The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

(From, the Times)

Of the various peerages which are about to be created,
the public will regard with most interest that which ele
vates Mr. Macaulay to the House of Lords. It is an
honour which belongs peculiarly to the man, and which
is a fitting, if not an adequwe return, for a life spent in
the public service, and devoted to literary labours of the
moat dignified order. It is much to say that he is the
moat popular author of the day, but we have to say
more. With a style that compels attention, with a calm
wisdom that commands assent, he has interpreted Eng-
lish history to ourselves and to the world. To us the
history which he has indicted is worth a score of charters
and a cartload of laws ; it is our Bill of Rights and our
code of political duties. We know better what we are,
we know what our fathers fought for, we can sympathise
with the aspirations of Whigs, we learn to respect the
endeavours of Teries, we are less of partisans and more
of patriets. To Europe that history is worth all the
constitutions that have yet been devised. It has been
transtated into m..ny languages and widely read over the
continent. Who does not remember the appearance of
these volumes in that year of revolution when all the
peoples of Europe were maddening with fury about
thrones that seemed to be tottering to their fall ? It
was with profound gratitude that, amid the universal
wreck, Englishmen saw, as the historian described, how
in their country liberty came to be linked with order,
and contentment and fraternity were made consistent
with the inequalities of an aristocracy. If it was a lee-
son which we shall never forget, it was a lesson also
which, we have little doubt, will one day bear fruit in
every kingdom of Europe, making sovereigns more wise
and making subjects tremble for that crisis shadowed
forth by the historian, in which " it may be necessary to
sacr.fice even liberty in order to save civilisation." In
this view, if we except Lord Palmerston, there is pro-
bably not an Englishman living who has more power-
fully influenced the:destinies of Europe than Mr. Macau-
lay ; and as for his influence upon ourselves, those who
are fond of quoting the hackneyed saying of Fletcher of
Seltoun would have a stronger and more intelligible
case if they would give the preference over the maker of
laws, not to the writer of ballads, but to the philosophic
historian who leaves his mark as palpably as the great
author whom her Majesty is now about to honour.
There can be no more welcome addition to the debates
of the Upper House than the orations which we trust
Mr. Macaulay sill occasionally contribute on the few
great occasions by which the Lords every session vindi-
cate their position. Althoueh at one tine ha took a
prominent part in the discussions of the House of Com-
mons, his tone of thought and style of speaking were
never quite suited to the bustling representatives of the
people. It is in the Lower House that Cabinets rise and
fall, that public moneys are disposed of, that the chief
business of the country is transacted. The members are
thee too strictly occupied with pessing affairs, too intent
upon the result of a division and the fall of a party, to
care much for philosophy or history, even if the philo-
sop'ey be adorned with all the eloquence of Burke, and
the history be presented with ail the brilliance of
Macaulay. " But, while the Commons are all for the pre-
sent, on the oth,r hand, prescription is the vital air of
the peerage, and in the House of Lards a philosophic
historian will find an appropriate audience for that stately
eloquence which carries with it so much learning and so
much wisdom. Especially at the present moment neu,t
we rejoice at his elevation, in the hope that when we
have crushed this Indian mutiny, and the time comes to
consider calmly the future of our Eastern Empire, the
views of one who has described in most glowing terms
how England became possessed of that glorious prize,
and who, in the preparation of a code of Indian law, has
shown that he has most profoundly studied the wants of
the Hindoo, will be expressed as he alone of living
speakers can express them. Not only on our Indian
difficulty, but on all questions of high policy, there is net
a man in the country whose opinions are entitled to
wore weight, and who will be more vlidly heard. do
historian is a statesman on his travels ; and, while Mr.
Macaulay will Sti:l travel from century to century and
from country to country, we may Expect now to have
him sometimes at home with us, giving his advice in
the present need.

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JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount •
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X a. d. 4 a. d.
Australasia 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 87%
Bank of Egypt — 25 0 0 18 15 0
Bank of London 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0
British North American 9 per cent. 50 0 0 all 611 A
Ch Bk. Ind. Aust &Ch 41. per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0
City ........... 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 64%
Colonial ........ „„ „ 91 100 0 0 25 0 0 29
Commercial of London. 71. p. c. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0
Eng Scot. & Aust. Ch. 44 per cent. 20 0 0 all 19%
Lend. Char. Bk. of Aus. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 „
Do. New .. •.. „ „ 20 0 0 ft
London and County tel. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 29%
Lon & Eastn. Bnkg. C. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0
London Joint-Stock 2B per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 30
Londn and Westminstr !8' per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 46%
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 pc.& be 100 0 0 35 0 0 211
Ditto, New ...• •• • • •, 20 0 0 10 0 0
Ditto ditto
Natio,ial Bank
New - oath Wales
Oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 , 36%
Ottoman Bank
20 0 0 15 0' 0 14
Provincial of Ireland Ol. p. ct.&bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 all
lonian . . .
South Australia
Union of Australia ill. per cent. 25 0 0 all 51%
Ditto - 210 0 6%
Union of Hamburg — 15 0 0 3 0 0
Union of London...— l5l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 25

Union of Hamburg • • ..
Union of London...—.
Unity Mutual ...... • •
Western Bank of Londn

15 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

2 10 0
3 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- ---- -- -
X s. d. X S. d.
Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19510 s
British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 224110
Caledonian Bank .. - . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 I6s
City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13117 e
Clydesdale Bank .... 04/. p cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14, 7s
C mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 248i0s
Eastern Rank.. •..... 61. per cent. 25 ' 0 0 10 0 0 14/ 5s
Ediub. & Glasgow.. • • 331. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 5/ 2s
National Bank ...... 6%, per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193, Os
North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 05/ 103
Royal Bank of Scott. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 140 in s
Union Bank of Scot. .. 81.percont. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106(10
Western Bank •• -- .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 821 Os
Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 171123
British Guarantee .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 II 7s
Caledonian Fire Insur. 10c. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Lite .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 04/ 4s
Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 Si Os
Edinburgh Life Insur. V. oor cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28115 s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 04/ 6a
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ Ihs
Nationa, Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os
North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 3G/158
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 II 16s
Scottish Provincial ... • - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 19s
Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. precut. '2O 0 0 1 0 0 11 158
Standard Life ...... -5/ per cent 50 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend ' Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-----
£ s. d. X s. d.
Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 -
African Steam Ship . • • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Assam sea • • ...... - s'. ter cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Auctimn Mart........ 214 /per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Australian A;riculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 _
Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Australan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all -
Angio-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all -
British American Laud 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 -
Canada ... •• ••-•• .. ,1. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 -
Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 8 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
D,tte, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 41. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds•l676 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 --
Crystal Palace ...... 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 all 139
Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 -
Cry& Palace of France - 4 0 0 all -
City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - -
Electric Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 100
Eng.& Ans. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all I phi
Englaris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all -
Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. .00 0 0 ,00 0 0 -
Ditte New ........ - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. H. p c and 1/ tOO 0 0 tet tt 0 -
Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 A -
London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 3%
Unison's Day........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock -
0 all
flungerford .......... V. ss. tOO 0 -
LO3. Ne. &Ni. Manso. - 10 0 0 all -
all -
London Reversioner), 54 per cent. i s 0 b
Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all -.
Nat. Discount Comp . • - 25 0 0 50 0 3%
N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. 51. per cent _ 100 0 0
Nor. Br I. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all --
North of Europe, Stm• Si. per cent. 21 20 0
0 0 0 17 1
a 0 0 23%
ll
Price's Patenteaud. Co _
5 0 0
Peel River Land&Min. - all -
Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 69
Ditto New -
Reversionary In!. ..
. Soc 112%1. p
1• prr
ce
cenc. tt 10
0 0000
00
20 allo =
Ditto New ..
Royal %fail Steam... • 4/, p. share. 100 0 0 69 0 0 6D
Scottish Ans. Invest. 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all
South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all
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Trust and Loan Comp. 7%.,. pr cont. 20 0 0 5 0 0
Yea Diemen's Land .• 103. 100 0 0 28 10 0 --
Do. 00v..6 per ct.lida. 6 per cent, = 4 -
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