The Express. — London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

; ;1r- .ti~'Zi•~~~ mss.-L!•. ~r ~--- MI / Tvbt •ftial • / LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1853. [THREEPENCE. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SHARE LISTS. IBa Matra addriCiadaaal .. ,lglas UOII2 Jumada dm , ..larat %ad &Teeing& Nos sad Bomar" ...! !art tad= .. Do. Idatanidoi ". .. Gnat Indian reclaims Graad - FaTb!. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 102 ;; to 1030 South Sea Stock, 110.1; Bank Stock, 22 4 81; Exche quer Bills, 565., 595., 608. prem.; India Bonds, 70s. prem. There have been scarcely a dozen transactions in the foreign bond market, and prices are rather drooping. Granada Deferred Bonds have receded to 101. Peruvian Deferred Bonds mark 61 # ; Spanish Passives, 5 ; the Committee's Certificates, 41 per cent. • Dutch Fours, 97i to 1; Sardinian, 94 to THIS DAY. Morena: Rummel There was a rather decided fall in the railway • • to-^_t;. AL various periods there were some heavy sales of stock, the downward tendency being further increased by the flatness of Consols and un favourable reports as to the forthcoming dividends. Speculation for a fall appears to be brisker. In the utternoon prices were a shade firmer, the lower rates inducing some purchases ; but they appeared to be chiefly on account of recent speculative sellers. The fall on the Paris Bourse on Saturday caused a decline in French shares here at the opening of buoiinem, and, although prices slightly rallied after three o'clock, the general appearance of the railway market, both home and foreign, was flat at the close. - 7" I 14 Ift 'll yam;: it 3f. 2 II die par Par I•. ,1: in 11 I PPM pa I:j tt 311 33 preme, ,Wea.storriakeb.l palest Ptitope.3 p.O Lazenquilpi , Dw (MNhy) ... LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 79 33 1 79 :4 1 713 73 U I le 40 lall W I For Account. FM". j". 31. Opt-ain't I,Ave Cowing. 76 76 No. 2,011.] TUE TAUTLY IMMANENT. ILIEAS kM'S IMEI)ICATEI) CREAM.—For all „ vv ...., of bathing. for persons seined with pals in the YAM 0 44 *Liming. Burnham.% et anything indicative of sold, it a neat. There is Lot any prepaillitill in the Phar. r the patemt medicine. of the day, that oan equal e TZl — elheaty. used freely immediately ow the drat prefir • wn! or tog bath, it onuses en immeilista slass, throwing a genial warmth weer lb* whole ,4 the bxlv, thereby ;inventing fevers and other M ow, It- idlest, di relieving rheumatic paine, swelled him ear. sweling.. and all ionantmat ry action, tante rya,. oil is truly a.t.nisbing. to most tams it supersedes gie o p. re 1.1 and purgatives Pc all cutaneous eruptions, the uw Of which ei .1 - .11 attended with mach the n c einconveniec and danger. on se pia of v.' effect being mat..ken far use, foe purgatives • n' l big...en the esuse of a disease, for which recourse ,nratives te dwareby aggravating it. In b. 4. v iew% in it is as delicate as the net east de gado° sale vat it is utterly dui.msible IT mismanagement tri e =reie dicer miaiLief or tailurs. One pot will prove its It n.B. • sw.efr Valenta generally. enliatalna tnylan. gm, stood. fIU family should be without it.—Sole manufacturers and amet.,s, lIILASaIt and CO., .3g, Strand nest Temple-bar), car whirls it is sold, in pots. at ISO.. Sa. 11.. and 4a. Id. ; and n caw t, ors, at Its. and Rin each, with directions; and likewise by ptien m.dictie vendoes. The 2.5. family jai sent (marriage. ism) to al: ;mu of the kingdom. To I'.‘ItEN"I'S and GUARDIANS.—The return of yen! k to the respective bosoding•mhnola after the late seams Seim,. st lume a aoheitudr fur men mecum! comfort aad attrac eket. SAr It 14 that ROW . LtNIOS' MAC tt , SAR OIL. for eretieratift Mie strewth sad 'or improving awl be mut:fyine the hair, ROWLANIDIte rads ,, K, 'or i m p r ovise the *ln and completioe, an 1 reentwien enamor, . rral aloud", and ROW LAMA' OLENTO, or Pearl Denti frice he . 'Aeries the Meth beautifully white and es the Denti frice. , ...awed tedisponsabAt IWS.MII4IIISIIIIIIIIOItS or the Stela e t aw persmaal advantages an nalvermally .ought Me sad simm y p e esor of speriues ialtellefil. The 004 1111111,00 el path Mora the same of "Lowlands" preceding that or the wage ea t b. v . 7 ~,iwr :r label. —Biel by A.MOWLAND sad SONS, 20. lasers- WAS, lose*. sari by altesale sad peewees. cULVERWELL'S MEDICAL WORKS, Anti.cmpirkst. sad Odes Al. 18.mali; by pa. WIIIAT TO EAT, DUNK, AND ATOM. u. LECTORI TO TOON° NES. m. ROW TO MI HAPPY. 111. 1 GAL AND ream/Li:l OF LIM OE SPECIAL DISEASES. u. TUE INSTITUTES Or DAHRIAGE LIZE. vu. DMUS pyiaßY MIIANGENVirt, O M CuSRTIPATIoN, sad HAIMORL BA. LMOLIdI. IRISH. eal LMLEIL 2 vole. 1.. toed. OROTATUT : OR. THE COLD WATER CTRL eberv.vq ris eaterlo4o,4oW; Cwwiho. le. ele.t.etvoet: Weft • Caw, ev,l alt boomeilere : or et U. IL CalverireU, MAX, 10, A, ." Itageob•eueet. who esay be ooeselied degy brow ie.!' b. eel' 0. IRELAND. Dusinc, JAW. 31. Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P. for Tralee, has pablished an address to his constituents, in which he lakes the judicious and manly course of disconnecting himself totally from those Irish members who have been endeavouring to get up a factious opposition to the Aberdeen administration in this country. In adopting this course at the present moment Mr O'Conoell exhibits no small amount of moral courage ; but there is little doubt that if other honest Irish members, and prominent liberals entertaining the same opinions, had the manliness to speak out with equal candour and openness, they would find an adt gusto response among the people at large. In the course of his address Mr. O'Connell says : My humble opinion is, that the present ministry should get $ for trial. There are amongst them many excellent men of business, conversant with all the details of official duty. They sail under the flag of tree trade. A consider able number of them advocated your religious liberties at the •ime of that greatest legislative bungle on record, the 'eh...ionic:al Titles Bill ; they are the declared supprters of the progress of national liberty, civil and religious; and until 1 find that they fail in the support of the rinci pies which I believe they honestly mean to uphold, I, with TNT approval, will give them my humble support. . . No man more deplores the enactment of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act than I do, or can be more simians for its repeal. It we., to ass Talleyraud's phrase, " worse than a crime— it was a folly." But its discussion roused the spirit of bi gotry Limit in the English breast. Need I tell you the consequences of the evocation of that evil spirit ? I have only to name Stockport, and the question is answered. That spirit is still abroad and active. Time must pass before it can be laid. fhe passiag of that act was the heaviest blow and the deepest discouragement received by the cause of religious liberty in our time. But its repeal will he a work of time and labaur. I ask you, men of Tralee, whether I, me your representative, should pledge myself to oppose any and every ministry which should aut attempt the immediate repeal of that act, though (allow ing it to hang rusting in the legal armoury) they support and carry measures fur the benefit of the empire. and most particular)) for the benefit of Ireland ? I know what your answer will be. Some Irish representatives have been blamed for taking office under the present government. The gintlemen may have been rash in promises and pledges, perhaps, like lieneriict in the play, who, when he said that he would die a bachelor, thought that he should not live to get married; and that, in my mind, is about the utmost that could be said of them. I have the honour of knowing those geatlemen, and I feel convinced that they would not have accepted office save on terms honourable to them selves and advantageous to Ireland. Their conduct in office will prove whether lem justified in the conviction. But let me be permitted to sa: that there is one appointment for which I specially rejoice —that of my esteemed and valued friend, the present Solicitor-General for Ireland. On that matter I shall only say that I am sure it is Judi clew, and snticipste that it will prove a most useful ap prontment for Ireland. The 1/üblin University Commission met at the palace, S'ephen's-green, on Saturday. Present—His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord Bishop of Cork, Edward J. Cooper, FAq., and Professor Han cock, secretary. The next meeting of the commis sioners wag fixed for Tuesday, the tad February. The public have been taken by surprise by the sale or leasing of the Kingstown Railway to Mr. Bergen. The subject is thus mentioned in the Free nun of this morning:— Negotiations blue been going on for some time past, and we are now, we believe, practically brought to a result for a treader of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to Mr. Deegan, and Messn. M'Cormick, Hussey, sad Pito, on be halt of the Dahlia and Bray, and Dublin and Wicklow Railways, in both which the first-named gentleman, who has taken the chief part in the matter, hu a paramount in tenet. The terms of the transfer, as well as we can learn, tie as follow :—The Kingstown Railway is to be leased to the parties named fur ever, at a rent of something like 31,000/. per annum, which will pay a dividend of 8 per cent. to the Kingstown shareholders, and leave a curs plus of small amount. The receipts of the line over h 2,0001. *oft) to be participated in by the present share hoiden. Calls to he route on the halt and quarter shores. The two companies (W.W.W. and Dundrum), or Mr. Dargan for them, to make the lines from Dublin to Bray, through Dundrum, and a junction line to be made from Kinsitown to Soanganagli, to join the other line, and pr.:r end on to Bray. The possession of the Kingstown lino ▪ to be given up until the ether lines are completed. oh. it the Kingstown shareholders are to have the security of the three lines fin their rent. Such are the outlines , _ whit, altiough, perhaps, not perfectly ac t rate, will be found is substance correct, of this magnificent priect, which at . are puts an end to the ruinous oompetitios whieh would otherwise have ensued. The resell will, of course, be to enhance the value of Kinptowe shares, of which, we believe ' Mr. Dugan himself is onset the lints', if sot :he largest, holder. The Limerick Chronicle, describing the favourable change that has taken place in the weather, and which now promises to be a permanent one, says:— A complete civilize of weather has oetturred since Weil sentry tut, and we are new is the midst of a dry bright ettoophere, with hard frost, which is likely to con.inne. The wintry floods are fast subsiding, and the low lands will so abe fit for tillage. Monday was the coldest experienced winter, and we lope it is the worst of a most unpro- Pi'ous, protreted season. Farmers are all astir for spring epsruiorts, en long retarded. The ice this morning was one inch thick. &s much has the sharp keen atmosphere alr.srly etfi:eted in drying the higher tying fields that in net soils the ploughs are now at work. Oats and pota• toes are likely to occupy a large space in the crops of the hett.coming season. mn..t.I—IIIR EARL. or ALD3OROUOII 11 .4.t0w re• at..—Art astounding cute by lids salrastemas yik e.. other swats bad tailed. P.. satrust from hi. Inns-44A latter, datei V.as Merolla, towbar; Feb. 11, 1845.—T0 Pr, Sir,-1 beg to •04114 of pm that gums Jails ha ,, a saw or I di..rdsr is say li.cr and stoma* which a 0 :lw r.ralner.t M qt.. !lean, at haute and all over Ur tlsettnent h- . 1 ab:o to • Ifivt mat own the waters of Oarbihad or )I,r ”val. Ati,soaessa.. Than irsoisitalisß/0 o , : IN , ass ILIKIC.e..e me am er stastaals. Soldl s rri surrness) at Ptcarasor llo.carars 141 4 orastrun u lhosatiold b"la tinnibsd lLV W: l "A. OLD COURT. Bayou the lecoseesu j . . . 12.471,2 k 4 vi awl Anne Jacktoss, 19, 1,11111 charged with stealing M. Ws. in gold, and some silver money, the property of William Slater. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, who stated that he lived upon his property and resided in the Illackfriars-road, that about two o'clock on the morning of the 24th January he was in Fleet-street, when he met the prisoners, who accosted him and asked him to treat them. Ho accompanied the women to • public-house in Fleet-street, where they had some liquor, and when they came out be called a cab, intending to go home. The prisoners gut Into the cab with him by hes consent, and he expected that he was going to his residence, but instead of this he found that he was being driven about the Strand, and the cab was stopped *tessera! public-houses, where they all drank more spirits, and he became at length quite unconscious, but when he came to himself he found the cab and the prisoners near Stamford-street. He got out, and sou about to pay for the cab, but the prisoners told him it was all right, and they had paid, and he then went towards his home, and in a few minutes ho discovered that all his money had been taken. He :gave information to the police, and on the following day the prisoners were taken into custody. In cross-examination, the prosecutor said that he had bees duri as th e evening to the Coal-Hole Tavern, in the Strand, w th are w • judge sad jury society, and he a friemdb who accompanied him, had the honour" of taking a glass of sherry with the chief baron who presided. (A laugh.) He could not say how many public.houses the cab stopped at, but he drank liquor at all of them—sometimes brandy and water, and aciesetimes malt liquor. Ile knew very well what being drank was, bat he did not consider he was drunk on this night. (A laugh.) From other evidence it appeared that when the prisoners were taken into custody they denied all knowledge of the robbery. The Recorder expressed an opinion that the evidence was insufficient to support the charge. It was quite clear that the prosecutor wiis beastly drunk at the time, and there was nothing to show when or under what circumstances the money was last The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING 2 ORDERS. Yesterday the standing order, were declared com- ii 21. plied with in the following came: St. Minutia, Ran.w•r.—For construction of line from di .l Leicester to the Great Northern Railway at liatchin, esti- R. mated ocet9oo,oool. The line will run via Bedford, and et. there is to be a branch to the London and North Western, M at Wellingborough. It BIRMINGHAM 1 AND OXFORD JUNCTION, BIRMINGHAM, A , WOLVRIMILAIIPToN, AND DUDLEY AND GARB.? WHSTRRN tej RAILWAY.—For power to lay on the broad gauge on portion it of South Staffordshire Railway, and arrangement with 10 holders of securities of the two former lines; use of joint 14 station at Wolverhampton, and other purposes; estimated a i east, 8,0001. 10 Rouen DEVON AND TAVISTOCX RAILWAY.—Line from as. Timagbridge to Tavistock, with power to South Devon to at. su beer ibe ; estimated cost 164,0001. 10 WEXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY AND SWANBRA UAL- le LEY RAILWAY. . 10 YOMMOUTHSEIIII RAILWAY . — Power to make new rai l- 40 Way, and works, and arrangements with other companies; IS estimated cost, 80,0001. II ELECTRIC TILEGRAPE COMPANY OP IRRLAND.—TO to incorporate and regulate company, and better enable it to establish and work telegraphs in Scotland and Ireland ; capital 40,000'., with one-third borrowing powers. Is BRITISH ELECTRIC TILEORAPR COMPANY.—For re- St. pealing and amending act of 1850, and for power to eon struct telegraphs on streets, roads, towing paths, and rail- 3 : ways; proposed capital, 300,0001. 10 LONDON Dock COMPANY.—To form a new entrance a. from the Thames, alter streets, and make other works; It power to raise 500,0001. in addition to paid up capital of SO 3,G38,3101. sc LIVERPOOL Doctoral' Connx.—To amend provisions of I: acts of civil court of record, the process, practice, and mode of pleading in the court, and to extend its jurisdiction. td LIVERPOOL SANITARY AND OTHIR LOCAL ACTS.—TO regulate the buildings in the borough, to make further pro- lf vision for its sanitary and general regulation, and for esta blishing a police superannuation fend. NORFOLK ESTITARY.—To alter the mode and period of constructing the works, extend the time for purchase of lands and completion of works, and postpone period of reco very of certain contributions. PRISTON GAS.—Power to supply Preston and its suburbs with gas; proposed additional capital of 60,0001., subject to augmentation. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. (From the Mark Lane Esprass.) The decided check which has taken place in prices of wheat in the British markets within the last month has had more or less influence on the continent, and the adders received this week are of a more subdued tone than any we have had for a considerable time past. The weather ap pears to have changed about the same period as with us ; and though no severe frost had yet been experienced, it was not deemed by any means improbable that the navigation of some of the harbours and rivers might become impeded by ice. D.uixig letters of the 25th inst., state that the operations in wheat had, siflce the previous post day, been on a retail scale. About 1,000 qn. of inferior wheat, bought on ac count of Paris, had been resold at 4.5 a. 6d. per qr. free on board; really fine high-mixed lower Polish, of 62Ibs. weight, bad not been offered below 525., but fine mixed Ribs. quality might Lave been bought at equal to 47.,. to 485. per qr. free en board. There was some ice In the har bour, hut the weather was not by any means severe. At Konigsberg, on the 23rd, business was tolerably firm, but the tendency of prices had:during the week been rather downwards. At Stettin. on Monday, red and yellow wheat were ob tainable at 45s to 461 , mad fine white at 47e. to 48.. per qr. free on board in spring. These prices are a trifle lower than those previously quoted. The deliveries from the growirs had not been large, but sellers had become rather more inclined to realise. . At Rostock good supplies of wheat appear to have been brought forward by the growers; still the value of fine qua lities seems to have been well supported; but it must be recollected that the worst accounts from hence had out yet been received, and we are rather inclined to think that the next advises from thence will be of a more subdued tone. Fair 60 to 611bs. qualities of wheat were then still worth 46e. per qr., and heavier sorts were relatively d . Of spring earn very little had come forward, the yield of bar ley, oats, &e., hat harvest having been exceedingly short. There were no sellers of fine barley below 255. per qr., de livered free on board in spring. Hamburg letters of Tuesday last inform us that the de mand for wheat, which hail been rather active the previous wet k, had slackened, but sellers had nevertheless refused to lower their pretensions, and for 61 lbs red Upland on the spot equal to 478. 6d. per qr. free on board bad continued to be asked. The offers from outports had been on much the saute terms as before, say 455. to 431. 6d. for 60 lbs. quality from Denmark, and 4 6e. 6d. up to 48s. for the finer descriptions from the Lower Baltic ports. Prices of barley and oats had undergone little or no change ' • the demand fur both articles had been tolerably good. Niele barley, weighing only 491 lbs. per bushel, was quitted 30s. 95., and 53 lbs. Danish, deliverable in spring, had not been offered below 255. Gd. to 265. per qr. Danish oats, of 38 lbs. to 39 lbs., were still held at 17s. 6d. to 17s. 9d. per qr. In the Dutch markets some effect appears to have been produced by the diacouraging reports from hence, and at Rotterdam on Monday oew white Beal.ind wheat was de em!, dly easier to buy. At • decline of about Is. per qr., a few parcels of inferior quality were taken for export. Red Rhine wheat had been in fair request, at equal to 45e. to 465. per qr. free on board. At Groningen, on Tuesday, there was less doing in oats than the week before, bat previous prices were tolerably well supported. Yolanda, weighing 421 be., were quoted 17s. 9d. to 18,. ; ditto, 401b5., 16e. 91 to 17e. per quarter, free on board. Beans were team, and in good revolt at equal to 30s. Gd. to 31s. 6cl. per quarter free on hoard. Freight to Louden for oats was 17s. per last, and 10 per cent. The advice!, from France aro of a similar character to the amounts received last week. The supplies of wheat appear to have about kept pace with the demand, and, without much activity in the trade, former terms seem to have been about supported for wheat as well ns for flour. From the Mediterranean ports we have nothing new to notice. The inquiry fur wheat for esport appears to hive subsided ; still prim are not generally quoted lower. At Venice, on the 21st instant, some contracts for Indian corn, deliverable in July and August, were closed at 235. to 23e. rid. per quarter free on board. FIRE AT WILTON ABBET.--A Ire broke oat at the mat of the Hight Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Secretary at War, shortly after 8 o'clock on Sunday morning. Very judiciously, no one was permitted within tha abbey gates unless thone who could render good sirrice. Nu sooner was the circumstance known in Vishury th n many tradesmen took conveyances, and repaired thither to offer ti lit services—in fact, hundreds of others touted on foot. By half-past 10 the fire was got under, and a number of those who had assisted, or h attends 1 for that purpose, were regaling themselves in front of the entrance to the abbey. It appears that the front library chimney, willn his partly composed of timber, ignited. The loss of property will sot be great. THIS DAY—Two o'CLowa. Business is very quiet in the railway market to day, but, with the exception of York and North Midland stock, which has receded to 641, there has been no further decline in prices. At the same time there is little sign, so far, of a rally from yesterday's depression. French lines, and Sambre and Meuse, are again lower, and foreign lines generally flat. lIIIAJLEB MID lITOCIFA UhOUARANTIMID. 'p a 7 p.a. Litman. 11003 ‘heydeen tebttlig " asA List Janet.* ____ all I Zlros.Welv. IltlacearTalle‘ Ila Hiram., Las..neas... Jon. all Do.Ciseaßark.3ol&Sal C. lei Do. do. do. SOL -100 Britt& aad Rutter ... I lot Oakdonlan - ... .. all Ceasmr sal Eloiyhr.id .. all Cori and Bandon ~. . MDribila sal BelhatJuni .. ail Dua.try, Perth, and Al.?. deep Junction ... ... a& Ora Martina 111 DIM (4 IS Z. mad 11 ).. as Rolm Osuallas -. all Emigre Caine Cale A.. (lsa• 1.0. di.) . ai , 11. k *lama IS end C din ISO last Innanddra 41 R. at W.I. Dii.i.laßirra.J2 100 14112145nr1 and Glanion . 14Ethaburgla and Peebles .. 100 Vslionuro, lartn.Dnalt• 100 Glasgow it floallsWestern 1 0 0 Grua Northers .. .. 120 Do. 4 abuse, a, Pine.. 100 De. 6 @barmy% Doalt.. 100 (.ILeouth. and Wen. (Ira. 100 Great Western ... .. 11 Web South Easton .. all Lancaltor and C.arlina 1 1 1 Do. Third. . ... ~ ..00 Inneashlre i.ndsidr , lb Do. Ms .. . 11 4 Do. West ID.uag . thnot , all Ueda Santana ... ~. 114 London and BlaakwaU 3 Lon..7llbary,at Southend 100 Loa., Brighten,& S. C 0.., 100 Imam 111 Ifortn.West - IS Do. rime . 1 Do. 5105b.,71. .13.(6 100 London It South-Wester. 131 Do., £5O ... ... . 01 Dn. /140 .. all Londonderry & boiendie all loadondrryarlinniskilka ISO taisia.,Bast,&Linculash 14 Do. ULLA Law 1 . Calm 100 alldland . _ 100 Do. ltirra .. ani . 04ii‘• 474 rIld.0:. Anat. (Ireland). 1100 Newsnitkat i 3 Do. Bar? Rx&cediar .. se IS wpwriAlrergAtilarehnl 71 kowry and eneee.lo... all Newrararrinpolatklko $OO 15 Do. Now 11 Vorthera Dainties Claim 100 r N orth 11 North ow), No. I. all Do. A Deferred 6 Do. 1 B Gaaroatord 175 North Stailbrdaltire.. all North Wades _ 10 Norttlastd S. Wootenaluar St DM Oxford. Woro., t Woivar . St. 000 aeottann Central O. MO %Mak 11141. and St. 103 Sanwa. Si Bloat., nom t Bt. 100 Do. L.6ol.W.Gaar.Stk 41 al. 4 hresabury sad can. o. (Nor. W. Mut.) 1111 411 Ds Kahan 10 20 Do, Clawour P• Shropahlro Dam 6* 60 ilovik Drama ... . R. 100 ONO l• 30 Dna Wain „. SO 15 loath lhe 6 le.llllirarDal 19 6 Dills ditto U 1f ThoonfawaDoelthlt..U. 10 17 Vale al 110•18 10 all Inallintind mad Kilkenny. 30 all Walinind and Linn:risk. la 18 Wad Onawall • Wlmblain sad CVO= 31. 100 4 Vurk1111”0008•11611erstsk 13 1 4 Do. dialiatatadom it II Do.O.D.Z.l'aroltaao . 101, Truk sad North Attdiaad OW Ditto No, 2, 7 per Ct.l 64. t..t ilristul & Exeter I pot Ct ed. 100 Diladoolan SIO It, 1 ('tmottr rIA 11d.7Esod 61 Si Cork and Bandon e al. lhaidor, earth, mod Aber- Aim Janda& aa JI NostAogilsoiet.lo+.l4.t..i. 4 DD I Do. do. .) 7 pot Ct 71 2 Do. do. (71. 17.47 per Ct p 0 4 14 1 it el Ditto do. N 0.71 10 10 j Do. New i per Cont. Mock , 10 IS .6aLUoicia,Seipire.4p.el' 5 6 lldlaburgb, Perth, wadi Dundee, St per Cent t. 100 Moat Northern 3 prreent 100 t Do. !pet otot. (Moto, Re dasotalgo er l 0 p.et. pm tl . II el °Lethal/164m( Dl32ll.thi. a 0 !GWoot-Elksiillant•ea Imo 100 Ot.Wwtorn, 14'41 ti p.ot. 10 I 6 .latosooldni *Yorks V ZiO St. ,D 0 : Ditto fi per cent Steck 0t. , 100 daO.. Nrioh.Onar.3 rent Mt., ' lOO 'DlttoPrekrential pe Ct. I Ilde.atOthWartCout.Thlrda 2. ill 10 114 all la Is It. lu I 11 all et. 101 'Lamlamasery &ether. ilesalondsmtsEnalsk.Ssla Maa.Plieff.asLino. ssa.'sol De. Now SlO . Do. 16 iltar7p.et Carlisle, 44 p CL 161 S I Ditto Preferenes• 10 JO !torfolli 5 an , Do. Gaaraateed 64 per it • all I Do.WaveseyValley 3 pat It. IGO !lurk tirttlab SO , INorth Btaffordaldra fit. i lellOttari. Worote.:nr, d S I S. 6 per Crnt IS 9 Mut ditto ditto • I s 411zewa.lanna.N.TGuar. M 10 ,11krawe.kelitotat(Itor.W. 11 per Nat.— _ '0 Do. 5 pat Crat , iot.t't Davos Ditto New ,outh Mutant (Idatdiss Ann.)of .81.0 6 . I sm AEI IVr .TmadthwlyentAiwir ;WateOmdAkilksaly6pAt I .olc4,Nearmatipat , r.. GLlaertl, of tta?.pore , ,. Xeo DAW IS lO l OiorteNJAWLe,"mot LUISA LZASk.D Knarant.(leas.toOt.Went. Ditto wabout a guagantee i!esoed toOrertWePtern Hlrm., W 01.,& Dudley witbi ruurszit.(less.toOt.Went.. Ditto without a usran ice tioass4 to Welt 00v•tri fluokisighaura+hire to Loodookt4.Wccr , , Oldsoilok Jszetton timed toCaJobootto. dikrLisonlrish.gelar t. a 12$ :41 041 vi .0 tool all II I 1. 41.1 1J (lewd to iii7'4lrtl•vet.) .51.hkseter it I ! (!!!"•..41 to tirrat. ss ,t. rt. flaUkftelhy(L T ore :•eN:41.1 De. 4 Ohaft• De. elxeres ictitto; Landon elf Green , el (lewd to neuti Elstern Ditto Preference (1.••.) Um.. (l ipkr. Ipert'el.! (Ifelped to ?4,1)11u Ditto ditto G per Cent Vanen.,ltuaton,teNt,tio , k' tee,t4 to LA5.W.71434.1.) Iltddlembre end Reece: (leased to Starlit. lerl. Mut Bred reed HIL) Sortbert.Strent.ra oat • 71;;;.1 to Lot.Det . tb . ?r.....r./tYir., Lis.. •tod Uttrhas 1., Urc tt Sunbelt' ...... red" Moot ... tooth Staff within tisind is Mr. "Mr vOlin I p. Ct.plos :eitord to ittosltteeltDor. :Atli" 'sto Ditto Wilts 4e , sterr t tteimpil w Wrest W 4 I 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Shard &xis. Paid 40 Autralsela all 20 Ord. Bat d A, Wad^ ad Mai 2 211 aldderad 4 2) L' us am/11W Soak at Amami Soya arssirsClkabiag ad o.2 rana lddert. Co I ts south A is Val= at Ardalla all Now 24 i I{ I li 8e II 44 47 73 74 7454 iii i Businms dose to-day Maid, Sadao" prises dads yesterday I to.day el of 230 IT 3 L.lealog ItraciLLas nom Pd pried Jas. 31. ---- aartrahra AsrL.- 35 no 314 I. Brit. Au t. - all 11 13 3. Aartrallaa Lad 33 47 49 Van Dlemen'a lad 39 14 16 MINES. MONDAY BYININO. A very large and steady business continues to be done in English mining stocks. Shares in good mines are in brisk demand, with few sellers offering. The great rise in the price of copper today is further calculated to strengthen the market for these secu- The prices ruling to-day are as follows : Wheal Buller, 1,090 ; Devon Great Console, 420: South Basset, 5871; United Mines, 375 ; South Frances, 186 ; Botallack, 380 ; Great Work, 175 ; South Ca radon, 1575, 160 ; Wilma Seton, 180; Levant, 150, 155 ; Condurrow, 110; Dolcoath, 57, 58, 60 ; Trelaw ney, 69, 60 ; Treviskey, 871 ; West Providence, 54# ; Mary Ann, 34 ; Alfred Consols, 17; Wheal Cupid, 8; East Wheal Margaret, 10, ; Spearne Consols, 101,1 ; Hennock, 9, ; Wheal Uny, 15, 16 ; Sidney Godolphin, 61, 7 ; Tineroft, 11, 12 ; North Wheal Trelawney, 51; Bedford United, ; South Tamar, 6}; St. Day United, 4 ; Linares, 91; Nanteos, 2 ; North Vale of Towey, 16a ,17s. ; Wheal Lion, 21; Ladeote, 11; East Tamar, 15; Calstock United, 1, ; Cubert, 2,1; Wheal Peru, 11 ; East Wheal Vor, 11. The gold mining shares were fairly supported, but there is little business in this department. Other foreign mines are unchanged in price. The non-official quotations are : Peel River Land and Mineral, 81, 9 prem.; Australian Mutual, 1 to prem.; Australian Console, par to 1 prem.; Anglo- Australian, par to 1 prem.; Chartered Australian Land and Mining, dis. to par; Union Gold, Ito 1 prem.; Adelaide Land and Gold, 1 dis. to par ; Golden Mountain, 1 to 1 dis. ; Lewis Hill Range, 1 to 1 die.; Garnett and Moseley, 1 dia. to par; Monarch, par to prem. ; d'Or, die. to par; Melbourne, 1, ; Worthing, 21, 31 ; Barosea Range, 1,1; Port Royal and St. Andrew Copper, Ito 1 prem. ; Jamaica Copper, 1 to / prem. ; enmare, 1 tot prem. ; Glenaulin, par to 1 prem.; Connemara, 1 too prem.; Carberry West, par to prem.; Mizen Head, par to; prem. THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoci. The gold mining shares are very dull to-day, and, if sales were to be pressed, lower prices would have to be submitted to, as purchasers are few. Great Nugget Vein shares mark only 21 to prem.; Colo nial Gold, 21 prem.; and Nouveau Monde, 1 prem. United Mexican shares have been sold at 7. Aus tralian Agricultural are lower, having receded to 220 to 230. South Australian Land have fallen to 43. Clol.ll* *MINS' mo, Allan. Mmes. Paid pram done yesterday to.day -- ----.-- -- -- --- 100,000 1 Aga' Fria ........ a/I 111 pm 100,000 10.. 5 ap.o Call'ornian 10,000 10 tustralastot 2 It 4., 211,409 20 Australia' 8 41 II 00,00. 1 Anetraltia Cordillera 100,000 1 AnstraMan troshold 55,000 1 Are Maria all IWs psi 254,009 1 itritish Atter/WM Gol, 211 3 Ipm 1 20,000 20 rains'. lron 10,000 36 Brartl.lmp. (1... at 51.ra 141 3 4 6,000 38 De.oocassandCulabs all If 11 11,000 90 Do. St. John Del lte• 15 29 30 30 110,00' 1 Canon's Creel' Par 4 pa. 1 12,001 40 Cobra I.l)pper ..... .., all 41 43 42 100,000 5 Colonial tiald Cepiapo 32. , ,800 St. Copper Miner, of Eng all lAOOO 2 Do. Pref. 74 per cast all —pm 70,00 EngstA.otraliantl , vpe, all 2 3 3 pm 41 1 11 di. 100,080 Great Nugget Vein oil 20,01" 20 Gs otral all 15/ 1 1 12,000 Grand Duchy of Nadas all per I pm 11.004 Great Polgooth all 1$ II pm 100,00 Lake B*Murat. oil I 1 die 60,04' Meaty all I $ pal 56.0U4 Loadon&Callietn. Gold WISE 4 C=41112(00 all 3 I dl. 1 150,00 v Marianna all 1 dear 1.11 20,000 l' Mezleen3lBth.Amerloan 9 43 Sid 1041,4,,0 1 New Grum,' _..... 100,000 Nouveau Mond' 13°,00 , 1 Port Philip 1 11 11 pr 21 60,144' 1 quatte Rook . all par Ipm 11 10,00 SO Ithymney Iron.. .... all 13 25 Ditto New 7,* . .10 Santiago de Cuba l9l 7 8 50,00' 1 Smith A wdrallaa all 1 dis MR 0,00 , ' 10 Tin Croft 4+,171 46.1.01 Urtb...! Mexican 70,000 1 Waller 100,000 1 West Granada I.o,,nipi , .v...! At ar,,,5a... .. .. all per 1..0, ..to 1 Tubs „ all 4 1 par MONEY MARKET. MONDAY The stock markets to-day again presented un favourable appearance, the speculative feeling being apparently in the direction of a further decline. Ap• prehenaions of political complications on the Conti nent are expressed, the alleged coldness between France and Austria, and the Montenegrine question, being each referred to with uneasiness, the more especially as these considerations assisted the fall on the Paris bourse on Saturday, in spite of the an nouncement that the Cause des Depots et des Con signations purposed buying 500,000 franca of rents during the week. It appears, however, that the Austrian Ambassador was present along with the rest of the corps diploniolique at the Imperial mar riage ceremonial, and due allowance must be made for the alacrity with which the "bears" seize upon any such reports as these in support of theiropemtions. On the whole it would appear that the prevalent depres sion is primarily traceable to causes nearer home, and to which attention has previously been directed. There is still hanging over the markets the tear of a furthir Bank movement, however mischievous such a step might be considered by the general mercantile com munity, and under this fear, and with a higher money market, it is not surprising that speculators for a rise have been induced to close their accounts, and the "bean" to operate more vigorously. The fall in the railway market is further assisted by very unfavourable rumours relative to the forthcoming re ports and dividends. It is indeed obvious that parties have for a long time past been purchasing with borrowed means upon the strength of an extra ordinarily easy state of the money market, the altered circumstances of which affect them instantly. It is thus noticed that the real business in this market is very limited, operations on the part of speculators forming by far the bulk of the transactions. There are still on hand some rather large orders for selling the heavier rail way stocks at rates slightly above those now current, and it would appear that upon any rise the market will probably be more freely supplied. Consols opened this morning 991 to ; for money and the 10th of February, but soon declined to 991 for cash, and were offered at 991 for the March ac count. The closing price was 991 to 3-16 fcr money and February. Bank stock continues to rise. The official business report includes:—Three per Ceut. Consols, for money, 991, I, k, ; ditto, for account, 991, ; 0 1, 1. Three per Cent. Reduced, 100, 99!„ Tnree-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 61, 6 7-IG. Bank Stock, 228, 2271, 2281. Exchequer Bills remain quoted 575. to 61s. prem. India bonds were lower, at 66a. to 89s. prem. Foreign stocks show no great movement, but the market was generally flat. Spanish stocks do not fully support the late rally, and the Committee's Certificates have receded to 41 per cent. Granada Deferred Bonds declined to 111. Buenos Ayrean are firm. Bargains are thus marked :—Brazilian Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 1021. Buenos Ayres Six 65r Cents., 68. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 1, A, i; ditto, Four per Cent. Certificates, 98, 97 1 . Ecuador Bonds, 51, 51. Granada Deferred, 111 , I. Mexican Three per Cents., for account, 14t Feruary, 221. Peruvian Six per Cents., 103. Por tuguese Four per Cents., 381, 371 ex div. Sardinian Five per Cents., 941, 94. Spanish Old Three per Cents., 47, 1, 461 ; ditto, New Deferred Three per Cents., 2,1; ditto, Passive (Converted), 51 ; the Committees Certificates, 41 per cent. Venezuela Deferred One per Cent., 15. Rumours of a new Russian railway loan for six or seven millions sterling, at 41 per cent., were again very rife to-day. We have, on several occasions, drawn attention to the negotiations known to be on the lapis in respect of this line, which is to run from Odessa into the interior, but it does not appear they have made any further progress, as parties here, who from their position could not fail to know if the loan were about to be immediately brought forward, have no knowledge of any arrangement having been finally concluded. The present moment, it may be observed, would be very inopportune for the intro elution of so large a scheme into the English market. We hear, on good authority, that the London and South Western Railway dividend for the last half year will be only at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, with a very small balance to credit of the current half-year. It is reported the amount of the new Prussian railway loan has been incorrectly stated. It will probably amount to 30,000,000 Prussian dollars, or about five millions sterling, instead of 20,000,000 dollars, or three millions sterling, as reported from Paris. A call of 21. per 201. share, making 81. paid up, falls due on the shares of the Cornwall Railway Company by the 28th February. The twenty-third annual meeting of the National Life Assurance Society was held to-day, when the accounts for the past year were submitted to the members and approved. The business of the office for the past year has enabled the ditectors to make a reduction of 38 per cent. in the rate of premiums for 1853 on all members' policies which have been five years in existence. The retiring directors, Messrs. Joseph Colling, Thomas Curtis, and Wm. Wilkinson, were unanimously re-elected ; and Mr. Richard Vaughan Davis was re-elected an auditor of the society. Australian Agricultural shares receded to-day to 230 to 240, but apparently moro from sympathy than from any fresh supply of stock. Ex the new shares the price was quoted 80 to 86. The South Austra lian Land Company's shares were 11. lower, at 47 to 49; and Van Dieman's Land at 14 to 16. The shares of the South Australian Banking Company also fell 11., closing 44 to 47. In addition to the transactions elsewhere recorded, there were dealings as follows : —Chartered Bank of Asia (51. paid), 4: ; London Bank of Australia and India (21. paid), 1: ; London Joint Stock Bank, 21Z ; East and West India Docks, 168 k, 169;; General Screw Steam Shipping, 52, 53; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 87, 88; Royal Mail Steam, 821; Scottish Australian Investment (11. paid), 3. Ebro Canal shares are quoted par to 1 Rem.; Chiriqui Road, par to prem. ; Royal Swedish ailway, to dis.; French South Eastern Railway, to dis. Generally, there is a decided indisposition on the part of the dealers to touch shares in the new undertakings upon which calls are likely to fall due. Notice has been issued that the books for the transfer of shares at the London agency of the Great Western Railway Company of Canada will be shut from the 12th February to the 2nd March, pre paratory to the payment of interest. The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent. per annum yielded by our government stocks at present prices. To render the results strictly accu rate, the proportion of interest which may have ac crued since last dividend period should in each case be taken into account. It should also be remem bered that the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. be comes a Three per Cent. Stock in 1854. Int. per cent. Price. per annum. Tree per Cent. Canada Three per Cent. Reduced lOO 3 0 0 New Three4usd-e-Quirter per Cents Sank Stock (dlnd nd calculated at the rate of fi per cent. per enema) 22s S 6 8 India Stockl(dlr. at the rate of 10, per cent. per annum) Exchequer Bille, March (int. lid. per cent. per day) 6oe. pm. 24 ei Annexed is a statement (extracted from the Liver pool Weekly Share List) showing the rates yielded by ordinary railway stocks at present priees, the calculation being based on the dividend paid for the half-year ending the 30th of June: Int. per eon . Pres. Pelee. Railway. per anneal. 121 London and North Western Stork Si 10 103 15 London and North Western Filth& 4 13 4 18 Liverpool, Crosby, sad Southport 88 Great Wedges . »«. 4 10 101 1 , 18 Bristol and Faster .....« ...« ••••••••••••••44.441"•••••• 4 3 4 33 Edinburgh andGlas 02 Great Southern and Western—lreland 3 16 11 1 It York, NeweastJe, and Berwick 4 0 10 to illidland Stock -- 9 le 11 ... ... .. B 9 Lancaster and Carlisle ... 3 13 ni 79 Lancashire and Yuckabire Stock ....... 3 13 111 43 Midland Great Western—lreland ....... 3 11 St 91 London and South wawa - - ---- 3 12 I I 424 Dublin and Belfast 43 litldkuld, Birmingham, and Derby 3 10 fj 61 031.airron and South Western " , 1 South F. 216 ,_..,.... &germ 12g Eestrrn Counties 3 1 b 105 Lon lon, Brighton, and South Coast 19 East Lanea•hire 19 Great Northern 133 North Staffordshire 213 Chester and Birkenhead . 28 York and North Midland . ....... 1 15 8 In using this table it must be borne in mind that the dividends for the second half of the year are in most cues larger than those for the first half. The quotations of stocks at Amsterdamdon Friday arc thus reported by telegraphic express:— I Dutch Four per Cents., %II; ditto, Twu-and-a -IHalf per Cents., 64 15-16; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 221 ; Mexican New, 234 Portugu ese New, 38} ; Austrian Five per Cent. 3leta ll ics, 82 d. THIS DAY.—Two o'CLOCK. The market for the home funds was flat nt the commencement of business this morning, Consols being sold at 99 for cash, but buyers have since come in, and a slight rally has taken place, the present notation en Ty the Stock Fx being 99 :to ea 1 ;for ge n money is ve very , dull, 1 3 there 0t bring Feb.' in Generally little disposition to operate in any department. The Three per Cents. Reduerd mark 99: to 100: ; the 3 per Cents. I 79 5 44 per Cente., 1525 I 101 54 , 4. per Ceuta., 1852 ] 504 60 4t er Cents. 8 per CentasNew Loan' ... !I . . . . . Excinicse on London i atelieht, 25 5; gip, tlayn. 24 90. Bslgian,..pert3.lB4o Mans, • Naptes Bents — Mane:. DoDo. 24 .4t ....... .... 1 Rontao S ptr• Cent 94 ... Do. 1351 Piedmont 5 p.CI 96 25 I Treasury Bonds ... .. Do. 5, 1832 PAID!, JAN. 31.—St.Germain, 1320; V ers ailles (riett bank), ; ditto (lett bank), 328 75; Paris and Orbans. —; Paris and Rues, 970; ltouen and harts, 472 30 ; liar^ dies and ssei s non (Converted) • Strasbourg and Bal e , 345; Northern, 00 ; Paris and atrisboarg, 741 SI ; Paris and Lyons, 842 30; Lyons and Mediterranean. 712 50 ; Monterean and Troyes, :SO; Ouest, 660; Shame and St. Dizier to Gray, 50; Paris and Cher. bou.g, 590; Dijon and Besancon 522 3 0; Midi, 555; Win* tri and Ikesp, —; Andrezieux and !Winne, —; Pub) and Seam:, VIENNA, JAN. 29.—Five per Cent. Metalliques. 94i. New Loan (Series A), 941; (Series 13), 10511 Four-and-a.llalf per Cents., 841. Bank Shares, 1,355. Exchange on London, 10.50. BZILLIN, JAN. 28.—Voluntary Loan, 1011. New Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cent. (1850), 102 i ' ; ditto (182), 1021 ; National Debt, 94. Commercial Haring Society's Premium, 1481. Bank Shares, 1091. 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MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY. SCOAlt.—The market has opened with a steady appear ance, and the public sales are progressing at last week's currency. The refined market is without alteration ; grocery lumps, 451. to 475. 6d. Correa.—The public salsa are going off without spirit. ,700 bags native Ceylon have been sold by private contract, at 475., which is a full price. TEL.—The market is steady, but not active. Srimas —Pimento : 100 bags offered, and bonght in, at 61., which was a high price. 180 bags white Pepper sold ato S i. Cinnamon : The quarterly sale went off heasily yesterday ;Ist and 2nds sold at 2d. decline ; 3rds, previous prices. Corros.-1,000 bales sold yesterday on 'Change, and the market has an upward tendency. In other artic:es no material alteration. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Mr. E. J. llarii reports a short supply, at the following quotations :—Prime meadow Hay, 803. to 855.; inferior, 703. to 755. ; Rowen, 503. to 60s. ; Clover, 90s. to 100 s.; second cut, 70s. to DOs. ; Straw, 27e. to 32a. TALLOW HARKET.-THIS DAY. The market is steady, with • better demand from the trade. Town Tallow is quoted 445. nett cash ; Peters burg Y.C. on the spot, 455. to 44e. 9d. ; January to March, 44a. 6d.; October to December(new), 44a. 61. to 44e. 9d. SOCIETY FOR REGTJLATINe BEEIMOUBZIL—A meeting of this society took place at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday murnieg. The gentle men present were mostly clergymen and ministers of relj gion. Mr. W. Pairbaun, C.E., presided, and said he doubted the legislative propriety of promoting free trade in intoxicating liquors, or of extending houses of entertain ment on that principle ; and he thought it 1183 not proper for government to derive a revenue from the sale of that which tended to the demoralisation of the people. Ile hoped the society would get up a petition to parliament fur getttng rid of the evil. A report was read from the committee, and a variety of speeches were made by clergy men. One of them, the Rev. Hart Ethelston, spoke of the serious evil of permitting gin palaces to be open on Sundays for the sale of " liquid fins" and " distilled damnation." Mr. Miller, surgeon, made • temperance speech. The Rev. J. J. Taylor, Unitarian minister, said he felt a doubt as to how far he had a right to interfere with the action of any class of men, but he had seen so much evil resulting from the present system that he thought a case was made out for interference. Supposing that only adults were injured by the system, perhaps they had no tight to interfere with their liberty ; but it was known that • large proportion of the people who went to such houses were boys and youths under 18 or 20—persons who bad not arrived at years of discretion—and he had no doubt as to our right to protect them. The Rev. Robert Limb thought, considering the rapid increase of our towns, sufficient means had not been taken to check crime, a large portion of which was traceable to drunkenness; and he was for the removal of drunkenness as much as possible and all incentives to it. The Rev. J. L. Poore said the playing at dominoes, cards, billiards, and other chance games, enticed many young people to such houses, and led them on to intemperate habits. Mr. W. G. Ginty said he did not agree with the proposal of the society to get beerhouses placed under the care of magistrates to be licensed as public houses were, because he had been en gaged with some other of the members of this society in getting up statistics, and it hail been found as the result of careful observation ia gathering those statistics that there was more drunkenness and demoralisation is thaws houses that were under the thumb of the magistrates then in the beerhouses. [We leant that the parties associated with Mr. Ginty in this inquiry also reported that there was less drunkenness in houses where there were organs and othet music—places which have been much decried— than in other public houses.] THE FRENCH EEPRESS.—A gentleman in this city (Glasgow), who was for many years very intimate with Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Malaga, the grandfather of Napoleon's affianced bride, informs us that the current reports respect ing the family are, in some particulars, incorrect. Mr. Thomas Kirkpatrick was the Swedish consul at Malaga, and not the British. Mrs. Kirkpatrick was a Swedish lady by birth, but her parents were British, and she was univer sally allowed to have been the handsomest lady in Malaga. A sister of Mrs. Kirkpatrick's married Lieutenant-Colonel G. Thomson, of the Royal Engineers. Mr. Kirkpatrick had several children, ono of whom married the second son of a Spanish duke, who, on the death of his elder brother, succeeded to the family honours, and is the father of the French Empress. It thus appears that, except through her father, there is no Spanish blood in her veins ; and this will account for her fair complexion and blue eyes—Nartft British Daily Mail. THE CASE OF CRUELTY IN THE GREENWICH IT:store—Yesterday Mr. Carter concluded the inquest on the body of John Gaywood, aged six years, whose barbarous treatment by a nurse lately created so much public horror. It will be remembered that at the last sittings of the Central Criminal Court, the woman Oldham, who is about 50 years of age, and was an inmate of the union, was tried for assaulting the child by placing a piece of red hot coal in the palm of its right hand, and keeping it there for some fibs or six minutes, for which offence she was sentenced by the Common Serjeant tol4 days imprisonment. Sometime elapsed ere the cruel act was communicated to "tie authorities, and medical aid was affor.led tho sufferer. A few days after the trial an unfavourable change took place in his state ; he gradually pined away, and died. After nearly an hour's absence the jury returned into court, and the foreman announced that their verdict was, that the deceased lital died from water on the brain, accelerated by the injury inflicted by the nurse, Mary Ann Oldham. Coroner :'t hat, gentlemen, amounts to a verdict of manslaughter ; is that your verdict ? Foreman: It is. The coroner then issued his warrant for the committal of the woman Oldham to Newgate, and bound over the witnesses to appear at the trial. --- BATTERSEA PARK.—On Saturday her Majesty's Commissioners of Works issued orders for the resumption of the works for the formation of Battersea Park, which have been discontinued for some time past, and on Tuesday n ro ex u t ni ag w re i a ll t tk sa a le e polfacoeldalt themiling mate rials ,taver e n lear G ed re f t the p pro gress bar been made in the embankment on both sides of Albert the river, and the works at the suspension bridge are consi derably advanced. FRENCH COMPANIES AND THE GOVERNMENT.—It is stated that the government is occupied with several plans for buying up the jouissance shares o' certain compa nies—first, a sum of six millions, it is said, is to be devoted to buying up the shares of the Company of the Canal de Bourgogne; a title giving a right to 30 annuities of 346,9801. each is to be given to that effect to the company for the shares, which will be annulled. Secondly, a sum of 9,800,0001. is to be appropriate a to the purchase of the jOide. &Wife shares of the Quatre Ciinaux ; a title giving a right to 30 annuities of 666,735 f. each is to be delivered to that effcet to the company, in place of the shares, which are to be annulled. Thirdly, a sum of 7.480,712 f. is to be appro priated to buying up of the jouissnrere shares of the cone• pany of the canal from the Rhone to the Rhine ; a title giving right to 30 annuities of 402,312 f. each is to be deli vered to that effect to the company for the shares, which are to be annulled. Three credits, it is said, are to be opened at the Ministry of Finance on the estimates of 18.53, for the payment ot the first annuity amounting to the aggregate of the three sums mentioned above. ~, ..... .....,:, .cs. d,. ' , C l ..s• -. *- I. f. : ' tr , 4 0 .7. k • , ~'.~,~;~ I