The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-11 00:00:00

....n••• , , , , WIMSHURST'S PATENT METAL FOIL AND SHEET METAL COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of Wimshurst's Patent Metal Foil and Sheet Metal Company Limited, will be held at the Company's Offic , , No. 20, Cannon-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 21st day of January next, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely. By order of the Directors, ARTHUR KINDER, Secretary. .10, Cannon-street, London, Dec. 31, 18M. THIRD EDITION. SE r OFFICE, Seven o'clock. .111.ANCHESTER RACES—(TMs Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Yorkrihire Miss North Lancashire 2 Nosegay Seven ran. TRIAL HANDICAP. Rhosiou.s Lady Bird Ellen Eight ran. CITY STEEPLECHASE. Wee Nell 1 Heads. or Tails Eight ran. MCI NET MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The inquiries for discount accommodation con tinue limited, and owing to the abundant supplies of raoney the rates still rule as low as 21 per cent. About £40,000, in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. A. large amount of specie will be taken out to naor.vow by the Ellora for Bombay, viz., £306,850, chi,eft y in silver. 'The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, were again rather lower. 13y the latest advices from Australia we are ad- Ti.sed of the departure of the following gold ships fo:r England, viz., the Moravian, with £190,792 ; the In demnity, with £49,788 ; the Monarch, with £170,,;=10 ; the Clutha, with £90,610; and the Light ning, with £96,160. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £567,280, and the exports £333,250. TI - ,e half-yearly meeting of the Electric and In tern,ational Telegraph Companies will take place on the 6th proximo. Meetings have been convened ef 'the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, and of the North British Australasian Corn parry for the declaration of dividends. A dividend of 7 per cant. for the past half-year b: as been announced by the directors of the Union P•ank of Australia. At the meeting of the East and West India Dock Company the report was adopted, and a divi dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum declared. There was less excitement in the Liverpool CottOn Market yesterday, but a fair amount of busi ness was transacted at full rates. The sales were 12 ,000 bales. There : has been a quiet market for Public Securi ties to-day, and the tendency of prices has been rather unfavourable, although the actual variation has been unimportant, Consols being 931 .7„ for I : ol3 'eY, and the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 931 ; Exchequer Bills, 3.u ne, have risen to 21s. and 245. prem. ; Bank Stock remain at 238 and 240; and India 5 per Cent. is 105 k, 1061. A fair amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Market, and no material alteration has Occurred in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 81 to 81 1 ; ditto, 1858, 711 72 ; Mexican are steady at .28 1 ; Italian at 631; and Venezuelan at 231. Sardinian have receded to 78. Spanish are firmer at 511.1 8 ; and the Deferred remain at 42. Tn the Railway Share Market a further slight decline has prevailed in prices, owing to a prepon derance of sales. Midlands and South Easterns save declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick) 10s.; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, XI. Great Western, however, have improved 55., South Westerns 10s., and North British 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained inactive, without any material change in ' va lues. Sambre and Meuse realise 7 1 1 6 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 158 8 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 201 ; East Indian have advanced to 131 / ; and Scindes, to 1011. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in limited favour. Oriental Bank improved 4 '.; Canada Land, £1; and Royal Mail Steam, £l. Bank BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Stock ,per Cent. Consols Annuities N ?" 7 3 per Cent. Annuities 935 3 Z di a 25 per C en t . A nnu i t i es 77s nclia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. D itto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 99k 100 Ditto 55 per Cent ,E lO6 ' _ I ) ', . Bonds £l,000 uonsols for Account, Feb. 6 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent march. 1 21 24 Jun 9. 2 c-cheq uer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... Ditto £SOO Ditto Small _ 23 pm F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 er Cent 1) qto Ac count Ditto 44 per Cent, 1860 llexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acc o-nt 2B i Port uguese 3 . . 5 per • Cent., 1853. . • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '60.. Ditto A ecount .. 465 tiodinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Ac count Ditto New Loan '''''''''' • Ditto Account Ditto £lOO B on d s ' 74 . 'Venezuelan 3 per Cent ..... .. Ditto Account ....... 235 3 ............... Dividends o n th e above paable i n London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 ... y 635 45 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account ............. 935 a NEW POSTAGE STAMPS. On the 15th inst. and thenceforth postage stamps, price 9 d• each, will be issued, and will be procurable at any post office. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; sti ong breeze, and squally, with dull, rainy Weather. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 10.—Wind W.S.W. Arrived— Seurabaya, from Shields for Singapore; Gartcraig, from Quebec. Pkrztouni, Jan. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—First Fruit, from Palermo; Thracian, from London for Hobart Town. P(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arri ved—Alliance, from C ar diff ; Tib er , f rom N ew p or t ; No s a il Alliance, ings steamer, from Havre. The Tuscarora and Nashville remain as they were. Some snore watchers have been found in the docks during the night and ordered off the premises. A boat's crew from the Tuscarora came into the dock at an early hour this Morning, but did not land. PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Lapwing, Commander M. P. O'Reilly, from the Mediterranean, arrived in the Sound this morning. We have had a heavy storm from the southwest all night. The Oldenburg brig Mowe has drifted from her moorings in the Sound. The Government steam- tug Confiance, with another Government tug and the merchant steamer Wel lington, are attending on her, superintended by Comman der Aylen, the Queen Harbour Mast er . akThe schooner Dapper, from Jersey, with wine for Bristol, grounded in Deadman's Bay, Catwat er , b ut will pro ably be got off. A schooner, which grounded near the Bar's-head, Cat- Water, has been towed into Sutton Harbour. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. ~Arrived, Jan. 10.—Henry Clarke, from Boston ; John Ryson, from New York ; Maize from ; Ida Fora Messina; Isabella Howell, from Cantania;Hotspur, C!pin Colombo ; Maria, from St. Michael's ; Samuel Adams, oPhiladelphia ; S an d as ki , f rom N ew York ; Americ ngresa, from New Yo r k; C ec ili a, s t eamer , f r om Cephalonia. fr Arrived Jan. 11—Phantom from Falkland ; Mary Fry, fro m Montreal; Vespasion, from Calcutta; Prince Albert , 11,1 Guernsey ; Mindus, from Shanghai; from C. Sutton, from Guernsey; Louis 1. Wydeinstein, Regia aFd ~,Montreal; Commodore from Lagos; Victoria, from MinFrva, from Rouen. for St, Michael's. DEAL, Saturday Morning. „I..nchored—Zarah, barque, from London, for Greenock; , I letpt Hardy. from Shields for Oporto; Gazelle and Tag uout, from Slitelds for Naples ; Ann Bell, from Grange- E Qouth, for Trieste.' 101 f 101} 61. 6f -P 6 i i 14 f 10 114 4 84 4 91 9i P.B. all all all all all 8 $1 194 204 8S 40 8 10 40& 414 52 61 4 31 11 13 71 75 8 .1 Pi ; gy p 264 £74 - - 7 74 91 101 204 Eli all all all all MI: 3.2.10, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Pai d . Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. Birkenhead. Buckingli -rag nre lOO Do. Chester &II llyhead.. 100 Do 531 544 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 lOO Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. g3pr c. 100 Gt. North. 135 138 E.Union,Harv7ichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • • .D Gls.Barr.&Neilsr. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest 511 Gt. West.. I .. .. Hull and Selby all Tk.N.Mid.lll 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen e Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -Abend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk • .. .. Do 6 pier cent lOO Do. Mne.,Bxth.,& Matlock all I LNIV& M 34 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6.,E Counts. par 1 p gua. 5 per sent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all !Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do • • Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—llartlepool ICO N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all In N 4l 43 45 Do. 4 shares ......A. all IDo. ••• • .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Steep. 100 IGt.North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset_ 100 IGt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn tz Croydon) all I L.&Brgtn 84 9i 2.14.6 7.4.0 651 178 28 32 370 380 60 52i 301 301 21 31 17 19 31 41 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.1 11 . 4 1.14.0 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 If 5.9. G all 2719.1 13s &d 47k 5k 5 7# 1.7.2 275 61 THE'2SUN ' LONDON, SATURDAYEVE NI NG, JANUARY 11, 1862. !Business done 1014 i 20i 63 1001 I 12 10 1 1 1 Si i LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) HUNT V. HUNT-APPEAL JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, refusing to grant an injunction against the appellant's husband, to restrain him from proceeding in an mtion in the Divorce Court for restoration of his conjugal rights in contravention of deed of separation, executed by them, whereby he became bound not to sue for a restoration of his conjugal rights. The Lord Chancellor at the rising of the Court before Christmas expressed an opinion contrary to the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and having reconsidered the case during the recess, his lordship (the Lord Chancellor) this morning delivered judgment, reversing the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and granted the injunction asked against the husband. APPEAL JUDGMENT.-PHILIPS V. PHILIPS. This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart. The suit was instituted for the purpose of obtaining an account and payment of what was due to the plaintiff, who sued as a pauper in respect of the arrears of an annuity of £2O granted to him in 1820. 2he bill stated that John Philips, the brother of the plaintiff, by indenture dated Feb. 4, 1820, charged an estate called Blanaway, which he ha•l inherited through his father's intestacy, with the payment of the annuity of £2O to the plaintiff for life. The estate at that time was subject to a mortgage of £1,200, and the annuity was payable after the death of his mother. The defendant asked to set aside the deed from want of valuable consideration : and pleaded the Statue of Limita tion. The Vice-Chancellor held that there was no evidence to show that the annuity deed was a voluntary deed, and there was no evidence to show that the defendant had not re ceived due notice of the deed; and, moreover, the defence that the plaintiff had hot purchased for a valuable consi deration ought to have been pleaded, and, therefore, his honour made a decree in favour of the plaintiff, with costa. Against this decision the defendant appealed. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Vice- Chancellor, and dismissed the appeal, without costs, in respect that the plaintiff sued en forma pauperis. THE UTILISATION OF THE SEWAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. After some years of distrust, delay, and debate, we ap pear to be coming to a solution of this problem through a proposal which is at present before the Board of Works. The Board has in hand our delivery from a nuisance, and it seems to be not only about to accomplish its work of drainage within the specified time and the estimated cost, but to be also on the point of arriving at the conclusion that others can convert this nuisance to a benefit. The state of the case at present is simply as follows :—The controversy between the Government and the Board of Woiks them selves is closed, and the Board are now fulfilling their obligations to carry the sewage to outfalls beyond the limits of the metropolis. They are still, however, liable to indictments for nuisance, under the provi sions of the " Metropolitan Main Drainage Act" of the 2d of August, 1858, should they cause any annoyance to the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the place of outfall. It is natural, therefore, that they should view with much apprehension the experiment of discharging such a vast body of sewage as that derived from the northern area of the metropolis, and estimated at 10,000,000 cubic feet per diem, in the near vicinity of popu lous neighbourhoods ; and not only may they anticipate re monstrances, which may be well founded, from Woolwich and other districts affected, but there is great fear also that Barking Creek ma), not be distant enough for the protec tion:of London itself. They pour the sewage into the Thames at this point, in the hope that it may go down the river; but it may perversely obey the ebb and flow of the tido in preference to the requirements of all the Commissioners, to the detriment of our health, and our continued annoyance. The investigations of " experts" seem to show that it will do so. Mr. Gurney, in his report to the First Commissioner of Works, " On the State of the Thames in the Neighbour hood of the Houses of Parliament," adduces the parallel action of the tide in the river Camel, in Cornwall, and proves incontrovertibly the superior power of the upcast over the downcast in its action on insoluble matters held in suspension by tidal rivers, and adds, "I think it right to observe here that it is evident sewage like the above sand" (the material of Mr. Gurney's experiments), "if thrown into the Thames—no matter how far down—will be brought back again" (the italics are Mr. Gurney's) by the upcast ; and, if the retrogrades are not destroyed, it will be retained in the river in quantities sufficient to be offensive to the Houses of Parliament." We can imagine the explosion, from Mr. Speaker downwards, when the nuisance supposed to be exorcised and finally laid at Barking Creek is brought back again in a hot July or August. The apprehension seems to be but too well founded, and the river -side, districts of London may find some years hence that they are still far from a deliverance from foul and noxious odours. lbi i I It might prove a serious question for the ratepayers of London, who would then have to earry their excretia to the sea, but, for a substantial proposal now on foot to take their sewage fmm the discharging drains and to carry it away by culverts for agricultural purposes. It was inevit able that some such offers should be made, from the esti mate of the value of sewage as manure, when facilities are given for its distribution in a liquid state. There is some controversy as to its value in particular cases, but the experiments on the meadows near Edinburgh, and in Devonshire, have proved, in accordance with the conclusions of the committee presided over by Lord Essex, that under certain conditions if may be utilised with prcfit. In the present case it seems but reasonable to conclude that it may be so utilised upon lands in Essex, especially upon the estuary land, now use loss, which the projectors propose to embank and reclaim. It is no part of our function to estimate the prospects of a commercial enterprise, but it is sufficient to entrust its pro moters with the execution of the work if they are practical, experienced, and_responsible persons, and are now obtain ing, as we are assured is the case, the assent and support of the resident landowners. Of the substantial pretensions of their project there can be little doubt, seeing that Mr. Ba zalgette, the eng'neer of the Board of "Works, has himself reported that their "proposition is the only one the pro moters of which have, by depositing plans, placed them selves in a position to carry out during the coming Session of Parliament; and, so far as its engineering character and details are concerned, it is thoroughly practical, and deserves the favourable consideration of the Board." Mr. Bazalgette has reported also that " the estimate is fair and sufficient," and that "the tract selected appears to be well adapted to the reception of the sewage, and is, indeed, the only one suggested to the Board where, from its position, extent, and the nature of its soil, there would be a reasonable prospect of its receiving advantage ously so large and constant a discharge of sewage, without creating a nuisance to the surrounding district." It is said that the solid pretensions of this plan have encouraged the conception of various projects which, as compared with this, are yet in embryo, and which involve expectations altogether chimerical. But the Board, who can do nothing on their own account, would act wisely in closing with a bona fide offer, on terms which their officers consider ad vantageous, and, by placing themselves in responsible hands, would certainly avert from the metropolis and its ratepayers the consequences of consigning their sewage to the ebb and flow of the 1 hames. 71 I; 5 1 1 7711$ DAY'S ~ITAREETS. COVENT GARDEN. Full' average supplies of produce are on sale at these markets, for which the trade is in a sluggish state at the annexed rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 0 to 6 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 4 0 to 7 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 I tTelons, each Peaches, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per 4 sieve 2 0 to 5 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. sd. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 2 oto 2 8 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Dam son 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 4 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 2 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 6 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 6to 2 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Broca'', per bun. 010 to 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 160 to 160 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushroomed) ptl. 2 oto 3 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 0 Cabbage lett,acore 0 oto 0 C Cucumbers 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, 0 oto 0 0, Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 3to 1 91 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, ht. ev 1 3to 1 9 I Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 I Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 01 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 I Scakale, per pun. 2 0 to 3 0 NE SVGATE ANL LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, is to is Gd each ; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 3s Od to 7s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Gd to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; snipes, I s Od to Is Od ; teal, is Od to Os ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d; English, is 2d to is 6 d per lb ; English eggs, lls Od to 12s ; French do., 9s Od to 10s Od per 120 ; leverets, 3s Od to 4s Od each. BILLING MATE. Salmon,ss Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, Sd to is Od ; prawns, 5s to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s 6d to 20s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to 5s Od ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os to Os Od per pair ; common oysters, 12s to 20s ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s ; haddocks, 6s to 18s ; smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d ; flounders, Os Od to Os 9d per dozen; mackerel, 60s; fresh herrings, 8s to Os; bloaters, Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d , veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bid to 9d, of household do., bid to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, nd to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 31c1 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3td to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4}d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to sd. Horse hides, Os to lOs Od ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to lls Od ; half••breds, 7s 6d to 9s 6d ; Downs, 6s 9d to 7s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. SitelßE 314 RI E T—(THIS _DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. railways. Paid.' C P I r o i s c i e n . g i Business done. Belfast and Nor. Coun. air., Wol„ and Str. Val. all i - ii --; Blyth and Tyne Bost., SI eat., and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan I Cr - 1‹ and Bandon I Cork, Illrock, & Passage Cornwall Do AEA gets no div Do 13 till 6p e.p an.has . been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. pun , Perth &Ab. June. 6i 7 95 07 103 104 5 6 41 42 10/ 11; 18i 1O 54 55 48 52 31 36 91 93 31 32 101 103 1144 115? 112.} 1131 130 132 104 106 69 69i 55 58 1061 107; 55 57 117 119 45 47 931 94} 95 96 9 11 444 15i ~# 7 .32i 1331 la lip 105 62 64 64i 65 Wl} 1021 d 58a 1,9 90t 011 97 Oi) 41 44d 10 11 91 93 124 126 41 43 98 100 46 48 37 39 78i 79 F 8 68 97 99 ' 5/ 8 39 40 849. p tSi P 55 bGi 26 3i 113.1 R ti 7 125 13) 47 49 44 46 89 91 East"Aw.dia'n P:,stern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3dsl East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow.) Edin., Perth, & Dundee . Forth & ClydeJunction' Furness I(3lasg. and S. Western. preatNrthn.of Scotland IGreat Northern... Do A stock Do B do IGt. S. an i W. of Ireland ;Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 'lrish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall L l (.on., Chat., It d t n ctS. , S ov oa e s r t !Lon. k North Western Lou. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. T_.'derry (ts Enniskillen. Man., Shef., k Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle.l DO shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New 6.4.0 Do Birminv,. & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry ez Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, nos Norfolk North British 9.16.4 Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. G ran. RI. & Canal; Peebles Portsmouth 11115 ney !scot 6hCentral Scot. ;. E. Aber. stock Do Sc d. stock !Shrews. and Welchpool 'Shropshire Union , I ,Sittingbourne & Sheer ' !South Devon S. Durham ct Lane. Un ! !South Eastern ;South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. !Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 1560 st Taff Vale. st Do Pref. No. 1 25 !Thames tlavenDk&Rail 50 UNter 25 Do 12.10 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 Do Newport Do Hereford PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. raid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4} p. cent '0 quar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. l Do No. 2 Do. new 6p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & o Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e. pm Do. 4 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Ila - nts Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. ')o. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lard. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref L en. & York. 6 p.c. stock (..)o.Barnsl.st.£s 2s 10d pe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. p_ur. Lon.&Brig.sp.s.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cer&do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent7ifii Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent, do Do. p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lir 65 Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex , B, 6 p. c. ro. Metrop. Ex. 11, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares Do 4A per cent _ • 92 94 201 214 6 61 2s ed 12a 12i Et Do. (Prism. perpL anns of 28 64 Londondy. & Cole. shs Londony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 3} per cent Do. redeem. 6percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.k Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4 p. c. pref. stock Do. 4 per . Do. Lefc. and H it. 4 per ct. Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. et. 1846 Do. 5} p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 IVay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New trua. percent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. tb.Dvn.E ail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, R. & S. I'urch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed.. Scottish Central. new pi Scottish North-Eastern 10s. 10 10. 6. 31 p. e. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeengua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent South Eastern(lteading Ann. ' 1.0.6) Do. 4.4 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4] per cent Do. do. 1859 S. D lC o o . r s k s p h e i r rZ4 p cent . c. gua. Do. sp. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A Do. 13 6p . c 6 p. ilkny p. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gc. uastk Do. 2d do .... IDo.Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 'Do. rerpet.6p. c. f. 18 1889 all 5 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 100 100 100 100 100 Algerian Antwerp &Rotterdam. Ardennes.... • •• •• •• Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Bezlers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Cop i apo . Ditto Extension ....1 Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France Grand Rua guar. 6 p. Do. do. Great Central of France (it. Luxem., Con. Italian J unction .. •• • • Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva Nainur AZ Liege Do. 6 p. c. l'ref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares .- • • .I 'Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, (iz Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife St S. 1r1.11 . 1. (Pern4 glt. 7 p. Ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish • !Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... ',Sambre & Meuse ...... s D a o n . 5 1, 4 a p n e l r n P a r: e 7 f p '. c .. ,S.Aust &Lomb Venetin I Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandero • Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. West , rn of Austria.... Illrest,rn 01 Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent Pref... Zealand BRTTISE A 1 fred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford . Devon G. Con.. (Taoist )' ;East Bassett (Illogan) !East Caradon ...... , E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) G am.d.:St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfa. WWI ack) G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) renville ! erod's- Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha ;Margaret (Uny Lelant) ;North Downs .North Frances (Illogan)I IN.Wh'l Basset tIllo.;an) , ;North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. ;South Caradon(St.Cleer) 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) , Stray Park iTamar Silv.& Lead Min ;Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Askeard) West Saton Wheal Basset (Mogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth); Wiltdl Edward (Cals.), Wheal Kitty ( U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 1101 103 1108 110 1 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 116 118 112 114 104 106 103 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 100 102 9i ICi 17 18 lot 161 78 78 20 2 10 10 15 15 136 138 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 138 112 115 1= 155 127 130 73 75 93 95 1112 114 13t 14 126 128 4 !Pm 68 70 4 IPm 137 139 103 105 92 94 110 112 108 110 1 100 102 98 100 4 die par i dis pal 22 23 132 136 10 11 23 241 101 103 101 103 98 100 86 89 28 29 32 3i 31 33 42 45 125 127 122 124 101 103 120 124 U 7 142 Share } all 31 i i 107 71 [l7l 94} 4 90 oi 1331 I 21 P 44i I 102 11 581 i 901 1 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm 17 . 86 1 I 20 Brazil St.J.del Rcy,Lim 15 E 9 61 601 591 5 Do. Land and Mlning Co. all 11 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; die. 40 ,Cobra Copper all 34 36 ,Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail 1 11 2 Fortuna. 20 1G eneral all 23 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 I ft p 11 1 11 I Kapunda (Limited) I 1 11 p S Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 3 d pr 1 Mariquica all 1 IN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 20 I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 11 If 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 10s. ; lipm 14 2111.81 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) , all 4ft Do — COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I(2ail.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 1 107 110 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug., 100 108 111 1091 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 11 Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 100 921 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1(8 110 108 Do. 1890! 100 108 110 N..13.G0v. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyi 100 104 106 1014 Do. 0 J). c.Ap. & Oct., 100 N. S.W. 6ov. sp. e., 1866 J 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876'i 100 96 98 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 96 98 1051 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 105 107 S. Au5,G0p.c.1876.& up lOO ..T Vic.Gov.6p.c.aAJulyi 100 102 104 1031 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&oo 1 100 105 106 1054 DOCKS. Commercial 1100 Do. 4 per Ceut.Pref.3lin 100 East and West India ' ' 125 127 Tendon lOO 57 0 t. Katharine. ' 100 61 63 Southampton lOO Vietoria . ......... 100 DO New 531 9 81 95 97 14 i d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 87 40 {Australasia all 61 63 25 , Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 'Bank of London ..... 120 Bank of Turkey 3 50 IBritish North American all 20 ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 204 205 25 [ Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch • all 81 33 100 I City 100 !Colonial ... ~... ..... 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 185 19 185 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 255 20 Do. new l5 244 254 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Alrican lO 4 pr 94 100 London & Westminster 20 74 76 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 -• 20 I Do. new 50 ' Nation al Dtrik ........ 25 20 INe vc South Wales.— all 1 25 I Orient. B. Corporation .1 all 152 64 3 4 20 Ottoman Bank .... . j all jlB 185 i 100 I Provincial of Ireland ..1 25 ! 10 ' Do. new • • , all ' 25 South Australia ..,-.. • .1 all 25 Union of Australia .... I all I 395 405 41 50 Unto,' of London . I 12 129 30 295 100 Unity Mutual.. 60 I MISCELLANEOUS. tu Anglo-in c xican Mint ..1 all 11 i b 10 !Atlantic B. Ml. Stm (1d) all I 1 2 1000 I Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 I Australian Agricultural l9 27 29 10 i Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 51 50 British American Land 40 —H 50 It.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 325 Canada. Land all 105 103 107 6 10 Chaii.lslands Tel. (Lim ' all et. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at, Do. 6p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 103 1025 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 pr spm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper, all 3 35 15 Gen. an Navigati nil 14 1 Great Slap Limited) all 1 i 1 Do! 176 pet Preference all 5 2 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 20 M . adras Irr. and Canal. 1 25 25 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all .35 43 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 * i p 20 Nerhu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 15 td 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Prefl.iss.atl die all i I 100 N. 8r.. 1 /NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 15 14 1 Do. New Share s (Li m .). a ll 15 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 65 7 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 49 61 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 71 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c all 19 20 50 abymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 50 50 Bt. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all 1 4 4 1 Do. do. Registered .... .5.13 0 4 10 Do, cio Austrlasia (urn) Ist is 1 Id 5p 5 20 Tr..t Ln.Co. otlUpr.Can 5 12p 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 1 Id pr 100 VIM DlOOlOll l 6 L%a d 283 84 94 stock stock stock stock stock stock st,ck BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. 'Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo and LaKe Huron IDo. New JDo. Preferunce lituralo,Brant,&Godrich '6 p. et. I , cls. Aug. 1,187 f, Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 187 , i Mout ta.,vS.Eastn. (Liu Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town &Dock Serif Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara......... Eosin. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do: Jubbulpore Do. 4f p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 'Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... IGt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada ShareF Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 witit't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do. .. I Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B d 0... !Madras guar., 41 p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick t Canda Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.(ipe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land I Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 Scinde .......... r j 4 Do. Punjaub —. • Ld ,9 Do. Do. .... •• • • id 9 Do. lindus.St. Flo. , Fig Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOIZF.TGN 100 100 100 all 1 all /100 15 all 100 1 !Paid. )Closing [ Price. 99/ 100 100 all all all all 41 5} d 6 f ei 41 5 f id 091 r 1005 101 102 go 101 1004 101 1 1001 101 ! 20 22 02 f 5 50 64 33 37 38 42 32 35 31 83 100 101 d 991. 1004 10i 9i pa 90 92 924 1004 92 94 5 7 4 6 O 1 102 Pr 94 98 a id RAILWAYS. ES. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Hilary term commenced this morning. The new judge, Mr. Justice Mellor, having gone through the usual for malities, took his seat on the bench. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. In this court their lordships were occupied in hearing the arguments of Mr. O'Malley in a case in which the point raised was the fulfilment of a contract for the conveyance of certain goods to Havre. It was totally devoid of public in terest. The Lord Chief Justice said a communication had been received stating that Mr. Edward James was very unwell, and therefore he thought it would be convenient, if such a circumstance wasknown, that the Court should postpone all the cases iu which his attendance was absolutely essential until he was able to attend. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justice Erie.) COOKE V. UUNIBER. This was an appeal from the decision of the Revising Barristers of Bridgwater, and the question raised was whe ther, when both landlord and tenant reside . ' on the premises, who had the uote. The plaintiff claimed the vote on the ground that he occupied certain portions of the house, and had uninterrupted right of access. The revising barrister held that the claim was not such as could be considered a householder, and therefore disallowed to vote. The Court thought the decision of the revising barrister was right, and therefore confirmed the decision. WILSON V. ROBERTS. This also was an appeal from the revising barrister for the City of London, and the question was whether the claimant holding certain offices in a house had the right of voting. He had the uncontrolled right of ingress and egress, but he did not reside on the premises. The revis ing barrister held that it was not such a separate tenercent as, under the Reform Act, gave the right to vote, and therefore disallowed the claim. The Court confirmed the decision. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO LADIES.—Wm. Holden, a dirty-looking fellow, and who informed Sergeant Boden, of the D division, who took him into custody, that he had tramped up to London from Manchester, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with picking the pocket of a lady in Oxford-street. Sergeant Boden, 11 D, said that on the previous evening while passing Montanarrs wax doll shop in Oxford-street, being on the top of an omnibus at the time, he saw the pri soner standing by some ladies looking in the window. Suspecting his object, he got down from the omnibus and placed himself behind a cab stand, co that he might watch him, and he then saw the prisoner try several ladies' poc kets, and at last take something from one and walk away. Me followed him, and saw him examining something, and on afterwards taking him into custody he frund on him the portemonnaie produced. On the way to the station prisoner said why ho came to London was because he had no work, and he had lost the use of one of his hands, but it was that hand which he used to pick the lady's pocket. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the officer whether it was a valuable purse ? _ Sergeant Boden said that although it glittered it was not gold. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY BY A SOLDIER AT SHORN CLIFFE.—Francis Hayward, aged 26, a private in the 2d battalion of the 25th Regiment of Foot, now stationed at Shorncliffe, was brought before Mr. Selfe. charged with stealing a gold Geneva watch, the property of an officer of the regiment. On Sunday night last the prisoner met with a woman of the town, and, after treating her, accompanied her to a house, No. 2, Devonshire. street, Commercial-road, where he remained for the night. On the following morning the prisoner handed a very small gold Geneva watch to the woman he had met the night before, and requested her to raise a loan upon it. She gave the watch to Mary Lye, the landlady of the house, who offered it in pledge at the shop of Mr. Falkard, a highly respectable pawn broker in the Commercial-road East, who has been mainly instrumental in bringing many offenders to justice. Mr. Falkard immediately detained the woman and the watch. Mary Lye at once stated how she obtained the watch, and the prisoner was sent for, who said ho bought the watch of a corporal in his regiment, and demanded that it should be given up to him. Mr. Falkard persisted in detaining the watch, and requested the soldier to call upon him in a few days, and if his story was correct, the watch should be delivered to him. The prisoner made use of some harsh langnage and left the shop. Mr. Falkard wrote to the adjutant of the 25th Regiment at Shorncliffe on the same day, and gave a description of the watch. The adjutant answered the letter, and stated that such a watch had been stolen from the apartment of an officer of the regiment three months ago, and the police had been in search of the prisoner ever since. Yesterday (Friday) the prisoner was seen to enter Mr. Falkard's shop again, and he was followed by Inspector Griffin, who immediately took him into custody. The pri soner again stated that he had purchased the watch of a corporal in his regiment, and in verification of his statement produced a letter with the Folkestone post mark, and dated Jan. 9, 1862, upon the envelope. This letter was no doubt written in answer to one sent by the prisoner to the writer, for the purpose of deceiving Mr. Falkard and the police. The end of the first leaf of the letter was torn off, and the writer's name with it. Inspector Griffin handed the letter to Mr. Selfe, who read all that was left of it as follows: " Shorncliffe, January 9, 1862. "Dear Friend,—l am very sorry to hear that anyone should doubt your word, but if they don't believe you, you can refer them to me, for I sold you the watch for a sove reign, so I hope you will satisfy them. I was in hopes of being able to buy it of you again, but if you are obliged to part with it I cannot help it, but I don't know what I shall tell my father when I go home if he asks me where it is, but I don't know whether I shall go home or not yet—so no more at present from" Mr. Selfe believed there was an accomplice in the rob bery, and it was quite evident for what purpose the letter just load was written. Mr. Stephen Bnrnett, assistant to Mr. Falkard, pro duced a small gold Geneva watch. It was a valuable ono, made by Grohe of Wigmore-streot, and worth 10 guineas. The prisoner told him he bought it of a corporal for £l. Inspector Griffin said that after cautioning the prisoner he made the following statement, which was taken down in writing :—" I bought the watch of Corporal Caleb Wil liams, No. 4 Company, 2d battalion 25th Foot, for a sove reign. I asked him what it was worth, and he said £2 or £3. I did not ask him where he got it." Mr. Selfe said the conduct of Mr. Falkard and his assist ant was deserving of great praise. He requested Inspector Griffin to continue his inquiries, and obtain the attendance of the officer who lost the watch. He then remanded the prisoner until Thursday next. EXECUTION AT KIREDALE. To-day at noon the execution of Isl'Cafferay, the soldier who shot Col. Crofton and Captain Hanham, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, took place in front of Kirkdale Gaol. There was a large concourse of spectators. The unhappy man since his condemnation became very penitent, and acknowledged the justness of his sentence. Calcraft, the London executioner, carried the sentence into effect. Forty guineas per cent. were paid at Lloyd's a few days ago to effect fresh insurances on the ship Mary Fry, overdue from Montreal. Intelligence was received yesterday of the arrival of this vessel in the Downs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 , clover, £3 108 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. Both hay and straw were in slow request at late rates. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to El 16s per load. Trade slow. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 Os; clover, £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. COAL DI (Prima of Coal per Ton al s. d.l ARKET. the close of the market Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....16 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite— 21 6 Wylam ..16 3 Davison's West Hart- 8. d. Bell's Primrose l4 0 Craighead Steam 14 0 Walker Primrose 13 0 North Pelton 15 0 ley .16 6 Buddle's West Hartley 16 3 Tanfield Moor l2 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9 Holywell 16 3 Eden Main ..16 6 Ships at market Walls End. Brtddyll's Hetton 16 6 Cassop .. 16 9 Hetton .. l7 9 South Hetton 17 9 Heugh Hall 16 6 Tunstall 73 ; sold, 32. " The principal sportsmen of France." says the Tatrie, "have resolved to hold a congress at the close of the shooting season, to consult together as to the best means of putting an end to the system of p o aching, which has lately assumed such extension as to threaten the total destruction of game." PERSIA. Some trade reports from the British Consuls have recently been is: tad by the Board of Trade, and among them a report from the Acting Consul-Gene ral at fabreez, giving an account of Azerbijan, the most important province of Persia. Its capital, Ta breez,of which the population is estimated at 200,000, is the principle emporim of Persian trade. The im ports through and from Turkey into Azerbijan amounted in 1859, to £2,ooo,ooo.dyed and printed cotton goods being the largest item (comprising seve ral descriptions of British coloured manufactures), and British gray calicoes the next ; large quantities of the latter are cut up at Tabreez into small pieces, dyed blue, and then sent to Russia as Persian manufactures. Broadcloths and most of the miscel laneous goods are from Germany. I n di go i s an article of great consumption in Tabreez, and is im ported direct from India. The exports to Russia amounted in 1859 to nearly £BOO,OOO, half of them smuggled; they include the higher qualities of British prints, Swiss manufactures, European and Persian silks, tea, and rum. A small quantity of silk pieces is manufactured in Tabreez, coarser, but more durable than European silks ; felt carpets also and other coarse carpets. The growth of wheat and barley is large. The cotton is of inferior quality. There is coal, but it is not used ; and copper and iron veins, but they are almost entirely neglected, and a supply obtained from Russia. The climate of the province generally is healthy and bracing, the soil fertile, and the inhabitants hardy, active, and industrious. The revenue is nearly £500,000, but this sum is said to be far from representing the amount really collected from the taxpayers. The revenue of each village is farmed or assigned to a Government officer in " teeool" (a kind of fief), but the taxes are underrated to him ; two-thirds are taken by him, and one-third by the proprietor of the village. The taxes include one-third of the grain produce, a tax on gardens, and on fields used for the cultivation of tobacco, cotton, or madder roots, a house-tax of lOs 2d on every family, a tax of 2s 3d on mares and mules, and 4d on sheep and goats; be sides which the villagers have to furnish gratis to the teeool-holder a certain quantity of lambs, fowls, eggs, milk, wool, &e., and a certain number of la bourers if required. But the peasantry are patient so long as they are not reduced to actual starvation. The internal transit dues are a serious obstacle to the extension of commerce—every small town levies its duties on the goods that pass through it. The want of cart roads is also a great hindrance—every thing is transported on mules, horses, camels, or asses. If these things were remedied, cart roads constructed, and a moderate duty made payable once for all on importation or exportation, the trade of Persia would rapidly develope itself to a very considerable extent; and next to Persia, Great Bri tain would derive most benefit from these reforms. As it is, the consumption of British manufactures in Persia has increased nearly fourfold within the last 20 years, BANK OF FRANCE. The. following is the account fur month ending Thursday, Jan. 9 : ASSETS. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch-banks .. 87,510,386 57 .. 219,171,666 - 807,101 74 Bills due to be paid to-day.. Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 88,603,462 f. 59c. are from the branch banks .. 324,458,134 34 Bills in the branch-banks .. Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks .. 350,844,904 - .. 15,199,561 - .. _2,299,100 -L Do on French securities .. .. 17,511,900 Do in the branch-banks .. .. 6,961,600 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 30,251,500 Do in the branch-banks .. 15,831,100 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds .. .. 263,300 Do in the branch-banks • • •.. 138,900 Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 30,000 , 000 Rentes of the reserve-fund .. .. 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. .. .. 27,163,698 93 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. .. 5,821,027 Expenses of administration • • • . 82,951 5 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 20,922,829 47 1,272,220,410 32 LIABILITIES. Capital .. New Capital Reserve -fund Now Reserve • . Reserve-immobiliere Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of .. 91,250,000 - .. 91,250,000 - .. 12,980,750 14 .. 9,125,000 - 4,000;000 - law June 9, 1857) •• •• •• Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks .. Do. to order (Post-bills) Bills payable at sight .. Ace. cur, of Treasury Creditor Various accounts current .. Do. branch-banks Dividends to be paid .. . Arrears of values deposited . Discount, interest, and expenses .. Re-discounts of the last half-year Sundries .. 2,316,503 57 .. 762,148,725 - .. 5,597,709 50 .. 5,071,590 - .. 75,734,947 28 .. 148,348,878 30 .. 27,979,018 - .. 7,356,060 75 .. 7,451,767 61 .. 2,547,064 1 .. 2,727,525 79 .. 16,334,870 37 1,272,220,410 32 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~..._____.A..___, . 1861. 1860. 1861. 1860. --- .._.- --. £ £ Ballymena and Port Rush.. - - - - Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 1,893 1,876 Belfast and County Down.. 49 305 568 564 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. - - _ - Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,357 1.249 Bristol and Exeter lO6l 125 5,232 5,151 2 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington 8. 8. - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 313 348 Cork, Illackrock, & Passage, 65 6} lii6 202 Cork and Youghal .... 26 26 220 180 Cornwall 531 531 1,069 1,005 Deeside l7 17 235 193 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,280 1,307 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,468 1,469 Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kingst ) 484 404 975 830 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath 175 175 753 616 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jan 3l 31 1,072 1,128 East Anglian 674 674 802 734 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 21,246 18,618 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburg,h,Perth,& Dundee 78 78 4,091 3,711 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1 1834 1834 9,023 8,901 Great Northern 330 330 22,956 23,789 Great North of Scotland 9t.Southn. &Westn.(lrind ) 329 329 7,906 6.336 Great Western 78 35 76 i 40,121 37,925 Inverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 753 616 Irish South-Eastern 25 25 217 213 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3 9 5} 395 } 32,381 55,895 Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis... 24 241 139 129 Limerick and Foynes 4 Llanelly L o ndon & North-West ern London and Blackwall 54 5 1,371 1,342 L o ndon & South-Western . 400 394} 16,865 15,637 Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2414 2234 14,498 12,828 London, Chatham, & Dover' 725 56} .1,739 731 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 1,119 1,001 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 2314 231} 13,312 13,301 Manch. S.J un.& Altrinchami 95 9} 1,096 1,083 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6144 6144 31,319 31,576 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 192 1924 3,163 2,671 Monkland 56 56 1,171 1,145 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,146 2,038 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,030 2,771 North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon 35 35 524 403 N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybm) 789 784 31,763 33,812 North London , 9 9 2,190 2,217 North Staffordshire ' 246 246 0,480 4,995 Oswestry and Newton Rhney St. Helen's Canal & Railway 62 52 1,807 1,610 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,774 3,523 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - - - Shrewsbury and Chester - - Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 295 29} 7 90 845 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 18,252 19,762 South Wales l7ll 1714 0. 172 5,050 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - - Stockton and Darlington 114 8 ::8662 1 7505 6 4272 4 4 6 1: 64 8645494 8 8809 Taff Vale 5l Ulster 5l Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 36 31 288 388 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 77 1,294 1,228 Waterford and Limerick 2 7 7 7,1 West Cornwall W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 39 39 3 ,831 3,849 ._ West Midland. - W'haven,Cleator,&igrnuit ' ‘, IF 12 502 498 39 7 227 Whitehaven Junction ....•• 35 Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 583 467 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 2 Antwerp and Rotterdam. • • 5 52 976 867 Austrian kivireJackietoinon 1612 6 162 7 6 3 11 4 1 2 : 2 5 5 , 0 6 3 5 7 42, 28 38 9574 7 185 18,54 3,831 1,529 anaEnaddsLmtearni 108 1 1084 3,655 3,406 1032 1006 53,302 47,022 DBBe D uffe u lgit tc rao h lanil ßhenis h 250 166 3,981: '1,830 East G E r a a s Li t a d " n nTd; o u na l 970 970 21,147 12,780 nl k 'r o a i nce Canada Great Indian Peninsula 4374 2974 5,721 3,571 Great Luxembourg l2B 128 2,733 2,010 Great Western of Canada 345 345 11,106 7,574 Lyons and Geneva 142 142 - - Madrid, Saragossa &Alieant 301 284 12,882 13,098 Northern of Canada ...„ northern of France 691 623 46,283 42,183 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 - - Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.. 879 840 111,482 88,307 Paris and Orleans 922 922 51,667 51,502 Pernambuco 364 - 591 - Royal Danish 69 69 446 343 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,257 870 South Austrian........ 1291 978 64,760 51,639 Southern of France ... 777 773 25,269 21,871 Welland. ...•... 25 25 307 304 West Flanders ... 75 75 - - W. and N.W. of . France.... 750 750 35,160 32,921 THE NAVY. Although the order from the Admiralty for the conversion of the Royal Oak, under construction on No. 7 slip at Chatham Dockyard, from a 91-gun screw liner to a 51-gun armour•plated frigate, was only given a few months since, such progress has al ready been made with that vessel that she is now fully two-thirds planked, and, from the rate at which she is proceeding, a very few months only will suffice to see her completed,the Admiralty being exceedingly anxious to have one of these newly-constructed iron plated frigates at sea, in order to ascertain how they will answer before any additional ships of the kind, beyond those now building, are laid down. Every part of the vessel is being constructed of enormous strength to bear the tremendous weight of some 400 cr 500 armour plates, each weighing on an average four tons, which will encase her from stem to stern. The armour-plates will be laid on teal; planking, 8 inches in thickness, carried to a few fee t below the water-line. The Admiralty have uncle r consideration the invention of Mr. Scott Russet], whereby the plates can be fastened to the planking without any bolting whatever. It is, however, not yet decided whether their • Lordships will avail themselves of the plan, which is stated to be not without its disadvantages. In order to test the merits of the invention before the final decision has been arrived at, a large target, intended to represent a portion of the side of the Royal Oak, is now being constructed at Chatham dockyard of balks of oak timber and teak planking. When completed it will be covered with armour plates, on Mr. Russell's plan, and tested at Shoeburyness with the Arm strong guns and the ordinary GB-pounders and 10- inch shot. Under the proposed system the plates will be placed on the ship's side vertically, instead of being hung longitudinally. The contract for ma nufacturing the armour-plates for the Royal Oak has been taken by the Thames Iron Company. Each plate will be 15ft. in length by 3ft. 2in. in width, with a uniform thickness of 4-1-in., and a weight of 4 tons. The cost of each armour plate will be about £l2O, exclusive of the additional cost of banding and fixing it to the side of the ship. The Royal Oak will be encased in armour-plates from stem to stern, and not, as is the case with the Defence and some others of our iron ships, only to within a certaiu dis tance on each side, by which means there will be no necessity for iron shotproof bulkheads or compart ments, in the interior of the ship. In order to strengthen her stern it is, we believe, intended to do away with the ordinary well-hole for lifting the screw, usually found on board screw steamers. At all events, directions have been received for a temporary suspension of the works at that part of the frigate until the decision of the Controller of the Navy is known on the subject. Should the proposal be adopted, the screw will only be capable of being raised while the ship i 5 in harbour. The Clypso, 18, 734 tons, sailing ship, Capt, E, B. Montresor, which is under orders to pay off and be put out of commission at Chatham, was towed into the Medway, from the Great Nore, on Thurs day, by the Lizard steamer. She has been in com mission upwards of four years, during the whole of which time she has been stationed in the Pacific. On arriving at the Nore, Admiral Johnstone, Com mander-in-Chief, made an official inspection of the ship, and mustered the whole of the crew. He ex pressed himself highly satisfied with the appear ance of the vessel, considering the length of time she had been in commission. The Calypso will go into Chatham harl;.•our to dismantle, The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800 horse power, Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., having had the defects in her machinery made good, proceeded yts terday from the coal depot, in the Medway, to the Little Nore, for the purpose of towing the Brilliant, 26, sailing ship, to Dundee, to be used as a training ship for the Naval Reserve at that port. The Ter rible returns to Sheerness, when the crew will be paid off. Her Majesty's screw steam vessel Rifleman, 8 guns, having been prepared at Woolwich with great care, and fitted with a chart room on deck for sur veying service in China, was yesterday ordered to sail (weather permitting) from Green hithe to Ports mouth. The steam transport St. Andrew, for British North America, left Woolwich pier yesterday morn ing at 6 o'clock for Greenhithe, to be adjusted for sea. The Megrera, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Mediterranean, with military and naval invalids, and a large quantity of condemned stores, 8.7 c. Her screw shaft, which had been broken during her trip to Corfu from Malta, was temporarily repaired on her return to Malta, and consequently full speed under steam has not been made during the home ward passage, which has been made under a com bination of sail and steam. Fine weather was ex perienced on the greater part of the way home. Malta was left on Dec. 21, Gibraltar on the 31st, and Vigo on San. 7. The Caesar, 86, screw, Capt. T. 11. Mason, sailed from Gibraltar for Spithead on Dec. 29. The Aboukir, 86, screw, Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., sailed from the same port for Bermuda on the evening of the 30th. When the Megrera left Gibraltar the Algiers, 89, screw, Capt. E. B. Rice ; the Queen, 86, screw, Capt. Charles F. Hillyer ; the Lapwing, 4, screw, Commander Mon tague O'Reilly; and the Alacrity, 4, screw, Cvna wander J. K. E. Baird, were at anchor in the road stead. The Megrera's passenger list comprises— Major Fulton, lath Regiment; Capt. Cardew, 2d battalion 9th Regiment; Capt. 3. A. Brockman, 2d battalion 6th Regiment, and family; Alegsrs. Edridge and Clifford, and families, of the Purveyor's Department. The military and invalids on board consist of 97 non commissioned officers and men, 11 women, and 16 children, of various regiments. The sick, 60 in number, many of them in a very debilitated state, were, in the ab sence of a medical military man, placed under the charge of Dr. Blaxall, the surgeon of the ship, ft om whom they received every possible attention. r.fhe naval invalids and supernumeraries were landed from the ship yesterday afternoon. The military will disembark this morning. A battery of large 12-pounder 34cwt. iron guns has arrived at Sheerness, to be mounted on the saluting battery, to replace the 6-pounder g uns already in position, it having been found that those at present are of too small calibre to be heard by vessels of war anchored at the Nore when saluting the fortress. The guns were landed at the Ordnance camber yesterday, and will be forthwith placed i n position. No official notice has yet been given at Ports mouth respecting any discharge of hired mechanics or labourers, consequent on our renewed peace ul relations withle howeT t e he r mselves, and understc led , both by o America. an I and t i the s , men i s further confirmed by an Admiralty order received officials yes terday morning, that the services of these inen will not be required, in the present state of affs irs, beyond April next. It is to be hoped, however, that the authorities will not be too hasty in discharging , a body of valuable men who have entered the pub lic service at a period of emergency, and whose homes lie at some considerable distance from the place of their engagement. There is plenty of im portant work remaining to be done in Portsmouth yard, and there can be no reason why the wholesale discharge of men at the end of last year should be now repeated. Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co., of Millwall, have received Admiralty instructions to manufacture for Woolwich Dockyard an appropriate hydraulic press of 1,000 tons power, to work six ponderous hammer heads, to be used for the bending and preparation of the iron slabs for armour plating the 91 gunship Caledonia, under construction in that yard. A new shed is to be built alongside the building slip of the Caledonia, in which the hydrau lic press will be fitted, together with steam fur naces, forges, and all the appliances necessary to permit of the greatest possible despatch of work. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander Peter A. Scott, to the Nile, additional for surveying service ; and Lieut. J. C. Drew, additional to the Medina. Her Majesty's ship Warrior steamed down from Portsmouth into Cowes Roadstead on Saturday last, and anchored off Osborne, where she has since remained. Hun dreds have visited her, every attention being shown to all by the officers. F 6 6} 314 5 62i 65f l3k 13 Share 100 am I 18 20i 204 10 100 100 1 100 1741 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock etockl stock