The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-15 00:00:00

~~~,,, . . r Tvlbt tt.l3 rt%% LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1852. Na 1,683.] [THREEPENCE. yl* it O y,IMES, in even pert of the country, i,,,e'rrotti rem 111 111 h 'mama int , l4 m —,p% WWII= bite. The brA mow waft ere to be °b ., aLo sad cm • auk of Itherelity ozo jt p shlthL - Vor peeepeethers apply to CIIMILIitt F ee "t I p(ef hies...tree% Itloesebery-equers. 11.0 THE SEARCH FOR SIR J. FRANKLIN. Nu. 2, with the exception only of some preserved soups and vegetables, and a few medicines, with a few trifling stores, none of which we had on board; and in addition I have left in her charge a supply of six months' provisions and warm clothing fur 60 men, calculating that if either crews of En terprise or Investigator should fall hack in boats they would be victualled during the winter, without encroaching on the Plover's own stock, and in the summer the Plover will have no difficulty in falling in with whalers about the straits, any of whom would carry the crews to the Sand wich Islands or elsewhere. In compliance with the third paragraph of your orders, I have replaced all the officers and men of the Plover, who either were desirous of quitting the Arctic regions, or were nut considered, after another most careful medical exami nation (a previous one haring been already held by Captain Collinson's order in July), equal to passing two more win ters there. _ BURNING OF THE AMAZON. BAILWAYS. THIS DAY. MONEY MARKET. OFFICIAL REPORT OF H.M.S. D.F.HALVIPS VISIT TO THE PLOVER, IN HERRINGS STRAITS. -•- . TO illAil-AOYIKAL F. MORE.4IIT, C.D., &C., COMMANDED -1:IA1116F. Two o'CLoc a. Business in the share market to-day is not very extensive, being somewhat restricted by the settle ment of the account, which has p quietly. Prices sympathise with the improv l TE:li2g of the other departments, and are all marked at a rally, Foreign shares were also rising. SHARES AND STOCKS U NOUARANTEED. THIS DA' Two o'Ctocc. With the satisfactory progress of the settlement of the account, and the offering of investments ari sing out of the dividend period, combined with the operations of the government broker, the English stock market is altogether better to-day. and prices have rallied to the range current pre vious to the late depression. The rise on the Paris Bourse also has a tendency to revive confidence. Consols closed yesterday at a rise of , on the first price of the day, the lust rate being 961 to 7. To-day they opened at 90t to 1, being a further advance of 1, and though the full improvement has not been quite maintained, the market wears a steady appearance, with the quotation ruling at 96:i to !, both for money and the new account of the 12th February. The settlement of the account is in progress in this as in the other markets. To-day's official report embraces:—Three per Cent. Consols, 90,;, 1„ 1 ; ditto fur account, 96 ; , ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 977, 7; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.. 9+41, 1. South Sea Annuities, 90:. Bank Stock, 2167, 217. India Stock, 26th, 263. •- ' Exchequer Bills opened a shilling higher, at 575. to 60s. prem., but have since returned to yesterday's closing rate, of 560. to 595. prem., little business of fering. India Bonds rule at 04. to 71s. prem. The transactions in foreign stocks have been few to-day, the dealers being chiefly occupied with the close of the account. The tone of the market is de cidedly better, and the stocks dealt in are marked at a higher figure. Among these is Mexican for the new account of the end of the month. The official list reports the transactions as fol lows :—Dutch Bonds Two-and-a-half per Cent., 591, 581 cx div. ; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 901, 91. Mexican Bonds, 291; ditto small, 291; ditto for acconnt,!.lan. 30, 294, 4. Portuguese Four per Ct. Bonds, 341, 31. Russian Bonds, Five per Cents., 113; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004,1 cx div. Sardinian Bonds, Five . per Cents., 00. Spanish Actives, 231, t ; ditto l'axinves,./7, 7; ditto Old Three per Cents., 411, ex div.; ditto New Three per Cents. Deferred, 1S„, 1 ex div. Much interest has been excitor' by the publication (exclusively) in the second edition of the Daily News, of the new French Constitution, for the announce ment of which parties have been watching anxiously for some days past. •••• >I . A' s •ss I S IV THE ArlllOll4.W "Iti , SK DUILIILAtt" I ' ow rnse y.la ea*. pnot NT. , tII E Tw t ) FAMILIES. 0 1 ...It ta th. UMW, el Illtapeltua. fly the author of • 1 " 11;,..4. , poith. Elem. aal lb., 65, Condilll. tier Majesty's ship llsedalus, San Francisco, Oct. 27, 18.31. Sir,—l have the honour to report to you the pro ceedings of her Majesty's ship under my command since m last communication front the Sandwich Islands on the Pit h j , 4 to port sys..spa priee $16., of I. ll• E in MEXICO. It. mi., Loam: tiortle, cider, WA bs. comm. May, and In ne Ember sigma net to tre dm hearer of any new regarding the raining expedition. We quitted the harbour of Honolulu em the With Ma 3r, and hone to outside the port until dusk, in seder to awak, to the last moment, the urinal of any Turd with feather orders, then bore up, and paned between Odin and Aleld. as, in consequence of th e excellent paringslast year by the Investigator, by pursuing a direct cimmithrough the Straits of Auguisclite, I determined to foliar/en sem route, and our own passer having occupit d the IMO Vllll,Usougli several weeks earlier in the year, I. think is nay is recom. sacndrd for speed. as it certainly may fur seftwity. We reached within GO miles of Anoonkte n tho 12th of June, in very thick weather, and having bed no observa- tions for some preceding days, we rounded to till the next day, when having meerteineil our position we steered through the channel to the westward of Antouchta, withost seein4 land, pulsed to the westward, and in eight of Bt. Faial's and Sea Otter Wands on the Stith, and stood in to the south-west point of St. Lawrence Wised on the 18th, bating carried a fair wind since passing the Aleatisa group, and our passage thus far having only occupied 24 days. Here we boarded the French whale ship Ajax, of Bor deaux, who gave us information that the ice extended across the bay of Anadir from Cape The Idcus to Cape Tchaplin, and thence across St. Lawrence Island, and that finding it impossible to get to the northward, she was going to pass to the southward of the island, in hopes of boding clear water to the eastward. ZAILWATIP. Ob.' PLI Lau $l. SO i Abadan ... 10 glambits., No mod UM 131 all Slrm.Wolv.l SI fu Sizkaalmad, I CM: Ju0..1 St. ISO Bristol sod It. 60 Glidceima all !Mutat and ;Using prices yesterday. H In 3 if 4 ith les to-day up to I pm. 114 11 51 41 si ....--. .---,, 4,.. irel_. the teeth Mum.. en'ortea. prise lea, oi.r.r..N IRINIESTIC MEI)ICINE: a populsr ~,: ,•thbe.oe the .mere. lb emboli,. flumes ma swat . , ~I r. a stir at .. 11 . ...... •. • etb all It thole of enraged Pa.. 04041••,e •• • loe I/, t amJ 14 ow a, the twine of ofordialf i ...,..., . 4%4 Cr a..1.4h . t Gun+ of I, surriamey, monos t oo„., a 4,, It•••• 4 11 • ~l Me, a el Ar a 0. ont Le the I=te .- 2 , ,t,... a tack , Apiortuttt .4% the TrraUnest at of ~,,,.. 11... • 1,5100 a weeptehes•te Xedlesi Ow& be 0 , _, ~,„•,.., .0.1 left tat the A. aitit .1 tine Medusa :.,.-',,„ T , . .... os, M.P., Member of the Royal CoLeoe of Igirne•r/ In 001. ~. ..., ak4 t.he evs•,:t 0: met pr , ipmiogial taint, itapPriesse. _.-.40.,,. the ~.e.t a VI. trab.nr • WIKIIII 1•41.‘14111113•Isi and 7 ,, .re .....I Is I.PosMinenty VII I nt a MOW! •101.1111 lobo befit , ....+,os • .....firallifer. to TennaAW•orttsl • bor► kite the on••••to o ,o no. 1•, 0. 11, II h. IN-Wleat a 'KIVU rept.' tuf their losibm.." 441,/,/1 / 'ma'. r , n. ISIS. .11 • ...I.nn Ma ihrettaso of premasesit I avolatity."—Load• • • r. 111....• sa , ..s ..1 Co., r eerttee'er4ow ; H....hard., II: rteestbllt ; a. i ", ,0,4 to, ftb, tboesatreet, (*fowl*. doid by all OWL. ...as ....... ro the former I gave the option to volunteer for this ship, any petty officers fur whom no vacancies might exist being borne so supernumeraries for your disposal. I have the honour to enclose (No. 3) • general statement of all charges made, with the reasons against each name • also the documents cuaneeted with the medical surveys held on the Plover's crew, and the volunteers from this ship for the Plover. To supply their place+, amounting to 23, an equal number have been sent from this chip, mut in addition, 1 appointed Mr. (harden, acting mate, and a steward, at the request of Commander Moore, making her complement hold 11, exclusive of the interpreters. The seamen and ma rines selected by lot from a large number of volunteers, and all of them men of excellent character. Lieutenant Vernon, of this ship, who replaced Lieutenant Cooper, is a most ex cellent, trustworthy officer, as is also Mr. Foster, assistant surgeon, whom I sent to the Plover to su p erse d e Dr. Simp son (6), surgeon, in accordance with the Admiralty Cir cular, No. 17, dated July 3, 1$l(, mid whom I received on board for a passag2 to Englsnd ; and 1 have given Mr. Chula, acting mate, an order to act as lieuteLant, vice Vernon. Nottine.. Roam. St uncike T. a tiwurVallor Lancambireat late 331.19.88. 1111 H 134 30 lei 153 11 20 die UtIT. ...4 IClNolar sod Rolibead .. 43 :Matsu& Bolfs&Juso... .11 1 Dwain Perth. and Aber &eaJunction -. . all Do& Mellon (533 L & I and Lts D) .. . 411 Do. (till X. ii 11. i ... 4.0 Waters Couotlio -. .. all &worn Vales, Oar A... flaw R. UAL) an bo. obas a mo 4 di.iir.; 1 . _ E 7 3 2 1 1 ile 6 1 A 3 lf 1 16 I. dast ls. West halts Doak sad Birm. 'lauded .... Edishargh and Dlssiod l'crth,Dussie. Ohrsow S taoutb Waders that Northers Do. shares.A.Detarre. Da shsres, 1t,6 poses. 01. S..m: h. sad Wax. (Ire., Hemet Westcen Lipmert: and 49 31 97 15 3 3j *x /ma t! a a tealehed. No.l, a the )I.FIIII. U. s iliCt LA It. and G ENEIt AL I it 1 1. Alt 111.4.11. &L. elameird 4.1.. In eat ., In.l t. r lee... Durmasts lee Ifecileal. keired i. rl tea • t %.••••.: t O .... w ,tazt sada Medical feeen, 4 cal tria; Me them CAI( the ; rice a netted }anal. meartheiemey the mirror of sad se -eel arta. a• .. • era= •tescs to be oast ;pm Wm) to the PAW; 4, ex,:ne:. With the exception, therefore, of some few medicines and preserved soups and vegetables (and to make up for the latter article this year a supply of excellent potatoes was purchased from an English schooner which visited Port Clarence). I consider the Plover is as far as pos sible in a condition to fulfil their lordships' in structions. I should have quitted the with more satisfaction could I have felt myself justified in replacing Commander Moore, and every one of the Plover's crew, even without their consent. They all either left England in the Plover, and have therefore already passed three wiuters in the Antic regions, or have served in the Herald, since 1813, and desirous as they were to remain at their posts as long as their bodily strength permitted them, and at present there is no such impediment, I did not feel myself authorised to act contrary to their wishes, although it is impossible not to be anxious at leaving them fur two more winters, and looking forward to the possible effect upon their health whirls the monotonous nature of such a lengthened service produces in depressing the spirits. Having, however, made a fair offer to all of retiring, coupled as I felt I might do with an expression to them of my conviction that no possible discredit could by possibility attach to their accepting it, I did not feel it right to take any other step. Judging from last year's supply of venison (6,000 lbs.), and several thousand head of ptarmigan, besides Rah, a fair supply of fresh provisions may be reasonably antici pated this winter, although the Esquimau: have obtained such a large supply of their favourite articles of barter from the whale ships during the summer, they may not exert themselves so much, in order to procure them from the Plover. 1:1 113 A al I:1 II $6l 73 BO 61 6 1.1- 7 1 ., 4 .• .;td 1151 116 146 4 1$ 114 8.5 " e 4 7 111 3 3i " 32_ 33_ Do. 7Alyd+ 77.7 &Ut ::. Lateral/a Nal York Do. Doi paggie ttho Dn. WONt. H. Ilag Daisy Lads Northers Lamas awl alueLwall Lon., Britten, a S. Dow Landon a Ilogsbasster, Do. co., g eh.Lres Do./Dush.,lS.sart B.(C, I London C Soutb-Wesarsil — l)* , #. 41) I 66 1 i i 61 2 •i I 12i 16 131 18 23 1m)1)1). BfturliEus. 40. .11eft. , e-tt NW eidel. ;ow. ik re, ei.vervaittbe, esti to •• •C it tw 111•ACt 1 olt ut thrit e•tesom ASSORT. m olVi %le e‘Te femme e.torit tbe N.-semi Nuke lei Wert cm is .t.se. toerobete, braselete, bobiJ eeesibee, be. lb Set mau Logas. —W. Oarshill. f-ViONAIII.E FESTIVITIES At this festive t 1 the yen. the tek.eing unr.vallel diaenerits Ca the niert lair Ineeetent requ:stans, sanely, 110TelANDS• , tar "emus' and metanest a huntrinst heed al • clad.' folenre, !kw renterna the Ala sok Yr, awl z . tan' lbael Ilentertee, for la : bra , ••,, •t . web and It J.lraula' Aqua .• Inta -et p•rf...ar, an canna! aoe ra Amnon la plan ea of . nr tad oece.int segment... The patterene al 'eerily , • . cal the wearlsons Int.WW ennsy of non . . t a t. eb ity nap tralletell, seal melee non pees. , .tse prrnenes Penne* of nutter baltlttcts. ta VII the amen* N " IlenneseW" presettlen . tt • wrapper Of lent. —and by A. BOWI.AII I nsi . , • •••••t• n. larelay, most Or ehnsarta and perfumers itZn7b.,ll;ix 51.+410a Iltoeb.,tlbef7,llLinzoloot. Man.! LiLol. aloe se st. su ss se ~Min~i :- 4),i 7 Midland Great Weatern(l) Newmarket . Newirat, Abergamsay, sad Berea:, Newry and Haraskillea 56! !fit 27 55 321 31 3 71 GI 7 7 100 15 Si 75 01 7J SI 03 61 dim 21 23 14 3 i 2 1 13 41. 1 41a 7 7 S i Si e el. D. Nov . . Northern Mustier Union I North Devon North staffortlvklre... North Western . . North &South Wer!..hans Orford, Worn., k Wolves. Coolish Central Scottish .. I prry Tifous:tsi) cuttEs WITHOUT ME :O ty libAkre II VALKSTA MUSICS FOOD.- t%11::-./My yeas,' Uslsterttotle mussy tea wa Syr... sat usa. etbdi. eerbpmit.a . listelasay, yams, lore. E.:. Seas% sett.tenta, Law !aryl IMl3ol.ed by Ds Berry's at e-11 ' , S."- Nana 1... y, Wert`. Leg. Mee plia. Norfolk. 0, :1. of lama pata : *eat the Rafts Ilam. the Usti mums ft:als*: -.I bare Series consttetat tat basalt frost yaw rook yr Ste plablkatius of :arse Roca."—stemrt de Dealer Muld y,st •••-ta.l it... at I lb., at MCA.; b at Ile.; II lb., at ▪ -ts.r.s.tat qua:lty, 10 Itt.. 33..; 316, at Us.; the 10 lb. St I; ems' ear are arid has of cayrt.tae ro reeelvi of Pcouclice fr.:. 4IM K %Wilt DM Ca., Ili, Rem lksal.4- Lewin ; also SO, tsact....aliasred. mad4l l .P.semkapftraz t Wlibla. IMs fpm I I 11 14 6 7 $ 6 66 4 41 h das 1$ 11 6 1 7 8 10 II Da New. Suomi. k Blrm., Claw A 3ltrewaburpailerettich)l , l ibrevribory And Chewer I: 14 0; r. W. Min.) ... Do. New 1 11IPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 71... living the flay to which I'arliament stood the How of Lords met pro frwma, when the 114. I 'omission further aljnurnina this present Parba a.: • 1 uesilay, the 3rd Jay ..f Ifebruory next, then to meet ft 1! *wadi of business, was read, after which their leers pet:sent were the Commissioners, and the C as u .tre reprisentel by their officers only. 'ANGLO-CALIFORNIA'S MINING COMPANY Y(4terdar an extraurtlimui general meeting of • mop's; hcld, in accordance with the deed of con o. at th.. Fa, masons' tavern, Oreat Queen-street, • a n i•ort tract the directors, to determine whether what •frp ohould be taken against Mr. Luke the I it, *KY :et try or musazer of the company ; to r the pry rimy of intlensne.yiug such of Ike present • •ao ..1.1 during provisional regi%tration; to deter . .i.su tlo p.t.t Ay) future re 1314111 ration of the board • 'ors; aii 1 to ihterrnine whether any and what free • • •hould to allotted to S'ir Henry Mondry for his •to the e oniony. Mr. COTTRILL in the chair. cIiAIIZMAN read the report, of which we give the • a; a!riil_•,.ssi at : Y. hate irperieuctil crest difficulty in effecting the mi.! , resided! ion of toe company, in consequence Ms: , of the gross misconduct of Sir. Luke Williams, le:4:triwonduct occasioned ilece anxiety to the director*, ad cor.iskrahle eipcbse to the shareholders. We reoice ask all enmity on this head has crises]. We have tx-r.sd the strictest economy in the management of your loss. ar.il are eonfid, at that an company was ever mad brought to the position iu which oars now la h a smell outlay. e consider it a point of pri ma msounce t Ow well-being of the company to have .titi if persons in California upon whom the fullest reli ne, (3.1 he placid. We believe that the steps we have hua taw 11.1 'mil that °Nett. As the prosperity of L'apses I. great a degree to he attributed to the tair_.re 01 Sri It. Ituutley (the resident director), we hi' •we ti the unsnap... determination of recommend shateh •!.h rs to matte such an essential demonstra- LV-: their approval of hie conduct as they consider the Xerayams • ewe will justify. Events haw satisfied ono the %rd. na adopted by Sir Henry Motley of crush its.,airts supi.disl tom by other persons is at the present flavis . destrahle course, and he anticipates no difficulty ate,anaai a pl. ntifid supply. Until experience shall here dvseleped th, resource' of mining operations In Cali wd.' ad an act of Congress shied have confirmed the id itato we consuler it inexpedient to incur the inn types, of purchasing a lease of a mine, or to pay a roail for tier privilege of working a particular era • r part the I proceeded to detail the operatics" which barb citidd , ,ut in California, and co-icluded an follows tot owes it method of operations for the future is t We shall work to its falkst extent the h we have in f'alifornia ; we shall employ •..R. have in band in getting the locality of our tti of i.p,rations in the mint complete order vo , se tte 1, .ry machinery upon its arrival in Cali how. mad a s ehall h i.e from 10,000 to Is,ooo tons of .' es tie spot upon which to commence opera eh. n this inaehoery shall be in working order. Il 11 ' %Ts. thew arreor , ments are carried out, the time will hied iporowhirtit 1. r meeting you at the ordinary annual Pe "a a ' , tiros. whi n we hope that we 'hail ter able to * ,l rei that O.- tapl et doing held out to-day have been 4^eerd, and that our prosp e ct s f o r the fut u r e will be * ' thou even the m o st sangu i ne amongs t y ou an- rareloa that the report be reeeiveil and adopted, woe asion yie took place, but it was ultimately timini now, itod. a lit NI liAW.r/N proposed a resolution to the effect, 41 diem tan he empowered to adopt such mia • .4, ry or the abstracted books mad doeu ii:At be cue ltent, and to tato• such proceedings nay! Mr Luke William as their proper legal adviser ad. •utt i , oversation the resolution we. adopted. •I•ss text n solved, upon thu motion of Mr. lIIN "4 "I tJ Mr If ski ca, th the electing ratified and coa -1 lie pent 'dint. thu directors who acted prior to / r .sienal reristn i tie n . %1? rea l 11.1%V•:ON then moved that in aehnow at of tto I ast rya.. of so, hof the present dine .• .• end prior to complete registratiOn 2,0400 shares be I t' rich oi tome gentlemen out of the 0,000 shares le I +4l he them. ‘ iltLl..“...nd i r the motion, which was carried mu " moved that sum not exceeding 1,2001. u , ...7 sit span for the remuneration of the board of 1 ' 4 ' ,1 1 , 1 ,, toe payment of the trowelling espensee of .41n eb.rs, sat, stt to the deed of constitution. the reaulution.—Carried. 4 r moved that 2,400 unallutted shares y.; itnested.directors for the time being la trust with poseur to apply the annual divid.mds .' e'• hula t sew to the use entre resido nt , tod utheers he ot the company residing in Cali br 1. ILK seconded the resolution, which was unani • 114 ‘ 11 to, sad He meeting at panted. Ltt/ • an rtrisrctf: OF TIIE LORD CDAREEL "- I•=4 IlTri Coolkt tlltr 1101011,1f1 —A part heard 6.21*.me importance, to he lullowed by other", was tet a te in the ' Conn of Chancery, but tone mote import lot nature, said to be connected with 464 0, preteuted his lArdship attending at Lincoln's 1 sin sorry to add, that in endeavouring to de this, while approaching too close to the shore, in the search fur whales, this vessel struck, and was totally lost on a reef off the smith-east side of St. Lawrence Island, • few days after wards. The Ajas had fallen in with her Majesty's ship Enterprise', on the let of June, in lon. 176 V., at the edge of the ice, which at this period appears to have extended aeries from Cape Thaddeus (Asiatic coast) to Cape Rott man:off on the American cout. On the 19th we sighted the ice, and found cruising of the edge of it several whale-ships awaiting for en opening to proceed northwards. We were detained off the N.W. point of St. Lawrence Island till the 24th, when, having anchored with the stream near it, we were closely beset with the ice, which extended in every direction as far as the eye could reach, and left us no alternative but to remain at anchor to avoid being drifted near the shore. On the 27th, the northern shore of the island being partially cleared of ice, and the ice free, we weighed, and stood to the east ward, in the hope of finding a clear passage in that direc tion. We succeeded, however, in getting but a few miles, and from this period till the 9th July we were almost con stantly bast with ice, the only clear water being occasion ally 131011 C in to the shore, where we were forced to remain at anchor, sustaining a heavy pressure of ice against the bows front the strength of the tide, which made the ship drive; and it was generally found better to weigh ou these occa sions, and, having no ice anchors to secure the ship with warps and the beau' anchors to ;he largest floes of ice, and in this manner we gained some miles to the eastward. On one occasion we made sail, and strove the ship through the ice into clear water; but the thumps and shakes she re ceived were so great, that I should not have attempted it again but as • last resource. On the sth, whilst at anchor, the weather being very thick, • field of ice, above a mile long and half a mile broad, was set across the ship's bows, and the ship, unable to withstand such a pressure, drove, our efforts to break it by degrees, by the use of our spare miren topmast, as a bumper, and ases and pickaxes, being quite ineffectual. A the s heavy jerk about midnight, and the ice passing on clear of hip, showed that something had given way ; and next morning, finding the ship again driving, we sighted our anchor, and found both flukes, the shank having broken half about • foot from the crown. The part that name up, as well as the cable, was quite bright; but so great was the strain, that I should have been surprised if neither anchor or cable had given way. It is worth remarking, that on the 12th August, or 31 lays afterwards, we picked up the buoy of this anchor (which was • wo oden: temporary one we had made to save our new buoys whilst amongst the ice) lying on the beach on the north shore of Port Clarence. It was about 50 feet from the water's edge, and about 20 feet further up than the ordinary high-water mark, and had no doubt been drifted up on the nth, when the tide ruse unusually high, in • S.E. gale which blew on that day. The distance from where it was lust was about lid miles, which would give only about four miles ands quarter a-day to the north ward, but part of this time the sea was almost filled with ice, and the winds prevailed more than usual from the northward. It may be considered, however, as confirming the supposition that all the large quantity of drift wood in this vicinity, and in the midst of which the buoy wu found, comes frura the southward. The wreck of the American whaler, Mary Mitchell' lost about the same time on the west side of Er. Law rence Island, drifted also to the northward, and through Behring's Straits, and was fallen in with by the linglish schooner, Elise, of Hobart Town, in August, to the north west of East Cape. In the course of the Gth we weighed, and soon after securing the ship to the field of ice above mentioned, drifted with it ten miles further to the eastward. Finally, we observed early on the 9th clear water to the north ward, and shortly after had the plower, once more of making sail, after three weeks being obstructed and almost constantly beset with ice. We were not, however, able to reach King's Island, as the pack extended 30 miles to the westward of it in a nearly north and south direction, and had the weather not been so very thick, in standing over to the Asiatic coast, I should have gone into St. Lawrence Day, but the fogs were so thick we could hardly see a ship's length. On the loth we found the tee had cleared away, sod succeeded in anchoring in Port Clarence, when I found that the Enterprise had sailed on the 10th on her Arctic service, and that the Plover had proceeded on the 11th to Norton Sound, leaving her decked boat in Brantley Harbour in charge of the storehouse; 1, therefore, took advantage of the fine weather to get our topmasts down and refit our rigging, and had the bows caulked, the pitch having been forced out and some copper rubbed off by the ice, which caused a trifling leakage. On the 30th of July the Plover arrived, and I emit the carpenter and a carpenter's mate of this ship aboard to exa mine into her condition and report on her defects, and I have the honour to enclose herewith (No. 1) a copy of their report, from which it is evident that in their judgment the vessel is quite fit to continue the service she is now em ployed in for the period she is ordered to remain. Com mander Moore had instructions from Captain Collision to proceed to Hong Kong, in case no man of war arrived during the summer, in consequence, I imagine, of the Plover's crew having suffered much from scurvy in the pest winter. He had also a discretionary order to proceed previously to the northward of Ltehring's Straits for a short period, if he thought it likely to be of any service in gaining in formation ; and as he was anxious to do so, I de layed the repair of his defects, and supplied him with stores and provisions, till his return, and I proceeded in this ship in company with the Plover to St. Lawrence Bay on the 2nd of August, to ascertain if any dispatches had been buried on the island there, in the position pointed out by Captain Collinson in his letter to the Admiralty last year. We bad parted Company in very thick wea ther, and on the 4th, on entering the Bey, we observed the MIRK also running in while we were communicat ing with an English lowed& from Hong-Kong, out of which vessel we took a bag of letters fur the Enterprise. The Plover navantlusa had an4nreol miklu the harboug, which is formed by • low sandy islet, on the northern shore. e had neither chart nor railing directions, hut as I understood that the passage was safe on either side of the islet, we steered for the eastern one, but the water 'healing v.ry quickly the best bower anchor was let go in four fathoms and a half, sail shortened, and on bringing up the ship swung into three fathoms, and tuuched very 1 ightly a few times, owing to a slight swell that was setting in. Shortening in cable and laying out the stream anchor, we hove her into deeper water immediately, without a poe sibility of her having received the slightest damage, and then entering by the western channel we anchored in the harbour, where we :found several whale ships, principally under English and American colours. No despatches having been found, I quite agreed with Commander Moore, that although there was very little pro bability of his either seeing or obtairing any Intelligence of the Enterprise, or bearing of the position in which. the In vestigator had loused the last winter, it would be satisfac tory that I should be able on my return to carry informa tion so to the state of the ice to the northward, as the un usual time to which the sea to the southward has been tilled with ice, would render it probable that the packed ice would be found much further to the southward of its position that in the previous years. Te assist in working the Plover I sent from this ship Mr. Buckley, acting mate, and Mr. Scott, second master, with ten seamen (with whine conduct and exertions Commander Moore, on his return, expressed himself se much ' , lewd), and on the 9th of August the two reads sailed together, the Daedalus anchoring in Port Clarence the following day. On the 214th the Plover returned, having reached only 70 deg.. 30 mine. north latitude, where he found the pack, being 160 miles further south than last year. lie therefore visited Kotzebue Sound, ascertained that the ease of provi sions was untouched, and made the hest of his way back to Port Clarence. We immediately commented caulking her and repairing her defects, which, with the exception of replacing some copper rubbed off under water, was com pleted by the 6th of September, and on the 9th she moved into Orantley Ilerbour to prepare for passing the winter. I have completed the Plover with stores, provisions, clothing, and fuel to December, 1843, as per statement During our stay at Fort Clarence I received an urgent reluest, a copy of which I have the honour to enclose (No. 6), from the master of the English schooner, Elise, of Hobart Town, of which Mr. John Johnson, of New wharf, Hobart Town, is owner, to remove John Thomas, second mate, from his vessel, and having personally augured myself of the truth of his statement, I have received him on board this ship, to be sent ashore at the first oonvenient opportunity. From what I was able to collect from the different whaling ships we tell in with, I imagine that the past season has proved so unfavourable that not many will be tempted to try Behring's Straits next year. Very few whales have been taken, and in addition to extensive injury from the ice, which, owing to its b,ing so far south, many attempted to force their way through, but unsuccessfully, several have been totally lost. I enclose a list of such as I heard of, but I believe there are one or two others._ We found Port Clarence a most excellent harbour ; abundance of water and wood, easily procured, and our seine net, usod once a week, provided enough for the day for the whole ship's company. _The winds were generally moderate, the holding ground excellent, and had it been necessary for the ship to remain for the winter, although it is very doubtful if we could get her into Onuttley Harbour, there is a position near Cape Riley where she would no doubt have been perfectly secure. Brantley Harbour has proved quite secure as a winter quarter for the Plover, and the shore abounds in summer with wild onions and berries—excellent anti-scor buties. In the belief that Commander Moore has transmitted to you a report of proceedings during the past winter, as also an account of the distressing murder of Lieutenant Barnard of the Enterprise, at Derabin„ Ido not allude to these subjects. lam sorry to say that an unfortunate affray between some natives, somewhere hear Cape Chaplain, and the crew, of some whalers, has occurred this summer. The dispute seems to hero originated in the endeavour of the natives to obtain possession by force of some property on board a whaler which was wrecked there, and ended in the loss of some lives on hoe sides. The arrangements with regard to the Plover were com pleted before tho last week in September ; but as it was probable that in the event of the Enterprise not finding it practicable to reach Point Barrow she would be obliged to return to Port Clarence, in which ease she might be ex pected to arrive before the end of September, 1 delayed our departure till the Ist of October, when we put to sea with a flue northerly wind, which carried us past St. Lawrence Island ; and on the 7th we passed through the Straits of Amouckta, thence we steered a direct course, and arrived at this port on the 22nd Mat. After a few days' stay I shall proceed to sea for the pur pose ofcarrying out the remainder of your orders, ea route to Valparaiso. I have, &e, (Signed) OEO. 0. WELLESLEY, Captain. MINES. THIS DAY. Two o'Cioca. The mining share market is quiet to-day; little business offering, but all descriptions aro remarkably firm, and the tendency of prices is upward. osing Inmates Na Share. Ma, m i End prises Cl dose r sterday. ts.dar. 100.000 1 - Agin Fria I 111 pra. 21 1011.990 199. As& Callbralan 19,99 0 111 MOM= 1 . .. WM 99 Andralis 3 1 4 31,999 1 Aar Ikea 1 par 4 per. VW SO ~. 991 Misserves Ina sad Coal all .. .. 2,11 9 9 2999 6919 AM 99 O&M kw 13 ... ... 19,019 113 Ira& Imp. (99. at 3/. pa 144 11 2 9,490 119 D a. Organ sad Culbt all I I 1 14000 SO Da IL ;aka lai Yr; 12,0 e) ... Mire Copper .. 14 4 3 744000 3 Str Anatolian Copper 24 2 4 p 44. 20,000 20 Orierat 20,1r* 10 Ill , nimig linathAracrloan' 9 3 4 200,000 1 NOIIIIIIII Waal 1 I pm. 12 7,ann )0 114•411044114 Oslo .... 104 4 34 9.0.0 10 Ila Croft 29174 29. 1 / 1 9 d Madam 100,090 1 W 191r13099 1 g die gar 1 CASUALTIES BY Ilastrt, in the armies of India since the departure of the mail on the 3rd Dec. Madras : Lieut. B. O. Hart, 23rd N.L.1., at Sanger, on the 19th Nov. Ma. BeNscrr.—The following is tho reply of the Bishop of Bath and Wells to a protest addressed to hint against Mr. Bennett's presentation to the living of From° : Brighton, Jan. 12, I&s2.—Rev. and dear Sir,-1 have read and given my beat attention to the memorial signed by yourself and some of the clergy and other persons, for warded to me from Frame, upon the recent appointment of Mr. Bennett to that living by the Marchioness of Bath. 1 can assure you, had I not been satisfied that Mr. Ben nett woo not attached to or likely to be iulluenceal by, the doctrines of the Church of Rome, or likely to influence in that direction others of any congregation committed to his care, I should have declined instituting him, from whatever quarter his nomination might bare come; but as I am fully satisfiPd that Mr. Bennett has a firm and deep-rooted attachment to our own church, and to all the doctrines of the church of England, repudiating all Romish doctrines, I feel that I should be acting unjustly by him, and uncourteously as well as unfairly by the Mar chiooess of Bath (whose Arm attachment to our church is so well known), if I were to refuse him admission into my diocese. I shall, therefore, adhere as firmly to my inten tion of instituting Mr. Bennett (however respectable the signatures to any protest may be), as 1 should have objected to have dune had my opinion of his attachment to the church been otherwise. I will only add, in conclusion, that as you, end all those wit° have signed the protest, have done nu more than they considered - to be their duty in thus expressing their opinions to me, and I have myself u can didly stated my own feeling on the subject, which, I trust, will have the effect of allaying any fears which they hove entertained, it is my earnest hope that there will be no unseemly opposition en the part of the clergy, or any of those who have signed the protest, and that Mr. Bennett will be received with kindly feeling.—l sin, rev. and dear sir, your faithful servant, B. BATH AND Wataa—The Bev. IL D. Wickham." Mr. Allen, foreman of engineers at Mesas. Sea ward and Capers, who fitted the machinery of 'the Amazon, and was sent out for the purpose of superintend ing its working, has made a statement, from which we take the following extracts : " I undressed for bed, but had not been there ten minutes before I heard a voice cry ' Fire ! fire !' twice, very dis tinctly. I jumped out of bed, hastily dragged on my tee,. sem, and ran up the fore companion on to the main deck, when I saw flames issuing up the fore stoke-hole hatch way, as if they were coming from the engineers' store-room on the etarboard fore boiler. I then ran alt towards the engine-room, end saw two or three hands at Downton's pump, and then went with others to pull down the fire buckets. 1 turned round to go towards the flee, when the dews and smoke came rushing along between decks, forcing every one to make their escape to the spar deck. I did not see a drop of water thrown on the fire. I then saw the second and fourth engineers clearing hay between the hatches, and every one, passengers and crew, curbing up through the after companion on to the quarter deck, many of whom were in a state of nudity. When I saw the state the ship was so, and knowing the capabilities of the pump, I was vrtain there was no chance of sawing the vessel. 1 then, with others, flew to the nearest boat, to the paddle box on the starboard side. Mr. Roberts came and said, I ' Leave the boats alone, don't lower.' I and others however,, demisted fee • few minute.. All Made, however, rushed 'to the boats, Mr. Roberts calling out for the females to be placed in them first. Mrs. Maclennen and child were then placed in the boat, when several others jumped in. I and the fourth engi neer followed with the others. Word was then given to lower the boat. We endeavoured to du so, but could not on account of the cranes, which we did not know were there. We knocked away the hooks, ' housed' up, and cleared the cranes. Word was again given to lower, and when it was down about two feet, the atter blocks would not leave, on account of a half hitch being in the after tackle. The People who had hold of the after tackle lowered away, but a sea struck her, unhooked her fore tackle, and left her swinging perpendicularly, some falling into the sea, others clinging on. I was towards the head of the boat, and Mrs. Maclennen seized hold of my leg as I was trying to regain the : deck, and said ' For God's sake don't leave me.' She held her babe in her arms, clinging on to the thwarts. I said, ' Rang on till we right the host.' 1 and William Stone, the fourth engineer, regaiued the deck, and called two or three to our assistance, but, through their excitement, could not get them to pull together, to get the half-hitch out. I then ran over on the larboard side to see if there was any chance of escape from that quarter. Tho last boat was just launched into the water with people in it. I then returned to the same boat, when I and Stone, and some others, made a last effort to get the boat off, the flames being close upon us. By the assistance of William Berryman, who went down to the water and cleared the fall, we lowered the beat into the water. I then jumped into the gig, which a few minutes before I had seen stove by the cranes in attempting to lower her, and from her, I can hardly tell how, I got into the host below followed by Stone, John Lamont, Mr. (Bennie (pamenge4, and one or two others, when a sea tieing throw , our boat under the gig, which was still lashed, nearly cap ' siring us several times. I called out to cut away the rope and let her go. It war done, and we went rapidly astern, the ship having way upon her, notwithstanding the engines had stopped. To our surprise we found Mrs. Maclennen and her child lying in the bottom of the boat. The poor lady hail nothing but her night-dress on. Finding the boat ra pidly tilling, and on looking for the cause, we discovered the plugs were left out. With sonic waste, Stone and another blocked up the holes. M regards the origin of the fire, my firm belief is, that it broke out in the starboard fore store room, which contained a large quantity of tallow, oil, and turpentine. One of the firemen told me that he was wait ing to go down on watch. The storekeeper and the boiler maker passed into the above room about three-quarters of an hour before the Are broke out, with a lamp. The last time I saw the captain he was on the quarter deck, with a bucket in hie hand, almost frantic, calling on Mr. Roberts to put out the fire; and I consider the only chance ho had of escape was by the gig, which, when we loft, was stove in, as before stated, but, perhaps, not to such an ex tent as to be quite useless." Miss Smith, whose conduct was of the most heroic cha racter, and cannot be too highly commended, has also made a statement of the particulars of the escape effected by her and ail other persons, in the second boat picked up by the Gertruida. By the melancholy lots of the ship, Miss Smith has lost her all; and on the mayor paying her a visit at the hotel where she is staying, he requested the town clerk to hand her a alt.'s.° for ten guise., from the fund being raised, for temporary purposes. It has been ascertained already that there are about 20 widows and about 40 fatherless children in Southampton who hove been rendered so by the burning of the Amazon. Letters containing subscriptions towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers, through the destruction of the Ama zon, have been received by the Mayor of Southampton, Captain Barton, the Royal Mail Company's Southampton superintendent, and other members of the fund committee, from the Duchess of Gloucester, Ladies Peel and Lambert, Lord Colville, and a great number of other persons. The Humboldt, which sailed from Southampton yester day, carried out a letter, addremed by Mr. J. lt. Croskey, the American consul at Southampton, to the Mayor of New York, proposing that a subscription should be originated in the United States for the benefit of the widows and orphans of those lost on board the Amazon. RIFLE CLUBS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPENSE. SIR,—To promote the object of rifle practice for the defence of the country front invasion, I would suggest that the rope grounds in the east end of London, or else- where, in which a safe and cheap ground for practice is re quired be used for the purpose. A trifling subscription from a large number would more than remunerate the pro prietor, of these establishments. The shot might be caught, little damaged, by bulkheada and targets, ;Mde of the refuse tow and other materials. Should it also be proved that the common musket, if loaded with a peculiar ball, is as efficient, or nearly so. an the rifle, then equipmeut, practice and all, need take little from our pockets or our time. As to uniform, that must be simple—the cap, the blouse, or semi-shooting coat and belt, is the best. There is an antipathy to " flashy " dress among *great number of the young men of the day.— Yours respectfully, A TRADESMAN. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras, J. P. Pierce, Esq., in the chair, a communication from Sir Benjamin Hall, rela tive to the holding of • mooting on the above subject, was read. Having stated his reasons for wishing a postpone ment of the projected meeting in terms similar to those yesterday . reported, he says : " The vision will be one of ense importance to the metropolis, and I am glad to think that the ves tr y of St. Pancras purpose appointing a committee, as I shall thereby receive valuable assistance in case I should require some information in detail, which 1 may not at present have."—Mr. F. Healey moved, that in order to meet the wishes of the worthy member, that the meeting convened by the vestry for the 26th inst., be post poned till 2nd Y•hnniry . -74e. Haltoun the motion, which was carried onammously.—A motion was afterwards carried, granting the vestry hall for on aggregate reform meeting. WRECK OF A STRAYER AND LOSS OP LIFL-1n the course of yesterday and the preceding day some anxiety was evinced at Lloyd's by the receipt of a telegraphic mes sage from Glasgow, dated Compbeltown, January 11th, announcing the wreck of a steamer on the rocks near the Arran Nan 's Barrels, in the sound of Saudis, and the' leas of every soul on board with one exception. The name of the ill fated vessel not being mentioned considerable uneasiness was manifested lest it should be one of the large steamers which run from the Clyde to Belfast, Liver pool, and other ports, for although the scene of the catas trophe would be out of their ordinary and proper course, still if was conjectured that the recent violent weather,' which has occasioned so mucn havoc on the west coast of Scotland, might have driven one of them in the direction of the rocks before described. Yesterday afternoon, however, the anxiety which generally prevailed was relieved by a second telegraph message stating the unfortunate vessel to I be the Rapid, of North Shields, and that all her crew, ex cept one man, had perished. It dues not appear that she I had any passengers on board. The rocks are off the Isle of Arran, Campbeltown of Kirtinc being abreast of them, although some distance off. As may be known, they are in the vicinity of the entrance of the Clyde. It is stated that the Rapid, in perishing where she is represented, would be out of her proper course, but the late heavy weather and other circumstances perhaps might account for that. The number who were lost and the size of the Rapid we have not been able to learn satisfactorily. Inquiries wore made last evening at the Glasgow Screw Steam Wharf, Wapping, as to whether the vessel which bad arrived in the Thames dur ing the day front the Clyde had seen anything of the wreck, but we learned that she had not. She was passing Arran on the day (Sunday) the wreck is said to have happened, but 1101110 distance from it. The weather also was very boisterous. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—The proprietors have been called upon to oppose the prom: wed ratification of the union of this company with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, for which power are int en d e d t o b e applied for in the mean endow. Sh;;;lSlre UntOn South Moron South Itsstern down Wales_ south YorbbßirerDa• Stlning and Danfermlinc ThamcallareelmantindL Waterford and Kilkenny-I Waterford and Lizaerica..l Ifork,Newcastle t Ilvr ane. Do._ do. Ksteatona .. Yolk end North Midlash' LINES LEASED AT FIRED REP flisannaluonntivordJunal aalladulypd.,orwitagunt-i aster Ow. to 6t. WM.! 49), 204 Ditto willoat a guaranten (lewd to tireatWtate. to 21 29 alma Wolir and Dante, L .....t, Isssealdijr;atilie:sterit: I without ars Iranteal Dared to Great %Unarm' I Bactuagharmsturo (awed' to Loaders& N.Westerni , ydssdals AIT11:1041 Dewed to Caledonian , Bastlaacolasliauark.Ct ' (abed to (It. Nortberal r & Data Voted Dared toOrcatWastera Italllknelby(LTork&NMid Do. A &MIS (dab) I i Da. I alarm (ditto) v Ueda& Bradford ( Sltdtsad Laudon awl °mamma Dassed to nouns Eastern^ Ditto Ilea rence (daft,), ILoweotoft Ouar.aperetat J pared to Norfolk) 1 (NNW to Faait.Coul Ntto ditto N0w.... ProotosAWyre (kaa. Lam.l DN.WeattLikeo.lklrork Ditto abases duo) Guild" mid (A) ( nalgate Dosed to South liwAsta I lepton st,d Hitebio to Greet Northam Do. Wirpreth Eittan.(clitto rlt biirTia 'eleTn . - ‘---- 1 Moor Volloy. 4 p. Ctroo. (towed to Ntooktoo*Dor.l Witte Sotueroet (loaacel to Groat rosters 1Ab..51., leoledoniaa LIO Chester and liolyttead Duudoe, Math, and Aber. deem Junction SaotAtudise(V.lo.o6p.Ct. BooteruColuataeo EzUno., DIN° do. li NO. Do. Now I per Cent StoP East.Unios,eorlpiu.6p.o Edinburgh, Peril, an Dopler, 54 per Cent Oren Nordbern prrika Ot.6tiaWsotrn(l)Eleetto LsotoashkoklrotO, y Do. • per Otnt. mock ILoodokllldtbt.,kS.Cooot, Oa lock Do. Now Our. 6 per Cactl 1 ILoodas NAlost.(o)..lk, Nusieston) 3 per bent.. LoodookBthWeitern Mem Ilae.lbetaiLine.jack.Nol Do. New RIO Do. Le $4 if PSI 11 IS IS! 13.1 IS 131 I. i 4f 4 3 10 14 dia Is& is U 13 Jatl3.4CV Ditto l'refeteaso ...... .. itorfolk Itztowlos_ _.: Do.Ottoroatood al pot Ct. North British ... ... ..1 thtlord. Watosoter aid, LWolvor a pb.2l! is' Own, Ilirovo.kohods(tfor.W . . l XIV: Oat.. ... Took. Noillosa,6 Dom., Ot.lfortk of Itag.purch. Ditto_ _ Ditto _ 131 HI 3 41 I 1 /is lOILEION MA Amiens ... /tames (Viarmaj Met Indian .. Groat llama D. Do. (Railway) Do. (Gump Marla dnumua... Do. do. New Namur - ILWATS. 111 Hi 20 31 3 3 r poi I It 3! _ sii Ilia ... ..-: li c tai timmi llers of hails.. .. and OMNI= ... Pads esed Orison ... .. 1 Orb sag Raves —. ' 'Purls sod stadium ... 1 . 17 dad Rave ... .. drative rd Mori... ...1 awl Isar ... ...I i West ftsis‘sa... ... ...1 6 64 11:1 191 2 12 4 die Is 44 EV 37i 4 IS lei 11 41 71 dis 21 191 4 Ni 274 7 11 1 11 4 LONDON AND SOUTH WF.sTERN RAILWAY.— Amount of traffic for the week ending Jan. II :—Paasen gen, 6,36 W. fl.. lid. ; goods, 2,327/. Os. bd. Total, 8,0921. tk. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—TrafIIe return for the week ending Jan. 4, 1862, 4,5091. ; corresponding week teat year, 4,4071. 131411TIIFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Messrs. Cooper and DACiA report a dull trade at the fol. lon ins; quotations:—Primo Meadow Ilay, 725. to 77e. 6d. ; interior, 60e. to 68a.; Rowan, Rs. to 635. Clor( r, 70e. to 859.; acoond cut, GSs. to 765. ; Straw, 21s. to Zia. es 36 10 11 3141 e 13 13 201 9 0 1 29 SO Si 21 dls II IS di 3i 4j 117 1 IR 7 7" Ala 21 1 , 211 " 14 17i le 121 3$ 221 ,29 $4 211 2) Ea lea 42 44 ue $2l ICS lel 07 2 4 PIA 52 54 ta tit 11l 12* ,24 25 44 46 se Pi Pin $ll U 14 15 55 57 53 &I 3 3 2 Ida 211 n 924 93i MURES. !I 4&a lit .4 pm hr ,0 It/f IST 141. 71 71 Pei ISS 137 145 150 highly important accounts have this morning reached the city from Port Philip, by which it ap pears that an intense degree of excitement had been produced in the public mind by fresh discoveries of gold fields of extraordinary extent. 'rho .Melbourne Daily News, after giving the particulars of the finding of a half-hundred-weight of gold, which had just reached that town, is,ued a post cript, with the still more wonderful intern ' Fence of a party of fourteen men having just brought in other parcels to the amount of nearly a hundred weight. The police force, we learn front the Oheelong Colonies, were escorting 17,0001. worth of gold into Geelong, and at the Ballarat gold field upwards of 2090 persons were assembled in a stateof high excitement. A large quantity of gold was waiting to come down from the mines, and two gentlemen had brought in 7001. or 8001. worth front Buninyous. Altogether the discoveries are stated by the local journals to exceed anything known even in California, The extreme rates at which bargains have been concluded in the more speculative descriptions of foreign stocks during the account now about to ex pire are subjoinA : Highest. Lowest Mexican Bond+ 391 27f Peruvian Five per Cents., 1819 95 91. Sardinian Five per Cent. Bonds 931 8$ Spanish Active Five per Cent.., 24 21 Ito., Uld Three per Cent 42 40/ Do., New Deferred Three per Cent l9l 171 The stocks above specified have met with a pecu liar degree of favour on the part of speculators during the fortnight, and a very extensive business has been dune in them, accompanied by a corre spondingly heavy fluctuation. Sardinian Bonds, it will be seen, have varied from ;to Si prem. The settlement now in progress in the foreign stock market is consequently of unusual importance. 'fho fluctuation on most of these stocks has been 9 per cent., and on Spanish Deferred Li per cent. The effect of the dividend period, though counter acted by political considerations in the stock and railway share markets, the extent of which affords inducement to extensive speculative operations, is now sensibly felt iu the general joint-stock share market. Investments in bank, dock, insurance, and other shares meet with much favour, and the prefer able stocks arc being quietly picked up, prices exhi biting a steady upward tendency. The subjoined table shows the extreme prices at which business has been dune in the principal rail way stocks during the account now c l os i ng : taut. Highest. lowed 50 Caledonian ui Itl Eastern Counties 25 Oren Northern 100 Crest Western ‘ 11:1 100 Isanceughtre and Yorkshire 100 London, brienten, and donth Coast 100 London and NorthlWrstern , .... 1 88 97 : 8 21 115 100 London and South %%often: 100 Manchester, Sheffield, and Uncohasialre ... 116 100 111.11 sail li Ell 174 North Staffordshire 30 South F.astern U York. Nenuatle, & Bend* l9 60 Tort and North Midland The railway share market during the fortnight has been very sensitive, as is usual at this period, when rumours, whether well or ill founded, as to dividend prospects, uniformly exercise a considerable effect upon prices. An evident disposition to look forward to higher rates was at one time evinced, but latterly the course of the market has been decidedly unfavour able, and all quotations have undergone a downward fluctuation. As compared with the rates that ruled at the commencement of the fortnight, the decline is as follows :—London and North Western stock, 21. 66. ; South Western, V. 10s. ; Midlands, 21. ; Great Westerns, IL 15s. ; South Easterns, U. &s. ; Bor. wicks and York and North Midlands, 1/. ; Lanca shire and Yorkshires are no cheaper ; Brightens form the exception, the announcement of a vod dividend having maintained the price of this stock at a rise of 11' • lOs per cent. Mt —Tuts DAT. Lotur Auouitlea tint luthu Stout, phut UMW Itcpt ,41,000'..tha ;14. Excheluet BM. - - per (71. Modems. pr Ct. Caution, a 43 lotto Doferratl. 46i t Per Ct. Portuatatoo. al 3 per Ct. Itutotao. 113 II per Ct. litouton, 100 1 Per Vt. alaa.oloh. Aetna, g Irr CI. ervd.b, 4.14 2 Ito. Mare, per 133 Ct. VIPS:wt.. 04 73 Do. Permed l3l L. 88 to 90. - EN CILLIII YU: F4a1!!!"4.P61? 3rW Ct. ItnduceJ, 'll I 3 iter lou 1.,1 3 Otto for Aect.,lfeb. 12, 9f4 1 311 K Ct. Consols, 1.61 OREIO 111 per Ct. %Wm, o'_'l 46 6 6 6 per 11. 11.1e1A. Arm% 49 41 taper CI. Chllly 101 1•.3 3 per Ct.'lllll4u, ; pct PAIIII6, 26 per Ct. D•ile 4 . 101 4 per I. Atteb. 11 eg Nwas,l44. 31 1 PIC Cc. Oskuada, 14 IT bardinlan 6 Derl I\ 24IINCING LANE.—THIS DAY. SUGAR —The market has been steady at yesterday's prim, which were Gd. above those of Tuesday. 1,400 bags Madras sold in public sale (to-day) at 20s. to 24e., and about 1,000 boxes out of 2,100 yellow Ilavannah sold at 31s. to 40s. 700 bags low Bengal bought in at 24.. The re fined market is steady at previous pricer. Uroccry lumpy, 435. &I. to 4Ss. Correa.-13,)0 bags good ordinary native Ceylon were offered in publir sale, and about half sold, 3Ss. lid. to 395., the remainder bought is, at 3Lls., which cstabli,hed a de cline of &I. Tr s.—The public sales closed to-day without showing any !notarial alteration in the prices of Tuesday, but great haviness has pervaded the sales. COTTON.-111111 article remains sery dull, and we are again without transactions to report. Rex continues dull of sale. IlticY.—This article continues firm. In other articles uo material alteration. TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY. The market is flat, although the delivery is good for thy& period of the sesson.—Town Tallow is quoted nett c. oh ; Petersburg Y. C. on the epot, 360. 4d. new ; 38a. 3d. old now year (1862), 388. to 3788.141,n R. or before end of Muck 388.3 d. ."` L 7 ~, t_- t:: ~~_ ••••••••,..-