The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accounts from the manufacturing districts men tion that during the past week less activity has been apparent in most departments of business. The woollen cloth trade at Leeds has been steady, but not brisk ; light fabrics suitable to the spring trade are in fair demand, and some of the shipping homes are moderately active with orders for the United States. At Bradford the dealings in wools and yarns have been limited, at barely previous rates. Piece goods have been inactive, but little alteration can be reported in values. At Man chester the market has been very quiet throughout the week. Cloths suitable to the India and China Markets realised steady rates, but for the home demand there was little business. At Leicester the hosiery trade has been less active, although good useful articles continue in fair demand. Wools and yarns continue at steady rates. The reports from the iron districts of South Stafford. shire continue satisfactory. Orders have increased, and fresh furnaces have been put into operation. At Birmingham business continues to improve, and Most of the operatives are fully employed on Go vernment contracts. At Sheffield and Wolver hampton there has been little variation of import ance in the various manufactures of the districts. In the hardware and lock business, however, rather mo re activity i s a pp aren t, some l arge or d ers for the U nited States having been given out. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed With a very heavy appearance, and 6,000 bales Were disposed of at previous rates. In Railway Shares he transactions were to a fair extent, and Nees exhibited an upward tendency. A quiet demand still prevails for discount accom modation, both in Lombard-street and at the Bank. Te-Morrow almost a million sterling will be I n quired for the Australian Railway Debentures, b ut this has no doubt been amply provided for, Otherwise an augmented inquiry would be per ceptible. The commercial engagements of the 4th a re not supposed to be very heavy, as trade con inues restricted, but for this movement their li quidation will probably create rather more acti litY in the discount market. On Saturday about £ll,OOO, in gold, was taken to the Bank, and a large portion of the Austra -41, 11 supplies announced on F r id a y w ill p ro b a bly °L lew in the course of a few days. At the half-yearly meeting of the North Stafford !lre Railway Company to-day a very satisfactory report was read, showing a considerable increase of e nabled t o d eclare a dividend at the rate of 21 per to el lt- per a nnum on the shares of the company, and The a considerabl e sum t o th e nex t accoun t . chairman, Mr. Broderick, complimented them a ll the sati s f actory terms come to with the London competition. The report was adopted unani mously. for he announcement for the new Austrian loan 1,,,_ £ 6,000,000 was no t unexpec t e d, b u t it '4B naturally created much discussion in financial and stock exc h ange c i rc l es. Al t h oug h th e t erms e Consid ere d lib era l , i t i s muc h d ou b te d w h e th er the ,„ appeal will b e rea dil y respon d e d t o b y th e ruled interest. The amount required is con ierable, an d , ow i ng to the d i scount to wh i ch the Gen tly contracted loans have declined, togeth er with the uncertainty attending the political horizon r°lload, it is much doubt e d w h e th er th e negoc i a - Th l L B, even of an em i nen t fi nanc i a l es t a bli s h men t e e that of Messrs. Roth sc hild, w ill b e success f u l . ue nominal price already quoted for the new Bee lllity is 2 per cent. discount. The introduction of the Austrian loan pro reed an unfavourable influence upon the English i i ' n ek Market, but at present the decline exhibited „ 3 ' the latest quodttions is only per cent. This kkehably arises from a conviction that the loan will not o be subscribed i n the present state of public ee'lliun with regard to political affairs on the h it atin eut, and especially in the south. Consols to been 95: 1, and a t one ti me ,a f rac ti on lio lv eri for money, as well as account, but the market ThWtl a ppears a shade stronger. Fo r th e M arc h enient the price is about 951 :. The New and the Reduced Annuities are 951 961; 37 dla Debent ures, 991 ; Exchequer Bills, 345. to 88. Prem.; and Indi a B on d s , 22s to 265. prem. pur Peculati on i s exceedingly dull, and the sales and business of money- s t oc k are ver y m u ch restricted. ana usiness i n t h e Foreign Market is equally dull, per rthe quotations tend downwards. Turkish 6 a!„ 'cuts. are 901 to 901 ; th e N ew L oan , 781 79 .'lleirto Scrip, second i ssue, 61 t o 6 di s. ; an d th e 4 C3ents., 1051. Spanish 3 per Cents., Deferred, to 30g, 30 Ir ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 841 851; and b„, 1411 4 1 per Cents., 100. Mexican Bonds are 9 - 7 , riced 20 to 201; Brazilian 41 per Cents., 94 to 1 1 ',; and Peruvian 41 per Cents., 911. I ,..'usiness in the Railway Share Market has been tte:3' inactive, and the few dealings reported show Cther decline. Eastern Counties, Great Western, gilt(); South-Western, North-British, North terern (Berwick), and North-Eastern (York) re nell Ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; and Caledonian, £l. The Foreign lines have been very ' p e t. Lombardo -Venetian have declined 55., and Northern of France ss. The Colonial lines are flat. p t/s t Indian have declined 10s., and Great Indian e ,n i usular Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have h e a ell in steady demand, a n d i n one or t wo i ns t ances I,,ve realised rather hi g he r ra t es . L on d on an d estminster improved ss. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. ; Ba tik of Australasia, ss. ; and Peninsular and Ilental Steam improved 10s. $ ,_ B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. k'Cr Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 / 5/ xPer ent. Con so l s A nnu i t i es ll'' 3 per Cent. Annuities . 96 51 61 51 1.: 1 7 2 f per Cent. Annuities 7 bp-nnuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 93-16 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 1516 ! 40 ao 'Years 11,,7a Stock 'expire sth Apr., 1885 lBl ti,t22 1 Dit t o D ebentures 9 91 1 e on Bonds, £l,OOO sols for Account Ex e l, March June. bit t meglier Rills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 35 4 37 4 D itto 35 4 34 lld. ts 41 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. D itto 5 per Cent. 11:-..tto 18.58, 41 per C en t 941 4 ,lieu, 3 per Cent I): Ji tto Account Ikvian 41 per Cent rian, 1822, £ St., 5 per C en t i tto 41 per Cent. 5 per Cent. s itto Account 1 1 1/1811 3 per Cent "to New Deferred, 3 per Cent....... 301- bitt Is„ ..t. 0 Account .. 30 i t 7 , eli 6 per Cent ''.i!tto Account 1 1 r Ditto New Loan Di Account ite Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. pre_c. D ividends on th e London. & above payable in 9 ,on f don. Rentes, 41 per C en t . E x . 25f 7 Du tch , 10 GIL 5 per Cent. 121 Gt-11. 21 per Cent 651 ' C ertificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Cons o Consols, Money 95& ls for Account, Feb. 8 95 f 'rut N tA MAID, SERVICE.-THE TRIAL TRIP OF THE Ptort,llBlUP N EPAUL.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com ersi i ," Q B , l lew screw steamship Nepavl, built by the Tham § "41P-building Company, left the Southampton Dock Rkernrday, under the command of Capt. Hicks, to test her beam at .,. the measured mile at Stoke's Bay. There were on dire ctors d • Allen, Esq., and G. Oldney, Esq. (managing kr.),; Capt. Engledue (the company's superintendent), tid rc , ',le (superintendent eng;neer), Messrs. Hughes and i t 1,,," kAtimiralty surveyors), Messrs. Humphreys and g e r ant (Ligineers), Capt. Ford and Mr. P. Rolt (of the I•o4hboildiug Company), &e. The day was somewhat g olith ' a nd the wind was blowing very strong from . the az 4 . ,rest. Four successive trials wer ade with and 111 4 the tide, giving the following resrlts : m. S. per hour. First mile 4 40 equal to 12.857 knots. „sgeeond do 452 ,y 12.287 ~ - be pird do 1 4 ; . _ 1)11 . 1 th do ******** 457 7, 12.121 „ c 1'1C1.,7 4 a verage of about 121 knots per hour. The draught 21 ; - ;," 1 ' at the main was 14, feet ; vacuum, 24 , steam, th evl i. luti ° llB , 74. This result is extremely satisfactory, r (200 \ ere 'Las no ship yet been constructed of the same t powe tk ril i t hat has accomplished so great a speed. On here fqe ~t°,iB4uthamptonher sailing qualities were tried. Her ti4, l - j• ,, 1 aft canvas only was set, and the topsails simply tive r „ a w pd ) and under . this sail alone she attained a speed 10 0(i g ` li g 13 i knots er hour. Her capacity is rated lii t fts a d • 13 eb oa , 0 n she is most elegantly fitted. She has six itr m:'"allging over her bulwarks, in which there is kf t ‘,'_ room, should any disaster occur, for the passengers hekrue whole working foie° „p f 'the 51,44,1130 1T psi 1° by ettlfpatllny .fitted up, is weriniinte4 4 , an 14.0 , - • mks. She will proceed to 1 .1 1 1 - a w r i s l e l i b lles e° o m n n t l h 6n e d l ed st 4 4 ) and convey the maiki 44d pusy ngers i roua th e me to 4444ria. SHARE 7118 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 12.10 13.14 Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] 161 1613 4 Stock, 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 12i Stoc) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock' Stocks Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock A mberg., Notting. Bost. l and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lanc., and Cheah Junction Blackburn Blyth rnd Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cheater and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall f Do A A rcves. no div. Do. B until6p.aper an. hasbeep pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. Dun.,Perth,& A ur. c 'East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stoc% Do. do. B Stock Do. Nw. A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Pertb, & Dundee Forth & C hile Junction Furness Glasgow& South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall ' Do.Newiss.at ZlOsp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S. Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Iran., Shef., & Lincoln Hetropolitan Do. Birming. & Derby. Hid. Gt. Westareland Do. Shares NewT..astle and Carlisle sew., Aber., & Nereid Newry & Armagh (def Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. Do.A Stk.— Arec.no until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction.... North Staffordshire.... North-Western No. & Son. W. Junction Oxford, Wor & Wolver. , , Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitt 4 ngbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SOuthYorks.&Riv.Dun. Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington .do. Do 1854 Do. do. 1835 Stockton Sr Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall • W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do. A.7--Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd:lOi Do. B (West London . Do. Ist Class... Share) Railways. 25 Bl”the and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at 250) I Stk Bria. & Exet.4p.ctStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et .. . f'• Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c 6 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc .. Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Gins. &S West. tr a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm iDc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 D0.5Ac.15e , 51 . pm 10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Do. 2d Class . - PREFERE: Stock 264 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoe.t Stock Stock] 12 12 Stoct Stock 121 12 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock', Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 all all all Stock Stock Stock 81( St ock St cck St ock St ock 10s. 1.0.6. all all all all all Stock Stc3kl Stock Stock, Stock' 20 25 25 Stock Paid, 'Gt. Xh. of Scotld,lsi pf. S Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 13. et Do. Irredeemable, do ' Do. 5 p. ot. R edeem.Pref Do. Birm. Prof. 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 Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Afaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent all ] 100 100 100 100 100 all I Do . Hid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Ncwport,A ber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm I Do . Pet, p. c. with option fill 1866 No..folk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB4o Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ) 0. way.Vitl.Ex.Sk 1847 orth British, 5 per cent o. New, gua. 5 per cent Dek.Co. -East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Parch North Staffordshire . Dx. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lstg Do. do. do., 2d fruit. Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 108 . Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .4 per Cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Ist is. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 4/ per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 'Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- [Paid* diming 1 Business Price. Done. 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all all all 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £.3 is, 174 all all q 61 7f 8' 66 68 30 82 - 946 95 85f 8 47 484 4 & 9 4 16 10 62 63 45 47 29 31 6 1 61 109 110 95 1 96 1 d 95} 96} 37 38 all all 224 7 161 100 100 95 Btf 6 624 41 105 4i 89 137 6 55 iiii 49 51 94 96 1103 105 6 6} 100 103 1113 118 1110 113 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 741 75 113 115 121 123 111 113 106 108 64 66 10 ni 97 61 I 1094 964 6 964 6 61 62 1 iii 93 1 i d 91 93 84 E 6 85 87 98 100 10 10} 16& 171 10 10 73 74 19 20 9.5 10 14 141 140 142 1120 122 1163 168 78 a 90 1 90 15 201 61 Business Done. 114 121 123 67i 691 1) 1 29f 33 I 49 50 13 15 95 97 69 70 29 1 30i 96 98 10 10i 104} 105 87 89 135 137 [O5 106 55 554 56 57 85 g 0 12 13 p 12 13 p 96 964 rf; [O2 102, 76 78 [2 13 65 67 623 63 33 161 l i d 4 48 7 781 101 103 44 41 d i 131 131 7 8 31 32 113 115 27i 28i 86 88 46 47 4 2d 371 38 73 7 , 73 74 14 15 8 11 35i 36,1 89 92 6 0 3 .31 6,1 Closing Price. 141 143 104 305 96 93 i P 91 10 111 12 9 10 112 114 98 99 i die p I d 24 p f 244 123 127 110 112 99 101 10 11 241 25 104 106 ICI 106 17 19 29 30 33 34 49 52 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Closing Business Price. Done. 98 100 • 104 106 17 19 142 144 4 4t 111 113 65 67i 115 120 90 92 98 ILO iP 58 60 142 141 Paid. I Leasing Co.'s. Bedford and Welchley all Buckinghamshire lOO Clydesdale Junction. 100 Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 E Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge .. lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct 100 Ca ledonia Do. New lOO fa. Gloster& Dean Forest a ll Gt. D 0..... ' lTartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. 4 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. 100 Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do Manc Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 3 11 i id d. s ß b. r & ad ß fo e r d d cf ,i , :t ., laooll Midland StkDa r . New markt.,BuryE▪ x 1 5. 5 6.,E.Counts. guaranteed sp. C. * I Northn.& Eas in. 5 p.c. all I Do. Do. do. 6 per cent.... all I Do. Do. Plred 5 per cent. all Do. L&N W) Preston and Wyre. I all & L. Th Do. 4 Shares A. all Do. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy South Staffordshire .. all sPClean Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West VVimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtin !MI& X.W ILn At NAT Caledonin C GLNerth. E.CountB. DOCKS Share' Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pref. Min tc .1k East and West India tocit Lpndou , • - • 'Stock Si. Katharine Stock Southampton Stook VictoriA 10 DO New 100 100 100 100 100 100 9} D: 11 111 90 92 8 9 I Paid Closing I Business Price. Dono. 91 100 198 100 18 I - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1859. Share' Railways. I Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 4I 5 I 1 7 8 2 Z 5} 4V 26k 27 Euphrates Valley Great Central of Prance Gt. Luxem., Con. els Italian Junction Lake Constance & Dale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia G 1 6i I 1 'DI Do. do. New Namur and Lime Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. ... • Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati 20 81 20. 37 37 P 8i 94 4 2 d 33 331 M 33 i Id Royal Danish -- ---- • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. . : Southern of France West Flanders 9 1 71 9 91 20 21 5 6 9. 23 24 Do. 5} p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Share Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom. ,Baroda& Cent. Ind p . 5 per cent. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do, Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant,SeGodrich p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Ilengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ent Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. fret GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'l3 without opt Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. 31:41). Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Trunroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) _ 100 18 174 20 Stock Sto. I • • stock 23 24 20i 100 100 Solna Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub 0 ot:, Do. Indus. St. Flo. kc e .,'" St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all all }lOO 9 1 i 717 91 334 3 102 3 1 I 2O 10 4s THIS DA Y 111.4RKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limited business was transacted, at about stationary prices. There was a fair sale for barley, oats, beans, and peas ; but flour met a dull inquiry. The continental markets have continued somewhat heavy for wheat. Spring corn, however, has commanded full prices. In the United States, produce, generally, has ruled steady. Very moderate supplies of English grain arrived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were seasonably good, viz., 5,677 qrs of wheat, 45,374 of barley, 13,956 oats, 80 beans, 5 peas, 200 tares, 1,1795 linseed, 2,680 rapeseed, 440 sundry seeds, and 511 sacks of flour. _ . An unusually small supply of English wheat came fresh to hand this morning coastwise and by land carriage, but its general condition was somewhat improved. Although several of last week's unsold samples were on offer, the stands were scantily filled. The attendance of both town and country millers was by no means numerous, yet we had a fair demand for nearly all kinds of wheat of home pro duce, at last Mondiy's currency. We were well supplied with foreign wheat. Good and fine qualities were held firmly, at full quotations. Low and damp parcels moved off heavily, at barely late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were at slow inquiry. Fine English barley was scarce, and in request, at full quotations ; but inferior foreign parcels were a slow inquiry . The malt trade was heavy, at barely last week's quota tions. Oats were in very moderate supply, and steady request, a fully previous rates. Their was a steady inquiry for beans, the prices of which advanced is. per quarter. Peas moved off steadily at late rates. In the value of flour, no change took place. The demand may be considered steady. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat —Essex and Kent, red, new 3ss to 43s Ditto, old —s —s Ditto, white, new 3Bs 508 Ditto, old —s —3 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, new 368 448 Rye—Old —s —a New 3os 32s Barley—Grinding...., 24s 30s Malting 365 375 Chevalier 3Bs 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s7s 66s Brown Kingston and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 238 26e Potato 24s 20a Youghal and Cork, black ... 20s 23s Cork, white 228 27s Scotch, Feeding 23s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Male White 388 42s Boilers . Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3os 323 Stockton and Norfolk. 1859. AUSTRLAN LOAN FOR £6,000,000. The following prospectus ho, just been issued AUSTRIAN LOAN, FOR £6,000,000 YIVR PER CENT. STOCK, WITH DIVIDEND FROIL lAN. Ist, 18.59. Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Cons beg to announce that they will receive subscriptions for a loan of £6,000,000 Austrian Stock, bearing interest, at 5 per cent. per annum, which loan was sanctioned by the decree of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, on t i ne 31st December, 18.58, and for the negotiation of which loan Baron Brentano, Aulie Councillor in his Imperial Majesty's service, has been commissioned by the Finane3 Minister. The interest on the bondi, commencing from the Ist Jan. 1859, will be pay a bl e i n pe ands sterling, half yearly, on the Ist July and Ist January, at the counting-house of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, in London, or at the option of the holders, at the office for the payment of the public debt in Vienna, at the eichatime of 10 florins Austrian currency, in silver, per pound sterling. The bonds will be of £lOO each, and numbered from 1 to 60,000. The reimbursement of this loan will take place by means of a sinking fund of 1 per cent. per annum, to be applied to the proportio na t e par t o f the bonds, to be drawn by lot annually on the 2d January, commencing on the 2d January, 1860. The payment of the bonds thus drawn will take place on the Ist July following. The subscription price i s £BO for every £lOO stock, pay able at the counting-house of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, as follows . £2O £2O £2O £lO £lO To subscribers who should prefer payment in anticipation of the above terms, a discount at the rate of four per cent. per annum will be allowed. AS it is essential that the times of payment should be punctually observed, if the instalments bo not paid on the day appointed, the party making default shall forfeit the instalments previously paid, and shall not be entitled, after the day, to claim any bonds or dividend warrants in respect of that or any subsequent instalment. The dividend warrants due on the Ist July, 1859, will bo deducted from the instalment payable in that month. Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. N. M. Roths child and Sons, from 11 o'clock a.m., on Monday, 31st January, and each succeeding day, until 11 o'clock on Monday morning, 7th February next, when the list will be closed. All applications to be accompanied with a deposit of 5 per cent., which, upon allotment, will be carried to the credit of each subscriber ; if the deposit should exceed the amount of 20 per cent. on the allotment, the balance will be returned forthwith. New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, 31st Jan., 1859. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The adjourned sessions at this court commenced this morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the other civic authorities. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, congratulated them -on the state of the calendar, which contained a fewer number of prisoners for trial than usual. There was no charge of wilful murder, and .only one of manslaughter, and that was rather of a peculiar character. The facts were to a certain extent involved in obscurity, and the deposi tions, as was frequently the case, were so badly written that it was almost impossible to read them. The prisoner ran against the • deceased and knocked him down. He was taken to the hospital, but death eventually ensued, and the question for the jury will be—first, whether the injury was occasioned by the prisoner, and, next, whether that injury was the cause of death ; and, if it should be made out that the deceased was knocked down accidentally, and that the prisoner had no intention of causing any mishap, in that case the death would have arisen from misadventure, and the prisoner would not be liable to a criminal charge. • There was a charge against a mother of throwing her child out of a window. It appeared from the evidence that the woman was roused by an alarm of fire, and that she seized her child and throw it out of the window, at the same time crying out " Save my child." If they should be of opinion that she really intended to endea vour to preserve her child from fire, then they would be jus tified in finding a bill of assault only. The other case alluded to by the learned judge was that of Ann Collyer, charged with setting fire to her master's house. 110 said, before the jury could return a true bill against her they must be satis fied that the fire could not have taken place accidentally, and that the evidence excluded the supposition that the act could have been committed by any other person. If, in the exercise of their duties, the jury should stand in need of any assistance he would render the required aid imme diately. The grand jury then retired, and after a short time the trial of the prisoners was proceeded with. Reuben Michael, a respectably-attired man, was in dicted for perjury, which it was alleged was committed before Mr. Justice Willes, at the sittings at Guildhall, at a trial in which the prisoner was the plaintiff. Mr. Orrige, in stating the case against the prisoner, was stopped by the Recorder observing that he did not see in the depositions any corroborative evidence of the charge • against the prisoner. It was a well-known fact that a charge of perjury could nut rest on the evidence of one person. Mr. Orrige said all the evidence ho had to offer appeared on the depositions. The Recorder said it was insufficient, when a verdict of not guilty was immediately returned, and the prisoner was discharged. Daniel Chilvers was indicted for stealing, at West Ham, 221bs. of brass fittings, the property of the Eastern Counties Railway, also with feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to be stolen, and also with having been previously convicted of felony. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The Recorder, before passing sentence, called for the - certificate of the former conviction. The document set forth that Chilvers had been convicted in 1844, 1855, and 1856. An inspector of the Metropolitan Police then informed the Court that the prisoner, after the three conviction* ust mentioned, was also confined for 12 months in Maidstone Gaol for a very daring robbery. The police had for some time been on the look-out for him, as he was considered one of the most expert thieves in London. The Recorder said it appeared that lenient punishment had no effect on the prisoner, who would, however, for some time to come, be well looked after, as the sentence of the Court was that he be kept in penal servitude for four years. Mary Sloman pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with feloniously concealing the body of her dead child in a cellar. Sentence deferred. POLICE IN 2 'ELLIGENCE.-(7IIIS DAT.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN INCORRIGIBLE SON.—Joseph Benjamin, 17, who has been at this court twice before on similar charges, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with robbing his father, Samuel Benjamin, general dealer, of 28, Little Pulteney-street, of a cap and 17s. Mr. Benjamin said the prisoner, his son, had only been out of the House of Correction ono month, during which time he had robbed him four times. On the night of Thursday last, he having absented himself for eight days previously, he managed to secrete himself in tho house just before midnight, and the next morning he found that his two other sons had been robbed of .17s. On his being met with on Sunday morning, and taxed with stealing the cap ho wore, and the money, he admitted he had stolen 14s. He did not know what to do with him. Mr. Beadon asked the prisoner, if he could get him into a reformatory, whether he would go. The prisoner said he would. Mr. Beadon then remanded the prisoner for a week. A BEGGING PICKPOCKET. —Ann Selaney, a female with an infant in her arms, was charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Arthur Wheeler, of 15, George-street, Grosvenor square. The prisoner followed the prosecutor in the Haymarket on the previous evening, and, on his feeling a tug at his pocket and turning round, she asked him for a penny. He then put his hand to his pocket, and at once taxed her with stealing hs silk handkerchief. This she denied, and said he could convince himself by going to her lodgings, but, on a constable coming up, she handed from her bosom the handkerchief. Mr. Inspector 'Webb said she had been charged once before with an exactly similar offence. Committed for four months. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. 1 all 1 .9. 78 79 tla 16-1 1100 100 100 1. 3.0. dj 85 90 80 85 78 83 i par p 28.6 d , 2 all 5 100 all i ;pl 100. Mil !Par iPI Paid. Closing I Business Price., Done. t (11 41 i ut 1011 2 f i 18 9 33 34 75 77 90 02 101 IG2 , } } d p ar d par 16 IA 4i 4 d 106 108 106 108 104 106 99 100 11 18, 19 21 18 19 I I d 2 lid 4 3 1 20 P 21 1 Id *p " P METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 573 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 787; in 1857, 1,239 ; in 1856, 916 ; in 1855, 1,362 ; in 1854, 2,709 ; in 1853, 3,770 ; and in 1852, 1 ,968 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Hamburgh B.. 47 .. —.. Antwerp ..-- • Ostend. • • • • • 64 • • - .. 29 .. - - T*tal 163 199 211 The above is the smallest supply of stock that has reached us in any week for some time past, and we must now anti cipate limited importations during the next month or six weeks. The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was limited as to number, but its general quality was tolerably prime. Sales progressed slowly, at late rates. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing dis tricts were only moderate, and the general quality of the stock was very middling for the time of year. The atten dance of buyers was only moderate, and the beef trade was somewhat inactive. In prices, however, very little change took place. A few very superior Scots realised 5s per 81bs, but the general top figure for beef was 4s 10(/ per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,200 Scots and shorthorns, from other parts of England 600 of various breeds; from Scotland, 270 Scots ; and from Ireland, 23 oxen. We were again rather scantily supplied with sheep, the general condition of which was by no means first-rate. The mutton trade was far from active, and very little change took place in prices. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 5s 2d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily, at full prices. The pork trado . ruled heavy, Aelast week's quotations. Per 81bs. tujirni the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 d. s. d. Prime ers-wool d 0.4 6 4 8. Pine. S'thdowndo. 4 10 5 -fr Large crse. calves 3 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 4 Large hogs 3 3 3 6 Small porkers and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 19s to 213 18s to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 4OB Sheep Calves 67 Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 1, 1858, and this day, Monday, Jan. 31, 1859. Beasts _ . .4. 3,570 Sheep 15,980 Calves lOl Pigs Per Blbs, to sink the offals. Feb. 1, 1858. Jan. 31, 1859. 1 d. s. d. it.' (I, s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . • 3 4to 3 6 3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. . • • •4 6 48 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep • • 3 4 3 83 ' 6 310 Second quality ditto . . . .3 10 4 0 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . • 4 2 4 8 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto . • Lambs Large coarse calves . • • • 4 2 '4 8 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . • • • 4 2 4 6 3 8 4 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs . • Calves Pigs - - • SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 2, 1857.---Beasts, 3,391; sheep and lambs, 16,220 ; calves, 67 ; pigs, 205. calves, 56; pigs, 253. Feb. 4, 1856.—Beasts, 4,207; sheepand lambs, 17,780; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland and various parts of England continue on a liberal scale. The supplies on offer to-day, killed in the metropolis are only moderate, and the trade generally is inactive, as follows Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. 8. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6 to, 3 8 Pm.large do. 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 6 Veal 3 6to 4 6 Small pork 310 to 4 2 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes at hand, coastwise and by rail way, since our last, have been only moderate, and the im ports have been confined to 85 tons from Rouen, and 16 bags from Ostend. The demand for all kinds is steady as follows : York Regents, 80s to 105 s per ton ; Kent and Essex, 70s to 90s ; Scotch, 45s to 80s ; do. Cups, —s to —a ; Foreign 40s to 50s. TALLOW. Since Monday last there has been a fair average business doing in most kinds of tallow, and prices have ruled firm. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 535. 6d. per cwt. Town tallow, 525. Gd. net cash. Rough fat, 2s. 100. 1855. 40,470 56s 6d to —s Od 1,721 U 5,749 6,072 61,199 57e 3d 1856. 23,657 58s Od to —sOd 684 82,193 2,909 59,308 54s 6d 1P57. 1858. 11,729 22,994 63s 6440 53s 64 to —s Od --g Od 1 ,757 2,520 85,024 78,413 1,347 325 79,773 88,295 64s Od 55s 9d WOOL MARKET. Since Monday last, there has been less activity in the demand for all kinds of English wool. In prices, however, no change has taken place. There has been more passing in foreign qualities, at extreme rates, and colonial parcels are held for more money. The imports of wool into Lon don, last week, were 1,065 bales from Sydney. 921 do., from Algoa Bay, and 342 *-om Berdianski. BOROUGH HOP. Most kinds of new hops continue in steady request, and last weeks prices are well supported. All other kinds are very dull, and the quotations rule next to nominal. Mid and East Kent pockets —7OB to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s „ Sussex do 64s to 66s „ SEEDS. On the whole there has been a steady demand for elover seed, and late rates have been well supported. In trefoil very little is doing. Linseed has changed hands slowly at barely stationary prices, and rapeseed with difficulty brings last week's quotations. Cakes are dull, and rather cheaper. Turnip, %Mite, p.bus.l2B to 14s Carraway 4os to 438 Swede Mustard, 8r0wn.... 8s lls Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s White, new.... 12s 15s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Tares, Spring, new 880 d 108 Od Crushing —B —s Old 8 - Baltic -8 —s Canary, per quarter 58s 68s Odessa Rye grass, new 22s 26s Linseed Cake, p. ton Clover, Red Eng., ct. 648 68s English £lO 08.£10. 158 White - 7os 78s Foreign, p ton£9 Os Od 10 108 Foreign Red sBs 64s Rape Cates,p. ton 5 Os 0 5s WI '3 70s 78 Rapeseed, p. qr 648 680 Trefoil, new........ 1 1 3 s 20s 24,509 53s 6d —7B Od 2,296 75,656 ISO f88,59S 55s Od Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week itto from June 1 Price of Town .... THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at noon W. light airs and fine. 'PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30—Wind W—Arrived—Phoenician, from London, for Sydney, New`South Wales ; Northfleet, from London, for Hong Kong; H.M.S. Virago, from Waterford. PLymouTn, Jan. 30.—Arrived—Engine, from Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro. „_. COWES, Jan. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—AiTived—Success, from Bombay. CLYDE, Jan. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Bunyan, for Melbourne. (my ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, Jan. 31.—Elizabeth Jane, from Cork; Char lotte, from Havre. Sailed, Jan. 31.—John Byrkin, for Newport; Supply, for Seaham ; Lady Eglinton, (s.), for London ; Syren and Alfred, for Sunderland ; Clara, for Now port. LivEnrooL, Monday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived yesterday.—Kaive, from Demerara; Euphemia, from Tampico. Peraza, for Gibraltar, has put back. Eliza, for Mew foundland, has put back, with foremast sprung, loss of sails, &c. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide three hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, Jan. 30.—Blackwall, from Melbourne ; Samuel, from Demerara. Arrived, Jan. 31.—Cock of the :Watch, from Smyrna ; Furet, from Gravelines. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind W. by S., moderate Passed, Jan. 30.—Wolf, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa. Anchored.—Mirage, from London, for Cowes. ~~•X" BRITISH MINES, Mines. Sharal Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7} 84 8 4 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Cairbo -ne` 20 10 Devon G. Cons. (Trvist:), 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 200 210 Great South TolTus l7s 12 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 3 35 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 95 1 1 Lady Be jut 6 1 1 Frances— North Frances (Illogan) 85 75 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 2 3 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan nil. 7 8 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wen d. 9 - - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 42 0 43 0 Sor :11 C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2} 24 S Wheal Fran. (Illog-ar \ 18.18.9 230 240 5 Tamar Silver and Lem Mir'ng Co 4l 1} 11 10 Tin C-oft 9 3} 31 UnitedMines(Gwenuap; 40 - - - Vale of Towey (Caren.; 120 6d West Basset (Illogan) ll 2 0 2 2 W. Car-don (Liskeard) 2O 65 70 Wheal Basset (Illogan) s} 220 230 Wheal Buller (Ree-uth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 5l 2} 21 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 -- WlOl Mar Ann (Menke) 8 48 50 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 45 33 35 . FOREIGN MINES 20, Australian 1 800 AccordCopper,Lim lOO Id. f p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 35p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 11 12 5 Do. Land and Miningeo all 11 2} 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobre Copper all 38 10 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all } 2 Fortuna 20 General all 21 22 3 Linares all 7 81 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all } 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Au s .v. 10 1 p 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican all 1 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. pail Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta..lE July 100 1121 1131 1134 13 } Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 114} 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 114 a 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 110 111 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb: 100 99} 100} 00 NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1101 111} S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 • 109 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 Share JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing I Bug b less Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo Bri ash North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada CRPMeicial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Ger. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster . Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. rsk. Corporatior Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New 100 20.11 100 90 92 20 27 58 60 2 1 dl 62; 64 161 17 ISouth Australia . IDo. New Union of A astral's. Do. New lUnion of London . Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 21i 22 291 48 7 32 1 1 46 .48 20 201 05 07 20 18 c 1 1 34 . 1 24 301 1 MISCELLANEOUS. mi,cellaneous. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint' j 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Roy al Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land. Stock Chan. Islau d s Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junat.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lims Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at ldla N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australas 'an (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental G as Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhyrnney Iron Do. New Roil Steaul i Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim S ou th Australian Land ) iTyDo S u ran. b k; m dDL ar oineß i iieu n ce c og os, e tst l eu e Lr g pel S . dccr:inop SfOcl: all all all 15e. all all all all all all 28i Closin g Business done Paid. Price. 12i 13i 240 270 35 30 ' f 2i 1 3i 40 42 19 21 13 15 115 120 9f 101 23 25 Si lf /05 108 1 11 -li 2 1i 1 d 6 7 I 1 d 1 2 1 li 15 18 1 i lute par 21 3i 25 If 26 IP 7 ~7} 35 1 5 13i 116 k 125 1374 i 37 38 1 - 1 1 1+ 51 5 8 4 i 8& 8 9 11 131 26 34 Sh are 1 MR. BRIGHT ON THE CURRENCY. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) A memorial has recently been addressed by a number of the inhabitants of Birmingham to Mr. Bright, requesting his "advocacy in Parliament on behalf of the interest o f l a b our against that of money." Mr. Bright has replied in the following letter to Mr. Edmund Taunton : " Rochdale Jan. 12, 18.59. signatures, of Sir,—l have received a memori a l with'many sign of which yours is the first, requestin g me t o endeavour to procure the abolition of the monopoly in money.' It might be deemed a sufficient answer to say that my time and thoughts are just now so fully occupied with a great public question that I cannot undertake anything further; that is certainly the position in which I am p l aced, but I will not confine myself to such it reply ; t o tell you the truth, I do not comprehend what you complain of, or what you wish to be done, for in the many conversations I have had with persons who thought themselves well informed on, what is called ' Our monetary system,' I have never had the good fortune to find any two of them agreeing upon the exact grievance or the precise remedy. I have always thought this a great misfortune, because until I could see clearly where the wrong was, or is, I could have small hope of discovering a remedy. Ido not defend what exists in con nection with the Bank of England—much of it seems to be at variance with the laws of- political economy, but I find many of the propositions made by those who wish for a change are even less in accordance with that science, and long discussion with those who most loudly denounce the present system only leaves me more puzzled than before. I confess, therefore, that I am not the most suitable person to undertake the great change which I presume you are looking for. I will willingly support any inquiry by Parliament in the hope that the truth may at last be discovered ; but I do not feel competent to teach Parliament and the country on the abstruse ques tion to which you have drawn my attention. When it comes before the House of Commons I will give it all the conside ration in my power. I wish I could send you a more satis factory roply.—l am, very respectfully yours, "JOHN BRIGHT." We give Mr. Bright full credit for his assertion that he does not " comprehend" what is complained of, and 'we then affirm that his constituents have good reason to find fault with their representative for expecting them to supply him with comprehen sion as well as with arguments. Mr. Bright, in his speech at Bradford, objects to the House of Lords that they do not represent trade. He says, " They do not represent trade, they do not, many of them, know much about keeping of accounts, or buying and selling, the ris e o f pr i ces, or thefluctuations of the markets." Few men understand more than one thing well. As landowners the House of Lords may be said to represent land, and to understand the management of their estates. This is a very useful and important kind of knowledge. The wealth of nations springs from the land. The capi tal employed in agriculture, says Adam Smith, is " of all the ways in which a capital can be employed by far the most advantageous to society." Th e House of Lords also contains men who have thoroughly studied the laws and the constitution of the country. It contains men who understand how the army and navy of the country should be managed so as to protect the honour of the nation, the security of its commerce, and the lives and liberties of its inhabitants, It contans men who have devoted their lives to the consideration of our relations with foreign countries, and who are fully qualified to conduct those intricate and difficult disputes which must inevitably arise between us and other nations. Mr. Bright has recently exhibited his profound ignorance of the Constitution of his native country. The art of war, which is the best security for the en joyment of peace, he laughs to scorn, or abuses with supercilious malignity. Of diplomacy,which requires frequently the exercise of the most subtle intellect, he knows only the name. He imagines that a per plexed national dispute, as complex in its bearings as an intricate case in equity, may be settled by in stinct, a smut declamation, or the light of nature. Mr. Bright glories in calling himself a free trader, plumes himself on having been a leader of the Anti-Corn Law League, and vilifies the landown ers of England. Hi s kowledge of the principles and history of free trade is as superficial as his know ledge of other things. His notion, with that of the Manchester School in general, of free trade in corn was that it would pull down agriculture and exalt trade on its ruins. But free trade has neither secured cheap bread, nor permanent prosperity to trade. And as to the landowners being the chief monopolists, let him attend to the deliberate opinion of the great advocate of free trade. Adam Smith had a mind sufficiently capacious to take in the whole of a great national question, and sufficient liberality to award to every class of the community its fair proportion of merit. " Country gentlemen and farmers," lie said, " are, to their great honour, of all people, the least subject to the wretched spirit of monopoly." The inhabitants of towns, merchants, and manufacturers "seem to have been the original inventors of those restraints upon the importation of foreign goods, which secure to them the monopoly of the home market." "It was in imitation of the trading community," he adds, " and to put themselves on a level with those (inhabi tants of towns) who, they found, were disposed to oppress them, that the country gentlemen and farmers of Great Britain so far forgot the generosity which is natural to their station, as to demand the exclusive privilege of supplying their countrymen with corn and butcher's meat." But if Mr. Bright knew little or nothing about the history of his country, its constitution, its means of national defence, its diplomacy, or even about his great question of the Corn Laws, he may 'l)e supposed, at all events, to know something about .that by which he lives, and the interests of which 'he:professes to be anxious to promote. "My Liege and Fusbos " says the honourable member for Birmigham, " ilere s success to Trade." Here, then, we have a man who " represents trade," who understands "buying and selling, the rise of prices, and the fluctations of the markets." Money, Mr. Bright must know, is one half of every bargain made in trade. Buying and selling, the rise of prices, fluctuations in the markets, all have an intimate relation with money. Yet Mr. Bright cannot " comprehend" that his constitu ents complain of a monetary system under which poor-rates in Lancashire increased 56 per cent. last year, and under which several millions of his fellow countrymen are, as he says, constantly either paupers, or on the verge of pauperism. He can not see " where the wrong is ;" and though not prepared to " defend what exists in connection with the Bank of England," much of which appears to hint to be " at variance with the laws of political economy," he learns nothing on the Currency Question from one, he hears what is said and is " more puzzled than before," and being unable or unwilling to think for himself on the subject, he confesses that he—the great "representative of Trade"—is "not the most suitable person to under take" to assist in redressing a great commercial and financial grievance; that he--the great free trader—is not prepared to do anything to repress the monopoly in money! "I do not comprehend," says Mr. Bright, "what you complain of, or what you wish to be done." We will tell Mr. Bright of what Currency Reformers complain. We complain of a system by which man is made the slave of money; the rights of labour are sacrificed to those of by which capital ; and by which the working men of Englandpoverty are, at intervals of a few years, the gaol driven by and deprivation into the workhouse and in order that usurers and hard calculators may gain 20 per cent. for their money. Mr. ir. Bright 's constituents addressed him some to time request ing his assistance and advice obtain relief from . ago the distress under which they gro aned. That dis tress was caused by the monetary crisis of 1857. A child may understand how the monetary system works. The s Eng..i; hman s money is mate de pendent on the quantity of gold which comes i n t o the country. When gold comes in a b un d ance quantity of paper money a large Bank of England.. Money is then cheap. Dis counts go down to 2 per cent. Speculation is stimulated. Prices rise. Trade flourishes. Poor men are fully employed at good wages. The taxes on which Mr. Bright throws the blame of the dis tress of the people, are then paid without difficulty. But when, from the rise on the price of commodi ties, or from any other cause, Gold is drained out of the country, the Bank is obliged to contract its issues, money is made scarce and dear. Discounts rise to 10 per cent. Merchants and traders are ruined by thousands, and working men are thrown out of employment by hundreds of thousands. Gold is then tempted back to our shores, by the fall in the prices of all goods and commodities, the poor man again gets food for himself and his family, and the Hard Calculator counts up his gains, buys another estate, or invests another £lOO,OOO on Consols in readiness for the next panic. Here is a question—not a very " abstruse ques tion" either, as to its practical evils—to which Mr. Bright, as a representative of trade, ought to turn his attentionouiless he means inexcusably to ne glect his duty. " But," says Mr. Bright, "what do you wish to be done ?" Of course we wish this abominable grievance to be remedied. A repre sentativetn of trade ought to make it his business to find out a remedy for an admitted evil. But wish we will give Mr. Bright a remedy the Bank to Government to issue, or to empower money (which issue, some 20 millions of papersfficient) for the experience has proved to be u t This money to do mestic circulation of this country. and ry everywhere and be a legal tender at thean whether gold flowed receivable for taxes. Then, in or went out of this c ountry, we should have a steady, safe, circulating medium. Violent fluctua tions in discounts a nd in prices would be avoided, and pan i cs would cease. found "any tw o " he never Mr. Bright says that - Currency Reformers g a ree • this is because he knows so little about Currency Reformers. In the last committee of the House of Commons on the Monetary system, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Cayley, members of the committee, agreed on this remedy. Mr. Twells, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Capps, wit nesses examined, agreed on it also ; and it has the approval of many of the oldest and most talented of our monetary reformers,—Mr. John Taylor, Colonel M'Donald, and a host of others who are fully competent to form an opinion. But whether they agree in this exact remedy or not, there is a rapidly growing conviction among all thinking m en th a t a sys t em un d er w h ic h panics are periodical, and the Bank Charter Act has to be suspended to avert national bankruptcy, is tho roughly rotten. And it is becomimg more and more evident every day that the trade in money ought to be free, and that the great principle of Monetary Reform is gold at its market price. This is a question which bears more directly on the moral and social condition of the people of England than any other. Whatever Mr. Bright may say to the contrary, every man in England is free. He can go where he pleases, worship as he pleases, do the best he can for himself, and express his opinion openly on any subject always providi ng that in doing all thi s lie does not ' unjustly injure his neighbour. The thing which presses down th e energy and the industry of the masses is a bad money law, by which they are thrown out of work, deprived of a market for their labour, and the just reward of their time and talents, No Parliament, reformed or unreformed, can reach the grievances of the working classes of all orders, which leaves this rich man's law in operation to place industry under the feet of capital. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, Seven o' TATTERSALLS'-( THIS EVENING.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Ghika (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Brewer (offered) 100 to 6 agst Weathercosk (offered) 20 to 1 agst Tease (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) 25 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ace of hearts (taken) 50 to 1 agst Freshman (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Drogheda (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Promised Land (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered 20 to 1 agst Musjid (taken)] 20 to 1 agst Cavendish 25 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Logic (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Balnamoon (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Guy Fawkes (taken) A moderate attendance only, and business rather dull. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty this afternoon : Commander—N. F. Hewett, to the Viper. Lieutenants—Geo. Douglas, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Hope; C. 0. H. P. St. John, to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Charles J. Wray, Charles J. Rowley, U. C. Sin gleton, and William Johnston, to ditto ; Cuthbert Le Me surier and Alex. Butler, to the Hogue. Masters—C. R. P. Forbes to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Thos. R. Collingwood (additional) to the Exmouth; Charles Gahan (additional) to ditto. Second Master Frederick J. Ray, to the Vesuvius. Paymaster George W. Pickthorn, to the St. Jean d' Acre. Clerks—Henry W. Andrews and Alfred P. Cox to the St. Joan d'Aere. Assistant Clerk—Thomas W. Cleave to the St. Jean d' Acre. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. HALLAM. The secbided village church of Clevedon, on the Bristol Channel, presented on Friday last a me. morable and impressive scene. On.tbat afternoon the remains of file late Henry Hallam, the histo rian, were conveyed from Clevedon Court, the scat of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, M.P., nephew of the deceased, to a grave which, through a mysterious inversion of the common order of succession, had been already rendered classic ground by the ashes of his two gifted. sons. It is now six and twenty years ago since the father, dismayed and almost broken-hearted by the abrupt bereavement, carried to the same secluded spot upon the shore of the Atlantic one whose name will often and for ages be repeated on both sides of that ocean in answer to the question,—" Who is indicated by the ini tials A. H. H.," familiar on the title-page of the "In Memoriam" of Alfred Tennyson ?' This was Arthur Henry Hallam, who is remembered still, and who will cease to be remembered only when their memory shall altogether fail, by many of the now foremost spirits of our time, among whom in his day he was ranked ungrudgingly as the foremost and most promising. He died in 1833, near the completion of his 23d year. Four years later, and an amiable daughter was reunited to the brother who had been her playmate ; and three years afterwards a still sadder necessity summoned the father to lay his wife beside the ashes of their children. TRAINING-SHIPS FOR BOYS. The training-ship now - about to proceed to the Mersey, the ci-devant 28-gun ship Conway, is, We believe, only the first of a series of ships to bo similarly fitted and employed. The Conway will be employed as a training-ship for boys between the ages of 13 and 15. They will be received in three classes. One class will consist of lads whose parents are able and willing to pay a moderate sum for their support and education ; another will com prise those whose friends can contribute in a lesser degree ; while the third will consist of poor boys, orphans or others, who have no friends to help them. An association has been formed to supply the funds necessary for the support of the establish , ment, which will be raised by voluntat subscribed liberally The merchant s of Liverpool hate liberally for this purpose, and the Admiralty have lent a ship well calculated for the service as a commencement, and have fitted her as for sea. After some probationary terms have been gone through the most proficient among the lads will be allowed to choose b e t ween the royal and mercan tile services—the Admiralty, we presume, under taking to receive boys recommended b asso ciation into h er M a je sty ' s sh i ps. The J the on‘v a7has a superintendent and a schoolmaster, receiving moderate but improving salaries ; and, as the num bers of boys increase, so the staff will be augmented; but it does not seem a part of the scheme to educate the lads beyond certain elementary standards, or to fit them for pursuits of a higher character. The boys are to be trained for the sea, and prepared in morals and discipline for apprentices to the sea ser vice. We hope to End the Admiralty taking the hint from the Liverpool Association, and fitting out a number of the old men-of-war, now rotting in ordi nary, as training ships for boys. From 5,000 to 10,000 lads' should be trained annually. The mer chant service would be glad of one moiety, and the Royal navy could dispose of the other. Every ship might carry double her present complement of stout boys with advantage. The boy of 16 who leaves England for a foreign station usually returns a smart young seaman of 18 or 20, fit for anything, and from this stock we derive the best men und e i er the pendant. Were this principle acted up on, cry of want of seamen would soon cease o tllO chant uttered ; for the boys who entered the mer service would, in most instances , be true f tor we their first masters, and enter freely in shill their services required. T he Royal navy has no worse enemy to contend ag ainst than p re j udice . The merchant seaman hea r Royal y a o service ar badlyariev : the e spoken of ; every punishment is set down to the ac count of cruelty, and the rules often described as inhuman and debasing. M en who know little about,' it, or whose bad conduct has brought upon them needf ul punishment, delight in m e isleading if naval di sc ipli ne v but t f their ed uca ti on , an d others boys were made to look upon th e res t ra i n t s un posedpart as needful to the general good, ill-disposed men would find their damaging assertions contro verted, and the regulations of the navy would often be successfully vindicated . The agricultural comi ties would alway furnish a large supply of hardy, strong-limbed boys. Little or no persuasion need be used in obt a i n i ng the recruits , for if a well-dressed sailor lad were ere to go into any country church On a Sunday, we will answer for it he would be an object of attraction to scores of boys of his own age, all eager to enrol themselves in the same service. Boys of this description received on board a train ing ship would in a short time have the rough edge taken off, and be prepared to begin a sailor's career with right notions ; and it is well known that during the long war the finest and bravest sailors we had were found among those who a few n years previously had followed the plough, -- U i t e., Service Gazette. • stock :. ~",:. I