The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

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CITY, Two O'CLOCK. • Although the commercial community are still busily eugagei in matters of routine, as usual during the first few weeks of the new year, the progress of business is still very favourable, and :there can be no doubt that considerable improve ment will take place during the next six months. Confidence is still felt in a gene ral recovery in all branches of trade, and although the Australian markets are still rather unfavourable, an extension of enterprise is ex pected in India, China, and Japan. The general demand for discount accommodation has diminished, and it is evident that the pressure occasioned by the payments of the 4th was merely temporary. No change has yet occurred in the rates of discount, but 21 per cent. must be considered a moderate charge, even for the best descriptions of commercial paper, and a further decline is scarcely anticipated. The settlement in Consols, and the Turkish Loan instalment of nearly half a minion, which is due next Monday, may, for the moment, increase the demand for money, but the effect will no doubt soon be counteracted in the augmented supply caused by the distribution of the dividends. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a moderate amount of business was transacted. and prices were steady. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices were unaltered. A heavy tone still pervades the English Stock Market. The variation is unimportant, but a de cline would have probably occurred if some pur chases for investment had not taken place. The Government broker bought £37,000 Reduced Annui ties for the Savings' Banks, and several other opera tions in Consols have supported the value of those securities. Much anxiety is nevertheless evinced to learn the state of the Paris Bourse, and, in the meantime, the market is kept in suspense. Consols have been 96 to 961 for the 11th, and 96/ for the February account. Bank Stock is fiat at 225, and the New Threes and Reduced at 96/ &. Ex chequer Bills are 375. to 405., and the Bonds are marked 100/. Long Annuities, 18/ ; and India Loan Debentures, 99 1 1. A limited amount of business has been trans acted in the market for Foreign Stocks, and prices are heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 901 to 911 ; the Scrip 31 to 31 dis. ; and the 4 per Cents. are flat at 1051. Portuguese at 451 ; Russian 4 per Cents, at 99/ to 1001 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. at 45 /, and the Deferred at 301. Brazilian 5 per Cents, have receded to 941. Buenos Ayres are steady, at 851 86, and the Deferred, 181. Chilian Loan has been dealt in at s to 1 dis. The traffic returns on all the principal railways of the United Kingdom continue to show an increase, compared with the corresponding period of last year, thus affording further evidence of the gradual return of commercial prosperity. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. Great Western North-Western Brighton 12,786 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ~ North British 5 890 , NT North Stafford . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,375 West Hartlepool Edinburgh and'Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada" 9,387 Great Western of Canada 7,610 6,604 4,009 2,775 4,732 6,639 12,005 9,954 There has been about au average amount of busi ness transacted in the Railway Share Market. Further depression, however, is apparent. Eastern Counties, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great * Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and South-Western, declined 55.; and Bristol and Exeter, North British, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. Chester and Holyhead and Midlands improved about ss. The Foreign lines have been very in active. Northern of France have declined about los., and Bahia and San Franciscb are at former rates. In the Colonial Mnract prices remained steady. Great Western of Canada improved ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in limited request, but quotations are steady. City Bank have improved 108. ; and Canada Land, £l. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anntqies 961 k I 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 lB/ India Stock Ditto Debenture.; Ditto Bonds, .£l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account 95/ 6/ March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 37 40 1 40 37 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small, lid. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3/ per Cent .... 100/ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. I r tzilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 4/ per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent 451 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent 9O Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account Ditto February 961 Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the ship Ped estrian, Capt. Smith, which sailed from Gravesend for Bombay on the 22d June, and had not arrived at the latter port on th e 9 th ult. She had consequently been at sea 168 days. The underwriters at Lloyd's are asking five guineas for fresh insurances or double the sum originally charged. A rathe r curious circumstance is connexion with the wreck of a vessel has just transpired. A brig, named the Minerva, Capt. Greggs, bound from Galatz to Queens town, havin g b ecome much overdue, was given up in Octo ber last as lost, and the claims against the underwriters were duly liquidated. It has now transpired that this vessel was lost off Cork, on the 24th July, having been struck by a sudden squall, which immediately capsized her, and caused her to go down. The only survivor was a seaman, named David Kidney, who was picked up off Cork by the ship Middlesex, bound from Liverpool for Melbourne; and the first intelligence received here of the wreck of a vessel off our own coast, upwards of five months ago, comes from the Antipodes. A question of some importance to theatrical performers in the provinces has just been decided by the Civil Tribunal of Nimes. The manager of the theatre of that place, being desirous of giving a performance at Altus, directed his corps de ballet to accompany him to that t own , but some of the principal dancers thought fit to refuse. He at once cited them before the Civil Tribunal, and pr a y e d that th e i r engagements m i g ht b e ideclared void, and that they might be condemned to pay him damages. The tri b urial, after hearing what the dancers had to say for them selves, decided that they had no right to refuse to go to Alain, but that, as they appeared to have made the refusal from a mistaken notion of their rights, their engagements sho uld not be declared void, and that they s h o uld simply forfeit a week's salary as damages. It added, that for any the refusal of the like kind, they should pay 20 fr. each tale. TIGER IN THE SEA.—A correspondent from r augalore (Nov. 24) says :—"A very extraordinary occur- II has taken place in this neighbourhood. You may ace have heard of a tiger being killed at sea, but the pre willell, furnish you with an instance. Some fishermen of . -dage called Tzlejamandy,' some 19 miles to the north for they put out to sea long before daylight one morning, ute purpose of following their usual avocation. When , t h93r were some hundred yards from land they espied some thing like a huge fish a short distance from them. They naturally rowed up to it, and one of the men made a blow at it with his harpoon. On this the animal rushed at the boat, laid hold of the nearest man with his paws, and in 4 .t a Zging him overboard upset the boat. It was then that men found out that it was a tiger, and not one of the "'my tribe and of course swam to the shore for their lives. The poor man who was hi the clutches of the beast vainly struggled for some time, and then sank under the waves a totto m ° rPae• The b eas t next got on the boat, which was floating upwards, and took formal possession of it. In the Me antime the mon who had got to the shore raised a hue an d cry, and collecting some more hands, put off in two or three boats tove the beast • battle. Not having any fire arms with them gi , this was a work of some danger, but one fellow more dexterous than the others at length struck his harpoon into the neck of the beast and settled him. The body o ingf the unfortunateman was recovered from the sea the "low' morning. I hear that the full reward of 35 ruPaas (I) was divided amongst the relatives of the unfor tunate man who lost his life, and the man who put an end tc the tiger. It is very probable that the beast had come down during the night to the seashore to feed either on crabs ?I' some carrion, and that, overstepping himself, he might have been washed into the sea by the waves, and once in o ould not mune to make an exit through the surf." SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. P aid. Amber;;., Notting,. Bost. and Eastern Junction elfaet and Ballymena. Bir., Wol., and btr. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesil, Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ... Chester and Holyhead cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,SzPassagc Cornwall Do. A E A rcves . no div Do. B until6p.e.per an hasbeen pd.tolt Dublin andßelfastJunc. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East An'lian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do. Nw. A. (Itc .E.U3ds East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,l'erth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness lasgow& South Westn great North of Scotland ';rest Northern • Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock xt South.& tit stn.(lreld Great Western I)o.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk rrish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares I Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £.slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn , Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan fiidland Do. Birming. & Derby , Aid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def ' Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk I North. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdP Do. B 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 Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitt 4 m, , :bourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South wales South Yorks..: Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855. Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale I Do. Preference, No. 1 Thames HavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall I W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do. A . —A recv.no div. till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PREF.EItEN 100 all all 100 100 100 all all call all all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 1613 1100 'lOO 100 C 3 is. 17 all all 100 all e 7a 8 66 68 104 114 30 82 95 96 88i 881- 46 47 4! 5i a. 1 l7 624 63 47 49 31 33 13 15 96 97 69i 704 281 29.1 96 98 10 10. 106 106 20 92 133 135 1041 1051 SG. 57 55 57 85 N 12 13 p 12 13 p 98i 99 ad p P 6 6/ 111 113 961 97 89 95 39i 40 - -d 102/ 10.3/ 76 78 111 12,1 65 67 31 8 d 61 61i 94 ni 1} d 48 49i 78 78i [Ol 103 41 4 d 13 13. 74 8. 31 33 all all 224 7 16 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all 100 91 S: [l3 115 284 29 86 88 46 47 4 2d 374 38. 741 754 73 75 13 144 Closing Business Price. Done. 88 ' i 4b4 7 162 k 3k 2 291 81 sct 4 7 6f 98 4 96 1 7 6 i 6 1 94i 391 40 1021 31 31 61 601 11 6Cf 9 11 34 35 91 93 6 61 3 3Y -6a 61 :ARES IClosing 1 Business Price. Done. 49 51 96 98 103 105 6 6 100 103 113 118 109 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 84 86 731 - 744 113 115 122 124 112 114 iO6 108 el 66 101 111 93 97 86 E 8 88 90 100 102 9} 101 164 171 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 91 11 14 1 , !3 145 1'?0 122 163 168 125 17 411 142 144 104 106 961 1 9 97 11} 111 9 10 111 113 99 100 i die p I d ?,f 24 ) 231 122 114 108 110 101 103 10 11 244 25 let 106 IC4 106 17 19 29 90 33 31 47 50 Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at 250) Stk Brie. & Exet4p.ctStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon 210, 4, per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct tl Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc— . Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Cozen. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do No.? Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin.Porth,& Dun. 4 Pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock G las. &S West. r. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 Itedm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist nf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. et. pref. Stock , -ireat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4} p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. et. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nur - eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, sits Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh ltan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et Do. r 6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber.&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with ) option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh arcs Stool Do. 5 p. c. Ext Stock.lB46 Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way. al.Ex.Sk 1817 Stock North British, 5 per cell; Stock Do. New, gua. 5 pl.. cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& D2k.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pre:. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 25 T 4 O. Yoik, H. &S. Pured. 20 North Statiordshiro . Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig Stock Do. do. do.. 2d gua Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 81 Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 3. per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devea. Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reeding Ann., 1 0 6 ) Stock Do .41 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. Stock South Wales, gill.. 4 p.c. Stock Do. 41 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. 25 Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterrord & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid . Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Buckincchamshire .... 100 ClydesGale Junction .. 100 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.Lincolnshire,f,r.6p.c. 100 E Union,HarwichShs. 'all Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Ln&N.tT JAI 4t, N.W CadeCon:r ,E.C.SrE C C-t.nrth. i lE.( Gls.BarrlLSfeils:Drct.l 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dern Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.Az.Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East Do. Preference Lon..Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Do. Barking Shares all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Nor:olk . Do. 6 per cen lOO Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M Midsb.& edcr. •.t*.6p.c all SZ.k.& Dar ldid.Brad:ordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . Newmark t.,BuryEx ) 5.6. E.Counts. guaranteed 5 p. c. ) Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. -6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. IL&N ) Preston and Wyre. a l l i& L.Yk. Do. Shares A. all Do. Royatn.Hitch..& Shop 100 Gt.Nort;l. Shiltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 It 0 Ls n.& Yk Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy South Staffordshire .. all lll'Clean . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do.. all Do. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 93 95 8 9 Paid I Closing Price. 99 101 104 106 17 19 1 .43 145 4 4; ill 113 65 67: 171122? 94 96 2: i . 11 99 lt_ 58 GO 144 91 ai 101 11 111 k f Share, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26i 13i 20 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 12 Stock Stocl. Stock Stock Stock Stock 10{ Share Docks. Stock Commercial lOO - Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min lOO - Stock East and West India lOO __. Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria <0 Do New lB id ipj Paid. all I 1 oo 100 100 100 100 all TRH SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1859. FOREIGN ShLre Railways. I Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 54 1 20 Ardennes all p 20 Balt.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c , 3 Id par 24 5 Belgian East. Junction all i 11 23 'Beaters to Graissessac all 71 8 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2a 2 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 26 27 20 Euphrates Valley — p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 71 71 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & all 20 Lierre and Turnhout._ all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 2 24 p 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 231 241 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New — 20 Namur end Liege all 91 94 20 Do. do. 6p. e. Pref. all 21i 22 16 Northern of France all 39 394 38 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gud. 6 per cent 7 3 20 Paris, Lyons, and Medit. all 341 311 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) i d l i p gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 -- 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. all 20 Sambre and Meuse. all 79 8 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 82 West Flanders all 51 6k 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 241 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all Till? A COW EN2' A 2 1 TEL 1 4 L TE INSTITUTION. 2EPOR2II IiIIe.MING AT .DURHAM. On Monday evening a meeting of the inhabitants of Durham was held in the New Town Hall of that city, to consider the question of parliamentary re form. The mayor occupied the chair. The following resolutions were adopted : "That a reform in the representation of the peop!e in the House of Commons is imperatively required, the present limited distribution of electoral power precluding large masses of the people from giving practical effect to their opinions on public affairs, which is necessary to the good government, the well-being, and the prosperty of the na tion." "That a re-distribution of seats in the House of Com- mons is much needed, owing to the large development of the resources of the country since the passing of the last Re form Bill; and it is also desirable that the boundaries of boroughs and large populations around them should be widely extended." " That in order to electors giving a free and unbiassed expression to their opinions it is necessary that they should have the protection of the ballot; . and that no pleasure of reform will be satisfactory to the country which does not include vett, by ballot." " That a petition of the inhabitants of the city of Dur ham to .the House of Commons, embodying the previous resolutions, be prepared, and after being signed be forwarded to Mr. Atherton for presentation." W. ATHERTON, Esq., M.P., said it was good that constituencies and bodies, as individuals, should be heard to speak for themselves ; and it was not convenient that any person—however able, or zealous, or eloquent—should at all times be per mitted to be adopted as the mouthpiece of others. He made this remark because of an allusion having been made to a very eminent politician of the day --a gentleman formerly connected politically with that city—he alluded to Mr. Bright, who had been referred to as having been up to the present mo ment, for want of such demonstrations and public meetings, as the person by means of necessity adopted as the mouthpiece, as it had been called, of the Reformers of England. He yielded to no man in his admiration of the talents amid of the per severance of Mr. Bright; he yielded to no man in his gratitude to Mr. Bright in connection with the repeal of the corn laws; but he must be permitted to say, with that freedom and independence which characterised Mr. Bright himself, that he would not wish every observation and sentiment uttered by Mr. Bright in the course of his numerous, long, and eloquent harangues on Parliamentary Reform, should be set down at his door. There were differ ences upon matters not essential to the question of reform, but what might be expected to be found amongst men where the various parties thought in dependently for themselves, and, therefore, it was he repeated, better that neither Mr. Bright, nor any other politician, however eminent, should be adopted as the mouthpiece of the people. When he should have the honour of being entrusted with the petition from this meeting, if it should be said to him that the reformers of Durham adopted the opinions of that gentleman at that time, and then another at another time, he should say the electors of Durham had recordedC their opinions in the resolutions in that petition ; and he had the honour and privilege of attending the meeting at which that petition was adopted ; and he heard there expressed, in eloquent language, in tones of the utmost sincerity, a desire for a truly expansive measure of reform—a measure which should gather within the walls of the constitution large masses of industrious and intelligent men at present excluded from their confines. Those were the feelings of the people of Durham. They had, wisely, he thought, in their petition, confined them selves to general terms, because precise details of length assumed the form of a particular measure, in which it could not be expected that any great number of men could precisely concur. He there fore felt pleasure in being entrusted with that petition. The propositions which it contained were those to which he most sincerely subscribed ; and he believed there was not one of them to which he did not give plain expression of his opinion in that hall on the very first night of his addressing them. He had always gone for a re-arrangement of seats, or a division into electoral districts, because he thought our constitution—if Mr. Banks was correct —was of Saxon origin, a n d was a t l eas t 600 y e a rs old from the time of the Great Charter of 1216. He did not, however, desire to see those old distinctions of county and borough removed and the counties split up into squares or parallelograms of electoral districts. He preferred—and individuals in this country preferred—that they should retain the old distinctions, and thereby give to far greater num bers an interest in the government of the country, which was likely to lead to the result in which they themselves were interested. The bon. member concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. THIS DAY S A RKETS. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. INQUEST-THIS DAY, A coroner's inquest was held this day, at the Polytechnic .Institution, to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of Emma Pike, aged 10 years, who unfortu.- rately lost her life by the falling of one of the spiral stair cases of the institution, on Monday evening last. The jury assembled at the Middlesex Hospital, and after viewing the body of the deceased, The Coroner said that inquiries of this sort were generally divided into two parts—first, the general cause of death, and next, the specific cause, whether from fractures, lacera tions, or otherwise. He thsught the proper course, for the convenience of the jury, would be to inquire into the first cause, and then adjourn until a future day. Mr. Pike, the father of the unfortunate deceased, was examined—He said the deceased was his daughter. She, with ber brother, were with himself at the Polytechnic Institution on Monday evening last. As they, as well as the other part of the audience, were leaving the institution, and were on the staircase leading to the door, he heard a report, and immediately looked round for his daughter, and found her missing. Immediately afterwards he received a severe blow on the head, and then found himself amongst the debris at the bottom of the stairs. His first effort was to look for his daughter, and having succeeded in rescuing her, she was immediately conveyed to the hospital in a cab. Although he himself was very much injured, he never fora moment lost consciousness. The House Surgeon said the death of the unfortunate girl was without doubt caused by external violence. The poor child was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, from which she never recovered. The Coroner and Jury then proceeded to the Polytechnic Institution to examine the scene of the late accident ; and, after having done so, the inquiry was resumed in one of the adjoining rooms. The Coroner said he thought it would be most advisable that before the inquiry proceeded any further that the jury should have the opinion of an experienced architect as to the exact place where the accident commenced. He thought that course would enable them more clearly to arrive at a satisfactory verdict. Mr. 6reatorex, on the part of the institution, said the utmost facility would be given to carry out such a propo- sition. Mr. Hughes said if the inquiry was adjourned he hoped that Mr. Pepper, the late lessee of the institution, and for whom he appeared, would receive proper notice when to attend, as it had been stated that he was connected with the institution when the stairs were repaired. Mr. Longbottom, the managing director of the Poly technic, said Mr. Pepper was in no way responsible. When the stairs were repaired the institution was under the management of the directors. A juryman suggested that two architects should be nominated, one by the coroner and the other by the jurors. Mr. Wakley said such, no doubt,'would be advisable, and he had no objection to such being, done, but the expense would be large in employing two . architects. Mr. Greatorex said the directors were willing to bear the expense. Mr. Wakley said such an offer was highly commendable to the managers of the institution. It was then arranged that Mr. Christopher Heale and Mr. Marsh Nelsori, architects, the former nominated by the jury : and the latter by the coroner, should be directed to make an examlimtion of the scere of the accident, and report the result to the jury on Thursday next, at three o'cicck in ,the afternoon. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned until that day. POLICE IXT_ELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. " GENTLEMANLY" CONDUCT.—John Mitchell, it medical student, and Ernest Stephens. holding a public situation, were charged with ringing bells and creating a disturbance, in Compton-street at two o'clock in the mining. A solicitor appeared for the accused. John Hurd, 108 C, said—At WO o'clock that morning he saw the two prisoners and three others in Compton street, and after watching them saw Mitchell go up to a door and pull the bell. He then saw them go up to another door, where they each palled a bell, and as soon as they saw him Stephens st.:rted off. lie ran after him and took hire into custody, and shortly after Mitchell., having fol lowed to learn the fate of his companion, ho was also taken into custody. The solicitor for the accused put some questions to the witness, who said he had made inquiries at the houses, and found the bells were rung and the persons disturbed. The prisoners hal been drinking, but not so much but that Stephens could run away. The solicitor said that Stephens held a public situation, and he trusted the degradation of being locked up, and a caution, wor'd be considered sufficient. Mr. Bingham said he was Bony that respectable men took pleasure in such a practice as ringing bells. It was a cruel amusement —people might be ill, and what might be amusement to their might be death to others. Had they been known, he should have fined them 40s. each, but he shoto.cl order them to pay 20s. each. A NICE FAMlLY.—Rebecca Connor, a well-known beg gar, was brought up by Fryer, one of the Mendic:ty Society's officers, charged with begging in the neighbourhood of Regent-street. It was stated by Fryer that the prisoner's brother was hanged many years ago ; that three of her sons were trans ported—one twice ; that a daughter was also transported ; and the prisoner, should she live long enough, bids fair to prove herself a worthy member of the family, she having already been convicted no fewer than 46 times by the dif ferent metropolitan magistrates, * between the years 1835 and 1858, the list of which convictions was produced. The worthy mag;strate said it was useless giving a long term of imprisonment to such rn incorrigible beggar; he should, the•efore, try the effect cf bread and water, and commit her :or seven days. The prisoner assumes the name of Burke, Skinner, and other aliases, and is a most determined and troublesome mendicant. THAMES. AN UNMANLY SCOUNDREL.—WiIIiam Stribling, a mean looking person, with a villanous countenance, described on the police sheet as a shoemake - 2, aged 19, of No. 1, Smart street, Bethnal-green, was brought be&r:e Mr. Yardley, charged with breaking a large pane of glas3 in the shop window of Mr. Samuel Thoraton, stationer, of No. 4, Mount-place, Mile-end-road. , Mr. Thor—qon said he was in his shop yesterday evening and heard a loud crash, which was occasioned by a large pane plate glass in the shop window being demolished. He ran out of the shop into the street and saw the prisoner, who was painted out to him as the person who had broken the pane of glass. He asked the prisoner what he meant by such conduct, to which he re - flied, " I intended to nail some cigars in the window." There were cigars on the window-board. He said to the prisoner, " How dare you do that," rind the prisoner roared out, " I am starving. Give me three months' imprisonment, and I will compen sate you when I come out." The value of the pane of glass was 255. The prisoner, in defence, said—l was in a passion when I broke the window. Me and my wife had been quarrelling and rowh•ig. Mr. Yardley Is that any reason you should destroy the propel IT of a respectable tradesman ? He never injur2ed you. The Prisoner—No, sir. I could not help it. I was pro yoked by my wife. Mr. Yardley—You are an unmanly scoundrel to injure this man, the prosecutor, who did not injure or molest you. I cannot see anything more despicable than one person injuring the property of another, and I can assure you I never show me - _.`cy to any offender of yoar class. You are married, I hear, and only 19 years of ago. The prisoner—l am not 19 yet. I was married last Whitsun Sunday. - Mr. Yardley—ls your wife as young as you ? The prisoner—Younger, sir. Mr. Yardley—A pretty way to beg4l your married life. A boy of 18 marries a girl younger than himself, and be cause she offends him dashes his fist through a pane of glass. You are not fit to have a wire, and it will be long before you arrive at monl-ood. You cannot act like a man. A meaner offence than this can't be committed. I sentence you to pay 255., or be imprisoned :or two months, and kept to hard labour. . The prisoner was committed. SINGULAR DEATH OF A GREYHOUND.—A few days ago, Mr. Bird, of Sutton, near Petworth, was out with a favourite greyhound, when the dog started a hare and made after it. The hare ran under some iron fencing and made its way into the lawn, and the dog, in attempting to follow, ran with great violence against a piece of the wire of the fence. The point entered just above the eye and killed hint instantly. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON ON BURNS.—The Glas gow St. John's Masonic Lodge held its anniversary on the 27th ult., Sir Archibald Alison in the chair. In the course of the proceedings he craved a toast to the memory of Bro ther Robert Burns. They saw a whole people (he said) prostrating themselves before the throne of his genius, pre parations being made in every city, every town, nay, in every parish, to celebrate his nativity. The natives of. Scotland in every part of the world intended to hold the day, as a high festival, and there was no toast which would awaken more enthusiastic feelings in the hearts of Scotch men than the one he had to propose. How had Burns, born a ploughman, whose inspiration was derived from the fields, the woods, the streams of his native land, gained a reputa tion in all countries beyond that of every other poet, but from the very fact that he was the poet and painter of na ture. To us, who in this country could judge of the fidelity of hie pictures, it was not surprising that his fame should be so great, for they came home to our feelings ; and it was this which made all Scotland so enthusiastic in their praises of Burns. There was no Scotchman to be found in all the vast extent of Queen Victoria's dominions who did not recollect the poetry of Burns, and there were few under whose pillow a copy of his works was not to be found. During the war in India he (the chairman)had been assured that there were many copies of them disco vered in the knapsacks of the private soldiers and haver sacks of the officers, while not a few remembered his na tional hymn, " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," when engaged in combat with the insurgeut Hindoos. Sharo Railways. I Paid. 7geien.g Bainoss r Atlantic &St Lawrence all ___ Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 9 par p gu. 5 per cent Do. all Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1p Do. Do. B 4 4 IP 4 4 • Buffalo and Lake Huron all 8 9 Do. New l6l 124 114 d Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 100 86 90 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July; 1873 100 83 E 8 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 85 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par * p Cape,Eastn. I'rov.(Lim.) 2s. Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm Central_ Oude (Limited) Is. 6d. Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 14p 64 Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4: iP East Indian, gu. sp. e lOO 1074 108 108 Do. C Shares...... all - Do. E Shares lO --p Do. Jubbulpore 5 D0.41p.c. Bds. pay. 59 all - Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 18 184 Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds : Grand Trunk of Canada 3 100 364 374 37 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 77 78 77 Do. 6 percent. Pre‘ lOO 914 924 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 106 1, 8 1(74 C 4 7 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 I 4 p Do. do 4 mp 4 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip) guaranteed 5 per cent.) Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 164 16,1 164 4 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with all 106 108 ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt all 105 107 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 181 194 Do. do. 5 per cent all 20a 20* Do. 44 p. c. Extension l5 4 4 d Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 1 1 p Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunswick&Car dn. Ry-SLLand(Lim.)g. 6 Pc 10 2 lad Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Laud do .. Do. do. B. Capital do llO 4 3 d Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad 2s. Limited, Scrip Dude (Limited) Scinde 443 15 1 14p Do. Do. New 1 5 P Do. Punjaub 0: c _i".> 5 id *p 5 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,17; 5 1 p A St. Andrews & Quebec 18 ` Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 4p BRITISH MINES. . I nusinc, Mines. Paid. \ Cl°Sin Price. Business Done. Alfred Consols (Philack), 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 455 465 East Birsett (Mogan) 3O 185 195 190 Great South Tolgus l7s 125 13. G. W heal.A.lfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 25 3 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 Lady Bertha Noah Frances (Mogan) 81 74 81 North Wheal Crotty 7.9 . ,! 2 3 Basset (Mogan) nil. 75 81 --Par Consols (St. Biaxy) 11 155 165 16 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s — Soul liCuradon (St.Cleer) 24 410 1 420 - • Sorth C. Brea', Illogar . 2 21 3 S. NV heal Fran. 18.13.9 230 240 5 Tamar Silver end Lea, Mining Co 4; 1 14 10 Tin Croft 9 35 35 Un -, ted3l:ne , (Gwennims, 40 - Vale of Towey (Ca: m.) 12s Gd I Welt Eraset (Mole s) ll 22 23 W. Ca - anion (Usk - 20 130 140 W heal Eas..et (llics.:m). 51 210 220 TV heal Buller (Re(' 5 120 140 W heel Edwe (Cc s.) 55 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Leant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Ma ryAn n (Menhe) 8 45 47 - - WWI Trelawncy (Lisle.) 45 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Boa AceardCopper,Lim los 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at L 5 p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.ooJedellley.Lim l5 11 13 5 Do.LarclandMinirgCo all 14 f)1 1 Clarendon Como's Mir ing Co. o::Jemaica d 40 Cobra Capps all 40 42 Cepia o l6 10 12 1 Dun3loun.Cop.Min all 1 2 Fori,una, 20 Gal.^ al all 20 21 3 'Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all A 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Ars.L 10 4-4 p 20 Pontgibaud Si lver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 44 5. 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 14 28.2.84 United Mexican all 25 2.! COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Secrrities. Paid. Closing, Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1124 1131 1131 13 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Au. - . 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1115 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &Ju y 100 110 111 1105 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 99 100 995 NovaScotioCov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1375 100 110 111 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 103 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS, Closing Business Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. 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Berlin Water Worl - s Do New, Issued at L 5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag%Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. a. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel,(Lim ) Cop.Min.of Eng,&Smitg Do. Prefarence 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph. Eng. & Aust. Cop. St. `Jo Europ. & Ind.Junct.'23l Eu rop. &Am. S tm.(Lim ) Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Llual Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 3p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N. Br. &NovaSco tiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land 'Sz Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Tel Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin. Inv.(L im ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered jTr. & Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. iran Diemen's Land.... paalClosw.in pr: a* Zusinessdone 13 14 150 280 35i 3i 1 24 34 40 42 19 21 13 15 91 101 24 25 1i 1 5 57 2 2t 108 111 1 lf li 1/ 1 .d 11 2: 6 7 i i d 1 2 1i 2 15 13 i 1 I 1 dis par 2 1 3 81 83 14 13 21 API 5 74i 2til 8 r 2,5 1371 1 37 39 11 10 12 CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 39s 10c1; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 21s 10d ; rye, 338 5d ; beans,losod; Lad peas, 42s 11d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 40s 7d ; barley, 345 2d ; oats, 22s 3d ; rye, 32s 2d ; beans, 41s 6d ; peas, 41s sd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK .—Wheat, 88,9 10 ; barley, 80,383; oats, 9,258; rye, 16; beaus, 2,915; peas 756 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day was only moderate. For all kinds there was a steady demand, at fully Monday's currency, the best lets having sold at 48 10d per Sibs. There was a fair average show of sheep for the time of year, and the mutton trade ruled active, at extreme rates. The best old Downs realised 5s 2d per Blbs. Prime small calves were scarce, and in request at an im provement in value of 4d per 81bs. Inerior calves moved off slowly at late rates. Pigs and milch cows ruled steady, and prices were supported. Per Slbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 61Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'tbdom Ado. 4 10 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large c7se. calves 3 4 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Piimesmall do 4 6 5 0 Crse. & in'. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porters Suckling calves, 17s to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 17s to 20s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... 9511 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs . 250 , Pigs h••• • PRANCE AND A USTIVA. The note inserted in the Constitutionnel relative to. the words used by the Emperor at the Court reception on the occasion of New Year's 1) ay, con cerning the relations between Austria and France, are briefly remarked on by several of the Paris journals. The Pattie expresses itself as follows : " These words commented on at the Bourse, produced a certain sensation and caused a fall in the funds. As it always is the case, they had been misrepresented and exaggerated, and the comments made certainly went beyond their real bearing. Public opinion will now for a - more correct. judg ment on these words, which announce officially a state of things already known, and which recon cile so well the sentiment of national dignity with elevated sentimentS of propriety. Every one, in fact, was aware that our relations with Austria were not as friendly as formerly. The important point is, that the Emperor considered it necessary to say so on such a solemn occassion. But any per sons who imagine that they can detect the indica tion of a rupture in such language are, in our opinion, quite mistaken. All that can be found in it is a regret inspired by the moderation of the policy adopted in France, and a reserve com manded by her feeling of honour." The Univers, on the same subject, says : " The regret which these words express will be felt by all who consider the alliance between France and Austria to be a pledge of peace in Europe, and the most assured guarantee against the attempts of Revolution." The Union seems to incline to the opinion that a note inserted in the Constitutionnel cannot well be estimated at any great value. The official jour nal, it remarks, is silent on the subject, and the Government has several times announced that in no ease did it accept for its organ any journal but the Moniteur. • Our contemporary goes further, and quotes the note published on the 4th December in the official journal, in which the public is warned not to attach too much importance to statements made in several journals of Paris relative to the cool ness of relations between France and Austria. The Union then says : " Is there not between the note of the 4th ult. and the words which are said to have been uttered on the 2d inst., a contrast which requires some explanation ? 'What new facts, what recent com plaints have modified the relations which the former note authorised us to believe were favourable, and which, according to the Constitutionnel, aro no longer as friendly as formerly ? Moreover, is it necessary for us to point out the gravity of such language, on an occasion so solemn as a reception at the beginning of the New Year. At a time when the public expression of a predominant idea is extremely rare, is it necessary for us to remark what a commotion may be caused in Europe, first at Vienna, and particularly in Italy, by the knowledge of words so significant, if they really were uttered ? Far be it from us the desire to exaggerate anything ! The event, besides, if it be true, is too remarkable not to lead to comments. and not to be exposed to assume by particular in terpretations s+ill greater proportions. We cannot, however, avoid thinking and saying that more au thentic information than that of the Constitutionnel is necessary, in order to enlighten the public mind, and to make it sufficiently acquainted with the real state of the case." The Sleek, while referring to the no►.e of Dec. 4, like the journal we have just quoted, differs from it in the amount of gravity which it attaches to the words attributed to the Emperor. It considers the ease a serious one, its language being the follow ing :-- " We were aAVare of the language which the Constitutionnel here repeats in a manner that may be regarded as official. The exact text appears to us no less grave than the version which had been in circulation. We have always been of opinion that frankness is the best policy, and we are nowise inclined to find fault with the Chief of the Govern ment for expressing in plain terms the state of the relations existing between France and a foreign Power. The Emperor's words differ essentially from the note inserted in the Moniteur of Dec. 4, 1858, and on referring to it our optimists will find it impossible to deny that the state of our relations with Austria has taken an unfavourable turn within the last month." The same journal contains an article on the little effect produced by the Conference of Paris on cer tain points which it was expressly designed to regulate. The writer commences in this way : " The work of the. .Paris Conference appears to us far from satisfying either the expectation which the grandeur of the war in the East had excited, or the legitimate desires of the generous popula tions whose destinies were placed in its hands. However, the aversion of certain powers to the realisation of the wishes of the Roumains was so great and so decided that we thought ourselves very fortunate in seeing these powers half van quished in the Conference, and obliged to adhere to the principle of the union and. the practical ap plication of the immortal principles of 1789 at the extremity of Europe, under the eyes of Austria and Turkey. But, like the Roumains, in not rejecting absolutely the convention of August 19, and accept ing it as a compromise between the old world and the new—between what we desired and what our adversaries oppred—we have done so with certain reservations.' The Siecle then goes on to observe that all trea ties are valuable only in proportion to the man ner in which they are executed; and that judging of the treaty of Paris by that rule—looking at the manner in which it has been inter. preted by Turkey fur the Principalities and by Austria with respect to the Danube . —the decision must be come to that it has proved altogether insufficient, and that something more is called for. Our contemporary then refers to the calm and dignified attitude which, it says, Mol davia and Wallachia are now observing in spite of provocations designedly made in them in order to excite disturbances, and points to the conduct of Servia, where the electors have declared that they intended to provide for their own Government, and not to permit the intervention of foreign powers. Such an example, the Siecle observes, may prove exceedingly tempting, and measures ought perhaps to be adopted to prevent its spreading. The article then proceeds in these words : " Under such circumstances, the idea of re-opening the Conference of Paris seems to have occurred to several of the Powers at the same time. The Con ference would not only have to direct its attention to the United Principalities, Servia, and Candia, but other interests besides those of the East would have to be definitively settled, if the wish is to prevent a desperate struggle. Notwithstanding all we see in foreign journals and in some French ones, we will not prejudge anything. But before the Conference meets, if it is to meet, we conjure Europe not to suffer storms to gather, when proper foresight may easily disperse them. However great the endurance of a nation, patience has its limits. For the last three years the Roumains have cherished the hope, grounded on promises made to them, that the hour of their political deliverance was at hand. There is reason to fear that, weary of the pressure of every kind that bears upon them, and especially of the moral yoke which Austria would fain impose, they may imitate the Servians, and at once seize upon the rights which certainly belong to them. Can any one suppose, for instance, that men of spirit can patiently submit to see the Austrian Chancel lery dispute even the title of ' United Principalities,' admitted by the conference, and reject unread all documents bearing that title ? Can it be supposed that a nation, just endowed with a constitution, will suffer it to be immediately called in question ? Every instant witnesses some new menace either from Austria or from Turkey. Such a state of things evidently cannot last. The Moldavians and Wallachians must either be really their own masters, as the majority of the conference decided, or else fall into the hands of Austria or Turkey, after being rescued from Russia. In this last hypothesis, let Austria or Turkey dare to seize them, and we shall see what will happen ; but let some decision be taken at all events." THE SCOTTISII HOSPITAL.-Yesterday a special general court of the governors and members of this cor poration was held at the hall in Crane-court, Fleet-street —Dr. John Webster, F.R.S., in the chair. The object of the meeting was to take into consideration a plan pro posed by Professor Donaldson, the architect and surveyor to the institution, for the erection, under the name of the Scottish Corporation Buildings, of a new establish ment-, on a plot of ground at the coiner of Chancery-lane and Carey-street, the price of the freehold land in question being £11,090, and the cost of the erec tion of the pro p osed buildings, 112,009; giving a total of £23,000; providin2; for that sum a hall, chapel, public offices, saits of cham bers, and other conveniences, in the Scottish style of archi tecture. A long discussion ensued as to the expediency of appropriating so large a sum out of the total stock of £33,000 now standing in the name of the corporation, and u ltimately the report o f the committee, declaring that it would be inexpedient, was adopted. A resolution was also adopted a ppeinting a committee to consider the charter and bye-laws, with the view of asc e r t a i n i ng whether the mode of relief should not be so altered and im proved as to suit the requirements of the present times. It is proposed, we understand, at the suggestion of Major Adair, the hon. secretary of Ale corporation, to establish a Burns' Benevolent Fund," in connection with the foun dation. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 3s to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3 15s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to lOs per load, A falr demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s toll 108; clover do., £3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate, and trade fi-n. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 33 to £4 lOs ; clover, io., £3 15s to £5 Ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Supply good, and trait steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—About an average busi ness was transacted to-day, as follows :—Deef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. s.—The supplies of fat stock were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d.; mutton, :,'s 10d to 5s Od; 'lamb, Cs Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 61 to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6cl to 4s Od per Blbs. to sink tho offal. Romronn, Jan. s.—To-day's market was fairly supplied with stock, which sold steadily, as follows : —Beef, fr.an 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 38 6d to 5s 2d ; veal, 38 10d to 4s 4d ; pork, 88 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs ; witch cows, Os ; suckling calves Ns to 2Cs each ; quarter old store pigs, 16s to 20s each. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; moderate breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Tan. s.—Wind E.—Ari•:ved—L'ucoln shire, from London, for Melbourne ; Celt (screw steamer), from Southampton, for Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Anne , from Bahia ; Queen of the Chase, from St. Michael's ; George Duckwitz, from Sari Francisco ; Courier, ;COM Buenos Ayres ' Young Eagle, from New Orleans. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 6.—Aarived—Tyne (steamer), f.-ont. Brazils. TORBAY, Jan. 4.—Wind N. to N.E.-Be-Al—Course:, for Valencia. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arr:ved.—Emma, from Waterford ; Emily, from Cork ; Surprise, from Shoreham ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; John and Samuel, from Chichester; William Henry Anges, from Gottenbrrg ; Despatch, steamer, from Jersey; Le Coq, from Cherbourg; Dare from Shields; Douglas, from Newcastle ; Hope, from Littlehampton ; Aries, from Swanag,e ; Junior, and Hopewell, from Lyme ; Two Bro thers, from Looe ; Resolut:on, from Youghal ; Lune, from Havre ; Fleur de Marie, Oak, Lamplighter, Eling, and Union, from Sunderland. Sailed.—Ripon, steamer, for Brest ; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Arbutus, for New port LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.--British Queen, screw steamer, from Havre. Sailed, Jan. 5. Eliza Pox and Busy Bee, for St. Michael's ; Jane Smith, for Palermo ; Martha, for New Orleans ; ,Sarah, for Genoa ; Johanna, for Antwep. The Jane and Sarah, from Charleston, for Liverpool, re ported on shore in Carnarvon bay, on the Gth ult., has been got off, a:ter throwing her cargo overboard. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, low watei-; weather, cloudy. Passed.—Magnet, steamer, l' - 2om Rotterdam. Sailed.—Ardmillan, for Port Philip. DEAL, Thurssday Morning. Wind S.E. by E., moderate. Passed—Asia, screw steamer, from Calcutta, for London ; Chebutts, for Jamaica ; Adventure, for Sierra Leone ; Cale donia, for Geelong; Cospatrick, for Bombay; Hollingside, for Sydney—all from London. All the vessels reported last night for the northward- 171 20 Stock Sto. Stock; Stock Share' [ooi 1 itsiness Docks. LI2ERA2'U.R.E. Colburn's United Service Magazine. There is an interesting article on Madagascar, which alludes to the probable French expedition there which engaged public attention a short time ago. It is said that little is known concerning it, " and yet many details of its history are interesting, the country itself beautiful and fertile, and invested by Arabian tradition with the halo of. romantic fiction." Au entertaining account is given of the island and the various customs that prevail there. In conclusion, it is said-" In the short sketch that we have thus presented to our readers; one fact rises prominently to notice, that barbarous as the Malagasy may be, there is still in his idiosyneracy an element of improvement that cannot fail to awaken our sympathies, and raise our hopes that, in time to come, when princes such as Radama shall have arisen up amongst them, their island may no longer be an almost unknown spot, but a place where civilisation may flourish, and Christia nity lead the natives to a high and noble destiny." In some remarks made on the Anglo-Indian armies it is stated that a great difference existel in the discipline observed in the Bengal and Madras armies, and that while the disaffection was general in the Bengal, scarcely a whisper was raised against the Madras army ; hence it is argued that while the extremes of rigidity and laxity are to be avoided, " a severe discipline is certainly the safest, in pre sence of corrupting influences and mutiny." "The Azimghur Field Force" is continued ; the accounts are forcibly given, and the writer promises to pre sent the public with another instalment on a future occasion. We also meet with "A Narrative of a Residence in China," which gives an account of the operations before, and capture of, the city of Can ton,, in December, 1837—a subject which is suitable for the present time. In common with many other periodicals, this magazine contains an article on " Japan and the Japanese," in which, after entering into various descriptions and details relative to the place, it is observed that the Japanese are a pro gressive people, but neither more virtuous nor more innocent than we are, and that those who are pleased with the accounts of their simplicity may rest assured that " there is no danger of the Asiatic islanders being corrupted by the English." The Mechanics' Magazine. This valuable magazine has been enlarged and improved, and somewhat altered in size and shape. While restricting itself to the circulation of scien tific news and information, it is now more suited to the comprehension of the uninformed or inexperi enced reader. It has been condensed and classified, and the valuable intelligence it always contained is presented in a clearer and simpler form. At the same time its scientific value has - been increased rather than diminished, and it is rendered more comprehensive in its character, which is proved by its new sub-title of "Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures, and Ship building." The number of branches of practical science which it thus includes is considerably increased, a fact that will no doubt widen its circle of readers in proportion. We quote a paragraph from the Editorial address : " More titan thirty-five years have passed since the first number of the Mechanics' Magazine appeared, with its memoir of James Watt—its diagram of two solemn brick layers in a diving-bell—its portrait of a winged enthusiast flying in the air (downwards, of course)—its cure for a cold—its Tantalus's cup, with a despoiling Tantalus in it —and its poetical Address to a Blacksmith on hiS birthday Very small and very crude was that first three-penny sheet, with its sixteen pages only, poetry included. But small and crude as it was, it proved to be the beginning of a pub lication which has unquestionably excited great influences upon modern science—has formed the model for scientific journalists throughout the world—and has now taken a novel form, only that it may give a fuller development to the energy which belongs to it. Nor was that first number the precursor of great literary influences alone. F.or in its pages, Mr. Robertson, its founder and editor, took the lead in the establishment of the London Mechanics' Institution, and virtually of all those kindred institutions which now abound in the land. All the friends of the magazine were of late, however, agreed in believing that the time had come when a change in its fcrm and size was eminently desirable. Its page was too contracted for the engravings of many modeth machines, and its literary department afforded insufficient scope for all the demands of modern science. A want of a weekly scientific paper, handy in size, copious in information, and sound and reliable in its teachings was felt ; and we were looked to as the most proper persons to supply tho want. We have undertaken the task cheerfully, and the mere pre liminary announcement of our intention in the matter has brought us so much support that our success is already assured. We hope and believe that this first - number of our new series will confirm our present friends in their friend ship for us, and bring us many new ones." It only remains for us to commend this new and improved series to the favour of the public, and to assure them that they will find the quality of the paper, type, and ad minx- arrangements, fully connnensurate with the improved character of the magazine. Miscellaneous .Matia:ines. Titan opens with a paper - on the 2nariages do conrenance which cause so much domestic misery in France. It also contains the conclusion of the story of " The Clubs and the Secret Police," which ends in a satisfactory manlier to the reader, though we fear, one not often met with in real lire. A pleasing domestic story entitled " Two Christmas Times," would be still more agreeable without the extraor dinary adventures at the conclusion. " A Chapter on Recent Poetry" will repay perusal, and an ac count of the human hair and its restoratives is not devoid of entertainment.—Taies Edinburgh Maga zine has a memoir of Linnoeus, giving an interesting sketch of his life and labours. " Marian," and Scenes from the Drama of Life," are two attrac- five tales. The political articles do not display much originality. " Cash and Credit'.'. is Vie title of an essay which commends itself to the attention of the wealthy and thoughtless.—Newton's London Journal has its usual list of recent patents and reports of the engineering institutions. The intro ductory paper is on the comprehensive subject of " Our Mercantile Prospects." —Le Pollee has a variety of charming costumes suitable to the gaieties of this festive season.—The indefatigable Charles Lever is bringing his serial of Dm:wort Dunn to a conclusion. We shall notice it at greater length on its conclusion.— Cassell's Illustrated Paper fully deserves the public estimation in which it is held. The variety and quality of its contents might grati 'y the most fastidious readers. Useful instruction la ' French and natural philosophy increase its recom mendations.—The Welcome Guest is another of those widely-disseminated cheap family journals which are so deservedly popular. Its Christmas number , with the attractive title of " The Wedding Rings of Shrimpington” will be a favourite with many readers of good old-fashioned love-stories. The names of Augustus Mayhew, G. A. Sala, and Adelaide Proctor, among the contribu tors, testify its animation and originality.— Willis's Price Current is an invaluable circular for those who wish to replenish or complete their libraries. Ix addition to the list of new books published during the month, and the catalogue of second-hand books in Messrs. Willis and Sotheron's establish. meat, adver.isments of books and volumes wanted are inserted, so that a convenient medium is esta blished for the completion of imperfect sets of rare works. The library of the late John llarley is also in the catalogue of this month. Moore's Irish Melodies. People's Edition. Part 11. Longman. This admirable edition of Moore's delightful melo dies is progressing satisfactorily. The number before us contains thirteen airs, foremost amongst them being the beautiful one " The Meeting of the Waters." It is followed by worthy companions, and the lovers of true melody wedded to verse which, if not immortal, is most sweet and pathetic, have cause to be thankful to the enterprising pub lishers who have placed such a collection within the popular reach. The Photographic Almanack, for 1859. Among the peculiarities of the almanacks for the season is the great number which are devoted to special classes of readers. Thus the Photographers have an almanack for themselves, giving the an nals of Photography for the pa st y ear, an account of the improved processes, an d other informati on connected with the art. Miscellaneous intellig ence is also given, with the usual list of ro y a l birth days, &c. A youn g brilliantSc o tch l e a:ly e a , a a t n th at e iv G e ra o n f d G o lasgow , has just made a . f e er on s s in er g v hi at g ot a r t e, ti a le nd an a n few u al pera a t Pa r is. Miss ThorasoganiNn%edas tahpeufiprsiltopfrithzee cmotioncottherssarf that establishment. She was consequently en gaged at the Opera, and came out a few days ago in the e l ai a r r is ac j t: l r ir o n f al l l s l uractolniiclde in Rossini's " G u ill aume T e ll." Thd Paris ' in their accounts of her success, and ar e unanimous in their opinion of her merits. ACTION FOR -LIBEL AGAINST THE " LIVERPOOL MEncußY."—An action was brought yesterday, in the Liverpool Court of Passage, against the proprietors of the Liverpool Mercury, for publishing a report which it was contended by the plaintiff, Mr. Simon, a hcensed victualler, and also a cl er k i n th e office of the Liverpool Daily Post, had rought him into odium and contempt, and injured him ma terially in his business as a licensed victualler. The alleged libel was contained in the report of a trial which took place in the Liverpool County Court some time ago, and in which Mr. Simon was the plaintiff. The reporter, in his report of the case, made Mr. Simon state that he was a member of the Harrington Club, which consisted of a number of gen tlemen, who at that time met daily and dined at the house of Mr. Simon. The members of the club, believing them selves slighted by Mr. Simon representing himself as a member of the club, waited upon the editor of the Keremry, and asked if the report was a true one. The editor stated it was, and the reporter who transcribed the notes said so too. Upon this the Harrington Club quitted Mr. Simon'a house and have not since returned to it. The amount at which Mr. Simon estimated his loss through the club leav— ing his house was £ICO per annum. 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