirable to know this, because it is affirmed that
the English Government has within the last few
days communicated a note to the French Govern-
ment against any longer occupation of Syria by
French troops than is warranted by the treaty with
the Porte. That occupation was limited to six
months and will expire very soon. The note in ques-
tion is also said to be couched in strong terms—so
strong, indeed, that no answer has as yet been
returned. The question is one in which not
France alone is concerned ; it equally regards all
the great Powers to which the Emperor's speech.
refers.

I have said that the Moniteur regularly pub.
lishes a sort of leading article, or summary
of news, since the Ist instant. It is remarked
with surprise and dissatisfaction, that the
Moniteur commits a flagrant infraction of the
law by publishing those articles without
any signature. The omission of the signa-
ture, however involuntary, would expose any
other journals to pains and penalties more or less
serious ; and the example of a daily violation of
the law should not be set by the Moniteur. If it be
alleged that the Moniteur, being the official organ,
of the Government, is exempt from this necessary'
formality, I may observe that we were re-
peatedly informed when the colonels' " addresses,"
af4;er the Orsini affair, filled its columns,
that the portion of the paper they occupied
did not in any way come under the control of
the Government, being the " non-official" portion ;
and that the columns headed "official" are the only
ones it is responsible for. This, as I think I showed
at the time was untrue. But whether true or untrue
it is now no defence. The law is positive on the
point. Every article, summary of news, faits divers,
&c., that fill a French newspaper, must bear the
signature of th© writer, or of the person who stands
for him ; and the Government ought to be the very
first to set the example.
Baffler's lithographic sheets state that, at an
audience granted by the Emperor to one of the
most eminent Archbishops in the south of France,
his Majesty spoke with great frankness on the
Italian question. He explained to the Archbishop
the difficulty of his position. He said :
" France has been placed for the last 18 months between
England, which is urging the establishment of a united
Italy—between Piedmont, encouraged by the Cabinet of St.
James's in its revolutionary course, and the Pope obsti-
nately opposed to any compromise."
Napoleon 111. finds himself alone and against all.
He is compelled to serve the interests of France,
and of Italy, in spite of Italy and of the Italians,
and even in spite of a section of Conservative
Catholic Frenchmen. The Emperor, in conclusion,
assured the venerable Prelate that his affection for
Pius IX. is unalterable—that he will protect his
Holiness, and that he would already have done so
had he not been embarrassed by ill-timed pro-
ceedings.
Since the massacres in Syria several youths have
arrived from that country to be educated in France.
The inhabitants of Langres were surprised at the
arrival there last week of two Syrians, dressed in
their national costume, on their way to the semi-
nary of Chatel, in the Vosges, where they are placed
under the protection of the Bishop of St. Die. One
of them is the son of a dragoman at Damascus, who
was murdered by the Druses. He is 13 years of
age, and speaks French fluently, having been taught
by the Lazarists at Damascus. His comrade is
younger, he is a native of Deir-el-Kumar, and had
been only a few days at the Jesuits' school when the
massacres commenced.
The Minister of Public Instruction has made
several improvements in the public schools in
France. Among other changes he has appointed
professors of natural philosophy, history, and
grammar where they were deficient. The Minister
has likewise considerably ameliorated the position
of the teachers. He has lost no opportunity of
adding to the salaries of some and to the hopes of
others by creating more places and thus adding to
their chance of advancement.
The Franco-Belgian Conference on the treaty of
commerce held a new sitting the day before yester-
day. As some of the journals have stated erro-
neously the names of the gentlemen composing the
Conference, it may be well to state that there are
four plenipotentiaries—MM. Th ouven el and Rouher
for France, and MM. Firmin-Rogier and Leidts for
Belgium. The Commissioners who assist the Fresck
plenipotentiaries are not the same as those who took
part in the negotiations with England, Count de
Lesseps having been raised to the dignity of Senator
and M. de Foroade to the post of Minister of
Finance. They are M. Herbet, Director-General
of Consulates; M. de Clercq, Minister Plenipoten-
tiary ; M. Barbier, Director-General of Customs;
and M. Baroche, Director-General of Commerce.
The Belgian plenipotentiaries are assisted by Baron
Beyens, Councillor of the Belgian Legation, and M.
Vanderstraten, Inspector of the Department of
Finance in Belgium. The duties of Secretary are
performed by a gentleman ofthe Ministry ofForsiga
Affairs.

Many of the provincial journals' contain accounts
of the rising of rivers or of inundations, caused by
the melting of the snow and of heavy rain. The
Loire at Orleans, the day before yesterday, rose con-.
siderably—that is, to nearly three metres. The
Vienne at Chatellerault also rose to 3m. 85c, At
Lyons, the same day, the Rhone was so high that
the ports on its banks were under water, and the
cellars of several houses in the Cour-des-Brosses
were inundated. At Chalons-sur- Saone the Saone
suddenly attained sm. 45c. by the scale, and was
advancing; the large meadows of St. Marie and St.
Cosme, and the Plaine de la Bresse, in the vicinity
of the town, were inundated ; most of the other
rivers and streams in the department of the Saone-
et-Loire have also caused inundations. In the
department of the Calvados the inundations are
very extensive. By the overflow of the Tougueo
the greater part of the town of Pont l'Eveque was
under water, and the inhabitants had to employ
boats to go from one street to another; the vicinity
of the town was also inundated. The waters came
in with such extraordinary rapidity that the inun-
dation of the town was caused in the space of one
hour. At Caen and the neighbourhood the Orne
overflowed, partly covering with water the Grania.
Cours, the Rues de Lengannerie, Guilbert-de s-
Carmes, Jean Romain, and des Jacoblins, entirely
inundating the racecourse. Yesterday, the waters
were subsiding there. In the departments of th.e
Par-de-Calais and the Meurthe there also have bee a
inundations. 'I he Rhine likewise has risen cons i-
derably, especially at Huminguen and Strasburg.
BOURSE, Jan, 4.—The English funds arriving
with an improvement has given a li▪ ttle firmness to
this market, and quotations are hi▪
gher. For do
account, Threes are now at 67f 60c; Alobilier, 720 f ;
Orleans, 1,352 f 50c; Northern, 977 f 50c;
terrar.ean, 898 f; Austrian, 475 f; Lombard, 465 f.
The following were the last quotations
41, per per Ceuta ... 96 751 Credit Fonder .
Do end month.... Belgian 4f
3 per Cents ...... 67 40__ Pied.montese Fives 7B ".r5
50
Do. end month.... 67 Homan -
Bank Shares 2890 --l Austrian
Credit Alobther.... 720 —lBpanish Threes 5O
Do. Account 7lB 75' Home Debt

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THE SUN, LONDON,
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- BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
do not f THIHR I) wirbi-T-TnNi SHARE .S.IARKPT.-(THIS DAY.) ,
~,...:„.. - _..,._ t. i. , A x_...i r.. . ..1. ..+ ^. - • ...-..----..... Closing Business done
Wls at - ,' -- s ,''Ss s ssn sTsirKS, Share Railways. Paid. I Price.
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M.ajcsay, •S' Us.V Oiskii 61, six ticiocis. I Ikeda., ci-eshe I Buslau.2 TO- Atlantic & Sri. awrenee ---tar 74 77
il inde- -_______-- :are)
Railways. Price. i Done.
stk 1 Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind 100 93 91 93 att
Cu. 5 per cent........
[lag or HUNGARY. _
50 !Belfast and Ballymena all - -
13.14 !Bin, Wol ,and Str. Val all 84 84 lB Do, Do. s 16 11 11 .-
201 t uffalo and Laite Huron alla 4f 6 d seE
am
serfectlystock !Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 80 82 814 201 Do. New
4 all 111 124 all 61 7 Pr
10 Do. Preference
one can A letter from Vienna, of the 31st ult., says:- 25 Blackburn
all - - tin
it is less " The Government continues to make large eon- 25 !Myth and Tyne lOO 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 80
• p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187.
10 !Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 tr 3
stock Bristol and Exeter
ncertain cessions to the national party in Hungary, and that stock Caledonian lOO 984 981 98 i 100 Do. do. June 1, 187 100 65 70 18
le ambi- it does so must undoubtedly be ascribed to the 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all ,- -4
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 d pr 1
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' 2s. - - alt
have not influence which M. de Schmerling has obtained i 50 Cork and Bandon - - -
20 Cork, Blrock., ePassage all - - 20 'apeTown se Dock Scrip 5 11 11 as
all 6 64 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. a . 75 14 6 ' ' thi
positive over the Emperor and the principal members of the 200 !Coornwall
1 D A 171 1 emerara. - -
It may Imperial family. It is evident to every one here 10 Do B until 6 c serail.
(A gets no div fan _
20 Eastn. Bengal ga. sp. 10 25 15 d
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 98 99 99 1 po
wi
3g it has that the Magyar aristocratic party, which was the 50 Dublin' all - -
hiczalspeelfeapris,4ldiutnoße. all -
8 81 9 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all - - ref
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. all 20 Do. Jubbulpore - -
of abso- first to commence agitation for the re-establishment ' stock East Anglian sop 16 17 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentra. all 981 995 sot
the lm- of the old Hungarian Constitution, is now decided! y ,
stocket ock
Es tern
Counties lOO 53 34 531 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 1005 1015 Tb
20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all - -
-at least cast into the background, and that the men of 1848 steel( Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong Corporation i en
, tern Union, A stock 100 37 39
25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 1 13i - per cent. Bonds .. .... 100 - - un
are masters of the situation in Hungary, so much stock East Suffolk - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 235 24 231 1 1M
,he words so, in fact, that it would not be possible to deprive stock Edinburgh & Glass.°
cs w 100 86 88
281 291 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 75 80 751 4/
100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 46 50 48 75 cNi
:e tics of stock Edin. Perth. & Dundee 100
them of the authority, they exercise over the mass .
stocklo FnrnessForte& Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 _ all 57 60 thi
sappoint-100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 60 51
of the nation." ,hal
stock Gland. and S. Western 100 116 118 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 48 52
•espeet to 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - 113 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 95 96 961 de
wish was . ' stock Great Northern see 113 114 2O Do. New gua. sp. a_ 8 15d id 71 an
I, but the .af a i vEy AtARRET AND CITY NEWS stock Do do A stock
Do do 11 do
on which2ol Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 115 115 105
S. W. of Ireland WE
8./s •Os stock
80Ck Gt. & W
410000 117144117 g 744
stock Great Western
CITY, Two o'Ceome. stock Do Str Val gua. stock' 100 61 64 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
t he ex- The Bank of England return, completed to the
12 Trisb South-eastern.... all - -
•
100 Do. do. 73 till '6O all 95 100 ter
?rstand-cc r
2d of January, shows some im t tvariations. por an •
stock Lancashire & Yorkshire
stock London and Blackwell 100 62 64 ~ .75 i 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96
ace, had stock Lon. Brie-ht. & S Coast 100 117 118 11 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 00 93 th
The bullion, owing to the demand for the United stock Lond., Clint,- and Dover 100 50 52 514 1 stock Madras, omen, 45 p. o lOO 83 85 WI
find. It States, and other parts, has been slightly diminishedloo 1015 102 1011 i stock Do. d 0.65 per cent
block Lond. & Nth. Western
941 954 93i stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 86 87 ex
led that ' to -I: Lond. & Bth. Western.. 100
while the increased inquiry for money shown 8 ' L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - 20 Do. Fourth do l5 1/ 15 d no
is in 25 20 Do. d 0... .... - - -
last few the large addition to the other securities, nearly 100 •-at DOI ''' stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a Buds lOO - - • qu
•
Govern- • two She f. non ..
25 ;,'denysa &t EnnisailleaaLi
stock Man.2o ewßrunswick & Canda I ea;
millions and a-half sterling. The reserve of 50 filar and Carlisle.. allall .._.8.,.
_l2, ,
olt
11
3-..5 To Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 1 cal
lyric by notes has also been diminished by about a million 121 Do do' 5 shares.... Class A Capital Share
sty with. sterling, consequent upon a large extension to the 10 Metropolit.‘ll
stock Midland - - 21 2 p 20 o. do. B Capital do. .. all 5 7 foi
.to six active circulation. The public deposits, owing to ; 56t.04c.0k. .. o. do. Land do. - .... jpo
in ques- official payments usual at this period of the year, 2550 nbdo. G zli - - 20 Dude (Limited) - -
stock cinde ... ...... gi.ss 100 971 985 do
4 shares
Dopo new.......
st. Derby 100 110 112
t. W. of Ireland a - -
all - - 20 o. Punjau.b .... Is., s 1 10 21•1 ad sic
rins--S0 'd Kent .. ••••• • • • • •
have been slightly reduced, but the private deposits 25 31' • • all - - 20 o. Do. ........ te I_3 all -- d
ret been 10 Do, Cray Line
all - - stock ,Do.lndus.St. Flo. _ g.,,,g. 100 92 9i
Were augmented through the preparations for the 100 Newcastle and Carlisle
9 7 6 d 20 iStAndrews & Quebec A 18 - - an
hick not 10 Nesvry & Arma.gh, def
payments on the fourth of the month. The 20 Newry, Warript. & Ros all '- - 'lO Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 9 1 d th
;ands all various items of the balance-sheet, and the changes 100 54 56 554 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. lel
stock Norfolk
Nslin. Counties 17nion.. .5 •
Ps speech they present, will be seen in the subjoined table : 10 ntwerp & Rotterda e all ,55 55 ,:51 id(
.. „
100 651 661 651 1
20 rdenne5............ .. all 1 - -p I
stock North British
stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dlestoelr 100 -se]
Active Circulation .. .. .. £20,511,595 20 ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 15 144 81 5
stock De A stk ; A revs no (1.
Clp pub.. • Increase .. .. .. .. 867,095 until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 - - 5 'Belgian East. Junctio • all / 1 hu
Rest 100 - - 20 ini eziers to Graissessac.. all - - s• /
ummary •• • • . .. .. .. 3,247,078
Increase 52,654 stock Do B stock „.. ... ...
• • •• •• .. p 6 ICee-neaux Mine & Rail all 11 12 ail
stcsek Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1061 1501 I°3l 1
25 Do do , C.N.E. purchase 16134 p 1p __
emarked Public Deposits .. .. .. 7,259,906
stock Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 60 96 ,ee. 100 Copiapo .. ...... & ...... all - - on
hat the Decrease . • • • • • • • 85,450
stock 1.;,0 Yorkin!
Other Deposits .. .. .. 13,224,49420 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 24 250
of the Increase • • • • .. .. 1,252,199 - . , 20 Eastern of France .... all 221 231 Ti
stock North ..
20 Grand sus, Guar. 6p. c. 6 - -
Without Seven Day and other Bills . 640,417 go
• • •
Increase • • .. • . .. 20 Do. do. . all - -
, signs.- . 30,228 10 N. and S.
19.16.4 North ,Staffordshire
12 Not. & Grp Rail ll 84 84 20 Great Central of Franc • all - -
Government Securities .. .. 9,488,168 1a7114 29! 111 'lsi
all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sills- all 61 7
. 10 Feebler ...s ••-• •- -••• •• •
ose any Decrease 52,105 - Portsmouth •... ...... - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all - -
Other Securities all - - 20 Lake Constance & Bala all - -
or less .. .. .. 22,836,483 10 Rhvmney.. •••-• • • • • • 100 115 117 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - -
Increase .. .. .. .. 2,314,111 stock Scottish Central
lation of Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 5,899,815
Decrease .. .. .. .. 1,024,26020 Lyons & Geneva .....• all - -
33/ 'aria Antonia - ...... all - - •
.Ifit be Bullion . 100 50 52
stocko c k Scot
D o
Scot.N. E .25,1 id Aber.
stook.
0 stockek. .
110000
83471
8349/
10 Do. New - .... ........ all - -
stock Shropshire Union.... -
al organ • • . .. .. .. 12,652,839 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 '7/
Decrease .. .. 146,28020 Do. 6p. e. Pref......... all 19 201
• . • • stock South Devon .. ••.•• • • •t TI
leo 884 est 88 i 16 Northern of France.... all 38 391
lecessary , Ther 10 Sittingbounse & Sheer.
100 all
426 437
stock south Eastern .. . • • •
There were no bullion operations of importance 100 62 64 16 Do. New Shares .-.. 15 - - be
were re- stock South Wales "•••• • • • • ,s„, 79 80 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 75 41
at the Bank of England yesterday. stock S. York. and River Dun 10s, 78 80 to
[dresses," The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon all 425 431 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 365
20 aria & 0r1ean5........ all 54 66 MA
columns,
exhibited a considerable advance in the rate 01120 Sain e s , Vir&oDk ,a raiinndgroonk all
25 Do do .. • • 11 11 114 p 201 'Recife &S. Fran. (fern. fo]
100 - - , gua. 7p. et. Um-- 13 31 2fd
occupied Vienna and Trieste ; Paris was also rather higher-stock Taff Vale ._,............
100 - - 20 ;Riga & Dunaburg l4 - - ce
stock Do Pref. isTo 1
ontrol of but Amsterdam and Hamburg were a .l,
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 10 Rome' & Frascati ...... all - - M
portion ; gam ower.
The Bank of Belgium has raised its rate of 50 Ulster .... ••• ... ..... - all 55 . 564 20 IRoyal Dani5h.......... all - -
5 Royal Swedish - - in
dlp 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - to
the only 12 30 Do ~:,••• • - • • • •
25 Do ..... ...... ....... 220 2 31p
20 Sambre & Meuse .., all 51 4
discount from 3 to 4 per cent. re
I showed 13 Victoria. Sta. and P.im - all 111 111. 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 Ai 81
The liquidation of the bills which arrived at ~,tl),-,e vaSe of Heath .. . .... 100 67 69
stocs. Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 San Paulo, lim,e•. 7p. c. 2 11 d 3 or
n• untrue o sseterford & Limerick all - -
maturity yesterday did not lead to any failures of 52(i w‘‘ :sgt Cornwall ........ 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Veneti • 12 1/ 11 d th
all 6 65 20 Southern of France all 20 2 t
eon the magnitude, but numerous small embarrassments all - - 84 West Flailders
ts divers, 10 Do :st class _.•• • . •
20 wesf• London ..........
all - - 10 0. 51-sso. e. Preference all 01 94 in
were reported, and rather an uneasy feeling has 20 Do 2(1 class .. s' •• •• all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France
bear the been produced by the probable effectofepool Harbr 23 Western of Austria-- 6 - -
ho stand/ prevailing and Rail
stock West-Ha:II100 - - 20 Western of Switzer land all - - 1,11
6 iWiesbaden ... .. . . .... all - -
stringency.w
the very Do. Newport 100 42 4 6 ;Ii)o. 8 per cent * !'ref'.... all - - cc
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market t stock 93 85 2$ !Zealand - -
• yes ter- Do. ilerefordAl2o_____--__
stock West Midland-Oxford 100 485 4491 49
stock Ist
day was moderately active, but prices tended down- pREFV:tENCE SHARES. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
It, at an PI
'wards. The sales were about 6,000 bales. -------------- 00 Agra&UnitedService Bk! 50 183 F 5 it
eof the ,Paid Closing Business 40 Australasia 1 all 72 74 725
The market for Public Securities has been fur- Sharel Railways. ! Price. Done. 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 21/ a
France, then depressed to-day, in consequence of the un ---- 100 Bank of London ....... 50 50 62 tr
son the 20 Bank of Turkey
ni
favourable Bank return and the general position of _. -
e. pref. (issued at £5O all _
25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per ..
50 British North American all - -
3hbishop etc Brie. & Fxet 4p ct stock 100 -
monetary affairs. Consols have declined to 92± a • - - 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 225 23
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 36 is
s 20 Do. do. do. Shares ..... d
for the. 10th inst., and to 92-4- i for February. 100 City
stock ,Caled
s between stock ;Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 - - 100 Colonial
The New Threes and the Reduced receded to on £10,45 per cent, 100 1101 103
20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - - v
f a united all 201 211 100 Commercial of London . 20 214 221
92} i ; 65 !Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C.
Exc 20 !Cornwall. 5 per cent. . •
Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. (Us. to par. ; and 64 I Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. .
.all
A6n
1016 ti
)fuel of St.2o !Eng., Scot., ez Aus. Ch.. all 161 17
India Debentures were flat at 951 stock E.Ang,n.Class A 7 &5 c.' ls,‘" .' 2O !Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - Si
ope obeli- • . 20 Lon. Cliar.Bkof Austral all 221 231 36 4
Very stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... 0'
100 106 108
100 112 115
50 London and County .. 20 354 365
few dealings were recorded in Foreign stock 'Do. , do. Class C 7 p.c...• !
Securities,loo 110 112 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - - V
airtst all.stock IF Conn. Ex. p c. No.l
and prices are steady. Turkish 6' E.
5 ' - lOO los 110 100 London ez Westminster 20 - -
Cents. are per stock Do. do. No. 2 a.
! France, 70,1, to 71 ; ditto New, 5641 to 57 ; and stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 124 126 100 Nat: Pros. of England . 42 - -
20 Do. new l2 - •••. n
the 4 stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 - -
Italians, per Cents., 1021 Mexican remain at 21,.
• stock Do. 5 per cent. guar._ 100 - - 50 National Bank ..... ... 25 - - . 11
Portuguese are flat at 44/, and Spanish at 49. 20 New South Wales-- - all - -
iervativo v
S. &D. 100 90 32
stock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 512 114
20 Do. new -
nelusions Venezuelan are firm at 201 stock Do. 4p. c gua.
stock Edin. Perth& Dun.l p.c. 100 •: •-__ - 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 47 48 47/ 8 6!
4.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have stook stock , Furness, 5 per cent .... 20 Ottoman Bank ... -._
ction for,Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c., 100 - - 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 - -
)test hie been about £1,115,000, and the exports £566 9-6
i 0 ; stock .1-' o.Sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm
5 ct 1 100 116 119
100 ! -
I 100 112 114 10 'Do. new
25 !South Australia - -
all - - a
a
done so independently of which it is expected that the
led pro- Asia,loo I Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.e. pm; 80 86 88
which leaves Liverpool to-day for New York, 10 IG.t. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pt' all - - 50 ;:rinion o/ London.
100 lUlSity Mutual 6O - - 1!
• Will take out about £200,000 in sovereigns. stock c Gt.en. & W (Ireland)4
/ p. et. pref. stock.... s
1 100 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. r
i
tt13.8 have Business in the Railway Share Market has been 50 Great West. (Berko and - Can.GioT. 6 p.c.da. & J uly 100 09 114
Hants) Ext. sp. et. 6 -•- - Do. Op. cent. 1879 100 - - 1
[France. rather inactive, and a slight downward tendency stock Co. Redeemable, 44- p.Ci. 100 98 •
100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - t
stock Do. Redeemable 4n. cf. 100 89 91 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - -
dat the has prevailed in prices. Great 'Western, Lance-
stock Do Irredeemable, 0... c
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113
7essed in shire and Yorkshire, North British, North-Eastern 'stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103
8 Do. 131. rm. Pref. Shares. all 94 10 - • Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113 c
he semi- , (Berwick), South-Eastern and West Midlands have 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. all 175 181 - c Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 102 1015 1
- / Do. Scrip 9O
all 104 11 - -
10 Do. do. sp. et. pref - Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1830 100 105 103 I
declined ss. ; Caledonian, Great Northern, and
Se placed stock IDo Birrag.emar. stock_ 100 76 78 - Do. 1890 100 - - 1
ie. One North Western, lOs • Manchester, Sheffield, and
• I 26'5 I Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21
131 IDo.
Do. do. do. - N.B.Gov. 6P.e. Ja.&July 100 106 107
- Do. 6p. c. Ap. &Oct. Oct. 100
us who Lincoln have advanced 10s. 20 IDo. do. do. - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 93 100 s
stock ITsan. &York 6p. c. stock lOO 138 140 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 985 991
years of The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were - (
stock Do.Barnsl.st£s3s 10d pc 100 - ..... - Do. 5 p.e.,1888 & upwds 100 97/ 985
n taught dull. Bahia and San Francisco realised 8t- -1, and stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. s
nrade is stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pe.gll. No 1 100 116 118 sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 I
San Paolo 3 ; Grand Trunk of Canada declined to stock Do. sp, a No. 2 100 11e 118 - Aus.Gt 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 - -
and had 109 138 143
vhen the 23; I, Great Western of Canada to 10/, and Born- stock Do. gua. 6p. a
stock Do. do. sp. c ..No. 4 100 116 118 - Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja,&July 100 - -
- Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1071 1081 108 74 1
bay and Baroda to 93. stock Do. do. 4i per cent..... 100 103 105
5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. all - - BRITISH MINES.
as made Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares stock 'Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 153 156
.
1001 s in 'were in very limited request, without any material stork !Do 6p e. do. (W.E.&C.P. 100 130 134 I
Share! Mines. 1 Paid.l Price.
Closing Business
iD * . e cl• d f til '65, 100 69 71
stock 0.4p.c. .( iv. e . Done
)pointed
change to record iu values. stock Ilion. Chat. and Dover.. 100 90 92 90
Ty, and stock and N.W. Coy. an --- Alfred, &mots (Trragln.ll.ll 34 4
finister -a...a- Nuneaton, sp. et.- 100 116 118 20 British Iron
position BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ot stoc 100 150 155
stock !Do. 44 pssr cent . lOO - - - !Clifford nil 205 215
- Devon G. Cons. (TavistA 1 410 420
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 5 2s. 6d.1D0. (Prterd, perpl anus. - lEast Bassett (Illogan).. 30 114 118
unity of New 3 per Cent. Annuities 924 5 of 2s. 64...... ..... ... all - - - 'East Caradon . , ... .... 2.14.6 111 111
hopes Of India Stock . - -
.4 s- IE. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 101 111
Min to Ditto Debentures, 1858 95- 125 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sha all 131 141 1 - IGam.dsStAubyn(Gwen.) 541 25, 28
g stock Man. Sh. &Lin. '6 per et.' 100 - - - ,Great South Tolg-u5....1 17s 71 81
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO lO die
reaty of Consols for Account, Jan. 10
, 100 70 72 - 'G/',.Wheal Alfd. (Philaek):l2.l3.9 1 11
' - IG. Wheal Vor (Helstony 01 11 If
India Stock for Account ' stock Do. 31 per cent .......
yester- Ditto 6 per Cent. for Account _
1015 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent.. 5 I 4ls
12 '!,lstryoort & Car., 4p. a all - - Grenvillel
;Herod's-Foot . 5.14.6 3 84
8.12 32 14
ed erro- Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid - - IHingsbon Downs 4.10.6 31 31
iing the FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock !Mid. Con. 6p a stock.. 100 - - -. !Lady Bertha
100 137 13995 5
41 56
Jere are Mexican 3 per Cent stock Do.Con.Bris. lc Bir. 6 p.c. ..- Margaret! (Uny Lelant)
.. - stock Do. 41 p. a pref. stock.. 100 101 103 1091 - 'North Downs
Rouher Ditto Account - ' - !North Frances (Mogan 115 4 5
;kits for Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. • • ---• stock Do. Leta & Hit. pref. st. 100 95 97 - 'N.Wli'l Basset (1110 san 15s 4 . 5
Ditto Account - - - !North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 10 11
Freack Spanish 3 per Cent. stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - IBar Consols (St. Blazey li 91 11
'ho took Ditto Account -
49 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lllll7 100 - -
stock North British, 5p.0. .. 100 112 114 20 !Providence (Uny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 45 47
- ISortridge Cons..llin.Co.l Hs 1 11
ount de Turkish 6 per Cent - stock Do. New, gust. sp. c.... 100 110 111 - South Caradon(StCleer)l 15 300 310
Senator Ditto New Loan - 'S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 31 2/ 31
inter of Ditto Account - - 11 1
1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all , 5 e
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - - -o. Wheal Fran. (Ill0gan)18.13. 115 155
3eneral Venezuelan 3 per Cent - tray Park 524.18. 49 51
tipoten- Ditto Account
stock Do.! Berwick, P . s
17 IDo. do. do A.13.4. a le 5 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 21 24
10 Tin Cron , 9 16 i on
ustoms ; Dividends on the above payable in London. 20 I Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 - - --Vale of Towey (Carm4i3s 6d 4 i
amerce. TWO O'CLOCK. 1.1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9
- - - !West Basset (Illogan) 1 11 18 19 •
Baron Consols for Account, 10th Jan.. 921 4 75 Do. York, .& S. Porch. 10 pI p
„A all 23 24 - .W. Caradon (Liskeard)! 5 n 79
and M. • Ditto February .. 921 a 20 North Staffordshire.
10 Rhymney Guaranteectl all - - West Seton ......1 471 355 365
- Wheal Basset (Illog•an ! 5/ 1115 120
sent of •84 ScOttish Central, new p all - - . - Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 'l6O 170
any are stock Scottish North-Easter
100 - - - Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 11 14
- Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 145 154
Forsign. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. 31 p. a pref. stock.... 123
stock Do.Aberdeen,ssaa. ~ .
• rp e 100 126 - !Meal Mary Ann (Men. 8 I 18 19
• stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock, 100 130 133 - !Wheal Tretawney (Lis. 55 1 17 10
Deollllto LONDON Jan.
, 5.-Wind this day at noon-North- los, 'South Devon, •• ! Ann 10s all 105 11 _------_
FOREIGN MINES.
East 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent, all - -
used lsf Easter! ; moderate breeze, and dull weather, with snow 0.6 South Eastern (Reading/ 20 Australian
and thaw. 1 all 1 231 241
I. The Ann~ 1.0.6)
! 100 1021 104
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Xi p.) 275 2 21 •
DEAL, Jan. 4.-Wind S.E.-Arrived-Sir William stoex Do. 45 per cent . ,
100 _ ,1•2
1 104
)se cone Pulteney, stock ~ •
Do Fixed sip.e. Ist Is: 2O Do.StaJohndel Rey,Lim 15 281 29
I. The and sailed for Jamaica; Lady S d from the R. an ys, River mil Wales, gua.4 p.c.!
stock So . ,
/ stock Do. 4 s
, per cent
1 100 100 102 102 5 Do. Land and 31iningCo. all - -
1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 - die.
e. At and sailed for St. Rift's, c.alla. 100 85 88
stock S.-Yorksi:tre• 4P• 40 Cobre Copper all 43 45 43 5
all 1 271 281 16 8 10
- Copiapo .
t that PORTS mourn, Jan. 4.-Wind N.E.- rrive - er
A• d H 25 . Stock. & Dm'. ASP• 0• • s •Is ,
I all .2 •sa 1 'Fortuna
ail 1 1
nd the Majesty's •
. ship Desperate, from Portland; her . slat
, 25 - \ Do. B 6 net cs ,_ all 321 334 2 - all 2 25 24
ship St. George, from Plymouth. Maisty s 25s , Do. C 6 per censs
100 45 48
Brosses stock IWatrid as Kilkny, 6 il. ~,,A 20 General all 21 23
124 126
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 4.-Wind S.S.E.-A.stock 'W li'd ofltC a t s''' 2 ,Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 par 5p 15
, Saone rrived-John - i - x s su s is, 1 _
00 123 125
Howell, from Moulmein. stock I Do. 2d do 1 s 11 !Kapunda (Limited) llllsp 21 5
nd was 100' 102
stock J stock 'Do Newport 5 p.aptre ' 100. (, 3 Linares all 91 101
123 126 5 Lusitanian 2 P oP
and St. , an. 4.-Wind N.E.-Arrived-Oresund, ' .. pf I'6 100
from Dublin for St. Thomas, stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. s 'e 320
stock Do. 011 1869, Ist is. 100 Ilis 1 illariquita all 1 1
ieinitY • CHATHAM, Jan, 4,-Wind N.E.-Arrived-Goliath, 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 _ - 1 IN.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 28.6d. sld
other from Quebec. -..--.........-. 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead
Saone- DATI,TMOUTTA.LS. Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6
it, Jan, 4.-Wind S.E.-Sailed-Fame, for LINES LEASED AT FIXED REN
_________ 5 Port Philip 1
[n the Pernambuco. _ ____ __ 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 51
I Leasing Closing \ 81.181.116111
28•2•81sUnited Mexican .
.ns are QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 3.-Wind S.E.-Arrived • ed-Ar le Railways. I PaidJ - •
riv gy , Co.'s. \ Price. Done. 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1
Lingual/ noun St, John's, Newfoundland. I 1 , Do - -
le was
Bedford an d B etclri-W7T--•--- .7-.--'--.----- . _
!mplol 031 r ELECTRIC TELMORAPII.) Backinghtmshire .... 1
Chester & Holyhead.. , 100 Do.
100 Ln & N.W 98 100
53 534 MISCELLANEOUS.
ieinity Wine S.E. SOVTIIIMPTON, Saturday Morning. Do. do. 51 per cent.' 100 Do.
3 came Arrived-T Do. do. 5 per cent.! 100 Do. ll3 115 1000 Atlantic' Tel. (Limited) all - -
104 25 ;Australian Agricultural, 19 29 31
Sailed, Jan,eutonia, steamer, from Hamburg. Clydesdale Jtmetion..! 100 Caledoniu 102
• 10 !Berlin Water (Limited); all 41 55
inun-alt ...U.SsE C 16 17
for Alexand 4-L'Ulyssee, for Rochelle ; Pere, steamer Colchester, Stour Val.! a 50 ;British American Land! 40 - -
ria ; U • T h '135 137
' F• Lincolnshire gep.c.l 100 Gt.Nort . .
. t 7.11 ,B.Ssl.Mags Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37
of one the Cape of Go mpire, for Jersey ; Dane, steamer, for ' • shall Counts) 41 41
od I-10 • E.Union,Harwich s • 20 1D0.8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lira), all 18 20
/Or nal Courier, steamer, for pe , Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Do. Woodbridsse ..• 100 1 - -
20 ,Do. C. (Limited) I all 13 15
and Edward, for S Jersey; Robert and Mary, lilotis Gls.Barr.k Neils,Drct. 100 Ca.ledonin - --
Grandr SunderlaB2s (Canada Land all 110 113
nd ; Margaret Jane and John Do. New .. .
Forest',. ...., 100 Da •.... • • - -
7t-de s- Douse, for Seek'
nag.• 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim.) all - -
Gloster& Dean ' all Gt. West., - -
stock ,Cop.Min.ofEngs&Sraltg. all - -
itirel y --___ IT artlpooL Dels.& Rail. all Ykl - - 132/
25 Do.l Pref. 7/ per cent.
re atell BY SVDMARINZ AND Hull and Selby .•• • • • all .N. Md.lllo 112
stock Crystal Palace
D MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. Do. Shares ... •• • • all Do. - t
Shares ..... 1
all
-
if tb.e GxAvzsEND,.. o. - - stock Do. Preference
e bee al Wind E. Saturday Morning' Lan Do.
a& Carl. gua..s p.c. 100 n. & N.W 207 211 stock , Do. 6p. c. Pei pet. Deben ! 100' 107 109
stock Electric; Telegraph I 100 94 88
cons i- Arrived, Jan. 5-Amelia, Will-
iam and Mary, and Me- London & Greenwich 100 East. .. 61 63
115 120 25 I Do. New l5 2 1
Do. Preference ......! 100 ,D_ 0.
Bora, from Guernsey. 5 'English &Aus. Copper. all 21 3 3
311rg. Lon. Tilb.& Sou e .tnd 1 100 'Pet° & Co. 90 92 904
Sailed, Jan. 5-Luisa, for Table Bay ;15 Gen. Steam Navigati mI 14 - -
Alice M d'Lowestoft gun. 4 p.ct. 100 !Norfolk -- - I
au , for
_ _ -
riving Algoa Bay. • Do. 6 per cent.. - .... 100 !Do.
less ti, D2AL, Saturday 31 • Mane., Buxtn. & Matk.l all !I. NW &Id 35 31
I 5 Won. District Tel. (Lim. - -
sr tine Wind S.E. mung• alid. Bradford Prefer-
-100 :Midland 97 99 20 London Discount (Lim. 5 11 Id'
720 E; from London for once Stock .....- .• • •
Sailed-liinda, steamer, fr Lisbon; Little Nei kt B -
Tatar ~ urs Ex 1 .5. 5 6 lE.Counts 5 1 p 4 'L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim. all
20 Madras Irv. and Canal.. 1 11 21
1 11 1 i
Medi- Jenny, from London for St. Michael's.guaranteed sp. a ! , 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - -
465 T. Northn.SsEastn. 5 p.c.! all ;Do. .56 67
10 'Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 2 4
-
Do. do. 6 per cent ....I all P 0.25 National Dis. Co. (Lim. 5 11 154
FROZEN TO DEATH ON A HAYSTACK. -On 1 all Do
Do. Fixed 5 per cent.; . - -
20 INerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.). 5 3 2 d
- . - North Western
! all
... a
~...„ 10 INetlierlands Land ' all 1 /
Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, the body of a man
- • s•-• Preston and Wyre. t 1 all -Ik' Lis-I','. 1 - - f..iss.atl dis.l all
5 IDo.ti p.c 4 1
rs ~r 5 was discovered on a haystack in Broom-lane, Stockport- I
Do. 1 Stares ....A.l all ;Do. - - • 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLandl SA - -
74 - road. The deceased, whose name was Bartholomew n
- - '
100 :(` t N tl 135
oystn.Hitch., & Shop! s-or i. 137 1 ~N.B.Australasian(LinLY all
1 iOriental Gas (Limited).l all 511 ,1
i 1
70 .60 M€Grow, was a travelling fiddler. His hat and fiddle were Shrewsbry& Herefordi 100 !T•Brassello4 106 1055
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 'lss. Ipr .
50 • •••••Do
that
found in the Black Brook, which led to the supposition South Staffordshire .. all 11• Clean.. 11 115 114
[95 10 Ditto B. ..... ........ 6 - -
he had fallen in himself, but managed to get out again and Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West! 91 93
10 Ditto C. .. . . ......... 2s. - _
~,_ 0. Wimbledon & C,roydn. all L.& Brgtn 71 8.)
- stock Peelll.Lnd.&.Min.(Lim.) 100 47 50
to rest had climbed on to the hay stack, where, faleeb - -- _
fitlttlg. - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam • all 72 71
.t. --
asleep, he was frozen to death. 50 Do. New .............I 25 12 14
50 hold a Sharel I Closing \ Business
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.o! all 17 18 p
75 CRYSTAL PALACE.-The Foresters will Docks. Paid Price. Done.
50 Rhymneyl Iron ........ all 17 19
In
_ great winter fete at the Crystal Palace on Monday.
1 ----------
15 1 Do. New ............ all 5 6
I 60
- addition to the special Christmas amusements, a torchlight stock [commercial 1 100 - len 100 ;Royal Mail Steam ..... , 47 49
- MO. 4 per c ept.Pref.Min 1 100 - Stook/ Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim.). 100 136 141
75 procession of 1,000 torchbearers will form in the grounds, stool:
s‘ and
-toce 1 East wept India _ I 130 - 25 fouth Australian Landl all 34 36
at the close of which the fountains and terraces will be stock limn don ............... ' 100 . 1 ISubmarine Tel. Serip.., all 4
_
illuminated stock ISt. Katharine I 10. do. Registered ....; all 5 4
with coloured fires. The palace will be open s sth t l-°° - do. • ••••! all 5 7
, 1., stock ,eou amp on 'NO 10 Do.
for -
- admission up to six o'clock in the evening, at whicu , stock Wictoria . a ! 100 99 101 . •20 r. & Ln. Co. oflipr.Cans, 5 - -
50 ho10?-,Vak Pinuen'sLaud ,ji.' 20 ? 19
~.., i hour the precession will start, 20 Too, New , ....sing& 1 4d par; •

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterda o all , 5 1 5; ,:51
20 rdennes ............ all ' - -p I
20 alLtS.Fran..Lim.7 p. c 10 11 114 811
5 'Belgian East. Junctio all i 1
20 i'Beziers to Graissessac all - -
6 iCa.-rteaux Mine & Rail all 11 12
100 Copiapo ........ & all - -
10 Ditto Extension all 3 218
20 Dutch Rhenish l6 24 24d
20 Eastern of France all 225 231
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 - -
20 Do. do. . all - -
20 Great Central of Franc • all - -
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 7
20 Italian Junction all - -
20 Lake Constance & Bale all - -
20 Lierre & Turnhout all - -
20 Lyons & Geneva all - -
3,..,
33/ 'aria Antonia -- - - all - - •
10 Do. New - .... all - -
20 Namur & Liege .... all 71 7
20 Do. 6p. a. Pref. all 19 205
16 Northern of France all 38 395
16 Do. New Shares .-.. 15 - -
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 71 41
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 355 361
20 Faris & Orleans all 54 56
i ecifein & S. Fran. (Perm
20 1 gua. 7p. ct. Urn . l3 31 lad
20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 - -
10 'Rome & Frascati - -
20 Royal Danish - -
5 Royal Swedish - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - -
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 q gi
20 San Paulo, Hui, g. 7p. c 2 1 /d 3
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Veneti
20 Sall-thorn of France all 20 2l
81 West Fl odors
3
10 0. 4p. c. Preference
20 W. & N.W. of France
23 Western of Austria 6 - -
20 Western of Switzer land all - -
6 ffiesbaden ... .. . . - -
6 ;pc, 8 per cent. *Pref. - - -
AS iLealand - -
JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - -
90 Af.r,ra&UnitedService Bk, 50 jB3 F 5
40 Australasia 1 all 72 74 72/
25 Bank of Egypt all 20/ 21/
100 Bank of London 5O 50 62g
20 Bank of Turkey
50 British North American all - -
20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 225 23
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 36
100 City
100 Colonial
20•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - -
100 Commercial of London . 20 214 225
20 Eng•., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 165 17
20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - -
20 Lon. Cliar.Bkof Austral all 221 231 36 5
50 London and County .. 20 35/ 36.
50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - -
100 London & Westminster 20 - -
100 Nat: Prov. of England . 42 - -
20 Do. new l2 - -..
50 National Bank ..... ... 25 - -
20 New South Wa1e5...... all - -
20 Do. new - -
25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 47 48 471 8
20 Ottoman Bank ...... .. all 181 19
100 Provincial of Ireland. .. 25 -
10 'Do. new all - -
25 'South Australia - -
25 iUn ion o
50 ,Tlnion off London Australia l2 26 27 27
106 11.Ti:Ity Mutual 6O - -
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Can.li oy. 6 p.c.Ja. & J uly 100 09 114 --
- Do. Op. cent. 1879 100 - -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113
- • Do. 6p. c. 31ar. & Sept. 100 111 113
- ( Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 102 1011
- I Do. Scrip 9O - -
- Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1850 100 105 105
- Do. 1890 100 - -
- N.B.Gov, 6P.c. Ja.&July 100 106 107
- Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - -
-. N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1860 100 93 100
- Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 981 995
- Do. 5 p.c.,lBBS&upwds 100 975 985
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c
sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107
- S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO - -
- Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja„Vuly 100 - -
- Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1071 1081 108 71_
BRITISH MINES.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 35, 1861.

THE MAGAZINES:

Blackwood.

~~V' }

the scene between Harry North and his friend and
intended brother-in-law, Sir Lionel Atherton, is very
affecting. Sad are the trials that befall those
nearest and dearest in separation, disunion and
discontent; overwhelming the casualties that
fall upon happy homes and cheerful hearths
by civil war, and no tale can hardly
be too terrible to be true that refers to the
troublous times of the Commonwealth. " Thermw
Antiqum Redivivre" is a very curious sketch Qf
the thermal and vapoury baths of the ancients,
revived. It may amuse some and instruct others
in its elaborate details and particular illustrations.
A most interesting article is that on Hunyadi.
It is eloquently writen, and furnishes important
details to dwell upon, while it concerns the life and
actions of one who belongs to the noble band of
patriots who are as gems set in history to illumine
the darkness and redeem the meanness of its cha-
racters. They are, in the words of Macaulay,
" immortal with the immortality of truth." It is
here said that "Hunyadi may be considered as the
incarnation of all the principles and aspirations of
Hungary," he is the ideal type and symbol of his
nation. The German historians have not done
justice to Hungary and her great men, and it is said
" the authors of general histories have been very
neglectful of this grand mediaeval figure. They
mention him briefly on one or two great occasions,
whilst in his fatherland Hunyadi is the object of
the most splendid national legends. He is the
great militant Christian of the fifteenth century,
something between a saint and a hero—much of
both." This essay is by Professor de Vericour,
who has before written papers of this sort,
and it is remarkably well done, in a spirit
worthy of its subject, and animated by a
right appreciation of so renowned a hero.
The following extract is an evidence of the style :
" The deliverance of Belgrade had thrown the Hunga-
rian nation into delirious rejoicings. Soon after, the news
followed that Hunyadi was dead. A mournful despair,
dark forebodings for the future, succeeded to the exulta-
tions of an unexpected and splendid victory. The people
had lost their protector—the Secondary Magyar nobility
their intrepid commander. The whole country was in
tears. Do Cilley alone could not wholly conceal his ex-
treme joy ; he conceived that now the kingdom of Hungary
would be a prey to his cupidity. The Kiag had the good
taste to manifest a real or feigned sorrow. .He confirmed
Hunyadi's son, Ladislas, in all the dignities of his father,
and publicly expressed his gratitude for the great com-
mander who had saved Hungary and preserved his crown.
Christendom deplored the loss of the man, who, although
so often abandoned by all, had worn out his life in the
service of his country. The Pontiff ordered at Rome a
solemn service in honour of the Magyar hero, and conferred
upon him the title of ' Defender of the Christian Faith.'
Mohammed 11., on hearing of the death of his great enemy,
fell into a long, silent, brooding gloom ; and afterwards,
with tears in his eyes, exclaimed that, in his age, no prince
ever had such a subject. Nothing, therefore, was wanting
to the glory of Hunyadi : neither the tears of the people,
the enthusiastic admiration of those who had fought under
his banner, nor the honourable testimony of the enemy he
had vanquished.

There is more than the average share of
attraction in this month's number, and Maga
seems inclined to begin the new year in an
auspicious manner. The remarks on the "Purist's
Prayer-book" are worthy of attention, and
the strictures passed seem just, when the ex-
traordinary nature of the contemplated change
is considered. It is truly observed that, to
alter the present arrargement of the Prayer-book,
as regards the words, is not even necessary to effect
the purpose of shortening the service; and all who
possess any regard for really impressive language
will be slow to agree in the plan proposed by the
remodellers, of substituting different phrases for
some of the most effective passages in the prayers.
These alterations do not even answer the proposed
end of making the prayers suitable to common
understandings. " Can any one but themselves
imagine that it is any improvement to substitute
wandered' for erred and strayed, or that
the leadinks of our own wills' is more
intelligible or mere impressive than the
devices and desires of our own hearts;"'
and it is surely easier to teach the little one that he
has been made the " child of God, than that he
was dedicated to His service at the baptismal
font." Itl is mentioned, as an obvious inconsis-
tency, that while such substitutions are made as
" many" for "manifold," and " truth" for "troth,"
the words " let" and " prevent" in the collects,
which would afford an infinitely more reasonable
excuse for alteration, are suffered to pass without
notice. Again, in the marriage service, whose
quaint old formulas have a pathetic depth and
earnestness which might have pleaded their
cause, one would have hoped, with the sourest
old maid that ever set up for a ritual re-
former, "for better for worse, for richer, for
poorer, in sickness and in health till death us
do part," will it be believed that these revi-
sionists, as the arbiters of public taste,
dismiss this time-honoured vow as a barbarism,
and recommend instead, to save breath we suppose,
that "A" should take "B" to be his true and
lawful wife." Still more to be reprehended is the
idea of making alterations to render portions of the
service of a less servile character. Surely
humility is the foundation of all devotion ; it is the
" Christian's vital breath, the Christian's native
air" and the worship of the creature to the Creator,
once divested of homage and adoration, becomes,
indeed,' as sounding brass or as a tinkling cymbal.
The idea of prayer is beautifully expressed in Mont-
gomery's lines :
"Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear ;
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice,
And say, behold, he prays."
Those who w ish to see the service shortened will
be the last to agree to its solemn sentences being
transformed to everyday j argon, to suit uncultivated
minds, who very likely will understand neither
form; and this attempt, however well meant, is
certain to prove a decided failure. " Uncivilised
Man" is a sketch that gives a good deal of general
information. It is said that difficult as it may be
to define civilisation, it bears somewhat the same
relation to the condition of barbarism as science to
ordinary knowledge. The peculiar eharacteristics of
the Indians are here described in a very interesting
manner. "Norman Sinclair" is continued, and this
instalment is very entertaining ; the Clever Man
finishes his story and fully carries out the descrip-
tion of a genius in the "Lady of Lyons," as one
who knows everything and can do nothing.
" Horror : a True Tale," is very cleverly written,
but so horrible that it is really undesirable to
peruse it, and on some nervous or morbid persons
it might produce an unfavourable effect. These is
a paper on English Embassies to China which
treats of a question uppermost in many minds just
now. The article entitled "The Political Year"
is a very good one, and many of its prophecies will
doubtless be fulfilled when the ensuing session has
witnessed a few more of Mr. Gladstone's mar-
vellous and miraculous budgets. It truly states
that in home affairs there is but one very pressing
subject of thought, the state of our finances. As
one may suppose, Mr. Gladstone does not figure
very favourably in the criticism of our monetary
affairs, but those who are not of the politics of this
magazine, when they remember their heavy
income-tax, and behold their starving countrymen
who are ruined to please French artisans, may
subscribe to the truth of these strictures. "We
have a Finance Minister the most reckless
and the most dangerous that we have ever known,
uncertain, headstrong, blundering, contradictory,
utterly unreliable, we cannot help wondering how
long this very tragic farce is to last ; surely it can-
not last long, surely the end is near at hand."
After criticising the general course of the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer's policy, it is wisely urged
that nothing can be more dangerous than his plan
of altering financial arrangements during a season
of difficulty, arguing that, if the change is for the
better, we retrieve our luck ; while, if for the
worse; we cannot be much worse than we were
before. " Well might Lord Derby say that this
is not statemanship but the scheming of an impro-
vident gambler who is ready to throw ' double or
quits.'" The following passage is perfectly true as
well as forcibly put; for let anyone possessed of
a general knowledge of Parliamentary affairs
imagine what Mr. Gladstone would say if any of
his numerous rivals in the Chancellorship of the
Exchequer had proposed such schemes as his. of
last year :
As we run over this wonderful series of blunders, we can.
. not help wishing that Mr. Gladstone were the critic and
not the Chancellor, the judge and not the offender. What
a torrent of indignant eloquence we should have heard I
What wisdom would have been dispensed to our willing
ears I What solemn warnings would have startled us from
our slumbers I Gladstone is the offender, and he all but
escapes. The House of Commons passes his budgets, one
after the other, with the faintest criticisms. We are befooled
and disgraced, we know not how. Wonderful is eloquence,
but almost equally wonderful is a reputation for eloquence.
With an actor who has a reputation for comic talent, an
audience will laugh when he is not in the least funny. A.
preacher who is supposed to be pathetic will set his congre-
gation weeping if he merely blows his nose. A Chancellor
of the Exchequer, who has the finest voice of any speaker
living, and who has the name of being our greatest House
of Commons orator, silences opposition by a wave of his
hand, and carries his hearers along with him, before the
first sentence is out of his mouth. It is a reputation of this
kind that has converted 1860, to which we had been look-
ing forward as the year of financial grace, into a year of un-
imaginable financial folly—such folly as we hope never to
see repeated in this country.

" In his private life he was modest, generous, extremely
charitable, and tenderly attached to his family, and of a
constant purity in his manners. His private virtues have
even been acknowledged by the two hostile chroniclers,
from whom have been derived all the attacks on his public
life, but their hostility has succumbed ignominiously under
the grave and impartial researches of history. The life of
Hunyadi is, at this day, as it will ever be in the land of the
Magyars, a holy legend—a model of genius, heroism, self-
denial, and probity—a principle of vitality and regeneration
in the Hungarian people.
" The calumniesb of De Cilley and a few dastard nobles
pursued the hero after his death. They again took posses-
sion of the weak mind of the King ; they led him to acts of
the grossest ingratitude and cruelty. Ladislas, Hunyadi's
eldest son, who was in possession of his father's dignities,
found himself accused of an imaginary plot, submitted to a
mock trial, and was ono evening murdered by the headsman
of the King, in an obscure corner of Buda, the King him
self sitting by a window to witness his death. Subse-
quently (March, 1457), a formal decree was framed and
published, by the same Prince and his council, destined to
demonstrate the reality of all the calumnies accumulated on
the father and the son, and written in the coarsest lan-
e-nage. This royal document received a most. effective
refutation. The Hungarian nation, palpitating with hatred,
flew to arms. The wretched royal calumniator fled to
Vienna, then to Prague, where he died miserably, four
months after the murder of Hunyadi's eldest son. A
National Diet was assembled under the walls of
Pesth, for the electign of a new sovereign ; and
in the midst of the enthusiastic delirious accla-
mations of the patriots, people, and nobility, Mathias
Corvinus, a boy fifteen years of age, the second and
worthy son of the saviour of Hungary, was proclaimed
King on the 24th January, 1455. The hero Hunyadi thus
received, in death, an eternal crown of gratitude, unpa-
ralleled in history." _ _

There is a second part of the " Knights of Malta.''
It contains some passages which attract the atten-
tion in the record of that order. 'eke description of
Rhodes is very pleasing: "An island famous in song
and story; poets, philosophers, historians, and
jurists, have combined to recount its glories and to
sing its praise from the epic scroll of Homer to the
enamelled lines of Horace, the name of Rhodes
gleams upon many a poetic page." " Manchester,
its Social Aspect," is the theme of some remarks,
and in the beginning it says that, as the life of
every great man affords a remarkable illustration
of some emphatic truth, so it seems equally to hold
that the character of every great city is the illus-
tration of some peculiar principle. This is in ac-
cordance with the passage in " Coningsby," which
says that a great city whose image dwells in the
memory of man, is the type of some great idea, and
referring to :the town now before us, observes that
" What art was to the ancient world, science is to
the modern its distinctive faculty. Instead of the
city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has
expanded into a mighty region of warehouses and
factories, but, rightly considered, Manchester is as
great a human exploit as Athens." There are vari-
ous points of interest in this sketch of the great
commercial city. Among other articles worthy of
notice may be mentioned " Notes on New Books."