The Express. — London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

„,,_...,.._ I Tibt (Efpresl No. 1,993 d LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARI 11, 1858. [THREEPENCE. - -- , -- - 7 r.III()NAL PHOVII)ENT iNsTrruTioN, m MI it:AL LIFE AS , CHIMCE. ANNUITIES. &a 4.1.„ noc b urc o..tert, boobs% Combawc.—SAMCEL IIAYIIMIST LUCAS. Fig. p.m rr-CotAtmr et.--CIIAIILES LUSIIINGTON. fiotortrrto Itre. .ttr.—ellAMbELL,, Iraq., PI& Extracts from tbo Iletrol for Itts2 : . i t , % be peer midst* the 20th Nom miter MAL 1,177 Poileies Mee bs , t i md• the Anson I premiums on which amount to SIMS{ 4e. Id. a saw tie emihitJvcitnt of the Imututioa, is Dees bee lOU, mis 4 Nitre lure wen Greeted, and the manual laserse is now is)e.eo Its. Id. ^ - .i iw trisect of receipts OM the diebetreenterts In MSS Is s r ;.. a. ; =slung the capital gi7Sor 6 Se. Id.' il .i ire l rodesnas shoos the proems. of the Institution et sub of ilk are divOoLial of profit : . SECOND EDITION. SHARE LIST& Namur t I..est (with fa : 9 9 1 Do. Do.(ez latemet) . fl Northern of Priam... „ 39 94 Do. WI. 3 per it Ben dy (for B. & Amens ehs.l 141 134 Nor within Trask Prefer. Peru sod Lyons . 164 194 pa Paris sad Drums 39 41 tern sad Rosso . 39 40 Pans eel stracto,re 9l $9 PaleCee , ,esdeherlamrp Al pm 1011 Richmond Pm red Havre 2Ol 101 make set Mew.. 19 104 Do. 11 per Cent. Prefer. 4 iostbera of Presse... M4 2s. Upper India tienp all West Pleaders 34 114 I Do. 34 per Coat. Prefer. 4 die per 9 Worsen of Preece is: me 2 Maternal Switzerland — P 3 s. le ai. THIS DAY —Twoo'Ctock. The English Stock market has been weaker to day, but has since slightly rallied. Consols have been sold at 1001 for mcney and the 18th, but are now quoted 1001 to Z. The Three per Cents. Reduced mark 101 to k ; the Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., 104; to 4; Bank Stock, 225 to 226 ; Exchequer Bills, 675. to 70s. prem.; India Bonds, 78s. to 81s. prem. The foreign stock market is dull, with quotations ruling much the same u yesterday. In no descrip tion is there any marked movement. Granada De ferred Bonds mark 12! to 4 ; Mexican, 231 to 4; Pe ruvian Deferred, 6l; Spanish New Deferred Threes, 234 ex div. ; Turkish Scrip, 1 to Z preen. Dutch Fours, 984 to 99. The Australian steamer has arrived from Adelaide. Her gold cargo is estimated at 221,000 ounces, worth 880,0001., of which 135,000 ounces were shipped at Port Philip and Sydney. FROM THIS NIGHT'S GAZETTE. THIS DAY—Two o'Cweer.. Business is very limited in the railway market to day, but $ disposition is shown to support prices, which remain steady. Up to the present hour there has been scarcely even a fractional variation. Foreign lines are neglected. MANNA AND STOCKS UNGUANANTIBIL No. Limed. ILLstwAn. 111 to-day ap to S p.m. P m '7 to 184:, mai 7 too ISt! to :547, bung years .... frea IN, to Mt ', b e j, year* •• •• Moonlit of Amount of looms. Capital. --..-- 319,331 9 7 1139,996 1 7 71,753 3 3 137,366 II 5 95,536 16 $ 169,313 9 7 =l=7 la .eadoon App,, Notdm., booth am bait hawks . all alria.Wolv. &Rot:Valls 113 xirtoa. , Laa.,deboo.lm. all Do.Qbes &111rk.304251.C. las Do. do. do. Sla a Ipez■ 11,21 S 4,573 7,06.3 10111 :t " MINES. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JAN. 4.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble Henry Charles, Doke of Norfolk, K.G., to be Lord Steward of her Ma jesty's Household, in the room of the Most Noble James, Duke of Montrose, K.T., resigt •l; also been pleased to appoint the Right lion. George Augustus Constantine Phipps (commonly called the Earl of Mulgrave) to be N . Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the ge Right Hoe. Claud Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claud iil Hamilton), resignid ; also been pleased to appoint the Hon. Ageltibalft William Douglas (commonly called Viscount Ditwaslaaria) to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, is' k the pus of the Right Hon. George Cecil Weld lc. resostse, resigned. Wnrizeau, JAN. 10.—The Queen has been pleased L. to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal ' l 7, of the United Kingdom. appointing the Right Hon. George is James Turner, Knight, to be a Judge of the Court of Ap peal in Chancery, in the room of the Right Hun. Robert 33 Mousey, Lord Cranworth, resigned; also been pleased to , 4 direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, granting the of fi ce of a Vice-Chan- u cellor unto Sir William Page Wood, Knight. in the room of the Right Hon. Sir George James Turner, resigned. BANKRUPTS.SL Red 110 WILLIAM HENRY RAWLINOS, Harpur•street, ...411- square, builder. st. EDWARD BOOBY, East Coker, Somersetehire, miller. it. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAWIS ParsioLs, Edinburgh, draper. ALEXANDER DEWAR, Glasguw, spirit dealer. JORN LEVEN, Edinburgh, dealer in railway shares. WILL AM( ORR, Glasgow, warehouseman. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY EVININO. - Instead of being brought up, as was expected, :- before the magistrates to-day on the new charge, is the convict Kirwan was removed from Kilmainham t n t. prison, on his way to Spike Island. The order for ; his removal had been issued some days since, and the is day fixed for the purpose, and the Lord Chief Jas- r t. tire, when applied to, refused to countermand the order for transmission. Hence, as a charge of murder cannot be investigated in the absence of the supposed culprit, it will be necessary to have Kirwan brought back from Spike Island as soon as the information that can be obtained on the subject shall have been tendered complete, and the A. public investigation that was to have taken place to-day has been postponed until that shall have been a the case. THE CAPE MAILS. (IT BLicrixc TaLlazAnt.) (mom OUR OWN CONNISPONDN PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Australian screw-steamer arrived here this 13i morning. She left the Cape on the 30th Nov. There is no news of importance. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. Ir! LIVERPOOL, TUISDAT, 10.30 A.Y. I° se Wind Westerly ; strong breeze, and clear. from Calcutta; Martha, from I, Rio de la Haehe. Os—Pelican (steamer), from Rotterdam, with a schooner in tow. NAVAL ADMIRALTY, JAN. 10.- PROMOTIONS—Masters W. H. Harris confirmed tolWatnissich; and A. Holliston con — ir;ii;;FiO V8;0,14 - and sistant-Engineer W. Pilchen to Hogue. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—The Photon, 50, Cap tain Elliott, has received orders to-day to proceed round to Sheerness, to be paid off, as at first ordered but subse quently altered. Her orders were to sail on Captain Elliott's joining her this afternoon, at the termination of the court martial on board the Victory ; but from the strong S.S.W. gale that has been blowing all day, accompanied with heavy rain, he would not be able to go off to her com ' munication with Spitbead being quite impossible. In ad dition to the wind and rain, the tide has risen unusually high, flooding the lower parts of the locality, the day alio gether being • most inclement and stormy one. We have not yet heard of any accident to the fleet at Spithead, or to any of the many sail of merchantmen at anchor at the er Mothbank, wind bound. Coyly MARTIAL.—The captains of the ships in com mission at this port were assembled on board the Victory, flag-ship, to-day, to try Patrick Brady, a private in the Royal Marino, on the following charge :—" That he did, on the 3rd January last, being at the time a private in the Royal Marine forces, and borne on the books of H. M. S. Leander, utter mutinous language," as detailed in the subjoined digest of the evidence produced at the trial. The following ofths 11.1•11 @rambled formed the court :—Rear-Admiral Cory, Ommader-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet (presi dent) ; Cayealne C. Graham, C. 8., of the Rodney; Lord E. Rumen, it dm Vengeance; G. It. Mundy, of the London ; B. H. Bult, of the Neptune ; W. H. Henderson, C. 8., of the Shaker.; J. Kingeome, of the Simoom; G. Elliott, of the Photon ; John Shepherd, of the Victory ; G. St.V. King, of the Leander; S. G. Fremantle, of the Arrogant; G. Goldsmith, of the Sidon ; F. Hut ton, of the Prince Regent ; and Mr. G. L. Gorham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet. First Lieutenant May, of the Leander, prosecuted. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on the morning of the day named in the charge the prisoner was undergoing the punishment of three dosen lashes on board the Leander for tig and mutinous language to his superior oflieer, &deans Saunders, saying to him, " the first ammunition I get in my pouch, I will blow your brains out with it." Alter receiving one-third of the three does, he said, ells ' ding to Serrant Saunders, " The b— that brought me to this, I will sei.d to his grave before sunset." These facts were corroborated by James Treasure, sergeant-at-arms ; James James, sergeant of marines ; Thomas Hinton, private ; James Goddard, private ; William Golding, ship's corporal ; and Themes Saunders, sergeant of marines. The prisoner in his defence merely said he did not know what he was doing or saying at the time he uttered the language imputed to him. The court found him guilty, altriair judged him to receive 48 lashes with t h e cat on his bare back, and to be imprisoned in the county jail at Winches ter for the term of 18 calendar months. INCENDIARY FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. NEWPORT PAGNEL, Jaw. 10. During the last week the quiet town of Olney, gear here, has been in a state of terror by repeated auss cious attempts to destroy the place by fire. The fiendish work was begun on Christmas-eve, by firing a large barley stack on the extensive homestead of Mr. IL Whitmore, ad joining the village, bet the timely arrival of assistance prevented the flames extending beyond the stack, which was destroyed. The next night, at the same hour, another farm, tenanted by Miss Raban, adjacent to the village, was fired, and considerable mischief occurred. On New Year'lr eve, again, a large barn and other premises, of Mr. Joeeph Palmer, situate in the centre of the village, were fired. Here a shocking scene presented itself. Amidst the flames were to be seen nine fat bullocks chained to the rack. To save them was impossible, and after writhing in agony for several minutes, they fell, and were burned to death. A number of sheep and pigs shared a similar fate, the whole of the premises being consumed The nest night (Sunday) an attempt was made to set lire to the town, by thrusting lighted lucifers and paper under the thatched roof of the houses. It was fortunately very early discovered and suppressed ere any material damage was done. This diabolical act led to much commotion. Watchers were appointed to the neighbouring farms and other build ings in the place, and every means adopted to detect the villains, but in vain, for on the following night the centre of the town was fired. The destruction that fol lowed was very extensive, and unhappily caused the death of two men. When discovered the fire was raging in some thatched buildings at the back of the houses in the main street. It extended to the premises of Mr. Killingworth (watchmaker) and those of Mr. Soul, jun., Mr. Saul, Miss Brooks, Mr. John Field, Mr. John Lembray, the Duke of York Inn, and numerous cottages tenanted by poor labour - ing families, nearly the whole of which were destroyed. In consequence of several persons being missed, the ruins ML HATTER AND THE BALLOT.—We observe were searched. Beneath were found the remains of Wil- Wla name of our liberal member in the list of the new ad- ham Scott, a labourer of Mr. Palmer, farmer, and John .I_Gintration. The right ho n . g en tleman occupies the same Marson, a rat catcher. Both seemed to have been killed b y Zits which he held under Lord John Russell's govern- the falling of a wall upon them. Up to the last account At the late election Mr. Hay sir gave in his Who- received, the perpetrators of these fiendish acts h ad not on to the ballot.—BristoiJosirnal, been traced. 152 , 14.70 n II s I sevsess s 7 Total on Noe. ,01 a mend Act at Pastammit the bunters are empowered to Lone to Members ale ta security of that. Policies to the et as d their '.m. Meshes who.* pesminsea fall due on the In ,w re agedid Mat the rums mint be paid within thirty days from that date. TM tarecture Retort pnimited to the Annual Meeting of Members en the lad init., to now read, and may be had o application at * j oke re of :he Agests in the country. Mc. a, DV. Jof , Ern MARSH, Secretary. iIsTILLERY, near the City.—To be SOLD, by ralvArg coNrencr, • eZCTIFYINO DISTILLER!. hdf • wale of I. .ndon•bridge. The neat ecrais aof • ISO. n 8 A d I. anal it ditto. warm sad tub, Improved refrigerator by iy, aad the rtvd.ita utensils. A large ecatassloa nay Os retained ifreqoastl—Apply to Mr. MA-Sr.T. 27, Buck 'rebury. TILE ?atilt* . MEDICAMENT. MEASAM'S MEDICATED CREAM.—For all nt Whin. be pine= seised with pis is the blab cokl slivering. assisser, es anything indMMeef U lilerely int..out a ...val. Etas Is not soy emegeneka Pbst. migoceto, or ',lnap ',glob. If owl freely t the owed beak:lob of the der. OM us equal ▪ prbietares and beweglift es be gni ark wat • warm Or bet betas It awes 118 MOOS d the 14004. . eemelli OD vatic POMO a the WO taan GM elm 111. arm la aye) Le Mink, =Om, masa lase. de agsms, swe ns. sad at blisfsbatcry slit% WINS jigs ind bin% red tatnetige. la me Nue sopmeiss Se ea we Pr ediesems 'iguana, as us el ' tisk is due vllb fob Imemeeleeee sod lopeos se. steer et t er et Wirog sebtalten Ibe emu porodees ies oats cause of • dit= t t: eta* pessune I I bed to por.tal Ives to seism, sugeolesue M. Is ▪ sidiestios It es doubts as the ems lb Woo au it studs asesodlialiplimeissmst Mat Wade or hdqrs. lee pet en wee Us saw SUL To mow wpm, genrrally. Milted% drub. a., U demi, sue% MI US Ina, should be IsitiOllllll.-11061101011111111111119 awl re_Lider4 MEASAM scut gU.:fl. M. litenad I neat Ilmegibber), by vista it a sold. in pots. st 14.1.. N.. Mall& ; ae l I . ""annty pm at I lamed tbs. owl% with directions; Illawsks by drift meld= vendors. Ms Us heal) Jan meg (eselipe. Yee. to e 7 pees at the klngdos. SQLOONABLE FESTIVITIEEL—Tin =abatis* se to *am mid maw al luminous Ss Yr Mg NAM Is OM sewsme il jt i te w At may Mork ▪ asaablo Ammo o•U•• to 0100 Mlle oleo bolls• wa ge woos a s s now LANI3/1 SACAISAI OIL. far •0▪ 01••11 sisai • buarisat Mad st kaki IOWIAPTEP NALTDCM. Mr r ibs 111 al 114, Yr. bitembs. aad poWLANDS UOIXITO t or F. laserness. • wi lls eitismoi• isaamoo WWI kW bosoursi tow. smoo arble prong altl~_ selveVibt tor limo at operleus . Mao yporalsaat or▪ b Imo Or moo al “Imploolo" geossiliy dot at audio a• lb* at lobol.-41all ROWLAND sad 110 M. Maks. ma" awl by abasiota and perfamorr. PILCULVERWELLT MEDICAL WORIEB Mthaku, Anl.empined, sad Wesel. b. eel; Na pt: WUAT TO ILAT, DAM. AND AVOID. u. LWTULZ TO YOUNG 317.1. m. HOW TO BA HAPPY. R. MORAL AND PIOSICAL ENJOYMENT OP LIM v. ON SPECIAL DISEASES. THE Offal...TES OP MARRIAGE LIFE. va. LOUSES OF WINTER. vm. CROW DERANCILIOIR CON M. STIPATION, sod HAMM OH VOWEL 1131011, cad SCOTCH LAKES. I olio, to. ETDROPATTIT ; OR, TIIE COLD WATER CIDDI. Norwood, 23, Peterose.cr-row ; Carealbo, 147. Floeutreer; 11l Corchol, and o". hectoliters: of of W. R. Culvermell, 11. D., 10, RogeshAreet, who clay be concealed duly from 10 1111 7734utr. d 1120.—N.8. Imps lie peoo lim cwt elamed whit Mr me awl eilmer. & lushargratle • cow adliod of leggin mew werrullel MgrMO It, old wise aleireele sod retail We Mr WBAIPVW tla soperestle the brajlef a ssthed el vilarreeper), et ed. mod td. Is. pa prim The trade Its write were mei leavateed end duty ta the arra UMW% Meths ff. Yea 4112. ARLOW'S NEW IN- .t• -- VENTED SELF-ACTING lITPHON pAP . REQUIRES NO TENT-PEG I! 111 rill i Prevents al., Doer. elder, or other liquors . .a 1... . Prom broocausi Eat or add so assegai, 2 ' - • that the loot plat Null be draws impala s o. . A • ..... 1 4 'Of r 2 111 I Immer g iA' time OM; vartsaied to repay Its east la ig a , . too =as ot its; prior 4a. 6d.; ditto oboe= for dram Ea, Is. I I 11 Lilt , se Wboa p T e irsie will bry is= I l i - (vlditloo shako,. podia ilotoir-tolollhooMitotalrilimo limp tt tato thitoot Mom autigtot M mot frosty; mimosa, looloOloosi 4 egotionotztoa moor. IMIon M= SOIW. 14. Moi Mo J ot. limottor LO om. Imottltisi its. mow toll lilk livariataffer. WM. .._ . . .- - - EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENTS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE. An ex-official, writing to the Civil Semite Goss& ta this important subject, says:—" The necessity es at least the advantage, of tech a teat is o vieea. For the clerk, once admitted, and having mitered em his duties, rises in due time, and almost se a matter of van, to be the head of a ' &Alma: err department widd• the 'See to which he beings, fie the sundaes of with* at he thencelbrth became releasable to his So placed, an iasseapetent mae may, by the thew lase of his incompetgr7, embarrass the course of pubis bmisess in no ordinary . It is to him that the Seatelsey of State, or Under Beentary, refer for dear male ltseideg en a case which they want to investigate. This desements are often (Meld generally), scattered ever velment of correspondence, hard to find, and when bead, regeklag selection and consideration. A pewit has then ea be made ; and it is the clerk who is required to draw It sp. If he be notoriously unequal to his duty, sad the Webbr aware of the fact, the latter will not run the risk of deciding the question at ilNlie on a wenn or iscorrect statement of facts, but is compelled, at great triable to himself, to discharge in person the duty which wort ieuz KAM to devolve on his subordinate. In a the head den of a division, or department, ought to be y leader of his business, familiar with every imp - meat in the room over which he presides, ready to famish say information that may be required; of straw awry, dear judgment, and if net hoe tienjpntpikas.. ag Wm aspable of correcting them. Mesh • meemememier a WNes is rare ; and still more so whim to them mist he the farther sad quite indispensable requisites of swot bodily Itsalt►k sad unwearied industry. Now, what steps are taken to secure, if not the selection of the best qualified persona SOT such a Mentions as I describe, at least the exclusioa of those who are eseessedly ids' Your re-den may be surprised to hear ts say— Namely any. It is certainly possible to per over a amior clerk of inferior ability in favour of his more active and talented junior. But supersession' of this kind are rarely resorted to, and for a simple reason. Nothing Is more emential to the well working of an office than that pubes harmony and good undemanding should prevail Mang its component members. • • The result is that practically, so far as my experience goes, promotioes in the Public service take !place according to age rather than wording to merit. • • It is a matter of very enendary Importance, comparatively speaking, what the sub pets of examination may be the object is not to ensure • certain amount of knowledge being attained, i hut to test the ability of the future eimploy:l sad for this purpose, one kind of examination is perhaps as red se soother. But some kind of examination we want, and we must h ave . Th e coun t ry has a right to demand that its offices shall be filled by men capable of doing the work for which they are paid ; and provided that object is effected, it matters little that a minister should be some what restricted in the disposal of his patronage, and leis able than formerly, to gratify his parliamentary supporters." 311 $ll G 76 II II $ • Ms 33 ki h die toi - 413,11 It . lee le 41, se 'I 411 Ili l id 9 10 74 74 74 03 41 74 79 pa 34 34 61 63 11 41 41 44 120 723 103 107 03; 96 If 74 SS 94 114 124 Tom 434 46 SI dim 1/ 1 3 71 14 9 Of 11 pa 108 IN 1234 iii 4 1$ li i fa . /l, 42 5 4 die 4 / dim Ili 114 20 II 3 1 9 1 l i ds I SO 44 4/ -i4 1 Ma Si 9 61 17 8 $ 3 hft $5 W. 4 i Si d 1 .411 Si 414 86 8 116 46 pi el AS SS 97 98 46 88 68 7! 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At the present juncture the advice. are of more than ordinary interest. The Financial Committee of the Chamber of Deputies had not yet made any report on the application by govern ment for 1,300,000 dole , required for the dividends on the foreign debt, due Ist July last and lit inst. It was thought that government was about endeavouring to obtain the sanction of Congress to a loan of 3,000,000 dols., and to appeal to the clergy to mortgage their property as security for it. It was doubtf u l w h e th er th e cl er gy would respond to such an appeal, but it was reported that the Archbishop of Mezice was favourably disposed towards the President, and inclined to assist him. The duty bills belonging to the foreign debt in Vera Crus and Tampico were now regularly handed over to the agents of the bondholders there. Mr. Faleonnet writes: "Mesas. S. Jolly and Company in Tampico inform me under date 10th November, that they had received from the Custom-house duty bills amounting to 1,970.03 dole., and 203.36 dole. in cash ; 2,174.29 dols. together, for ac count of the dividends. I expect to hear every day of a much larger amount having been delivered to them fur the same purpose, the Tamaulipas having brought, I under stand, a rich cargo, the duties of which are, it is said, likely to produce some 80,000 dols. From Vera Cruz I have not yet received the list of bills which were to be handed to our agents there ; they tell me, however, they have gut almost all the bills applicable to August, but that some are still wanting, and that when the full complement is made up they will send the particulars of the whole. Part of those of September they also have, and according to calculation these two mouths must have produced together something like 68,000 dollars for Vera Cruz alone. There are now three ports of the Pacific closed to foreign trade by decree of the government, via., San Slas, Mazatlan, and Altata ; but these places being in the hands of the • pronunciados' people there take advantage of the circumstance to intro duce goods and ship specie at very low rates of duties, which is so much loss to the bondholders for the present as, of coarse, even what is now collected goes to the insurgents." The 75,000 dollars on account of the cotton licenses would be sent by the next packet, or if there should be no con ducts in December, by that due here on the ht March next, Rebolledo had been defeated with great loss in an engage ment with the government troops, which appears to have put an end to the revolution in the State of Vera Cruz. In Jalisco (or Morelia) little progre s s had been made by the pronunciados." It was expected that a battle would almost immediately take place, which would decide on matters there. The executive was confident of success, and though public opinion was somewhat divided on that subject, Mr. Falconnet was inclined to think that if govern ment could only effect a loan of half a million of dollars it would have nothing to fear. Some sensation was produced to-day by the an nouncement of the failure of Messrs. Collman and Stolterfoht, with liabilities variously estimated at from 200,0001. to 400,0001. It is stated, as the im mediate cause of the suspension, that the house has been defrauded to the extent of some 80,0001. by forged bills of lading, and granary warrants. The party implicated is in the hands of the police, and for some details connected with the affair, reference may be made to our Mansion-house report. The firm in question was chiefly engaged in the German and United States commission trade, dealing also with the Havannah, and has branches in Liverpool and the United States. Few details of the unfortunate affair are yet known, but at first sight it would appear that the charge of negligence rests in some quarter, as otherwise it would have been scarcely possible that fraud could have been prac tised to so serious an extent. The firm is reported to have sustained loss from a recent large failure in the colonial trade, and fears are expressed that further cases of mercantile embarrassment may arise out of the stoppage, not only here but in Liverpool, and on the continent. The circumstances connected with the failure present several features of an un usual character. There has lately been placed upon this market, foe distribution, Six per Cent. Mortgage Bonds of the Brantford and Buffalo Railway Company, to the amount of 125,000!. This company is incorporated by the Canadian Legislature. Its line is 82 miles in length, and connects Buffalo, on the eastern point of Lake Erie, with the Great Western Railway of Canada. The capital of the company con sists of 30,000 shares of 51. currency each, all of which, it is stated, have been sub scribed for, whilst 50 per cent. has already been paid up. The bonds to be issued now are a first mort gage, redeemable in 1872, and convertible into stock till 1857, at the rate of 49 shares of 51. currency for every 2001. sterling. These bonds, it appears, are to be issued here at the rate of 101 per cent., the interest commencing from the Ist February next. Australian Agricultural shares were weaker to day, declining to 260 to 270. South Australian Land were also more offered, and declined to 67 to 69. Thesharesof the NorthßritishAustralasian Company, the report of which was given in the Daily News of Friday, and has since been advertised by the company, continue to meet with a great deal of business, and closed this afternoon If to 2 prem. A portion of the estates of this association adjoin those of the Austra lian Agricultural Company. In other miscellaneous stocks business is less active than of late. Transac- No. 80. Iltecu.Lkwyous. Pd. 10,000 hlOO tustralianAgrL.. 31 11,700 2 2 .Australfas Lead IS , 10,000 109 Vas Diegoin's Land 29 Bodeen does today. 67 69sd 19 21 267 3 73 68 97 70 68470 j I d ft MONEY MARKET. tions are marked in the shares of the London and Westminster Bank at 351; Victoria Docks, 4i ex. new ; ditto, New (21. paid), 3i ; Crystal P a lace, 5; Australian Royal Mail Steam, 41; Eastern Steam, ; Royal Mail Steam, 81/. Ebro Canal shares are quoted 2to 21 prem.; Chiriqui Road, Ito prem. ; Beaters and Gmissessae Railway, I to : prem. ; Magdalena Steam, / die . to par; Royal Swedish Rail way,l to / die. ' • Central Italian Railway, 1 du. to prem.; French South Eastern Railway, to prem. ; Zealand Railway, / to 1 prem. ; City Rail way Terminus, dis. to par; Great Western and City Junction Railway, par to 1 prem. ; Rank of Asia, par to 1 prem. ; London Bank of Australia and India, / to .7, prem. The monthly returns of the National Bank of Belgium, as made up to the 31st December, show the following results, compared with the previous balance-sheet (25f. for 11.) Coin and bullion £1,546,512 Decrease .. £157,368 Portfolio Circulation Current accounts The quotations of stocks at Amsterdam on Satur day are thus reported by telegraphic express : Dutch Four per Cents., 98: ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 66 ; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 231; Mexican New, 24 1-18; Portuguese New, 383; Austrian Five per Cent. Metallics, 831. 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. MONDAY Evmuns. The English Funds to-day were, on the whole, a shade steadier than on Saturday, but business is in active. The tone of the Consol market was gene rally dull, especially in the afternoon, owing to the continuance of unfavourable weather, and a failure connected with the corn trade. In view of the ad vanced rate of discount, which has diminished busi ness, and sensibly weakened the sanguine feeling previously existing in the Stock Exchange, it is rather surprising the re-action has not been more marked. More anxiety will now be felt respecting the Bank returns and the course of the Exchanges, as there is an impression that a further movement in the direction of repression of speculation is by no means improbable on the part of the Bank of England Directors, unless they should be led to the conclusion that their interference is no longer required: It is needless to remark that a second movement in the direction of a rise in the rate of discount would inflict a very serious blow on confidence. _ . Cotuiels opened this morning at a slight improve ment, being first quoted 1001 to 4 for money, but the market became weaker in the afternoon, and finally left off with a fiat appearance at 100; to 3 for cash and the 18th. The business was chiefly for money. Annexed is the official report :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 1004, 1, li 1 ; ditto, for account, 1001. Three per Cent. Re duced, 1011, k, 101. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1041, 4,1, 4. Long Annuities, 1860, SI I ditto, 30 years, 1860, 6/. Bank Stock, 1541,2251. This last-named security is rising. Exchequer Bills remained at Saturday's quotation et 675. to 70s. prem. India Bonds were sold at 795. MM. Three per Cent. Consols -10040 04 In the foreign house there was no change of im- ye. Throe per Cen hr t : N ua nced per Cents 1: 1 411 portance. Mexican Bonds were a shade firmer on Bank Stock (dirld Od calculated at Us; to-day's advice., and Turkish scrip closed rather rate . 17 4 per cent per annum) 225 better. Granad a Deferred Bonds ranged between Barber per tl y lil, Much (int. lad. per 703. pm. 3 3 tit 121 and 121. The attention of holders of the stocks Annexed is a statement (extracted from the Liver of this Republic is now, and has for some time been eekly Share Litt) showing the rates . yielded directed to the movement towards the construction of by l ord inary railway stocks at present prices, the a canal for the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific calculation being based on the dividend paid for the Oceans, the details of which were published in the half-year ending the 30th of June: Daily News of this morning. Should this gigantic undertaking be carried out, it must neces- Pres. 124 Lan don Railway. per - anima. eerily have a most important influence in Landon and 'North Western Stock £4 s fit 16 London and North Western Fifths 4 7 6 promoting the prosperity of New Granada. Is& Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 91 Greet eatern Bargains are marked to-day as follows :—Austrian 110 Bristol a nd Exeter Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 90, 8 9 (exchange 10 fl. 42 Great so u the r n and western—lreland 316 11 per pound). Brazilian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., so Midland Great Westera—lreland 1852, 981. Dutch Two-and-a-Half ‘ier Cents., 67, 70 Midland e ft, - a c p k 3 0 . 31S 661, ex div. • ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 99 . IS York, Newcastle, and Berwick 314 i Ecuador Borids, 51. French Three per Cent. Rentes, at at Lunn n Yo t r cle kshire Stook 3 li 80f. 25c. (exchange 25f. 15c.) Granada Deferred 91 London and South Western 4 648 2 1 1 Gm lilu ti,..rd b i l e in t a . n ao d nido. lie so lf e as ut t bhamvvemeout Derby .. . "' 3ii Bonds, 12/, 1. Mexican Three per Cents., 231, 1. 3lO . Peruvian Six per Cents., 105; ditto Deferred Three 3 5 61 per Cents., 641. Portuguese Converted Five per 134 Resters Counties 3O 44 Cents., 1841, 42 ; ditto Four per Cents., 401. Rue- % S k tU t h i. E . :IT , re S 0 0 shin Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1 04 , 1, ex div. 204 G r eat Northern 2 5 9 Sardinian Five per Cents., 951. Spanish New De- 134 North Staffordshire (erred Three per Cents., 23 4 , ex div. ; the Committee's 21 Chester and Birkenhead . 2,44 York and sow , „ idi „ nd . Certifs., 41, 41 per cent. Turkish Six per Cent. In using this table it must be borne rn Mind that Loan, 1,1, 1, prem. the dividends for the second half of the year are The Committee of Mexican Bondholders inform in always forger than those for the first half. Allow they have received advice§ from Mr. Falcoanet, dated , ' ance must also be made for the improving traffic. let. per rent per annum. £219 lii 2 19 3 3 1 Cli 3 6 8 I at. per - MONDAY Evsittito. There has been o good bnsiness in the market for mining shares to-day, which remains very firm. The inquiries are chiefly for United Mines, Alfred Con sols, Gorn, North Damsel, and Alten shares. The prices realised to-day are as follows:—West Cara don, 2221, 225; South Tolgns, 200, 2021; Goginan (new), 12 prem. ; Cern Bruno, 921; Kilbricken, 61; Nm.th Towy, 135., 155.; Tamar Consols, 51; Wheal Robins, 3; North Damsel, 288. 6d., 305.; Kennegy, ' 41; Herodsfoot, 51, 1; Gorn, 165.; Vale of Towy, 11 ; Mendip Hills, 71; Clive, 4 15-16; Nanteos, 11. Sales rather preponderated in the Gold Mining share market, but prices were not greatly affected, and Agua Fries slightly improved. After the regu lar hours, however, more flatness was observable, and quotations generally ruled lower. Colonial Gold have declined to 3t prem. THIS DAY.—Two o'Ctocx. The gold mining share market is generally firmly supported to-day, but there is a pause in business, , the preliminary arrangements for the settling begin , ning to engage attention. Port Philips have receded to 2,1- prem. Australian Agricultural shares mark 263 to 275 ; South Australian Land, 67 to 701 ex div.; Van Die men's Land, 21. Closing bummer prime done 11% see, Kinn% :'stel mayday. to-day. itaapet 1 tea. nut all 11 11l rn 106.11110 IM. tnalo Qtliformlan _ , a ll s „ AIM 10 %mailman 2 4 5 - ,, - 61 1 IMMO SO %walla!' 3 7 4 71 to W: 1 Australian Cordillera ... all par Ipm I 1 huetraltan Preehold - all 1 pm 11 10.11/0 1 km Maria all 1 pm 214,400 1 arid& Australian Gel. all 1 pm 1! 1 WHO 20 British Iron KM 33 armiLlnip.(tas.at3l.p t 211 4 6 UM 30 Do. Cooaes and Cniats all 3 21 11.400 26 Do. M. John Gel Me , 13 30 SO 30 216.4 0 0 1 Carson's Creek i I pn , 11.09 44:0 cobra copper l Gold 3 4 17 / 1 4743 41 MOO 6 e onla yst 41 .. ..!spapo l4 7 71 8110.400 It. ,o per Miners of Eng all 0,000 U D. Pref. 7; per met_ all 61 7 1P= 70,000 ingic.kastraltsoCoppe. all 11 I M. 811 20,000 20 General „„ all 161 30,600 ..101dee 51-ountain...._ all 1 dl. par 71,000 Omni Duchy of Bidet all par Ipm 11.000 t Teat Pohrootli 100 000 Lake Baaturst all par 4Pn 44,000 Liberty 30000 LardoolhCalifeen. Gold Charts CraMtaillo an 1 1 elSe 100,400 Slarlopilta 10,000 1 Nezlenalalthilmeriem 11 4 44 100,000 New armada 400,040 Nouemn Monde 130,000 Port Philip 1242 ra 111 1 4860•0 quartz Nook all li pm 10,000 8 allymney Iron ...... Ditto New -. ... 7,010 30 Santiago deCata.....-. lei 6 7 ei i 80,000 I Moth atistrallaa all 1 lym 0,000 10 Iln Croft 48.174 111 Dalt& Maxima 70,000 I Waller 1 Im 1161,400 1 West Mariposa :11 11pm 11 100.4114 1 Tula . all I 2Pm JOINT STOCK BANKS. Bailees does taday. No.lBharas Emu. - - - - - 22, 40 Australasia It 20 Chart. Bank M Australia. and China 23,000 20 English, Peottiab. and Australian Chartered 23,800 2) 'Padre Chartered Bank of Australia WOO Royal Austral. Banking and GM Import. Co. 8,000 23 South F.a•tralla 20,0110 23 Unita of Australia 8,... Do. New MISCELLAN: , Maim I plow yesterday. BS U If II pm If If so Si Si Pm 4$ 80 2 72 73 8i 94 clown, AratTo 1 ill i 711 . 764 6 93 1 a 4 Sti i IrSl 4 $f fly I $ O l 7 •! I N f! 112. VIE.NNA, JAN. B.—Five per Cent. Metalliquea, 931. New Loan (Series A), 9n; (Series 11), 107 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 831. Bank SUares, 1,372. Exchange on London, 10.47. BERLIN, JAN. B.—Voluntary Loan, 1011. New Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cent. (1830), 103; ditto (1552), 103; National Debt, 911. Commercial and Marine Society's Premium, 14S. Bank Shares, 110(. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY. StiOAU.—Tlip public sales are large to-day ; they are pro gressing steadily at last week's cu r r enc y. '1 he r, tined mar ket is firm; grocery lumps, fair to fine, 445. 64. io 48s. Capper.—The public sales are going off rather irregu larly, but the trade are buying steadily ; good ordinary native Ceylon remains quoted 470. to Pis., partly nominal. Rica.-500 bags Madras sold in public sale, at 10s. to lOs 6d. --- PEPPEIL-900 bags black sold at previous rates, 31d. to Md. per lb. In other article! no material alteration. .... SALTPETIE.-5,000 bags were offered in public sale, and chic fly sold at fully previous rates. Refraction 51 to 6, 291. to 295. 641.; refraction 61 to 201, 251. 62. to 275. 6d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Mr. E. J. Davis reports the supply short, and trade Arita, at the following quotations:—Prime M4,adow Hay, Sits. to 85s. ; interior ditto, 665. to 755.; Rowen, 55*. to 655. ; Clover, 85s. to 100 s. ; second cut, 655. to 87s. Cd.; Straw, 265. to 30s. TALLOW 1 1 .IARKET.—THIS DAY. Then it not much doing for forward delivery to-day, but on the spit there is fair demand. l'rices are quoted as under:—town Tallow, 455. 9d. nett c.uih; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 465. 6d. to 9d.; January to March, 465. 3d. to 6d.; October to December, (new), 4Gs. COLLISIONS ON A SINGLE LINE OF RAIL. TO TEE EDITOR OF TUE DAILY NEVI'S. SIR,-1 think that collisions on railways might be prevented by a very simple contrivance ; tlait is, when it ts absolutely necessary that only one line of rails can be used, that it should be imperative on the part of even• rail way company to provide a man to ride ou the train when it was on the single line of rails, and that no train whatever should be allowed on the single line without him ; so that it would be impossible for one train to run into another, at least in front, and cause sueh a lamentable lon of life as has been tie case at Ozford.—l am, Bte., SAMUEL SUTCLIFFE. Bradford, Yorkshire, Jan. 8. LOCAL SRAM MARKETS. LIVIRPOOL, JAY. 10.—The market has been very quiet to-day, without any change on Saturday's prices. The day's quotations are as follows : Aberdeen, 151 — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 61 d.—Chester and Birkenhead, 221—Caledonian, 311—Eastern Counties, 113 7-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83I—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 14—London and North Western, 1241—ditto (fifth shares), 31 80I—North British, 9 13-16--South Eastern and Dover, 241 York and North Midland, 29j—Midland (Founand-a-1111 per Cent.), 1 p.—St. Helen's Railway and Canal (5 per cent. and div.), 1831—North Union A, 263. MANCHISTER, JAN. 10.—There has been a fair business, without much change in prices. Cheshire Junction, Bl—. Daver, 241—Leeds, 841—Sheffield, 301—North British, 9/ Eastern Countits, 13 7-16—Great Southern and Western, 53—Sheffield pref., 11—East Lancashire, 191—London stock, 125—Midland, 80—Caledonian, 341. LIIDS, JAN. 10.—There has been a somewhat improved tone in the market this morning, and the transactions have been more numerous than for tome days past. The follow ing are the closing sales :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81/ —Midland stock, 801. 3s. 9d.— North Westerns, 81—North British, lot c.—South Eastern and Dover, 25—Great Nor thern New Frets., 11s. pm.—Colonial Gold, 4j. SINGULAR CASE OF ROBBERY.—On Saturday, in formation was given, with a description of Joseph Rogers, a miller, who had abs conded from Whitehaven, charged with stealing a cash box containing upwards of 901. Ile is a native of Egremont, in Cumberland, and on New Year's eve was seen in a small plantation near that place looking anxiously about him, but, finding that he was observed, he made a precipitate retreat, and the spat where he had been standing being approached and examined, it was discovered that in his haste he had dropped between 501. and 601. in gold and silver. _ _ _ SUICIDE IN MILLBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest in Millbank Prison on the body of Thomas Wilkinson, aged 20, • convict under sentence of transportation, who committed suicide by nearly severing his head from his body with a razor. The deceased, de scribed as a cloth-dresser, was, on the 12th of July, 1651, convicted of robbery and wounding, and sentenced to 20 years' transportation at the York Assizes, pursuantto which sentence, oa the 25th of August last, he was received into the above prison, apparently in good health. After being there two months, being ill, he was removed to the Infirm ary, where in a short time recovering, he was transferred back to the prison, and placed in separate confinement, to follow the trade of a tailor, of which he had some previous knowledge. He never appeared desponding, or intimated by his demeanour that he meditated selfelestruction. On Saturday last, Warder Thomas Roach gave him into his cell some shaving tackle, which he left with him while he pro ceeded along the passage, when on returning he found the cell door shut, and on looking through the signal hole discovered blood on the fluor and table. Immediately calling the religions instructor, Mr. Postance, who happened to be passing at the time, they entered together, when deceased was discovered lying on the floor with his head nearly severed from his body, the fright ful wound which was exposed having been inflicted by the razor given him to shave with, and which lay open by his aide clotted with blood. Mr. Itendle, the resident surgeon, followed by Dr. Bailey, physician of the prison, were in im mediate attendance, and pronounced life to be extinct. In answer to the coroner, Dr. Bailey said that he considered the act of suicide by deceased was induced by the impres sion on his mind of kis length of sentence, and the separate confinement he underwent. It was a question he would rather not give an opinion. upon, but leave it to the legis lature as to the abandonment or not of the silent and sepa rate system. It was impossible for him to say, but he thought it probable that the solitary system of punishment deceased had undergone had affected his mind. Captain Groves observed that ho would express what he formerly had done, which was that separate and solitary confinement, however mitigated, was injurious to body and mind, although he was not an advocate for making prisons plea sant places. The Coroner having summed up, and remarked that the system of classification and separation was one of vast public vital importance, the jury, after a few minutes consideration, returned the following epecialverdict: " That the deceased, Thomas Wilkinson, destroyed himself by cut ting his throat with a razor while in a state of temporary insanity, produced by separate confinement." MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—The parliamentary declaration of this com pany, with reference to the extension of their Barnsley line, to be made in lieu of the Barnsley junction breaches, states that it will be made out of a surplus amounting to 100,0001. of the company's " additional capital,' to 600,0001. authorised in 1649. The cost of the original Barnsley junction and branches would have been 348,0001. CENTRALISATION OF THE METROPOLITAN RAlL war 9.—A correspondent has forwarded to us a proposal for the centralisation of the southern as well as the northers railways in Farringdon•street. The southern lines, he remarks, would all unite at the Waterloo station by the long projected west-end extension of the Bricklayers' Arms branch ; and thence they might run by one common trunk t o F on iog.lon-street ; Blackfrian Bridge being rebuilt double, to serve for the trains as well as for the ordinary traffic. Farringdon-street he regards as a singularly appro priate spot for a central station.—The Builder. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—A special general meeting of the propriatry of this institution was held on Saturday, to determine upon the new hyi.-laws in connexion with a supplemental charter just obtained, by which each 1001. share has been converted into ten shares n bey i of 101. each, a holder of two shares having a free admission for himself at all times, the effect of which Will no doubt be, that the proprietor ... greatly extended, and the institution proportionately benefited thereby. __ ._.~.. ZT 714314 141 i IN 4 111