The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

ek G. ed ° A" [(iv n n ea t , tv IN ' w ith . 35 IV stined and ffic of the ',s plzo SAYER' MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Colonial produce Market business con tinues of rather a restricted character, and buyers act with extreme caution. Very few transactions have taken place in sugar; between 300 and 400 boxes of Havana have deen disposed of at late quotations, and 300 boxes at 40s. 6d. The refined : market is dull and very little business is doing for — home trade, with 525. 6d. the lowest quotation for common lumps. Coffee meets with a limited inquiry at steady prices, middling plantation being 70s. 6d. to 725.,g00d ordinary native 495. For tea there is a firmer tone in the market, in consequence of the private telegrams received yesterday, which report higher prices, and a short supply in China. Rice has been more extensively inquired for, but the offers made were refused, and the sales, consequently, were very limited. Saltpetre and cotton are firm, but inactive. In spices a limited business is reported, at about Previous rates. The tallow market is very firm, with an active demand for Y.C., at 535, 3d. on the spot. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed with a rather dull appearance, and 7,000 bales were disposed of at former values. In Railway Shares a very active business was transacted, and prices considerably improved. The directors of the Mid Kent Railway Company recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Considerable surprise has been created in City circles for several days past by the frauds com mitted by Mr. James Purssell, formerly connected with the well-known confectionary establishment in Cornhill. The rumours have been very much exaggerated. A false report has been circulated stating that one or two of the banks are heavy sufferers. The correct amount of the frauds is found to be about £30,000, but fortunately it is spread over a w id e c i rc l e , and. in •no instance is the loss considerable. It has been announced that the departure of the Australian mail is postponed until the 19th instant, and it is presumed that the Marseilles portion will follow four days afterwards. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues very moderate, and the requirements of the commercial community show no important increase. The amounts absorbed for loans, and other purposes, are furnished without producing any material movement, and although there is occasionally a tendency towards increased demand, no sustained activity is experienced. With a continued accu mulation of bullion at the Bank of England, a reduction in the minimum rate to 2 per cent. tighi be anticipated; but it is impossible to tell Vtat new channels will be opened for the employ ment of money in the next two or three months to u p s et lny views that might now be entertained on this sultect. The market for public securities remains in a very variable statt, Confidence has not been increased by the Emperaz's Speech, but as the dealers and brokers are now occupied with the settlement, it is difficult to form a correct opinion of the views of the speculators upon this point. At first symptoms of buoyancy became upparent, but these were Succeeded by renewed weakness, and the market now appears rather flat. Consols were 951 1 for money, and 95 t- for the March account. The pre sent quotations are 9511 and 9511 prem. respectively. B ank Stock is 2271. The New Three per Cents. are marked 959 to 96, and the Reduced Annuities, 95 1 Z-; Exchequer Bills, 335. to 365. prem ; India Stock is steady at 220 ; ditto Loan Debentures are 98 1 ; and the Bonds, 20s. to 245. prem. In the Foreign Securities business is very quiet, and prices have in most instances declined. Turk is 11 6 per Cents. are 891 to 891 ; ditto Scrip, Ist Issue, 784.1 to 781; ditto, 2d issue, 7 to 61 discount; Chaim]. Loan is 3 to 2 discount ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are steady at 94; Danish 5 per Cents. have receded to 1031 to 104 ; Mexican•to 201 ; Turkish 4 per Cents. Guaranteed to 1021; the New Aus trian Loan is quoted / to 1 premium. The transactions in railway shares are more re stricted to-day. The market opened flatly at the relapse of last evening, but subse quently became firmer. • The tendency, how ever, is now towards a further reduction ; Great Western have, nevertheless, recovered 10s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; London and Brighton, ss. ; North Western, 10s. ; South Western, ss. ; Midland, ss. In the Colonial Market East Indian are flatter, having receded to 1011. Great Indian Peninsula, an the other hand, are firm, at 99/ 100. Grand Trunk of Canada have been done at 331, ex the interest, being a rise of ss. French railway shares are scarcely so good. Lo mbardo -Venetian old shares are 1 I prem., and the new shares, .7, 2 prem. An active demand has been experienced for co lonial Government Securities, and prices are ex ceedingly firm. Victoria 6 per Cents. for April and October have risen Ll ss. A fair a moun t o f b us i ness h as t a k en p l ace i n Joint Stock Bank Securities, and prices are sup ported. Miscellaneous securities are inactive, and prices nominal. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO CK Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 3 per C en t . Consols Annuities No w St ock 3 p 5 er 0 2 C 2 ent. Annuities 9l 6 5i Ditto Debentures 9B Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £lOOO C onsols for Account (March) 951 1 March; June. Exchequer Bills, £l, OOO , 2d. & 11d.. 33 6 Ditto 450033 6 Ditto Small, lid. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 94 Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. lO4 31 Mexican. 3 per Cent — Ditto Accoput Tur D ittkieh 6 per Cent — o Account Ditto New Lo an Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9sk I Consols for Acco un t (M arc h) .... 95} FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE CITY.—An accident, attended with fatal consequences' occurred on Sunday evening in the City. A horse drawing a chaise cart, in which were Mr. and Mrs. Chappel, residing in Walbrook, their child, and a friend, took fright, and the parties were, one after the other, thrown out. Both wheels of the vehicle were torn off, and the horse dashed along Cannon-street and proceeded into Gracechurch-street, where it knocked down two gentlemen, a female, and a child Th e p ar ti es were taken at once to St. Thomas's Hospital, but one of the gentlemen died before the building was reached. The others were attended to and sent home. The following is the descri p tion of the deceased : — Abou t 30 y ea rs of age, 5 • feet 9 inches dressed in a , fair complexion, brown hair 9 _ Purple brown overcoat, and black undercoat, black waist- Tat 9 and checked trowsers, W e lli ng ton boots, drawers, fl annel waistcoat, and white shirt, marked " W. Pellow." The 'warlike movements in Austria and Italy continue thus far to be extraordinarily profitable to the, Lonl bardo-Venetian. Railway Company. The traffio for the w ee k ending the 28th ult. was £21,969 on the Trieste and £9,246 on th o L om b ar d li ne , against £13,881 and £5,519 in the corresponding week of last year. The total increase was thus £12,175, or 64 per cent. The aggregate litileage was 361 miles in 1859 against 299 in 1859. PERUVIAN GUANO.—A Parliamentary copy of correspondence on the subject of Peruvian guano has been published. It merely consists of a letter from Lord Malmes bury, dated the 28th of July last, to Senor do Rivero, the Peruvian Minister in this country, urging that a reduction of price is greatly desired, and that it would benefit Peru by causing an increased consumption, and a reply from Senor de Rivero that he would call the attention of the Lima Government thereto, and communicate to Lord Malmesbury such answer as might be obtained. As five months have since elapsed it may be presumed the repro sentation has received no more notice than is usual in cases of business with Spanish-American authorities. CHURCH-RATES. -- A blue book published on Sa turday contains returns relative to church -rates in the pro vinces of Canterbury and. York. From s. summary of these it appears that there are in the two provinces 10,206 parishes, in which the sum of £1,159,596 has been expended during the last septennium for church purposes (being an average of £ 5 94,228 a year) : that £2,138,057 was expended on the Ma intenance of the churches and churchyards ; £ 1 , 151 , 369 for th e celebration of Divine wors hi p ; an d £628,011 f or other purposes. The money was raised as follows — viz., £1,741,872 by church-rates, £306,315 by special endow nients) £ 1 )746,797 by voluntary rates or subscriptions. In 7,031 eases the present state of repair 'of the church and graveyard is " good," or "very good ;" in 1,308 cases it is Pretty good, fair tolerable, or decent ;" and in 1,607 cases the state of repair is " wretched, buildings dilapidated," &c. In 1,367 cases the landowners are "all Churchmen," in 7,436 they are " Dissenters and aboutm and in 1,050 cases they are equal." "=-~-~ SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. e i el 67 69 11 114 31 33 944 951 95i. 651 48 49 4 -, 51 Closing I Business Price. Done. 13 15 94 96 69 70 29129,E 96 98 10 10 104 104 86 88 136 138 105 106 541 55} 56 57 85 a° 12 13 p 1 12 13 pi 951 96 C: C: 108 102 95 95/ 1/ / dl 95 951 1 37 37ili Share) Railways. 12.10 13.14 Stook A mber:z., Notting. Bost. . and Eastern Junction raelfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall (A roves. no div Do. A until6p.c.per an Do * • B hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast Jur c 'Dun. 7e-th,& Abr.Junc (East Awrlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire • East Suffolk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Paid, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do lEdinburg and Glasgow l Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. Forth & Clyde Junction 1 161 6 3 / 4, Stock 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 121 Stock Stock Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds. Stock Stock Stock !Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £lO Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blaekwall Do.Newiss.at £slns p. sh Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'e.erry & Enniskillen Iran., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares NeWeastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. Stock Stock Sock 8 9 9i 10 15 16 61 62 45 47 29} 29 Stock) until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth R hy rnney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittintrbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 StoCk Stock 014 102 76 78 12 13 all 100 100 100 64 66 31 d, 614 62 100 100 100 1613 4 X 23 ls. 174 all all 100 all all all 22i 7 161 100 100 Stock) Stock) Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference. No. 1 ThamesHayenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 100 100 all all all 924 93 14 1d 47 484 774 h 3 [Ol 103 4i dl 13,1 13 } 7 30 1 .. 31i 7 6 ct 7 p.c. has been pd. to B, Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all 115 117 274 28 86 88 46 47 4 2d 371 385 72 13 73 744 14 15 , 8 11 351 361 89 91 551 i 55 104 9 i 954 6 64 3 61 6 2 n al SHARES. 371 1011 1 1 615 2 934 3 48t 78 1 41 29 30 34 8 Share) Railwa Closing' Business ys. Paid. Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 11. per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 94 96 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - tock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - • Stock Chester & liolyhd, 54 pc 100 - - Stock Do. do. sp. ct. - 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c all - - 04 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 6 61 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 113 118 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc 100 108 112 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l 100 115 117 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 114 118 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 132 134 134 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - Rock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - Stock Edin. Pert h.& Dun. 4 pc. 100 75 76 Stock Furness, 5 per cent . 100 Stock Gluts. I{,,S Wes t.'); a. 5 pc% 100 113 115 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 120 122 Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 D0..5p.e. Redm.,spc. pm 6O 64 66 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt all 101 111 StockGt.Sn.& W (Ireland)4 no p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Jreat West. (Berks and 6 -- - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. .' Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 id. 100 91 93 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 84 to Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 85 87 Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref lOO 98 100 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 101 4' 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares all 161 17 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 101 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 74 73 264 Do. Chesterguar.shares all 19 20 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 1414 Stock Lon. & Brigspc. gu. No.l 100 - - Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO - - Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 163 168 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. all - - 121 Londonclv.& Ennis 1 sh. all - - Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 122 124 6 Do. £6 44 >1 IP Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all - - 121 Do. 4 per cent - - Do. - - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 141 143 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 104 105 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 ip Stock Do. Leic. & liit.pref. st. 100 96 98 10 Newport, Aber, &c. pref.s I all 94 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 114 12 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.sh area all 9 10 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - Stock Do. 51p. C. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - Stock Do. Way.Vai.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 '"2 114 Stock Do. New, g u t. 5 percent 100 - - Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - S ock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 99 984 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. g - 25 Do. York, li.& S. Purch. 10 1 d p 20 North Staffordshire . . all 23 23 j 23 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. li . tg 100 12.5 127 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 110 112 Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 97 100 81 Scottish Central, new pi all - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - Stock Do.Abercleen.gua.6 pc. 100 - - Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 105 1031 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst is lOO 103 105 Stock Do. New do., 26 issue lOO - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO - S tock 1)o. 41 per cent lOO - - 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all , 161 171 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c all 29 30 25 1 Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 321 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Redford and Rietchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.BarrAlsTeils,Drct. Do. New , Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.:i Hull and Selby 1)o. 4 Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gun. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent 3fanc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, Mid. Bradford Prf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. C. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per ceut. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares ...... A. Roys tn,li itch ~& Shep SW:Roth. &G . 01.g..c. Shrowsbrv& Herefo sp rd, South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6 p. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn.l Ln & N.W Ln & N. W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counta. Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do! Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counta. I Do. Do. Do. LAEN W 1 & L.Yk. all Do. 100 Gt.Nortli 18 11 6.Lau.& Yk all T Brassoy all M'Clean . all 'Stk.& Dar all I Do . 100 'Gt. West I all L.Avßrgta 98 100 104 100 17 19 142 144 4 4] 11 1 1 113 65 674 115 120 90 92 2 98 ItO i 4p 58 'lO 1142 144 11 9 1 1i I 99 92 8 9 DOCKS. Share Docks. IPaid Closin g Price. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine .... . Stock Southampton Stock ictoria 20 Do New 0 18 Stock Stock 15. 5. k Nusiness Done. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1859. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Itailwa s ' pa p . Closing Business y. s " Price.. Done. • ____ 100 IA t i l , a e n a t s l e c d & at S p L e rr . ceenntce J all 78 79 6 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lna } 9 * i d p. 5 percent. 18 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 1 d 18 Do. Do. 13 41 1 4 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all. 7 7 201 Do. New l6l - - d 100 1 Buffalo,Brant. &Godrich lOO 85 90 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 80 85 83 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 77 82 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lhn. 1. 3. 0. id par par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. Pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 2Q Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 i 1 P 171 Demerara 20 Eaetern Bengal. gu .sp. c 5 1 I 41 Stock East Indian, en. sp. c lOO 101 102 1011 211 20 Do. C Shares. all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 par i p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D0.41p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all - 2 0 0 . r GeelongGeelot c l o r i e po l.gu ra a tio 53 6 10 0 _ .c. all 19 20 st 1 , j per cent. Bonds i Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 34 331 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pa . y.'7B all ' 75 76 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref... 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 100 101 991 104 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 Id 3 l 1 20 Do. do 4 4 d par 2 0 ( Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2 , _ ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 161 16f 164 1 201 Do. New 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 105 107 ( cpt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 107 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 102 104 1031 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do I 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 17 181 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 19 20 20 Do. 4/ p. c. Extension l5 181 19 20 Do. Third Ex. gea.s.p.c lO 1 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Mello. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 /Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry,&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 lid Class ACapitl. Share • Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO 4 3 d ▪ Do. do. Land do 20 c Northof India Tramroad j Limited, Scrip 2s. _ 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde ), 3 4 15 1 1 p 20 Do. i Pit all 20 21 20 Do. New ti Q. _. 5 1 d par, 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo ) u,'"' 5 1 1 d 20 iSt. Andrews & Quebec A 18 I— 10 • k Trinidad( L i m i t e d ) Scrip 1 id 1 p LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) PETITION BY ORDER.-FLETCHER V. MOORE. This was an application to the Lord Chancellor to reduce the fees of 10s., payable on every £lOO of net profits re ceived by the receiver of the proceeds of a colliery. The gross proceeds received amounted to £40,000 annually. The net profits £6,000. The receiver claimed 10s. fee on each £lOO of £40,000 gross profits. _ _ The petitioner asserted that the receiver was only entitled to 10s. fee on each £lOO of £6,000 of net profits. Mr. Kenyon supported the petition; Mr. Taylor opposed, The Lord Chancellor fixed the fee at 10s. on each £lOO net profits, in the meantime, and to see what effect it would have on the future amount received, and to apply. Ordered accordingly. APPEAL MOTION.-THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an appeal motion from a decision of Vice- Chancellor Sir William Page Wood refusing an injunction to destrain the defendents from using the joint line from Hilty to Portsmouth, and vice versa ; and also from using the booking-offices at Portland station. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., and Mr. Wilcox appeared for the appellant. Sir Richard Bethel, Q.C., represented the de fendants. After hearing Mr. Rolt in support of the motion for an injunction, it was ultimately arranged that the Plaintiff's should amend their bill by inserting the agreement of the parties, or such parts thereof as necessary—that the defen dants keep a just and accurate account of the traffic on the disputed line,—that the working expenses be paid, and that the balance be applied according to the orders of Court. Reserving all points in dispute until the hearing of the cause, which is fixed to be heard on the first Wednesday before Good Friday. The usual notices to be given. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DA Y.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SON CHARGED WITH ROBBING HIS PARENTS.--A BAD CASE.—Michael Crawley, 16, a callous young fellow, was charged with robbing his father as follows. This case was a rather distressing one. It appears that on the previous afternoon the boy's mother had gone to a dispensary with a sick child, and had left Bs. on a table at her residence, being the week's rent, and during her ab sence the prisoner walked off with the money, first having waited till the landlord had signed the rent-book for the amount. Michael Crawley, the boy's father, said that on tho pre vious afternoon on his return from the hospital, where he had been for advice, being in a consumption, he found that the prisoner had decamped with the money. He went after him, and after some trouble found him outside the Victoria Theatre waiting to enter. Ho asked him what ho had done with the mony, when he handed him 7s. Bd. back, saying he had only spent 4d. About a fortnight age he had been brought to this court for robbing his mother of her shawl, and he had frequently committed himself before, but he tad not appeared against him, but he was now compelled. The prisoner admitted he took the money while the land lord was writing, but said, with some amount of confidence, that the landlord did not see him. Mr. Beadon said it was a very aggravated ease. He had behaved with great audacity, and one for which he should bo severely punished. Committed for six months with hard latbour. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. .• SMITIIFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Supplies moderate, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 1O ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per lead. A heavy demand. lirniTEcitAPEL.—Meadow hay, 15s to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been rather firmer, in conse quence of the advices from China reporting the crop short and prices higher. Common Congou is about 13d. per lb. COFFEE has been in steady request, and good qualities of Plantation Ceylon have realised former values. _ SUGAR.—Business has been rather restricted, and prices remain without any material alteration. In refined de zeriptions, also,_ the transactions have been on a li m ited scale, at about former values. RICE.—The market has presented rather more anima tion, and the common qualities have been in good request, but the prices offered having been refused, the sales were limited. Rum.—ln this article business has been inactive, and values remain without change. SALTPETRE has been rather depressed. Prices, however, are firmly maintained. TALLOW.—The market continues ratherbuoyant. P.Y.C. on the spot is 53s 3d ; and last three months, 52s 6d per cent. COUNTRY MABICETS. COLCIIESTER—FEn. 5. Only a moderate supply of wheat, but no improvement in the condition. Trade slow, at last week's prices. Fine barleys rather dearer; In other sorts no change. Beans and peas meet a fair sale at full prices. Wheat, white 46s to 50s Beans, Mazagan..32s to 34s I red 36s to 44 s Middle & small 33s to 40. Barley 3os to 42s White peas 4os to 42s I Oats 22s to 30s Grey 40s to 42, SIR R. W. CARDEN, 31. P., ON REFORM. At a dinner of the supporters of Alderman Car den, M.P., at Gloucester, on Friday, the worthy alderman spoke at some length :—Lord Palmerston has a reform bill, so has ,ford John Masse ; tnd then there is Mr. Bright—(oh, oh)—but I need not talk of him. (Cheers.) I think a man who stands up in public and denounces the Established Church, the hereditary peerage, and says that the country will soon do without a House of Lords, does not deserve, and certainly will not obtain, much consi deration from the people of this country. (Cheers.) Abolish the House of Lords ! Why, what made its members hereditary legislators ? Mr. Bright says that they do not possess herediiary talent. Perhaps , not ; but it is undoubted that there is more wisdom in the House of Lords than in the House of Com mons. (Cheers.) The majority of those who com pose it are men who had made themselves great by their public services, and deserve to be elevated by their country, and rewarded by honours which they can transmit to their posterity. (Loud cheers.) But even if the members do not possess hereditary talent, still, as a body, I repeat they possess more talent than the House of Commons, selected as it is from all parts of the country. I believe Lord Derby, although he is a called a Conservative, is the best reformer in this country. (Cheers.) I believe he has done more to win public confidence than any minister in the short period he has been in office. (Cheers.) Ido not mean to say that parliamentary reform is not necessary ; on the con trary, I think it is. (Cheers.) I think there are many anomalies in the representative system that ought to be rectified ; and, depend upon it, gentle men, Lord Derby will do it. (Cheers.) He will give us a good, fair, and constitutional measure of parliamentary reform; he will propose such a measure, and he will carry i it. I say that an ex tension of the franchise s necessary. (Cheers.) There are anomalies in the state of the representa tion which ought to be rectified. For instance, Andover has 241 registered voters ; Chippenham 300 ; Harwich, 272 ; Honiton, 273 ; Tewkesbury, 373; and Dartmouth, 302. Here are 1,750 electors altogether, and they return 12 members of parlia ment. Look, on the other hand, at Cheltenham, with 2,400 regikered electors ; it returns only one member. There is another subject to which I will call attention. There is a famous measure called the ballot. I am opposed to the ballot—(loud cheers)—because I feel it is un-English ; because I feel that it would lead to deceit and falsehood. The Conservatives have nothing to fear from the ballot; but I oppose it as the commencement of deceit and falsehood, and as tending to break down the right feeling and destroy the confidence which should exist between man and • man. (Cheers.) Gentle men, in the Queen's speech allusion is made to three important measures of law reform, which will be promoted in the ensuing session by the govern ment • and, really, I think that the val u abl e ti me of parliament would be much better bestowed on these things than in any consideration on parlia mentary reform. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN. Closing- I Business Share' Railways. Paid .( Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 5 20 Ardennes all P 250 Belgiani 3 a .tt S F E r a a s n t ,L im Junction. 7 3 d2l . ; all 1 20 Beziers to Graissessae all 7 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 n 20 Dutch Rhenish - l5 51 5 6 Eastern of France all 26 26A 261 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sits all 61 61 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Rai' all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 p9l 1 20 Lucca& Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all -- 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and L'ege all 81 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 20 20 1 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Share 10 Norwegian Trunk r_ a all 81 91 20 Ottoman, giia. 6 per cent 7 4 2 20 I'aris,Lyons, and Medit. all 324 331 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Peru )) 9 a d gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and. Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse. all 61 71 7 10 Do. 51 per cent. P ref all 9 9 , 4 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders all 5 10 Do. 51 p..c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all , 20 Zealand all I BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. I Closing I Rosiness Paid. p r ic e . Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 74 81 20 British Iron Condurrow (Carnborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 460 470 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 200 210 Great South Tolgus... 17a 12 13 G.Wheal Al fd.(Phillack . ) 11.18.8 21 84 G. Wheal Vor(Ilelston) 9} 1 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 24 34 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 8 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 1: 16 17 Nricellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 420 430 Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 225 235 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 1 14 10 Tin Croft 9 4 44 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Cann ) 12a 6cl 1 West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 72 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 6.5 70 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 220 230 Whet: , Buller (Redruth) 5 120 130 Wheal Edward (Cats.) 54 24 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 47 49 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 33 35 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l I 1 Bon AceordCopper,Lim. 10s d p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Joblidelßey,Lim. 15 10 12 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all 11 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobre Copper all 38 40 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 211 3 Linares all 7 84 5 Lit sitanian 1 Mariquit a all 1 New Granada all t . 1 N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 20 Po ntgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 41 5. 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 23.2.8tUnited Mexican all 2; 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 113 114 1131 1 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 115 116 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 115 116 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 111 112 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 994 1001 1004 1 NovaScotir G 0v.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeenutble, 1875 100 111 112 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 1104 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Shard Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. I Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London 90 92 25i 261 45 i Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.lik.ofAustraL London and County London Joint Stock London & Wsstminster Nat. I'rov. of England Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London, 57 59 i l 2 101 61 63 I 100 100 20.11 100 161 17 21& 22 47 49 39 40 20} 201 66 68 47# 191 18461 bIISCELLAAEOUS M 1 q eellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian 'loyal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Laud Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1882 Do. C . . Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.oiEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop. St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl.Tron ScrewCol.(Lim' Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ), National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N.tr.SENovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telege Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin. Inr.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Seep: Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can i v= Diemen'a Laud ..:•• all all all 15s. all all Paid.) Closing Price. Business done 14 MO 27 0 31 30 21 4 39 41 19 21 13 15 14 118 9t 101 23 25 11 11 41. 5i 105 108 1 1} 11 2 111 11 (1 1 6 7 1 / d 1 2 1 14 15 18 1 1 1. die par 21 84 85 par 11) 1 25 . 26 7* 125 1371 37 38 1 1 9 11 CAMBRIDGE-FEB. 5. There was a fair quantity of wheat on offer. Barley in middling supply. There was no important change in prices from last week. - Wheat .. .. 38s to 46s 1 Oats.. 24s to 28s White do ..44s to 46s I Beans, new —s to —s Barley . .. 38s to 44s i Ditto, old . .48s to sso DERBY -FED. 5. At yesterday's market there was a liberal supply of wheat, which met with a dull sale at barely the rates of last week. In barley the extreme quotations of last week were maintained for all the best samples of malting. Oats were a scanty show, and fully as dear. Beans came sparingly to hand, and soldat the full rates of last week. White wheat, new, 44s to 50s Barley, grinding.. 27s to 30s Red do. 3Bs to 44s Oats, old, . 3os to 34s Old white 405 to 498 New do Ms to 31. Red do. 37s to 42s Beans. 42s to 445 Barley, malting.... 36s to 42s I Peas ....—s to —s JURKALDY_FEB. 5. We had fair supplies of wheat and oats, but small of barley. Fine barley is per qr. dearer, ordinary much the same as last week. Oats 6d lower. Wheat a ready sale ; as also barley. Wheat (N). Barley (N). First.... 34s Od 25s Od Second.. 42s 6d • 328 Od Third .. 46s Od 34s 6d Oats (N). 19s Od 23s Gd 25s Od Oats (0). —s Od Wheat (0). Barley (0). First.... —8 Od Od Second.. —s Od —s Od Third .. Od Od —s Od —a Od COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—FEB . 7. the close of the market.) s. d. Haswell Gas. l3 0 Byass's Bebside West ' Hartley .14 9 Walker Primrose 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 0 Tanfield Moor 11 9 Ward's West Hartley 14 0 Buddle's West Hartleyl4 9 Wylam l4 6 Davison's West Hart- Walls End. _ _ s. d. Hetton.... Tees . lB 0 Heugh Hall 16 6 Whitworth l4 6 Nixon's Merthyr. 21 0 Fowell'sDuffiyn Steam 21 0 South Durham... 16 0 Eden 16 6 South Hartlepool.. 16 9 Framwellgate l6 0 Braddyll's Hetton 17 0 Trimdon Thornley 15 0 Benson l6 3 Hartlepool. l6 9 South Kelloe l7 0 Caradoc l6 6 Stewart's l7 9 Eden Main .16 0 Elm Park 14 6 Barton l5 6 West Kelloe ..15 9 99—Sold, 74. ley 14 9 Lambert's West Hart- ley 14 9 Walls End. Acorn Close 16 6 Russell's Hetton 17 0 Cassop l7 0 Montague Garesfield 12 0 North Harllepoal 14 6 Brandon.. l6 6 Gosforth 15 6 Ships at market, MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COM PANY.-At a meeting of this company y es t er d a y, M r . S. Gurney in the chair, the report was adopted unanimously, and a dividend declared for the:past half year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The defect in the cable between Cagliari and Malta has been repaired, and through com munication re-established. Nothing certain can be stated as to the cost incurred by the accident, but it is estimated at about £l,OOO. A portion of the cable raised from a con siderable depth in the sea was found to be as perfect as when it was first laid down. It is some mitigation of the financial prospects of the present year that in October next annuities will expire to the amount of £306,000, thus effecting a saving in our annual payments on account of the National Debt equal to such as would result if the debt itself were to experience a reduction of £10,200,000. Three months later—namely in January, 1860, the extinction of the Long Annuities will effect a further annual economy of £1,599,500, a sum equal to the interest on £53,300,000. Consols, while there are sundry smaller claims of tontine and other life annuities also to fall in. Although these reductions will involve no lightening of taxation, since they have all been calculated upon in the arrangements regarding the income-tax, it is desirable the circumstance of their being about to occur should be known throughout Europe. The fact of our being able in ease of the worst to raise loans to the extent of £70,000,000 without rendering our burdens next year greater than they are at present may produce a good effect on the possible eve of complications, the ultimat triumph in which will most likely turn as usual upon considerations of finance. MICRO-PHOTOGRAPHY.—I was recently handed two small pieces of glass, it the centre of one of which, by dint of close and painful examination, I discovered a speck about 1.16 th of an inch iu diameter, which bore somewhat the resemblance of the portrait of a head ; in the other was also a speck about one-eighth of an inch in diameter, but which I could not recognise as any particular object. By holding the first piece of glass up to the light, and looking through a powerful magnifyer, I discovered a perfect por trait, and in the other a group of five portraits, equally per fect. To what use might not this mode of photographing be put I In war the most elaborate instructions might be carried in a button or the head of a pencil-case, and the General or Secretary of, War needs but a magnifying glass to save the use of spies, and men frcm hanging; the whole archives of a nation might be packed away in a snuff-box. —.Photographic News, MID KENT. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts for the half-year ending 31st De. cember last, after deducting the 40 per cent. pay able to the South Eastern Company for working the line, amounted to £2,400; and for the corre sponding half of 1857 to £1,518, showing an increase of £BB2. The first three months of the half-year showed an increase of £419, or nearly 50 per cent. on the corresponding period of 1857 ; while the last three months showed an increase over the same months of 1857 of £462, or 70 per cent. The traffic of the line was now in course of development. The total net income for the half-year available for dividend was £1,713, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, leaving £B6 to the credit of the next account. On the Ist of Jan. last the maintenance of the line was taken in hand by the South-Eastern Company. The Brighton Company were about to apply to Parliament for powers to enable them to make a short spur line from the West London and Crystal Palace Railway at Penge to the proposed new Norwood station on the Croydon line, which, with the formation of the west fork of the Mid Kent line at Beckenham, would give the direct communication so much desired between the North Kent and Croydon and Brighton systems over the Mid Kent Railway. The directors had taken the necessary steps to obtain powers to construct the fork at Beckenham, and to work over the portion of the West London and Crystal Palace Railway between the junctions at Penge and Beckenham. The balance-sheet to 31st of December last showed that £94,666 had been expended in constructing the railway. The revenue account for the half-year ending 31st Dec. last showed that £2,410 had been received, £3ll expended, and £438 paid for interest on loans, leaving a balance of £1,660, to which was added £53 from the preceding account, making, as above, £1,713 available for dividend. THE MAIL SER VICE. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The steamship Tagus left this day with the usual Peninsular mails and eleven passengers. She is one of the oldest ships in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's service, having been running now for twenty years. Last' year she made sixteen passages with the Penin sular mails, ran a distance of 39,128 miles, and entered 192 times into various ports at all periods of the night, and in all kinds of weather. The steamship Northam, which left here on the Ist of November for Bombay, to convey the mails from thence to Suez, arrived at Mauritius on the 22d of December, and on the 24th proceeded to her destination. The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany have now 52 ships employed in the transport of the mails, viz., between Southampton, Malta, and Alexandria, 9 ; between Suez, Aden, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, 8 ; between Bombay and Suez, and Suez, Mauritius, and Australia, 7 ; between Bombay, Ceylon, the:Straits, and China, 10 ; between Mauritius and Reunion, 1 ; between Hong Kong, Shanghae, and Canton, 7 ; between Hong Kong and Manilla, 2; between Marseilles, Malta, and Alexandria, 5 ; between Southampton, Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon, 3. The following are the days of departure from South ampton for the ports named :—On the 4th and 20th of each month for Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Aden, Galle (Ceylon), Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghae, and Manilla. On the 12th of each month for Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Aden, Bombay, Mauritius, King George's Sound, Kangaroo Island (Adelaide), Mel bourne, Sydney. On the 12th and 27th of every month for Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Aden, and Bombay. On the 7th, 17th, and 27th of each month, for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon. It is expected that the departure of the next Australian packet will be delayed in consequence of the anticipated late arrival of the homeward packet at Suez. The Avon broke down 60 miles from Lisbon, when within 50 hours' steaming of Southampton, and after a voyage of 8,000 miles. Such an accident has never hap pened before to any of the Royal Mail Company's ships. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LoNnow, Feb. B.—Wind this day at noon. The wind got round to the eastward last night, but has now shifted again to the southward. MARGATE, Feb. 7.—The Perseverance, from Hartlepool, reports having seen a brig go on the Kentish Knock, on the 3d inst., and immediately go over. It is feared that all hands perished. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Wind from Batavia, for Rotterdam, in tow, with loss of bowsprit and foretop mast, and port-bow stove, and other damage, from collision on tho sth inst., off Beachey Head, with the Viscaya, from London, to Bordeaux. SHEERNESS, Feb. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ellen Muir, from Savannah. RAMSGATE, Feb. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oscar, from London, for Honduras. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Nancy, from Sunderland ; Courier, .steamer, from Jersey ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed—Tagus, steamer, for Lisbon ; Wonder and Ata lanta, steamers, for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 7—Ellen Ewing, from Bombay ; Salween, from Bahia; Active, from Iceland; Estrella, from Tarra gona. Arrived, Feb. B—Armenian, screw steamer, from Africa. The schooner Elizabeth and Jane drifted athwart of the American ship R. L. Lane, for New York, in the Sloyne at anchor. The schooner lost fore-topmast and mainmast ; damage to ship not ascertained. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S. ; tide five hours' ebb ; weather fresh and cloudy. Arrived—Scorpion, from Delia. Sailed—Margaret Thompson, for Launceston; Sir Ed ward Banks, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.S.W., moderate. Anchored—Jane Koske, from Antwerp, for Genoa; Thecla, from London, for Grenada. Passed—Cleveland, screw steamer, from westward, for London. Alfred, from London, for the River Plate, in the Gull Stream. Report of the ship Bury St. Edmund's, from Mauritius, for London, 78 days :—Dec. 10, spoke ship Tuuis, from Calcutta,. for Grenada, lat. 35.6 S., long. 18.50 8., 41 days out ; Feb. 4, brig A.. F. Moore, lat. 48.46' N., long. 8.38 W. ; Feb. 5, barque and Emily, from Falmouth to Constan tinople ; same day, an American ship, showing white flag, "L. 31," in centre, black letters. SPORTING NOTES. IN HARNESS. • The -weather promises well for the steeplechase meeting which will take place at Readieg to-mor row, nd the programme of sport is sutheientli . attractive to draw together a large attendance ct metropolitan and local sportsmen. Last year great complaints were made respecting the undue severit of the course, and Mr. Hibburd has exercised a wise discretion by attending to the wishes o owners of horses, and by altering the line or country. Since the abolition of many minor meetings, which were principally promoted for disreputable purposes, and the nefarious proceed ings at which proved prejudicial to nearl 3 every cross-country gathering in the kingdom, steeplechases are exhibiting signs of a renewed popularity, and although it would be absurd to expect the good old days of Waterford and Strath more to be revived, yet the sport seems likely to regain much of the prestige which was once at- tached to it. The promoters of the Reading steeple chases have set a good example, and Mr. Topham is about to make another venture in the vicinity of the Metropolis, and to endeavour to establish a first class legitimately conducted meeting. The Berkshire Stakes, which will be run for on Thursday, have been operated upon in City circles. but the betting has been more remarkable for its fluctuations than for its extent. Bon Vivant, Chelmanton, Greyling, Barney Williams, and Tamworth have received the chief support, but it is said to be doubtful whether the Grey of Chelmanton are really intended. Should Greyling go to the post and be meant, I shall couple him with Barney Williams to play the principal parts. The minor events I shall not touch upon. The increased attendance which is now witnessed at Tattersalls' shows that turfites are once more in harness and are preparing for active work. Still the betting on the Liverpool Steeplechase and on the Spring Handicaps is not veiy brisk, and the movements have a vagueness which renders the outer lot of speculators, or these persons who only look upon the doings in the turf market from the loopholes of retreat, somewhat cautious in theii dealings. Drogheda is nominally the first favour ite for the Cup, but a rising favourite, named Bank rupt, is also much talked:about. Bankrupt is in Joseph Dawson's stable. lle only ran once last year, and then over his own ground at Ilslev. Promised Land has been again made a " lion' . for both the Two Thousand and Derby. For flu. latter event Marionette, Gaspard, and Merryman are also in increased force. The first-mentioned colt is as good a looking animal as ever wore a saddle, and I shall be much surprised if he do not restore the prestige of Danebury. A quietness about Electric is maintained which may not be desirous, but it is certainly significant of something. Of interesting sporting gossip there is literally nothing to communicate. - The great Ralpho scandal has been almost forgotten ; and although report states that it will be investigated by the Jockey Club, I have no faith in the rumour. I regard the whole affair as a case of Much ado about Nothing. When a game of "besting" is played, only one side can win. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL' S--YESTERDA. The reassembling of Parliament having brought many noblemen and country gentlemen to town, the Room was well attended, not only by professional bookmakers, but by the leading patrons of the Turf. Speculation took a wide range, and signs were made of the active resumption of the business of the approaching racing season. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—The Brewer opened at 15 to 1, but at the close he was head and head with Jealousy In the betting-12 to 1 was taken about each. Little Char ley was also in good demand. CHESTER Cur.—The list of quotations on this event showed no particular change, and tho investments were more remarkable for their number than for their im- portance. Two THOUSAND.—The reaction which commenced hi favour of Promised Land in the City on Friday was still in force, 4to 1 was currently offered on him, but half a point more would have been taken. He was also backed in several double-event bets, and offers were made to take 40 to 1 about him for this race and the Derby. Only 1,000 to 30 was, however, obtainable. THE DERBY,--150 were invested on The Promised Land at 12 to 1, the backer offering to go on at the price. At 100 to 6 Marionette was well supported, and was second favourite for this event and the Two Thousand. Rainbow, Rcynard, Ticket of Leave, Serenader, and Viking were backed for about £lOO each at the odds quoted. CLOSING PRICES: READING STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Es&tpe (offered) 7to 1 agst Greyling (taken) Bto 1 agst Barney Williams (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to '1 agst The Brewer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Ghika (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Weathercock (taken) 20 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Drogheda (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Herne (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Bevis (taken) 40 to 1 agst Gorsehill (taken) 50 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken) 60 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 2000 to 20 agst Rogerthorpo (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Petra (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Bellona (taken) 1000 to 10 agst The Far West (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Promised Land (take 9to 27 10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Phantom (offered) DOUBLE EVENT BETS. 500 to 5 agst The Promised Land for the Two Thousand and Musjid for the Derby (laid four times) 500 to 5 agst The Promised Laud for the Two Thousand and Merryman for the Derby (taken) 2000 to 24 agst The Promised Land for the Two Thou sand and Marionette for the Derby (taken) 2000 to 15 agst Tho Promised Land, for the Two Thou sand and Gaspard for the Derby (taken) 2000 to 12 agst The Promised Land for the Two Thou sand and Baluamoon for the Derby (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Promised Land (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Marionette (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Musjid (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gamester (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken) 30 t 1 agst Reynard (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rainbow (taken) 50 to 1 agst Serenader (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken) 50 to 1 agst Viking (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Marske (taken) TEE NE TV PUTSNE JUDGE OF BOMB4E We may congratulate the Bar at Bombay on the accession to the Bench at that Presidency of an accomplished scholar as well as a profound lawyer. It may not, perhaps, be generally known out of legal circles that Sir Joseph Arnould's work on the " Law of Marine Insurance" is one of the ablest and most lucid digests of a special branch of law ever given to the public. But it will doubtless be inte resting to our readers, especially to those who be long to the Bombay services, to have:before them a brief sketch of the other antecedents of the new judge. This we have great pleasure in furnishing, and we feel sure that its perusal will make it evi• dent that a better selection could not have been made than that of the gentleman wh ose career we propose briefly to run through. Sir J. Arnould was born in 1815, and entered Chartehouse in 1826. when the school was in its most palmy days, and at a time when many youthful aspirants were studying there who were afterw ar d s t o acqu i re a wide reputa tion. W. M. Thackeray was then among the senior boys and not very much junior to him were Elder, afterwards head master, Liddell, Bode, and others of subsequent classical renown.J. Sir Arnould left Ch ar t er h ouse i n 1828, an d matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, in 1832. Shortly after he gained a scholarship at his own college ; and in 1834, the year of the Duke of Wellington's instal lation as Chancellor, he obtained the University prize for English verse. The subject was the "Hospice of St. Bernard," and Sir J. Arnould's poem ranks high among the compositions ofthe kind—perhaps not one was ever more applauded. In 1836 Sir J. Arnould came out in the first class in classics, and was elected Fellow of Wadham College in 1838. In 1841 he was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, and went th e Home Circuit. His work on " Marine Insurance " was published in 1848, and has already run through several edi tions. As an essayist and influential contributor to the press, Sir J. Arnould is well known, and there are few men whose reading has been more varied and extensive, or better digested. The lite rary world has a fair right to look for much ad vantage from the appearance of so - ripe. a scholar iu the still imperfectly trodden field of Indian ie • sea rch ; and we doubt not that such expectations will ere long be fully realised."—Honieward OPENING OF THE FREIVCII CH,4MBEi? SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON I)iscours prononce Sa Majeste l'Empereur a l'ouverture de la Session Legislatif de 1859—1 e Fevricr. "MESSIEURS LES SENATEURS, MESSIEURS LES DEPUTIES; " La France vous le savcz a vu depuis six ans son bien etre au - gluon ter—ses riehesses s'aceroitre—scs dissensions intestines s'eteindre—son prestige se s'elever et cependant it surgit par intervalles au milieu du calme et de la prosperite generals une inquietude vague—une sourde agitation qui sans cause bien define s'empare de certains esprits et altere la confiance publique. " .Te deplore ces decouragements periodique sans m'en etonner. " Dans une societe bouleversee comme la netre par tant de revolutions, le temps seul pout affermir les convictions, mtremper les caracteres, et creer la foi politique. " L'emotion qui vient de se produire sans appar ence de dangers imminents, a droit de surprendro car elk temoigne en meme temps et trop defiance et trop d'effroi. " On semble avoir doute d'un cote de la modera tion dont j'ai donne tant de preuve, de l'autre de la puissance reele do la France. " Heureusement la masse du peuple est loin de subir de pareilles impressions. Anjourd'hui ii est MOD devoir de vous exposer de nouveau cc qu'il semble avoir oublie. • " Qu'elle a ete constammeut ma politique ? " liassurer l'Europe--rendre a la France son veritable rang—cimenter etroitement nOtro alliance wee l'Angleterre, et regler avec les puissances con timentales de l'Europe le degre demon intimite, d'apres la conformite de nos vucs et la nature de leurs procedes vis a vis de la France. " C'est aiusi qu'a la veille de ma troisieme elec- tion je faisais a Bordeaux Bette declaration— ' L'empire c'est la paix." Voulant prouver par la que si I'heriticr de l'Empercur Napoleon remontait sur le trone it ne rccommencerait pas une ere 4a conqu6tes, mais it inaugurerait un systeme de paix qui ne pourrait etre- trouble quo pour la defense de grands interets nationaux. "Quanta l'alliance de la France et de l'Angle- terre, j'ai mis toute ma perseverance a la consolider, et j'ai trouve de l'autre cote du detroit une heureuse reciprocite de sentiments de la part de la Reine de la Bretagne, comme de la part des hommes d'etat de toutes les opinions. Aussi, pour atteindre ce but si utile a la pail du monde, ai je mis sous mes piels, en touts occasions, les souvenirs irritants du passé, les attaques de Ia calomnie, les prejuges memo nationaux demon pays. Cette alliance a porte ses !Tufts, non sculement nous aeons acquis ensemble une gloire durable, en orient, mais encore a l'ex .remite du monde nous venous d'ouvrir une im mense empire aux progres de la civilization et de Ia religion Chretienne. " Dcpuis la conclusion de la paix mes rapports avec I'Empercur de Russio oat psis le caractero do la plus franche cordialite, parceque nous aeons ete &accord sur tons les points in litige. " J'ai egalement a me feliciter de rues relations Lvec la Prusse qui n'ont ces.se d'être anime d'uno enveillance mutuelle. "Le Cabinet de Vienne et le mien au contraire, je le dis avec regret, se sont trouves souvent en dis ,idence sur les questions principales et it a fallu un grand esprit de conciliation pour parvenir a les resoudre. Ainsi par exemple la reconstitution des Principautes Danubiennes n'a pu se terminer qu' ipres de nombreuses difficultes qui ont nui a la pleiue satisfaction de leursdesirs, les plus legitimes, L't Si l'on me demandait quel interet la France avait dans ses contrees lointaines qu' arrose lo Danube je repondrais que rinteret de la France est partout ou it a une cause juste et civilisatrice faire prevaloir. " Dans cet etat de ehoses it n'y avait rien d'ex traordinare que la France se rapprochat davant age du Piemont qui, avait ete si devoue pendant la guerre si fidele a noire politique pendant la paix. " L'hereuse union demon bien aime cousin le Prince Napoleon avec la fille du Roi Victor Em manuel n'est done pas un de ces fait insolites aux -quelle it faille chercher une raison each& mais la consequence naturelle de la communite d'interets d'eux pays et de l'amitie des deux sovereigns. 46 Depuis quelque temps l'etat de Phalle et sa situ ation anormale ou I'ordre ne pent etre maintenu que par des troupes etrangeres inquietant juste went la diplomatic. Ce n'est pas neanmoins un motif suffisant de croire ala guerre. Que les uns ['appellant, de tons leurs voeux sans raisons ligi times, quo les autres dans leurs craintes exagerees se plaisent a montrer a la France les perils d'un nouvelle coalition, je resterai inebranlable dans la voila du droit de la justice de l'honneur nationale ; et mon Gouvernement ne se laissera ni entrainer ni intimider parco que ma politique ne sera)amais ni provocatrice ni pusinallime. Loins de nous dono ces fausses alarmes, ces defiances injustes, ces defail lances internes. La paix, je respere, les ne seras point trouble. Reprenez done avec calm le tours habitue' de vos travaux ; je vous ai explique francbe ment retat de nos relations exterieurs, et cot exposé conforme a tout ce que je mo suis efforce do faire connaitre depuis deux mois, a rintereur comma a I'etranger. Vous trouvera, jaime a le croire, quo ma politique n'a pas cesse un instant d'etve la memo ferme mais conciliatre. Aussi je compte toujours avec confiance, sur votre contours, comme sur l'ap puic de la nation qui in' a confie ses destinees. "Elie sait que jamais un interet personnel ou une ambition mesquine dirigeront mes actions. " Lorsque soutenu par Ie vceux—le sentiment populaire—on monte lcs degres d'uu trone--on s'elcve par la plus grave des responsabilites au dessus de la region infame ou se debattent des in terets vulgaircs, et l'on a pour premiers mobiles commc pour derniers juges Dieu—Sa conscience et la postcrite.' GBATERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, S.W., FED. 4. In compliance with the General Order of the 17th Dec., 1857, the following examinationu for admission to the Staff College will be held during the present year : TN - AUGUST. (1) Examinations for the admission of 15 officers—three of whom may be from the Royal Artillery or Royal En gineers—will be held at home on the Ist of August ; and at foreign stations either on that day, or as soon as possible after the receipt of tits examination papers from the Council of Military Education. The successful competitors will form the junior division of the college, and will join it after the next ensuing recess. IN DECEMBER. (2) Officers desirous of entering the college for one year only will be examined in conjunction with the junior division of the students, and will be expected to • prove their ability to enter upon the studies of the senior division. There will be at least five vacancies for this class of can didates, open to officers of the cavalry, guards, and line. (3) In the same month will be examined such officers whether of cavalry, artillery, engineers, guard s, line, as may wish to compete at the final examination, or without having passed through thesollege. may be learnt from the General Orders of . All other particulars connected with the th ex e ar 7t i i n l a p ti e o c ns , p lB d s in 7, g an ar d e 3 i d , efjeunrreed.lBsB, to which officers desirous of coin • tant-General. By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief,G. A. WETHERALL, Adju rNoopbAejnenceTtds----tah a n _yesterday _Monday ) of the Niger Expedition, palm oil. The Africk arrived at Liverpool with a ar v Armenian is due at Li the Ti s i c E rov steamer Liver pool Company's screw NIGER steamer E X Sunbeam, PE p i lc :o.of I v i ol e un7e a o s f yetpool to-day. BOYDELL'S FIR- the count en gravings Mire" P nobility and gentry. Il• . :-- — l 7 seats of the quite young Isis curiosity was to the manner in which the imession when nt r TbnyoSTggreater a P chance te l excited as produced, and when he learned was that from ono plate of copper many hundreds of copies might bo taken, he was so struck with the beauty and inge nuity of the process, that he at once resolved to be an engraver. He did not long deliberate, but, as it appears, without his father's sanction actually walked up to Lon don, found out the engraver of the plate which had fixed his attention, and bound himself apprentice to him at once. Mr. Jones, who thus became the master of the future Lord Mayor,.was an artist of much respectability, but of no very - great eminence, and at the end of six years Boyden found himself so superior to his instructor that he bought the last year of his indentures, and set up in business for himself. He now returned into Shrop shire, married the object of a very early attachment, and once more made his way to London to lay the foundation of a fortune afterwards consecrated to the service of art. It must V not be imagined that we desire to claim for Boyden a high rank as an engraver—he never reached excellence; but he appeared at :time when good engraving was a thing all but unknown in England ; and his own taste and experience soon showed him that it would bo rather by fostering the genius of others than by cultivating his own, that he could best serve the interests of high art. —City Press. lUS. _'~ . '.. ~_. Sh are''. r)u 10 Stock Stook,