The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-19 00:00:00

•Venetiall derstana- Lute more are a neW ween the " The tted. The ig with $ le body to aemeterfo e after a honour of .ee Italian grave bi eets. The ed polies, disperse , ;hem, and e Univer y further ates that day, heel► rovisiong I he Porto e electio o y digniti ds that Neha ILS. RNING• ndia an° ireytoNil l f )emararO'l GrenaclP collars [ands the tson, and lad, 0 6 had boa no parti and veil: mount 01 le 22d c 3 nal ; ushcl o 38s. Pe% 90 &IP / .ys ; it. prey' Trinidifi Tants, i ll. ro deatlO t a sine, ommitteo at Grer he Ist uf art'sfl4' gunboa t mer left' ge on 010, ralparais ° ard, fro ° is heap' s gene: lll f =maltedbe oon to occurred/ xlparsj s° ' ope oftli ° ving. _ 12th Dee' bet` eel amicabli Barte l/ bh NoQ•' tper. alifori o v e s lost" rrived he had receice4 ran. 9.„ Lanksll eoretic Lg tra lls ' his tinle ring ° ll if Eng' ntry sh e ilar 1'0, 1 ; k WOO ' kinerle." .try lixr A t shout manur e- Led a t ,l l ; Pu - u" ( lonia „re and that ess, tho Ld prov ° not pal f eiples ° poss iblei rror. Imistrii gratef n „ take il' for an d , P 7 Pagatol° ,BIG• )L4. onoltalee ion )nceforira times !th, 200..9 )s fall °P Is f or nails a t +he th of "" 0 1 n tch " in Wail° ,r WO I Sine for ton, , ht , cept. n ' d )ore, r Malta'oillbali' for ton, Ay, / r g a ltilt l Siogiv For O i b - Prr pt .1 ,4 n'o, "- • I‘l 9l _,T waba/,' or MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE 11-8. CITY, Two o'. The po s iti on of monetary affairs continues CLocK very favourable, and discount accommodation is attain able on terms a fraction lower than the Bank of England minimum ; but an opinion is expressed in some quarters that increased firmness will soon be produced by the increasing requirements of trade, and the several loans, which, although they may be temporarily delayed, will be eventually brought under the notice of English capitalists. During the ensuing session of Parliament some im portant financial arrangements are antici pated ; and it is thought that a loan for India will be found unavoidable. Notwithstand ing any absorption that may be thus created, how ever, a recurrence of pressure is not apprehended. grade is likely to remain in a healthy state, and the recent decision of the Bank authorities, not to rediscount commercial bills, will tend to prevent undue speculation. Choice descriptions of home ' and foreign paper are negotiable at 21 per cent.; and the appli cat i ons, b oth at Lombard-street and the National establishment, continue limited. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, :'era, which leaves Southampton on the 20th inst. for India and China, takes out specie to the amount QC £270,958, viz. —£1,000, in gold, to Ceylon ; £665 ditto, for Madras ; £5,000, in silver, for Madras; £55,350 ditto, for Calcutta ; £22,300 ditto, for Singapore ; £107,883 ditto, for Hong hu ng ; £2OO, in gold, for Hong Kong, and £78,549, in silver, for 'Shanghai. In the Foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, t here was a slight reduction in' the rate on Austria, and an advance on Hamburg ; in the others no alteration was recorded. Letters from Liverpool state that .the Cotton Market, yesterday, closed with a very heavy aspect, and prices tended downwards. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market rather more animation was exhibited, and quotations were firmer. The steamer Magdalena has arrived from the West Indies, with £134,000 in. specie. The Stock Exchange market opened favourably, and Consols were quoted at a slight advance, but later in the day it was reported that transactions had taken place at Paris, in the French Funds, at a decline of 1 per cent., which immediately affected values, and a heavy tone was produced in the seve ral departments of business. Foreign Stocks a nd Railway Shares were depressed, as W (4l as Consols. It is evident that the market, 'although it has lately shown a ma t er i a l proveme n t, still remains in a most sensitive con dition, and any advices of an adverse complexion create uneasin ess . C onso l s, wh i ch had been l'eceded to 96, sellers, and the present quotation is 95 '8 1 9 6. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm at 96 1 ; Excheque r Bill s are 36 5 . to 3 7 5. prem. ; Bank Stock is marked 2261; India Loan Deben -rtures, 99a ; ditto Bonds, 19g. t o 22 5 . p rem . ; an d Long Annuities are flat, at 181. In the Market for Foreign Securities a fair amount of business has been transacted, and prices generally show an upward tendency. Turkish 6 Per Cents, are 91 to 911; ditto Scrip, first issue, 8 0 to 801 ; ditto, second issue, 5 to 4t dis. ; Chi n Loan is 3 to 2 dis. ; Russian 41 per Cents. are firm at 1001 1; Venezuel an 5 per C ents. at 44 ; Dutch 4 per Cents, at 1011; Spanish 3 per Cents. at 451 to 451 ; ditto Deferred at nil ; Portuguese at 471, ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. at 92 ; and ditto 3 per Cents, at 711 1; Brazilian 4/ per Cents. are steady at 941 ; and Mexican at 19:. The Railway Share Market has exhibited very little animation. 'A few of the principal lines have been dealt in, but the variations have not exceeded above t to 1 per cent. Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, and Stockton and Darlington have advanced ss. ; and Norfolk, 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire and North Western have declined ss. ; and South Western and Great Northern, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the dealings have been limited, Prices, however, are rather firmer. Northern of France and Paris and Lyons have improved 10s., and Lom bardo -Venetian have declined about 55.; East In dian have improved 55., and Great Indian peninsula have receded 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares -'~how little vatiation from.previous 'quotations. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 a • ,Per Cont. Consols Annuities 414e w 1 _ rent. Annuities - — DI-ultto 30 Years expire sth Apr., 1885 lBl ndiaD Stock ' — itte ebenures .9 9i t D itto Bonds t £1 000 D itto under ' ZI,OOO - 212 19 Co nsols for A ccount 96k / 6 chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d . & lid.. March June. Ditto Small, ila i 37 . . ............... 36 I P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 ber Cent. . . — Ditto 1853,r C4l ent. . per dent 941 Mexican 3 pe........ Ditto Account •.. . • Peruvian 41 per C en t. 19i Ditto Account 92 Ditto 3 per. Cent. . — Ditto Account ........... • 711 i P ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. ... ... Ditto Account ................ 47/ Russi an , 1822 , £ S t., 5 per Cent ... . . . Ditto 41 per Cent. lOO/ i i Sardinian, 5 p er C en t . Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 4 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Venezuela 5 per Cent. . — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Consols, M oney TWO O'CLOCK.9S4 6 Consols for Acco un t, F e b . 8 951 6 ____ TILE LATE MR. BENJAMIN BOYD.—Capt. Henry Burns, lust arrived from Port de France, New Caledonia, has brought with him a d ou bl e- b arrelled fowl i ng-p i ece, which is supposed to hav e b e l onged to the late Mr. Boyd. The gun was Purchased by Capt a i n M u i r , o f th e N ew F miles Forest, from the nativesthe sot where M r . B oy d me t hi s f a t e . and was re p resented to have b longed to a " big white man Who was killed." One of the be longed to a "big white man who was killed." One of the ban.el s was still loaded, and the charge with difficulty extracted by Captain Muir. The gun has been deposited with Mr. Whitfield, gunmaker, 111. g-street, and, if thoroughly identified, will be after- Vards sent to the museum.—. Adelaide Observer of Nov. 6, 1868 . It batte ( Galignani) menti one d a few days ago that alion of the 70th Regiment had bee cauht in a violent snowstorm while on their march to n Cons g tantino.. 4coolints now state that 22 of the men, who were overcome With fatigue, perished in the snow. The remainder were able t° roach the farm of El Aria, to which place provisions an d ~e ther as§istan ce was despatched to them by the general t , lll nanding the district. On the arrival of gob attalion ,-o nstantina, 60 of the men were obliged to nto the however with their hands an d f ee t f ros t-bi tten. It was 'AoWever hoped that none of the cases would prove fatal. TOUCHING INCIDENT.—OR Tuesday last the ' Sat her of Whitworth, who was executed on the previous t tilt daY. arrived in this city, and asked at the castle :s gate iether there was a man to be hanged the following atwueer ,Y. On being told that one named Whitworth ~.,cuted on the previous Saturday she nearly fainted._ On . I . ,; e svering she Wormed the turnkey that she was Whit orth's mother, and had come from near Worksop for the tx m „, turpose of seeing, for the last time, her unfortunate , Bove e poor w oman was a t once ta k en to M r. Noble, the : n lor) whom she. i n f o r me d th a t s h e h a d s t ar t e d from e ke totally ignorant of the d a y w h en th e f a t e o f h e r son 1 14 , 11 , 14 he decided ; her husband and son-in-law, it seems, 1,-al,ng kept from her as far as possible, any information ue distressing subject. She had spent nearly all she th e On her journey, and Mr. Noble found her lodgings for night and ga her something to assist her home ;he ve f , 0 informed her of the happy change which had come p " /.. er her son ere his execution, and of his prayers on his I: i i r tb el lts and friends' behalf—a statement which she heard gh r i r eat satisfaction and conso l at i on. On Wednesday e called on the Wesleyan minister, Mr. Parkes, who paid p t) m uch attention to the condemned criminal, and ex- Zssed her deepest gratitude for his kindness. 11r. Parkes and rendered the poor woman some pecuniary assistance, Q . she left York the same day.—Northern (Newcastle) 'WY -Express. 117 4 „ WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND, AT dac\,,, '4atli ANlPTON.--At the borough police -court yester " Thompson, a cabinet lock maker, in Brick hi U-street, Wolverhampton, was charged with culpable tiide. It seems that his wife is of dissipated habits, and nigh t en the latter part of Sunday last and all the following li e g r l) she had been pursuing a course of reckless drinking— vhuusband seeking her in vain among the low haunts to and thShe was in the habit of resorting. On Monday morn e Wretched woman returned home of her own accord, tet \ Z ve ral unpleasant scenes occurred between them. wtr e -e n one and two o'clock, while their son and daughter 'w Present, anotherquarrel took place, in the course of fell Mrs. Th sworn by one 0_ ~ ompson, as was positively ea 14 itnesses, recved a blow from her husband. She ira Aecuit il t a ti c y hair afte i r a w a ar state of insensibility, and died almost SHARE MARKEII-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SITAIiES AND STOCKS. Railways. Ambergt, Notting. Bost and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Vat Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ei 72 8} es 68 11 11 30 32 94 95 861 871 484 49 611 Cheater and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkroek,&Passag,e Cornwall 5 5.1 Do. A A roves. no div. Do. B until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd toB. Dublin an dßelfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Alr.Junc. East A wr.lian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire 'East Suffolk Do Edinburg* and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction 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.Vlßail Gua.Stk. Irish South Eastern Lancaster and CarHee Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds jLancashite & Yorkshire Do. do. P £l6 Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon-Brighton ZS.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine..:, L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Bbef., & Linco!n Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle, New., Aber., & Herefd. Newry & Armagh (def.' Norfolk North. Counties Union North British • Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk. Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds. Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Flampatd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitting:bourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales Sontifforks.&Riy.Dun. Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference. No. 1 ThamesHayenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecy.nodiy.till Do. 7 p.c. has been pd. to B B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class .. Paid. Clong 1 B ui d n „, P si rice. Done. Share 12.10 13.14 S;tOA Stock Stock Stock PREFEREN Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per - c. pref. (issued at £50) : I Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 120 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon .. , 10, 4i per cent 12.10 Do. guar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Cheater & Holyhd, 5} pc Stock. Do. do. 5 p. ct. 6i Cork & Band on , 51 p. C. 61 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 No.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock E astern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Rock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. g• a• 5 Pm Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Stock Do. 5 pcßedm..lop.c.pm 4tc.'" o. 4i p_ o. d.-- 4 .- - ----- - 00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, lst pt. Stock 'Do. Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 1 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 rd Do. Redeemable, 44 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf 1 shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock' Do. Chester guar.shares; FDo. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stook! Lon.&Brig.spc. gu.'No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2' Do. New gna., 6 p. ct—. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' late 3d shares I Londondy & Cole. 4 shs Londo"dy.& Ennis 4 sh Bian.,Sh., & Lin., Op. ct IDo. • - Do. 31per cent. Maryport Sr Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent. ...... Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 I Do. Leis. & 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 NoKolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.liail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Po. York, H. Sr S. Purch. Worth Staffordshire . (North Wr. Wol. 6 pc. leig Do. do. do.. 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 37. per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdcen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 110. Fixed I& per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. I st is. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 47 / per cent 'S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cen IWaterford & E 6 per cent. .. :ilkenny, LINES LEA Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire ClydescialeJunction Colchester, Stour Yal E.Lincolnshire,g.Go.c E Union ,TharwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Ilartlpool.Dck. &Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. I Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent Nranc.,Buxtn. & lffatk Midsb.& Reder, g.6p.c Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. o. 5 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. . • • Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.„& Shep Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewshry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset..l Wimbledon& Croydn.l Shire! Docks. 9 11 17i 62 63; 46 48 30 32 13 15 95 97 69 70 294 30 96 98 10 104 1054 106 82 91 133 135 105 106 55/ 561 56 57 87 92 12 13 p 12f 1:1i p 98 981 d fd 61 (I 112 113 96.1 97 1 d 911 39 391 —d, 02 102. 74 76 12 12i 65 67 d l 62 64 1 Id 13 1 14 48i 77f 78 101 103 I 4 4}d 133 1 81 30 32 1 13 115 27i , 28'. 86 N 46 47 4 2d 374 384 746 75 73 75 14 144 8 11 25 36 88 93 6 6} 0 TARES. raid. Closing Business Price., Done. 49 51 96 98 103 105 6 61 100 103 Ll 3 118 109 112 115 117 114 116 [32 134 83 85 73 74 106 108 C 4 66 10/ 11 ca 94 84 86 86 88 98 100 9 loi 16 171 10 10 73 74 19 20 c 4 10 141 VI 143 145 1120 122 163 168 123 125 ' ip 68 70 143 145 103 105 96t 98 9} 9f 114 111 9 10 - - 112 114 99 100 i dis p fpl d 231 24i 123 123 109 111 101 103 101 11 244 25 104 106 104 106 17 19 29 30 33 34 48 52 871 i 7 48i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1 1613 0 4 1 1 Stock] 11,6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock' 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stooki 12 14 Stock Stockl 1241 Stock Stc2k Stock Stock 1 o I 10 Stock Stock Stock . Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock, gi Stcok Stock Stcck Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stook Stock Stock Stock 25 1 25 Stock SED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing I Closing! Business Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C GLNerth. E.Counts. ICaledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.31,3. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk,. Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. IL&N WI & L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clcan Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 98 100 101 106 17 19 142 144 4 4i. 111 113 65 674 115 120 VO 92 2i -,,Si 98 ICO i i P 58 60 1142 144 91 NI lot nil 90 92 8 9 Paid Closing Nosiness Price. Done. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.l'ref.Min lOO Steck Haat and West India WO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria lOO 98 100 20 Do New lB 100 100 100 1613 100 100 100 S 3 la 174 all all 100 all all all 22 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all `,~~ S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1859. FOREIGN 4i 5 — P id par lf 7 8 2 2i 41 4 27 27i 1/ 2pl 81 20 "21 37 38 —p 81 9i 3 1 d 371 33 51 53 Id par 71 71 20 2 1 11 3 1 6 9 9. 2. 24. Paid Closing I Business • Price. Done. Railways. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah,&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxor., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bak Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paria,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pere.) qua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Rua and Dunaburr; Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. 'raid. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Ccnt.lnd r . 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New , . Buffalo,Bran L&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 'Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrnim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Tomi & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.g,u.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Geelong& Mel.gus .5 p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do r 2 X lOO 100 190 17} 20 .S took Sto. I Stock 20 zo 11 /100 100 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt,W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4i p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Can da. R y. &L an d(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share . Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do ,Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo.) bEZ St. Andrews & Quebec A ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip I - S toe: all 9 all 161 1100 , 1 1 0 1 1. 3.0. 2a. 2s. 6d. 2 all 5 100 all all all 100 100 ail 100 all all all all all all Closing 1 Business Price.. Done. id iPI l a I PI d 131 6 4 7 1 -14 13 d 85 90 80 85 78 83 Par 11) 2 - 1 P d * p' 105 106 - -P 18 164 3fii 374 75 77 91 93 1064 1074' par par 16 2 - 164 4 31 106 108 106 108 104 106 99 100 18 18/ 20} 20/ 19 19/ par ip par ip 104 6 2 lid 4 3dj 1 1P 1 21 211 par p id Pat Id par id i p BRITISH ➢ZINES. Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack), British Iron tondurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South TolTus G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaok) G. Wheal Vor(Helaton) Lady 'Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) • Sortridge Cons. Hin.Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Sor th C. Brea', Illogar`. S Wheal Fran. (Illog ar ' Tamar Silver and Lelia Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(G wenn an) Vale of Towey (Crrm.) West Basset W. Camden (Usk - rd). Wheal Basset (Ilk.P.:an). W heal Buller (Recl-uth) Wheal Edward (Cals.). Wheal Kitty(U. Lelanl Wh'l Mary Ann (Men he Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 161 all P a id . \ Closing Price. 2.11.10 9 10 21 31 17a 11.18.8 9-k 18s 6d 8i 7.9.4 nil. 965 475 180 190 12 13 21 31 7 811 21 31 7 8 16 17 4 t 415 425 18.18.9; 41 9 40 12s 6d l Ai 2: 3 ;230 240 5} 1.7.2 8 4} 'MEN' 11 1} 3 3; - - 1 1 20 22 130 140 !15 225 120 140 2 21 8 9 48 50 30 31 , P '1 2 11 12 2i 38 40 10 12 1 4 11 20 21 8 1 1 Id P II 51 1 1i 26 3 T SECUI FOREIG Australian 800 AccordCopper,Li tn. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) Do. S t.John delßey,Lim. Do. Land and Wiling - Co. Clarer don Consols Min- ing Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Cepiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.C; Fortuna Gen' ral Linares Lu sitanian Karig uita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L PontglbaudSilver,Leau and Port Philip 'Santiago de Cuba 'United - Mexican COLONIAL GOVER Securities. Closing Prices. ITIES. Business Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c..Ta. & July Do. 6 p.c. Fb.&AwY. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. k Sep . N. B.G 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &,Ju y Do. Op.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. NovaScotir Gov. 6 p.c. St. Deb. redeensvblB,lB7s S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&Julyi 1126 113 113 115 113 115 110 111 99 100 110 111 109 111 3 OINT-STOCK BANKS. Share! Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing i Business Price. Done. Agra &UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank or Canada Commercial or London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London 91 93 27 27i 49 51 68 60 2 lid 63 654 100 20.11 161 17} 21 22 46 48 Unity Mutual Weatern Bk of London NI 201 64 66 201 1 20j 19 17 dl MISCELLANEOUS. 1 'Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at .e 5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan. Islands T el. (L int ) Cop.Min.olEng.&Smlig Do. Preference 76 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind. Junct. Tel Europ. &A m. GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim l Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lon d.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) Nation al Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.atldis. N.br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B. Austral asi an (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & M i n. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Teleg r. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrl n Inv. (L irn ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can. 4 Van Diemen'a Laa4_. all all all 15s. all all Closing Paid Business done Price. 124 134' AO 270 35 36 I 1 24 34 40 42 19 21 13 15 Ll 5 120 9 101 24 25 11 41 51 2 21 107 110 1 1/ 11 2 11lf Idl I I 4 i d 1 2 1} If 15 18 $ 1 1 I (Ifs par .21 3 80 82 121 13 24 k i 2 P 7* 125 13711 37 39 3 10 12 3" 21 81i LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) APPEAL.-HAVIT.AND V. MORTIBOY. This is in reality an administration suit, but the question turns on the validity of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, at St. Pancras Church, in 1824. It is alleged that Mrs. Shepherd was previously married to Mr. Masters, then living, but now . supposed to be dead. At the sitting of the Court this morning, the respondent's counsel, Mr. Rolt, Q.C., resumed the oral examination of several wit nesses and read several affidavits in support of his case, but nothing was elicited of sufficient public interest to require a detailed report. It is expected that the further proceed ings in this cause will extend over several days. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) BAKER V. MILNER.-JUDGMENT. His Honour the Irice-Chancellor said—This case is a very short one. It arises on a point raised in a will that is extremely obscure and difficult in its language, but the simple question is, whether the children or grandchildren are entitled to the residue of the testator's estate, and whether the grandchildren are entitled to take per stirpes, and not per capita. It was declared by the will that the children were entitled to take the shares of their parents on attaining twenty-one. And the question was, whether the issue of the children predeceasing, or surviving his life, or attaining twenty-one, were entitled to take their parents' share of the residue. His Honour considered the children were entitled to the residue, and delared what portions they should take. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) JOSEPH V. GOULD-PUSHING THE " DUCHESB"--. SINGULAR CASE. Plaintiff is principal in the house of Phillip, Son, and Co., extensive perfume manufacturers of the City, and deferidant is a dentist and chemist, of Kingston-on-Thames ; he is also a magistrate, of that place. The action was brought to recover £lB for one dozen of a perfume called the "duchess," sold and delivered to de fendant. Plaintiff stated that his house had been established sixty years, and that this celebrated perfume was widely adver tised and commanded an extensive sale. Plaintiff's traveller called upon defendant and received an order from him for one &ten of the . " duchess." Defendant refused to payfor these goods, which had been delivered in September last, and hence the present summons. Defendant objected to the jurisdiction of this court, and contended that he ought to have been summoned in the County Court at Kingston. The goods were delivered at Kingston, :and not to any agent of his in London. De fendant received the goods and paid the carriage. His Honmir held that the Court had jurisdiction, upon which Defendant said he was rather glad his objection had been overruled than otherwise, inasmuch as it gave him an op portunity of exposing a system that was being carried on by plaintiff or his agent, that was deserving of the greatest reprobation. Under a representation that he (defendant) should 'be appointed sole agent to the plaintiff for the sale of the " duchess," and that the article itself had a most extensive sale in Kingston, he was induced to order one dozen upon sale or return. But instead of his being appointed sole agent, he found that another person had been induced to order some of the " duchess " upon the promise that he should be sole agent. Added to this, in four months only five bottles of this won derful perfume had been sold in Kingston, and two out of the number had been sold at a reduced price. He, as a man of influence and position in his town, had taken this matter up for the protection of his fellow-tradesmen, and he (de fendant) would call the conduct of the plaintiff's agent to the notice of his Honour. It was much to be deplored that travellers, in their anxiety to get orders, should make any representation that would not be fully carried out by their I principals. He refused payment on the ground that gross misstatements had been made to him, and he came forward now to protect his fellow-townsmen from such practices. His Honour had had on a formergaccasion reason to com plain of a system pursued by commercial travellers. Plaintiff trusted that in the absence of his agent he would not attach any importance to defendant's observations. His Honour should remember that these charges were all made ex parte, and in the absence of plaintiff's traveller. Defendant said he had brought witnesses to prove all his statements. His Honour said he must,' in the absence of plaintiff's agent, nonsuit him, and award defendant costs. QUESTION OF PRACTICE-LAIRD V. WOODFALL. This was an action to recover £4 4s. for a gun. Mr. Perry (from Mr. Buchanan's) applied for an adjourn ment to be allowed to plead a set-off. His Honour could not do so. Mr. Perry—Defendant could not find his book till a day or two since. His claim against plaintiff is as far back as 1852. His Honour—Then it is barred by the Statute of Limi • tations. Mr. Perry—lt is just within the time. I will admit plailatifra claim if. ho will lot me go on with my set-off. Plaintiff—l will. His Honour—You cannot do that. Mr. Perry—Then your' Honour can make an ordor for one month, and that will give me time to bring my action. Order accordingly. LAMBETH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Pitt Taylor.) BAKER V. WILCOCREL-ACTION FOR TRESPASS.- IMPORTANT POINT. Mr. Henry James (instructed by Mr. Buchanan) ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jones for defendant. The action was tried some time since, and the jury awarded £3O damages. Mr. Jones now applied to his Honour to enter a verdict for defendant, or nonsuit plaintiff, on the following grounds :—First, That a person named Jones being joint tenant with Paintiff, he should have been co-plaintiff in the action for trespass ; and secondly, that Jones had, by a written authority, empowered defendant to hold possession of the premises, and that there was a good defence by lease and licence. Mr. Jones having been heard against the objections, his Honour reserved judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DA Y.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BOOT ROBBERY.—Thomas Hurlock, a carman, residing at 27, Ashford-street, Maiden-lane, was charged with stealing four pairs of gentlemen's boots from the shop of Mr. Alfred Spring, bootmaker, of 1, Tottenham-court-road. John Arnold, a baker, of 23, Stephen-street, Tottenham court-road, said that, on the previous afternoon, he saw the prisoner running at a very rapid rate along the road, having with him, on his arm, the boots in question. He pursued him, and while doing so the prisoner dropped two pairs of the boots, and he then seized him and took the others from him. Those produced are the same. The only reply the prisoner made, when he taxed him with stealing them, was, " It is not me—don't say anything." George Spring, foreman to the prosecutor, proved that the boots were safe in the doorway five minutes previously, and that they were the property of his employer. Mr. Beadon asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything in answer to the charge, and said that if he wished him to settle it he must plead guilty. The prisoner, after some hesitation, pleaded guilty, and was committed for four months, with hard labour. THAMES. THE Fowl, SCOTCIIMAN.-ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A poor careworn Scotchumn, named Alexander M'Leod, was brought before Mr. Elliott charged with attemptineself destruction in the London Dock. John Talbot, a police-constable, 156 K, stated that he saw the prisoner deliberately walk into the Shadwell basin of the London Dock. He got the drags and threw them in. The prisoner sank twice before he was taken out of• the water, and ho had much trouble in saving him. The prisoner, who was greatly agitated, and whose ap pearance excited great commiseration, said he had no home, no friends here,. and was starving. A year ago he got dis abled in Scotland, and lost the use of one arm. He was sent to Cork, and from there was passed to London by the United Shipwrights' Society. The authorities here would do nothing for him; and all the relief he obtained at the union workhouses was a night's lodging in a casual ward and a piece of bread in the morning. His life was a burthen to him, and he did attempt to drown himself. Mr. Elliott, without any comment, remanded the prisoner for a week. COUNTY OF LINLITHGow.—The Lord-Advocate of Scotland (Mr. Charles Baillie) has received a requisition to allow himself to be nominated for this county in room of Mr. George Dundas, who has been appointed Lieutenant- Governor of Prince Edward's Island. His lordship has issued an address to the electors, in which he says : " Should you do me the honour to return me to Parliament, I shall give my attention to every measure affecting the interests of the empire at large ; and as regards Scotland in particular, I shall endeavour to prosecute further those safe and judicious changes in our legal procedure and sys tem of conveyancing in which my distinguished and learned predecessors have already done so much credit to them selves and benefit to the country. You will not, lam sure, expect that in my present position I shOuld enter into any details on the subject of Parliamentary Reform, which now attracts public attention, and which, I know, is under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. I may say, however, for myself, that, deeply attached as I am to the Constitution under which we have, as a nation, reached so proud a pre-eminence, I readily admit that our representa tive system may be further improved. I entertain a strong reliance on the good sense and patriotism of my fellow countrymen, and I hail with satisfaction and will promote with cordiality any measure affecting the representation of the people in Parliament which is calculated to strengthen and improve our institutions, and to increase the confidence with which they are regarded." LONDON AND WEST3UNST.E.R BANK. The half-yearly general meeting of this bank took placo to-day, Mr. Alderman Salomons in the chair. The report stated that the net profits of the bank for the last half-year were £86,360 10s. hi., after the various de ductions. This sum, added to £9,852185. ld., the balance of the previous half-year, and another surplus of £lO,OOO reserved in December, 1857, but not required, would make the total sum now available £106,203 Bs. 2d. Out of this the directors had paid the interest on the surplus fund at 6 per cent., and they now declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 6 per cent on the paid-up capital. After these payments there would be a balance of £12,073 6s. 11d., of which £2,073 ss. 11d. wculd be added to the surplus fund ; and the directors recom mended that the remaining £lO,OOO, set apart in December, 1857, be also added to the same fund, which would then amount to £181,407 17s. 10d. It appeared from the balance-sheet that the total assets were £12,737,223 ss. sd. There was a brief discussion, but the report was adopted unanimously. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TtESDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 1 agst Phantom (offers to tako) 600 to 30 agst Ralpho (offered) CHESTER CUP. 60 to 1 agst Blackthorn (taken) 60 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 50 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken) 500 to 7 agst Solomon (offered) 500 to 7 agst Raspberry (offered) 100 to 1 agst Telegram (offered) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Reynard (taken) THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT THE POLYTECHNIC. ADJOURNED INVESTIGATION. Yesterday, at two o'clock, Mr. Wakley, coroner for Middlesex, and the jury empannelled on the 6th instant, to investigate the circumstances connected with the recent catastrophe at the Polytechnic Institution, re-assembled at the Lecture-hall of the College of Dentists, No. 5, Caven dish-square, for the purpose of further prosecuting their inquiry. It will be recollected that the jury were sworn as to the death of Emma Pike, who, with her father and other mem bers of her family, were passing down the staircase at the moment of its fall. The proceedings excited very deep interest, and the spacious room • in which the inquiry was held was densely crowded. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Greatorex, attended to watch the proceedings on the part of the directors of the Polytechnic Institution ; Mr. Collier, M.P., Q.C., ap peared for Mr. James Thompson, the architect; Mr. Gor ing, solicitor, appeared for Mr. Bedford, the mason who was employed to let the iron treads into the steps of the staircase ; Mr. Hughes, solicitor for Mr. Pep per, then lessee of the -institution ; and Mr. Matthews, soli citor for Mr. Pike, the father of the deceased child. The first witness examined was Mr. Smith, who stated that he was present at a number of experiments made by Mr. Marsh Nelson and Mr. Eales, the architects, upon a portion of the fallen staircase. In the course of those expe riments the top stair of the upper flight had been very severely tested, and before it yielded it bore an enormous strain-20 times as much as it would ordinarily have to bear. Mr. Marsh Nelson, one of the architects appointed to give his opinion as to the cause of the calamity, then read his report, which having alluded to the nature of the accident, went on to state that it was his opinion that the alteration of the staircase was not the cause of the accident, but That the fall was caused by the giving way of the bottom landing (or the steps immediately resting upon it) of the first flight. The landing was supported by one end being pinned into the wall, and on the other by a joggle joint of imperfect construction, instead of having a solid bearing upon the iron girder, as . is usual. The landing was cut to a feather edge, and nearly on the point of this rested the first of a flight of 18 steps, each five feet in length, and although the steps were * pinned into the wall, Mr. Nelson considered that quite insufficient for such a staircase. ' The report went on to state the parts of the institution which were not fire proof, and concluded by recommending the jury to make such a presentment to Government as would induce Parliament early in the ensuing session to re-consider and re-construct the present inefficient building clause, and the laws for the supervision of places for public amusement, so as to prevent as far as possible a recurrence of accidents which have been so frequent of late. Mr. Eales, the other professional gentleman, then read his report, which in the main agreed with that of Mr. Nelson. He condemned the manner in which the repairs to the stairs had been effected, and recommended for the future that geometrical staircases for public places of amusement should be prohibited, and that for the future it should be strictly enforced, that when the ends of stairs projected from the wall, those ends should be supported by rests rising from the ground. The Coroner said, the jury having heard the two reports read, he thought that, in order to allow time for considera tion, the present inquiry had better be adjourned for a short time. The inquiry was adjourned until three o'clock on Mon day next. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat here to-day was very moderato, the demand for all kinds ruled somewhat heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. We were rather heavily supplied with foreign wheat. yen the finest samples were neglected. In prices, how ever, no change took place. Floating cargoes of grain were tolerably firm. Barley moved off steadily, at very full prices. There was only a limited inquiry for malt, on former berms. We had a good consumptive demand for oats, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour changed hands slowly; neverthe less prices were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley Malt. English 1,590 1,870 I•' 1,720 Irish Foreign 6,760 9,850 1 Oats. Flour. 480 I • 2 , 180 4,850 , - 7,710 1 3,400 sks WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 38 4d to 48 did ; and pork, 3s Od to 2d per 81b. by the carcase. Supply good and trade dull. BOROUGH HOP. A steady business is doing in all now hops, at very full Irices. Other qualities continue heavy. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 19.—Wind this day at noon S.W. ; light airs and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18.—It has blown a hard gale all night and this day from S.W. with heavy fain, and con tinues with every appearance of a dirty night. TORBAY, Jan. 18.—It is blowing a gale at W.S.W. to S.W. _ _ _ NEWPORT, Jan 18.—The Ganymede, from Bristol, for Lisbon, arrived here yesterday, fell over last night and filled, but righted this tide with a great deal of damage. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 19.—At 7 a.m., the Mag dalena, steamer, from St. Thomas. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Loreley, from Amsterdam, for Surinam; Bemardina, ditto, for Val paraiso. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Halyard, from London for. Trinidad ; Lebanon, from London, for Madras. _ - CARNARNON, Jan: 18.—The Aurora, of Jersey, from Demerara, to Liverpool, is on shore here with no hope of her being got off. Cargo discharging. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan.l9.—Arrived—Magdalena steamer, from West Indies. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. Arrived—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin; Revival, from Marseilles ; Aries, from Swanage ; Magdalena, steamer, from St. Thomas. Sailed—Allerton, packet, for Newcastle ; Ceres, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W.S.W. • Arrived, Jan. 18—Seneca, from Bonny; Decimus, from Alexandria; Caroline, from Sicily; Beaver, from St. Nazarie. Arrived, Jan. 19--Sarah Bridget, from Mogador ; Cam brian Belle, from Catania; Pandora, from Smyrna; George, from Licata. Off—Jessie Miller and Universe. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, two hours' flood ; weather, hazy and light. Arrived—Aquilla, from Buccari. Sailed—Croswell, for Havannah; Dazzler, for Port Gregory; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Edward 0' Bryan, for New Orleans. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W., moderate. Passed— Panope, from Patras ; Statesman, from St. Jolm's—both for London; United Kingdom, screw steamer, from London, for Glasgow. Sailed—Palestine, with all the homeward bound, for London; Plutarch, for Antwerp. ALTERATIONS IN PERUVIAN MAIL SERVICE.— Commencing with the packet appointed to leave Southamp ton on the 27th inst., the Peninsular contract mail packets will in future terminate their voyage at Lisbon, instead of going on to Cadiz and Gibraltar. All letters, &c., for Cadiz will in future be forwarded in the mails for Spain, via France ; and lotters, &c., for Gibraltar w ill b e f orwarded by the Mediterranean mail packets leaving Southampton four times in each month. The Peninsular packets will continue to sail from Southampton on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of the month, and will call at Vigo and off Oporto (weather permitting) on their way to Lisbon. The return mails will be due at Southampton on the Ist, 11th, and 21st of each month.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, secretary. General Post-office, Jan. 17, 1859. The first rehearsal of the choruses to be sung at the grand festival of the Choral Societies of France at the Palace of Industry, and at which upwards of 7,000 persons ill take part, was held the day before yesterday in the Salle Barthelany, About 800 orpheonists were present at this rehearsal, which passed off satisfactorily. 291 so 105 56 i 121 88 17 8 1134 96 ; it 95 4! 39i 102 11iii 661 631213 •T's 131 al a : 30 28.28/1 74 i gi 1 Business Done. 1121 13 MR. BRIGHT ON THE CURRENCY. A number of the inhabitants of Birmingham, under the auspices of Mr. Edmund Taunton, having addressed a memorial to Mr. Bright, soliciting his " advocacy in Parliament, on behalf of the interest of labour against that of money," Mr. Bright ad dressed to them the following reply : " Rochdale, lan. 12, 1859. " Sir,—l have received a memorial with many signatures, of which yours is the first, requesting me to endeavour to procure the abolition of the monopoly in money.' It might be deemed a suffi cient answer to say that my time and thoughts are just now so fully occupied with a great public ques tion that I cannot undertake anything further; that is certainly the position in which I am placed, but I will not confine myself to such a reply ; to tell you the truth, I do not comprehend what you complain of, or what you wish to be done, for in the many conversations I have had with persons who thought themselves well informed on what is called Our monetary system,' I have never had the good fortune to find any two of them agreeing upon the exact grievance or the precise remedy. I have always thought this a great misfortune, be cause until could see clearly where the wrong was, or is, I could have small hope of discovering a remedy. Ido not defend what exists in connexion with the Bank of England—much of it seems to be at variance with the laws of political economy, but I find many of the propositions made by those who wish for a chimge are even less in accordance with that science, and long discussion with those who most loudly denounce the present system only leaves me more puzzled than before; I confess, therefore, that I am not the most suitable person to undertake the great change which I presume you are looking for. I will willingly support any inquiry by Parliament in the hope that the truth may at last be discovered ; but I do not feel competent to teach Parliament and the country on the abstruse question to which you have drawn my attention. When it comes before the House of Commons I will giVe it all the con sideration in my power. I wish I could send you a more satisfactory reply.—l am, very respectfully yours, " J OHN BRIGHT." HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Registrar-General's Report.) From the return of births and deaths in London, issued by authority of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday, Jan. 15, it appears that the London returns again exhibit a high rate of mortality. In the second week of the year (ending last Saturday) the deaths from all causes rose to 1,429, having been 1,338 in the first week of the year. In the tea years 1849-58 the average num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,215 ; but as the number in the present return occurred in a population which has increased, it can only be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase, namely, 1,337. Hence it appears that the deaths of last week exceed by nearly 100 the number which would have occurred if a rate of mortality equal to the calcu lated average had prevailed. Though scarlatina continues to show a decrease, the deaths from it in the last two weeks having been respectively 119 and 102, the fatal cases of zymotic diseases taken in the aggregate have increased. These rose from 317 to 348 ; and,under this head measles increased from 43 to 49, hooping cough from 45 to 67, typhus from 31 to 41, diarrhoea from 6 to 11, rheumatism from sto 14. In the class of " local diseases" the deaths rose from 585 in the previous week to 626 last week ; but those from pulmonary diseases in this class were sta tionary (323 and 322), and the increase was derived from apoplexy, which was fatal in 19 and 33 cases, and paralysis, which was fatal in 18 and 28. Part of the increase in the "local" class was also from diseases of the digestive organs, the deaths from which in the two weeks were respectively 41 and 56. In the present return 7 deaths are referred to gastritis ; 24 to diphtheria. Many persons at an advanced stage of life have succumbed to fate; 319 are recorded who had attained the age of 60 years and upwards, and of these one female was 90 years old, and four widows were 96, 99, 99 . , and 101 years. The centenarian died in the Strand workhouse, but no evidence of her age could be pro cured except her own statement at the time she was admitted. A woman aged 53 years died from intemperance : she is stated to have been " a con firmed opium eater." The widow of a weaver, aged 70 years, died at 44, Sebright-street, Bethnal-green, from " the want of proper nourishment." Last week the births of 933 boys and 897 girls, in all 1,830 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number 1,604. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.384 in. The barometrical readings varied from 30.64 in. on Sunday to 30.14 in. on Saturday. The mean, daily reading was above 30 in. on every day from December 31st to January 15th, both days included. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 39.1 deg., which is 3.5 deg.above the ave rage of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On Tuesday and Wednesday the mean temperature was about 9 deg. above the average. The thermometer in the shade fell to its lowest point, 28.5 deg., on Sunday, and rose to its highest, 49.8 deg., on Tuesday. The range of the week was therefore 21.3 deg. The mean daily range was 9'B deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 86. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 39.7 deg. The wind blew gene rally from the south-west. There was no rain. EXPLORATION 01 AUSTRALIA. Mr. J. M'Douall Stuart, who was the draughts man in Captain Sturt's second great Australian expedition, has returned to Adelaide after a suc cessful exploration of the interior to the north of South Australia. After crossing the inhospitable region of Lake Torrens, he travelled in a zig-zag course, and returned with a knowledge of about 40,000 square miles of new country, of which nearly one-half is fitfor immediate occupation. Mr. Stuart's discoveries have considerably weakened the suppo sition once entertained that the interior of Australia is an arid desert. There is now every reason to believe that there are patches of good country intersected with scrub throughout the whole length of thewestern side of the Australian continent. The country from Lake Torrens to the Gulf of Carpentaria, the route of the early explorers, is no doubt a barren one, and the future tract, from south to north, must be along the elevated country in the west. Mr. Stuart had only one companion, besides the aborigines, and they were at one time dependent on their guns for a whole month to preserve themselves from actual starvation. The country through which they travelled was varied; sometimes it was through a splendid alluvial country, very fertile, where kangaroo, emu, and cockatoos abounded, and at other times they passed through sandy scrub and stony deserts of the worst description. In 29 deg. south latitude Mr. Stuart discovered the finest creek he had ever seen in Australia. It had long, permanent reaches, fishes were in the water, rushes along the banks, and gum trees around. He also found permanent water at Andamoka, and aurifer ous quartz reefs. Mr. Stuart has applied for a ' lease of 1,500 square miles of the country he has discovered. The South Australian House of Assembly have agreed to give him a 14 years' lease of the land, which is to be rent free for the first seven years. The lessee is joined in his speculation ' by Mr. Campbell, a wealthy South Australian stock owner. The 1,500 square miles which will be leased is about the size of Cumberland, one of the largest counties in England. Owing to the discoveries of Stuart, no doubt is now entertained of the magnificent pastoral qualities of the interior of South Australia. The new discoveries are to the north-east of Lake Torrens. Eyre, the ex plorer, believed this country to be a desert ; yet he expressed his surprise, while in the region of the lake, that, while hot scorching winds repeatedly swept across to the coast, yet storms which came up from seawards generally passed inland to the north-east ; that when the wind was from the north-east it was comparatively cool ; and that large flocks of parrots, of an unknown variety, came from that quarter. THE ARMY. The detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry which served on board her Majesty's screw steam frigate Shannon, 51, Captain F. Marten (acting), in the East Indies, has joined head-quarters, Chatham, under the command of First Lieutenant W. Stir- ling. As soon as the mutiny broke out in India the Marines were landed and attached to the Naval Brigade, behaving • with the greatest gallantry. They served with the brigade in action at Kujwa, near Puttehpore ; also at the relief of the Lucknow Residency, and the Kallinuddee-bridge engagement with the rebels, near Mhow. They were at the cap ture of Lueknow, and also at Cawnpore with the Gwalior Contingent. During the time they have been absent from England the detachment lost nine men, two of whom were killed. They have brought home with them a large brass drum, which was captured from the .2d Regiment Gwalior Con tingent at Cawnpore. As soon as the marines have received their pay they will be granted si x weeks' leave of absence. Stringent orders have been issued by the Gene ral in command at Chatham garrison, forbidding officers appearing in front of their quarters i n plain clothes. THE COLONY OF BRITISH COL U 1 llr. Nugent, the late American Re, adept in Bri tish Columbia, has addressed the follts% Ting circular to the citizens of the United States iii Vancouver's Island and British Columbia : " Having received from citizens of ' the United States, mining and trading on Fraser's River and in its vicinity, a number of letters comt;nlaining of acts of injustice and oppression at the' ha nds of the colonial authorities, and being on the e, ve of my departure to lay my report before the Government at Washington, I take this public method. of ap prising American citizens sojourning in Vancouver's Island and British Columbia of the views of our Government in regard to their rights and etanding in those colonies. " I need scarcely say that the Government of the United States expects of its own citizens abroad a decent conformity with local regulations, obe dience to the laws of the countries they visit., and a proper show of respect for the authorities by whom those laws are administered- This is exacted of strangers visiting the different States of the Union, who are amenable to punishment for a violation of the laws of those States, or of tho United States, as are American citizens for infrac tion of the laws of such foreign countries as they may eater in pursuit of pleasure or of bui.iness. Such of our citizens, therefore. as have taken up their residence in British Columbia and Vancou ver's Island are subject, like all other residents, to the laws of the colonies and of Great Britain, 'and are liable, like all others, to the penalties meted out by those laws to persons properly convicted ,of their violation. " I am aware that an elaborate attempt :to im press these facts upon my fellow citizens in these colonies would be superfluous. Their sobriety of deportment, their decent observance of all the pro prieties'of life, in the midst of privations and annoy ances of no common degree, and their obedience to the law under very trying provocations to its in fringement, although they may not have gained for them such liberal treatment as was due to that for bearance and good conduct, have, nevertheless, commanded the respect of the strangers among whom they are cast, and cannot fail to be subjects of pride and gratulation to their own Government. " Considering the circumstances attending the recent settlement of these colonies, it was scorcely to be expected that a well-regulated Governinent could be at encehuilt up out of the chaotic elements suddenly thrown together in such confusion. Much was to be pardoned in the inexpericnl of an gxe cutive hitherto dealing for the most part with savages, and possibly unprepared by previous train ing for the more refined exigencies imposed by Go vernmental relations with a white population— much of the cause of complaints that have ariien was, to some extent, excusable, because due to the unlicensed rudeness of the subordinate officers of the Hudson's Bay CoMpany and the Colonial Government, who, by reason of their long isola tion from civilized society, and their habitual intercourse with Indians, had unlearned most of the finer traits of humanity, and were scarcely account able for a grossness of conduct that has become to them a second nature; and, lastly, much was to be excused in the ignorance and want of tone of tourts organised out of such crude and unfit materials as those, the only ones that were at hand on the sud den influx of the strangers. In some instances, no doubt, theSe courts have fallen short of even the limited expectations justified by the peculiar cir cumstances of their construction and the strange constituents of which they were composed. But it is not to be doubted that the British Goverument will, without unnecessary . delay, provide remedies for the evils and abuses arising from this condition of things—evils and abuses affecting not alone the prosperity of its own subjects, but the rights of citizens of a foreign and friendly Power. " The forbearance, in the meantime, of the citizens of the United States, their quiet observance of the laws under any aggressions on their rights of which they may have to complain, will not alone have its reward in the consciousness of having done credit to their country—a country whose institutions are based upon that all-pervading love of order and that spirit of obedience to the law which distin guishes its citizens—but it will, moreover, entitle them to the active intervention of their own Government for the redress of their grievances and for the protection of their rights. That the Govern ment of the United States, upon proper cause being shown—after recourse shall have been had in vain to the tribunals against acts of oppressioil or injustice —will so intervene for the redress and protection of its citizens in British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, I am authorised and instructed to give them the most emphatic assurance. If wrong be done them let them appeal to the courts. It is to be hoped they will obtain justice, but should those tribunals unfor tunately be too impotent, too ignorant, or too cor rupt to administer the law with impartiality and firmness, our citizens may reckon with certainty upon the prompt and efficient interference of their own Government in their behalf. The best guar antee I can furnish them of the certainty of such interposition will be found in the subjoined decla ration by the Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State of the United States, in a recent despatch to our Minister in Nicaragua, enunciating clearly and. vigorously the views of our Government in respect to the rights of our citizens visiting foreign coun tries : " The United States believe it to be their duty, and they mean to execute it, to watch over the persons and property of their, citizens visiting foreign countries, and to intervene for their protec tion when such action is justified by existing cir cumstances and by the law of nations. Wherever their citizens may go through the habitable globe, when they encounter injustice they may appeal to the Government of their country, and the appeal will be examined into, with a view to such action on their behalf as it may be proper to take. It is impossible to define in advance and with precision those cases in which the national power may be exerted for their relief, or' to what extent relief shall be afforded. Circumstances as they arise must prescribe the rule of action. 111 countries where well-defined and established laws arc in operation, and where their administration it committed to able and independent judges, cases will rarely occur where such intervention will be necessary. But these elements of confidence and security are not everywhere found ; and where that is unfortu nately the case the United States arc called upon to be more vigilant in watching over their citizens, and to interpose efficiently for their protection when they are subjected to tortuous proceedings by the direct action of the Government, or by . its in disposition or inability to discharge its duties.' " It is unnecessary for me to make any further or more pointed application of this declaration to the circumstances of American citizens in these colonies. Their own intelligence and prudence will enable them so to guard their conduct that they shall never forfeit that provident and fatherly care and protection which it promises, and which the Go vernment of the United States has both the ability and the will to exercise over all its children, in whatever part of the world they may be. " JOHN YUGEIsiT, " Special Agent of the United States. " Victoria, Vancouver's Island, Nov. 13, 1858." IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. TIIE LANDLORD DEMONSTRATION. A number of letters are published in the Post of this evening fronfmembers of Parliament and other influential parties in reply to the circular invitation to attend the meeting of landlords on the 27th inst. Mr. Bagwell, the Member for Clonmel, and Mr. Loftus Bland promise to be present, but with a view of proposing amendments to the resolutions. Mr. Hugh Morgan Tuite, formerly member for Westmeath, and Mr. Bernal Osborne peremptorily refuse to have anything to do with the matter. The latter gentleman says, in the absence of any infer• mation as to the construction of this committee, the names of the two honorary s ecretaries being alone attached to the circular, it is material the the h south or west o f any noblema n e ics l h em ou a l n d be informed with ter ed whe puh org l gentleman has been consulted as to the correctness of the facts assumed in thes e e xtr aordinary propasi_ tions, how far it is true that the " Riband syst em " has been "recently revived," and is the la w rea ll y inefficient " tbr the protection of life and property A resident in the south of Ireland, I venture to question the grounds on which such views are 'en tertained, while altogether denying that the law, as at present administered, nee d s any amendment i so as to render it more effectiv e "f or th e secur i ty o f landlords who wish to improve their estates," . &e. Whatever may be the state of the counties of Down and Donegal the re i s no su ffi c i ent ev i dence of dip revival of Ribaml societies in this country. In general no one acquainted with Ireland will con found the Republican aspi r ati ons o f th e so - ca ll e d Phcenix clubs with the revival of Riband societies, and agrarian outrage. Unfortunately for the credit of the provincial committee, there never was a period when the county of Tipperary was so free from the illegal combination mentioned in Resolu tion No. 1. The 15 prisoners in custody in Belfast on the charge of being connected with an illegal society, were discharged on security today, to appear at the next assizes. Bail was given, themselves in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each. ,w 1 I I Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock all 100 9 100 7.10 100 100 all 1100 M 6 100 100 100 100 all 100 1044 Share' Bharej Share) Share' Stock! Stock Paid. 100 100 100 100 100 100 /NV