The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1859. romod ;and ..... 5a .. .. ...., .a. a said NON EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKE T.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. a' the Closing i Business ;land -Os 'l ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharp Railways. IPaid. Price. Done. i nk of CITY, Two o'CLocK. I ,ve in Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business • g old A firmer tone has pervaded the markets for Price. Done. 100 Iltlantic &St Lawreeenntce' all 78 79 ;dr r foreign and colonial produce during the past week, ~., Amber.. Nottin7 Bost. Leased at 6 per Bom. 13aroda&Cent.Ind F this 1 , and Eastern Junction 10 65 4 18 , 9 1 5 d but the business transacted in most articles of the gu. 5 per cent n the trade ' • 50 11aelfziat and Ballymena.. all - - 12.10 18 Do . all - - con - is still of rather a restricted character. For 13.14 IBir., Wol., and SLT.VaI 'I all 8 9 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 0 d 551 ) said sugar there has been a brisker demand, increased Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesil Junction lOO 67 69 18 Do. Do. 845 I 0 d 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 7 at, to CO • • Strongmpetition having been experienced for both 25 Blackburn - -- d LI, anY 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 83 100 ( Buffelo,Brant&Godrichl 100 85 90 ise, in refining and crystallised sorts, and in the Stock Bristol and Exeter ald be Stock , Caledonian . latter private transactions took place on terms Stock Chester and Holyhead 10 ro' s howing a recovery of the decline which took place 50 ;Cork and Bandon all -- - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.ll. 3. 0. 5d par 20 'Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.)l 2s. - - notes ill the early part of last week. Refined is in mode- 20 'Cornwall all 45 4 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip! 2s. - - pm 1 Kul' A rcves. no div 2O Central Oude (Limited) l2s. 6d. -i 11 - - rate -- request, but prices continue firm. Common 10 Do. A until6p.c.per an. 10 Do. B fall - - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 par 5p 5 1 i hasbeep pd.toß. 175 Demerara - - 11111 1pS have again been disposed of at 525. 6d. In coffee 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 5 5d 45 YIE no public sales have taken place, and privately the 25 Dun.,Pertli.& Abr..iunc. all 95 10 Sto ck East Indian, gu. sp. c_ 100 1014 1025 1025 4 Stock East Anglian - - business recorded was unimportant. The tea mar- s i tock , Eastern Counties lOO 62 63 622 z 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 par / p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 ket has b ecome ver y firm. Fine new season just Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 - - 100 D 0.45 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - GeelongGe elo n g, & C lS o l r e p l. o g r u a a t . i s on p . c 6. al lloo 20 -19 _ Taber arrived has so ld at 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d., while 13d. has 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U 3 ds) 85 - - 20 25 East Kent Sto. b een obtained for common Congou. An advance of Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 97 pre - ' .. per cent. Bonds It ld. has taken place in rum. Rice, saltpetre, 20 East Suffolk all - - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 31* 5 10 Do - - „ n „ Cottonloo Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 71 73 72 i 3 2 re , and spices are firm, but in limited Stock Edinburg• and Glasgow 100 73 71 , u 3 a l 5 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 89 91 ; OP' Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 2 29 295 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 99 100 quest. The indigo sales, which commenced 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 5 Id 35 on Monday last, have proceeded with more Stock Furness - - 20 Do. do 4 5 d par nvul - Stock Glasgow & South Westn. la) 96 98 20 ( Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip ne to a niMation during the latter. part of the 10 ;Great North of Scotland all 10 105 t guaranteed 5 per cent. 2s. - - Stockl Great Northern lOO 105 1055 1055 5 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 16 165 164 trade. We ek, and up to the present time the quantity Stock! Do. do. A Stock lOO 88 90 895 205 Do. New nerce passed is 3,319 chests, of which 1,318 were with- 1 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 137 139 138 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I all 105 107 s S t t o o c c k kl G G r t. e S at ou vv tl e i. s & te W rn stn.(lreld) 100 1045 1055 I opt. till '6O Ming d rawn, 705 bought in, and 1,296 sold. The cochi- in the Stock I Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 5 6 57 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 104 Heal sales have gone off with spirit, at full prices, 12 ' Irish South Eastern.... all - - I th e 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do a nd in some instances at an advance. For safflower 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 90 20 Madras, guar., 45 p. c all 17 185 result 161 Do. Thirds , e the a rise of from ss. to 10s. has been established on 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p 20 Do. 4 4 $ p. c. Extension.. 15 18 19 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 5 965 95 1 6 1 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 5 5 d (a) tO P r evious rates. Tallow remains firm at former 16 Do. do. F 216 6 scl 20 Do. Fourth do. ise of quotations. quotations. 9 Do. do. £9 shares.. 7 5 - Ne PI Stock Melb.r unswi Corp. 6 p.c. ck&Canda Bonds 100 - - 3 Do. West Riding Union wB A e 2 c - The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed zo Do. Southport - 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 eking 11 6 3 London and Blackwell all n 64 Class ACapitl.Share.. --d 'l ery firmly, and 10,000 bales were sold at full giVen 11.6.3 . ' Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 45 7, - .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. ,n. the quotations. In the Railway Share Market an Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 108 / 10. 4 Stock !London & North Westn 100 95 9 95 1 6 1 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 --d .. Do. do. Land d 0... ode - active business was transacted, and prices of all 124 !Do. Eighths 20 1 Northof India Tramroad - 2s. Limited, Scrip s Slip' the leading lines considerably improved. StockiLondon& South-Westn. 100 92 1 93 1 93 i 3 25 I L'derry & Coleraine ... all - 20 Oude (Limited) - eking i At a meeting of creditors of Mr. F. Bryant, 25 IL'derry & Enniskillen. all - - 00 , 20 Scinde great general merchant, whose suspension took place st l oc o ic 3 - A i r e a t n i. . o , p S o lic it c., n & Lincoln.. 100 38 39 an 3 - - d 20 Do. 20 Do. New 4 ,4 all 20 21 ;.. c i f, 5 5 d Ear 3 y• of St 20 Do. Punjaub .. `4 ,k) 5 5 d lit month, the balance-sheet prepared by Messrs. ) re' Stoe Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 7 6 78 7 6 1 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. tc;" 5 * d ample C oleman, Tor nand Young, and nd Honey, 50 .Ifid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - C 0..; 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 20 'St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - P lO ;Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 5p • r eas e Il uniphreys, and Honey, accountants, represented 100 NexOtestle and Carlisle. all - - I excil - total liabilities expected to rank upon the estate at 25 Newry ew., A & Arber., magh & H(Oef.) 9 refd. all 12 13 10 N - - FOREIGN f) for £ 5 3,193, with net assets amounting to £15,504, of 20 Newry. warpt., & Ros all - - , IMOSt 1 100 64 66 Closing Business Which the principal items are, good debts £10,613, Stock so NNoorrftohl. kCounties Union. 35 35 3 d Share Railways. I Paid. Price. Done. profit 100 62 625 62 1 i i 811rplUS property held. by secured creditors, and stock Stock North British akers, Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - g more i n hand, £1,566, &c. The cash in hand is only Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div lO Antwerp & Rotterdam all 45 5 until 6p.c.hasheenPdß 100 - - 20 Ardennes all - - p rificed 415 . The good debts, except about £lOO, are all 100 - - n „, . 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 id 25 Stock Do. B Stock 931 14 v.i z 5 Belgian East. Junction all eserv e d ue from native houses in Bombay, and 10 per Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 . 1 d d 20 Beziers to Graissessae. all 7 8 Then a cent, has been deducted for cost of collection. A Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 43 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 1 25 to fall Stock Do. York lOO 78 29 7 5 20 Dutch Rhenish co mposition. of 6s. in the pound was proposed and Stock North London lOO 101 103 6 Eastern of France ...... all 26 265 ag re' 20 Euphrates Valley 2e. - - p When accepted by the majority at the meeting, but it is 10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd 1 and City Junction.... £3 is. - 20 Great Central of France all - - re th e understood that the principal creditors have re- 20 'North Staffordshire.... 175 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 65 65 es and S olved that the affairs should be liquidated in the 20 North-Western 1 4 3 y 1 12 3 1 10 Italian Junction .. _... 8 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - )1e re- Il ankruptcy Court. 10 ' \o. A , Son. W. Junction all 7 8 on , Stock'Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 29 31 .va 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - Matilr 10 Peebles all - 20 Lombardo Venetian.. . 8 5 1p95 85 9 19 7 5 d 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.p . f. all - - Further remittances of specie were announced 20 Portsmouth )sitioll t biS morning-viz., £162,572, by the Norfolk, from 10 - 100 115 117 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - in the s lO Ithymney tock Scottish Central 335 Maria Antonia 22112 2 00006 0 N .NONDD Ottoman, oityNdmh u eoe r eg ia. Northern a nvn6a n , nsp. ,:d of France Liege r,. i all - - Victoria ; and £75,461, also in Australian gold, by2o Do. do. New - - )there , t 8 S t to o c c k k I , D Sc o otl s i c . o N t . t l:l s . h , Aber. isnd Stock stock 10000 86274 :874 100 45 47 r e• P : r n ee c f e .. . . all al l 3 4 65 37 8 37 4 ate of he Thames, from Alexandria. S tock' Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 45 25 d ire the The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, to Stock South Devon lOO 3 7 38 ue • 6 ns p k e rc Pref.e a 11 7 21 - 845 0 - 24 4 p ail ir e StocklS...:outh - Eastern 1 100 74 15 745 S all to-morrow, will take out £242,130 in silver for 100 724 735 It it Stock' South Wales 1301 11 bay. 20 South Yorks.& Riv. Dun all 13 145 20 Paris,Lyona, and Medit. all 325 335 lder 0 1 20 ,Do. do lB - - 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 52 64 A moderate demand for money is reported in the 20 ;Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 le rail: 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 36 37 36f 5 9 1 1 d t gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... tres 0 1 general Discount Market, and the terms for first- 25 'Stockton & Darlington. all 25 Do. do. 1854 225 - - 20 Riga and Duniburg.... • 4 - - ;serves class bills are still rather below the Bank of Eng- 25 'Do. do. 1855 7 - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - 110 W ed fan minimum. - Stockton & Hartlepool! 165 - - 20 Royal Danish all - - StocklTaff Vale - - 5 Royal Swedish - - , and a 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - There was a meeting of the Peel River Land and Stock'Do. Preference, No. 1 .. 100 - - Posits.2s ! ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 65 74 71 dation Mineral Company to-day, at which a report of a StocklVale of Neath lOO 88 90 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 9k 9 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny ! 100 - - 20 Southern of France . ... all 20 21 )osit a ver y favourable n ature was read. It a pp eared 50 'Waterford & Limerick, all - - 85 West Flanders all 5$ 55 . aliker . ! that the amount received during the six months 20 West Cornwall i all 665 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 9 4 95 the u 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - . for gold licences was £3OO, and that sales of 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 - - ✓ an eeo l ive stock had taken place to the extent of £1,374 5 Do7.pp.c. has been pd. to B all 3 all 65 4,61 5 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 Wiesbaden - n eed;all - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 13 s. 6d, This not being the meeting for the 20 ' West London alloW o pro- 10 I Do. Ist Class all - - 20 Zealand all - - all to * Position of a dividend, the chairman said the accounts 20 IDo. 2d Class all - - l© va s ' received to that date were satisfactory, and that the - PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. ulti' finances of the company in London are at present - f Share,' Railways. C p lo ri s oe in . g• Business Share Mines. Paid. Closing Business 1. Ou r as follows :-Late purchase of Victoria Bonds, 1 Done. Price. Done. Yo , C 9,200 ;on Government security, £B,OOO ; cash at 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per Paid. I em banke r ?_ , S £1,632 ; and balance of Sanderson's loan, c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 i Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 94 96 , - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 7 65 7 20 pritish Iron and i l l £ 1 , 5 12 1 ls. 2d. There were only a few observa- 20 I Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 - - ion 01 ' Lion s ma d e, Stock' Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 100 103 105 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475 after which the report was adopted. 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - • - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 185 195 r take There is rather less firmness in the market for Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 - - •n_ „ . _ - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 12 13 -- ' ' ' too - - - a wheal A lfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 125 35 The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, to sail to-morrow, will take out £242,130 in silver for Bombay. A moderate demand for money is reported in the general Discount Market, and the terms for first class bills are still rather below the Bank of Eng land minimum. There was a meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company to-day, at which a report of a very favourable nature was read. It appeared that the amount received during the six months for gold licences was £3OO, and that sales of live stock had taken place to the extent of £1,3741 13 s. 6d. This not being the meeting for the pro- Position of a dividend, the chairman said the accounts received to that date were satisfactory, and that the finances of the company in London are at present as follows :—Late purchase of Victoria Bonds, , £9,200 ; on Government security, £B,OOO ; cash at banker's, £1,632 ; and balance of Sanderson's loan, X 1,512 I ls. 2d. There were only a few observa tions made, after which the report was adopted. There is rather less firmness in the market for Public Securities to-day, and the heaviness has extended to the other departments of the house. This maybe partlyascribed to the absence of buoyancy On the Paris Bourse, and the indisposition evinced to effect purchases either for investment. Consols, Which were at one period 95a 2 for money, and 0 01 for the account, have since been 951 1 and 951 respectively. They are now 95'4 -1- ; for both. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been Moderately active, and prices are rather depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 891 to 901 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 781 to 791; ditto, 2d issue, 61 to 61 discount. Chilian Loan is without alteration ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. have receded to 791 and 80 , ditto Deferred to 171, Mexican to 20, Peru vian 41 per Cents. to 94*, ditto 3 per Cents. to 731 741, Dutch 21 per Cents. to 65- 8 , and Chilian 6 per Cents. to 1011, but the 3 per Cents. are firm at 76, Sardinian at 801, Portuguese at 45 1 and 461; Brazilian 4* per Cents. are steady at 0 4, and Venezuela Deferred 171. The new Aus trian Loan is 7- to ' 1 , 4 premium. The Government broker has purchased £20,000 I\ ,Telv Three per Cents. for the Savings Banks. the New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annui ties are marked 954 to 961 ; Exchequer Bills, 335. to 365. prem. ; and India Loan Debenture% have been dealt in at 981. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following as the prices of the American Securities : 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 Alfred Consols (Philack) l 2.11.10 6 7 61 7 c Stk ,Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 10 0 94 96 20 pritish Iron 120 ;Do. do. do. Shares 9 ondurrow (Camborne). 20 Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - • East Bassett (Illogan). 30 185 195 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pe 100 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 12 13 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c all —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 i I 61 Dun. Pertli,& Aber.Jun all 6 64 Lady Bertha Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 113 118 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 24 34 Stock, Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 108 112 . N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 8 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 115 117 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 Stockl Do. do. No.o 100 114 116 115 16 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Stock 'Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 132 134 -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s I I Stock;Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 43 4.50 Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct lOO -. South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 25 24 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths all S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9220 230 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 75 76 Mining Co 4l 15 14 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 10 Tin Croft 9 3f 44 Stock Glaq. &S West. , 4 . a. 5 pc. 100 113 115 UnitedMines(Gwenuap) 40 --; Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 120 122 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12 s 6 d 4 1 Stock ;Do. 5 Itedm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 1124 West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 22 pc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 1 100 107 108 W. Caracfon (Liskeard). 20 65 70 100 Do.sp.c. Itedm.,s pc. pm 160 64 66 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 54 220 230 10 ,Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf , all 11 11 4 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 I Gt.Sndiz. W(lreland) 41 100 Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 54 24 21 Stock' p. ct. pref. Stock , Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 50 Great West. (Berks and) 6 --Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 46 48 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct ; -- WWI Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 32 34 Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pct i 100 92 94 93 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p.ct ; 100 85 87 FOREIGN MINES Stock Do. Irredeemable, do 1 100 86 88 Stock, o. sp. ot. Redeem.Pref.l 100 99 101 994 100 20 Australian 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 10 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 10 8 par 4 p 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.! 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 2 shares 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 104 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all 11 25 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 74 731 1 Clarendon Consols Min- I 264 Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock; 100 140 142 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 I Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 2 Fortuna Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - -20 General all 194 2 0 4 StockiDo. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 3 Linares all 8 9 StoekDo. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 5 Lusitanian Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 Mariquita all eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 N. IthineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 f p late 3d shares lOO 163 168 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead 121 LondondY & Cole, 4 shs all Mining- and Smelt.... all 41 6 121 Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh all 5 Port Philip 1 Stock Man.,Sll., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 122 124 123 i 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 6 Do. £6 44 i IP 28.2.81iUnited Mexican Stock Do. 34 per cent. 125 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all 121 Do 4 per cent......... all f ' Do. 101 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 140 142 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 1104 105 CORN EXCHANUE. 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1p Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 98 Coastwise, 2,390 quarters of English wheat have come 10 r Newport,Aber,&c. pref. 5i 1 all 91 10 to hand this week. By l a nd carri a ge, fresh up, to-day, the 1 p. c. redeem, at sp. C. pm l 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with receipts were limited, and the show of samples was very I option till 1866 all 11.4 12 moderate. , There was a fair demand for good dry qualities 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares , all 9 10 at prices equal to Monday, but all other kinds were very Stock Do. 5. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 l 100 Stock D0..5i p. c. rref. do. 18471 100 dull at late rates. Stock Do. Way.VIA.Ex.Sk 18471 100 Foreign wheat was in good supply and heavy request. Stock l North British, 5 percent; 100 111 113 StocklDo. New, gua. 5 per centl 100 1 99 1 In prices, however, no change took place. The fresh im- Stock;Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. 100 ports are over 9,000 quarters. Stock; N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 163 98 99 Good and fine barley changed hands steadily at full cur -17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 4 dis p rencies. Other kinds were less active. 20 I Do. Leeds, 6 c. No. 1. 13 p. --Malt met a dull inquiry at the late decline in value. 121 I Do. do. Quarters, 1846 9 - 25 1140. York, 11. &S. Purch. 10 / d p The supply of oats was rather limited, and the oat trade 20 ;North Staffordshire . . all 23 234 ruled firm at full quotations. Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig 100 121 123 1224 Stock, Do. do. do., 2d ,gua lOO 111 113 Beans and peas were firm in price, but we had a dull Stock' Do. 4/ p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 ' inquiry for flour. 81 ;Scottish Central, new pr all S tock;Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Stocks Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Stock Do.A erdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 Stock ' Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 English 2,390 1 3,260 1 2,980 1 1,930 ' 1 , 630 108. 'South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 11 Irish 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all Foreign 9,050 3,630 1 250 1 990 slit! 1.0.6. South Eastern per I 70 his Ann., 1.0 6) all 241 25 _____ . Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 103 105 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO The supplies of meat on sale to-day are seasonably large, Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO -- and the trade generally may bo considered steady, as 20 ;S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 161 174 follows :-- 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e all 29 30 25 $ I Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 Per 81bs. by the Carcass. StocklWaterford & Kilkenny, S. d. s. d. 1 s. d. s. d. 6 per cent.- I 100 1 48 51 Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 1 Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 ...... .. ... . B sra oll , of N' Bove' Lr trade. ca „ u ot .estruc' n.ds 0 1 . 1 1 cred 4 rted• • of eigss sitors D thing' cof sore" w may ev bell for rbanit Bank ° I 01 0 i 3 endor'" )f sove4 duties can b° Redeemable. Prices. United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 11 0. 6 per Cent Bonds Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds _ 78 80 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 90 92 Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 95 97 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds . 1031 10440hi0 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 95 97 P ennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock. ---82 84 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 84 86 Vuginia 6 per Cent. Bonds . • 1886 85 8 v irginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 84 86 Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 90 92 Il linois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. 1875=: 77 79 • • Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid Ifichigan Central 8 per Cent 18 69 85 87 Do. d o. s h ares New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible . 1883 84 86 New York Central 7 per Ct. , convertible, from June 15, ' 857.59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , 3d mortgage duioo• LOO S, nether ) boo coo pouna a, 00 1 littioo 1864 93 95 77 79 70 72 lit. 1883 The transactions in Railway Shares are more restricted to-day, the operators hav i ng b een prin cipally occupied in the adjustment of the account Which terminated this morning, and which appears to have passed off satisfactorily. As usual, somo fluctuation has taken place in prices, but not to any great extent. Caledonian are rather flatter. Great W es t ern are h eavy at a d ec li ne o f 15s. Midland are also flatter. North Eastern (Berwick), (York), and (Leeds) are firm. In Colonial descriptions of shares the dealings have been more restricted. The market for Foreign Railway Shares is dull, and prices are rather . heavy. L om b ardo-Venet i an Old Shares have declined to 8:4, and the New issue has been done at 61,Q. In Joint Stock Bank Securities, Bank of Egypt have been in demand at an advance of ss. ; L on d on Chartered Bank of Australia are also ss. better. The business in miscellaneous descriptions of shar es h as b een un important. Peninsula and Orien tal Steam declined ss. Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. do 3 6to 3 8 Pm.largedo 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do 4 2to 4 6 Large pork 2 6to 3 6 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. .. 4 4to 4 6 Veal Small pork BOROUGH HOP. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire, g .6p c. E Union,llarvrichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.SiNeils,Drct. Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C GtNorth. E.Counts. 98 100 104 106 17 19 1424 4i 144 Good and fine new hope, the supply of which is very moderate, are selling steadily at full prices. Inferior parcels are dull, but not cheaper. Yearling and old parcels are almost nominal in price. -To - BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSINCr PRICES. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... 951 6 5 Per Cent. Consols Annuities ......... • 95t 1 i i i . 951 61 51 r"? 3 per Cent. Annuities 4.411 g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apt., 1885.. 18 1 I ndia Stock Ditto Debentures 9B/ Consols for Account 9sk 1 March June. Ex ft° £s chequ oo i 1 Ditto Small, lid. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 - per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 94 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred Milian, 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Ecluador New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent. 2O Peruvian 41 per Cent 941 4 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per . ,Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto Account I"°rtuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Sardinian,., 5 per Cent BO 1 7 9 / Spanish per Cent. — Ditto Account `4l Turkish 6 per Cent 9O i Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto 2d I ssue Ditto Account Venezuela, 45 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent l7l I . . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent.... 651 _ Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon..Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Share L ow estoft, gua. 4 s. p. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Midsb.& Redcr, g. 6 .c. Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. I Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1 Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Virimbledon& Croydn. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. I Do Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk , Do. LN W&M Stk.&Dar Midland . , E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N & L.Yk. Do. Gt.Nortb. 3 Lan.& Yk l T Brassoy MiClcan Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn THREE O'CLOCK Connie, Money Consols for Account Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s ~ Sussex do s4s to 66s ~ DOCKS. 1111 113 65 67 115 120' i 91 93 21 11 98 160 IP 58 60 142 144 11 1111 90 92 8 9 i Share Docks. I P a id Closing I Business Price. Done. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do4perCent.Pref.blin lOO Stock East and West India lOO 125% Stock London lOO 911 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria lOO 100 102 10019100 20 Do New ...mi. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TZLS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) APPEAL.-.-JUDGMENT..-ATTWOOD V. LLOYD-LLOYD V. ATTWOOD. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, dismissing the plaintiff's bill. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner delivered judgment at great length in these causes, at the sitting of the Court this morning. In the first case of Attwood v. Lloyd, their lordships con sidered that the deeds of ratification and discharge obtained from the Misses Attwood by their trustees and solicitors on obtaining 21, were obtained from them in ignorance of their rights, and consequently they were null and void, and their lordships declared accordingly. And in the second suit of Lloyd v. Attwood their lord ships made several declarations of priority of incumbrances on the Highland Estate in Essex, and other incumbrances on other estates, in favour of the defendants, but the final declaration of preference of the respective mortgagees and assignees are to be settled upon the minutes this day week• ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) READ V. STEDMAN.-JUDGMENT. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said—The question raised in this case is whether the executors of the late Charles Hall are entitled to take the residue of his estate. It did not fall under Lord St. Leonards' Act. There were no next of kin, and the Crown claimed as ultimas keres. The testator by his will bequeathed £3,000 Consols to his sister; £5OO to Charlotte Read, and £5OO to Mary Read, and £350 to Henry Stedman, and he appointed them the executors of his will, and Mr. Sted man to be solicitor and trustee to execute his will. And by a second codicil to his will he gave to Char lotte Reid, the widow of his late dear friend Mr. Reid, in addition, £lOOO. His Honour, on the authority of the decided cases of Dawson and Church, 15 Vessey; the opinion of Sir William Grant and Lord Eldon on Appeal, House of Lords' cases ; case of South wark, 2 Vessey; the opinion of Lord Justice Knight Bruce, in Coleman and Russel; the opinion of Vice-Chancellor Shadwell ;in Mead v. Steuart, and on appeal the judgment of Lord Cottenham—(House of Lords' Cases, p. 1,791) — considered that the executors were not entitled to take the residue of the testator's property in this ease. His Honour said—l must make a declaration that the next of kin, or the Crown, as coming in their place, are entitled to take the residue ; but the executors are not entitled to do so. His Honour declared accordingly with costs, as between party and party. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Lord Chief Justice Campbell and a Special Jury.) LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DICKSON V. THE EARL OF WILTON-LIBEL. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning. Mr. Edwin James, Q.O , Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Coleridge appeared for the plaintiff; and the Attorney- General, Mr. Collier, Q.C., Mr. Milward, and Mr. West represented the defendant. The plaintiff's cross-examination was continued, but nothing in addition to that given last evening was elicited. Several other witnesses were called to prove the various statements made by Mr. Edwin James in his opening speech yesterday, amongst whom was Mr. Thomas bun combe, M.P., for Finsbury. The hon. gentleman, in the course of his examination, stated the part he had taken in the quarrel between Colonel Dickson and the Earl of Wil ton. The Earl of Wilton on one occasion said Colonel Dickson was the only efficient officer he had in his regi ment. The case will not be concluded to-day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) RE SMITR, RILDER, AND CO. This was an application for solicitor's costs in the matter of Smith, Hilder, and Co. It appeared that an inspector had been appointed by the creditors, and under his advice or direction certain costs had been incurred. A solicitor who attended for the assignees opposed, and the Commis sioner declined to interfere. IN RE NURSE. This bankrupt, described as a stable keeper, of Old Cavendish-street, came up to pass his last examination. lie had been on a former occasion sent back for not filing his accounts. The accounts were now filed, but a further adjournment was asked for and granted for three weeks. RE JOHNS.-IMPORTANT QUESTION. This bankrupt, described as a printer, came up for his certificate, and no one opposing he received one of the first class. A solicitor made an application for a portion of the fee paid to the bankrupt with an apprentice, who had only served four years out of the seven, to be returned. After some observations as to the amount of instruction received by the apprentice, his Honour made an order for the sum of a. Mr. Lucas made a similar application on behalf of an apprentice named Thomas. This lad had only received instruction for six months when Johns became bankrupt. The Commissioner observed that on the last occasion £7 had been mentioned, but upon Mr. Lucas pressing for a larger sum, his honour awarded £9. IN RE BENSAND. This bankrupt, described as a merchant, came up for his certificate. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the bankrupt, who is a native •of Mogadore, and a born subject of the Emperor of Morocco. It appeared from the line of examination adopted by his Honour that the bankrupt had consigned continuously large quantities of goods to his brother, at Mogadore, with out for nine months receiving any return, either in cash or produce. It was also alleged that the bankrupt's brother had been indebted to the Emperor of Morocco, who had seized the property. Prior to 1850, when the trading com mences, bankrupt had carried on business as a merchant at Gibraltar. His Honour—He may have a certificate of the second class. RE MAHON. This baukrupt received a common certificate of the third class. POLICE INI!ELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A POTMAN.—Charles Hall, potman, in the employ of Mr. Spencer Lambert, of the Wheatsheaf Tavern, Oxford-street, was charged with stealing several articles under the following circumstances : Mr. Lambert said the prisoner had been in his employ for about four months, during which time he had missed several articles. The prisoner being about to leave his em ploy on the previous night, ke requested to see the contents of his box, and on the prisoner opening it for that purpose, he discovered a book belonging to him. This causing him to suspect the prisoner still further, he told him his lodgings would be searched, and he then admitted that he had be haved very ill towards him, and that he had taken a table cloth and other things, which, on his lodgings being searched, were found. He had been robbed at different times of a great quantity of property by similar means. The prisoner, who said he merely took the book to read, and put it in the box by accident, admitted he stole the other articles. Mr. Bingham said he should commit him for three months. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY AT A JEWELLER'S STIOP.-Philip Goodfellow, an active able-bodied young man, late apauper chargeable to the Stepney Union, who was dressed in the workhouse clothes, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing two silver watches from the shop of Mr. George Gray Williams, pawnbroker and jeweller, of No. 4, High-street, Stepney. Mr. George Gray said he was an assistant to the prose cutor. Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of four and five o'clock he was in the shop, and was startled by a loud crash, followed by the breaking of a large pane of plate glass in the window. He looked towards the street and saw the prisoner in the act of withdrawing his right hand, with one or two watches in it. He left the shop and ran after the prisoner, and after a long chase, overtook him in Bromley-street. He seized the pri soner, who said, " Why do you detain me ?" to which he replied, " For stealing two watches." The prisoner said, "I wish I had taken the whole lot—l would have had a jolly supper to-night." One watch was taken from the prisoner and another was found in the mud. The witness then produced a piece of the broken pane ; it was of very great thickness. Mr. Williams added that the prisoner broke the pane of glass with his elbow. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said that the pri soner was formerly an inmate of the Ratcliff workhouse, in the Stepney Union, and was several times convicted for disorderly conduct. On the 2d of October last the prisoner and two other paupers, were brought before Mr. Selfe charged with breaking open a store in the workhouse and taking away several coats, trousers, and other articles belonging to paupers, which they dressed themselves in and got over a wall. The prisoner and his companions were sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Yardley—l shall commit him for trial. A letter from Glasgow, referring to the distress created by the Western Bank, states that the city is steadily but slowly recovering from the disaster. Many of the wealthiest citizens, however, have lost their entire fortunes, while several who were throughout able to weather the storm are now advertising their estates for sale. The saddest fact is, that in the annual report of the directors of the Lunatic Asylum, this failure is assigned as one of the causes of an increase in the number of patients. A BRIDGE BROKEN BY A DROVE OF PIGS.-011 Saturday afternoon an accident of a singular nature oc curred at the lower drawbridge, Leith, rendered it neces sary to shut it against the public. The bridge was being raised to allow a vessel to pass up the harbour, when a large drove of pigs, frightened by the kicking and plunging of a horse, which, in turn, was frightened by the pigs, rushed upon the bridge, and caused it to come down with groat force, breaking the wheel upon which it turned. — North British Daily Mail. COLONIAL. TEA.--The market has presented rather more firmness, and a fair amount of business has been done. Common Congou has advanced to 13d. SUGAR.—Business has been steady, and for almost all de scriptions previous quotations have been fully supported. In the refined market a fair basiness has been transacted in dried goods, at full values. COFFEE has been rather inactive. Plantation Ceylon, however, has been in very good request at steady quota tions. RICE.—The market formost descriptions has been steady, and previous value.; have for the finer sorts been fully sup ported. moderate inquiry for good qualities of Deme rara has prevailed, at full prices. INDIGO.—The sales have progressed steadily, and a good demand has been experienced for export, and prices exhibit an upward tendency. SALTYETRE.—The market remains steady; no sales, however, have been reported. TA.LLOW.—The market is rather firmer. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 53s 3d to 53s 6d, and March delivery 53s 9d per cwt. INDlGO.—Prices yesterday were without alteration, but there was rather more animation in the biddings. 1,521 chests were passed yesterd a y, o f which 584 were withdrawn asbosed3l bought In, leaving 681 c h es t s so ld. T o t a l 256 chests, of which 1,318 are with- FRUlT.—Demand continu es good. Oranges o f E ih ,: e 7:o ll s bought in, and 1,296 s o ld. a drel l ua l aG ld wuctßil nds sustain their value. Some parcels of St. Michael Valencia, and the prices obtained last w ee k . Lemons Oporto, sold by Keeling and H unt at public sale,maintained easier. Nuts of all kinds improving in value. Seville sours arrive in bad condition) and are sold at pric es i n character. REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. I T Hill D ED ITI ON .....................m......... 0 DEPUTATION TO LORD DERBY—(THIS DAY). This afternoon deputations from Scotland, Ire land, the Old Association for the Repeal of Taxes upon Knowledge, the Newspaper Press Association, the Association of Papers Makers of Birmingham, and a large number of the members of the House of Com mons, waited upon the Earl of Derby, at his official resi dence in Downing-street, to urge upon his lordship the necessity of repealing the paper duties. Mr. T. M. GIBSON introduced the deputation, and called upon the Secretary of the Association for promoting the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. D. COLLET then read the address, which was as fol lows : " To the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, First Lord of her Majesty's Treasury. "My Lord,—When Sir Robert Peel gave to this country the inestimable boon of a free manufacture of glass, some persons were found so ungracious as to complain that he did so unasked. It is to render such an accusation impossible as against your lordship in the case of the paper duties— not to weary you with arguments that must be familiar to you—that we once more take advantage of the audience which you have kindly vouchsafed to us. It is now ten years since we formed ourselves into a society, to demand, on grounds of public policy, the abolition of these and other kindred taxes since happily repealed. In that time, with scarce even a single exception, no First Lord of the Treasury or Chancellor of the Exchequer has been found to defend the tax. Since we last year brought the matter under what we think ourselves entitled to call your lordship's favourable consideration, that branch of the Legislature on which devolves the burthen of supply has resolved—' That the maintenance of the excise on paper as a permanent source of revenue would be impolitic. " The house will shortly be called on to give effect to that resolution. To allow it to remain inoperative on the records of the house would be derogatory to its character, and we hope that your lordship will not call on it to rescind a resolution which was agreed to without a division. We have associated with us on this occasion the mem bers of three associations, representing the press of England, Ireland, and Scotland, together with others per sonally injured by the duty, in manufactures and com merce In every aspect of the question, the mischief done is so great that the only danger is that either depart ment should overlook the extent of the injury done to the other, and thus overrate its own importance. We do not assert that the repeal of the duty will create new popula tions to take our manufactures ; but the duty does act as a prohibition on specific branches of commerce. We do not pretend that pauperism will cease wherever a paper-mill is established ; but we are able to show that, were the duty repealed, double the present quantity of paper might be produced, and the field of employment greatly extended. " With regard to the Press, without exaggerating the extent or the importance of its functions, and without sup posing for a moment that any Englishman can be exone rated from the duty of exercising a watchful supervision over public affairs, we complain that the heavy taxation imposed by the paper duty la a great impediment to that contemporaneous record of events which is only to be found in the newspaper. The absence of taxation will not, it is true, confer patriotism or talent on those writers who are destitute of thom ; but where these qualities are possessed, the paper duty stands very grievously in their way. And when any individual standing alone attempts to instruct his countrymen through the press, at his own expense, the tax operates as a penalty upon the performance of a public service. " In submitting this matter once more to your lordship, we recur with satisfaction to the promise of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer to revise our system of taxation. We recollect that his predecessors in eleven years repealed seven millions of taxation, with the result of a positive increase of five millions to the revenue. We cannot doubt that you have by this time ascertained the practicability of carrying on the same operation with success, and we hope that to your lordship's administration we may owe our relief from a tax which obstructs education, impedes com merce, hinders production, interferes with the process of manufacture, represses industry, and is injurious to that revenue the maintenance of which is the only, but the un warrantable excuse for its continuance. Signed, by order of the commitee, and on their behalf. " RICHARD MOORE, Chairman, 25, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. " C. D. COLLET, Secretary, 10, Ampton-placo, Gray's-inn-road." The following memorial was also read : " To the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, First Lord _ _ of the Treasury, &c., &c. " The Memorial of the unde - rigneci humbly sheweth,.— That your memorialists are manufacturers of or exporters and dealers in sewing cotton. That foreign markets re quire such cotton to be wound upon cards of pasteboard, and that the pasteboard weighs as much as the cotton wound thereon. That the difference in the price of paste•. board here and on the Continent of Europe is such as to amount to an export duty of 5 per cent. on the cotton sent from this country into neutral markets. That merchants do actually find it advantageous to buy cotton thread in Germany, to import it into Hull, and then tranship it to America. That your memorialists believe this state of things to be mainly owing to the Excise levied upon paper in this country. That the Lords of the Treasury have declined to allow a drawback upon pasteboard exported with sewing cotton wound thereon, on the ground that such drawback would endanger the revenue. That the magnitude of the interests involved leaves your memorialists no other course than to ask your Lordship for the total and immediate repeal of the excise on paper, which they do most earnestly, not only for their own sakes, but because it is the only excise remain ing upon industry, the moral tendency of which is unques tioned. " Nicnom.s, LUCAS, and Co. " WADKIN and KING. " JOSH. & E. WATERS and CO. " F. ENGELS, jun. " (For ERMEN and ENGELS.) " JAS. CHADWICK and BROTHERS." Mr. Vizetelly, Mr. Cassell, Mr. Francis, of the Athenceunt, Dr. Gray, on the part of the Irish deputation, Mr. W. Chambers, and other gentlemen, having stated their views on the subject. The Earl of DERI3Y said he had listened very attentively to the statements made by the the deputation. He had never concealed his objections to the tax, but look ing to the state of the public revenue, he could give the deputation no distinct answer on the subject. He could not express any opinion on the subject, or anti cipate ths statement that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be called upon to make during the next two months All he could say was that the state of public finances was the only thing that stood in the way of the repeal of the duty. The deputation then withdrew. FALL OF A PUBLIC-HOUSE. - TWO BROTHERS KILLED. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner for East Middlesex, held a long inquiry at the Three Compasses, Dalston, to view the body of James Webb, a carpenter, who, with his brother, was killed by the falling of a newly-erected publichouse, called the Marian Arms, in Lansdowne-road, Rich mond-road, Dalston. Mr. Angel, a solicitor, attended to watch the pro ceedings on behalf of Mr. Liscom, the builder. _ The house was commenced a few weeks before Christmas, and has recently been roofed in. On Thursday afternoon the deceased men, with another brother, were in one of the front rooms laying the flooring, when the front wall of the house suddenly collapsed, and the whole came down with a fearful crash, carrying with it the several floors. One of the unfortunate men was brought out dead, and another, who was conveyed to the German Hospi tal, died on Monday morning. It appeared that the arch of the cellar in front of the house had been connected with the front wall with a " skew back," to form which the new brick work had to be cut into to the extent of four or five inches. Mr. Wy itt, the district surveyor, was examined at some length, and he attributed the failure of the wall to the forming of the "skew back" while the work was in such a green state. The recent wet weather might also have contributed, and the ram ming down of the earth on the top of the arch might have weakened the centres. The materials used in the construction of the house were good, and the footings and upper walls were in excess of what was required by the Act of Parliament. Mr. Liscom made the " skew back" on his own respon sibility, and as the house was covered in, according to the strict terms of the act, he ought not to have cut into the front wall without giving notice to the district surveyor. He (Mr. Wyatt) would not have given his sanction to the " skew back ;" but all he could say was that it was an error in judgment. James Miller, a plasterer, spoke of the centres of the arch not appearing sufficient to bear the weight. They had not been struck. The Coroner having alluded to the importance of the inquiry, and that the evidence would not justify a criminal charge against any one, The jury, after some deliberation, found "That the deceased had been accidentally killed ;" and added, " that they (the jurors) could not separate without expressing their opinion that th© accident was caused by the cutting of skew back' five inches in the front wall, which they considered to be a very dangerous practice, under any circum stances, more especially when:the work is in a green state ; and that the cutting should not have been made without giving notice to the district sur veyor." . SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. POLICE OF SCOTLAND. The Earl of DERBY said the report with respect to the Scotch police could not be laid on the table before Easter. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed the second reading of the Winding-up Act till Thursday week. • The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the request of Lord Campbell, postponed the second reading of the Vexatious Indictments Bill, and the Juries in Civil Causes Bill, until the Ist of March. CRIME IN IRELAND. Lord CLEMENTS moved that a humble address be presented to her Majesty for a return of the names of all persons assassinated in Ireland from the 20th of May, 1836, to the 31st of December, 1858 ; the date of such assassination ; the names of all persons who have been wounded or attempts made to assassinate, for the same period ; the date of such attempt; the county in which such persons resided ; the names of persons arrested, if any, on suspicion of such assassination or attempted assassination ; by whose order committed; the informations, by whom taken, if any ; date of imprisonment ; if brought to trial state the date; if convicted state the date ; if acquitted state the date ; the sentence ; and if sentence was carried into effect or commuted. Lord DERBY said he fully expected that the noble lord, in moving for th e ex t ens i ve re t urns h e h a d d one, wou ld certainly have explained his reasons for doing so. The returns moved for were most extraordinary, and would put the country to a very great expense for no useful pur pose. He must object to the returns moved for, and in doing so he trusted their lordships would support him. Lord CLEMENTS did not expect there would be the slightest opposition to the return. He was unfavourable to putting more power into the hands of the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland than he at present possessed, especially as neither he nor his officials had been successful in their efforts to protect life and property in that country. There had been of late a very great increase of outrages in Ireland, while unfortunately very few persons comm itti ng th em h a d been discovered and brought to justice. • Lord MONTEAGLE hoped the noble lord (Clements) would withdraw his motion. Viscount DUNGANNON thought the Executive Go • vernment of Ireland had done its duty, and he looked upon the return moved for as perfectly unnecessary. He looked upon it as an undeserved reflection upon the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. (Hear, hear, hear.) The Earl of DESART objected to the return being granted. The police of Ireland he considered had acted of late in a most judicious manner. Lord CLEMENTS said, as his motion was so strongly opposed, there was no other course open for him but to withdraw his motion. He certainly had not intended it as a reflection upon the Executive Government of Ireland. The motion was then, by leave of the house, withdrawn. THE MILITIA COMMISSION. Earl GREY asked her Majesty's Government when the report of the Militia Commission would be presented to their lordships ? Lord HARDINGE said he could not at the present. moment give the noble earl any defininite answer to his question. He begged to assure him that the Royal Com missioners would lose no time in their inquiries, and the report would be presented at the earliest possible moment. The noble earl might rest perfectly satisfied that the various militia regiments already embodied were in a high state of efficiency, and that many of them were equal in discipline and character to those of the line. Earl GREY said that, according to present arrange ments, the expenses of .a militia regiment were about as much as those of the line, while they were as effective ; and he looked upon the present state of affairs as an injustice both to the regiments of the line and the militia. One of the first faults of the system was the facility it offered to men of enlisting into two or even three regiments of militia, and receiving a bounty from each. The disembodied militia was perfectly useless as far as defensive operations were concerned, since they would not be re-organised in less than a fortnight, and in case of invasion or war breaking out, the first fortnight was precisely the period when their ser vices would be most required. He placed the highest value upon commissions of inquiry, but they required to be con ducted with care and judgment; he was afraid, however, that such was not the case with the Militia Commission, He !objected to the frequency with which commissions were appointed. (Hear, hear.) At present they had four or five commissions sitting upon subjects which it was the bounden duty of the Government to inquire into. He looked upon the Government as a standing commission, and he deprecated the system of deputing inquiries to commissions which properly belonged to the Government itself. The Earl of DERBY had not expected the noble earl would have entered into the subject in the manner he had done. He could not agree in the censure the noble earl had passed upon the militia ; on the contrary, •he looked upon it as a very valuable acquisition to the effective force of the country. He thought it was the duty of the Government to wait for the report of the commission before they introduced any measures to Parliament for its considera tion. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. SAMUELSON took the oathii and his seat as member :or Banbury. PETITIONS. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Whitfield, and Mr. SAMUELSON from Banbury, praying for the abolition of the duty on paper. A number of other petitions were presented to the same effect. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from a borough in Scotland against the continuance of the opium trade. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition agreed to at a pub lic meeting in Edinburgh, and another from Lancashire, in favour of Parliamentary eform. Mr. CONINGHAM presented a petition from the inha bitants of the city of London for the same object. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING• LONDON, Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon S.W. strong breeze and fine clear dry weather. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 10.—Wind Urgent, from Malta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) S OU THAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Stephen and Elizabeth, from Rochester; Ata. lanta, steamer, from Jersey; Oak, from Sunderland. Sailed—Mechanics Own, for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Feb. 10—Coronilla, from Buenos Ayres ; Chili Ceara and Blanche et Maria, from Ibrail. Sailed—Flying Dutchman, for St. Michael's ; Minh°, screw steamer, for Oporto ; Mary Black, for Bonny ; Tau rus' screw steamer, for Genoa ; Damascus, screw steamer, for Constantinople • Hoppett, for Gibraltar; Seamew, for Trieste ; Charlotte A. Stamber, for New York ; Lombard, for Bombay; Stadt Appingham, for La Guayra; Astrea, for Gibraltar; Eyra, for Venice. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) . DUAL, Friday Morning. Wind S.W., very fresh. Passed—Addison Gilbert, from Calcutta, for London. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was the intention of the GOvernment to introduce any measure for the improvement of the Patent Law Amendment Act (1832), or to reduce the stamp duties payable on letters patent for inventions to £5O, payable be fore the expiration of the third year, and to £lOO, payable before the expiration of the seventh year of the patent right which falls due next year. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said, with respect to the first question. it was not intended at present to make any altera tion ; and as regarded the other questions of the hon. mem ber, it was not considered advisable to reduce the duties alluded to. SCOTCH LUNACY ACT OF 1857. In reply to Mr. BAXTER, The LORD ADVOCATE said that the commission to inquire into this :subject had made their report only very recently, and if the question came again before the house he would, be able to give a more decided answer. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Lord ELCHO asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government had come to any determination as to the enlargement of the British Museum, or the arrange ment and distribution of its heterogeneous collections ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the subject of the organisation of the Museum was still under the consideration of the Government. INDIA. Lord STANLEY gave notice that on Monday next he would bring in a bill to enable the Secretary of State for India, in Council, to raise money throughout the United Kingdom for the use of the Government of India. IRISH SPIRITS. Mr. HASSARD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was his intention to propose that any reduction should be made in the duty now payable upon spirits manufac tured in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the negative, and expressed his pleasure in being enabled to state that there had been no increase in illicit distillation in Ireland, notwithstanding the increase of the duty on Irish spirits. THE NEW POST-OFFICE ORDER. Mr. RICH called attention to the order of the Post master-General of the 27th of January last, directing, in effect, that after the 10th of the month all letters which were not prepaid should be opened by the post office authorities ; and to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exche quer what provisions had been made thenceforth to guard the inviolability of letters sent through the post-office. The hon. member contended that the order sub judice was most impolitic and unjust. It had been ascertained that within a certain period there were 1,273,000 letters dropped into the Post-office improperly directed, which gav e an amount of 610,000 a-year which never reached their desti nation. It was very unfair to the public to open-the let ters which were carelessly posted, and which being of a confidential character should have been respected. Sir S. NORTHCOTE assured the hon. member that the order was not made for the convenience of the Govern ment or for Treasury purposes, but for the convenience of the public, and that its operation was injurious to the re venue. The'order was in conformity with the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill, and had his approval. It was a fact that a great number of the letters m question were sent for pur poses of annoyance. There were 523,000,000 of letters posted in the United Kingdom in the year. Two and a-half millions of them were not prepaid, of which no less than 60 per cent. were of an annoying cha racter. With reference to valentines he b9gged to state that these were not always of such a character as might naturally be supposed to pass between young men and women. (A laugh.) Out of 800,000 of these there were no loss than 60,000 (which were not pre-paid) which were of an offensive description ; some of them contained soot and the dead bodies of certain animals. (Alaugh.) A great number of these letters also contained merely the advertisements of tradesmen, and to such an extent had the nuisance proceeded that numbers of persons had given order that no unpaid letters should be received at their establishments, which, of course, sometimes led to the re jection of letters that were of importance. Six thousand letters were returned daily to the dead-letter office, which were not only immediately forwarded to the writers by the first mail, but free of expense. In no ease whatever had there been an instance of the contents being abused. (Hear, hear.) ARMY AND NAVY EXPENDITURE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the right hon. gentleman the member for Radnor to inform the house why the Com missioners of Audits' account of the expenditure do the army and navy in the year ending the 31st March, 1866 is £1,156,509 more than the Treasury account of the Sala expenditure presented to this house ? Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that it was impossible the audits could agree in any two years. After a few words from Sir W. JOLLIFFZ, The subject dropp. THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE. Mr. TITE asked the Chief Commissioner of Works what steps 'll ad ;been taken with reference to the rebuildin g of the Foreign Office in Downing-street, and entered into details of the proceedings of the commission on •this sstt7lcet, if t hseo that i l a t subject. He understood that Mr. Scott was the architect who had been sele i c n te and that it was to be the tgootchioncwildin g, and would not harmonise with the buildings that would sur round it. The Duko of Buccleuch, it was understood, would rebuild his dwelling in the Italian style, and he con tended that that style would be preferable for the new ecausequence of building, not :only on that g r ou nd, but ~~ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RailwayB. Paid, Leasing Co.'s. Closing! Button Price. Done. the other architecture in the vezy neighbourhood of the site of the proposed new office. Lord J. MANNERS said he had devoted his attention to the subject during the recess. In accordance with the recommendation of the committee, the spot of ground be- tween Charles-street and Downing-street had been selected. It appeared that there was no difference with respect to economy between the different styles of architecture, and with all due respect to the hon. member, he contended that the Gothic style was the best suited to the site on which the building was to be erected. A bill on the subject would be submitted to the house, and as regarded the Indian office it could be defrayed out of the expenses of the Indian revenue. and not out of the national exchequer. Sir B. HALL vindicated the course adopted by the Late Government, and said that th e y were prevented carrying their bill by the opposition they experienced from the pre sent Government, who now brought in the same measure that they ejected when they were out of office. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS _EVENING) FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 6. Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Alexander Osborne Dalyell, Esq., now Acting C.on• sul-General at Belgrade, to be her Majesty's Consul at Erzeroom. The Queen has also been graciously' pleased to appoint Alfred Septimus Walne, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Joachim Goschen as Consul-General in London for the Free Hanseatic Cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Connal as Consul at Port Louis, Mauriti us , for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 10. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Banbury—Bernhard Samuelson, Esq., in the room of Henry William Tancred, Esq., who has ac cepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 11. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Pattle, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Colo nel, vice Foster who exchanges. 2d Dragoon Guards—Westropp M'Mahon Weir, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Agnew, deceased. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Daniel Henry Doherty, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Pott, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Colonel Charles John Fos ter, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Pattle, who exchanges. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Sidney Henry Latimer Tin ley Widdrington to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Martin, promoted ; Ensign Eustace Lovelace Hercy to be Lteutenant, by purchase, vice Drake, promoted. Bth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Westrop Saunders, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice 11.01- lingsworth, appointed to the 24th Foot. 13th Foot—Brevet-Major Hugh Maurice Jones to be Ma jor, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Faunce, who retires upon full-pay; Lieut. O'Neil S. Segrave to be Captain, without purohase, vice Jones. 17th Foot—Alfred John Josselyn Ravenhill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 19th Foot—Ensign Frederick Geo. Frith to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hales, deceased; Ensign T. H. Kirby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frith, whose promotion, by purchase, on Dec. 7, 1858, has been can celled. 24th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Smith Hollings worth, from the Bth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 24th Foot—Ensign Arthur W. A. Nelson Hood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pears, promoted ; Robert Crossman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hood. 44th Foot—Lieutenant George Ingham to be Captain, without purchase, vice the Hon. Henry Handcock, de ceased. 50th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Evelyn Fyler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hebden, who retires ; 7Ensign Henry Evelyn W. Preston to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fyler. 68th Foot—Lieutenant F. De' Luttrell Saunderson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vaughan, who retires ; En sign Cyril Blackburne Tew to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Saunderson. 71st Foot—Edward Francis Brownlow, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Fawk es , p romote d . Rifle Brigade—Lieut. A. Loftus Tottenham to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hon. B. H. Fellow, deceased. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Stephen George Allman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mulliner, promoted. Invalid Depot (Chatham)—Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry Saville, from the Royal Engineer Field Train, to be Ad- jutant, vice Pope, promoted to be Staff Captain. HOSPITAL STAFF.—John M'Gilp, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon to the F.orces, vice Spence, appointed to tho 82d Foot. BREVET.—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Fatmce, re tired full-pay 13th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 11. MEMORANDUM.—The undermentioned officers having obtained first-class certificates at the School of Musketry, at Ilythe, have been appointed by the General Command ing-in -Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructors of Musketry to the following Militia Regiments : Lieut. William Stares, Louth Militia. Lieut. Beauchamp Henry Colelough, Wexford Militia. COMMISSION BY LORD LIEUTENANT. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Lieut. Wm. Bramo Abbot to be Captain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Arthur M.Donakl, innkeeper, Kingston-upon-Hull. BANKRUPTS. William Trigg, builder, Witley, Surrey, to surrendtr, Feb. 18, at one, and March 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Jennings, lace dresser, Sneinton, Nottingham, Feb. 22 and March 15, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Henry Wood, baker, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, Feb. 22 and March 15, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. John Leake, wine and spirit merchant, Newark .upon- Trent, Nottingham, Feb. 22 and March 15, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. John Peter George Smith, bamker, Liverpool, Feb. 22, and March 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. John Collingwood Tarleton, shipowner, Rhyl, Flint shire, Feb. 22, and March 11, at eleven at the Liverpool District Court. James Schofield, grease manufacturer, Vicars Moss and Blue Pits, Rochdale, Lancashire, Feb. 25, and March 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Francis Hollington, draper, Worcester, Feb. 24 and March 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Henry John Groves, music seller, Newport, Monmouth, Feb. 22 and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Edward Body, furniture dealer, Ramsgate, Feb. 24, at two, and March 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Philip Jones, dealer, Mynyddysllwyn, Monmouthshire, Feb. 22 and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Wells, grocer, Bristol, Feb. 21 and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Varcoe, carpenter, St. Austell, Cornwall, Feb. 24 and March 23, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Michael Holloway Dean, grocer, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Feb. 22 and March 15, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Notting ham. Edward Yapp, butcher, Leominster, Feb. 21 and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. 'William Papprill Collins and Henry Edward Collins, mapsellers, Paternoster-row, City, Feb, 25, at twelve, and March 25, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Troup and Son, manidacl,llers, --- Strathmiglo. Alexander Fraser, sculptor, Glasgow. David Walker, ironmonger, Leith. David Rodgers, lace and muslin merchant, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account , purs uant to the Act 7th and Bth Vi c t or i a, cap. 32, forthe week ending on Wednesday, the 9th d ay of February, 1859: — ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £33,243,570 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3 , 469,900 • Gold Coin & Bullion 18,768,570 Silver Bullion - £33,243,5701 BAN BIN G DEPARTMZN T. Proprietors' Capi- Government S mu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nutty) £10,898,147 eluding Excite- Other Securities 16,512,809 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Na- Coin 133,413,670 692,435 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7,329,287 Other Deposits 14,484,986 Seven Day and other Bills 793,613 £40,526,476 M. 3 £40,526.476 SHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Feb. 10, 1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the Bth day of Feb., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 2Bs 9d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 26a lid Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —s —d Average price of the foregoing 27s lld COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THis Dii. Amsterdam Ditt o Rotterdam — 11 17 11 18 Antwerp Brussels — 25 3.5 25 37i Hamburgh 71 25 12 6 13 6 25 1 Paris Ditto FMraarnskfeilloretson Maine _ 10 64 - 1 25 37 25 351 -- 25 37 3 M o nths• 25 32 1 1181 1181 Vienna Trieste .. .. Petersburgh Madrid ............ 494 Cadiz L eg horn 29 66 29 0 Genoa "-- 25 60 25 65 . _ _ Naples Palermo Afessina — Lisbon Oporto —. Rio Janeiro New York — 401 121 1211 62t 521 40} 121 121 52 53 E.I. Co's Ms. 21,611 e Vil le. 60d. Cal cu,ttal Co.'s rupee 26 i Bombay ditto ., -- 26} 24i Madras ditto — 26 24k East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal Madras Bombay_ £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ,p(r oz. 17 0 ( 9 ) Mexican Dllars Silver in Bars (Standard), ,