The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

s aro nuch cc it r of oung tably Jude chil al of and The L cha- Tend age. ;imp- Elder. 'blues Lttrac e Dis aches- hile a. mver yin be • story sition. f Vis a this beau other 'aria," being nts of terest. South rming 3ritisb. works mists eating inued ; ves us nlume " The mining entine ntains taste, re the deli dy, it thoso tness. such recent 6 law, en by m we MS it re to MON.EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITYwo o'CLocit. A more confident feeling now prevails in most de PartMents of business, as well as at the Stock x.ellange, and a disposition is evinced to stimulate an upward movement in values, notwithstanding the continued depression of the Paris Bourse. If the Public mind could be divested of the idea that hostilities are still probable, there can be no doubt that a marked improvement would speedily "sue, and the check which has been given even to commercial enterprise would be at once removed. Mercantile prospects are generally considered good, an dthe advices from distant markets show that the stoc k of merchandise has become much reduced during the long interval since the crisis. The in quiry for money on commercial account is not very active, but a steady absorption is going on in blest directions. Notwithstanding the general quietude still experienced in business, the accounts 1113 / 1 1 the manufacturing districts are quite as fa vourable as could reasona bly h ave b een ex p ec t e d, n ‘ ut since th e war exc i tement commenced i t i s evi dent that confidence has been very much impaired. The quarterlysales of indigo opened yesterday, but Previous , quotations were not realised, the de mand being very limited. This depression is attributed to the uncertainty attending political aff a f‘rs ; but if the ad v ices from the other side of t he Channel should prove more assuring, the exist ing anxiety would be alleviated, and a stimulus given to commercial and manufacturing industry. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed Nrith. a very quiet appearance, and prices of all de scriptions were unaltered, The sales amounted to 7,000 bales. On the Stock ExChange rather more business was transacted in Railway Shares, and quotations were firmly supported. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. James Purssell t?orr place yesterday, when it was stated that the ' l iabilities amounted to £35,000, including £31,000 01 1 account of the late forgeries. The assets are estimated at £20,000. It was arranged that the estrtte should be wound up in bankruptcy. In the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, the re was no material alteration. About £32,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of :England yesterday. There was a meeting to-day of those disposed to Pro mote the establishment of tribunals of commerce hi this country, first promoted by Mr. Lyne, with a 'view to simplify the forms of legal procedure in e as , za of mercantile disputes. A long report was r ead of the proceedings of the past year, and the by afford e d t o th e se l ec t comm itt ee appo i n t e d by the House of Commons to inquire into the pro- Prkity of establishing such tribunals. The com tlijtee urged the continuance of the public confi aeutee in their ultimate success, and the report was a dopted. Ile Engli s h St oc k M ar k e t t o -d a y i s d ec id e dly c ' ll aer, but, as it is still rather sensitive, very little kfidenee is placed in the continuance of any I : lll ?roveraent that may be produced by speculative ra asactions. Business is now exceedingly quiet, 11 ,_! Payment f " differences" -arising from the a m account being the principal occupation of the members to-day. An advance in prices here 18 dependent in a great measure upon a 1.617 ival of confidence on the Paris Bourse, but some surprise is ex p resse d a t the unimp or t an t e ff ec t Which the Emperor's' speech exercised upon the VEi e lt le of the Rentes. Consols for transfer have 041 95 8 /, and for account 951; but the present e rotations a re 9511 and 951- respectively. The Threes are steady at 95i to 96, and the ite ‘v a nced Annuities at 951 ; Exchequer Bills are 'lrked 335. to 365. preen ; and India Bonds 20s. Prem. In the market for Foreign Securities the trans- Ite , t loas have b een on a mo d er ate scale, and prices 81 °Nv increased firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are , 89 to 90 ; ditt o S cr i p, I st i ssue , 79 t o 791 ; ditt o , 24 issue, 61 to 6 discount, and ditto 4 per Cents. h ave receded to 1021, Spanish 3 per Cents. to 44? th e Def erre d to 291, d i tto Cert i f i cates to 51, and D utch 4 per Cents. to 1001 and 101/ ; Peruvian 41 T he Cents. are s t ea d y a t 921, an d S ar di n i an a t 81. 4 he Chilian Loan is nominally without alteration, 471 a the Austrian is I to 11 premium. A Moderate amount of business has been trans netka in Railway Shares to-day, the market for Which has become sensibly better, and an advance er from ss. to 10s. has taken place in most of the le ng descriptions of sto* Caledonians have im roved 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Great Western, Lacashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; London and "• rth Western, ss. ; Midland, ss. North Eastern (Berwick) and (Leeds) are, however, exceptionably • t ; the former being 93, and the latter 471 I ditto (York), are 781. In Colonial descriptions of shares East Indian, w hich c l ose d firmer last evening, have again ', e lapsed t o 101 1. G reat I n di an P en i nsu l a an d Grand Trunk of Canada are, however, very firm. Foreign Railway Shares are inactive. Lom 14▪ ' ll 'dt:o-Ven e ti an o ld shares are 91 and the new 61 1. furtherlle Victori a G overnmen t S ecur i t i es h ave b een i n request, at a fresh rise of 10s. Joint Stock Bank Shares and Miscellaneous securities are dull, and prices unaltered. 3 B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . 3 Per Cent. R e d uce d Annu i t i es 951 i ?i P r Cent. Consols Annuities "' 3 per C en t . A nnuit i es 9 si V lllia i t 4 - 95i 6 €5/ 6 .( Stocic )!tto Debentures 1) th, 1,!-- Bonds £l,OOO C onsols under'£,oo t•onsols for Account 9 51 I - 1 I 1, March J line. Fxe .i I,.'equer Bills, .4 0 4: 500 £l,OOO, 33 , FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. P_ 411. ml 5 per Cent. Dicta 4i per Cent 92 f 3 Ditto (Unbarren), 4f per Cent. Ditto per Cent. ,Etrdinian, 5 per Cent Bl 79f 81 'Vanish 3 per Cent. 44 T D itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 29} vanish Corn. Cert. of Co u p. no t f un d e d 5l rkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan 78 91 1 Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account b itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ve nezuela, 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. D oh Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 I Consols for Account Ditto Account Baron an d B ar oness Lionel de R o th sc hild h ave left Kingston House for Paris. „„TILE GOVERNORSHIP OF GIBRALTAR.—W e understand that Lieut.-Gan. Sir 'W. Codrington, K.C.8., appointed Governor of Gibraltar, vice Sir J. Fer --fcisell) whose period of service has expired. 4u-ANCIIESTER, TUESDAY . —There has been a quiet b u t firm market to-day. Prices are the same as on "fliesd last. In cloth the inquiry is good, at full prices. Mr. Edward Merewether, the agent appointed by th• e Govern.ment of New South Wales to organize a mon9aly steam postal service between Sydney and Panama, arrived ,Y the Overland Mail on the sth inst. New South Wales nu undertaken to contribute £50,000 a •year towards the subsidyA committee has been formed in London to assist Dierewether, composed of 11tessrs. E. Hamilton, D. 1 4arnach, Captain Towns, and Mr. G. A. Lloyd. P RICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris, is about at par, and the short exchange on London 18 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparin these rates W ith the English Mint price of £3 I g s. 7 100. el lneeforstand ar d gold, it appears that gold is about 2- per 10ths V2r cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Itamburg the _price of gold is 424 i per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 k per ill sterling. Standard sold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths Per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' Mtight is 1091 /I per cent., which, when compared with the int par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is about at par ; ard, after making allowance for c harges of transport and difference of interest, the reent rate-leaves scarcely any profit on the importationof s old froth the United States. g . h . 4 NOVEL CHIMNEYSWEEP.—A curious freak of is - "o3llard the Fox" occurred last week at Dursley. Sir int Maurice Berkeley's hounds met at Kingcote one day, and • a wing found, th e f ox ma d e awa y,' s ki r ti ng th e hill r i ght to the sing Dursley. Here he got on the roof of a eci land, gradually from roof to roof, at last gained e t OP of a house lately occupied as a pawnshop, and 413°P,Ped" himself down tha 'chimney into the interior. fCling rested perdu for some time, the hounds being at ighbourin , taihough. close to his lair, he mounted' the chimney, _ survey from the top, and, seeing the hounds in a g court-ard, he m ade off an oposite direc oe, completely transformed in colour. in Unfortunately his the r town, i. B .e aPo was soon di scovered, and after miming about a mile he dropped from sheer exhaustion, and sur nme ed • his " brush,' which was bl ac k f rom it s nov el em us itz chimney siveeplug,—Mosfk,d(trfrtigr. SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str.Val all 8 9 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 67 69 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 83 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 43 53 10 Do. A A rcves. no div 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an all hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast June all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.i um all 10 91 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 161 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 61 621 611 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 30 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 25 East Kent all 13 15 Stock East Lancashire lOO 91 96 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do ' all Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 69 70 69 3 i Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 29 291 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn. lib 96 98 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern ' 100 104 1041 1041 4 Stock Po. do. A Stock lOO 86 88 87 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 136 138 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 58 57 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 85 90 163 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p Stock Lancashire Sr Yorkshire 100 95. 06 9 51 3 16 Do. do. F 816 6 3d 9 Do. do. 89 shares 7 id 6 1 3 Do. West Riding Union I 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackw a ll all 63 -61 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at 8510sp.sh 4l . ~,,, Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 ' 10 3 10 4 A 7, , . Stock London & North Westn 100 9 96 r " . 4 I ' 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 95 1 05 1 98 3 1 i 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef, & Lincoln lOO 374 38 07 1 8 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 101} 102 1011 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 75 77 76 50 Mid. Gt.• West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 12 13 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all Stock Norfolk lOO 64 66 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 2 d - Stock Nor*British lOO 611 624 6 1 2 3 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO „,, Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 93 14 " t 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 1 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 48/ 481 71 Stock Do. York - 100 78 3 183 78 t 4 Stock North London lOO 101 103 10 N. &S.Weetn.,Hampstd and City Junction £3 is. 20 North Staffordshire l7l 41 41 d 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 29 31 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 7 6 d 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 115 117 Stock Sooth.N.E., Aber. Stock 100 271 28 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 86 88 Stock Shropshire 'Union lOO 45 47 10 Sittinzbomme & Sheer all 4 2 d Stock South Devon lOO 31 881 371 Stock South - Eastern Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 14 15 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 361 25 Do. do. 1854 221 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - Stockton & Hartlepool 163 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference. No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 89 91 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 3 3,1 5 Do. B all 64 61 61 20 West London 10 Do. let Class all 20 Do. 2d Class Stock Stock Stock Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Paid.' Cloningrem Business Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (is3ued at 250) Stk Eris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tuck Caledon 210,.44 per cent 12.10 Do. Ouar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chesier & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. C. 6,1 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Stock Do. do. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin.Perthair Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. , 2* a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock D0..4i p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm an Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf jGt. Sn. & W (Ireland) p. ct. pref. Stock reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, pct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 26/. Do. Chester guar.shares 111 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Stock Do. pref., 5 p. o.- ...No. 2 Stock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Stook Do. dn. 5 p. c. No. 4 Stock Lon. &N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, I ate 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she. Londopdy.& Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., 6p. ct. Do. Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Stockl 12. 12 Stoc 6 Stock 124 Stock Stock Stock Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.C,on.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct DQ. 44 p. C. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. st. Newport,Abcr,&c. pref.s ith pm i lt . c.g e d rp ee et tn ; c w . option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. C. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way. Vid. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, zua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 80. York, A. & S. Purch North Staffordshire . Ox. Wr. Wol. 6 pc. le . tg Do. do. do., 2d gua. Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .4i per cent Do. Fixed 41, p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue ) South Wales, gua. 4 p.c ' Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 1 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- Stoffir 101 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 81 Stock Stock Stock Stock 103. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 25 251 Stock 49 51 94 96 1103 105 6 64 100 103 113 118 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 75 76 113 115 120 122 111 113 107 108 64 66 11 111 91 93 84 16 85 87 98 100 10 10i 164 17i 10 10 73 74 19 20 94 10 14 14/ 140 142 1120 122 1163 168 122 124 3 _ JPI 68 70' 141 143 104 105 96 i 98ir) 91 10 14 12 9 10 111 113 98 99 i (Us p i ri 23 d 234 124 126 112 114 98 100 10 11 244 25 103 105 103 105 14 171( 29 30 33 34 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE: RailwaYs- I raid. I L easing Co.'s. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c E Union,llarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.datail Hnll and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Mat k Midsb. & Reda, 05_p.p Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. guaranteed hu East s n p . 5 p.c . c. Nort ) . Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Boys tn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf. Roth. &G01.g,.5p.c. Shrewsbry& Herefool South Staffordshire Woar Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn 1 Ln& N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt.Nerth. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co. (Do. Norfolk- : lbo. LN W&M ' Stk.& Dar Midland . E.tounts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Yk T Brassay M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West , L.&Brgta 'ALB. Closing Business Prioe. Done. Share Docks. DOCKS Stock 50 Stock) Stock Stock, Stock' 98 100 104 106 17 19 142 144 4 ' - - 111 113 65 697 115 120' 90 92 2f if 98 160 58 GO 1142 144 90 92 8 9 Stock! Commercial .. ... ,.. Stock Do4perCent . Preflmin.j 100 Stock East and West India.., 100 Stock London ................ 100 Stock St. Katharine .......... 100 Stock Southampton .......... 100 Stock Victoria .. ...... , 100 I9S 100 1 1 20 DO NOW, w 191.11 lB I 11244 4 I P a id Closing Business Price. Done. all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. THE SUN, - LONDON, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic dr St Lawrenoe! Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd, gu. 5 percent _ 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.Lirn. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lhn.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Gude (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 Do.4t p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& 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.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do G t. S. of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. tki p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. 0 Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds NewßrunswickLCar da. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scindc Do. Do. New .1 Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo be ~1" St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN. Closing I Business Share Railways. Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 la 11 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all 7 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 1 23 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 26 263 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 63 63 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & lisle all 20 Lierre and Tunihout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 13 p 9 3 3 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 333 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 83 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19} 20 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 83 93 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 4 2 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33 333 20 Paris and Orleans 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Peru )) 0 d gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg • 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 113 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all Of 73 10 Do. 53 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France . all 20 21 83 West Flanders all 51 5 10 Do. 53 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. raid. Closing Business Price. D.ne. Share! Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 8 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 460 470 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 185 105 Great South Tolgus.. —17 s 13 G.Whesl Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 21 3% G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 21 31 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 8 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. Os f SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 2/ 425 440 Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2% 2/ S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 225 235 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 1 14 10 Tin Croft 9 4 41 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s &1 4 West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 22 W. Caracfon (Liskeard) 2O 65 70 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 220 230 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 120 130 Wheal Edward (Cats.) 5l 21 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'l MaryAnn(Meohe) S 10 18 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 32 34 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 75 ft A 1 Bon Ac cordCopper,Lim. lOs par * p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p.) 27 1 2 20 Do. St.Johndelltey,Lim. 15 10 12 5 Do. Land and Mining Col all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20/ 211 3 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 11 4 d 1- New Granada all 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 p 14 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 2/ 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 113 114 1131 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 111 1121 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 1144 115 i N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 111 112 1111 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 100 101 1001 1 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 M 2 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 110 / Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing 1 Business Shari Joint-Stock Banks. Paid, Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 90 92 25 Bank of Egypt all 251 261 100 Bank of London 5O -- 40 Lrit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 57 59 20 Ch Id. Bank of India, &c 10 2 lid 81 4 100 City 5O 61 63 GI 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Corn. Bark of CanrC.a all 100 CommerOal of London 2O 20 Eng., Scat., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 22 50 London and Cornty 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster. 20 -- 47 4 100 Nat. Prim of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 5o National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporatior all 39 40 not 20 Otteman Bank all 191 204 20 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia - 27 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 51 25 Do. New 2O -- 50 Union of London lO --•— 23i 1 100 Unity Mutual 55 - -- 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 19d [ MISCELLANEOUS. Marti Miscellaneous. I Paid. elmthi g iltalinees don* Price. — 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 12 13 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 240 270 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 38 SI 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 1 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 21 31 10 DO New, issued at VS tits 3 60 British American Land 40 50 Brit, At Irish Alag.Tel.A. all 39 41 20 DO. 13, 7p. c. till 1802.. all 19 21 . 20 Do. C all 13 15 100 Canada Land. 321 113 146 10 Chan.lslands Tel. Lim,) all 9/ 104 25 Do. Preference 71 per et all 24 25 all 11 11 11 5 Do. Preference all 4 i sk 20 Eastern Steam all 11550 Gen, Steam & Amt. Cop.St,Co. 1:011 105 1 1 8 1 L I e . T timeg e li , l an o ll s ll . 1 ______ 9 Europ.&Am.Stm,(Lim.) all 11 2 Stock Electric G 3 ECCE l rCull e e:Pr d iEir i tl: : :al e ille r l . SPT' SEtxentnienN. `rel. (Lim) l a 4 li — el — 74 20 London Discount 2 : 2514 6 0 0 Netherlands D LNationali' B d p " . G e. epur. Discount eO l: ia ::t. Co I Co 5" 1 I I 141 d 14 Electric mill Us s_. an. 1 1 . 21010 NorthND . D0d0...... d . A o . uo . sti.t Europer. 111 . a . s i a n Steam( Li m ) 100 N.Bn&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 6 — lB4 . d . i a a s l l l l 1 1 2 1 allall _l, _1 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares all 1 1 15s. 1 is par 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 21 3 Z 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam , all 84 55 2- 50 Do. New lO 121 134 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 8 I d fp 60 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 74 71 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O _ 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 12.5 1371 25 South Australian Land all 37 38 1 Submarine Teleg. Sorip all i 1 1 Do. do Registered all f 1 20 Tr.it Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 5 ,Van Diemaro 1444 w Pi. 9 11 _ e°laernilelEadewcgrlirecog.ita. ;.oh,r(Smitg all _ (Paid Closing Bnsinoss . Price. Done. 78 79 ~ ~d~ I I d ci 1 6 1 71 d 85 90 82 86 80 84 Id par I i 1,1 Hf 1 101 102 par ipl tall 9 al l 16 1100 'lOO 100 1. 3.0. 2s. 2s. 6d. 2 all 5 100 all 19 20 33 34 75 76 89 91 99 100, * d I d a par 16 16} 4i 4} (.1 105 107 105 107 102 104 98 17 Vf 19 20 18 19 d I I d 2 licll 4 3dl 4 1P 20 21 d par i d d id i P pm 6 5/ 6 4i 1011 i 2 324 3 24 75i 4 100 NI 100 31 I 14 20 1 all all all all all all CPI 1 ; 41 WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1859, THIRD EDITION. READING RACES (THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE BULMERSHE PLATE OF £5O. Two miles and a half. His Honour—l think it is exactly the same point. Tho trustees' costs to be paid on that declaration. Ordered accordingly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE SLENNING. Kibworth Lass Tamworth Theodine • 3 Thirteen ran. THE EARLEIGH STAKES. Three miles. Alfred the Great .. 1 Athlete Eight ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) IN RE THATCHER'S WILL.-JUDGMENT. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The question on this petition is whether the limitations contained in the will of the late Thomas Thatcher, in favour of his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and his wife Anne Thatcher, were good limitations in the events which hap pened. The will bears date the Ist of April, 1835. In it the testator conveyed the residue of his property to trus tees in trust to sell the same and pay an annuity of £2OO to Anne Thatcher, his wife, and to divide the residue into five shares. As to the first four out of the five shares it is not here necessary to refer. The remaining fifth share he has divided into three portions. One-third thereof he gives to "William Hogg, with the limitation that in the event of his dying in the lifetime of the testator, then the one-third is to go over to the granddaughter of Anne Thatcher, Anne Tackwell, for her separate use, without the power of antici pation. And the children of the said Anne Tackwell are to have equally share and share alike when they would re spectively attain the age of twenty-five, if a male, — and if a female, twenty-five or marriage. The question raised was whether the grandchildren of William Hogg took a vested interest in the limitation of the bequest of one-third of the one-fifth share of the residue of the testa tor's property. His Honour, on the authority of the decided cases before Sir James Parker, in the case of Taylor, and 2d Be Gex Macnaughton and Gordon, p. 808, 5 Barnwell and Alder son, Moneypenny v. Gearing, page 102, Green and Muscat, Lord Eldon's opinion, considered that it was impossible to say that the limitations to William Hogg and limitations over could take effect, unless the events happened which were contemplated. If he had not used the words which he has done to the male children on at taining twenty-five, and the females on attaining twenty five or marriage, they might have been successful ; but it never was intended to take effect unless the children put themselves in such a condition as to entitle them to take such an interest—attaining the age of twenty-five or mar riage—which they have not done, and therefore the whole limitations are void, and an order must be made in accord ance with the prayer of the petition. Mr. Follett, Q.C.—Your Honour will make a declaration to the effect to adjourn the cause to chambers, to ascertain what part of the shares are to be divided according to their rights. His Honour—Take a reference there to exhaust the cause. The counsel for the parties to assist at that decla ration. Mr. Follett, Q.C.— It is stated that the question is raised on William Hogg's share—it arises on Mrs. Tackwell's share. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. WITCHERLBY V. BARNARD. • (Before Sir - William Page Wood.) This cause came on for consideration this afternoon, but the further hearing was postponed till Friday morning. This bankrupt \VIM described as of Portsea, boot and shoe maker, and came up for hie certificate. The balance-sheet, by Messrs. Paul and Turner, shows debtor to creditors, £2,444 10s. ; profits, £5lB, Creditor— By cash, £lO 17s. ; good debts, £778 ; doubtful, £l4B ; pro perty, £34t The bankruptcy was attributed in great part to the absence of a number of naval officers who were in debted to him, but who had been on active service. His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the second class. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock THE SPRING HANDICAPS. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE GREAT METROPO LITAN HANDICAP. The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 sous each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared on or before Tuesday, the Bth February, with 100 sous added. Two miles and a quarter. The highest weight accepting being Bst 101 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others remaining in in proportion. Age st lb Tournament . 5 8 12 Yorkshire Grey . a 8 9 Arsenal . . 6 8 6 Pole Star . . a 8 2 Rocket . . 4 8 2 Blue Jacket . 5 8 2 Gilliver . . 5 8 0 Blackthorn . . 4 7 12 East Langton . 4 7 11 Longrango . . 4 7 11 Fright . . 5 7 9 Lifeboat . . 4 7 9 Rio . . . 5 7 8 Tunstall Maid . 4 7 8 Royal Sovereign . 4 7 2 Pensioner . . 4 7 1 Dispute . . 4 6 12 The Tattler . 5 6 12 Compromise . 4 6 10 Newington . . 6 6 10 llydromel . . 4 6 9 Etoile du Nord . 4 6 6 Little Davie . . a 6 6 Gala colt . . 4 6 4 Newcastle . . 3 6 2 Males . . . 4 6 2 Gracchus . . 3 6 1 Meadowdale . 4 6 1 Age st lb Beacon . . . 4 6 1 Turned Looso . 4 5 13 Bridecake . 4 512 Fearful. . 4 5 12 Colbert . . 3 5 12 Secret Treasure 3 5 11 Fly-by-Day . 4 5 10 Queen Bess . 5 5 8 Conductor . 4 5 7 White Hart . . 3 5 7 Old Robert . . 3 5 7 Margery Daw . 3 5 5 I Pan . . . 3 5 3 Shuffle . . . 3 5 0 Crafton . . 3 5 0 Cytherus . . 4 412 The Greek . . 3 4 12 Commodore . . 3 4 9 Blackmail . . 3 4 9 Agnes colt . . 3 4 9 The Pirate . . 3 4 9 Burlington . . 3 4 9 Drapery . 3 4 8 Yellow Rose. . 3 4 8 Helia . . . 3 4 8 Old Point . . 3 4 8 Brookside . . 3 4 6 Gipsy Queen filly 3 4 6 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CITY AND SUBUR BAN HANDICAP. The City and Suburban Handicap of 15 80V8 each, 10 ft, with 100 sous added. To be run before the Metropolitan Stakes. The last milo and a quarter. Age st lb Tournament. . 5 9 0 Lord Nelson . 5 8 0 Little Gerard . a 7 12 Zouavo . . 4 7 11 Blackthorn . . 4 7 11 Sedbury . . 4 7 Fright . . . 5 7 8 Lord of Lorn . 4 7 7 Nereus . . 5 7 7 Apollo . . . 4 7 5 Clydesdale . . 4 7 5 Vert Galant . . 5 7 4 The English Rose 4 7 3 Sweet William . 5 7 0 Accurate . . 4 7 .0 Royal Sovereign . 4 7 0 Volta . . . 4 6 13 Charles 2d . . 4 6 13 Etoile du Nord . 4 6 11 Martel en Tote . 4 6 7 Hobgoblin . . 5 6 4 Excelsior . . 4 6 4 Gracchus . 3 6 0 Beacon . 4 6 0 Cornboro' . . 4 6 0 Cantine . . 3 5 13 Hal o' Kirklees . 3 5 12 Zitella . . 3 5 10 Lovett . . . 3 5 10 Precious Stone . 3 5 10 Queen Bess . 5 5 10 Chanoine . . 3 5 8 Mazzini 3 5 8 Age st lb Flitch . . . 3 5 7 Palm Loaf . . 3 5 7 Trumpeter . . 3 5 7 Indifference . 3 5 7 Bellona . . 4 5 5 Romsey . . 3 5 5 Fleet . . . 3 5 4 Southampton . 3 5 4 Topsail . . 3 5 4 Pan . . . 3 5 4 Artist . • 3 5 4 Crafton . 3 5 2 Conjuror . . 3 5 2 Ciemanthe . . 3 6 2 Birmingham . 3 5 0 Paul Jones . 3 5 0 The Greek . . 3 5 0 Griselda . . 3 5 0 Statesman (h.-b.) 3 5 0 Tom King . . 3 5 0 Bouquet . . 3 6 0 Melbourina . 3 4 12 Queen Charlotte . 3 4 12 The Gem . . 3 412 Glenbuck . . 3 410 Vigo . • . 3 410 Arden . . 3 4 10 Duke of Duty . 4 4 9 Yellow Rose . 3 4 7 Production . 3 4 7 Villaret . . 3 4 4 Faithful f . 3 4 4 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. _ The Newmarket Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft. The highest weight accepting being Bst 101 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others remaining in in propor tion. Age. st. lb. Gunboat 6 8 12 Rocket Hungerford Gilliver Blackthorn Fright 5 8 0 Vulcan Sweet William. Newington.. Hobgoblin 5 6 12 Matlas . 4 6 7 Rosati 6 6 6 f. by Teddington— Maid of Masham 4 6 6 Beacon 4 6 5 ) Pavilion 4 6 5 Age st lb Newcastle Meadowdale Solomon 3 6 2 Colbert Trumpeter.. Old Robert Mutineer Pan Australian Maid 3 5 6 Artevelde Helia Old Point The Pirate 3 4 12 Drapery Press Forward 3 4 6 LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1859, Will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Ist and 2d of March. FIRST DAY. This bankrupt was described as of Queen-street, West minster, shipowner, &c., and appeared for his certificate. Mr. Dodd, for the assignees, who were the largest creditors, did not oppose, and his Honour granted an immediate certificate. Weights for the Liverpool Spring Cup (handicap) of 100 soya. in specie, by subscription of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 60 added. Age at lb [ • Ago st lb Mr. Sykes a 8 7 Martha 4 6$ Simpleton Lord of Lorn Ancient Briton.... 4 7 10 hleir-at-Law Fashion 6 7 7 Aneurin Ravenstonedale ... 4 7 7 Layton The Fallow Buck .. 4 7 7 Willie Wright Grillade The Tattler 5 7 5 Ambush.. Broadlands Miss Harkaway ... 6 7 5 Gladiolus King of the Isles .. 5 7 5 The Squire Prince of Orange.. 6 7 0 Norma 3 5 2 Duchess of Suther- Cheval de Bronze 3 5 0 land Misty Morn Princess R0ya1.... 4 6 10 Drapery 3 4 10 Medallion Weights for the Aintree Plate of 50 sous, winner of any handicap after publication of the weights, 51b extra. One Mile. Age st lb Lord of Lorn . 4 8 7 Abron 4 8 2 King of the Isles Greencastle English Rose 4 7 6 Diamant 6 7 6 Impatience .. Schismatic 4 7 5 Princess Royal 4 7 2 Weights for the Handicap P] handicap after publication Nearly throe-quarters of a Age st lb Medallion Queen Bess j The Speaker 3 6 8 Ambush 3 6 2 Physician Appendix. .. 3 6 0 Miss Digby Miss Eleanor , Norma late of 40 sovs, winner of any i of tho weights, 51b extra. mile. Age st lb Ancient Briton 4 8 7 Old Tom 5 8 4 Queen Bess Prince of Denmark 4 7 0 Willie Wright Miss Digby Surprise 3 6 10 Age et lb Cripples.ate .. 3 6 6 Blarney Knockburn Magic 3 5 2 Weathcrwise 3 4 12 Little Emma 3 4 8 SECOND DAY. Weights for the Sefton Handicap of 40 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Ago st lb Mr. Sykes a 8 7 Medallion Lifgpoat 4 8 2 Lazy Lass 5 6 4 Simpleton 4 8 2 Gargrave Lord of Lorn .... 4 8 0 Heir at-Law 3 6 2 Ancient Briton.... 4 7 12 Physician Abron.... ....... 4 7 12 Nosegay King of the Isles.. 5 7 9 Miss Digby Ravenstonedale .. 4 7 9 Appendix Subterfuge colt .. 4 7 9 Ambush 3 5 9 Grilled. a 7 7 Gladiolus Prince of Orange .. 6 7 5 Syria The Tattler Broadlands English Rose .... 4 7 2 Adelaide Misty Morn .. 4 7 2 Brookside Princess R0ya1.... 4 7 2 Weights for the Handicap Plate of 50 soya. for all ages. T.Y.C. Ago st lb Abron.... .. 4 8 7 Ancient 8rit0n..... 4 8 7 Queen Bess. Schismatic 4 7 7 Prince of Denmark 4 7 2 Regina . 3 7 0 Surprise: 3 6 13i Age st lb Knockburn.. 4 6 6 Blarney a 6 6 Magic 3 5 7 Weatherwise 3 6 5 Madrid...... 2 4 10 Sister to Peeress 2 4 6 Impatience 6 0 0 WARWICK SPRING MEETING, 1859, Will tako place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 15th, 16th, and 17th of March. FIRST DAY. Weights for the Willoughby Handicap of 15 80VB each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 22d of Febru ary, with 30 added. Two miles. Ago st lb Mr. Sykes a 11 10 Romeo Logic o'Buchan Prince of Orange 6 10 12 Mysterious Jack Abron Verona Charles Second 4 10 8 Lough Bawn a 10 5 Pactolus Age st lb Mall as The Courier Benefield. .. 4 9 13 Woodman a 9 12 Greencastle 6 9 12 Heir at Law 3 9 11 Ghika 6 9 7 Joyeuse 3 9 5 Duchess.. Drapery 3 8 4 SECOND DAY. Weights for the Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 22d of February, with 100 added. Two miles. Age st lb Warwick Mr. Sykes Apollo 4 8 7 Laodamia 5 8 7 Ancient Briton.... 4 8 5 Cawood Duchess of Suther land 5 8 4 Queenstown liydromel Broadlands Ventre St. Gris 4 8 0 The Tattler Ravenstondalo .... 4 8 0 Dispute Prince of Orange 6 7 13 Supple Jack Princess Royal 4 7 9 Pactolus 4 7 6 Tease (late Little Torn) The Cou.,',r Gala ,:olt Etoile du Nord 4 7 3 Bridecqke Bellefield Gargrave Fearful 'I, DM= i 4 a isubg Age st lb Newcastle Night Ranger 4 6 13 Solomon .. 3 6 13 Heir at Law Halo' Kirkloes 3 6 13 Queen Bess Regius Professor Chanoine King William 4 6 6 C ock - a-hoop 3 6 5 Timon 3 6 5 Bevis 3 6 5 Birmingham Aysgarth Northumberland Duchess 3 6 0 Brookside Portia 3 6 0 Cheval de Bronze 3 6 0 The Greek 3 6 0 Artevelde (late Cou rier) 1 5 12 tiprattou 3 5 12 Syria Queen of the Wake 4 5 5 Yellow Rose 3 5 4 Drapery 3 5 4 Sobersides Ca", but 11=0. IN RE SEARBY. • SHERIFF'S COURT. MINOR OR NO MINOR.-LAYTON V. ABRAHAM. This was an action to recover the sum of £2 10s. for a coat supplied to defendant's son. Plaintiff said that the father was in the habit of dealing at the shop, and had in truth given plaintiff an ordor the day prior to the ordering of the coat by the son. The son had, alloy the delivery of the coat, gono to Australia. Ho had ascertained that the son was a minor. Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, put in a certificate from the Jewish synagogue, by which it appeared that the son was not a minor. His Honour thought the person who wrote the certificate should be present. Mr. Layton said that defendant well knew that he was making the coat, and had promised to pay. Mr. Buchanan—Well, I will call defendant. Defendant said that he had promised to pay plaintiff for the coat if the son remitted the money from Australia. Ho told plaintiff that his (defendant's) son was going abroad. LAW-MAKERS AND LAWS.-TAYLOR V. WALTERS. This was a dispute relative to a rate, and his Honour said he had felt himself in a little difficulty, but an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of George 11. relieved him. Like other Acts of Parliament, however, the law was evi dently made by those who knew nothing about it. He be lieved it was generally the case that the legislators did not understand some of their own Acts of Parliament. Plaintiff agreed to waive his claim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GROSS ASSAULT ON A LADY.-Mr. Henry Brown, builder, of 35, Moore-street, Sloane-square, was charged with assaulting Miss Sophia Tillman, of 29, Queen's-ter race, Bayswater. _ _ Mr. Cornelius Tillman, brother of the complainant, said that on the previous night he was proceeding, in company with his sister, from the Lyceum Theatre, and in the Strand were arranging with a cabman to take them home when the prisoner came up, thrust himself between them, and acted in a very offensive manner. He told him he had nothing to do with the affair, and, rejoining his sister, hurried on, and when they got as far as Regent-circus per ceived that the prisoner was following thorn. He expostu lated with him, when he put himself in a fighting attitude, and his sister received a violent blow in the face, the pri 'oner at the same time making use of a disgusting expres sion. The accused said he had taken too much wine. Mr. Tillman said the prisoner said ho was employed by the Ecloctric Telegraph Company to watch them, and that there were plenty of others doing the same thing, and that he knew them of old. Miss Sophia Tillman confirmed her brother's evidence, and said the blow she received was a very severe one. Mr. Beaden said it was a gross assault, and fined the accused £5, or two months' imprisonment. THAMES. A FRAUDULENT DEALER IN WOOD.—THE NEW ACT. ..-James Harren, aged 36, of No. 4, Charlotte-street, Willow-walk, Shoreditch, coke and wood dealer, was charged with fraudulently converting to his own use eighteen hundred bundles of fire-wood, value £3 35., the property of William Watts. Mr. Beard, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said it was instituted under a section of the new Act, called "An Act to make better provision for the punishment of frauds committed by trustees, bankers, and other persons trusted with property." The 4th section of the new Act, the 20th and 21st of Vict., cap. 54, stated if any person being a bailee of any property shall fraudulently take or convert the same to his ow - n use, or the use of any person other than the owner there of, although ho shall not break bulk or otherwise determine the bailment, he shall be deemed guilty of larceny. In this case the prisoner applied to Mr. Watts, who was a fire wood merchant, of No. 325, High. street, - .VVapping , for permission to carry out wood, and his cart was laden with 1,800 bundles. Three invoices were at the same time deli vered to the prisoner, for him to leav e with three persons to whom the wood was consigned, and upon each invoice was written, "Will call to-morrow," meaning that Mr. Watts would call next day for payment. The prisoner did not deliver the wood to Mr. Watts' customers, and it was not known what had become of it. Mr. Beard then put in certificates from the parties to whom the wood was con signed, and said that, after hearing Mr. Watts, he should ask the magistrate to remand the prisoner, and apply fo r three summonses for the witnesses to attend the noxt exa mination. Mr. Watts confirmed the statement of his solicitor, and said he was to allow the prisoner 3d. per hun dred for the delivery of the wood to his customers. He made the arrangement with the prisoner on Thursday last, and on Fridayhe delivered to him 1,800 bundles of wood, and directed him to supply Mr. Foster, of Fore-street, Cripple gate, with 100 bundles, 500 to Mr. Norman, in the same street, and 300 to Mr. Gurney, in Ropemaker-street, Fins bury. He gave three invoices, stating what each party wa-; to receive, and the amount. He went to the respective parties on Friday ; they had not received the wood. He saw the prisoner yesterday, and said, " What have you done with the wood ?" and after making various excuses, he said, " Well, I have chucked it over the bridge. On the application of Mr. Beard, the prisoner was re mgcled to the cltrkeuwvll del a of Dotvutiola for a weal The Right Hon. Lord Brougham presided. Mr. HASTINGS, the secretary, opened the pro ceedings by reading a paper written for the occa sion, in wkich the author (Mr. Dempsey) spoke of the question arising as to the desirability of entirely remodelling by a new act of Parliament the whole system pursued in this ancient and useful office, or of extending the duties of the coroner so as to make his office an unfailing check upon crime, a powerful sanitary engine, and one of the greatest boons founded by a liberal and wise ad ministration. Although the law held the coroner responsible, under a fine, for not holding inquiries when called upon, yet county magistrates had, through a power they possessed, been in the con stant habit in many counties of disallowing the coroner's fees, and to such a serious pitch had this system arrived, that inquests had not been held in cases the law imperatively directed they should be when coroners allowed themselves to be trammelled by the county magistrates, and the consequence was the law was evaded and justice might be easily hoodwinked. Very recently such a state of things was brought under the notice of the Home Office as occurring in Kent. The coroner had no protec tion at present against such magisterial interference; and the time had arrived when some more definite and intelligible rules should be laid down for the guidance of the coroner and the protection of the court. After then speaking of the coroner's as a people's court, " a shield against oppression and injustice," and drawing attention to its being a watchful guardian over the health of the community at large, the author observed :—" It is indeed highly dangerous to permit a meddlesome interference on the part of the magistrates, both county and stipen diary. The legislature for ages, it may be truth fully said, has considered the office of coroner a wise and salutary check upon crime, and a great protection to the people, especially as far as their health and lives are concerned, and therefore why an uncalled-for magisterial interference with its functions." He would have the coroners salaried and not paid bT fees ; he would give to the coroner's court a supervision over chemists and druggists in the sale of poisons and drugs, and the adulteration of food, as being injurious to the public health, should be an indictable offence through the court at the quarter sessions. Investigations in all sanitary matters should be left with the court, and parochial officials should be severely dealt with where death arose from their neglect, cruelty, or indifference. An important change the author further proposed as regards infanticide and concealment of birth. A case of infanticide was under existing circumstances, very hard to prove ; but he would check infanticide by obtaining a wider defini tion of concealment of birth, and punishing severely for the minor offence. In Scotland the law was much clearer on this subject, and there could be no doubt a large population was thereby saved to minister to the state, for the law there held it to be concealment of birth, not only where the body was concealed after death, but where the mother concealed her pregnant condition for a certain period before confinement; as it was urg she thus probably would sacrifice the ch ild ' s life by not hav ing medical and other assistance proposed to abolish inquiry into the state of mind of persons who had committed suicide, and the author in conclusion proposed to establish a coroner system in Scotland. A long discussion then took place upon the points treated of in the paper of Mr: Dempsey, in the course of which the necessity of making some important alteration in the office of coroner, for an increase in the powers of that officer, was strongly insisted on ; after which it was decided to appoint a committee to consider and report on the matters contained in the paper. The meeting then adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COIVIMONS—(Tms DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Electric Telegraph Company's Bill and some other private bills were read a first time, and ordered for second reading. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the repeal of the duty on paper, and praying that Dissenters might be per mitted to act as trustees to grammar schools when not ex pressly excluded by the founders._ SUPPLY. Mr. FITZROY brought the report of the committee of supply, and it was arranged that the house should again go into committee on Friday. SHIPPING. Mr. INGHAM moved for a return of the number and tonnage of sailing vessels registered at each of the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, distinguishing those under and those above fifty tons register, on December 31, 1858 ; similar re turn of steam vessels and their tonnage ; return of the num ber and tonnage of vessels that entered and cleared coast wise, at each of the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands (including their repeated voyages), distinguishing British from foreign vessels, and steam from sailing vessels, between Dec. 31, 1857, and Dec. 31, 1858: like return from and to the colonies; further dis tinguishing British from foreign vessels ; also, from and to foreign ports ; also distinguishing British from foreign ves sels : aggregate return of the number and tonnage of ves sels entered and cleared at each of the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands (including their repeated voyages), in the coasting, colonial, and foreign trades, in the year 1858, distinguishing British from foreign vessels : return of the number and tonnage of sailing vessels registered at each of the ports of the colonies of the United Kingdom respectively, distinguishing those under and those above fifty tons register, on Dec. 31, 1858: similar return of steam vessels and their tonnage : returns of the number of vessels with their tonnage (distinguishing steam from sailing vessels) that were built and registered, distinguish ing timber from iron vessels ; also, a similar return of ves sels sold and transferred ; also, a similar return of vessels wrecked ; also, a similar return of vessels broken up, in the year 1858 : of the number of colonial-built vessels and their tonnage, registered at each of the ports of the United King dom, in the year 18:58, distinguishing the number and ton nage of each colony respectively : similar return of the num ber of foreign-built vessels and their tonnage : and, return of the shipping employed in the trade of•the United King dom, exhibiting the number and tonnage of. vessels that entered inwards and cleared outwards (including their re peated voyages), separating British from foreign vessels, also steam from sailing vessels, and distinguishing the trade with each country, in the year 1858 (in continuation of Par liamentary Paper, No. 260, of Session 1858). COLONISATION AND SETTLEMENT (INDIA). Mr. WILLIAM EWART moved that the select com mittee on Colonisation and Settlement (India) do consist of eighteen members, viz. :—Mr. William Ewart, Mr. BaiWe, Mr. Campbell, Mr. re Vere, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Knight, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr. Nisbet, Sir E. Perry, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Danby Seymour, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr William Vansittart, Mr. Villiers, and Colonel Sykes.—Agreed to. FUNDED DEBT, &c. Mr. WILSON moved for returns showing the amount of the capital of the Funded Debt on the Ist of July, 1858 and on the Ist of February, 1859: of the amount of the un unded debt at the same dates : and, of the amount of Ex chequer-bills which have been funded between the Ist of July, 1858, and the Ist of February, 1859 ; the dates of such funding; the rates at which the conversions were effected; and the prices of Consols and Exchequer-bills at such dates. —Agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter after 12 o'clock. CORONERS AND MAGISTRATES.-THE LAW OF INFANTICIDE. Yesterday a special meeting of the Law Amend ment Society was held in the society's rooms, Waterloo-place, for the purpose of considering the present state of the law relative to coroners and magistrates courts, and the necessity for a measure of reform, so as to prevent the existence of a jarring jurisdiction between the two courts, and, at the same time, to consider the desirability of placing the coroner's office in a more independent position. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, ;Feb. 9.—Wind this day at noon S.W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy with rain. PtiMourll, Feb. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—B. Carr, from' Mauritius, for the Clyde ; Goa, ditto, for Havre ; Wigrams, from London, for East London; Anne, from Havannah ; Kent, from London, for Port Philip ; Astervia, ditto, for Calcutta. SWANSEA, Feb. 7.--Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Esther, from the Cape of Good Hope. Orr MARGIT; Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Vittoria, from Calcutta. NEWPORT, Feb. B.—Sailed—Gold Hunter, for Halifax, N.B. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. WineS., blowing hard, with rain. Arrived—Fortune, from St. Mato ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin ; Mary Jane, from Waterford. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.S.E. Arrived, Feb. B—Eclarir, from St. Michael's ; Ebro, screw steamer, from Corunna. Susan E. Howell, for Baltimore, sprung a leak, and ha s put back, with four feet of water in her hold. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. 'Wind, S. ; tide, four hours' ebb ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, Feb. 8. —Metropolis, steamer, from Guernsey. Arrived, Feb. 9.—Affianc e, from Rouen; Secret, from Antwerp. Sailed, Feb. 9.—liolland, for Ostend; Margarette Ro mino, for Wellingto Prince Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Harold, for Bombay ; of the Seas, Geelong. DUAL, Wednesday Morning, Wind, S.W. ; fresh. Anchored.—Roxana, from Singapore, for London. Arrived.—Queen, of the Dart, schooner, from London, fvr Dartwouth. Mr. Money, the indefatigable magistrate of Sha habad, has had a remarkable interview with the rebels in that district. From the reports, official and other, which have been from time to time pub lished in these columns, our readers will have seen that, though hunted like wild beasts, and driven in cessantly from jungle to fortress, and from fortress to rocks and forests, these wretched fugitives have for months contrived to escape the sword of their pursuers. But they had heard of the amnesty ; and on Nov. 24th they despatched an Eurasian woman, whom they had seized, to Major Fowler, command ing a body of troops near Jugdespore, for the pur pose of ascertaining for them the terms of the pro clamation. In answer, Major Fowler sent them a copy of the document; and not being aware that three days before they had murdered four natives in our service desired them, if they wished to sur render, to come and deliver up their arms to him at Jugdespore. But fearing to accept his invitation they moved away; and Mr. Money, having been acquainted by Major Fowler with the whole trans action, joined Col. Walter, who was advancing upon the rebels, overtook them at a place called Mahaloon, arranged with an envoy sent by them into camp for a parley, and went to the place of rendezvous accompanied by but four European gen tlemen and a ressaldar of cavalry. The sepoys, who were in a village about 500 yards distant from the place of meeting, did not make their appearance ; but Mr. Money, in a calm and courageous manner, attended only by the ressaldar, having ridden up towards their position, some of the leaders came out on horseback to meet him. A parley without result ensued, Mr. Money returned to his friends, and, after an hour of waiting had elapsed, the leaders again came out of the village, this time accompanied by some se poys, and held a long discussion with Mr. Money. In both interviews this gentleman offered to all, except the leaders and the murderers of the four natives, a free pardon, and pointed out to them the hope. lessness of resistance. Upon which, in the first parley, one of the leaders exclaimed—" Yon are hymn, (harassed) as well as we. The war has been going on for a ycar, and it is your interest, there fore, as well as ours, to put an end to it." Another said—" If we give up our arms, what guarantee have we that we shall not be killed afterwards ?" And on Mr. Money replying, " The word of the Government," another man cried out, " Why, then, are we rebels ?" and another, " I am a padre ; I rebelled for my religion." Then, waving their swords, they shouted, "We cannot accept your terms." In the second parley, where there were some Sepoys as well as leaders, Mr. Money made more impression : but the difficulty was still the giving up the murderers of the four natives and disposal of the leaders, to whom Mr. Money could hold out but poor hopes in case of their sur render. The result was that no consideration availed with the rebels, and after the lapse of an hour and a half our forces attacked and drove thorn from their position, whence flying, they were soon beyond the reach of our arms. The affair is re markable as illustrating the extreme distrust and suspicion which prevails among the rebels, and their great fidelity to their worthless cl f d ras ilthenceunt. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Several of Monday's unsold samples were on offer here to-day in very middling condition. The receipts fresh up were limited, yet the demand for most kinds was in a slug gish state, at about stationary price s . Over 8,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand. Good and fine samples realised full currencies. In other kinds so little was doing that prices were almost nominal. Fine barley was scarce, and in request at full quotations. Inferior parcels were very dull. We had a dull sale for malt. In prices, however, no change took place. Good sound oats realised full quotations, but other qualities moved off slowly. Beans and peas were tolerably firm. In flour, only limited business was passing. ARRIVALS TR% WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. Bnglish 770 8I 1,550 ; 1,610 ; 1,280 1,060 Irish Foreign. ,390 960 I 230 300 skg 70 big BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair amount of business doing in new hops, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand rules heavy. IVIIITECHAPEL. The trade generally rules steady, and prices are well sup ported :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, Os Od ; Teal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 40 , 2d per 81b., by the carcase. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTI RDAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 18 Antwerp Brussels - 25 32i 25 40 Hamburgh Paris Ditto 25 35 25 37 Marseilles .. .._ Frankfort on Maine — 10 113 25 40 1181 Triesteirienna - 10 73 1 0 70 Petersburgh ........ _ 10 80 Madrid ............ 35 36 49a 49 Cadiz Leghorn 49i 49 G Genoa Naples -25 50 25 55 40 Palermo — 401 1 Messina — 121 121 Lisbon ..... 1211 121 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York 60 days st. • • E.I. Co's his. Moue bin. 60& Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 241 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24 East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal Madras Bombay, SO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 e HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon don issued by authority of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday, February 5, states that the London returns furnish satisfactory indi cations of improvement of the public health. The deaths in the metropolitan district, which were 1,329 in the second Week of Jan., have shown a con stant decrease during the three subsequent weeks. In the week that ended last Saturday they were 1,243. In the ten years 1849-1858 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,195; but as those in the present re turn occurred in a population which has increased, they can only be compared with the average raised in proportion to that increase, viz., 1,314. The com parison shows that the deaths of last week were less by 71 than the number which would have been returned under the average of mortality. The deaths from scarlatina fell last week below 100, after having ranged above that point, and for the most part to a considerable extent above it, since the end of August. The number referred to this head in the table for last week is 92,which includes 16 from diphtheria. The deaths from diphtheria occurred in the following sub-districts ; 1 in Bel grave, 3 ill Gray's-inn-lane, 1 in Somers-town, 3 in Islington West, 1 in St. George, Bloomsbury, 1 in St. James, Clerkenwell, 1 in Kent-road, 1 in St. Peter, Walworth, 1 in Battersea, 1 in Streatham, 1 in Peckham, and 1 in Woolwich dockyard. Boobi es these, a death occurred from " measles and diph. theria" in Kentish-town. Six deaths occurred from scarlatina in the district of Poplar, and 5 from the same disease in the sub-district of St. Paul, Dept ford. Smallpox was fatal in 11 cases. Seven infants and an adult died from syphilis ; one person from intemperance, besides 3 from delirium tremens. Eleven women died from diseases incidental to child bearing. Two persons died from carbuncle. 34 per sons died from injuries accidental or otherwise, and amongst these are 3 infants who had been murdered, and two persons who had committed suicide. The deaths of 2 persons resulted from want. A man and a woman died at the advanced age of 90 years, and a widow at 96 years. Last week the births of 939 boys and 983 girls, in all 1,922 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,646. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.585 in. The readings of the instrument varied from 29.25 in. on Wednesday to 30.08 in. on the next day. The mean temperature of the week was 39.6 deg., which is 2.1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). Both the highest and lowest temperatures in the week occurred on Saturday, the former having been 52.2 deg., and the latter 30.5 deg. The extreme range of temperature both in the day and the week was therefore 21.7 deg. The mean daily range was 12.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.8 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 42 deg. The wind blew generally from the south-west. On Thursday it blew from the north. Rain fell to the amount of 0.40 in. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INDIAN REBELS. aid )ved . to 15f. Oc. ; , to ards ota- )unt. I --• 3 75 oney, Frol &c. ope's rs of his skil story wally i and AS -COll wing iiollll 3 at a iam ; utta ; stol ; Wain :ent; Wain mot, 11 1 9 1 111 Share rot ...00 100 .0 17& 20 S t ock, Sto. Stock 100 100 20 • 204 20.1 100 100 100 100 stock all all ) 100 . _ 2s. all 16i }