The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

~'. ; IVIONEy mARIJT AND CITY NEWS. • 'ITY Two o'CLooK. The Bank of England returb,',lmpleted to the 29th inst., is of a satisfactory ,qharajter* The . bullion, however, owing to the withdi - awals to: the continent, has been slightly diminished. The reserve of notes shows a large addition, while a small diminution is apparent in the securities dis counted. The other items of the balance-sheet, and the changes 'they present, are shown in the sub j oined analysis:— Active Circulation .. Decrease .. Bullion ~ Decrease .. Rest .. Increase .. £20,471,185 479,995 :: 16,280,369 70,570 • • 3,288,900 4,590 Public Deposits Increase .. • Other Deposits.. Decrease .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease Government Securities 5,753,063 .. 285,723 .. 14,751,486 .. 614,595 .. 712,191 34,567 .. 11,568,618 Decrease .. 700,000 Other Securities .. .. 17,030,838 Decrease .. • • 68,264 Notes unemployed .. .. 9,563,065 Increase 381,735 At the half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Aus tralian Investment Company, held this day, the chairman proposed that the report be received an: l adopted, and that a dividend of 10 per cent. free of income-tax be declared. The motion was unani mously carried, and theretiring directors re-elected. The sum of £1,832 10s. has been applied to the redemption of four Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Bonds, together valued at £2,000 ; and £9,981 7s. lid. has been employed in the purchase 160 3 per Cent. :Bonds, amounting to £33,600. ,A large quantity of bar gold, viz., £130,000, was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway have determined to propose a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum at their next meeting. During the last few days there has been a limited amount of business transacted in most descriptions Hof Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea, at public ale, however, sold at steady prices. Sugar con tinued dull, and only the superior qualities have sustained former values. Coffee, rice, and cocoa hays been at about previous quotations, while a further slight decline has taken place in the value of tallow. Rather more activity wag exhibited in the Liver pool Cotton Market, yesterday, and some descrip tions were id. per lb. higher. The sales were about 10,000 bales. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Trust and Agency Company, held to-day, a dividend at; the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. Rather an unfavourable effect was produced in the English Stock Market to-day by the Bank returns, and the demand for gold on French account. More firmness, however, prevails, and Consols, which have been 92;1 1, are now 921 I for money an,i the 6th pros. The New Threes and the Reduced a.re steady at 92 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 17s. prem. ; ditto June, 19s. prem., being flat; India Stock is 2251; and the 5 per Cent. remains at 1051 1061. In the Foreign Market the dealings have not been quite so extensive, although continued buoyancy has prevailed. Mexican have experienced 8 further improvement, viz., to 331 d ; Spanish Securities have also been in considerable request at enhanced quotations, the 3 per Cents. have ad vanced to 531; the Deferred to 4317 the Passive to 171 18; and the Certificates, after numerous fluctuations, are 78 Z. An advance of 1 per cent. has taken place in Venezuelan, viz., to 251 1, owing to the favourable advices from the republic. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84 to 841 ; ditto, 1858, 741 to 75 ; and the Moorish loan is 59. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and the few dealings recorded have been at a further slight reduction in prices. Eastern Coun ties, Great Westerns, and Midlands have receded es., and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. Caledonian, London, Chatham, and Dover, and North-Eastern York realised previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in limited favour. Dutch Rhenish realise 161-4; Bahja and San Francisco, 151; East Indian, 102 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1001 ; and Great Western of Canada, have improved to 11/ 121. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remained dull without any change of importance in Values. BRI7TISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 / 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. New 21 per Cent. Annuities 76 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lOl 1 Ditto 51 per Cent s• lO7 61 I Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 994 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99/ Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Account, Feb. 6 921 f March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 17 19 18 Ditto £5OO .. 19 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. Chilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent , Mquador New Consolidated Greek - 8 itlexief 3 per Cent . - 33 _Jan, pe, Ditto Account Grenada Active Do, Ex over-duo Coups. &Hectares. 101 10 1 Ditto Deferred New Grenada, 2 per Cent Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 47 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 98/. Ditto 41 per:Cent, 1860 Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred 42i 31 Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent B4 / Ditto Account . ... 84/ Ditto New Loan Ditto Amount Ditto £lOO Bonds 'Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividonds on the above payable in London. ItaNan, 5 per Cont., 1861 6sa A 6a / THREE O'CLOCK. Cpnsols, Money ..... 92/ a Ditto Account OXFORD ELECTION. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STATE OF THE POLL—THIS DAY, 12 o'cLocii Sir 11. Dashwood ___ Colonel Fane Majority for Dashwood . . . • -99 SPORTING INTELLIGENC E. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. A scant attendance, and nothing doing. Mr. Cartwright looked in during the afternoon, and directed Penarth to be struck out of the Grand National Steeplechase at Liverpool at 4 p.ro, CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. GRAND NATIONAL STBELECHASE. 100 to 7 agat The Dane (taken) 100 to 5 agat Brunette (taken) 100 to 5 agat Tippler (taken) 100 to 5 agst Jealousy (taken) The Princess Adalbertioe at Ai of Bavaria,urh Infanta of Spain, has given birth to a vrn e THE SUMTER.—The Cunard steamship Morocco, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday (Thursdy after a rapid passage of less than five d ays from Gibraltar, a), reports that the Confederate private er S umter was in port The Morocco brings no report of the alleged naval engagement between the Sumter and another vessel in the Mediter ranean. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE An'rs.—Last evening Mr. Montague Davis delivered a lec ture entitled the "Divine Whisperings in Art." The sub ject was handled in a masterly manner, and to the entire satisfaction of the audience. SCOTCH LEGAL APPOINTMENTS _Her Majesty's raeasare having n ow been taken, Mr. Robert Macfarlane will take his seat on the tench as soon as the usual formali ties are completed. Mr. Macfarlane was called to the bar in 1838, but had practised as a W.S. since 1827. He has thu s , and by the various character of his practice as an adiocate, been made conversant with almost all the depart ments of law. Tlie sheriffship of Renfrewshire, vacated by Mr. Macfarlane's elevation, will be filled by Mr. Patrick Fraser, and Mr. Fraser's office of standing counsel for the Exchequer by Mr, Andrew nutherfurd Clark.--050eSniff2d. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing' Business Railways. 1 - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead Bucldngh , •n.q".iire. . Chester &II olyhead.. 100 iDo ... 53i 54 • Do. 5i per cent 100 ' Do. Do. 5 „ 100 I Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 i Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 I E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. g pr c. 100 Gt. North. 135 138 E.Union,llarwicliShs all E,Counts. 4 4* Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cale . clon • • • • Do. new Gloster&DeanForest l all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 201 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen le Lon.,Tilb.&S._ , .•thend 100 Peto &Co B2 64 Lowestoft gua. * p c.. 100 oriolk Do 6 pier cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M . 3 '4l Mid. Bradford I Prefer- 5 Prefer ence stock 5. 6 E Counts.ooMidland 95 9 : 7 Newmarkt, BuryEx gua. 5 per cent... •P Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Elartlepool 100 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre, f all & L. y k. i 44 46 Do, i shares A. all ,Do. ••• • .. .. RoyO'n.Hitch.&, Shen. 100 ) Gtastortn. 13i 1:17 Shrews`,7 & Hereford 100 'T Brassey 120 122 121 Do. 'o. South Staffordqhire Wilts and Someroet lOO (.4t. West. 91 93 Wimbledn t Croydon. all L.&Brgtn 8i 9i SHARE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 13.14 25 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val ;Blyth and Tyne . ;Bost.,Sleaf.,andlAtd.k.'o -istol and Exeter „ ' , Wan ' Bandon ! ck Ca o l r eu ana I Cornwall I Do A A gets „_ Do till6p c.p an.. , • B been paid to B. ;Dublin & Belfast June. I Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June I East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock, Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds, East Suffolk di' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Edin., Perth, & Dinidee! Glasg. and S. Western.l ;GreatNrthn.of Scotland, Great Northern....... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gun. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. iMaryport and Carlisle. Dog shares.. 'll-et.."oPoiltan Midlans.". l Do New Do Birming: & Derby_ i Mid. Gt. W. of Do. shares -• Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor. Dey. ail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß' Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,p.N.E. purchase Do'Leeds Do York North Londpn Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. 111. & Canal Portsmouth mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. ,Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale , Do .Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail i Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim !Waterford & Kilkenny !Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class . Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford, Po Newport Do Hereford, Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 0 11 43 11* ei 7 1314 132 fi lb 101 103 65 67 Gsi 1001 101 d s6i b p 7 881 891 99 101 41 4id 10i 11 92 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. ( Share/ Railways. 1 raid.l Closing I Business Do 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all st Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 92 94 20 Do. shares st Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 65 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 percent all 20 21 65 Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all st E. ATlgll. Class Asp. c lOO 99 101 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 st Do No. 2 100 108 110 st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 125 127 1261 at Eastern Union. 4p. c— 100 81 83 st Do. sp. c. guar lOO Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 st Furness, 5 per cent._ 100 at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. 100 at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 113 st Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 104 106 st Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 100 103 110 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 44 p. et lOO 98 100 984 94 9 st Do. redeem. 4p. et._ 100 88 90 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 89 91 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref lOO 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares., all 91 101 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 104 11 st Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 76 78 26i Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 4 21 131 Do. do all 105 104 20 Do. do all 155 151 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. prof 80 st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 135 137 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dpe 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) ' 100 at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 102 104 st Lon.&Brig.sp.o.gu. No.l 100 112 114 at Do. 5 per ceilLdo. No 2 100 112 114 st Do. 6 per cent 5 lOO 135 140 st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 at Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 150 155 at Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) , 100 126 129 at Do. 4 p c.st.(div.clef.liP6s 100 74 76 at Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 95 64 St Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 112 114 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares st D o . 4i cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. rerpl. anus of 2s 6d 12 Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs all 124 Londony. & Ennis. 4 she all In 14 at Man. Sh. & .Lin. 6 per ct. 100 127 129 6 Do. £6 st Do. 35 per cent lOO 65 71 10 Do . redeem. 6 percet 5 I /pm 123 I Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all 12% IDo. 41 per cent. all at 1-Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 • • • • at ,Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 135 137 st Do. 4% p.c. pref. st. rdem 100 103 105 st Do. 41 p.c. irredeomable 100 6 Do. 44 per cent. . all •• • • at Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct 100 93 95 94 5 1 at .Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 18461 100 st bo. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 , „ st ,Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 100 at I Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at I Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 I Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 15 11pm 1 0 Do. do. do. all , at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 Do. 11pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 98 100 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. NU. 1 13 1 dis par 123 iDo. do. Quarters, 1848 9 • • • • 25 Do. York, H. &S. Parch lO 20 IN - c,srth Staffordshire all 4 dis par 10 I fti l yn:Aiev Guaranteed all 22 23 st 'Scottish .':','orth-Eastern 34 p. c. pre:: stock , cI 100 .. st Do.Aberdeen,p • 6 p • 100 • • • • st Do. 7p. c. pref. 100 104. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 132 136 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 44 per cent! 1110 101 103 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. • • at Do. 43 per cent st Do. do. 1859 ' , 100 .. . • st Do. 5 per cent. lOO .. . • at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 86 fikl 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 14 p 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 123 29 285 25 Do. B6p. c all 32 34 25 Do. C6p. c all 31 33 at Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. C. 100 42 45 st •" Mid Oxf Ist gua stkl 100 127 129 • at D o t Do. 2d do lOO 123 126 -.eort 5 c.pf. red lOO 103 105 IDSP erp wp et.6p. p. c. pf. 1866 100 123 126 st Do. pH 186% 100 119 122 POCKS, stocks tcc k V ) o o n . a 4 i n ..... stock East per a e n "7l;ll:-- d e l'v en e f i:r . .i n el.. i 3 a fin .. . l i 0 7 07 stock 1...0nd0n ...... d 100 123 125 stock St. liathartne.: . -.• •••• ; 100 I 57 59 stock ,Southampton ..... ..... , 100 62 65 st.dcklVictoria ..„ ........ „„ 100 20 i1)9 4 New , ..._,. .... •••-• 100 98 100 11111.4 ,„ 2 idp • - _ ~: __. . all . 1 all . 1 all 100 100 all i all / all I, all 78 DAY). 64 7 96 08 103 104 101 i I si Share 5 6 I!Paid. 42 44 10 111 19 ; 20 54 65 48 52 34 35 92 93 30 311 102 104 113 114 1109 f 110 f 132 134 104 106 674 68 57 60 100 100 100 100 100 541 i 51 f 110 i 133 107 107 50 M 117 118 44 48 921 93i 97 03 67 1 II 107+$ 60 117 45 93f 21 97 t 8 7+1 Closing Price. Stk 1 20i 20i 10 5 76 0 99i 100 i 4i 5 d 6i 7, q 6t f Id 99 100 101 102 99 ' 101 101 102 101 102 164 105 1311 2 a f 2 P 1011 stock, stock 21 22 63 E 5 50 64 35 37 38 42 34 86 33 85 99& 1004 pr 99 100 111 111 8k 81 95 98 88 92 99 100 92 94 90 92 100; d 1 89 8,1 125 12 45 47 100 102 46 48 5 7 4 6 lnli Elqi i 37 39 96 99 f ea 6; , i k 10 111 44 4 pr p 23 24 97, lok 8} Si 20 21 89 40 8 10 8i 7i 41 44 53 65 3/ 211 79 79f 67 69 98 100 51 6i 39 40 1 8 4 9 4 p ' 144 5f 6 148 p 12 15 1 554 564 24 34 d ip 88 92 [274 1374 61 7 8 Si 9) Ot 4 1 27i 284 all 7 all all all 71 73 10 103 213 223 84 86 47 49 44 46 89 91 ES. 1 2 28 30 385 395 51 53 29} 30 103 11 2i 3 16 13 3i 4 51 61 14 2 39 41 21 31 43 45 9.i 101 54 54 2 1 24 34 1i 2 8 42 44 320 33 0 34 4 110 115 29 31 14 2 84 13 1 14 i 44 48 285 295 95 100 75 85 1] 24 8 9 144 154 17 18 5 1 20 28.2.81 MINES. I 4 1 li 34 96 6 8 . 1 1 li 4 14 2} 22 24 pr p 1 1a p 711 8 d pr l a id 2 4 1 1 1 65 l 67 pm si I / - • • Business done 031 102 1i 10!$ i lli. 121 iff go na f 16} i 16 i 5 1 i 30 i 654 44 9} 8 i 84 9} • ;, - ,-7"---) THE ' l ' SUN, LONDON, ;A' FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1862. lIA.RTLEY CATASTROPHE. The collection was then made, and, the proceed .ngs closed in the usual way. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at noon--South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W—Sailei—licr Ma jesty's ship Himalaya, for Kingstown. TORBAY, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wye, from London for Mogadore. FALMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Slepner, from Rio Grande. Jan. 31.—Arrived—Siam, from Mau ritius; in coming to an anchor fouled the Ark (brig), and carried away bowsprit. COWES, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nemesis, from Foo-chow-foo. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alpaca, from Akyab; Theodore, from Valparaiso. SWANSEA, Jan. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Comedora, from Caldera, with bulwarks, sails, and stanchions carried away, and chief officer washed overboard. - ' MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PRUSSIA. The following are the chief points of the Bill on Ministerial Responsibility just laid before the Ber lin Chambers : " Ministers can only be impeached for a violation of the Constitution. They are liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, and incapacitated from ever hold ing office again. The act of impeachment must be signed by at least 30 members of the Upper House, and by 50 members of the Chamber of Deputies. If it is referred to a committee it must consist of three members of the Upper, and five of the Lower House. " The Ministry is not bound to give publicity to docu ments, the publication of which might be prejudicial to the interests of the State. Any Minister impeached may defend himself by word of mouth or by writing, and may have the last word. The committee must make its report within 30 days, otherwise the act of impeachment will fall to the ground. If, on the report, the two Chambers agree to the impeachment, a committee of impeachment shall be formed, consisting of three members of the Upper and five of the Lower House. The impeachment will be brought before a special jury of 12. To this end 30 jurymen will be drawn by lot ; 20 taken . from members of the Supreme Court, and 10 from the Presidents of the Courts of Appeal. The first President of the Supreme Court and the members of the Chamber are excluded from being drawn. From the 30 persons designated the 12 members who are to form the jury are to be drawn by lot. The impeachers as well as the impeached may challenge the jury. Tho pub • licity of the trial can only be interdicted in case State secrets should render it necessary. The King does not renounce his right of pardon, but no Minister condemned can ever be reinstated in office. Ministers no longer in office can only be impeached after the close of the first ses sion after their dismissal." A grand concert has been given at Berlin for the benefit of the German fleet. The Court was pre sent. Every one was astonished to see the King rise and leave when Arndt's celebrated song, " The German Fatherland," was commenced. It is not known whether it was done purposely or not; the audience, however, received the song with immense applause. THE REV. C. B. SPURGEON ON THE Last night the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon preached a sermon in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, in aid of the fund now being collected for the widows and orphans at Hartley. The rev. gentleman took for his text, Job xiv., 14, "If a man die, shall he live again ?" The God of Providence, he said, had lately been call ing their attention to the subject of death, which had been brought nigh to them ; but still people thought far too little of it. If a man was sixty, he imagined he would live to eighty, arid when he was eighty, he thought there was no reason why he should not live another twenty years, as many had done before him. But though men would not think on death, Providence was continually thrusting it before them. Amongst princes there was little thought of the future life, and, as they were few in number, one death had been just now a sufficient warning ; but workmen were also apt to forget the future life, and, as they:were very numerous, Death had called to them in tones of thunder. Had there been only a few deaths, the lesson would not have been so impressive, because people would have said there were often such accidents ; but here there were 200 swept away. In dealing with his text, the reverend gentleman answered it first nega tively and then affirmatively, on Scriptural grounds. "If a man die, shall he live again ?" No ! he shall not live again here—ho shall not live again for him self, to make glad his household. If he lived a sin ful life, that life shall never be repeated. If there were pleasures in sin, the dead would not come back to repeat them—to take in vain the name of that God who had daily loaded them with bene fits—in whom they lived and moved and had their being. They would have no more opportunity for their base ingratitude to their Maker, whom they treated worse than the "ox which knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib." Nor would they ever live again to stifle the remorseful conscience; and it was quite as well for the wicked that they could not live again ; for, whatever they might think to the contrary, if they lived again they would live as they lived before—the filthy would be filthy still—and they would increase their condem nation. On the other hand, the righteous would not live again to repent of sin, to suffer for their righteousness. They would not bring back to strife and contest the victor when he wore the crown, the mariner who had gained the shore! And if a man would not live again for himself, neither would he live again for others. If there were any in the fatal pit who led others into vice, they would not live again to do so. The man who was living an idle and a useless life would not live again to set his bad example. There was no moral quarantine ; but if they had only had a clear per ception of the leprosy of vice, they would shudder at those overt and covert influences by which some men were daily exercised for evil. There were men who carried, as it were, a moral plague about them ; but those would not live again to pour out moral poison and pollute the very air they breathed. As with the evil, so it was with the good. They would not live again to do their duty to their God and to their fellow-men. In the pit with those poor men at Hartley were some of the Primitive Methodist local preachers, men selected to preach to others because they could preach from the heart to the heart, though not, perhaps, grammatically. That was the true principle of New Testament Chris tianity, to select men for ministers not for their scholarship, but because they had the Christian life within them. They would do more good amongst the working classes in London if they were not quite so squeamish on these points. The rev, gen tleman then came to the second part of his dis course. If a man die, shall he live again ? Yes! but not here. His soul would live again in a resur rection life. The poor mangled forms in that pit would live again. They would all live again, the consciences of the evil would live again, and be their continual tormentors. Their victims, too. would live again ; and those whom they had wronged would live again, and reproach them. The good would also live again as ;flowers transplanted from one spot where they could only bud, to another where they would bloom with everlasting freshness. In conclusion, the rev. gentleman made an appeal for pecuniairy aid for the 400 widows and :orphans at Hartley, who, he said were left almost penniless. Many of the rich, no doubt, had already contributed at the Mansion-house, in the Royal Exchange, or Mark-lane, or the Coal Ex change, or amongst their privote'connections. But let them all do what they could that night, and prove their gratitude to God for having spared their lives ; and let them cast in their mites with a prayer that this solemn lesson might be blessed to the nation. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Teutonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Duke of Glocester, from St. Helen's. Sailed—Parana, for Scilly; Charlotte, for Guernsey ; La Poule, for Cherbourg ; L'Etoile, for Carentan. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 31—Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed, Jan. 31—Peninsula, steamer, for Gibraltar; Stanley, steamer, for Trieste; Economist, steamer, for Mel bourne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Fanny Fern, from Falmouth, for London. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 29th day of Jan., 1862 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......X30,034,250, Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,381,250 Silver Bullion .... £30,034,250 X 30,031,250; BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,753.063 Other Deposits 14,751,486 Seven Day and other Bills 712,191 Jan, 30 ) 1802, Government Secu rities (includimr, DeadWeightAn nuity) £11,568,618 Other Securities 17,030,838 Notes Gold and Silver 896,119 Coin £39,058,640 I X 39 ---- ,C 55,040 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom„Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New ... Do. Preference ...... Clcutta.&S,Eastn. (Lin.) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Demerara.. . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p c. Debcntrs. Do. 5 p. a. Deb„ 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 all 100 all all all all Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 Gt. South.of India (Lim)' / guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all Do. New ....... . 18 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't ()it. all Do. 54 p. c. do, '77 d 0... all Madras guar., sp. o. 100 D 0.4 p. 0. ExtensiOni 100 Do. 41 d 0.... I 100 Melb.Corp. 6p. Bud . ; I 100 Newßrunswick at Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pel all Class A Capital Share, Land do.. Do. do. Lano.. " ! Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. 1... all /100 15 all 100 1 gel ii 'ci e- 7. -....- • •.. . 6 ..: Do. Punjaub . .. • . FT, Do. Do. ........ ce c.? Do. Inclua.St. Flo. ge, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip-1 FOREIGN Algerian ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes .... Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... % Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares _..... ?Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Parls,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) zua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ....... 7 per cent. Pref.... (Sambre & Meuse ..... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... ;San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. IS.Aust &Lomb Venetin ;Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. West'rn of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand . BRITISH MI Allied Consols (Phi/ack British Iron Cliflbrd Devon G. Cons. (Tavist East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... S. WI Russel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus (.Wheal Alfd. (Phila.& G. Wheal Vor Weis ton` Grenville Herod's-Foot , I Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Nfargaret (Gny Lelant; Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) ] North Downs North Frances (Illogan N. Wh'l Basset (Illo4an' North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridp.•,e Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim F.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; . Stray Park Tamar Silv.ct Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan' Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 3.9.3 12.3 2.0.0 2.2 9 lk 10.6.7 113 s 6d 2.14.0 3.0.0 7.7.0 t 6/ 17a 6.15.6 6.12 4.14 1.12. e 9i 4.3.0 sale, all 18.1R.9 2719. FOREIG Australian BonAccord Copper,Llm. Brazil Land & Min.Co,.. Clarendon Cons.MiiiCo ICobre Copper ICopiapo nunMoun.Cop.Min2 . .Co 'East Del Rey (Limited) ilcortuu-t General IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquira N.RhineCopoiS.Aus. L Pontßibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt. Port Philip Scottish Anstrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.)._ United Mexican ,Worthing (Limited) 70 all all all lif COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-2! Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.( Do. 5 per cent Do. Inscribed stock! Cape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 18761 Do. do., 1888 &upwde New Zealand 6 p. cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up 1 Nte..Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct I !107 109 100 100 100 100 1109 111 109 11l 97 981 ; 110 110 W 9 - 1014 08a a 99 100 97 98 96A 974 105 107 106 107 102 101 105 1054 1031 104 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 85 87 40 Australasia all 65 67 65 25 Bank of Egypt all 22 23 225 100 Bak of London 50 British North American all 49 61 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 21 214 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 13 85 100 City 100 Colonial .... ... . . 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng., Scot., & Ans. Ch all 19 195 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 255 26 251 6 20 Do. new all 214 251 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr 4p 10 1 100 London & Westminster 20 73 75 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 ,National Bank ........ 25 20 INe w South Wales all 35 25 I Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank ....... 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 ' Do. new......... all 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia 50 Uniou of London l2 29 31 30k 100 Unity Mutual— I 60 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 144 155 15 10 ;Atlantic R. 111. Stm (1d) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 IBahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 'Berlin Water (Limited) all 55 6 54 50 British American Land 40 50 'B.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 325 Canada Land all 106 104 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lira ) all 10 ,China & Japan Coast & I River Steam Naviga. 24 st. Cop.Min.ofEng&Stnitg, all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent all 15 17 at. Crystal Palace st. I Do. Preference st, IDo. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 104 10 'E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 75 16 ; Do. B. 75 15 05 20 )E.lndia Irrig - n. & Canal 1 pr spm 15 at. Electric Telegraph 100 95 98 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 35 35 15 Gen. Ste,am Navigati m 14 -- 1 Great Slap Limited) all 1 1 Do' 174 pact Preference all 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 25 25 35 10 Merl. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 if P 20 INerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 15 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 IDo.B p.c. Pref..iss.at 1 dis all 4 3 100 !N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 I N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 15 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 15 15 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 15 15 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 7 8 at. Peelß.Lnd.&lllin.(Lim) 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 69 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 405 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.e all 185 195 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 193 15 Do. Ncw all 5 6 100 ;Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 52 st. 'Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 135 140 25 'South Australian Land all 33 35 335 1 'Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all if if 1 Do. do. Registered .... 10 Do. do .. all 4 6 g ITelegrpph to Ind a (L.); 1 sds par 10 !Trust and Agency of A.uatriasia (lim)lst is, I pr I P 20 I Tr.ez " 111 Pr•!?an*, 5 11 4 'lll. K' dom Tel. co. (um. ) ; 1 14 f. 4 10 Van. Diemen ' s Laud 2 8 4 1 9 10 94 RAILWAYS LAW INT., .(This Day.) CQURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) IiPPEAL — JUDGMENT—ELLEI V. UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURAME COMPANY. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice• Chancellor Sir Wm. Page Wood disallowing the plaintiff's claim, £3,000, under deductions, put transference of £7,000, in sured on the ship Aster, a Astria, and a cargo of wheat from Odessa to Falmouth, and which was totally wrecked on her voyage to England. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were of opinion that the transfer of the insurance, to this extent, iby Baker to the plaintiff was regood and valid transfer, and therefore revieed the order of the Vice-Chan cellor, and allowed the appeal with costs. rIZERNOTT V. POTTER-POTTER V. KERNOTT. This was an appeal from an order of the Master of the Rolls dismissing the plaintiff's bills with costs, in the above mentioned suits, on 5.h December last. The first is to enforce an agreement to have an account,—and the latter to have that agreement cleared void, and delivered up to be cancelled. The first suit was instituted to have an account of the money due to the plaintiff, Dr. Kernott, under an agreement dated Jan. 10, 1859, by which the plaintiff undertoot to take out a patent for puri fying crude paraffin, but tie defendant alleged that the patent could not be worked at a profit, but at a loss, and therefore the agreement wae void. Lord Justice Knight Brute and Lord Justice Turner, on considering the agreement, patent, and evidence adduced, were of opinion that these first two bills should not have been dismissed with costs, and that the plaintiff (Dr. Kernott) should have been allowed to establish his right at law, and therefore varied the order of the Master of the Rolls to this extent, and allowed the appeal, Their lordships dismissed the bill without costs, without prejudice to any action or ations that Dr. Kernott might bring against the defendant Potter. And in the cross appeal of Potter v. Kernott, Lord Justice Knight Bruce, and Lord Justice Turner were of opinion that this bill was properly dismissed with costs, and therefore affirmed the order of the Master of the Rolle to this extent and dismissed tha appeal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A SOLICITOR MS OWN ADVOCATE.—CURIOUS CASE.-- Mr. George Peter Dodson, solicitor, of Poland-street, was charged under the following circumstances : Sergeant Horsey, 6 C, sail—This morning, about four, while in Tichborne-street, I may the defendant outside a coffee-house, with a large nimber of persons round him, and heard that he had beet turned out of the house. I advised the defendant to go home, but he refused, and fol lowed me and the inspector about for some time, and as we could not get rid of him, he was at last locked up. He was when taken into custody very quiet. Defendant—You say you saw me drunk—did I stagger ? Sergeant—Yes, you did. Defendant—Did I not say I had lost a ring in the cafe? Sergeant—You did not. Inspector Bowles—l was with the sergeant, and the de fendant followed us about, and a s we could not get him to into nt o o nsalt Mr. De nman an d M r . Lax ton sacily,st°lll, The defendant said t . Yardley, is that I had beenleave h ei ftneo h gn e tdaha nbewo Templetu a l s lAo t a s,. li k neignt to consult ring. ton respecting two causes I am interested in, and I was sober. Mr. Yardley—l am very sorry to see a mat of your pro fession in such a place. You are, unfortunately, your own lawyer, and you know the adage. I was in hopes you would have passed the matter over sub silentio, and not made such a defence as ycu have. I cannot dismiss you, as it is proved that you were drunk, as I do person s i n a l ower d egree of life, and I must fine you ss. for being drunk. The eefendant paid the fine. THAMES. FEARFUL CASE OF STABBIN G. — Patrick Devereux, a / Ratcliff-highway. sailor of boyish appearance, was brought before Mr. Selfe, theo-sftlivirrejoegutlinded man on Wednesday charged with stabbing James Gardner, a boarding-house -street, Shadwell, said he that ha had been stabbed in the night,wb e a l l k eeper,‘sliyr, called and J.B. afciupon the paos . ascertained Ross, tos: intestinesuaiDenmark-street, ntegemdenoadnrk were bad wound, three inches in length; what might be called a long stab. The wounded man was about 36 or 37 years of age, and had been a free liver. He was afraid the wound might prove fatal. The man was in danger. Mr. Selfe—ls it necessary I should go to his bedside and take his deposition. Mr. :Ross would not say the patient was in imme diate danger. _ _ Morris Cohen, a respectable tradesman, was talking to Mr. Gardner near a public-house in Denmark-street, on Wednesday night, and had just left him when the pri soner accosted Mr. Gardner, and stabbed him in the belly with a knife. Mr. Gardner said " He's got a knife, I am stabbed," and directly afterwards fell. The prisoner ran away and was sought after and apprehended by a police-constable named Smith, 253 K. The prisoner had been lodging in Gardner's boarding-house for some time. A quarrel had taken place between them on a question of accounts. The prisoner demanded his chest and clothes, which the board ing-house keeper refused to give him, until his charges for board were paid. The prisoner vowed he would be revenged. and took the first opportunity that presented itself to carry out his deadly purpose. When Smith took the prisoner into custody he said he had no knife. Mr. Ross had no doubt the wound was inflicted with a knife. It was an upward thrust on the right groin. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner until Friday next, and said if it became necessary he would at any time take the deposition of the wounded man in his own room. 77-11 S DAY'S ifLARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supply of English wheat here, to-day, was small. All dry samples moved off steadily, at full prices, otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state, at about pre vious quotations. The show of samples of foreign wheat was tolerably ex tensive, and the demand for all descriptions ruled inactive, yet no change took place in the currencies compared with Monday. In floating cargoes of grain a limited business was trans acted on former terms. Fine parcels of barley quite supported former prices. Medium and inferior qualities, however, commanded very little alteration. The malt trade was dull. In prices, however, no altera ion was observed. Oath were a dull inquiry; nevertheless good and fine samples were steady in value. The demand for both beans and peas was much restricted, on former terms. In flour, sales progressed slowly, at fully the late decline in the currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English 650 990 1,760 2BO 1 630 sack , . Irish — I,COO i Foreign 14,630 7,020 6,700 j 240 sks. 5,050 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the trade is dull, at barely late quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sand Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime krge do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 ad ed Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Prime do 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 4 5 0 Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The market for hops is by no means aotive. Good and fine qualities command a steady sale, and prices are well supported. In other kinds very little is doing, yet no change has taken place in their value compared with our last report. Very few foreign hops have come to hand this week. New Mid and East Kents 170 s to 230 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats l4os 185 s " New Sussex COLONIAL. TEX.—The dealings have been moderately active, and at public sale late rates have been well maintained for all de scriptions. except for inferior quali ties, market has remained dull; prices, how- Refined descriptions have reevaelwehdha which uehl sl ay h r o ep w rae n vs hi l o i a t ud t lsee values.e v h a e r a la p t e i r o . n , COFFEE.—For the better qualities o f Pl antat i on Ceylon inquiry, and late ra t es h ave i n E ICE—Business has been rather i nac ti ve, an d a down ward tendency has been apparent on q uo t a ti ons. mosttbere instances has been been a well sustained. SALTPETRE —The operations have been limited, and the few bargains entered into have led to no change of impor tance in prices. TALLOW—The market has continued dull, and quotations generally have shown increased heaviness. P. Y.C. on the spot is now 478 3d ; March delivEry, 47s 6d ; and last three months, 48s Gd per cwt. THE WORLD'S BAROMETER AND WEATHER INDICATOR is an instrument the beneficial and important uses of which it is impossible to overestimate. In present ing it to the public at the present pr i ce, Major Walter, of Liverpool, has clearly proved that money considerations have not influenced those thoughts and feelings which have been for so many years devoted to the welfare of mankind. If this complete and most beautiful combination were only to be measured for the value it possesses as a harvest indi cator and exponent, it would be worthy every word of eulogium the greatest savans of the day have passed upon it. Many of the large corporate bodies, Lloyd's, &c., already claim it as an indispensable adjunct to their halls and libraries, and doubtless ore long our more public insti tutions will give the masses the opportunity of seeing to what an enormous advance m eteorological knowledge and its facile exposition has attained. . j , ~:~ ~.~ - /--) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. RIGHTS OF BELLIGERENTS IN BRITISH PORTS. ront the GazetTs of this evening.) F OREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31. COPY OF A LE TTER PROM EARL RUSSELL TO THE LORDS CO MMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. M Foreign-office, J an . 31 , 1862. y Lords,—Her Majesty being fully determined to ob serve the duties of neutrality during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America, and being, moreover, resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of her Majes ty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike pur poses of either belligerent, has commanded me to commu nicate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as her Majesty's Orders and Directions. - Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom and in the Channel Islands on and after Thursday, the 6th Feb. next, and inher Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor or other chief authority of each of such territori s or possessions re spectively shall have notified and published the same, stat ing in such notification that the said rules are to be obeyed by all persons within the same territories and possessions. I. During the continuance of the present hostilities be tween the Government of the United States of North Ame rica, and the States calling themselves " the Confederate States of America," or until her Majesty shall otherwise order, no ship of war or privateer belonging to either of the belligerents shall be permitted to enter, or re main in the port of Nassau, or in any other port, roadstead, or waters of the Bahama Islands, except by special leave of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Bahama Islands, or in case of stress of weather. If any such vessel should enter any such port, roadstead, or waters, by special leave, or under stress of weather, the authorities of the place shall require her to put to sea as soon as pos sible, without permitting her to take in any supplies, be yond what may be necessary for her immediate use. If, at the time when this order is first notified in the Ba hama Islands, there shall be any such vessel already within any port, roadstead, or waters of those Islands, the Lieutenant -Governor shall give notice to such vessel to depart, and shall require her to put to sea, within such time as he shall, under the circumstances, consider pro per and reasonable. If there shall then be ships of war or privateers belonging to both the said belligerents within the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, in or near the same port, roadstead, or waters, the Lieutenant -Gover nor shall fix the order of time in which such vessels shall depart. No such vessel of either belligerent shall be per 'milted to put to sea until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the time when the last preceding vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, or privateer, or merchant ship) which shall have left the same port, roadstead, or water, or waters ad jacent thereto, shall have passed beyond the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty. 11. During the continuance of the present hostilities be tween the Government of the United States of North America, and the States calling themselves " the Confede rate States of America," all ships of war and privateers of either belligerent are prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of her Ma jesty's colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the Bri tish Crown, as a station or place of resort for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining any facilities of warlike equipment ; and no ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters, subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship), shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least 24 hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the territorial jurisdic tion of her Majesty. 111. If any ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall, after the time when this order shall be first notified and put in force in the United Kingdom and in the Channel Islands, and in the several colonies and foreign possessions and dependencies of her Majesty, respectively, enter any port, roadstead, or waters belonging . to her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of her Majesty's colonies or foreign possessions or de tpoe n s d e e a n , ci s, withinsu c2h4ve shours sels a h f a t l e l r b h e e r r e q e u n i t r r e a d n t c o o d i n e p t o a rt s a u n c to h p p o r u t t , roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather, or of requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs ; in either of which cases, the authori ties of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of 24 hours, without permitting her to take in supplies, beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use; and no such vessel, which may have been allowed to remain within British waters for the pur pose of repair, shall continue in any such port, roadstead, or waters, for a longer period than 24 hours after her neces sary repairs shall have been completed :—Provided, never theless, that in all cases, in which there shall be any ves sels (whether ships of war, privateers, or merchant ships) of both the said:belligerent parties in the same port, roadstead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less than twenty-four hours between the departure therefrom of any such vessel (whe ther a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship), of the one belligerent, and the subsequent departure therefrom of any ship of war or privateer of the other belligerent ; and the times, hereby, limited for the departure of such ships of war and privateers respectively, shall always, in case of necessity, be extended, so far as may be requisite for giving effect to this proviso, but not further or otherwise. IV. No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted, while in any port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of her Ma jesty to take in any supplies, ituprepgliueiss,ee for xcep the tprosvuisbisoinstsenancedofsuhcehr other things as may be crew ; and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer destination ; and no coal shall be again sup - plied to any such ship of war or privateer, in the same or any other port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, without special per- mission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may,have been last supplied to her within British waters as aforesaid.-- I have, &c. (Signed) RUSSELL, Note.—A similar letter has been addressed to the Secre taries of State for the Home, Colonial, War, and India De partments, and to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. LONDON GAZETTE.—(Thas'Eventng). FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAR. 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William John Stevens es Consul at Malta for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. WHITEHALL; JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland, to Robert Macfarlane, Esq., Advocate, in the room of Alexander Wood, Raw, resigned. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Te x. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Lewis Pax to be Boyle, re moved to the Second Captain' at Lieutenan te l - wcoli nillia mp a ßs i oe yo k, e p t l o ac b ed e half-pay; Lieutenant Robert David Dewar Hay been has h permitted to resign his Commission ; Assistant- Second Supernumerary Cap t a , List; g upon Surgeon George Sharp has been permitted to resign his Commission. The second christian name of Lieutenant Turnbull is Wilmot, not William, as stated in the Gazette of Jan. 7. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Edward Coysgarne Sim to be Second Captain, vice Lonsdale Augustus Hale, placod on the Supernumerary List. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. The Rev. Daniel Donovan to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 30. The following extracts from General Orders issued by the Government of India, regarding the payment of the Delhi Prize Money, are published for general informa tion : "His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, Is pleased to authorise the immediate issue of a Ist distribution of the Delhi Prize Booty, at the rate of 86 rupees, each share. " The General Prize Committee will prepare as soon as practicable, statements showing the names of the European officers and soldiers entitled to share who have left India, and the amount payable to each, for transmission to her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, in order that the sums due to parties in England may be passed to them at the earliest possible date. " Prize money being admissible only in the ranks in which individuals actually served, promo tion with back rank gives no claim to share in rank highe r than that in whic h service was performed. Officers and men who di ed , wore killed or left the army before Delhi, in consequenc e o f sickness or wounds, axe entitled to share in the rank they actually held on the date they died or left, and those present at the capture of Delhi or Jbujjur are entitled in the ranks they held on the 20th September and 18th October, 1857." SCALE OF SHARES FOR EUROPEAN OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS, Major-General Brigadier Shares. 76 51 17 si‘Cluoarcgooneroenl:):- Li7t:enant:-.Colonel Paymaster .. Captain Adjutant , Assistant -Surgeon Interpreter and Quartermaster Riding - master Lieutenant over 7 years' service .. Lieutenant under 7 Quartermaster 77 00 00 00 Ensign,. s f • 00 00 00 00 16 Together with any additional shares to which they or any of them may be entitled in virtue of additional pay for length of service. "NOTE,—Ofdeers on the Divisional, Personal, and •• 16•• .. 9. •• 12i ••_ .. •. 12 .141 00 00 10 •• •• .. .. I General Staff to have shares according to their Staff pay added to the half-pay of their respective ranks. Staff Sergeants •• •• Brigade and Colour-Sergeants Sergeants .. Corporals .. Bombardiers .. Privates Drummers Buglers SO Il• •• •• •• •• WARRANT OFFICERS. Shares. •• 1 •• •. 1.. Commissary of Ordnance to oe e t se Assistant-Commissar } o f O r d nance Deputy Assistant Conductor Apothecary .. Sub-conductor Hospital Steward .. Assistant Apothecary •• •• •• Steward Oil GO OS 2 Hospital Apprentice 1 Due notice will be given when the above shares of Officers and Soldiers are payable in this country. Shares. • 10 5 •• •• •• •• O. 00 ee es •• •• AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Jan. 28, 1862, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Ore tt Britain :-- Per. cwt. From the Briti s h p ossess i ons i n America 24s. 61d Mauritius East Indies Average price of the three foregoing NBAKRUPTS. That portion of the " Gazette" containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—•THIS DAY. Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 16 11 16f RDitto ............ 3 Months. 11 18 11 18 otterdam Antwerp ......... — 25 11 35 218 115 4180 Brussels . . 25 35 Hamburgh ........ 13 7 13 71 25 40 Paris 25 12 25 20 Ditto Marseilles 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 25 45 1 Vienna - 14 18 1k 0 1181 14 20 Trieste .. 14 15 14 20 Petersburgh — Berlin 32 f 321 Madrid Cadiz 48 25 Leghorn — 25 55 60 Milan'.... Gonoa — 25 56 25 60 Naples Palermo Messina — 120 120 f Lisbon — 511 52 Oporto — 52 52k Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... £3 17 9 Mexican D o ll ars /I 0 0 0 Silver in B ars (St andard) • • • . South American D ou bl oons , ,, 00 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 7 ,-;;;.; , ...), A • - TILE NAVY. The Warrior, which left Plymouth on the 21st inst., arrived at Lisbon on the 29th,and transhipped her supernumeraries. She encountered gales throughout the passage, and has sprung her main yard. The Edgar was to sail from Lisbon for the West Indies on the 30th inst. The following is an extract of a letter received by our Portsmouth correspondent from an officer attached to the Mexican Expedition, dated Jan. 1, at sea, off Cape Antonio :—" The following ships, composing the Mexican Squadron, are now thus far on their way to Vera Cruz :—Challenger, 22, screw, bearing the flag of Commodore 'Dunlop ; Sanspareil, 70, screw, Capt. G. Le G. Bowyear, with the head quarters of the Marine Battalion, 450 officers and men, under the command of Col; Lowder; Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. Caldwell, C.B. ; and St. George, 90, screw, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, with the re mainder of the Marines on board, equally divided between them; and the Barracouta and Spiteful, paddle steamers. The Commodore joined us last evening from Havannah, where the French and Spanish forces are collecting. The Fiench contin gent amounts to 2,500, including a battalion of Zouaves from Algeria, and a battery of light rifled guns. They, as well as the Spaniards, go com pletely equipped for the field—horses, mules, trans port—everything, in fact, that can render them complete as a corps d'armee. The Spanish contin gent comprises 8,000 men of all arms. We expect that the whale force will be assembled at Vera Cruz in about 10 days." The Calypso, IS, paid off at Chatham a few days since, is to be fitted for a training ship for the Naval Coast Volunteers and despatched to one of the large ports. The return called for by the Admiralty from the officials at Chatham Dockyard, relative to the pro gress made in the armour-plated screw steamer Royal Oak, 51 guns, 1,000 horse power, under construction at that establishment, and the pro bable time by which she will be completed, has resulted in an order being despatched from Admiral Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, directing 100 additional hands to be placed on board that vessel on Monday next, thus swelling the number of shipwrights and other workmen employed on the Royal Oak to 400 men, the greatest anxiety being experienced to have her completed and launched during the present sum mer. With the exception of a few tiers she is now planked from stem to stern, and in a few days will be ready to receive her armour-plates, which are being forged at the Thames Iron Company's works, Blackwell. To render her as compact as possible, the whole of her ribs, timbers, and uprights are bound together by means of enormous girders of iron, which are carried obliquely across every tim ber in the ship. In this respect the Royal Oak is constructed differently from the sister ship Cale , donia, building at Woolwich, which has her iron girders carried outside her timbers. In planking the exterior the utmost care has been taken to have no thing but the soundest description of teak, the slightest flaw in the timber insuring its immediate rejection, it being of paramount importance that no repairs should be required to be effected in her planking for a considerable time to come, as the slightest alteration would require the removal of her armour-plates. The sides of the Royal Oak will present a solid wall of 29 inches thickness of oak and teak, her exterior and interior planking being each 8 inches thick, and her timbers 13 inches. Her armour-plates, which will completely encase her inches. The s fr ib o l m e, s a t n e d m of t o a n s t e u r n n i , for will m t be hi c o k f n t e h s e s toughest iron pos oontract price for each plate is somewhere about £l2O, and as nearly 500 plates will be required for her, their prime cost alone will amount to about £60,000. In addition to this, however, the plates will have to be bent to the shape of the ship's side, Which will again add to the cost of each. Private letters have been received by our Chat ham correspondent, from the West Indies, giving some further details respecting the loss of her Ma jesty's t T o n h s, 800 horse e Conqueror which she had left but a f ew days. known as the Rum Crag, on her way to Bermud a , Ila wa e power, ye w ' rs wrecked hc Capt.ip ed C on h Con q uer or, the morning Sot heby,r ll of Dec. 30, on a roc k e Conqueror, with so me o f the offi hfrocer esmapnPi pinnace n r c Port Royal, ecwe fart b rived at Port Roy a l,S amaica, on the Bth inst.,when CommodoreD unlop,C.B.,immediately despatched the Cygnet, 5, Commander A. T. Thrupp, S. Hillyar, inst., all well. Ba h The , ih a ne r g r ß i o v inn e d al at to boardSt . , l7tThomas'se Confederate Commander to render her assistance. Th e C admus, 21, Capt. H. o I the corn-- O. 7 N t T m W b i s . e s H i u o e n n w e i t r e e s t d , t s r r t i a v t e e d s s a l t o o S p t . o T f h o w m a r a s r o o ci th i e s I w 4 t a h s n a s s t o . at St. Thomas's on the same date. The Adjutant-General, Sir James Yorke Scarlett, has issued a circular memorandum, dated 25th inst., addressed to general officers commanding, and to regiments and depots of regiments serving in Ca nada. It announces the augmentation to 1,200 rank and file of the 15th Foot, Ist battalion; 16th Foot, Ist and 2d battalions ; 17th Foot, Ist and 2d batta lions ; 30th Foot, 47th Foot, 60th Foot, 4th batta- - lion ; 62d Foot, 63d Foot, 96th Foot, and Rifle Bri gade, Ist battalion ; and states that H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-Chief has decided that the distribution of their establishment shall be as fol lows :-10 senior companies, 3 field officers, 10 cap tains, 11 lieuts., 9 ensigns, 6 staff, 57 sergeants, e. elusive of schoolmaster, 21 drummers and m '2 captains, 3 lieuts., 1 ensign, 10 serg e a nts , co b ugl ers , anies 50 corporals, and 950 privates ; 2 depot drum mers and buglers, 10 corporals, and 1 90 p rivates. A circular memorandum, dated t he 24 t h inst., ad dressed to the army at home, has been promul ga t e d from the Horse Guards, cons entin g to grant to the cavalry serving at home permis sion to Wear th e i r capes, and to the i n f a ntry permi ssion to Wear their great coats when off duty, at the dis cre ti on of their commanding ofliCers• la al 10 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10