The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

2.1(,:i.ET MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE The importations of the principal articles were larger for the same period, as regards hemp, leather manufacture, tea, provisions, rice, and tobacco, but smaller in raw cotton, flax, raw silk, and tallow. The City of Washington from New York has brought £134,241, and the Tagus from Lisbon £3,375 in specie. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £204,000, and the exports to £382,000. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were very arm. The sales were 10,000 bales. Notice has been given that the Exchequer Bills dated in the month of March, 1861, with the in terest due thereon, will be paid off on the 11th proximo, when the interest will cease. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase in the demand of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United K ingdom for the entries inwards and also for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the like period there is a small addition shown in the amount of tonnage employed for both the entries inwards and clearances outwards; The Funds closed yesterday at a rise ofd per cent., and an additional improvement oft per cent. was established at one time to-day but it has since been lost. Consols, which have been 937, -1, are now 931 d for money and the 6th proximo. The dew Threes and Reduced Annuities are 93.1 ‘4; Indian 5 per Cent. 106'4 to 1071 ; ditto Enfaced paper, 52 per Cent., 108 ; ditto Debentures, 9 9 . 8 1 10 0, Exchequer Bills, March, have risen to 17s. 20 s. prem. ; ditto, June, to 18s. 225. prem. A rather active business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are buoyant. Turkish. 6 per Cents, are 84 I, ditto 1858, 74-1 5 ; kexican are firm at 341 ; Portuguese at 46i 47; Russian have advanced to lOn ; Spanish to 53:1 ; and Italian to 681 1. The Moorish Loan is steady at 5 1a prem,; and the New Italian Loan is to Prem. In creased firm ness h as b een apparent in the Railw ay Share Market, and prices generally have S hown an u p ward movement. Ualedonians, Eas tern Counties, Great Westerns, and North Eastern York s hi re, have improved ss. ; Lancashire and and Midland, 10s. ; South Eastern, 155.; and London, Chatham, and Dover, T he Foreign and Colonial lines were in moderate a:you r at steady rates. Great Luxemburg, however, L re p r oved 10s. ; D utc h Rhen i sh, Bahia and San -I!rncisco Recife and San Francisco, San Paulo, Great Western of Canada, Grand Trunk of Canada, a nd the East Indian undertakings remained at Previous rates. .loint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares ex hibit little variation, prices, however, ars a shade Arnier. p BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 2421 ,1 0 ,1_ " n -. Stock 93f a - Per Cent. Reduced Annuities I ,Per Cent. Consols Annuities ' d ia 1 0 per Cent. Annuities 931 i 224 k Stock Ditto 5 per . 1) 44) Enfaced cent Paper, 4 per Cent —lo7- 61 Ditto 51 per Cen+ bitto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 994 100 %Isola Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 o r 66 100 India 93 / ‘-', for Account, March 6.. t ' d ia Stock fur Account, 5 per Cent March. June. t' c h equer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 17 20 pm 1 22 18 pm , . Ditto £5OO 4 Atto s tiaau 17 20 pm( 22 18 pm C hilean FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ian O 6 per Cent , Ditto 41 per Cenf , 'f''lllador New Consolidated -.l4'3c,Perial Moorish Scrip 5/ a "" i can, 3 per Cent .. Grb b eni i t tt ate d o a A D A c e e c f n e t nn rr iv ee t d _ 341 _ r 1013tvitoan c4cloPueurt Cent 6 b7ttno ese 3 per Cent 1853 99 -oat.) Amount " 46! 7 6 saDi.tto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O — Ditto Account 451 4tti ''l 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ~,' !Ilitntooi Ell per Cent .. 1021 94 3 81 801 Ditto '''Panish 3 per Cent — 14i Account AlecsccoolliiinerratCent ........... i ,_,- Pitt 0: , P: c a e c s w i t u ave Deferredt. 431 4 20f 20 i 1.,,, Ish 6 Per Cent. — 85 b itt _ , _ ........ 1D• u Al ew Loan titt t tto Ace 75i 5 olut 78 Ditto 0 tlOO B on d s Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Arco,t 102 k - 1 ) .--ilet a 3 per Cent at° Account . p Dividends on the above payable in London. ft r Zeh It entes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 99f. 50c. a ll, 5 per Cent. 1861 „ , iWO 0' C k LOC K . Ilg, Money T 931 k - 'ecount 93/ C 0 lIR -SE OF EXUHANGE .— Y ESTERDAY. kili sterda Ditto 111 ........ Short. 11 16 11 16 o tter „, ........... 3 Months. 11 18 11 184 nt w "al . ....... — 11 18 11 18i kris e elarp ....... :.. -- ... . 25 371 25 42f a • Ur. .......... 1 . 18 371 25 42f841b g'h - 13 13 .......... 7i 25 174 Ditt0' . ........... Short. 25 10 ttr,rseine; ........... 3 months. 25 37t 25 5 :it 25 40 v,atkfort 0n..1.1.a1i.n.):: 1181 118 i 1,1'11%11:It: ............ 14 0 14 10 ,beetertsbu;it......... -- 14 0 14 10 r —32 f 14, 4 11, 1 'icii " _ te ßh " 1 r -lel l * .... i, °a A a ? e l es • ....... egg i n t4o la 01)01,4.4 ......... Ili° Janeiror. I\l Janeiro ' NW York....' ii , i .o r x. 6 i i e gn an G li ol . d . in Bars Standard ), per oz orer i_ Bars. . ................... kth t.eriegtiainouctot; ..........___ . ................. 48f 481 25 47} 25 45 25 45 40 120 • 1201 52/ 481 25 521 25 50 25 50 40i 1201 120+ 521 52g CITY, Two o'CLocK. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues very quiet, and the rates remain without alteration. About £35,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, ex hibited a slight decline in several instances. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the 12 months ending the 31st December, 1861, have just been published, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports amounted to £125,115,133, against £135,891,227 in 1860, showing a decrease of £10,776,094. The principal falling off is shown in beer and ale, cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen manu factures, woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. e49lsrpoy, Feb. 22.—Wind this day at noon—S uth I:4,teAbly rly ; moderate breeze, and fi ne weather, but rather . gt fiere2NSTOVIN, Feb. 21.—Arrived —City of New York )/00;`. steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for New' 2titr,: l for - rit, Feb. 21.—Wind S.E., strong—A rr i ved _ 4 lilt 1 Steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope ; l e f t on the I .A O Npl:aftTsitouTir, Feb. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—H er 1 S S hip ;,'fence, from Sheerness. `ork.—lrf Feb. 20.—Arrived—New York, from New f Pe 22. Wind S.E.—Arrived — lsabella Ro rGra b. Shieli. ‘ s. (" 81711MARI:CE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) 0 1.11 Ved y kei f l Feb. 22 --Daring, from St. from GRAVESEND, Michael's Saturday Morning. ;° rn G i e n n g e; al l Bathurst ; t ' l of t,;; ° ?, Pa ndermo ; Ellen . It_ a_ ,a9.e t i_ „,, Jeep,. from Shanghai., °ga la . ;-,:ttacer, for New York , a ' -actolland, steamer, for Ostend. %ailed R Soyl i ep n l bOw fr , oni ste G am en e o r, a. for ' DEAL, Saturday Morning. Lo verh -- a r Bert Iv steamer, for Bordeaux ;T. E. all from 4 clo 0 01 • e• "• for Queenslanda 1., 4 , tt',y of Brisbane, Ila 48s ed v 4 14 1411. Q—. lll—lsabella Robinson, from Shields, for I il) htArn. ... z ...._____.---.. e , 4-.• OF , n IV. 4 014, , ~APT AINPJUWARD BARKER PRESCOTT. 4 4t lil lkto r " 3 raising young officer, of the 33d (Duke of the iced L 8) Regiment o f Foot, whose death has just her . li, 41 'tay 48 Lowing occurred at Deesa, Bombay, enter d tif il /11 13 " eniviigH on the 15th of March, 1850, and became A tl Nb a l onti le Bth April, 1853. He served at the siege lams} I ° P O l, and was severely wounded on the 15th 44! ' 4 1 , 855 . He was promoted to captain on 26th Oct., 1 .4014 t rewartled with the medal and the clasp for his 718 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all Blyth and Tyne r all Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co ! all Briitol ar cl Exeter 100 ; Caledonian 100 Cark and 8and0n..... all { Cornwall. all A gets no div Do A a 1 p has I Do. B •an • all been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc.! all Dun ~Perth,& Ab. Jure I all East A n;2lian lOO Eastern Counties 11.00 Eastern Union, A stock 100 Do Bdo do 10 0 DoNw A, late E U3ds 13 1 'East Suffolk llOO Edinburgh & Glasgow ) 10 0 Edin., Perth, & Dundee' 100 GlasE,r. and S. Western.) 100 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all Great Northena.. llOO Do A stock lOO Do B do , 100 Gt. S. an tW. of Ireland 100 Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock' 00 Irish South Eastern I 11 Lancashire & Yorkshire: 100 London and Blackwall! 100 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover, 100 Lon. & North Western) 1,00 Lon. & South Western' 100 L'derry tt. Coleraine al,l L'derry & Enniskillen. all Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 Marvport and Carlisle. all Do j• shares all MeiTopolitan all Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby 100 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland! all Do. shares I all M;d Kent i all 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.16.4 Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle l Newry, Warnp;;, & nos Norfolk North British' Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwiekj Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Portsmouth Rhy mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc - A. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok Stockton & Darlington Do 42 44 104 11 191 20 57 58 56 59 37 40 93 94 30-1 sot 101 103 118 119 118 119 134 136 101 106 71 714 57 6) 107 107 59 GO 120 121 45 47 06 0114 [Ol 102 127 129 45 47 102 104 12.10 46 48 37 39 117 i 71i i tl 83f 841' 68 70 99 6 101 1 61 38i 314 84 94p 5 4 6 4 p 144 148 61 71 i 46i 96f i 8 131; 21 98 i iii a 8n $ Do New, 1860 Taft Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesFlavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxford, Do Newport) Do Hereford 554 564 24 34 d - - [2B 131 _ ..._ 7 71 47 49 43 46 90 92 125 5 95i 5 S3# I 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid' 1 Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W Birkenhead., Buckingll Tisaire lOO Do 95 07 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 55 Do. 5/i per cent 100 Do. 125 127 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. gLincolnah. apr c. 100 Gr. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. Gis.Barr.&Neils.Drc. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & De an Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 111 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley , 6 per c a ll D o. . .... • • • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , N Lon.,Tilb.& S.. therd 100 Peto &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 pier cent lOO D o. Mnc.,llxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 4 3 Mid. Bradford Prefer-I ence stock Newmarkt ' x BuryE gua. 5 per cent.... 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 1 p Nor di n. &E as tn. sp. a all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. • Do. Fixed sp. c.... a ll D o . N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. B er . • • North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all krif } 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 jT Brassey 122 124 Do. Do. .. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn V Croydoni all IL.&Brgtn 81 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. o. p" n Closing I Business Paid.( Closing Done. l 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 4t Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at ?0 Do. shares 3t Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cri Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. !O Cornwall, 5 percent , 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun l 0 Do. Ist Class Pref ;t E. Angn. Class Asp. c ;t E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 93 95 20 21 6 6i 99 101 [O9 111 [O9 111 L 26 128 81 83 at Do No. 21 at Do. new 6p.c. st st Eastern Union, 4p. c—l at Do. sp. c. guar sett Do. 13 4 p. .&G e l g as e s a r P .I & o sh ar e . at Furness, 5 per cent at Glas.& S.Weat. gu. 5 p.c at Great Northern, sp. c at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm at Do. 4a p. c. do at Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent 60 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent at Do. redeem. 41 p. ct st Do. redeem. 4 p. ct st Do. irredeem. 4p. at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares 10 Do. Cheaters p.c. pl. she 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she at Do. Birm. guar. stock 263 Do. Chester guar. shares 13 Do. do 20 Do. do 00 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref at Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s lodpe East Lan.) at Do. 4 6 p ( a . c. (Blackb. per. at Lon.&Brig.sp.o.gu. No.] at Do. 5 per cenLdo. No 2 at Do. 6 per eelIC-de.. •, . • at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 at Do. 7 per cent pref. stk st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) at Do. 4 p ast.(div.def.llP6s st Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. at Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. at Lon. &S. West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares at Do. 44 per cent !s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d 12i Londondy. & Cole. shs 121 Londony. & Ennis. shs at Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 . st Do. 31 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6percent 121 Marort & Carl. 4 pr. c 14 yp Do. 4i per cent at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c st Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem at Do. 41 p.c. Irredeemable 6 Do. 4 per cent. .„ . . at Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct st Norfik. sp. c. Ex. at. 1846 st Do. 5i p. c. Pref. st. 1847 IDo.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 ' at INort British, 5 per cent. st Do. New elm 5 percent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 10 Do. do. do. at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. at I N -East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. at Do. 4a pr. ct. redeemable at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref. 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 12 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 25 Do. York, H. &S. Perch 20 North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney_Guaranteed st Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock Os. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent 0. 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 41 per cent. at Do, Fixed 4a per cent st South Wales, gua. 4p. c. at Do. 4a per cent ... . . at Do. do. 1859: at Do. 5 per cent st S. Yorkshire, IP. c. gua 20 Do. 5 guk 5 Stock. & D ar. Ap. sp. c. , 25 Do. p. c 25 Do. c 6 p. at Wated & Kilkny, 6p. st W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk st Do. 2d do .... . st Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. at Do. I'erpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 st Do. 'till 1869 100 100 100 all all 98 100 89 91 90 92 102 104 94 10i 17 18 104 11 77 79 201 214 10 101 15 16 - - 135 137 102 104 112 114 112 114 135 140 112 114 152 156 128 131 75 77 96 98 I:3i 131 [24 126 1 IPm 69 71 i !pm 1101 971 4 101 DOCKS. stock .Commercial I 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.ilin 100 stock East and West India lOO stock I.ondon . , , 100 stock I. Katharine. lOO s t o ck Southampton lOO et4ok 'Victoria .. ...... ....us lOO 20 I DOI NEW ,weewweerses• 2 [l2 114 90 92 I Closingßusiness Paid. l Price. done. 7i 8 6i 7 96 67 1061 106; 62 1062 i 58 1 i i 7 i 39 8 5 6 9 11 43 44 131i 71 13 81 2 1} )1p 101 103 68 70 6.5 k 66 9S 9Sf d p 55 55/ 87 8/ 100 102 ti sd' 104 11 95 (.16 [36 138 [O3 105 94 96 [ll 113 100 111 11 lipm 100 102 97 09 } dis par dis Pal 22 23 [32 136 10 11 244 25 101 103 101 103 87 00 i li P 28 25 32 34 31 33 42 45 128 130 1 23 126 103 los 124 128 120 125 124 126 67 59 60 62 99 101 id p SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY C/osial Price: Roilwayo. (Paid. Business done antic ht St Lawrence Bont.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Buffalo and Lake Huron 20 I Do. New 67 70 100 101 54 6 d 6 51 61 Ei i i Do. Preference Clcu &S.Eas to ( ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 41 p c. Debentra. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Grand Trunk of Canada if 8 5 5k 1001 104 1; Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. In diaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (L hn) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 44 d 0........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick .1c Canda Ry.,tLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Shar, Do. do. Land do.-- Do. do. B Capital do.:. Do. do. Land do. Scinde 4+: Do. Punjaub ...• „T, Do. Do. ........ t ce Do. Indus. St. Flo. s„g Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILIVAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING.—THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of directors and share holders took place to -day at the Waterloo Terminus, Captain MANGLES, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, hav ing been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose to move its adoption. He prcoeeded to explain the different items of expenditure in the capital account in every instance; the work executed, or in course of being completed, being for the improving, making good defects, and enlarging the buildings belonging to the company. With respect to the loans that had been raised, and for which 6 per cent. had had to be paid, he had great pleasure in informing the meeting that they had succeeded in getting those loans renewed at 4 per cent. The shareholders might rest assured that the greatest at tention was paid to finance, as the committee appointed to manage that branch invariably borrowed when money was dear only for short periods, and for long when it was cheap. It was a source of gratification that the gross earnings of the company for the half-year exceeded those of the corre spending period of 1860 by £39,242. With reference to the paragraph in the report which referred to the doubling of the line between Wimborne and Dorchester, he had to in form the shareholders that about 10 miles were ready for the reception of the permanent rails, and the re maining 15 miles were in a very forward state. The works on the Exeter junction had been completed, and the narrow gauge rails had been laid down on the Exeter and Cloediton line, so that there was now an unbroken connec tion-from London and all parts of the South-Western Rail way to Crediton, and the directors confidently expected that the greatest advantage would accrue from the arrange ment. The company had three bills before Parliament, by the first of which the company proposed to raise £500,000 for steam and other expenses at Nine Elms and other places, and improving of the station at Vauxhall and at Southamp ton. By the second, which was to authorise the making a junction with the Andover and Redbridge Railway it was proposed to raise £120,000; and by the third, which was for extending the South-Western through North Somersetshire, and by the Radstock coal fields to Bristol, £750,000 was the sum proposed to be raised. With respect to the difference that had arisen between themselves and the Great Western, he could assure the meeting that the directors of the South-Western were men of peace, and they had done everything in their power to prevent a rupture of peaceful relations. It had been said that they (the South- Western) were the persons declaring war, but he thought that when one railway unceremoniously invaded the pro vinces of another, it was a declaration of war to all , intents and purposes. This the Great Western had done. The South-Western had done everything to meet the views of the Great Western in a peaceable way. They had offered to take their traffic from Basingstoke to Southampton at a mileage rate, the Great Western fixing their own amount of fare for the through journey. The had also offered the Great Western the privilege of having a " tout. ing shop," or office for the securing of passengers at South ampton, and they had also proposed that in the event of any differences arising between the two companies they be settled by the Beara . of Trade, or by the arbitration of some competent person, jut all was of no avail. The directors of the South-Western had felt that to have gone further than the terms proposed would have been to neglect the interest of their shareholders. (Hear) hear.) Their great desire was peace, and in order to show their desire was sincere, he thought the terms offered to the Great Western were sufficient to meet the cravings of the most hung' y traffic-seeker in the world. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish in any remarks that he had made to make any attack on the chairman of the Great Western, but he could not but look with regret at the prospect of a cessation of friendly relations which had existed for so long. Th, hon gentleman concluded by moving the reception of the repor Count EYRE seconded the resolution. After some discussion, the report was agreed to. Tho retiring directors having been le-elected, the proceed ings terminated. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING.-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the p ro prietors of thi s COM , parry was held this morning at the King's C ross Station, to receive the report of ,he directors, and on the g enera l busi nessman o o f f t t h h e e c directors, om p a ny p r e E s i d a m e d u n . d Denison, Esq., the chair- The report, with the accounts, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was always of opinion that it was advisable to call the attention of the shareholders to the manner in which the capital was dealt with. It ought, on the part of the pro prietors, to be most zealously watched, and prevent that which had been done in other companies —applying capital to purposes which ought to be charged to revenue, and in so far as the directors could they always pursued that bourse, but in the account submitted to them they would find a sum of £46,000 had been added to the capital stock. But he ought to explain that was done for the purpose of increasing their rolling stock to meet the requirements of their increased traffic, and which no doubt would be muck greater during the approaching Great Exhibition, and he did not think that the auditor was to blame, or that the shareholders ought to complain that the sum had been so placed, instead of placing it to revenue, It would also be seen that their outlay had been larger than usual. It amounted to £129,584 10s.; but the principal part of that (£51,361) arose from the subscription to the Ger sten and Liverpool line, which he felt satisfied would be of great benefit to the company. Having made some general observations in reference to the various points in the report, he said he theught they would con sider it satisfactory their total net revenue was £409,427 19s. 11d, as compared with 1860, which was £354,151 Bs. 5d., being an increase of £55,276 ss. Bd., and the balance available for a dividend £186,296 13s, Bd., which enabled them to declare a dividend on the original stock at the rate of £7 15s. per cent., or £3 17s. 6d. for the half-year. B stock £3 per cent. for the half-year, and A stock £4 15s. per cent. for the half•year. The balance, after payment of the dividends, would be £423 Bs. 2d. He then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT said, before the motion was put he begged to say ho was of opinion, that until they closed their capital stock for three years they would never go on correctly. He found that £46,000 had been placed to capital instead of being put to revenue, and he considered that it was a very great question if they should gain £46,000 in crease of traffic by the Great Exhibition. He also com plained of the directors interfering so much with every bill that came before Parliament, their law costs were enor mous, and in many instances unnecessary. Mr. MARRIOTT also complained of the constant increase of their law costs. He also asked several questions relative to the increased expenditure for sheets. Mr. HUGHES said the two previous speakers had stolen his thunder, he meant with reference to their law and par liamentary lists; he had always advocated some alteration in the mode in which their law proceedings were conducted. Speaking, in round numbers, they had expended two mil lions of money since the formation of the company. Their business would be better carried on by the appointment of a law clerk at a salary. He had no objection to their soli citors; let them act as law clerks and take a salary. Mr. HOWARD made some remarks with regard to the Manchester and Sheffield Company having stolen a march upon them. The CHAIRMAN, in answering the several questions with regard to the law expenses, said that had been fully dis cussed in a committee of the directors, and it was found that no better course could be adopted, thsir great law'ex penses arose from the rules laid down by Parliament rela tive to private bills. 1 The report was then adopted, and the dividends recom mended, £3 17s. 6d. for the half-year on the Original Stock, £3 per cent. on the B Stock, and £4 15s. for the A Stock for the half-year, being the balance after payment of the 6 per cent. per anuum to the B Stock guaranteed by A Stock. declared. Mr. Geo. Walker, Mr. Chas. Wilson Faber, and Mr. Edward Christopher Egerton, M.P., the time directi,rs who go out by rotation, were re-elected. The proceedings shortly afterwards terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE , (This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ihe wasin employeii poo of n Francis a . street CART ROBBERY.--James Smith and J o h n Clove, the former described as a labourer and the latter as an errand , Fitzroy-square, the previous night with his cart, w h en he boy, were charged with the following robbery •._ Ho A lbo c r a o r w m , a c n hene:ed ig was informed that two persons had taken a cheese from it of the weight of 401 b., and of the value of £1 10s. He pur sued the prisoners into a me ws in Clipstone-street, where memonSgPere,shaitd n the he found the cheese on a dung-heap. He then gave the prisoners into custody. Edwin Dutch, a boy, said he saw the man Smith take the cheese from the cart and then join the other prisoner, Clover, and they made off with it, carrying it between them. _ . . _ — Tl;e carman said he had only left the cart a short time. A constable said he took the pri soners into custody in Chapel-mews, and they said they knew nothing about the robbery. Barnes, the gaoler, said he knew. n othing of th e p r i soners. The prisoners both pleaded guilty. Mr. Yardley committed them for six months each with hard labour. The hour has evidently arrived for some settle ment of the footing on which the whole conduct of our most powerful colonies is to procee d . M r. Goldwin S m ith urges that a se lf -governing be a s e lf-d e f en di ng o lo u n r g al c l o io n s : that idllions ought to be able once — t will think but ttonomlaoknogetrheomur independentdependeneio dependencies. tatei nod a s t tw o oi people eeidoo epp rll tueeht, also. ol s l sni cannot ok:.obtAuht b ew c populationd Canadians,nlo n i e must a t t ao a lfl s t t sau r hd, o oom k um e i t , to keep its own head by . its own arm; and there is every indication that the Canadians are as able as any people on earth to do this--Once R FeCk. Share 100 stk all lon all all all all I iP 99i 100 i 1011 102, 99 101 102 103 102 103 104 105 25 26 71 73 60 63 40 42 40 45 37 40 37 40 100 k 101 pr 99i 1001 124 12! 8 7i 98 102 93 95 991 100$ 62 94 90 92 5 7 4 6 1011 1024 i pr '5 98 3 1d 1042 25 ,711 17i stock stock 100 100 100 I 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 204 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock all {lOO 15 all 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Algerian ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ....... Bah. & S. Fran.. Lim. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine Rail Copiapo .......• .. • • • • • • Ditto Extension . Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'm n (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Pere.) xua. 7 p. ct. 1hn...... Riga t Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders ; Do. 5 o. Preference W. Jr N.W. of France WestPrn of Austria ‘Vestern of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 6/ 6; 1 7 1 -1) / 1/ 11 12 44 4 23 24 10 Ha 20 21 40 41 8 10 8 4 74 422 4.2} 54 66 31 %.1 12 15 81 gi et ;,lom lf r p 28j t9j 7,1 71 10 _l4 22 23 BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Pliiiaci British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cone, (Taoist. East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... East Cam Brea.... E. WI _Russel (Tavistk Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen Great South 'Tolgus .Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (llelston' Grenville fferod's- Foot if ingston Dorms Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant Niarke Valley.. Nryndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Mogan' Wh'i Basset (1110 zan' North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny ielnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim 'Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Cann.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(liedruth) Whtvti Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)l ES. 30 82 410 420 18 52 30 31 101 11 21 3} 13 15 4 41 61 7 2 2,1 36 38 21 42 44 10 10i d fpm 5 51 3 34 ?4 2f 42 44 315 21 3 100 165 29 31 14 2 9 91 124 134 39 41 270 280 974 1024 724 77i 11 2 101 111 15 16 18 19 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all I 1 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 14 14 1 Clarendon ConsilDuCo ; dig. 40 Cobre Copper all 32 14 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 14 3 .East Del Itey (Limited) 1 I 2 Fortuna 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 Id p 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 / p 1 1 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d pr 1 Mariquita all I 4 4 1 N.RhineCopoiS.Aus.L 4}lf 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... j all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. 14 11pm 2 4 20 St. John del Rey (L.) I 15 63 65 28.2.84 United Mexican ail 84 9 1 Worthing (Limited) I all t COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ICan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 ..... Do Op. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 106 108 1084 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept lOO 109 111 De. 5 per cent lOO 99 100 Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 111 113 , Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 , Ceylon, Nov.18(51, 6p c 100 N.R.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 1054 1064 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. •G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 974 98/ 93 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 97 98 - ,New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 107 109 [Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. l6O 1074 1084 IS. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 ,104 106 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&0ct...., 100 I 107 108 1074 107 I I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&TJnitedServiceßk 60 89 91 40 Australasia... all 66 67 661 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 100 Baal: of London 50 76 77 50 British North American all 52 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 2lt 22} 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 S 4 100 City 100 Colonial 25 39 41 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Cli.. all 184 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.l3kof Austral all 254 26 251 6 20 Do. new all 25 251 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO IP 10 0 London & West m i ns t er 2 0 80 82 81 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 125 20 Do. new l2 50 National Rank ........ 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 54 55 20 Ottoman Bank ......... all 21 22 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new 25 South Australia .., all 25 Union of Australia all 42 43 44 3i 4 50 Utll tof London ....! 12 31i 32i 32 100 Unity 60 ,ANE OUS. 16 17 2 3 26 28 29 32 18 20 9 11 111 113 15 17 83 85 104 1(8 105 108 11 01 pr }pm 96 99 3 4 If If 24 21 4 5 A iP I 2 lel 10 15 1 1 1 i li i 7i 8 51 53 68 70 10 12 19# 191. 17 19 5 6 52 54 134 131 32 34 4 1 61 de p pr p lk u 4 9 10 MISCEL Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic H. Ml. Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) lAustralian Agricultural , Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land iB.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Li m. ) ; Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) China & Japan Coast & River 'Steam Navtga. Cop. Min. ofEng. & Sinitg Do. Pref. 74 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. B p et. Perpet. Deb, E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph English Do. New &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigatlln Great Slip Limited) Do. 174 p et Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim, Do. 8 per cent. pref National Dim. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.PreCiss.ati dis N. Br .&NovaScotiaLand IN.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 'Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea&ln.TeLg.44p, o , Rhymney Iron Do. New. • Royal Mail Steam ..... Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) S ou th Australian La n d !Submarine Tel. Scrip !Do. do. Registered D o. do Trust T Tuyr e 6A. no u ir a t P im. t ma t c l and Agency t i o o A l(io i cui g n mL e op d n ). i e n a t csayat( (am ) 11} 11 k ' EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1862. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MIIAN7CIIESTER-FATDAY. There were net many subscribers present, the Waterloo Coursing Meeting having greater attraction than our Sub scription Rooms. Both Suburban and Zuleika were backed for the Lincoln Handicap, the former being in great re quest. The little done on the Grand National was upon one or two outsiders. There was no change on the favour ites. Closing prices:— LINCOLN HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Suburban (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Zuleika (taken) Bto 1 bar two (offered) GRAND NATIONAL. 25 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tumbler (taken) 33 to 1 agst Tippler (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 3 agst Malek (taken) CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Weasel (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Nettingham S .. 4 Coventry l7 Derby Spring 6 Warwick Spring .. 18 Liverpool S Doncaster APRIL. Northampton 1 Croxton Park .. 4 Epsom Spring Liverpool Hunt Club 12 Ponteland Newmarket C 2l Bishop Auckland Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 24 Thirsk [AY. Newmarket F S Chester Spring .. 13 York Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford .. 11 Manchester ll Ascot .. 17 Beverley Newcastle Hampton Carlisle rLY. Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester .. Newmarket Worcester .. lO Liverpool Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford . Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough 25 Goodwood usvr. Radcliffe Brighton 5 Brighton Clut Lewes 8 Wolverhampton ..... 12 Reading l4 Wenlock l5 York Stockton 26 Egham .. 26 Lichfield 26 Bridgwater Ludlow .. THE GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, FRIDAY. This important meeting came to a close to-day. The following is the result of the running : WATERLOO PLATE. SECOND TIES. Mr. Randall nd Blue Hat beat Mr. Morrall nd Ada Mr. Irving nd Faldonside beat Mr. Catterall nd Slip Mr. Bake nd Jetsam ran a bye Mr. Russell nd Othello beat Mr. Tyrer nd Wild Sea FOURTH TlES.—Faldonside beat Blue Hat, and Othello beat Jetsam. DECIDING COURSE.—Othello beat Faldonside, and won the Plate. WATERLOO PURSE. THIRD TIES. Mr. Long nd Romping Girl beat Mr. Peacock nd Blue Cap Mr. Gregeon's Whipcord beat Mr. Barden nd Dervock Mr. Spink's Sea Pink bent Mr. Knowles nd Corooran Mr. Callan nd Confederate beat Lieutenant Colonel Bathurst, M.P, nd Bird of Prey THIRD TlM—Romping Girl beat Whipcord, and Sea Pink beat Confederate DECIDING COUISSE.—Sea Pink beat Romping Girl, and won the purse. THE WATERLOO CUP. FIFTH TIES. Mr. Callander nd Roaring Meg beat Mr. Brundrit's Belligerent Mr. Brocklebank's Bowfell beat Mr. Gibson nd King• water. DECIDING COURSE.—Roaring Meg beat Bowfin, and won the Cup. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of produce are seasonably large, and most deseliptions move off slowly at the annexed rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 0 to 12 0 .1 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 10 0 to 15 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 2 6 31elons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 6 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per sieve 4 0 to 4 6 Pears, per do 6 0 to 1! 0 Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 9 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. 8 d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 40to 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hi sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prpt 0 oto 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 4 61 Shallots, per lb .. 0 10 to 1 1 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 2 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bun. 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1. 6to 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 90 to 160 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 1 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 2 oto 2 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 0 C Carrots, pr do 3 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 ot o 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 01 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 o Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 I Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv.l2 oto 0 0 ' Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. sv 1 3to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 6 French beans, h.s. 3 oto 5 0 Asparagus, pr do. 6 oto 8 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 10s Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each; geese, 5s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 55 Od to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 4s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 94 to is 6d each ; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to lOs Od; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Oa Od ; hares, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, is 6d to 2s Od ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, 4s Od to Os; snipes, I s to Is 6d ; teal, is Od to is 6d ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os 9d to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 141 to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, lOs Od to 12s ; French do., 8s Od to les Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each, BILLING SLATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and h a lib u t, Gd p ei ' lb. • turbots, 2s 6d to 15s; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brill s , I s Od to 5s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s Od ; lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to Is Od each; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s to 208 ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 7s • haddocks, 3s to 12s ; smelts, is 6d to O s Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 408; fresh herrings, 6s to Os ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; ca r p an d t enc h, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 10d to Os Od ; ,and pork, 3s 6d to 4s Sd per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bfd to 9d , of household do., 6fd to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, ltd to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4,-Id to 41d. Horse hides, 8s 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, 8s Od to 98 6d; Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 to £4lss ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to 16s Od per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. -Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover, £3 lOs to Lb 10s ; and 'straw, El 8s to El 168 per load. Both hay and straw met a heavy sale at our quotations. COAL ARKAT. (Prices of Coal per Ton al s. d. the close of the market Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....14 6 Tanfield Moor Butes..l2 6 Davison's West Hart- s. d. Edon Main l4 6 Walls'End. ley 14 3 West Wylam 13 0 Carway and Duifryn Malting .... 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 61 Ships at market _ IHetton .. l6 0 Russel's Hetton 14 6 Brsddyll's Hetton 14 9 Kelloe South Hart1ep001......14 6 Hartlepool.. l5 6 , 101; sold, 38. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Mar. 21. via Marseilles Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. March 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Feb. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 25. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 25. via Marseilles Feb. 20. Lisbon Feb. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 25. via Marseilles Feb. 27. Newfoundland .. Mar. 5 , Oporto and Vig o , 7 U. S. and British N;A mer ica, by Brit. p ac k e t Feb. o by U.S. packet... • by Canadian packet Feb. 19. W.C.C. of Africa, Mad e i ra , an d T ener iff e M ar. Mar. 10. . Bahamas, via New Y or k Mexico.. 28. THE ALBERT MEMO.RIAL FUND. Yesterday, at a meeting, specially con vened by the Lord Mayor, for the purpcse of hear ing a communication containing a statement of the views and wishes of her Majesty in relation to the proposal for erecting a national memorial of the late Prince Consort, was held at the Mansion-house by the committee of noblemen and gentlemen, up wards of 100 in number, charged with the superin tendence and application of the fund now being I raised with that view in the City of London. There was a large attendance of members notwithstand ing the shortness of the notice. The Light Hon. the LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, said he had invited their attendance to re ceive a communication addressed to him by General Grey, which had reached him on the previous even ing. Considering it to be of great interest and importance, he had thought that no time should be lost in laying it before the General Committee, and he was glad to see so large an attendance. Mr. Goodman, one of the honorary secretaries, at the request of the Chief Magistrate, then read the following letter, which his lordship had sent to Gen. Grey on Tuesday evening last, in pursuance of a resolution unanimously passed at a general meet ing of the committee on that day : " Mansion-house, Feb. 18, 1862. " Sir,—ln order to give expression to the deep feeling of respect entertained by all classes for the memory of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, I was induced to con vene a public meeting at the Mansion-house on the 14th ult. for the purpose of considering the propriety of erecting a lasting memorial to that illustrious Prince, and I beg herewith to transmit to you a copy of the resolutions which were passed at that meeting. " I have the honour to inform you that the amount of contributions reported up to last night is £32,779. " It is the opinion of the committee, as well as my own, that a considerable amount will yet be subscribed, and I feel assured the coming contributions will be greatly influ enced by a knowledge of her Majesty's wishes on the subject of the memorial, and the certainty that her Majesty's de sires will be carefully followed out. " You will see by the second resolution which was passed at the meeting with unanimous cordiality, that the memorial should be of a monumental and national character, and that its design and mode of execution should be approved by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. " It appears to the committee that the time has arrived when her Majesty should be made officially acquainted with the progress of this movement, and I take the liberty of requesting that you will do me the honour to submit the matter to her Majesty, with a view of ascertaining what may be her Majesty's desire as to the nature of the monu ment, its site, and the mode of execution. " I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient ser• vant, (( WILLIAM CUBITT, Mayor. " Lieutenant -General the Hon. C. Grey, Osborne." The LORD MAYOR said with the approbation of the meeting he would now read the reply to that communication, which he received about 5 o'clock on Thursday evening : " Osborne, Feb. 19, 1862. "My Lord,—l have had the honour of receiving and submitting to the Queen your lordship's letter of the 18th inst., communicating the proceedings which have taken place with a view to the erection of a national monument to the much lamented Prince Consort. " The Queen feels grateful from the bottom of her heart for the universal sympathy that has been expressed for her in her deep affliction ; but it is still more soothing to her feeling to know that the noble character, the truly Princely nature, of him whose loss has bowed her to the earth, with a sense of desolation and misery that every day, alas ! serves only to increase, is appreciated by th e country; :hat the benefits he has been instrumental in con ferring upon the nation, the good he has wrought since he first came among us, and to effect which he may truly be said alone to have lived, are under stood and acknowledged. " The Queen is also much touched by the feeling which has led the promoters of the movement for ereiting a national monument to the Prince to leave the nature of that monument to her decision. It is a subject on which there must necessarily be much difference of opinion. Many, influenced, doubtless, by the belief that there was nothing which the Prince himself had so deeply and constantly at heart as the promotion of whatever might tend to the ad vantage of the community at large, or of any por tion of it, have thought that the most appropriate monument to his memory would be to connect his name with some great work that should have that end in view; and the Queen cannot but be gratified by this proof of a just appreciation of his character. " But it would probably be difficult to procure anything like agreement as to the nature of the institution which should thus bear his honoured name, and it would be inexpressibly painful to the Queen were any controversy to arise on such a subject. "It would also be more in accordance with her own feelings, and, as she believes, with those of the country generally, that the proposed monument should be more directly personal to its object— should be, in fact, more what is commonly under stood by the word. Even so it is probable that opinions may differ as to the character that would be most appropriate for such a monument. But the Queen is confident that the same good feeling which has led to the reference of the subject to her deci sion will lead to a cordial acquiescence in it—to the cheerful abandonment of in dividual views, and to an unanimous working together to effect the object all have at heart. " After giving the subject her best consideration, her Majesty has come to the conclusion that nothing would be more appropriate, provided it is on a scale of sufficient grandeur, than an obelisk to be erected in Hyde-park on the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, or on some spot immediately contiguous to it; nor would any proposal that can be made be more gratifying to the Queen personally, fot she can never forget that the Prince himself had highly approved of the idea of a memorial of this character being raised, on the same spot, in remembrance of that d Exhibition. " There would also be this advantage in a monu ment of this nature—that several of the first artists of the day might take part in its execution; for there would be room at the base of the obelisk for various fine groups of statuary, each of which might be intrusted to a different artist, In the selection of the artists to be employed, in the choice of a design, and in the consideration of the details of execution, the Queen would wish to obtain the best advice ; and she would therefore desire to call to her assistance a small committee, consisting of persons in whom she could feel satis , fled that the country would repose entire confidence. " I have written by her Majesty's command to those whose assistance she thus desires to obtain, and I will lose no time, as soon as I shall have re ceived their answers, in communicating their names to your lordship. "I have the honour to be, your lordship's very faithful and obedient servant, " C. GREY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." The reading of this communication was listened to with most marked attention, and at its conclusion the meeting manifested an unanimous and cordial approval. The LORD MAYOR said in the same envelope there was another letter, which he conceived to have been made separate and supplementary, in order that the committee might exercise their judgment and discre tion as to whether or not it might be made public. He would read the letter to the committee, but for the present he respectfully requested the represen tatives of the press to forbear giving it publicity. The communication, so prefaced, was then read by his Lordship. It breathed throughout sentiments the most touching a n d noble, p erha p s, of any to which utterance has be en g iven on this g re at national calamity. Its simple pathos appear e d t o t h rill the the hearts of all pre sent. The emoetyieerniorie it produced was visible in the countenance of y its conclusion the whole c ommittee was ' and at , more or less unmanned. Sit N OON, breaki ng the silence, said he could not help thinking the second letter was equally d e serving of publicity with the first, and submitted that the commitee should consider and decide the question as to the desirability of giving it also to the world. The LORD MAYOR thought the intention was that the committee should make any use of it they might think proper ; but, in his opinion, it had better not at the be published. (H ear , h ear .) H e sukgested, ` ~ ,y..m - - s.. - x ` -.. same time, that it was most desirable that the first letter and all their proceedings of that day should be made public. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. IkToRLEY, speaking with some little emo tion, aaid he believed the moral effect of the second letter would be prodigious. (Hear.) He could not, however, presume to recommend , its publication until the committee obtained the requisite permis sion, but he repeated his conviction that its effect on the whole country would be little less than elec tric—(hear)—calculated as it was to deepen, if that were possible, the national grief and the all-per vading feeling of devoted loyalty to the Throne. (Hear, hear.) Sir FRANCIS MOON suggested that it would be desirable to defer the publication of the first letter until the committee obtained permission to publish the second. The LORD MAYOR thought it would be a pity to do that, relating as the first letter did to a subject in which the community were so much interested. (Hear, hear.) After some further conversation on this point, in which Sir M. Peto, Mr. Alderman Rose, and other gentlemen took part, the LORD MAYOR said he pre sumed it to be understood that he was invested with the discretion of publishing the supplemental letter or not, as it might appear advisable. (Hear, hear.) Then on the motion of Sir E. A NTROBUS, seconded by Mr. T. BARING, M.P., the committee passed an unaninacus resolution expressiv e of their deep gra tification that the measures which they had taken for raising a national monument to the memory of the late illustrious Prince Consort had been honoured by the approval of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. At the instance of Mr. GREGSON, M.P., seconded by Mr. WINKwORTII, it was also resolved that a sub-committee be hereafter appointed to co-operate with the committee to be named by the Queen in carrying out more fully her Majesty's wishes in the choice of a design, its execution, and the selection of the artists to be employed. These resolutions were, on the motion of Alder man Colonel WILSON, seconded by Mr.R. GURNEY, the Recorder of London, forwarded to Lieutenant- General Grey with a request that they might be laid before her Majesty the Queen. With that the meeting separated. Down to last evening the total amount of the fund was .£33,500. The following is the second letter alluded to by the Lord Mayor at the above meeting. It ix published with her Majesty's permiesion " OSBORNE, FEB. 19, 1862. " My Lord,—The Queen wishes me to add a few words to the answer to your letter, which you will receive with this, expressive in a more special man ner of her Majesty's personal wishes. " She is aware that she could not with any pro priety contribute, as a wife, to a monument to her husband ; but she is also the Sovereign of this great Empire, and, as such, she cannot but think she may be allowed to join with the nation in the expression of a nation's gratitude to one to whom it owes so • much. " Who has a dearer interest than the Que en i n the well-being and the happiness of the people ? ♦nd if it has pleased God to make her reign, so far, happy and prosperous, to whom, under Divine Providence, is this so much owing, as to her beloved husband—in all matters of doubt or difficulty her wise counsel, her unfailing guide and support! "No one can know, as the Queen knows, how his every thought was devoted to the country--how his only aim was to improve the condition of the people, and to promote their best interests. Indeed, his untiring exertions in furtherance of these objects tended, in all probability, to shorten his precious ife. " Surely, then, it will not be out of place that, following the movement of her people, the Queen should be allowed to consider how she may best take part with them in doing honour to her beloved Prince, so that the proposed monument may be recorded to future ages as reared by the Queen and people of a grateful country to the memory of its benefactor.—l have the honour to be your Lord ship's most obedient and faithful servant, " G. GREY. "The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c." SERVICES OF SUFFOLK LIFEBOATS. The following is an account of the important services which have been rendered during the past few years by the lifeboats on the Suffolk coast belonging to, or in connection with the National Lifeboat Institution, which were instru mental in rescuing the crews of the following shipwrecked vessels :—Brig Louisa, of Newhaven, 9; brig Tennant of Stockton, 8 ; brig Oswy, of Shoreham, 12; schooner Orwell, of Arbroath, 5; schooner Lord Douglas, of Dundee, 5; schooner Silva, of Glasgow, 4; steamer Shamrock, of Dublin, 14; brig Scotia, of Sunderland, 6 ; sloop Three Brothers, of Goole, 5 ; brig St. Michael, of Auray, 8; schooner Fly, of Whitby, 4 ; pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft, 7; lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft, 11; barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen, 11; brig Henry, of Montrose, 11; brig Dromingen, of Norway, 8 ; schooner Hermann, of Rostock, 8; schooner Elizabeth, of Portma doc, 6; barque Zemira, of Leghorn, 8 ; steamer Enchan tress, of Hull, 14; brig Penshor, of Sunderland, saved vessel and crew of 7 men ; brig Lucind, of Memel, 11 ; schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich, 5 ; steamer Lion, of Waterford, 10 ; fishing boat of Thorpeness, 3 ; brig Henry Morton, of Sunderland, 8 ; sloop of Goole, 3 ; trig Velocity, of Sunderland, 8 ; brig Pallas, of Shields, 3 ; brig Corregio, of Poole, 9 ; French brig La Jeune Mario Therese, 6 ; barque Perseverance, of Scar borough, 5 ; making a total of 242 persons rescued from a in all e borne in mind that the lives saved by lifeboats must, i w n a s t e t r u r y m g e r n a t va twithin t i t e h s e e las va t lu fi a v b e l o e r li s fe im bo y a e ts a . rs, It ifeboat Institution h as thr sh ou ou gh ld * b h e o sum of £376 13 s , d to the gallant crews an aggr eg ate vote its lifeboat serv i ces, and its i h m u p m o a r n tan pr t o s b e a r b vi il c i e t s y, th h e av iv oLth n e a r l w L ise perished. For these 6d. Since the commenc e men t of the present century, Suf eibealkl has t h b e e sameendistinguished se f o r r e mains to this day unabated. Only the other day, its chief town, Ipswich, set a noble ' example in this respect to the cities and towns of the United Kingdom. Although not on the coast itself, it occurred to some benevolent gentlemen, resident at Ipswich, headed by Mr. W. Byng, that the town might most efficiently be represented there by a lifeboat, provided by themselves, and thus indirectly assist in the performance of the impor tant national duty of protecting the lives of shipwrecked persons. The Ipswich lifeboat will be stationed at Thorpe ness, near Aldborough, where wrecks are of frequent occur rence, and where, unfortunately, she will so often, we fear, unti n National g to be called into requisition in saving life. afetboats servicesof the institutio n, s le t t i i t t u u t t i j o eu establishments on the coasts of England, Scotland,hn shore es tsraummaboa a £20,000 on various lifeboatireland. Li l fe t b i o s a r t ig l h ns t t t i o tu a t d io d n th h a a t, s d i u n r e t r g re th d e e p x a p s e t n y s e e a s rs am th o e n. e n en d p tal in rescuing 500 shipwrecked to £515 10s. fur saving 373 shipwrecked per sons. For these making a total of ~, 845 2d. as rewards. It has also granted has voted 11, have During been b_ti boats and oth e rai id d lt o ihf t ee h b ether m ean s , 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. rewards persoxis, amounting The number of lives saved by the lifeboats of the society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,293 ; for which se rvices 82 gold me d a l s, 704 silver medals, and £15,250 cash, have been paid in rewards. The institution has also expended £57,200 on lifeboats, lifeboat transporting car riages, and boat-houses. The public cannot but sympa thise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this in-. stitution, to save the lives of shipwrecked crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions of the society is the past few years, it has now. 122 lifeboats under its management, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be per petuated. Contributions in aid of this good work are re ceived by all the bankers in the United Kingdom. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The directors of the Great Ship Company have decided on the appointment of Captain Walter Paton, of Liverpool, as the commander of 'th e e Great Eastern. Captain Paton, who is well known in Liverpool, is highly spoken of as an able and experienced man and as thoroughly a gentleman. It is understood that his salary will be £l,OOO per annum, with contingent ad vantages. SALE OF AN ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER.-"Yes terday The Queen, an illustrated we ekl y p a p er, which w as 'started about six months ago by M r. S. 0. Beeton, the w e ll - known publisher, was sold by Mr. Hodgson, the auc tioneer of Chancery-lane, The circ u lation was stat e d t o b e about 7,000 o s w of e p which were . dispo se d of with ttklryod, uwebtiiocit was just sufficient to cov er 0,10 ex- The money sunk i n th e conce rn pns was about £3,500, and £2,000 of that sum had been, 'paid e for wood engravings , right. After waiting an hour for a s econ d bi ke Copy d ding the auctioneer knocked down the lots to Mr. Itr 4 1 Edon, the publisher, of Paternoster-row, for £560, re fer er- the the in d i]td eir ) of ,of ea ifle ese the red. red DOD, ris, tea, ank 60; 4N the Lion pon ncil ) of on's , at )ro- the Ti-. 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