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mooches could not give themselves the trouble to consider

out of the

for a mom

so anxious were they to lay hold of any
story that would give them an excuse for

inveighing against the FOREIGN SECRETARY

thousand English

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sand geese, villain

" Nine

Even this flock of canards is not enough for one week
for Anti-Ministerial sportsmen, so a brace of wild birds
has been started nearer home than the Gulf of Persia.
A❑ Austrian officer, it appears, has had a tiff with a couple

of English travellers, (who are bashful about publishing
their names, and therefore figure, one as Captain D., and
a gent. who does not even communicate his initials,) all

,y-carriage, and this little personal
into a mighty national quarrel,
rmidable item in the bill of indict-

MESBURY

Alas, poor

sc, that we
hat the

the romance reading public with one entitled " Uncle I

Walter," which, although barely out of the press, is in

immense demand at the circulating libraries. " Uncle
Walter" is of the same family as the " Widow Barnaby,"
and is full of pungent writing, coarse expressions, vulgar
scenes, and irreverent and indecorous speeches. Not-
withstanding all these blemishes, it is a droll picture, or
caricature rather, of life, and is eminently calculated to
make one laugh. To be sure, all the characters are over-
drawn and overcoloured ; but there are descriptions, and
incidents, and dialogues in the book, that nobody
but Mrs. TROLLOPE could write, and that every
body will read and enjoy amazingly. A sort of
" BECKY SHARPE" is the leading personage ; she
moves in the world as Mrs. FITZJAMES, widow and
gentlewoman ; but she is in really an accomplished
demirep—an irresistible Siren of the LoLA MONTES pat-
tern. A poor, proud, scheming dowager, Lady DE PAD-
DINGTON, and a single donkey, Lord GOLDSTABLE, are
the other chief dramatis person( e, and they afford ample
scope for Mrs. TROLLOPE'S audacious brush. Of course,
Mrs. TROLLOPE has many a fling at religion, and never
misses an opportunity of sneering at clergymen, dealing
her irreverent sneers and foul tongue impartially on what
she calls high church and low church divines. Among the
authors whose works are about to be submitted to public
criticism, Lord JOHN RUSSELL may be mentioned, not on
account of his literary eminence, but in respect to his
political position. The two first volumes of his " Memoirs
and Correspondence of THOMAS MOoRE" will issue from
the press in a few days. The noble ex-Premier's editing
labour does not appear to have been very great. Probably
he thinks killing the reputation of a poor dead poet is a
trifle, and that :

"If it were done, when 'tis done then 'twere well
It were done quickly."
Poor TONI MOORE, I pity you for having such a bio-
grapher.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

To a certain extent the cause of the absence of
any material rise in prices, concurrently with the
vast increase which has taken place in the stocks of
the precious metals, is in course of solution. A
large quantity of the gold, coined at our own Mint,
and in those of the United States, has gone out
again to Australia and to California, to supply a
currency for the immense transactions in the pre-
cious metals themselves, and for the trade in other
commodities which has sprung up in those colonies.
From a million to a million and a half sterling per
month in gold dust, or nuggets, cannot be ex-
changed, and shipped off from the mines, without
requiring a large increase of monetary facilities;
and emigrants, going out with capital to avail
themselves of the golden harvest offered to them,
find it their best policy to take that capital in the
shape of specie. Hence we have seen that, during
the past three months, there has been no perceptible
increase in the stores held by the Bank of England,
notwithstanding the large importations of gold.
This, however, must shortly have an end. When
California and Australia are once supplied with a
currency sufficient for the ordinary purposes of
their commercial operations, coined gold will become
a drug in countries where few are likely to be bor-
rowers of money, and dust and nuggets will find
their way to Europe, and especially to Great Britain,
in exchange for commodities, and not, as at present,
for money—currency. What the position of the
Bank of England will be if our views are realized,
is most probably at this moment exciting the serious
and anxious consideration of its directors.

In the meantime it is impossible to be blind to
the fact, that a universal rise in prices, as measured
in gold, has already commenced; and it will pro-
bably be seized hold of, when parliament meets, as
evidence of the beneficial effect of Free Trade
policy. Produce of all kinds is becoming the
object of speculation. TEA, SUGAR, COTTON,
and GRAIN, have lately jumped up, from little ap-
parent cause, beyond the abundance of money
seeking for employment. Land and Houses, Shares
in good-paying Railways, and other fixed property,
have also felt its influence. The only circumstance
which, in our opinion, can arrest this beneficial
movement—we say " beneficial," because Produce,
especially, has been for some time much too low in
price—is the absorption of British capital, and the
consequent drain, for a time, of money, for invest-
ment in Foreign Loans, Railways, and other much
more questionable undertakings, inviting pros-
pectuses of which crowd the columns of our lead-
ing public Journals; and, should this folly go on
'to any considerable extent, we may find that,
notwithstanding the aid of our new gold-
producing countries, we are not altogether re-
lieved from the possibility of panic and crisis.
Could we but induce moneyed Capitalists to invest
their funds in reproductive works at Home, or in
our Colonies, we should be more disposed to be
satisfied with our prospects.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 9th of October gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. 9,076,438; Increase £141,280
Other deposits .. 11,493,050; Decrease 39,496
Rest .. .. 3,559,657 ; Increase 2,242

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £14,189,182 ; the same as before.
Other securities.. .. 12,483,569 ; Increase £8,840
Notes unemployed .. 12,655,645 ; Decrease 90,935

The amount of notes in circulation is £22,252,185,
being an increase of £8,370 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £21,718,018, show-
ing an increase of £164,408 when compared with
the preceding return.

ISSUE DEP
Notes issued £34,907,830

ARTMENT.

Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin &bu1n.20,888,676
Silver bullion .. 19,154

£34,907,830

£34,907,830

BANKING D
Prop.'s capital .£14,553,000
Rest. 3,559,657
Public deposits. 9,076,438
Other deposits . 11,493,050
7-day, &c. bills. 1,456,439

£40,138,584

I tions