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

I ....,..v............... fair demand 5c., improved 111" 02 1 '1_!:1' 11IARICET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) • '77f. 50c. to -4. • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sans, 1,31 5 f. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. I -:,, Closing Business Share Railways. 0 927 f. 50c. ; A more confident feeling now prevails in most IL '"u• Price. I Done. rn, 515£ to departments of business, as well as at the Stock 12.10 I A inlierg., Notting. Best. , I I Anil Eastern Junction' 10 ' 64 +, iade toward s Exchange, and disposition is evinced to stimulate 50 I.4•lfast and Ballymena.. all 1 the quotw - an upward movement in values, notwithstanding 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 9 k B the co n ti nue d d epress i on o f t h e P ar i s B ourse . If Stooirk., Lam., Junction and Chesh. 100 67 69 .... 650 r'' the p u bli c m i n d could b e di veste d o f t h e id ea th a t 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Ty ne all 31 33 hostilities are still probable, there can be no Stock Bristol and Exeter - ,; .. 83 6 ° Stock Caledonian doubt that a marked improvement would speedily Stock Chester and Holyhead .• • • 86 •r n ensue, and the check which has been given even to 50 Cork and Bandon all • - •• • • 43 Qu,„ . 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 3.. all 44 5/ 39 IP Commercial enterprise would be at once removed. 20 Cornwall until6p.c.per an Do. '' • • Mercantile prospects are generally considered good, 10 10 l3 A roves. no div - - Do. A all - Acco unt. , an d the advices from distant markets show that thelll hasbeen pd.toß. 1315 •••• 50 Dublin andßelfast Jun e . all - - stock of merchandise has become much reduced 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 91 10 920 "•- .. Stock Eastern glian lOO 151 164 800 " during the long interval since the crisis. The Stock Counties lOO 61 62 614 • • 30 in 8 ""' Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 4 7 inquiry for money on commercial account is not Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 294 294 30 533 7 5 very active, but a steady absorption is going on in 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - . • 25 East Kent all 13 15 517 • most directions. Notwithstanding the general Stock East Lancashire lOO 94 96 20 East Suffolk all - - .. quietude still experienced in business, the accounts 585 ' 10 Do - -• • 676 '•-• from the manufacturing districts are quite as fa- Stock Edinburg . and Glasgow 100 69 70 694 • • • . vourable as could reasonably have been expected, Stk ForthdinPerth & Duncke 100 2 94 294 29 40 6 „1. • 553 i" but since the war excitement commenced it is cvi- Stock Furness & Clyde Junction l a oo ll __- ....- • • Stock Glasgow& South Westn l6O 96 98 124 c. ; mo ne y' dent that confidence has been very much impaired. 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 100 104 1041 104} sf. 971 c. The quarterlysales of indigo openedyesterday, but Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stool- lOO 86 88 • 100 136 138 previous quotations were not realised, the de- .§. !I Do . d o. B S tock st o oe c x or. bollth ar n stn k .(lreld` 100 105 106 'nand being very limited. This depression is Stock Great Western Stock Do Str Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 56 57 attributed to the uncertainty attending political 12 Iris . h gouth Eas:ern all - - Lthonv Tre l " affairs ; but if the advices from the other side of 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 85 ?0 MCI'S . ," &C . 161 Do. Thirds the Channel should prove more assuring, the exist- 1613 4 1 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p • ~,, t l o 6 ck bo o mash d l o r . e & F Yglehire 100 95. 96 i 951 I r. Trollop° ; ing anxiety would be alleviated, and a stimulus s I ) re aders ' 9 9 Do. Wes given to comm erc ial and manufacturing industry. Do. do. R 9 shares 7 I ld as all b 1 3 t Riding Union } - The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 20 Do. Southport - - Ts are Sk il ; - 11.6.3 I . London e. and Blackwell all 61 64 With a veryauiet appearance, and prices of all de the al l ? i N wiss.at 2510sp.sh 41 - - . sciiptions mU4'unaltered, The sales amounted to Stock iLon.,Brigliton &S.Coast 100 108 102 100 OCCaSio llai lStock; London & North Westn 100 95 1 05} 9 5 4 i g down 91 1,, 7,000 bales. On the Stock Exchange rather. more 124 Do. Eighths c London& South- Westn lOO 94 95} "4 1I 0 c hf a uliS I ti,': business was transacted in Railway Shares, anti 5 25 x vderry & Coleraine ayB 90 Olt quotations were firmly supported. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all - - ~ ,‘, ad to see ' A meeting of the creditors of M r . J ames Purssell Ste I n re a t e r4 s o h i e i L n & d 3 Lincoln lOO 37 374 o7a 8 - - took place yesterday, when it was stated that the Stock oo N o idld _1914 4 Binning. & Derby. 100 75 77 " Of liabilities amounted to £35,000, including £31,000 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - author 2.5 Do. 1 Shares all - - I Elder. •on account of the late forgeries. The assets are no Newbastle and Carlisle all - - very young . - estimated at £20,000. It was - arranged that the 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 12 13 10 Newry & Armagh (def. 1 9 - - I prOfitab l l , estate should be wound up in bankruptcy. 20 Newry, Warpt., & UOB all - Ind " U nc l e In the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, Stock so Norfolk lOO 64 66 ble to ch il i . . there was no material alteration. North. Counties Union 34 , 34 I d Stock North British lOO 61 62 >ed. deal 0, Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO 1 - - trials so About £32,000 in gold was sent into the Bank Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - sting.. 1113 of England yesterday. Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - ,ical in . el There was a meeting to-day of those disposed to Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 93 )34 ; 93 . 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 1 1 4 141 d ers to span promote the establishment of tribunals of commerce Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 48/ 484 71 Idrailtag e * in th is Stock Do York country, first promoted by Mr. Lyne, with Stock Nor . th London l ®oo l ei` 103 784 78 4 1 :11, . COT a view to simplify the forms of legal procedure in 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 is. - - cases of mercantile disputes. A long report was 20 North Staffordshire l7l 4i 4} d 0 20 North-Western - 131 134 121 d feeding: read of the proceedings of the past year, and the 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 d ea l of our y evidence afforded to the select committee appointed Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 20 31 all - - nd will pre' . by the Ilouse of Commons to inquire into the pro- 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth ,h its cool' _lO Rhymncy lO - - 100 115 117 with )logist priety of establishing such tribunals. The con- Stock Scottish Central 100 271 28 mittee urged the continuance of the public confi- Me e t n e° o. ti a l ittilVi e k Stock 100 86 88 'bout sculP' 100 46 47 ie attentil . donee in their ultimate success, and the report was Stock Shropshire Union -10 Sittinubourne & Sheer all 4 2 d idle entitle adopted. Stock South Devon lOO 37 181 374 1 0 0 73 /4 74 31 rcible tool The English Stock Market to-day is decidedly gttg2 south E uneducatef, firmer, but, as it is still rather sensitive, very little 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 11 15 reforraato r, 20 Do. do lB - - confidence is placed in the continuance of any 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 r diseUßSed,. ; ' 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 3 5 4 30 4 on subjec t ' improvement that may be produced by speculative 25 Do. do. 1854 221 - - :five to t he transactions. Business is now exceedingly quiet, 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - ale & Hartlepool 16 - - L umber. the pay men t o f ~d ifferences" arising from the Stock Vaff Vale lO Ol - Old account being the principal occupation of the Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - L and Elder' 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - tl Members to-day. An advance in prices here Stock Vale of Neath lOO 89 01 11 combin e ' 1 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - verys dependent in a great measure upon a 50 Waterford & Limeric k all - - attra.o: 20 West Cornwall of the IV revival of confidence on the Paris Bourse, but some 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - ,o Maneh eS : surprise i s ex p resse d a t th e un i m p or t an t e ff ec t 5 Do . A .- Arecv . nodiv . till )ys, whil e - which the Emperor's speech exercised upon the 5 D0 7 . p 8 .e. has been pd. to B all 3 3} 61 d 61 61 61 d a conve r ' value of the Rentes. Consols for transfer have 20 West London - ;11 be lo Do. Ist Class all - - ings w.-- ..., 96, L . 1 • , b een „ 1 -, and for account 95! ; but the present zo Do. 2d Class all -- - pretty story quotations are 954 1 and 95' -2- respectively. The PREFERENCE SHARES. nt position. New g Busine •Threes are steady at 954 to 96, and the Sharei ' Railways. Paid' I Pri ce. Done. ss 1 VirtlleL., I Reduced Annuities at 95t 4 ; Exchequer Bills are tue of V.,, 1 P Marked 33 5 . t o 36 5 . rem ; and India Bonds 20s. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( p e r P c. pref. (issued at £5O ) all 149 51 ate in th e Prem. c Stk Bris.& Exet,4p.ct.Stock 100 94 96 _... 1 Virtue. tue of irlr ate in al e Lude's bean' The °till Sawing! , rinals being contents o f tic interest s in Sou th charming on British f the Nveri ce , associat e interesting. continual: 1. gives ful volute ° aan, " The remaining Florentin e especitq l f maintale", üblic taste/ tdmire the In the market for Foreign Securities the trans uctions have been on a moderate scale, and prices show increased firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 8 9 to 90 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 79 to 791 ; ditto, 2d is sue , 61 to 6 discount, and ditto 4 per Cents. have receded to 1021, Spanish 3 per Cents. to 44, the Deferred to 291, ditto Certificates to sa, and Dutch 4 per Cents. to 100 a and 1011 ; Peruvian 42 Per Cents. are steady at 921, and Sardinian at 81. The Chilian Loan is nominally without alteration, and the Austrian is 4 to 11 premium. A moderate amount of linsiness has been trans acted in Railway Shares to-day, the market for 'which has become sensibly better, and an advance of from ss. to 10s. has taken place in most of the leading descriptions of stock. Caledonians have im proved 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Great Western, 10 8 . ; Lacashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; London and North Western, ss. ; Midland, ss. North Eastern (Berwick) and (Leeds) are, however, exceptionably flat ; the former being 93, and the latter 47k ; ditto (York), are 781. In Colonial descriptions of shares East Indian, 'which closed firmer last evening, have again relapsed to 1011. Great Indian Peninsula and Grand Trunk of Canada are, however, very firm. Foreign Railway Shares are inactive. Lom bardo -Venetian old shares are 91 and the new 61 B. The Victoria Government Securities have been in further request, at a fresh rise of 10s. Joint Stock Bank Shares and Miscellaneous Securities are dull, and prices unaltered. 131 t FIANX 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per C. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct. Stock .20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon 210, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & llolyhd, 51 pc Stock Do: do. 5 p. ct. e' Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c 6j 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 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock,Eastern Union, 4 per ct. StocklEast Lane. 6 per ct 5 IE.& W. York. - Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.ALGl as. 5 pc shares Stock Edin.Pertii,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5-per cent Stock Gins. &S Wes t. ~.;• a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stcck Do. 5 pc Itedin.,lop.c.pm Stock Do.. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 D9. - ezp . .c.Redm,s . p9. pm 10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock -'ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 21 11 6 1 Per C en t . C onsols Annuities vi "v 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es 95 1 at Ditto Bonds, £l,OO Ditto under £lOO O O Co nsols for Account 951 1 Marcht June. Exchequer Bills, £ l , OOO , 2d. & 11d.. 36 I Ditto £6OO PR ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Sardinian, 6 per Cent Bl 791 81 Spanish 3 per Cent. • 44 Ditto New Deferred; 3 per Cent 291 Spanish Coro. Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l o*kish 6 per Cent B9l Ditto New Loan Ditto 2d Iss ue Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelp,, 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchang e 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto. Certificates, 4 per Cent. .. 100 f li Stock' Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stook Stock, Stock 12i 12 Stock TWO O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money 9sa Consols for Account Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild have left Kingston House for Paris. THE GOVERNORSHIP sOF GIBRALTAR. We Understand that Lieut.-Gan. Sir W. Codrington, K.C.8., has been appointed Governor of4Gibraltar vice Sir J. Fer gusson, whose period of ser v i ce h as expired. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. —There has been a Tnlet but firm market to-day. P r i ces are the same as on uesday last. In cloth the inquiry is good, at full prices. Mr. Edward Merewether, the agent appointed by the Government of New South Wales to organize a monthly steam postal service between Sydney and Panama, arrived ,by the Overland Mail on the sth inst. New S ou th W a l es nag undertaken to contribute £50,000 a year towards the Subsidy. A committee has been formed in London to assist Mr. Merewether, composed of Messrs. E. Hamilton D. liarnach, Captain Towns, and Mr. G. A. Lloyd. , VEXATIOUS INDICTMENTS.—A Bill presented by Lord Campbell enacts that after a certain day in this year, 1859, no bill of indictment for perjury, subornation of that crime, conspiracy, and obtaining money, &c., by false pre tences, shall be presented to or be " found" by any grand . 1 4 1 1 . 1 7 unless the presenter has been bound, by recognizance, "" give evidence against the person accused, or unless the person accused has been committed to custody or bound to appear when summone d to ta k e hi s t r i a l a t b ar . The Act veill not extend to Scotland. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ouncefor standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 k per £1 sterlig Standard gold at the E ng li s h Mint price is, therefore, ll about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in H am b urg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is 109} per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is about at par; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate 'leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. A NOVEL CHIMNEYSWEEP.—A curious freak of " Iteynard the Fox" occurred last week at Dursley. Sir Maurice Berkeley's hounds met at Kingcoto one day, and having found, the fox made away,' skirting the hill right into tho town of Dursley. Here he got on the roof o f a s h ed/ and, rising gradually from roof to roof, at last gain e d the top of a h ouse l a t e ly occupied as a pawnshop, an d Popped" himself down the chimney into the interior. Having rested perdu for some time, the hounds being at fault though close to his lair, he mounted the chimney, took a survey from the top, and, seeing the hounds in a neighbouring court-yard, he made off in an opposite direc tion, completely transformed in colour. Unfortunately his escape was soon discovered, and after running about a mile from the town, he dropped from sheer exhaustion, and sur endered his " brush," which was black from its novel em ployment in chimney sweeping. —Sussex Advertiser. , , Stock 12i 121 Stock Stock Stock in. colr st wit s it e ye to of being far as h° ild hale banking And it !e ters 0.1. ill deal ndering ing ani a fale3 . Her ° his sub or put"' mpantf icur is written , w to be t to de' Icier, or public psou to , or t° ,o such into .silty of lowing inations ego at $ viz. ighata ticutts I 3ristol; AriUlan' r Nove'' Neat; Villittru roarvirst, Stock 10 I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Gt. Ali. of Seotid: lst pf. Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. ltedeem.Pref Do. Birm. Pret. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.p.f shares Do do. 5 p. et. prep Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 0 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. i! L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nur - eat,on, 5 p et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londoody.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent too Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. p. C. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norlolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ex t.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.SklB47 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gna. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail. Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Stock, Stc,,kl Stock 1103 105 6 64 100 103 113 118 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 73 76 StoCki Stock Stock Stock 10s. 113 115 120 122 'll 113 107 108 64 66 11 111 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 80. York, 11. dc S. Purch North Staffordsh're Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gui Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e , Do. 6 per cent Waterford de Kilkenny, 6 per cent. all 1100 100 100 100 100 all 91 93 84 E 8 85 87 98 100 10 10} 14 174 10 10 73 74 19 20 9,1 10 14 141 140 142 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 3.13.?. 1120 122 1163 168 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 Stock 1 122 124 11) 1 68 70 141 143 ,104 105 96i 9S P 91 10 11/ 12 9 10 1;11 113 98 99 i dis p d p ' 2:1 23 124 126 112 111 98 100 10 11 24i 25 'lO3 105 103 105 1(q 17} 29 30 33 34 48 51 5 30 28.2.8} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing ' Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshirea.6p.c E Union,lfarwicliShs Do. Woodbridge Gis.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New C. loster& Dean Forest frartlpool.Dek.&ltail Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gus. 4 p. et Do. 6 per cent 3fanc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Reda. g. 6 1 ) .c NMeglidwi.maßrraaarndktfteedb.3llulf. Stk s ;r yp E. c. xi North n. & Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Preston and edsp Wyre. Do. 4 Shares J. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Ln & N.W ILn & N.W iCaledonin E. U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. 98 100 104 106 17 19 142 144 4 4/ Calcdonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.Stt • Yk.N.3ld. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Nor. Do LN 1 .11 113 65 67i 1 115 120 90 02 21 11 all Stk.tir 100 Midland . 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. all Do. 98 1(.0 58 GO all IDo. all .Do. all A N . y k W . all Do. 100 iGt.North 18116 Lank Yk all Brassoy all M'Clean . all Stk.& Dar all Do . 100 Gt. West all L.Arßrgta 142 144 DOCKS. Docks. 1? 4 90 92 8 9 I p a id Closing Business Price. Done. StocklCommercial lOO Stock Do 4 pp/Cent .Pref.3lin lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London ... . Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria lOO 98 100 20 Do New lB _ 1124 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.& Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeeuaable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 100 100 100 100 100 113 114 111 1124 114 1154 111 112 1100 101 111 112 109 111 107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS, 1135 Share' Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid.l Clroriscein.g I Business Done. Agre&TJnitedServiceßk Australasia 'Bark of Egypt Bar k of London Brit. Co'. Bk. & LoanCo Bri fish No• th American Cii o: India, &c I L "Y Colonial I Corn. Bank of C, Comorel-cial of London . Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. Gen. Bk. of Switzeiland Lon.Char.Bk.o`Austral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. l'rov. of E - r,lard Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman tank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New • 90 92 24 261 57 59 2 VII 61 63. 100 20.11 ilOO 16. 17 Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 21i 22 47 49 39 40 191 201 86 68 20 -i9dl Share' LAW INTE. THIS IMF.) Shari Railways. '" 1 1 , a ,,,. Closing I Business Price. Done. _ 100 ILeased (Atlantic at /8 i Boni.,Baroda& Cent.lll , l ~ k ~a ) . pit. 5 percent L e a r e en u r e . e 1 all 78 79 781 , a 18 Do. 1 all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 1 d 18 Do. Do. DI 41 1 1 d 201 Bu ff alo and Lake Huron' all 64 74 204 • Do. New l6l - -- d 100 f Buffalo,Brant. &Godticla ) 100 85 90 .. 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 SO 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. id par Par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 28. pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed Op.e 2 i 1 P 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 4d 41 i t Stock East Indi an , gu. sp. C lO O. 101 102 101 1 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO par 4 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - -- 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.sp. e. all 19 20 19 sm. I Geelong Corporation 6 I 100 Stock' ( per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 34 321 3 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 75 76 754 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 89 91 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 99 110 100 99} 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 4d 31 20 Do. do 4 i d par 20 1 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip ) 2a. guaranteed 5 per cent 1 13 41 li d a 2 20 0 1 D G o t..l N lV. e o w f Canada Shares all 16 161 161 4 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 a ll 105 107 j apt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 107 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 104 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 17 181 18 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 19 20 20 Do. 44 p. c. Extension l5 18 19 20 - Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.e lO i i d I 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 f Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 lid Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do ) ~„ 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land do I " 20 c Northoflndia Tramroad 1 2s. j Limited. Scrip ) 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde . 4 4_4 15 i 1 p 20 Do. 20 Do. New 1.'.._." 5 d par t 94 1 20 Do. Punjaub . • ; _E:S 5 1 id 1 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bL"' 5 1 id I 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 ;Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 4pl I ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) IN RE THATCRER'S WILL.-JUDGMENT, His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The question en thus petition is whether the limitt.tion. euntaiiwd 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 De Gex Macnaughton and Gordon, p. 808, 6 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. His Honour—l think it is exactly the same point. The trustees' costs to be paid on that declaration. Ordered accordingly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulkum.) IN RE ELENNING. This bankrupt was described as of Portsea, boot and shoe maker, and came up for his 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, £148; pro perty, £345. The bankruptcy was attributed in great part to tho 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. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, J 859., HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Mr. WILSON moved for returns showing the amount of the capital of the Funded Debt on the Ist of July, 1858 and on tho 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 rices of Consols and Exchequer-bills at such dates. —Agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter after 12 o'clock. COIIONE.hS 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. 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 inq u i r i es 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 tin 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 by 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 urged she thus probably would sacrifice the child's life by not hav ing medical and other assistance at hand at the time of birth. Then it was 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. 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 up 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, arid 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, Islo 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 1858, 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. Baillie, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Pe 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. FOREIGN. Share! Railways. !p a id. Closing Business Price. I Done. Antwerp & Rotterdr.m Ardennes Bah. A: S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c., Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rel Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Cos. ahs Italian Junction Lake Constaneedi Lierre and Turnhout._ Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.r Lyons and Geneva 3Earia Antonia Do. do. New Natnur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Think Pret: Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Um.) Rip,:a and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati ' Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. , Sambre and Meuse. Do. 51, per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria.., Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per neut. Pref Zealand 41 4; —P' d 7 1 5 2} 261 261:, 61 61 1 1} pl 81 Si 19' ni 3e 37 - -p' 84 9/ 4 2 ill 33 331 51 53 ' 0 )1 20 21 95 1 9 1 22 234 BRITISH MINE Alfred Consols (Philack) pritish Iron Condurrow (Cam borne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan) Great South Tolgus... G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady ilertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Far Consols (St. Blaxy) Yorkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SontliCaradon(St.Cleer) iSoeth C. Brea( Mogan). 'S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lean Mining Co Tin Croft UnttedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carni.) West Basset (Illoga , i) W. Car:don (Liskeard) Wheal Basset. (Illogan) Whea' Buller aedruth) Wheal Edwara (Cale.) Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Heinle Wh'l Trelawney (Lick. ) 2.11.10 176 11.18.8 9k 186 6d C 4 7.9.' nil. 18.18.9, 4 *l 9 40 12s 6cl 5 - 1.75.1 Paid. 1 Closing I Business Price. Dane. 7 8 2 3j 460 470 185 195 12 13 2f 3f 1 1 6 7 24 34 7 8 16 17 42i 140 i I 2 21 ;225 1. 235, 4 1 1 1 , 4: I 20 22 t;5 70 220 230 120 130 2} 21 11 12 46 48 32 34 MINES pa i r p 1 22 10 12 n 21 I Share Mines. FOREIG Australian 800 AcardC9pper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (s. at £sp.) Do. St.Joiin del_Rey,L :m. Do. Land and Mni tig•Co. Clarendon Conso's ing Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Cop 4 apo Dunbloun.Cop.Ming.o Fortuna General... Linares... Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N.lthineCop.o7 S.A us.L Pontc,ribaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican COLONIAL GOVER: Securities. MISCELLANEOUS. Share) 311gce11aneou5. Am 10-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C. Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.oiEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. a Do. Preference 20 , Eastern Steam sitiohl liftickl Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Juect.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lon d. G en. Omnibus Co Mediter. Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do DoB p.c.Prcf..iss.at ldis Nalr.&NovabconaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Share s . . Peel River Land dr Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ,Van Diemen'a Laud:" all all all 15a. all all p aid. l Closing Price. Business dons 12 13 40 270 34 36 I I 21 31 39 41 19 21 13 13 116 91 101 24 25 II If 105 108 1 1} 1 2 14 d ei 74 14 di 1 2 1 li 15 18 } 1 2} die par 3 84 85 124 13. 25 26 71 125 137 k 37 38 Ili 9 11 38 40 10 12 SECU: Closing Prices. IN lIE SEARBY. 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. 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, after the delivery of the coat, gone to Australia. He 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 bo present. Mr. Layton said that defendant well knew that ho 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. He told plaintiff that his (defendant's) son was going abroad. LAW-MAKERS AND LAWS.—TAYLOR V. WALTERS. This was a dispute relative to 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 dentlymade by those who knew solhing about it. lie be lieved it was generally the ease 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 Tiltman, 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 wore 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 tham. 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 soner at the same time making use of a disgusting expres sion. The accused said he had taken too much wine. Mr. Tiltman said the prisoner said he was employed by the Eclectric Telegraph Company to watch them, and that there were plenty of others doing the same thing, and that he know them of old. Miss Sophia Tiltman confirmed her brother's evidence, and said the blow she received was, a very severe one. Mr. Beadon 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 Herren, 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. Board, 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 anyproporty shall fraudulently take or convert the same to his own use, or the use of any person other than the owner there of, although he shall not break bulk or otherwise determine the bailment, ho 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, Wapping, 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 leave 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 *come 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, ho should ask the magistrate to remand the prisoner, and apply for three summonses for the witnesses to attend the next 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. Ho made the arrangement with the prisoner on Thursday last, and on Friday he 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. -Ile gave three invoices, stating what each party was 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 P" and after making various excuses, he said, " Well, I have chucked it over the bridge. The prisoner made a rambling defence, and said the bundles of wood delivered to him were all an inch too short, which was denied. On the application of Mr. Beard, the prisoner was re manded to the Clerkenwell House of Detention for a week. DREADFUL DEATH ON THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Monday morning., a fatal accident occtrned at the Rilliugton Junction of the above railway, four miles from Melton, whereby Mr. Robert Smith, a gentleman farmer, residing en his property at Th orpe B asset t , me t with adroadful death. Deceased was upwards of 70 years of age. He left home in the morning to proceed to the Pickering market, and for that purpose intended to take the train from Rillington. The mail from York to Scarborough passes before the Rillington train leaves, and Mr. Smith appears to have recognised some one in the mail train, and, as it left the station, ho walked along the platform, conversing with the person in the carriage. Near the end of the platform the line diverges to the right, and Mr. Smith appears not to have noticed this, and kept walking forward (some say having hold of the handle of the carriage door), and stepped down between the platform and the train. He was almost instantly killed, his legs being cut off by the carriage, and his body seriously injured.—Manchester .Examiner. THIS DA 1 'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Wind this day at noon S.W. moderate breeze and cloudy with rain. PLYMOUTH, 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. OFF MARGATE, Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Vittoria, from Calcutta. NEWPORT, Feb. B.—Sailed—Gold Hunter, for Halifax, N.B. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning, Wind S., blowing hard, with rain. Arrived—Fortune, from St. Maio ; 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 Corunua. Susan E. Howell, for Baltimore, sprung a leak, and ha s put back, with four feet of water in her hol. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind, tide, four hours' e bb ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, ind,S. 'Feb. B.—Metropolis' steamer, from Guernsey. Arrived, Feb. 9 .—Affiance, from Rouen; Secret, from Antwerp. Sailed, - Feb. 9 . —Holland, for Ostend; Margaretto Ro mino, for Wellington; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne; Harold, for Bombay ; Prince of the Seas, Geelong. DEAL ; Wednesday Morning. Wind, S.W. ; fresh. Anchored.--Roxana, from Singapore, for London. Arrived.—Queen of the Dart, schooner, from London, for Dartmouth. stook 'MEN' Paid. ITIES. Buoiness Done. 9} WEALTH OF LONDON DURING 171 E 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 12st week was 1,195; but as those in the present re turn occurred in a population which bas 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 in Gray's-inn-lane, 1 in Somers-town, 3 in Islington West, 1 in St. George, Bloomsbury, 1 in St. James, Cl er k enwe ll, 1 i n K ent-road, 1 in St. Peter, Walworth, 1 in Battersea, 1 in Streatham, 1 in Peckham, and 1 in Woolwich dockyard. Besides these, a death occurred from " measles and diph theria" in Kentish-town. Six deggis occurred from scarlatina in the district of Popund 5 from the same disease in the sub-district of St. Paul, Dept ford. Smallpox was fatal in 11 eases. 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 wa s 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. 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 murd ere d four natives in our service desired them, if they wished to sur render, to come and deliver up their arnis 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 *as 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 th 9 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—" You are liyran (harassed) as well as we. The war:has been going on for a year, and it is your interest, there fore, as well as ours, to put an en d t o it." A no th er 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 them 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 chiefs.--. adras Athenaeu►n. THIS DAY'S MARKETS: CORN RXCIIANGE. 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 prices. 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 a limited business was passing. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. - English 770 1,550 ; 1,610 ; 1,280 ; 1,060 Irish Foreign .. 6,390 i 960 i 230 360 sks 70 Mk; BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair amount of business doing in new hops, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand rules heavy. WHITECHAPEL. 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 ; veal, 3s 6d to 48 641 ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81b., by the carcase. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Short. 11 1.5 t 11 16 Ditto 3 M onths. 11 18 41 181 Rotterdam.....,, 11 18 11 181 Antwerp — 25 321 25 40 Brussels — 25 321 Hamburgh . _ 13 6 13 81 Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 1181 1181 Vienna 10 8 0 Trieste Petersburgh — 36 35 Madrid 29 50 Cadiz — 49/ 49 Leghorn — 29 70 25 55 _ 25 50 401 Genoa 401 1211 Naples -,. 121 1211 Palermo 1211 Messina 521 2 , --Lisbon 52k Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • • Co'.T. Co 2 bls. H 2 ouse bls. 60d 6 41 Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 261 241 Bombay ditto ...... 26 24 Madly s ditt0........ East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 24 th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal Madras Bombay £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 _FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIOR T. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FED. 2. The Queen has this day been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Joseph Arnould, Esq., Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court at Bombay. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEE. 7. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant and Captain Frederick Charles Keppel, Grena dier Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, vice Major Loyd Lindsay, resigned. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort has been pleased to appoint Colonel Charles William Ridley, C. 8., Grena dier Guards, to be Gentleman Usher to His Royal High ness, vice Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. 8., resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Dent as Consul at Hong Kong, and of the Chevalier Gio vacchino de Zugasti as Corsul at Sierra Leone, for his Majesty the King of Sardinia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Ynocente Lovera as Consul in the Island of Tzinided, for the Republic of Venezuela. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEE. 8. l; he Qu een has been pleased to appr ove o f M r. F . H . Runnin g as Consul in London for the Republic M Vene zuela. DO WNING -STREET, FEE. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. H. W a t son , Alphonse do Boueherville Edward Martindale, David S. Ogilvy, and J. Ormsby, Esquires, to be Stipendary Magis trates for the Island of Mauritius ; and Richard Weston Mara, Esquire, to be Attorney-General for the Island of Antigua. CROWN-OFFICE. I' En. 4 . MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Linlithgow.—Chares Baillie, Esq. Lord Ad vocate for Scotland, in the room of George Dundas Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island. - - --- COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Denbigh—William Cornwallis West, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—. Abr aham John Robarts, Gent., to be Cornet. The Queen's Own Royal Regiinent of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Theophilus John Lovett, Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Holland, resigned. West Kent Light Infantry Re g iment of Militia—Henry John Goodwin R o bi nson to be Ensign, vice Dunn, re signed. __ - East Kent Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant John Ed ward Beales to be Captain, vice Maxwell, resigned ; Ensign Augustus Frederick Tanner to be Lieutenant, );: vice lieges, promoted ; G eorge E nn i s Vivian, Colt. to !!ensign, vice Hordern ' promoted. North Devon,Regiment of MOunted 11/Iles—Hugh Mal let to be Lieutenant, vice Stevens, promoted ; John Geo. Johnson to be Captain, vice Roe, deceased ; Thomas Bouchier Mervyn - Marshall to be Lieutenant, vice John son, promoted ; Richard Marker Marker to be Cornet, vice Marshall, promoted. Royal Wiltshire Militia—Captain John Elton Mervin. Prower to be Major, vice Grove, resigned ; Lieut. Henry Leslie Hunt to be Captain, vice Prewar, promoted ; En sign Samuel Masters Davies to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt, promoted. BANKRUPTS. George Allibone Drage, shoe manufacturer, Olney, to surrender, Feb. 21, at eleven, and March, 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Hill, broker, Liverpool, Feb: 18, at twelve, and March 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool Di s t r i c t C our t . McKinstry,William broker, :Liverpool, Feb. 22, and March 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Meads Colenian, farmer, Folexhill, Warwick shire, Feb. 18, and March 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Harry Itiehard Trigg, builder, Kingston-upon-Thames, Feb. 16, at half-past twelve, and March 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. - William Mannion, currier, Liverpool, Feb. 18, and March 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. James Hicks, shoemaker 'Great Driftield, Feb. 23 and March 16, at twelve, a t the Leeds District Court. • - Margaret Wilson, milliner, Halifax, Feb. 21 and March 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. John Brown, grocer and cheesemonger, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square, •Feb. 18, and March 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Dickie and Co., timber merchants, Port-Dundas, Glasgow. • James B. Fernie, Esq., Kilmux, Fifeshire. William Wood, cabinet maker, Forfar. Francis Langan, wine merchant, late of Crotched Friars, City, now of Stornoway. • Lawrie and Gardner, merchants, Edinburgh. Robert Cochrane, farmer, Windyedge, Renfrewahire. James Cockburn, fish merchant, Sandyford, Glasgow. George Mackenzie, writer, Dingwall. William Ormiston and Co., general merchants, Glasgow. THE SPRING ASSIZES, (From the London Gazette of i4E Evening.) - - The following are the days and places appointed for holding the Spring Assizes, 1859 : MIDLAND CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. John Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Erie. Rutlandshire—Monday, February 28, at Oakham. Northamptonshire--Wednesday, March 2, at North ampton. Leicestershire—Saturday, March 5, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester—the same day, at the Borough of Leicester. Nottinghamshire —Wednesday, March 9 at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—the same day, at the Town of Not tingham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, Mardi 12, at the Castle of Lin coin. , . . City of Lincoln—The-same day, at the City of Lincoln. Derbyshire—Thursday, March 17, at Derby. Warwickshirc—Monday, March 21, at Warwick. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron. Buckinghamshire —Tuesday, March 8, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Monday, March 14, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Thursday, March 17, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Saturday, March 19, at the County Courts. Suffolk—Thursday, March 24, at Bury St. Edmunds. Norfolk—Wednesday, March 30, at the Castle of Nor wich! City of Norwich—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. HOME CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Martin. Hertfordshire—Wednesday, March 2, at Hertford. Essex—Tuesday, Maroh 8, at Chelmsford. Kent—Monday, March 14, at Maidstone. Sussex—Monday, March 21, at Lewes. Surrey—Saturday, March 26, at Kingston-upon-Thames. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice . Crompton and Mr. Baron Channel. Berkshire--Saturday, February 26, at Reading. Oxfordshire—Wednesday, March 2, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Saturday, March 5, at Worcester. City of Worcester—The same day, at the City of Wor cester. Staffordshire—Thursday, March 10, at Stafford. Salop—Saturday, March 19, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Wednesday, March 23, at 'Hereford. Monmouthshire—Saturday, March 26, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Wednesday, March 30, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester The same day, at the City of Glou cester. WESTERN CIRCUIT. February 28, at the Castle o f South f a r m . Southampton—Monday, o Justice n M Crowder and Mr. Baron Watson. , Winchester. Dorsetshire-,-Monday, March 7, a , at Dorchester. Devizes.Dorches ter. Wiltshire —Thursday, March Devonshire --Monday, March 14, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Cornwall —Monday, March 21, at Bodmin. Somersetshire—Saturday, March 26, at Taunton. City of Bristol—Friday, April 1, at the Guildhall of the said city. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Wales and Mr. Justice Byles. Lancashire, North —Wednesday, February 16 ; at the Castle of Lancaster. We stmoreland—Saturday, February 19, at Appleby. C umberland—Monday, February 21, at Carlisle. Northumberland—Thursday, February 24, at the Castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said town. Durham—Tuesday, March 1, at the Castle of Durham. Yorkshire—Saturday, March 5, at the Castle of York. City of York—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Lancashire South—Saturday, March 19, at Saint George's Hall; - CIRCUIT OF THE, PRINCIPALITY OF WALES AND COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER.- Mr. Baron Bramwell and Mr. Justice Hill. NORTH WALES. Montgomeryshire--Wednesday, March 9, at Welchpool. Merionethshire—Saturday, March 12, at Bala- Carnarvonshire—Tuesday, March 1.5, at Carnarvon. Anglesey—Friday, March 18, at Beaumaris. Denbighshire—Monday, March 21, at Ituthin. Flintshire—Thursday, March 24, at Flint. Cheihire--Saturday, March 26, 'at Chester. SouTH WALES. Pembrokeshire—Wednesday, February, 23, at Haver fordwest. Town and County of Haverfordwest—The same day, at the town of Haverford west. Cardiganshire—Monday, February 28, at Cardiga rt n. Carmarthenshire--Saturday, March 5, at Carma hen. County of the' , Borough of Carmarthen —The same day, at the borough of Carmarthen. Glamorganshire--Thursday, March .10, at Swansea. Brecknockshire —Saturday, March 19, at Brecoti. Radnorshire —Wednesday , M arch 23, at Presteign, Navigation .Company's allao, which left SetnainiC.oute for Lisbon new paddle mail steamship Valparaiso, arrived 'at the latter port on the Madeira; Liverpool on the The Pae i v fi al e . 30th of November, . 11, Rio de 'Drcedniber. The delays at the various ports, includ ingthe Straits of Magellan, amounted to six days five hours, and the exact time under steam was 38 j l4 a t n h e l Janeiro, 15 hours in days 15 hours, giving an average speed of about 10 knots. She encountered much stormy weather, but the distance ha fins been accomplished in two days five hours less tim than was ever before known. The run from Rio to Valparaiso was performed in sixteen days one hour, including the detention in the Straits of Magellan. Tne engines of this vessel are on the d üble cylinder principle, and on the run out she has fully sustained her character for economy of fuel, the quantity consumed having been under 390 tons, or about 50 tons loss than that of her sister ship the Valparaiso, with engines of the same description, which the company have had running successfully on the west coast for about two years. Taking the entire distance from Liverpool to Valparaiso at 9,000 nautical miles, the Callao has accomplished about ton miles e for every ton of coal consumed. As compared with t r b e company's steamships of similar capacity fur passen% r with engines on the eylinderprinciple (which are now s t being brought to this country to be refitted with machinerTinto I to that of the Callao), there is, besides the shorte r it Valparaiso of no less of the distance between Liverpool and oc cupied, a diminished consumption of coal n t he performance than 500 tons. Sharel