The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

-.....5...--- MONEY' lIIARICET AND GITY NEW S. SHARE DIARKET.-( THIS :DAY.) .----• re-cloth, • ... CITY, Two ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 3relllloo O'CLOCK. r wiceo The Money Market continues rather active, there Share Railways. Done. sulnt 6 , l l ' being Paid. C r lc r . i s o in e. g Businei a steady demand for accommodation on corn s uniV uu 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. ial ee re , - , mercial account. Besides the amount required to and Eastern Junction 10 68 Of 51 nonle s. meet the engagements now in course of liquidation, 150 klelfast and Ballymena.. all - - 3.14 Bir., Wol., and Sir. Val. all 71 81 Lciation• p re parations are in progress for the active promotion Stook Birk , Lanc. and Chesil Junction ' ne plaP of business, as the prospects of the New Year are all 104 114 encouraging, 25 Blackburn le 4), IS 25 myth and Tyne all 30 32 and the mercantile community will Stock Bristol and Exeter 'ay I ° l no doubt use their strongest endeavours to make Stock Caledonian one lin' Stock Chester and Holyhead u but ro 11, •up for the inactivity of trade during the last 50 Cork and Bandon twelvemonth. The applications at the Bank were 20 2° all - ;h ta lle i , - all ' all 41 53 C C o o mo rk, w ßlkrock &Passage all - _ 3aTellW still rather extensive, and the rate of 21 per cent. 10 Do. A is fill maintained • fully in the general market. ic , EA roves. no div. i a ll _ Do 1 3 until6p.c.per an. all ' hasbeen pd.toll. - Letters from Liverpool state that the cotton 50 Lu n bi . iggn s ea t t . iu u l n lc e: a ll - 7 - 8 market yesterday closed heavily, at previous prices. Stock East Anglian lOO 1 . 17 inessl3l Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 63 4 1 I The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The rail es wil e° Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 3 3 iuhstalr Way share market presented a quiet appearance, 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 __t In and 'values tended downwards. 25 East Kent all 14 16 is . , 96 97 4s all a' Stock East Lancashire The amount of specie to be taken out by the 20 East Suffolk - - " rail . 1/ ! Ceylon on the 6th is £512,354,- viz., £2,200 for lO Do - e "trite Ceylon, £ Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 691 701 29.1 29 by M tn 1 50,530 for India, and £359,624 for China Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 YBl _2Bl __ 10 th s e Clyde Junction l a oo _ D. 1 594 ' and the Straits. Nearly the whole of this con- Stock Furness Si Stock Glasgow & South Westn. la, 96 98 - le 3) --- guinea is in silver. 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 100 107 108 106 4 4 once, About £48,000 in gold. was taken into the Bank Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do- A Stock., lOO 22 93 91 see." yesterday. Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 scene 5 / Although no further information has transpired vernelltn with r Stock Gt. South.&R'stn.(lreld) 1 1 00 00 1 6 04 74 1 1 6 0 8 54 y 7 )41 6i Stock Great Western ts Tile egard to the foreiom, loans which have lately Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 6 12 Irish South Eastern.... all - - array! . been spoken of, they are still included amongst the 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 8 5 Pp 5 ransowt, liabilities. hanging over the money market. An 16 1 1 5 3 1 4 Do, Thirds I New Thirds la . 12 13 p leS ( aC' i opinion is expressed, however, that the operations StoalLancashire & Yorkshire 100 99 091 98 1 i contemplated by Austria and Sardinia may be de. 16 Do. do. F 416 6 id P 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 td P ~,, 'la eel • 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - -3 is LOW Jd in consequence of the unfavourable political 20 Do. Southport - - ' WOO fe eling in that part of Europe, but no doubt 11.6.3 London . and Blackwell ; all 4 5 3 6 } 11.6.3 Do.N wiss.at 1,5105 e. 4 is entertained that they will eventually make Stock Lon.,Brighton &S. 'oast 100 their 111 113 Stock London & North West'' , 100 974 08 , 97 } 63 7 } 6 PP appearance as extensive borrowers. Inds- 124 Do, Eighths upon th e pendently of these transactions, the amount of Stock London& South-west'' lOO £ 4 4 05 4 95 4 1 anall' 25 'derr & kill all pu,,, 4 , g , capital which Mill be absorbed for other projects 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all - - 40 404 es us, id - must tell upon the general resources of the market. Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO t. r a 10 Metropolitan 3 - - d .A. ' 3xn 0 • during the sum will have to be subscribed stock Midland lOO 1031 1031 103 21 ;11 e n D i i s i i lr e Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 77 -7 9 the next few weeks in connection with the so Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all - - ;uteri l fa Turkish Loan; the second part of which will soon have to be 25 Do. 1 Shares . all - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle. all - - railway c alls p , r & ov e i. . d , - _ 4th, ‘ ed, the Australian debentures, 25 New., Aber., & Herefd.' all 111 124 124 - 10 Newry & Armagh (def.' 9 which will no doubt produce 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - some activity in discount circles. Stock Norfolk lOO 65 67 he 50 North, Counties Union. 34 3 4 S d , iton t- , • The, only arrivals announced to-day are the Stockof North British lOO 614 62 612 1 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - accept Tagus , from the Peninsula, with £1,500, and the Stock Do.A Stk.- Aree.no div. whisper , Do lphin, from Antwerp, with £4,000 in silver. until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - iderstoei At the half -yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank, Stock North B Stock !et south', Stock -Eastn.-Berw!ck 100 91 15 ri d icc Cyr held to - day, a very satisfactory report was pre- Stock 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 41* 4 e Do. Leeds lOO 49 1 60 4 91 98 4 100 784 79 781 i 8 hint Om rented of the business during the last six months, Stock Do. York Stock North London lOO 101 103 1 -do tile and the net profit was stated to be £36,320 16s. 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd it stan d 4 d , from • of .4 which it was proposed to pay a dividend 20 No a r nd City Junction.- c 3 41 4 d ven C r' 'C th Staffordshire 174 e0111 110 ': per cent. for the half-year, or 8 per cent. per 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all i , on's l b( ' ann um, leaving a balance of £16,320 164. 4d. to be Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver /00 31 33 its dif fe' cation 10 Peebles carried to the reserve fund, making that accu mu- zo Portsmouth - - 19 7 5 d £37,035 3s. 3d. There was some discussion 1 1 n u l Y,-. S o ck oc h ottisu e uentral lO - - 100 113 115 )loodS . 1 in respect to the expenses in the colonies and the Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 28 4 29 ,1 28 4 4 iers', Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 86 88 meagre •i nformation given to the shareholders, but Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 A 4 the dividend, as proposed, was agreed to, and also 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all 4 2 d apPe ll ,_`:. Stock South Devon ' let 37 4 18 4 that DO the r e • thanksport of the directors, to whom a vote of 100 7 76 74 lcstock South-Eastern Stock South Wales nay di, iwas unanimously passed. 20 SouthYorks.L,Riv.Dun kll 131 141 me ;to 3 A Increased depression is apparent in the market - - itten, 0 1 ,4 " for public securities. Numerous variations have 25 lin on all 34 35 id abrur taken 13 l Stockton d7 W s z o D IL a r' 25 Do. do. 1854 & W gt ek all 9 11 224 - - place, and it is evident that a very unsettled 25 Do. do. 1855 . 7 - - r requi feeling re do l ap p , prevails among the speculators. The state stock- 'aVit Stockton & Hartlepool 14 L611 - - of continental politics has caused this change in the r cowl; Do. Preference, No. 1 - - >aid to ,/ aspect of the markets. The telegrams from the Stock Par o e f s La: t e h nDk&Rail 1 24 9 - 1 9 - 3 -no ' Ol Paris Bourse, which during the last few days ,g Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -- - to apP - ., have exhibited a marked depreciation in the Rents, 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - that '' 20 West Cornwall oods, liY are awaited with anxiety. Consols have declined 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - o 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till SCO I O to 96 and 961, the present quotation being 961 1. blood al r For February" they are 961 Z. The Government 5 Do 7 . Ps ll u. hai been Pd. tu n all 4 4 23 West London all - - hat " O, " broker has bought £15,000 Reduced. Bank Stock Zg i'oo: 2d Class all - - ill - !kW' 1 1 't ' IS 226. The New Threes and the Reduced PREFERENCE SHARES. t the l ie Annuities are 96,1 z, being heavy. Exchequer I Closing Business vever, Share Railways. Paid. Price. Done. 375. to 40s. premium. India Loan Deben [rational; Bills, - a h i ni,s el tures, NI -z-; and ditto Bonds, 19s. prem. 25 Blythe and Tyne IC pe” c. pref. (issued rt £5O) all 49 51 that ee n'v e Business jstk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 9 - - ut sham e 20 Do. do. do. Shares prices show a general downward tendency. tock Caledon PIO, 41 per cm t 100 103 105 illoVV /I ; Turkish 6 per Cents, are 911 to 92 ; the Scrip do 12.10 Do. Ouar. Shares, No. 2. 7. 10 - - d cor nv in o c iu , a.. to 31 dis.; and the 4 per Cents. are marked •, Stock ales' dory & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 - - Stock Do. do. sp. et. lOO - - annotos 105 1 - I. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have receded to St g o u r n k a t egrrl l o.l;m c : all a 6 - 6 4 e foot e` li 102 t ; Mexican to 20 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to st " k toe IL A . r Class l T A 6 7 pt .5Pc 100 0 100 103 s hid he 91; ditto (Uribarren) to 851 86 ; and Spanish 3 Stock Do. do. Class c 7 Novi lOO 109 112 StocklE. Conn. Ex. 5p c 100 115 117 1164 there t l per Cents. to 451 ; ditto Deferred are steady, viz., Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 114 116 mans ° 30 333 Ar e 4 t031 • ditto Passive, 101 1: Venezuelan 5 per Stock De. New 6 per et. Stock 100 132 134 n, we -1, c ' Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 84 86 studen t ' _ . e:lts. are heavy, at 431 •; Dutch 21 per Cents, are Sto6ck Fat i l ; .a . l , , o c.A3 r. p j e c r n et_ iFths 100 i -- - ;ht be to e t . ja kl - ; and ditto 4 per Cents. 101 1. Chilian Loan Vtock Edir.&Glas. s_pc s . hares 100 - -- telescoP Is par t o i. T, prem. Stock "I'.4;n.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 734 744 • Stock Fr-ness 5 per cent .... 100 - - Lan befor ° The Railway Share Market, to-day, has been Stock Glas. &S' West.: a. spe. 100 113 115 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 122 124 I. decidedly flatter, the !downward movement in Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Consols having caused a decline of about Ito 1 per s i t o o o c k T 343 . 5 43 p. r fdo. 10. , cent. on most of the principal lines. Nort-Eastern 10 Gt ' A u ..of Sco m ild, lsnl all 101 114 left toil' pa tv (Ireland)4 ) 100 -n• Castle. (Berwick), Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Stock j Gt p * . n • S et. & pref. Stock ) '0 South-Western, Georg e and North-Eastern (York), de- 50 at `'t' t ( . l3 6 erks and p.ct.. . Cline 1 . Os. to 15s. ; Caledonians, Great Westerns, Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pit 100 .in 2 7 ... t town °l' Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and North .I,3,ritish, £1 gr o c e t Do . . Red r z e m em ab o r l , e 4 , i d a o ..c . t. li o rg 6 8 ( 8 , E 9( 3 ) 102 101 ,a.stle. , ; North - Western, £1 ss. ; and South- Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 10; 104 liken thet` - eiasterus 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 94 ,£1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines 10 Gt. Weat, Ches. 8 p.c.pf are inactive and • have shares mixe d at sion. _ , prices shown some de 10 Do. do. 5 . p. et. prof , all 164 174 all 10 104 Northern of France have declined about £l. Stock Do Binning. guar. nook a __ 11 18 19 Gre 100 72 74 N o h . eA3 o ter guar.shares all , 04 ~0 at Luxemburg, ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, VI no. left to f ,. all 13/ 141 -' 1 ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; East Indian, sic ia o iLtlo o ik 6 p.c. stock 100 143 145 ID. WO ` ii S S. to £1 10s, StockiLon.&Brig•.spc.gu. No.l 100 - - Joint- StocklDo. pref.,gm p. c. ...No. 2 100 - - vho expir ej , Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are stc,,x DO. New ~ 6p. et lOO - - . ~p B,teady, Union of Australia have improved ss. to Ste* Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 103 - - in his i Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun a daUgh lef r , l Os., and Canada Land about £2 to £3. eaton, sp. cat, ter in 18 1 ' 1 i Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 100 163 168 163 late 3d shares f Warivi&. _______ 121 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. all - - men of the' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. all - - Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 -124 126 y's HouS e :i - T ank Stock 226 6 Do. £6 4l i iP , 100 68 72 ! s lordship';'; Npeer Cent. Reduced Annuities 963 3 3 Stock Do. 31 per cent. a 1824, so; indTa3sptecie•kCent. Annuities - - I ...... all is of J. l 'l Ditto Debenture 11 - - s 991 It Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - Warwick' , Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Stock Do. 43 100 142 1,.1 105 4 qs , s._.-0 11 ' -ji tto under 4000 l9 Stork Do. p. c. pref. stock.. 100 104 306 , de , Co nsols for Account 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 . 4p io was 963 1 1 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 9, barged be' E x March J nne. ( Newport.Aber&c.prets all 91 91 9 1 I tole'' 80. 0 1 chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. - 140 37 10 tp. c. redeem, at p. c. pm , Gads ll ' ..4 ' P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK 10 Do. .Perp . et 6 p. c. with all 114 111 of a ve l / a l Ilra "1' option ti 11,856 7,1 lan 5 per Cent 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares, all 9 10 , his boil" Chilian, 6 • per Cent . Stock Do. sp. C. Ext.Stock,lB46' 100 - man's fibs 1 Ditto 4i, 2 per Cent. Scrip 3 d Stock Do, sip. e. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - from t w. Danish 1820 him,. With I Me x • ca;]. 3 per • North Cent t ____ Stock Do. New, gua. 5 pe , cent 100 - - ir, DaYi es i ' P etlivi per .. 20 Stock Nth.Dcv.Rail.& D.k.Co. 100 - - an 44 per Cent 9l Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - lire° daY 9 Ditto • , . (Unbarren), 41 per Cent. .. 85i 6 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pre:. 100 99 100 zparush 3 per Cent. - 453 17 Do. do. do. ;URGEO' Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3Ol 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 113 - - ?11. Disper Ditto Account - - 124 Do. do. _ d ip 25 no. York, H. &S. Parch, 10 t Lth of Itir' _ Ditto Passive 20 North Staffordshire .... all 231 241 o had beel l Turkish 6 per Cent. 100 122 124 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g other, Ids Ditto Account 103 th the vi e D itto New Loan S • - r. Dowsollf Ditto A.ccoimt en') of orang e D itto 2d Is sue 31 3 d 8} Scottish Central, new pr all - - St o:,•k Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - (mite. Th e Ditto Account Do. Stock 34 per c. pref, stock 100 - - Ditto - - the bottles , . to Guaranteed 4 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - s , per Cent. - ler " Tin t ' Ditto Account ate sore . Venezuela,, 5 per Cent. - - [y, and re' Ditto Account . 433 all 244 25 • been long • Dividends 0 Ann., 1.0 6 ) 100 101 106 n the above payable in London. Stock Do .44 per cent he got 11 P Belgian 41. Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . 100 104 106 D utch E xo ' h p , er ,„ Cent~ Ex. 25f Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - mated ill' Ditto CertificatesFibe, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 65 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - , 4 per Cent. 100 - - ty coroner' L Steck Do. 44 per cent ie above. TWO O'CLOCK. 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 17 19 ConBols for Account 961 3xd 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 al 33 34 iILASGOW 25 i Do. 6 per cent r place oil ______,•-------....-_ Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, eel by Mr: 6 per cent. llOO 47 50 hroughoi.l Mr, ~,,, • Samuel Gregson, M.P., has retired from the re in rapid 1 '., , ast 1d• LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. n ia firm of Gregson and Co. The title of the house, in so soon . Aowever, will not be altered. there are i TUE , . 1 , 1 Leasing Closing Bushing d i elf _ rREE KIRK.-The Edinburgh correspondent Railways. P '' Co.'s. Price. Done. ength, and , th e ~_ _ s ...._,, _ . . eet. Thee° I the handsreceived from a few friends of the Free Church the princely Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W 99 - - 'r, and oil int _ 0 Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & , N.W 01 ' ll f about £7,000 as an acknowledgment of his great ser keper nil' vices to that •,, Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonia 104 106 Bless rush , y , communion. . Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 17 19 and could Ja ‘-; ii it . STAL PALACE.-One Shilling Day.--Tuesday, E.Ltaconignireg.s s p.c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 143 115 . Montgo' tickets'L.-Admissions on payment, 1,281; ditto by season E Union,Harynch hs. all E.Counts. 4_ _• . 1 . 1 ker, resid' , 438; total, 1 719 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 N,„, ‘,. , • s. - The G's.Barr.&Neils,Drc . t. 100 Caledonia - - rig among, teocie•ra'' of Y.ICE-CHANCELLORS t COURT Do. New lOO Do._ . - - '0 yards 01 Lincoln's-inn contemplate building new courts for the thr west of the ( t V a o r s t t i er& Bc 2 :, Forest all q 4. Rest. - - I all I k.N.&Br - - madly fol - cha_, Thepe ' Vice - Chancellors on a site to the __. Hull P°' Selby . all Yk.N.Md. 1 1 1 113 locked ill' 9ei• requisite area would be cleared by pulling and and other r "711 t he mid Nos. Do. 4 Shares 10, ii , middle block of old buildings eomP r ! sin g i , Do. {Shares all Do. all Do. - - Lmediatell Cou rt a nd 12, and also Vice-Chancellor Kinders ey s London&Greenwidi . 100 S. East 65 671 et, but all the dirt, Should this plan be carried out, the inhabitants of Do. Preference IC 3 Do. e girl was allariet between Bell-yard and Clement's-lane may be Lon.,Tilly.&soutend. 100 Peto &Co 94 96 Chambers )Ir. )3 the magnificent architectural inroad projected by Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. _ o _ - - 4 power to the le aasitr7, for transferrinc , all the law courts from one of D0. °17 6 ',.' er iT e ' - ' n . t ' 4 p. cat. 100 Nort tit 100 Do . - - mourning quarters Populous to one the most densely inhabited Mau e.',llirxtn. ,t; Matk. all LN W&M 21 le 21 L 3lidsb.& Redcr,z6p.c. all Stk.& Dar - . T ut , ondon.-Law Times. ?I'd BradfordPri. Stk. 100 Midland . 99 16_ le long- Ttexic LATE ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL POLY -1 . inarkt.,BurYEx PM ad Saloon. dent as laid -e following is an official account of the acci- Ne g w uaranteed sp. c. 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 1 4 p , terming' Mr, Lo before the directors yesterday by the manager, Northn..ir Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 5B 60 'acy at the uight, Ja mt tt 'el :-" The manager begs to report that last Do. do. 6 per cent. .. t .. a ll a ll 131',. - - I ult., the n early the ary 3, at half-past tea, most providentially after Do. Fixed 5 per cen t Li N W nderstood accident Whole of the audience had retired, a very serious Preston and WM. all & L. I - d arbitra - side oft h 'l ce _urred by the falling in of a portion of the south . A. all Do. - _ ter should upper tueatre L 'e sPiral staircase leading from the entrance to the Do. 4 Shares Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 . 142 144 Gt - ae amore, thatt about 20. The manager is deeply distressed to state Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18116 La .& Y.._. f d all T Brassay 91 n tatives of ti persons , who were def!cending the staircase at Shrewsbry,t, Here or time were all M'Clean . 104 11 sie Saloon Were willing more or less seriously injured, all of whom who South Staffordshi 6 re .0.. all Stk.& Dar - - red terms MilVeVed ' to be removed to the hospital were promptly Wear Valley, g. p. all Do. - ith slight one little thither. The manager much regrets to add that D0.... t do. qomerset. , 100 Gt. West. 93 95 Stevenet h o little Or' has since died. Six are remaining in the 11 t` and.V SN V rimineaon .- & Croydn . .' 1 all L.Bzßren 8 9 ;ompany, . dare' thou g he xpresses progressing favourably. The manager DOCKS. should be attention at the hospital the board's wish that any extra • y ' Business who has stantlyTendered comfort required by the sufferers should be in- Share Docks. „; A Closing I P--- Price. Docks. nd award tech n i c . them at the charge of . the Royal Poly xl. will be the bo__ , ns ntution, and anxiously awaits the direction of • )efore the fe tere , 4rg e-e to any further steps to be adopted on the suf- Stock Commercial lOO - 1061 i day by behalf, were • The manager further reports that every Stock Do 4 pet - Cent .Pref. Min. 100 - possible. accident for i mmediately employed on the occurrence of the Stock East and West India lOO - - t the ex '' the relief of the sufferers, the police under Mr. Stock London 100 - el for th a ri(iSuperintendent Hughes being instantly called in to make Stock St. Katharine 100 - A, as th there v,•Search beneath the dilapidations to ascertain that Stock Southampton_ . Stock victoria lOO 101 103 n dispute is. t .,.., 1 (2re lio more victims by any possibility lost sight of a , Do N ew 18 4cl 4 p 304 t in 01 0 14 aeP orable catastrophe." ;rays. Paid. I Closing I Business Price. Done. ,otting.Bost. ern Junction 10 63 6/ 61 Ballymena all -- and Str. Val all 73 St 4,anclChesh 100 66 68 all 103 113 Tyne all 30 32 Exeter 100 89 893 881 1 8 Holyhead lOO 46 47 4n1 4 andon all -- .Ik,&Passar - ,e all -- -- all 41 51 eves.aadiv [an [l6p.c.peran all seenpd.tolt lelfastJulac. all -- -- SLAlirJame all 7 8 ,n lOO 1 . 17 Mies lOO 63 64 633 lon A Stock 100 47 49 a. B Stock 100 31 33 (lte.E.U3ds) 8/ all 14 16 (hire lOO 96 97 all all id Glasgow 100 69/ 703 & Dundee. 100 283 293 29 de Junction all 100 outh Westn lO 96 98 of Scotland all 10 101 ern lOO 107 108 1063 Stock., lOO 92 93 91 lock lOO 133 135 stn.(freld) 100 1011 1053 1044 rn it Gua.Stk lOO 55 5 7 :astern all d Carlisle all 85 PO 143 12 13 p rds l6 12 13 p Yorkshire 100 99 993 98/ 3 r £l6 6 46 P !9 shares 7 id p ling Union 3 — — all Blackwall all 5 3 6 1 £slosp.sh 4/ n &S.Coast 100 111 113 rthWestnt 100 97 3 38 67 1 6 ; 7 1 6 1 1 3d I ith-Westn. 1 00 £ 4 4 954) 95 43 lieraine miskillen all Lincaln lOO 40 401 3 —d 100 1033 1033 103 23 & Derby. 100 77 .79 t. (Irciind) all all -- 1 Carlisle. all lz Herefd.' all 111 123 123 tafsh (def.' 9 t., & Ros all 100 65 67 es Union 34 33 3 d 100 613 62 613 1 &Dk. Stk lOO rec.no div sbeenpdß 100 —Berw!ck 100 9 15 94 .Purchase 1613 4 13 3e. 100 491 50 481 981 100 783 79 7834 8 100 101 103 Hampstd fiction £3 is. lshire 17 1! 41 4 d al, 13 13 Junction all 7 4 8 1 Wolver /00 31 33 all 19 7 5 d 10 al lOO 113 115 ter. Stock 100 22 3 294 28 1 I 'id. Stock 100 86 88 ion lOO 46 47 & Sheer all 4 2 d 121 373 181 100 753 76 74 100 74 76 Riv. Dun kll 133 143 18 & Wek all 9 11 rlington all 34 35 22/ artlepool 163 100 , No. 1 Dk&Rail 22 100 91 93 iilkennv 100 -- Limerick all all 6 63 Cry. Pal. all . pd. to 13 all 3 3i all 63 61 all all FOREIGN. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Ihis Day.) Share) Railways. raid. Closing I Business Price. Done. OLD COURT. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p. e Belgian East. Junction Dealers to Graissessaa. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch RlieniAh Eastern of France 41 51 (Before Baron Martin and MI:. Justice Willes.) THE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT GREENWICH. fd ip 1 11 7i S 2 2f 31 301 27i 271 Richard Roper, 29, formerly carrying on business as a corn-dealer, who had been remanded from last session, was placed at the bar, charged, by the first count, with felo niously setting fire to his dwelling-house, certain living persons being therein at the timA ; in the second count, with committing an act with intent to defraud the Kent Fire Insurance Office ; and in the third count, with felo niously setting fire to his house. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Giffard appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robin son defended the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant Parry, in opening the case, stated that the prisoner formerly carried on business at 8, Royal-hill, Greenwich, and on the night of Sunday, the 12th Sept., an alarm of fire was raised, when it was found that the pre mises in his occupation were in flames. At the time of the fire the prisoner's wife, who had only been confined two or three days, with a nurse, was in one apartment, and in the attic above two of his childrek were sleeping with the servant girl. The prisoner occupied another apartment in the house. The conflagration so rapidly de stroyed the premises, that it was with great difficulty that Mrs. Roper was saved, but unfortunately the two children, one 7 years and the other 1i years of age perished. Great sympathy at the time was expressed by the inhabitants of Greenwich, but in the course of certain inquiries made to ascertain the cause of the disaster, circumstances arose which created a suspicion against the prisoner, and the present indictment was preferred against him. The prin cipal ground of suspicion was that the prisoner had insured his premises in the Kent Fire Office for a year for £3OO, and in the claim sent in for loss he put down the damage sus tained at the amount of £290, when it was discovered that the prisoner had fraudulently removed and disposed of a large quantity of furniture which he had entered in his claim as destroyed. The _learned sergeant then at some length went into the details of the charge, and called the following witnesses : Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bak Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Lieo - e Do. do. 6 p. c. 1 ref. . Northern of France Do. New Shares - -p 71 7f 2 2ii:t 23k 24i pi 214 22 394 :i9l —p 84 94 3 1d 344 34. 544 554 id ip Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Perr) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg 1 Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders 71 8 91 Sly 221 23 91 23 211 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) MARRYING EIGHT WIVES. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1859 [Tho case was proceeding when we went to press.] crockery from Mr. Roper's. On Wednesday before she came four times. She brought things each time. She brought a dinner service. I placed the property in a back parlour. I knew a dessert service and a case of wax flowers was bro . ught. There was also a sack containing books, two lamps, and a set of three tea trays. They belonged to my son-in-law, the prisoner. They were afterwards given up to the police. Cross-examined—He has been married seven years. He was a kind father, and respected by everybody. The rea son Roper gave for sending the things was, that he had let the shop. I asked him what he had let it for, and he said £l5O with the stock. He said Mrs. Roper wished to pack the crockery, as they were about leaving the neighbour hood. Eliza Cowell, daughter of the last witness, after speak ing to crockery being brought, said—A day or two before the fire Waterfall brought a writing desk. Roper told us he had let his shop. My father is a tailor. He used to supply Roper with wearing apparel. He always had a good stock. Mrs. Roper also kept a good wardrobe. The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour. Mr. Charles Cowell, father-in-law to the prisoner —On the Thursday before the fire, I removed the glass-shade and flowers from the prisoner's house. In August I pledged for Mr. Roper some silver and plated articles, and some wearing apparel. I also pledged a coat belonging to Mr• Roper. I got about D. I handed the money to Mrs, Roper. Cross-examined I never received any directions from the prisoner to pawn the things. He was never present when I received any of the articles to take to the pawnbroker's. Mrs. Cowell was recalled, and said she offered to let Mrs Roper be confined at her house, but the prisoner said he did not think she would like to leave her children. Cornelius Davis—l am a relative of the prisoner. I used frequently to visit his place and occasionally served in the shop. It was very lightly constructed. The ceiling was made of canvas, whitewashed over. From this the gas lamps hung. The sides of the shop were very lightly put together. The prisoner had spent a good bit of money in improving the appearance of the premises. An assistant to Mr. Barr, a pawnbroker, proved that in August last a maroon velvet mantle, and other articles, were pledged at his employer's shop, and remained there ever since. Henry Bull, another pawnbrokers assistant, gave similar evidence. Mr. Burt, pawnbroker, of Woolwich, proved that a quan tity of glass and decanters were pawned at his shop belong ing to the prisoner. Inspector Wilson—l received a number of articles from Mrs. Cowell belonging to Roper. There was among them a dinner service, aid other articles, entered by him as de stroyed in the fire. Mrs. Cook, sister of the prisoner, proved that he brought a writing-desk to her husband's house previous to the fire. It was wrapped in a blue handkerchief. Inspector Wilson, after the fire, came for the desk. I had removed it to a neighbour's house. I had previously been examined at the inquest. In consequence of what the inspector said I went and got it and delivered it to him. He put a tape round it and sealed it. I told my brother about it the next morning. He was very angry, and said he should open it to see if there was any papers in it that would assist him in making out his claim. He opened the desk, and took some papers out of it. Police-constable 92 R produced the writing-desk. Charles Nash—l supplied the prisoner with a dinner ser vice of the pattern produced. The service complete cost four guineas (charged in the claim £1010s.) It would con sist of 124 pieces. I also sold him a tea service. I charged him four pounds for it. Elizabeth Waterfell, the female servant of the prisoner, said—l have been in prisoner's service about two years. Shortly before the fire I removed the articles spoken to. I went several times to Mrs. Cowell's. - I first took a dozen plates. I took a few things at a time. It was in the evening time. The prisoner told me when I took the things I was not to say anything to anybody. Roper took the large dishes himself. The wax flowers was removed on the Wednesday before the fire. I recollect a lot of glass on the sideboard. I missed it from its place before the fire. In dusting the wardrobe I noticed a number of her dresses were gone. I found a pawnbroker'S duplicate. Before the fire two sacks of books were removed. I held the sacks while the books were put in. Mr. Roper filled the sacks. I removed the writing-desk on the Saturday before the fire to Mrs. Cdwell's, by order of Mr. Roper. It was rather heavy, and was wrapped in a blue cotton handkerchief. On the Saturday before the fire, about 11 o'clock, the prisoner sent me for some turps. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sharoi Railways. 100 18 18- Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Boin.,Baroda& Cent.lndi gu.. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Liin.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. p;,y.'59 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,witb ept. till '6O Do, do. '73 till '6O Do. do. ''/3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Forrth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6p'. Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northollndia Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde . Do. 0 8 } Do. New t's Do. PunJaub Do. Indus. St. Flo b';, - St. Andrews & Quebec A ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 201 100 171 20 Stock Eto. zo 20 2 1 100 100 1 all all all all all all 28. se. 15 all 5 (Paid. Closing Business s' Price. Do ße. all 9 all 44 all 161 1 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 2s. 6d 2 all 5 100 all * 1 P Ipar ip par ip 8 9 12 11 d C 7 C) 83 88 82 C 6 P 1 lip' I 11 1081 1091) - -p all all }lOO 100 all 100 all 1 2.. n i Pm 61 10 FI 71 i i 18 184 3ei 37} 77 78 911 92 21 21 41") 37 61 161 17 3 3, d 106 108 106 108 105 107 99 100 18: 19 2C: 201 } Id par I I ,) 1061 41 2 1/d 4 3d 1 11p 211 22i P par t p p par ip 161 1 BRITISH MINES Paid. \ C losing Business Price. Done. Mines. Gloucester Gale, described as a clerk, aged 32, was in. dieted with feloniously intermarrying Celia Maria Wyse, his wife Eliza Cecilia Gee being then and now alive. There were five separate indictments against the prisoner for marrying other women, having his first wife alive at the time. The prisoner in a faint voice pleaded guilty to all the charges, and begged for mercy on account of his ill ness and the trouble he had undergone. Mr. Sleigh, who was instructed by the Associate Insti tution for the Protection of Females, appeared for the pro secution; and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. The learned counsel then stated the facts of the case in aggravation of punishment He said the prisoner was married to his first wife on the 11th of January, 1849. The second wife, who lived at Marble Hall, Egham, he married at Islington Church, on the 30th of November, 1857 ; the prisoner married in the name of George Gordon, and lived with her at the time the officer took him into custody from information received. He did not deny the charge, and he was brought to London. The next was a young woman, named Lydia Birch. She was married to the prisoner in the name of George Thomas, at Trinity Church, Chelsea, on the 3d of January of last year. He loft her in February, pre tending to go on a voyage as mate of a ship. She saw him again in April, ho having taken apartments for her and sent for her out of the country. He having stopped with her about a week, left her. He next married a young woman, named Sarah Ann Drewett, in the name of George Greer, at St. George's, Hanover-square, on the 3d of May, 1858. He lived with her five days, under the pretence of going a voyage to sea as mate. Shortly after he againmarried a young woman, named Martha Gover, at the church of All. Soul's, Lang ham-place, in the name of Edwin Swain. After stopping with her about a week at the time, he left her to go to sea in October last, and she had not seen him till captured. He again married a young woman named Fanny Terrell, at St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, in the name of Edward Gordon. He only lived with her one day. He told her he was first mate of a ship, and was going to sea for three months and would return, but she did not see him ;wain until he was taken into custody. Mr. Metcalfe/ for the prisoner, urged that although he had £1,600 by the second wife, he had made it over to her, and she would have the enjoyment of it. The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said it would be useless to talk to a man who had made so many solemn vows in so short 'a time, for you have married five wives from November 1857 to December 1858, therefore you must be severely punished. The sentence of the Court is that you undergo penal servitude for the space of four years. The prisoner then left the dock, seemingly surprised at the sentence. RAPE. Henry Rudledge, described as a clerk, aged 40, remanded from last session, was indicted for a rape on a young woman, named Ellen Saltmarsh. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton de fended the prisoner. The prisoner is the man who was tried before Mr. Baron Martin, last session, on a charge of rape on his own daughter, snd after a long trial was acquitted. Mr. Sleigh stated that he thought the facts would not be sufficient to convict the prisoner, therefore he should offer no evidence. The jury then, under the direction of the Recorder, re turned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was ordered to bodischarged out of custody. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH CHINA. — Without anticipating the time when we shall have an ab stract of last night's North China Herald hung up in our news-rooms, we may at least venture to hope that the day is not far distant when we shall receive a message from our friends in China, and return an answer in 24 hours. If the people of this country are ever expected to feel any particu lar interest in the leading events of China and Japan, they must have it fresh and sparkling from the forge. News six weeks old has a certain degree of staleness about it which is anything but pleasant to us, or agreeable to our friends in the East; it is more particularly so to an English palate accus tomed to feed on last night's debates. To most people in Eng land, China is a myth. News from that country is like news from another world, and until the recent treaties called the attention of the public to that country and Japan, it re quired an effort of mind to look upon news so old as to really affect the people of England. This feeling the tele graph would at once dispel, and we should begin to look upon these nations as a part and parcel of the English com munity. China and Japan would be within talking dis tance. Their customs, laws, and interests, would become living realities instead of imaginary fables. An act of oppression in Pekin would excite almost as much interest as an obnoxious bill in the House of Commons ; and the movements of the Russians on the River Amoor would excite nearly as much attention as the diplomatic changes at Berlin and Paris. Commercially speaking, the advan tages are the same as those now resulting from the use of continental telegraphs; and, as our mercantile transactions with the East increase, the value of our uninterrupted line of telegraph will be more and more felt.—China Telegraph. AFFECTING SCENE.—On Sunday afternoon, a most affecting scene was witnessed in forth Shields. A seaman named Gibson, a bluff, hearty, and cheerful mariner, belonging Ito Cullercoats, on Friday?, lost his wife, to whom he was warmly attached. Sunday afternoon was the time appointed for interring her remains in the New Cemetery, and about four o'clock the funeral procession was passing through the village of Preston, when, as they were approaching the cemetery, Gibson staggered into the arms of a relative, and expired. A most distressing scene ensued. His body was taken to a neighbouring house, and a surgeon was called in, but he pronounced life extinct, and that the man had died of apoplexy,—Manchester Guardian. ROBBERY ON BOARD Snip.—A ferocious and dirty looking fellow, named Salem, a native of Java, who came to this country in a Dutch ship a few years ago, and has been a thief ever since, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Michael Carey, a seaman, belonging to the ship Liverpool, in the London Dock. Carey stated that he was aroused from his slumber at half-past two o'clock this morning by a noise in the fore castle. He turned out of his berth, and upon passing round the forecastle, caught the prisoner: A light was procured, and he discovered that the prisoner had on a pair of trousers, and a pair of mitts, which he had stolen 'out of a chest belonging to witness. On the deck of the forecastle there was a quantity of wear ing apparel, which had been stolen out of the same chest. .0n the prisoner being stripped, another pair of trousers, which het(witness) 'missed on Saturday night last, were found upon him. -When he asked the prisoner what busi ness he had on board, he replied, " I came here to sleep." A Thames police-constable named Pickman, No. 67, stated that the prisoner had been committed five times for robberies of a similar description, and was a most dangerous fellow. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. Shard - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron - Condurrow (Camborne) 2O - - 10 Devon G. Cons. 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(is. at £5 p.) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 13 5 Do.Lr nd and Atimng - Co. all 14 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... - 40 Cobra Copper • all 40 42 - Copiapo l6 10 12 1 Dun3loun.Cop.Min.,., o all 2 For Luna, 20 Gen - ral all 20 21 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitan' 14 It 1 d 1 Maricir 4 ta all 1,- 1 1 New Granada all - 1 N.RhineCop.or S.Ar. 10 - p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lea Mining and :Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 1124 1134 1134 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr..tz Sep. 100 113 115 114 - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 110 11l - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 99 100 994 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S Deb. redeesnable, 1875 100 110 111 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. IPaid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bark of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Ban'... of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of C.nads Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.olAustral. Londo2 and County Loudon Joint Steck London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 91 93 27 28 49 61 58 60 20.11 160 17! 21! 221 48 50 211 211 61 66 21 201 1581 9 20 18d1 MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Lard Brit. & Irish Magr,.Te!..A. Do. B, 7 p. C. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. 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Nan Diemen'a Land s. all all all 15s. all all Paid.l Closing p rice. - IZusiness done 13 14 150 230 4 2 31 40 42 19 21 13 15 91 101 24 ,25 14 1 5 5 2 21 108 111 1 1} li lf 1i 2i d d 7 I d 1 2 1i 2 15 18 1 1 1 die par 21 3 82 83 121 13 25 24 7i 8 61 62 125 140 37 39 I 3 .10 12 122 3 7 1 I Mr. William Emerson Sanderson, who said—l am agent to the Kent Fire Insurance. At Greenwich, in 1857, I saw the prisoner. He effected an insurance on his household furniture ana effects for £200; on fixtures, £2O, on stock in trade £7O, and on hay and corn in premises behind the house £lO, 'making in all £3OO. I delivered the policy to the prisoner. The original document was not forthcoming. I produce a copy. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l went through the premises previous to completing the insurance. I did not consider £3OO an unfair sum. I don't recollect the position of the gas pipes in the shop. Priscilla Wheeler—l reside at Deptford. I was a distant relation of the prisoner's wife. I was, in September, nursing Mrs. Roper. She was confined on Thursday, the 9th. She occupied a back roam on the first floor. I re member the fire taking place on the following Sunday. On the Saturday, before going to bed, I went into the kitchen. It was about half-past eleven. When I left to go up stairs the gas was burning. It was also burn ing in the back parlour. I let Mr. Roper and the servant (Waterfall) down stairs. The gas was turned full on. After I got up stairs, Mr. Roper came into the bed-room. It was about a quarter of an hour after I left the kitchen. He wished us both good-night, and went to the front room, second floor, in which he slept. The children slept in the attic. After the prisoner left the room I went to bed. After I had been there sometime Mr. Roper awoke me, and said there was a nasty smell in the room ; but I was not sensible of it. In a short time afterwards, Mrs, Roper again awoke me, and said she smelt fire. In a short time after the pri soner burst the door open and rushed into the room. He had his drawers and night-shirt on. He said, " There's fire in the house, for God's sake get out of the window on to the roof of the shed!' The fire followed Mr. Roper into the room. He assisted Mrs. Roper and myself out of the window on to the shed. He then left us. When he came into our room he called out to the servant, " Lizzy I Lizzy I" up stairs. In a short time after we had got on the roof of the outbuilding Mr. Roper left us. He was absent about 20 minutes, and then returned. The bed was in a different position to that it usually occupied. Cross-examined—The bed was placed where it stood by my suggestion about a month previous to the fire. Mr. Roper was a kind and affectionate husband. He always appeared very much attached to his children. The gas was left burning in the shop for my convenience. The burner was covered with a globe. I don't remember whether it was broken. I never remarked any alteration in the fur niture of Mrs. Roper's room. The house was altogether very respectably furnished. I recollect Mr. Roper saying on one occasion it was rather unfortunate that she should be confined at that time, as he had let the shop. George Allright—l am an auctioneer and valuer, residing at Greenwich. I knew Mr. Roper previous to the fire. I heard of the fire on the Sunday morning. After the fire I offered my services to make a valuation. I saw him on the following Monday morning, at Mr. Cowell's, his father-in law, at Deptford. After some conversation about the loss of his children, I said, " You had better try and give me an account of the loss of your property." He said he did not want anything. Although he had lost everything, nothing could compensate him for the loss of his children. He appeared very much distressed in mind. He asked me what had better be done, and I told him I should require an inventory of the whole of his goods. He then said he had prepared an inventory when he had insured. He asked me if it was usual for the surveyor of a fire office to sea if 'the goods were worth the amount insured for. I said no; they generally leave it to the agent. I told him as he had an inventory of his goods, it would be very useful in making out his claim. I asked him if he was properly insured, and from his manner I ascertained he was. He was insured for £3OO. I asked him to give me a list of things destroyed, and he told me a number of things. He said he had lost an Arabian bed stead, two beds, two mattresses, two pairs of blankets, two pairs of sheets, and a counterpane. He told me there were six chairs, fender and fire-irons. There were 209 items. The claim was sent into the fire-office. I recollect Roper mentioning that he had a Brussels carpet. I asked him the size, and he said it was a large one, and he had formerly had it in use when he occupied a larger house. I imagined by his description that there might be about twenty yards in it. I went through all the furniture in the house. I was with him from ten o'clock in the morning. I recollect a set of tea-trays. He said they cost £2 10s. Another item was a large bouquet of wax flowers, £2 2s. How this was mentioned was owing to me asking him if had any sort of ornaments. I asked him if he had any books, he said yes ; I asked him if they were worth £l9, he said yes. There was a long dinner service ; it comprised 150 pieces, and he said he thought it cost from £8 to £lo—l put £lO for it. There was a tea and coffee service put down at 7 guineas. There was a large quantity of glass and dessert service charged for as destroyed. There was also a suit of black clothes charged £6; a black dress coat, lined with silk, £4; another black coat, lined with silk and quilted ; a maroon velvet mantle, and a quantity of other things. I wrote the letter accompanying the claim. Roper never saw the letter after it was written. I sent in the claim. Roper signed the document. I told him I had claimed for the full amount, £290, and I was very sorry he was not insured for more money. The reason the £3OO was not charged was owing to the shed adjoining the house not being destroyed. A proposition was made by the fire-office to give £255 and the salvage in lieu of the claim for £290., and it was accepted. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—When I first saw Mr. Roper he said he should not make any claim —for what amount of money could bring back his poor children ? I told him ho ought to consider the living as well as the dead, and ultimately the claim was made out. I went over the ruins the morning after the fire. I believe the furniture 'in the house was fully worth the amount charged. From all I saw after the fire I was fully convinced the claim was a correct one. I should say I saw articles lying about the rooms not included in the claim, worth about £2O or £3O. In the attic I found nine articles out of 11 charged for in the claim. In the bedroom 21 out of 26. In the front parlour. 11 pieces, and in the ground floor everything specified in the inventory. Re-examined—l had no chance of looking amongst the ruins for traces of glass or books. I was not allowed to search. All I saw was lying on the surface. The fireman would not allow me to touch a thing. Mr. William Sitgrave—l am employed by the appraiser to the Kent Fire-office. The claim of Mr. Roper was put into my hands. I visited the ruins on the Thursday fol lowing the fire. I found the remains of some of the articles, but of others I did not discover any vestiges. I found nothing like a dinner service, or dessert service, or tea service. I only found a few pieces of common blue ware. I have been engaged in valuations for the last 30 years, and I always have discovered the remains of any large quantity of china that had been destroyed during a fire. I found no books. It is exceedingly difficult to burn a book. Some part of it is sure to remain. I found no traces of the 14 sacks of flour. I found no remains of wearing apparel. I reduced the amount of the claim from £290 to £255 with the salvage, as I thought there had been an overcharge in two or three articles. Mr. James Denham, corn factor, said—l stocked the prisoners's shop in July, 1857. It amounted to about £5O or £6O. It was a general stock. In November of the same year he owed me £llB 10s. I spoke to him about the debt, and afterwards I said I should not give any more credit. I have supplied him with articles from time to time since that period. He used to use about five sacks a week. When the fire took place the £llB was still owing. lie offered me his business, but I declined to take it. Cross-examined—Before this affair I never heard a breath against him. I have known him since he was a lad. He was a good father. I was anxious he should get on, and I supplied his shop liberally. Mr. Robert Murrell, corn dealer, of Deptford—On the morning previous to the fire he had nine trusses of straw flora me. Cross-examined—lf ho had wanted more he could have had it. I always considered him an honest man. Mary Cowell—l am the mother of the prisoner's wife. I reside at Deptford. I recollect the fire. PFevious to the calamity the servant, Waterfall, brought to my house some LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner GouMum.) JUDaMENT ON CERTIFICATE.—IN RE DAVIDSON AND GORDON. His Honour gave judgment this morning on the question of certificate of these bankrupts. The case has been before the court for a very long period, and the main facts have been so recently published at great length, that a summary of the judgment will explain the case. His Honour, after alluding to the great importance of the case in a commercial point of view, referred to the report of the official assigns, and expressed his re►ret that Mr. E. Hart, who had prepared it, was about to retire from his official duties in this Court, which he (His Honour) regretted, as he (Mr. Hart) had for many years assisted the Court, and no doubt his talents and abilities would place him in a much higher position than he held at present. This eulogium was due to Mr. Hart for his many years of close attention to duties requiring the strictest faithfulness and impartiality. His Honour then went through the voluminous report and the mass of evi dence adduced, and ultimately said that the bankrupts had clearly brought themselves within the penal clauses of the act of Parliament, on several grounds—the non surrender and the concealment of property, as they had absconded, taking away a large sum of money.. It was no excuse that they had subsequently been allowed to sur render to avoid the penal liabilities, or that they had been acquitted on several of the charges pre ferred against them. But, whatever the charges might have been criminally, or whatever the punish ment, it had nothing to do with this Court, which was a Court for the protection of the commer cial world. Had the bankrupts been tried and acquitted on the different charges on the merits, and not on mere technicalities, he would have endeavoured to bring his mind to another conclusion than he now felt himself bound to do, which was to wholly refuse the certificate. His Honour, in the course of his judgment, referred par ticularly to the bankrupts' transactions with Messrs. Overend and Gurney, and expressed his opinion that much of the misery and losses to innocent traders and mercantile firms arose from the facilities afforded by firms of much higher repute to bolster up a falling concern. Certificate suspended, and protection granted. POLICE IXTELLIGEXCE.-(TIIIS DAY., MANSION-HOUSE. ALLEGED EXTRAORDINARY SYSTEM OF OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. - John Constable, alias Thompson, of 9, Thanet-place, Lewisham, described as a shipbroker, was charged with fraudulently obtaining 43 bolts of canvas, by representing that they were required for the ship, Mary Ann, then lying in the Commercial Dock. Messrs. H. and E. Russell, of 3 and 4, Star-court, Bread street, extensive linen factors, were the prosecutors. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, who attended to pro secute, briefly set forth the particulars of the case, and from his statement it appeared that the prisoner had ordered and obtained the canvas in question on the plea that it was for I the navy and for the purpose of making sails, and directly he obtained the goods he sent them to an auction room. Knight (city detective) deposed that the prisoner had given his address as Peckham, but, after some difficulty, he obtained a clue to his residence, which was as given above. The prisoner was met by Knight yesterday in Lewisham, and upon being charged with the offence, at once repudi ated all knowledge of both prosecutors and the transaction. He also declared that his name was not Constable, but Thompson. He was, however, taken into custody. He produced a card of the ship Mary Ann, and said, " There is no fraud ; it was for that N essel, and the captain gave me the order. As the captain could not take the goods, I was obliged to dispose of them the best way I could. I in tended to pay the firm " At the station-house he begged Mr. Russell not to press the charge, and offered £lO, with security for the remainder, the value of the goods being £BO. Mr. Buchanan then called Mr. Russell and the captain of the Mary Ann, and the case was proceeding when our reporter left. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. THAMES. THIS DAYS MARKETS. Fresh up to-day an unusually small supply of English wheat came to hand, and the show of samples was, conse quently, trifling. For all kinds the demand ruled steady, at fully Monday's improvement in value. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was reasonably large, was in moderate request, at full ,quotations. Malting barley realised fully late currencies, but grinding and distilling sores were very dull. The malt trade was in a sluggish state, at previous quo tations. There was a fair demand for oats, at the late advance. The supply on offer was moderate. Beans and peas were a dull inquiry, on former terms. Flour, however, was in steady request. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 450 j 940 ; 1,880 1,410 ; Irish 7 I Foreign 4,90 i 6,730 i 12,780 i WHITECHAPEL. Flour. 390 30 sks bls The supplies of meat were moderate, and the demand ruled steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 44 ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, Cs Id to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81b. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues steady, and prices almost generally are well supported. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 4.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze and hazy. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—Arrived—Pera (screw steamer), from Alexandria, with loss of propeller, &c. ; Report (steamer), from Gibraltar. Sailed—Celt (screw steamer), for Cape of Good Hope. TORBAY, Jan. 4.—Wind N. to N.E.—Sailed—Courser, for Valencia. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 4.—N.N.E.—Sailed—Liffey, for St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, Tan. 4.—Wind'N.N.W.—Sailed—Prince of Wales, for Melbourne ; Alice Thompson, for Suez. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 4.—Arrived—Tagus (screw steamer), from Gibraltar, &c. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. • hazy. Arrived—Artisan, steamer, from Cardiff ; Pera, and Ripon, steamers, from Gibraltar; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Henry, from Goole ; La Poule, from Cherbourg ; Charlotte, from Jersey ; P r i ncess R oya l, an d H armony, from Shields ; Thomas Powell, steamer. . Sailed—Celt, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope ; La Poule, for Cherbourg ; Cores, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, Jan. 4.—Plower, from Denia ; Progress, screw steamer, from St. Nazaire. Sailed, Jan. 4.—Medallion, and Nietaux, for Charleston; Dolphin Elise, for Bordeaux ; N. Larraboe, for New Orleans ; Laurence, for Havannah ; Petronella, for Bar celona. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, one hour's flood ; cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 4.—Fantasy, from Christiana ; Ocean Gera, from Gothenburg; Izian, from St. Petersburg. Sailed, Jan. s. —Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Hollen side, for Sydney; Astarte, for Rangoon. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. by N., moderate. Passed.—Glance, for Canaries ; Paris and London, steamer, for Paris; Pillar, for Teneriffe ; Instine, for Rouen—all from London. Sailed.—Weasel, for Falmouth. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.—At the Glasgow Small Debts Court last week the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company were sued for breach of contract under the following circumstances: —A boy named John M'Nab, residing at Milliken-park, had purchased a second-class season ticket to enable him to attend school at Glasgow, and travelled thither by a particu lar train. The company withdrew the second - class carr iage from that train, and insisted that he should travel in a third-class carriage, or pay the difference between . the second and first class fare to ride in a first-class earflap?. The company pleaded that they were entitled, by their regulatio ns, to make what alterations they pleased in their trains. The Sheriff, in. giving his verdict, said that, although th e com pany might alter the hour of the train, or even w ith draw it altogether, they could not, as in this case, co n ti nue th e train and withdraw the class of carriage Mailimg at the time the contract was made, First Lieutenant A. C. J. M'Meekan has been appointed Acting Adjutant of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, during the ab sence, on leave, of Adjutant H. G. Elliot. A large and commodious building, which hag been erected at Chatham on a portion of land given by the Government, has just been opened as a nur sery and school for the infant children of tho.troops belonging to Chatham garrison. The establishment haf been built.at Brompton, adjoining the Royal Engineer barracks and the barracks occupied by the troops of the line, and has been raised by sub scriptions collected chiefly by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, the incumbent of th e di s trict. The building will accommodate about 200 children, and is admirably adapted for the purposes to which it is to be applied. ROYAL MAIL ATLANTIC STEAM COMPANY. The Royal Mail Atlantic Steam Company have received the following despatch from Worcester : " At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, held at the Guildhall, Worcester—E. Evans, Esq., banker, president, in the chair—yesterday, the following resolution was proposed by IV. H. Kerr, Esq. (Royal Porcelain Works), seconded by J. W. Isaacs, Esq., banker, and unanimously passed "4 That the Lords of the Treasury be memo rialised to take into immediate consideration the propriety of including the Lever line, via Galway, in the future arrangements for postal service be tween Great Britain and the United States and British America, on that Company undertaking to effect an average saving of two clays in carrying the mails to and from America and Great Britain! " THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. —The steamship Celt left this afternoon for Plymouth, where she will take in the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, for which port she leaves on the 6th. The Sultan, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail ; and the Tyne, with the Brazil and River Plate mails, will be here on Thursday. The Ceylon is prepaiing to take out the next East India and China mails on the 6th, being delayed to that date by per mission of the Post-office authorities. The Tamar will take out the Brazilian mail of the 10th. The Thames takes out the Australian mail of the 12th. MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRA LIA.—The screw steamer City of Washington will sail to-day (Wednesday) from Liverpool to New York. The Liverpool Post-office will close at 9 a.m., but letters with late fees will be received until 10 and on the landing-stage until about 10.30. The Black Ball clipper Lightning sails also to-day for Melbourne. The Liverpool Post-office will be open for the reception of letters and papers until 2.15 p.m., and with late fees until 2.30. - - FOGS ON THE SOUTH-COAST.—SOUTHAMPTON TUESDAY.—For nearly a week dense fogs have prevailed day and night on the south-coast. At Southampton the Isle of Wight mails have had to be brought up in a four oared boat, as the mail steamer could not find its way. The Channel Island mail, due on Monday afternoon, did not reach Southampton until yesterday forenoon. At Winches ter the fogs have been as dense as at Southampton. In the English Channel also fogs have been prevalent. The Ripon and Pera, which arrived yesterday, were obliged to go at half speed in the Channel, in consequence of thick weather. When the Ceylon arrived in Southampton water, on Satur day night, the tug steamer sent in search of her mails had great difficulty in finding her. Even when she did find her, it was impossible to say afterwards at what part of the rive?: she had dropped anchor. The La Plata, with the Aire!t India mails, which was to leave on Monday afternoon, was obliged to lie the whole of Monday night in water. Such dense and long-continued fogs have not experienced here for many years. hole body FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—Taking tho w , d a nd Wales, we of registered friendly societies in Englan 2 000 000, find that the total number of members is about „ h Southaniptell ' in English £1,431,543 is invested by 9,133 societies and the aggregate of funds about X 9,000 000, of which and Welsh savings banks ; , 1 0 a 0o tter ve gra r a d nn ua u l i l m n y bys6of societies,N g a " Reduction i the Na public funds,and with the Commissioners fort l h ' tional Debt; and the rest in sick ot other improving. investments ic o less e ; s s t h a e character suni than t b e o x f i, the i n s es e s x a p l e o n n d e e . d Of the ttlibee2B,ooocOie,toioeos offoim' aeffmobrdeii•ns,gthreeliMefanin.chester . Unity and Odd Fellow s alone contr ibute 276,25.1; t h e Ancient Order of F oresters, 135,600 , and the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, 3 7,000. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about p er mille di s., and the short e x c h ange on 25.121 per £1 sterlin g . O n comparing these itandard gold, it appears that gold is rather More the English Mi n t price of £3 17s. 10d. per or l :llin o t n ees d e o wif i rt t h an 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By the price of gold is 4241 per mark, ni ch b an urg ge on London is 13.4.1 perXl sterling. and alvi ( ;17e fsrhomorraex Standard gold at the English Mint Trice is, therefore, at about the s.ame price in London and Hamburg . ' The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 p er cent., which, when compared with the Mint par b e t ween the two countries, shows that the ex change is slightly in favour of England ; ard, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a very trifling profit on the importa tion of gold - from the United States. POEMS IN HONOUR OF BURNS.—Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Mr. Tom Taylor, and Mr. Theodore Martin have consented to act as judges of the poems submitted in competition for the premium offered by the Crystal Palace Company for the best poem in honour of the poet Burns. These geneemen have already commenced their examina tion. We understand that the number of works received up to the Ist inst.—the period named in the conditions — amounted to no less than 600. THE NAVY. The Tortoise, naval store ship, has hauled 21p to Chatham dockyard, and yesterday commenced un loading war stores from Devonport dockyard. The Aid Hs commenced shipping war stores at Chatham for Portsmouth and Devonport dockyards. A court-martial assembled en Monday, at 9 a.m., on board the flagship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try (on his own application for a court-martial) Charles Frederick Puckett, late master of the steam sloop Alecto, on the following charges : That he, the said Charles Frederick Puckett, when master of her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, and in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet . did, on the 9th day of Sept. 1858, on board thesaid sloop, use insubordinate language to Commander J. Hunt of the said sloop, by . stating to the said com mander that he would make him prove his words with reference to a statement of the said com mander, that he thought the said sloop was at the time 30 miles or thereabouts out of her position, contrary to the directions given by the said com mander to the said C. F. Puckett; and by the said C. F. Puckett stating to the said commander that he the said commander gave him no course—which statement was untrue. Captain E. P. Halsted was the President. The decision was to the following effect, that the Court were of opinion that both charges were fully proved, and they adjudged the prisoner to lose six months' time and to be severely reprimanded and admonished to be more careful in future. Excepting First Lieutenant C. O. B. Hall, Lieu tenant W. T. W. Hambly, Lieutenant F. Osburn, and Additional Paymaster Robert Bone, all the offi cers of the screw steamship Russell, 60, re-commis sioned at Plymouth on Saturday by Capt. Wode house, have been re-appointed. Previous to her being put out of commission, Lieut. Hambly had applied to be superseded. Lieut. Kirby has been appointed Second and Lieut. Alexander Third Lieutenant. The two other vacancies continued open up to Monday evening. The crew were paid off, with seven days' leave of absence and permis sion to join any ship in commission. Above 100 have returned to the Russell. A few have joined the Racer, Cambridge, Excellent, Impregnable, &c. Lieut. Meheux and the detachment of Marines continued on board the Russell. The storeship Diligence, Mr. Crook, master, with stores for Pembroke, was towed from Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound on Monday. The Hamoaze, with bread, for Queenstown, was appointed to leave Plymouth yesterday. The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 51, was placed at her moorings in Hamoaze on Monday. The Conway, 26, for Liverpool, will be ready to be moved out of the basin at Devonport on Friday. The repairs of the screw steamship Victor Em manuel, 91, and of the paddlewheel steam vessel Advice, will probably be completed at Devonport on Saturday. The screw steamship Desperate, 8, was placed in Keyham Basin, Devonport, on Monday. Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander John Seccombe, embarked the following officers and men yesterday from the dockyard at Ports mouth :—Royal Engineers—Major Sedley, Lieut. Warren, and 103 rank and file (for Gibraltar). 2d Battalion 15th Foot (for Malta)—Major Fulton,Capt. Morshead ; Lieuts. Dickson, Fitzroy, Alhuson, and Burdon ; Ensigns Coetiogon, Hawkes, and Shaw ; Assistant-Surgeon Hinton, 104 rank and file, 9 women, and 18 children. 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade (for Malta) —Lieutenants Tottenham and Curson, 150 rank and file. The Himalaya will go out of Portsmouth harbour this morning at nine o'clock to Spithead, and thence proceed to Queens town, at which port she will embark the 2d Battalion 6th Foot (for Gibraltar)-30 men 25th Foot (for Gibraltar)-2 officers, 41 rank and. file, 1 officer's wife, 2 officers' children, and 1 ser vant, 2d battalion 3d Foot (for Malta)-1 officer, 52 rank and file, 2 children, and 2 servants, Ist battalion, 23d. Foot, for Malta-4 officers, 32 rank and file, 4 women, and 2 children ; barrack depart ment, 1 man, 1 woman, and 1 child. The French sloop Le Faon, Captain Auger, has arrived at Spithead from Calais and Newkaven, and will proceed to Weymouth, it is said for the purpose of inquiry connected with the herring fisheries. Mr. Charles J. Parker was yesterday appointed master to the Victory. Nothing is known at Portsmouth of the supposed arrival of Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., &c., as immediately succeeding to the command in chief. THE ARMY. Share' Stockl Stock i