The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

MONEY MAR KET A ATD CIT Y NE I'l S. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 11th January, as usual at this period of the year, shows some important changes. The payment of the half-yearly dividend has diminished the public deposits by about three millions and a half ster ling, while the private deposits, from the same cause, have been augmented about two millions. The other securities, in consequence of the repayments of loans made upon stock during the shutting of the transfer books, have been lessened by nearly a million and a quar ter sterling, and the reserve of notes, owing to the increased circulation, shows a moderate falling off. The bullion, through the demand for the continent, and the non-arrival of supplies from Australia and the United States, together with the extra demand Caused by the distribution of the dividends, has been decreased to the extent of about a quarter of a million sterling. In the other items of the balance sheet there is not much change of importance ; they Will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. Increase .. Bullion Decrease .. Rest .. • Increase • Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase .. £21,831,320 • • 6,225 .. 16,224,129 .. 236,695 .. 3,250,728 .. 40,786 .. 5,564,925 .. 3,594,631 .. 15,543;469 .. 2,134,142 Seven Day and other Bills .. 812,439 Increase ' .. 16,844 Government Securities .. 10,963,822 Increase .. 40,040 Other Securities .. .. 19,892,930 Decrease 1,199,979 Notes Unemployed 8,170,740 Decrease .. 294,850 A farther sum of about £13,000 in bar gold was 'Withdrawn from the Bank of England. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited no change of importance. The dividend to be proposed by the Directors of the Union Bank of Australia, at their meeting on the 16th inst., will be at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum. The first instalment of 10 per cent., amounting to £280,000, will hare to be paid on the Canadian Loan on Monday next. A call of £3 per share, or £90,000, is due on the Severn Valley Railway Shares to-day. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair demand prevailed for most descriptions, at about Previous quotations. The sales were estimated at 8 ,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £283,102, and the exports £46,000, ex c2nsive of the following shipments direct from Lon ton to th e C o ntinent du r ing the week ending 411111 13 day last : sold coin, Calais B e l g i um 1,250 „ C iolcrbars, Hambro' 36 „ Gibraltar and Cadez 1 ,950 „ ' BII, Z coin, Calais Hambre' 'Silver bars, do. to "re firmness has been exhibited in the Market of he Securities to-day, chiefly in consequence the better feeling with regard to Foreign politics, all d,the impro v i ng t en d enc y of the Paris Bourse. C onsole have been 9511 for money, 951 for ac count, but the market is now rather flatter, the lotions quotations f or F e b ruary b e i ng 951 1. The trans have been very limited as usual towards the 08° of the week. The New'Shares and the Re duced are st ea d y a t 951 ; Bank Stock is 228 t 3 X 2 9 ; India New Loan is 1031 to 1042-, and Ex chequer Bills 28s. to 31s. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been I noderately active, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 771 to 781, ; ditto New, 641 to 85 ; 'and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 1042 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. to 44 -1-; Venezuelan 11 per Cents. to 14,-1 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. to 83 ; and ditto Deferred to 22k. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares It s 11 to 1 prem., the Universal ditto a dis. to par, the San P au l o Railway to t dis., the New Bank of t 2 1 'keYa to dis., and the Canadian Loan 21 went ilt The deali ngs i n the Ra i lway Share Market have f ever limited, but in several instances prices Vett e 'vi more firmness. Great Northern, Great kki s o t % Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, dad l lth Eastern improved ss. ; Brighton, 10s., 7 , 1 1 2 1 th British, 15s. a rter. 'Poreign an d C o l on i a l li nes are a l so a s h a de Titi Lombardo-Venetian realised previous 68. • P aris tOlO s., and Grand Trunk of Canada, £l. t ee ,. - Stock Bank an d Miscellaneous Shares have (111°ttion U In very limited request, at about yesterday's s. it B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. kit Stock NLer Cent. R e d uced Annuities 951 } Cent. C onso l s Annuities 3 Li c ii Per Cent. An nu iti es b .T 4 Sthek Cent. i t , u per lO4 1 3 ur,7 t o A Debentures, 1858 I nA -. .' 431 5 for Account (Feb. 8 ) —4ll Stoo k for Aeounnt I t 1 „, to, 1859, 5 per Cent. 1). -4 .quer Bills, £l,OOO, lid . itte Small, 11a. 11 FOREIGN FUNDS—.CLOSING PRICES. 84i 3 11411 08 Ayres, 6 p er C en t ?o bi tto Deferred 22} it b t u:Suese, 1853, 3 per Cent. L'eman, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — kiitt o 41 per , Cent. 98 v.. t .2t.to, $ per Cent., 1859 5 6 1 ~,g , l 4 l l:::: l in k iiittiti s t:: l: 6, per Cent B4 P a llith 3 per Cent. 44i 33f 78i 8 efirLpeoeeafnenr Deferred, ed , 3 per Cent. 65,1 1011 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. V wezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto lf per ce t Be eim l) fl i Wend:on the above payable in London. I *--) - .2 per Cent., En. 251. 99 TWO O'CLOCK. - - _ Consols, Money 951 Ditto Account (Feb.) .. ZONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY MEETING. (THIS DAY.) special general meeting of the proprietors of the South t" %tern R a il way was held this day, at the Waterloo-station, South t" the Purpose of agree i ng t o th e propos i t i on f or t h e ama l- C kt eation with thi s com p any o f th e P ortsmout h Railway— tAtain Mangles in the chair. The report , w hich has already appeared in The Stan, been taken as read, a „' he CRAIRMAN said he exceedingly regretted to have to t ionnce that the present meeting must be adjourned. It t laa not until six o'clock last night that he was informed t i : 4lt it was i m po ss ibl e t o h ave th e d ee d p re p are d in alrto lay it b e f ore th e s h are h o ld ers at t h e mee ti ng l ed for th at day. The delay was occasioned by circum eTneea over which the directors had no control—the cause l u ll the impos s ibility o f arrang i ng i n ti me t o su it a ll the l et gentlemen engaged in a consultation which it was f r a°lu telY necessary to hold. Although the report of the and was short, their deliberations had been long Within anxious, and they had struggled hard to keep p the bounds that had been submitted to the pro :eters. There was no essential difference in tho illia if the agreement with which the proprietors were tented. (Hear, hear.) They had been settled, but ' eo 4 had not yet been drawn up. Under these circum uatn."B he moved that the present meeting should adjourn S aturday the 28th inst., at two o'clock. Slcvd.r., seconded the proposition. fi x I. ' IiEItAPATH wished to know why Saturday was ; 1 4 11 Pan, as it w as a v e r y incon ve nie n t d a y. v TIT E sa i d, on the contrary, ho thought Saturday was ill.? Co nvenient one. (Laughter.) p t a Motion for adjournment, after a few words from Mr. .' reli tty was agreed to. . V' 180ount Palmerston left town yesterday after on for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. T eh , and Lady Lyveden are expected in town -r t ao Y next week from Farming Woods, Northamptonshire. 41 : 1'6 Earl an d C ountess o f S car b oroug h h ave l e ft 'irk George's H o t e l. A n :1E A.BANDONMENT OF THE SHIP MADRAS.— cu i n u quirY, directed by the Board of Trade, into the cir ttedsrces attending the abandonment of the barque held as ) J. Davies, from London for Sierra Leone, was of Lo n. T hursday, before Local Marino Board of the port th e ,„ °n• Mr. H enry G reen presi ded, and Mr. Ingham, tiZatistrate, assisted the board in conducting the inves eted; n • S lr. Tuke, solicitor, appeared to watch the pro w til nge on b e h a l f of the owner, Mr. Hilbery. Mr. Brown, k in e 310 3%1 Exchange Insurance Company, also attended. i n was abandoned November 27, and afterwards scuttled, tue _ d er that s h e m i ght not occasion damage to ot h er in 18 . It was al so a ll ege d that the captain ha d b een in not Pbeerate. The court w ere o f op i n i on t h a t th e s hip had hoard been prematurely abandoned, but would report to the of Trade upon the conduct of Captain Davies.. nates :tiers ins in .ssion the y ex ages, Lrked eon mind path In. of .t use and d his inary Lt the that ently uired r was ,if he )assod e the over- iim it aster. 3rimi .niorts vivid cha e and. :harm 1 life ; and ccoui d the ualled yid is lan of glory lough :times n the mself, Loftier litical st fa- Iritish e was core nence, erage dially 1 the BUT !erage ongly nbued igned le, an raised them traced nd he t dee- Tgssays urnal, hough epoch istitu red in ntary .e for- as sin- Led by ar re party, S own ids of ity. ic, the n, the , how place coon s had t. It have y un of the ighest ,nthu- disin- inary r per- Med, more t hi■ re of 12.ie 13.14 Stock Stock Amberp:,., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction :4elfa,..t. and Ballymena Sir., and :Sir. Val Birk., LA., and Ch. June Blackburn fliyth end Tyne.. Bost.Slefd. & Mid. Coun., Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Illkrock,&PasSag,e Cornwall • p o. A A roves. no div. Do. B mitil6p.c. per an. hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßellastJunc. Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock G t. South.& Wstn.( freld) ,G mat Western Mi.Str.Vl: Rail Ona.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Loud. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South- Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., She!., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby , Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Ilerefcl/ Newry & Armagh (ief.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros , Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Kail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until fip. c.hasbeenp dB Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union ISittingbourne & Sheer ;South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SoutliYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepooll Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail, Ulster Do. 8 8, 764 771 ni 121 6 4 7 103 105 Oil Hi 61 7 71 8; .14 15 50 57 39 • 41 27 2J 811 291 30 994 100! 107 108 96 97 133 135 112 114 694 70 60 65 101 i 102 65 66 114 116 13 14 881 89 971 081 384 84 3 3944 - -d 104 110 87 80 [O4 Ili 58 50 3/1 I d . 62i 63 931 941 1 1 d 471 481 77/ 78 107 109 3/ n 8/ ci 36 ! 1 361 81 7 14 16 115 117 28 28} 85 87 47 49 4 3 44 45 84i 35 72 74 67 70 6 8 37 38 551 561 2# 31} p d * p 60 64 Do Vale of Neath Victoria Station Sr, Pim Waterford As Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick' West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 100 all all all all all 6 61 PREFERENCE SHARES. / Closing Business Share Railways. raid. Price. Done. 2t Blythe and Tyne IC per Can.blov.6p.c.J a.gz July 100 113 115 c. pref. (issued at C5O) all Do. 6p.c.leb.&Aug. 100 113 115 jStle Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 1 0 0 96 93 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1131 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Do. 4 per cent. 1878 100 1139 124 tock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 102 104 Do. 6 per cent. 1880 100 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all —' - N.B.Gov.a p.c. Ja. &July lOC 1084 1094 100 84 Ci Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 6} Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jue, all 54 6 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 99 100 994 Stock E.Ane - ,n. Class A 7 & 6pc 100 100 102 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100 099 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 116 NovaScofriaGov.6 p.c. S. Stock Do. do. Class C7pc . . 100 105 107 D e b. re d cema bl e ,lB7s 100 108 109 1081 . Stock le. Coun . Ex. 5 pct.N.o.l 100 113 115 S.Aus.Gt6pc..Tan&July 100 110 112 111/ Stock Do. do No.2 100 112 114 . Vict.Gov.6p.c..Tan&July 100 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 126 123 Do. do. April & Oct. 100 111 113 111 1 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 11 113 MISCELLANEOUS. Stock, 100 77% 784 Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 - Stock I Edin.Pertle& Dun. 4 pc. lo Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 StOcklEurness, 5 per cent .... 10 100 116 118 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 170 20) Stock Plas. &S Wee. e . a. 5 pe. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 25 344 Stock l Great Northern, sp. et. 100 119 121 10 Australian Royal Mail . all Stock Do. 5 pcßedin.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 lO Berlin Water Works ... all 44 54 51 Stock Do. 43 p. c. do. do. 100 D0.51).c. Redni.,s pc. prn BO 86 88 50 Brit. & Irish Ma,g.Tel.A. all 35 37 L lt 10 GN. of Scotia, Ist pt. a ll -- GeSnde W (Ireland) 4 20 Do , 11, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 100 98. 100 20 Do. C Stock p. ct. pref. Stock ... 100 Canada Land 321 115 120 50 Great West. (Berke and _ 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(l,irn ) all 8 9 0 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 100 — Stock Cop.Min.olEng.&Smltg all Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pct. . 110 102 „ 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 23. 24. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 00 92 5 Crystal Palace. Stock Do. Irredeemable, do.. 100 02 114 5 Do. Preference all 5 1 . . Stock Do. sp. et. ItedeenePrei 100 103 1i 6 8 Do. I3irm. Prof. Shares all 10 /14 Stock Do. Bp. C. Perpet. Deb lOO Stock Electric Telegraph lOl 104 100 107 109 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 17 18 25 1)o. New 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 101 101 5 English & Ana. Copper all 2 21 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 75 % 7 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 261 Do. Cliesterguar.shares all 20 21 1 Great Ship (Limited).. all 4 4 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. 00 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 1 140 142 20 London Discount 5 1. d Stock Do.llarnsl.St.£s 3slodpc 100 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 414 Stock Do. - 6 per c. (E. Lan) . 100 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 2 100 118 120 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.llo Mediter. Electric Teleg. all Stock Do. ,sp. 0 No. 2 100 118 120 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 5 Stock Do. gua., 6p. et. 25 National Discount C 0... 5 4 4 d 100 118 120 Stook Do. do. sp. C. No. 4 10 Netherlands Land all Stock Do. Do. 41 per cent..... 10 5 Do 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 4 4 5 1)0;110. 44 per c. shares 1 ' 100 N.lir.&NovaScotiaLand 80 Stock Do. 7 percent, Pref. St. 100 156 160 1 N. RAustralasian (Lim.) all 4 1 Stock D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) 100 135 140 1 Oriental Gas Stock D 0.4 p.c S.(div.dettil'6s) 100 65 68 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 d par 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 214 224 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A - Stock Londtr N. W.Cov. &Nun- 10 Ditto B 6 eaton, 6p. ct. - Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 100 Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 52 54 123 Londondy & Cole, 4 slis. all 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 76 78 71 124 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sit. all 10 11 50 Do. New l5 12 14 274 Stock 11an.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 125 130 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 1 I P 6 Do. £6 49 1 1 , 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Do. 34 ner cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 4 4 1 , 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 123 Nlaryport & Car., 4 p.c. all Stock Scot.Austrin.lny.(Lim ) 100 130 140 Do. 4 4 per cent... .... all 124 D 25 South Australian Land. all 35 96 Do. Stock lild. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 1 Do. do Registered all / 1 Stock , Do.Cott.Bris.&Blr.6p.ci. 100 140 142 10 Tr.& T.n.Co.of Upr. Can 5 -- Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 100 Van Diemen'a Land 6 Do. with option till 186 e 3 4 4 P Stock Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. at. 100 95 96 BRITISH MINES. 10 1 p. a redeem, at 5 p.c. n m NewportAber,&c.pret.s ) all 10 10 ; 1 10 De. Perpet, 6p. c. with Share Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. option till 1806 - 12 /0 Do., till 180) Stock Norfik 5 p.c. Ex.Sik,l£346 10, 20 British Iron Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Clifford — 305 315 Stock D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1817 100 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 Stork North British, spercent 100 111 113 100 109 111 E ast Bassett (Mogan). 30 1324 1374 Do. New, gua. 5 percent— East Caradon & wk. Co. 100 E. WI Rusal (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 129 13 Stock N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. 100 93 05 • Gam.&StAubyn(G wen.) 544 58 60 Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 100 98 99 981 StockStoek Nth.Dev.Rall. D Great South Tolgus l7s 144 141 17 Do. do. do . 813 4 1 1 p d G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 12.4.2 1 1 26 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 G. Wheal Vor(ilelston) 0/ 4 4 121 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 .. 9 Grenville 54 34 31 25 "eo. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 0 ip '-• Herod's-Foot B4 211 224 20 North Staffordshire.... all 23 24 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 41 41 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc.let g 100 125 126 125 Lady Bertha Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 125 130 Margaret (uny Lelant) 9l 50 53 Stock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. 100 117 120 North Downs 19, Rh ymney Guaranteed. all North France s011ogan) 10 6. 7 84 Scottish Central, new p 1 all N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) 5 61 Stock Scottish North-Eastern 100 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 8. 94 • Stock 31 per c. pref. stock.... 100 76 78 10 Par Co nso l s (St . Bl azy ) . 14 11 9 124 12 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 121 123 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 44 46 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 125 130 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 109 4 4 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 104 114 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 14. 255 263 10 Do. Fixed 4% percent. all Sorth C. Brea( Illog,an). 2 24 24 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 175 185 Ann., 1.0 6) all 244 244 Stray Park 18.18.0 24 25 Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 103 105 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Do.leixed 41 p.c.istis lOO ' 103 105 Mining Co 44 31 31 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 10 Tin Cron 9 4 51 5,1 Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO 84 87 West Basset (Mogan). 14 139 194 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c all 284 291 W. Caradon (Liskeardi. 10 80 85 25 Do. B 8 per cent II West WhealW w l h i e e a a S Edward fl eSt u a s l : s r ( ( 1 - t i m e ' 1 d a tuTh . ).). 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 33 34 , Stock Watrfd &' Kilkny, (p.c.. 100 58 59 65 51 1 0 80 151 1 19 51 0 04 Wheal K itty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 111 124 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. _ Virh i l Mary..l. nn(Menhe) 8 31 52 — 1 _ 1 ..... --- - •.1 . i le'li'l Trelawney (Lisle. ; 44 30 32 RallwAys. Paid.; Leasing Closing Co.'s. Price. Business Done. Bedford and Bletehley ‘ all Ln & N.Wi I Buckinghamshire lOO I.n & N.W' 99 101 Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 504 314 Do. do. 54 p. ct. .... 100 Do. 124 126 Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdaledunction.. 100 Caledonin :103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all , E.U.StE C 1 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 1 G t.North. 140 142 ItlUnion,llarwicliSlis. l all E.Counts. 41 44 Do. Woodbridge ...1 100 Gls.P.arr.&Neils,Dret.i 100 'Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all ,Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dek.kßail. all 'Yk.N.&llr Hull and Selby Do. A Shares all ,Do. Do. I Shares all Do. Lane.kearl.gua.s p.c.' 100 Ln & N'W London&Greenwien . 103 S. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend 1 100 Peto &Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4p.ct I 100 Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent 1100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. &Matk all I.N W&M Mid. Brad ford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,lFluryEx 5. 5.6. E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent all Do. Do. Fired 5 per cent. all all Do. Midland North Western W Preston and Wym I.&N . all & L ar k. Do. 4 Shares A. all Do. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 I Gt.North. 6hrowsbry& Horeford 100 T Brassey Do. Do. 1 .... South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn 2} 21 . 99 101 57 59 141 141 1:48 140 105 10 par 1 p 101 11 93 95 71 81 DOCKS. Dooks. Stock i Commercial lOO Stock ID o 4 ',preen t .Pref . Min lOO —. Stoek Elea. end Wost India.., 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO S tock ,l So athampton lOO I StockVictorta 10 Do New .......0........t 2 .... I Paid Cbging Business Prioe. Done. Stool: Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock Stockl Sharp SHARE MARKET.-(2711S --♦, ORDINARY SHARES AND haOCRS. itailv;ays. PCd. Closing Prioe. %WIWI& ( i all all all all all all 100 34 100 100 16! 100 100 144 561 294 4 108 9 0 i 70} 70 i 1011 2 1151 981 91 98 4 83 21 d 48 771 81 NI 5 72 FOREIGN MINES Australian Bon A ccordCopper,L im. Brazil. Imp. (iv. at £5 p.) Do.St.Johnd el Rey, Lim. Do. Land and Min►ngCo. Clarendon Cons. Min Co Cobre Copper Coplapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General t. N. Cop. of S. Austr Linares Lusitanian Mariquita N.RhineCop. of S. Aus.L Pontgi baud Silver, Lead Mining and smelt Port Philip Scottish Australn. (L.)... United Mexican 5 1 18.2.81 JOINT-STO fd f p 20 21 48 50 74 81 1 31 3 25 26 P lO4 114 PLOr k par tP 5 7 i t, i f p li 2 K BANKS. Share' Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. CPrngLe. 100 100 20.11 Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Sank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, Ace Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch City Colonial Coin. Bank of Canada Commercial of Landon Eng ' Scot.. & Aus. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzesjand Lon. Char.llk. ofAMral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutual 82 84 23 24 51 53 191 20} 294 304 65 66 39 91 20 21 17} 17t 221 23 304 40 174 18 76 7$ 111 29 = 20 30} 30 i. ng Busin is e. I Done. 33 2i 111 113 65 67 115 120 96 f 8 Share Railways. pa d. \ Closincr I price :* Business done Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd Du. 5 per cent o. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lakelluron Do. New -Do. Preference Bullalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. l Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1879 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastu. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gn.sp.c East Indian, f u. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentr Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 percent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 .... Do. do. 1867.... Do. do. 1872. Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— _, guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of. Canada Share@ Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4f p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrun swick&Canda. Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land. d 0... Oude (Limited) Scinde j Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. atr St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 88 E 9 991 100) 17i 18 id id 4 bpi 51 61 par I p li 1 d Id I d 1031 101 i t In tooi 1003 Lath 102 19 21 43 45 95 97 74 76 85 87 78 80 76 . 78 1011 1011 id id I Id 121 121 81 71 d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 92 94 100 102 92 96 id rd - -411 - - -d 20 204 P. is ip 1 FOREIGN 7111 S DAY'S MARKETS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1860. THE HISTORY OF A SAD LIFE. (From the New York tTournal.) Would your readers care to know the history of a sad life, which has just ended in Boston, but which was begun in the retirement of a town in the interior of New England ? It is not often that more melancholy details are presented to the public. One of those numerous individuals who live by their wits, and fall back upon a singing school as a last resort, visited one of the town in Connecticut a few years ago, and early installed himself into the good graces of one of the most influential and respected a citizens--a deacon, in fact, in the village church. Slander—for Once truthful—followed the teacher to his retirement, and told stories which came near ex pelling him from the retreat which he had selected; but the good deacon remained his firm friend, en abling him to meet the individuals who had scat tered the alleged libels against him in so bold a manner as to force the suppov d slanderer to come to a settlement in a court of law. Victorious here he remained through tho season. Soon after he left the town, however, a daughter of the deacon very strangely insisted on going away from home to care for herself. Her parents opposed the step, but she managed to elude their vigilance, and was not heard of for years. Upon the death of her father, who was in comfortable circumstances, she emerged from her retirement, claimed the part of the pro perty which was her due, and, upon receiving it, again left the village, taking every care to conceal all evidence of her whereabouts. Months passed on, and a week or two since her friends received information that the lost one had died in Boston, and that her remains were awaiting their dis posal. They went for them, and, in the ill-furnished room which bad been her home, found scraps of paper which revealed to them the life she had led during her long absence from home. The teacher of the singing school, while enjoying the hospita lity and receiving the hearty support of the father, had effected the ruin of his daughter. Conscious of her situation, and determined as far as possible to shield the family from disgrace, she left home and went to Boston, where her seducer supported her in beggarly style as his mistress, making her rooms his home whenever he visited the city. Just as his affections were beginning to cool the father died, and the s c o un d re l induced his victim to claim her portion of the estate, promising, if she would do so, to marry her. Hopeful of some better fate than that to which she had before been consigned, she complied with his demands, but after getting - the larger part of her money under his control, he treated her as neglectfully as ever. A little girl, now four years old, the pledge of their illicit love, and the only coLsolation which she had in her mis fortunes, tended her mother in her last ill ness . Faithful to the last, the ruined woman destroyed, as she thought, all the letters which had passed between her and the destroyer of her happiness, together with every scrap which could reveal her identity. But an album and some stray pieces of letters were found in her apartment, which told those who took charge of her remains where her revelations could be found. Further search also revealed unmutilated letters which left no doubt as to the individual who had been her paramour. To add to his crime, it was found that he had a wife and children elsewhere in Massachusetts. The statements of the affair in the newspapers gave him such confidence that all evidence of his guilt had been destroyed that, when he heard of the legal steps which the injured family were about to take against him, he immediately delivered himself up to the authorities of Springfield (Massachusetts), the city where he had his residence. He was com mitted to gaol, and just before he was transfer red to Boston, where he was to meet his trial, his own relations and many of the people of the town which had been the scene of his scandalous exploits visited him in his confinement. With them was the little daughter of the woman he had ruined. When she saw the man she had been taught to look on as her father brought from his cell, she ran to him, crying, "Papa, papa." The daughter of the scoundrel's legal wife, a young lady grown up and married, besought him to acknowledge the child if she was his, but this he refused to do, reciting a story to which the greeting he received from the little girl gave the lie most emphatically. On Sa turday he was committed to prison in Boston, in default of 1,500 dole. bail. The case has excited a wide-spread interest from the many sad features which characterise it. 100 Stk 18 20} 204 10 100 1 100 100 17i 20 S lock 100 Stock 20 Sto. 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COLONIAL GOVERNME: 41 41 Id 2i 2j 1 d 4i ti di 25 26 2fp! 84 fii 194 20 36 37 - 10 P 30& 13 15 6 ' 61 9 9.1 1 9 9 i 205 5 55 10 22 23 SECUR COVENT-GARDEN. For the time of year our market is fairly supplied, and the demand, generally speaking, rules steady, as follows : FRUIT. R. d. e. d. a. d. e. d Pine apples, perlb 4 6to 7 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Grapes, per 1b.... 6 otolo 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do. 1 6to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Melons, each .... 2 oto 4 o(Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 I Strawberries pptl 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per Ittlsv. 1 oto 2 0 Gooseberries hfsv 0 oto 0 0 per d0z.... 4 0 to 6 0 Oranges, per 100.. 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100.. 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots. per doz 0 0 to 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 6 I Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 6 Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 6 ; Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 4 oto S 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bli 010 to 1 3' Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Old potatoes,p ton 100 to 130 0 parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, per ton 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 I Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 3to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 ; Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 5 oto 6 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hi' sve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, lif.-sv 1 6to 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, li.s 2 6to 3 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 0 ; Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New do., hf: sv 1 oto 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 2 oto 2 6 ; Asparagus, pr do. 6 oto 9 9 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each' geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; gosli ngs , O s Od t o O s Od ; duckling, Is 9d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is 2d; pigeons, 10d to is 3d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 4s Od to Gs Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s (d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od; snipes, Os 10d to is Od; teal, Os Gd to is Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, is Od to is 3d; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to lOs Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is Id ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od; French do., lOs Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 6d to 2s 6d each. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s 8d per 81b., by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and pork, 33 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 3s Od to 3s 6d; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pea lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 25s ; cod, 2s Gd to 20s Od ; brills, 2s Gd to 10s Od ; doreys, is Od to 103 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 3s Od ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, Gd to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 168 to 20s ; - natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 16s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s Gd per dozen; mackerel, —s; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, Ss to —s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD The iices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 'd to 71d , of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, :Id to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 4 3 / 4 d ; 801 b to BSlb, 4 3 / 4 d to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 51d; 961 b to 1041 b, 51d to 5 3 / 4 d. Horse hides, Ss Od to 108 6d ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 410 d; do. full, 8s Od to --s Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to lls Od; half-breds, 7s 9d to. Ss 9d; Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—MeuIow hay, £2 lig to £4 4s ; clover, E 4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, Cs to £1 103 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CITMBERLAND.—MetuIow hay, £2 15s tc £4 4i; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 Cs to £1 12s per lead. I fair demand. WILITECTIATEL.—Moadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clover, £4 58 to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Supplies very moderate ; trade firm. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— Yasi imp Y. Amsterdam Ditto 4 3 Months. 11 141 11 15 Rotterdam — 11 14f 11 15 Antwerp Brussels — 25 20 25 25 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 2.5 32k 25 37f Frankfort on Maine —116 k Vienna Trieste __. Poteraburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa 30 2 . 7 i 25 40 30 35 25 45 Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 0 9 0 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ...... South American Doublons . . 401 121 1211 521 52 40 1211 121 52 621 The gross revenue of the Post-office department in the United States is £1,593,696, and the expenditure, £3,150,818. The gross revenue of the Post-office depart ment in the United Kingdom is £3,100,939, and the ex penditure, £1,170,554. I all 1 100 all all all all 1 100 lan 100 1. 3 0. !3a.Od. 71 all 41. 103 i 4 31 102 n 42 2 95 i t 74 87 80 0 1 1 all 100 all 100 118 58. 1 all 5 all ,AM all all all all all 4f i all all all all all 12j I e 9 3G 54 It all all all 113 [TIES. 20 1 1 VHS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) JUDGMENT -CONYBEARE V. THE NEW BRUNSWICK AND CANADA RAILWAY AND LAND COMPANY. The plaintiff filed his bill to set aside the purchase of 200 preferential shares in this company on the ground of misre presentation. He alleged—lst. That he was induced to believe that the land was presently available for commercial purposes, whereas the right to the land was contingent on making the railway. And 2d. That it had been repre sented that dividends would be presently paid to the share holders, but no dividends had been paid. His Honour considered that the plaintiff had failed to prove his allegations, and dismissed the bill without costs. ROLLS' COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Rouiilly.) JUDGMENT-CORPORATION OF SONS OF CLERGY V. SUTTON, His Honour postponed delivering judgment in this suit till Monday morning at 10 o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Baron Bramwell and a Special Jury.) BEATSON V. SKENE-LIBEL. [This case was still proceeding when we went to press SHERIFFS' COURT. (Befoie Mr. Kerr and a Jury.) SINGULAR CASE OF MASTER AND SERVANT-LANG V. JACOBSON. - This was an action broffght by plaintiff, a domestic ser vant, against defendant, formerly her master, to recover £l4 12s. 3d., being wages, wages in lieu of notice, and money expended for defendant. Mr. Charnobk, for plaintiff, stated that his client was a native of Germany, and the most singular feature in the case would be in reference to the book containing the ac count of the money said to have been expended fur de fendant. Now plaintiff could not bring forward that book, and would swear that it had been handed to defendant. Notice had been given to defendant's attorney to produce it, but that gentleman had retaliated by calling upon plain tiff to produce it. She had not it, and the jury would hear her evidence on the point. - Johanna Lang said she entered the defendant's service two years ago, at a salary of £lO a year. Defendant was a widower, and upon the marriage of one of his daughters plaintiff was raised to the post of housekeeper, at a salary of £l2 a-year. After the marriage of the daughter defen dant himself took a wife. In December there was a sale at the house, and then defendant owed plaintiff about £8 for eight months' wages. There was also between £5 and £6 in the book. On the morning of the sale plaintiff asked defendant to settle up, but ho refused, and said plaintiffhad robbed him of many a shilling. Ho also blamed her for the !ASS of sonic) wine. Cross-examined by Mr. U. James—Defendant did not pay up the wages and settle the book the first Monday in each month. Ho kept the book. Did not ask for the wages because she did not require them. When pressed frequently to settle up the book defendant said he was too busy. Re-examined—On the marriage of the daughter retched gratuities amounting to £8 from the daughter and guests. This accounted for her having money to lay out. Two other witnesses deposed to having seen the book. Joseph Lloyd said he was employed on the day of the sale to do up the furniture. Saw plaintiff go into de fendant's room. She came out crying, and defendant fol lowed her out. Witness saw defendant put the book into his coat pocket. Witness listened to the high words be tween plaintiff and defendant. He blew her up dread fully. Cross-examined—Listened because ho thought it was too bad to treat the poor girl in such a manner. As to the wino, it was a pity it was not all stolen. It was muck. (Laughter.) Mr. James—Did you taste it ? Witness (with a wry face)—Yes. I was asked by Lord Aberdeen's butler to buy some. Didn't buy any. If I had Lord Aberdeen's butler would have horsewhipped me, (Roars of laughter.) Mr. James—Why ? Witness—lt was so bad. (Laughter.) Mr. James—Very bad. Witness —Awful. (Laughter.) Mr. James—lndeed. Witness (expressively)—Fearful I (Roars of laughter.) Mr. James congratulated the jury upon not having to try the wine now. As to the case, 265. had been paid into court. Defendant was called and said he had not got the book. He owed plaintiff no more than £1 62. In cross-examina tion he admitted that he had burnt sonic papers. The learned Judge pointed out that it was a question for the jury, and they would say to whom they gave credence. As to the book, they would recollect the evidence of Lloyd. The jury found for the plaintiff for £l3 Gs. &I, more than she sum paid into court. POLICE INTELLIGENCES -(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOP ROBBERY BY A CONFIRMED THlEF.—Susan Col- lins, a young woman, was charged with stealing a pair of trowsers from the shop of Mr. Benjamin, clothier, of 34, Dudley-street, it transpiring in the case that it was not the prisoner's first visit to the prosecutor's shop with a similar result. Mr. Benjamin said the trousers were hanging outside his shop at four the previous afternoon, when he saw the pri soner seize hold of them and walk off. He pursued and stopped her, and gave her in charge. Groves, 83 F, said while at the station-house a duplicate fell from the prisoner's hand, which related to a pair of trowsers stolen from the prosecutor's shop on the previous day. The trowsers, which were pledged at Mr. Luxmore's, St. Martin's-lane, had been identified by tie prosecutor. Whitehouse, 113 F, said the prisoner had been charged at Bow-street with stealing a pin, and sentenced to two months, and at that time there were other cases against her. Sho had then some duplicates in her possession relating to property stolen from her lodgings: Mr. Bingham committed the prisoner for trial, and said the trousers must be given up to the prosecutor by th• pawnbroker. STEALING WORKHOUSE CLOTHlNG.—Harriett Holden, an inmate of St. James's Workhouse, was charged with stealing several articles of workhouse clothing, the property of the guardians and directors of the poor of St. James's. The prisoner had gone out for a holiday, and returned minus some articles of clothing. Mr. Bingham said the ratepayers, many of whom prac tised great self-denial.to pay their rates, must be protected, and committed the prisoner for 21 days. THAMES. ROBBERIES BY A PAWNBROKER'S BOY. - Thomas Henry Pickford, a boy about 13 years of age, and lately in the employ of 'Messrs. Brown and HolEngton, pawnbrokers in Catherine-street, Limehouse-fields, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a silver watch, an Odd Fellows' silver medal, a gold chain, a silver chain, and other property. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. John Brown, one of the prosecutors, that prisoner had been employed ia the ware house and slept in the shop, where watches, jewellery, and other valuable property was deposited. On the 27th of last month the boy was discharged because ho had absented himself without leave for two days and nights. On the 20th of the same month a gold Albert chain, pawned three days previously, was applied for, and could not be found. The pawnbrokers had to make good the loss to the owner of the chain. A few days afterwards a silver guard (pawned for 35.), a guard chain (pawned for 45.), and a silver medal (also a pledge) were missing. A silver watch pawned in February last was missed subse • quent to the boy's discharge. All the property was traced to the prisoner. He gave the silver medal, in the shape of a star, and belonging to an Odd Fellows' lodge, to a girl named Jane Darby, of 8, Hay-place, Victoria-road, Hack ney, by wham it was restored to the prosecutors. One of the silver chains was sold by the prisoner to another boy for 2s. about throe weeks before Christmas. At the same time the prisoner produced a gold Albert chain and a silver watch similar to those lost by his employers, and said he had bought them. A boy named Walden had also seen the prisoner in possession of a silver watch, gold chain and other valuables, which he could not have obtained honestly, as he was not in the receipt of any wages, and was to give his services in the warehouse, for his board and lodgings only, the first twelvemonths. On being taken into custody by Police-sorgeant Wood, . _ 16 K, he said he had lost his watch, and had purchased it from a Mr. Roberts, a watchmaker in Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green: Wood asked the prisoner what he had done with the gold and silver chains, and he said he knew nothing about them. Mr. Roberts was called to prove he had since sold a watch to the prisoner. A silver medal and a silver chain were traced to the prisoner, and produced and identified by Mr. Brown. The firm to which he be longed had been put to serious inconvenience by the rob • heHes, and would have to compensate tho owner of the watch and the owners a all other pledges which could not be found. Mr. Selfo committed the prisoner for trial. NEWSPAPERS FOR TUSCANY.—In order to insure the transmission of newspapers for Tuscany by the quickest route—that is, via Sardinia—they must be payed on being posted in this country, according to the following scale For a packet not exceeding four ounces, 4d. ; above four ounces, and not exceeding half a pound, Bd. ; with an addi tional charge of Bd. for every h a lf pound. If the above rates are paid the newspapers are not only forwarded by the quickest route, but they are exempt from further charge of any kind on delivery. Newspapers for Tuscany are, however, frequently posted without sufficient postage hav ing been paid upon them for transmission by this route; for example, with a payment of. id. only for a packet of four ounces ; and in such case they can be sent only in the mail to France for conveyance thence to Leghorn by the French packet which leaves Marseilles o=3 a week. Such news papers are consequently o ft en muc h longer i n reac hi ng th e i r aestination ; besides which, the postage paid being merely the French transit rate, they are subject to an additional charge on delivery. As complaint has lately been made of delay in the transmission of news papers to Tuscany, it is thought necessai y to call the attention of the public to the above circumstances.--By command of the Postmaster- General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.—General Post-office, January 13. LAW INTE. - E WARRIO.R. TEE IRON-CASED FRIGAT Some few years past, when there was no alliance, offensive or defensive, between this country and France, but when, on the contrary, the two empires very often drifte 1 into exceedingly hostile relations, the army and navy of England were frequently at their lowest ebb. Now, however, that the two coma tries are bound together in ties of strict amity and peace, the whole country bristles with warlike pre parations. Each part of the coast asserts its defence lessness and claims additional batteries; colossal three-deckers are launched each month; and not a town or county but has its corps of volunteers. The note of preparation seems even to have penetrated that loneliest and dreariest of islets—:he Isle of Dogs, where building yards, hitherto sacred to the West Indiamen or opium clippers, are cumbered with the fragments of little gunboats, or entirely. occupied by steam rams, with their monstrous iron sides and hooked beaks—the rhinoceri of the deep. When the contract far the first of these tremen dous engines of warfare was accepted, nine months back, by the Thames Iron Ship Building Company, we gave our readers the chief features of the in tended structure. Since that time the work of building the monster at Blackwell has progressed considerably. Since that time other contracts for vessels of an almost similar kind have been issued and taken up ; and, above all, since that time the opinions of the Admiralty on iron-cased ships of war in general would appear to have undergone some considerable modification. The vessel now building at Blackwall, and of the progress made with which we propose now to inform our readers, was origi nally intended for an iron-cased steam ram; that is to say, a vessel built as nearly shot proof as possible, and not only intended to engage, but especially to run into and sink others. From this design, how ever, she has been altered, and is now to be built merely as a shot proof heavy armed frigate of per haps 36, or perhaps 70 guns, as the Admiralty may eventually decide. She is to be named the Warrior, and will be at once fire and shot proof—the largest, strongest, and swiftest man-of-war afloat in the world. But, as we have already said, since the draw ings for this noble ship were ma d e t h e Ad m i raltyhave, in their more recent plans for genuine steam rams, accepted much which theyhad formerly condemned, and, on the other hand, condemned a good deal of work on which they formerly insisted. Thus the two iron-cased vessels, or steam rams proper, which are now being built—one on the Tyne by Palmer, and the other by Westwood and Bailey at Mill wall —are, though both shot proof, smaller in ton nage and armament, and nearly 100 feet shorter, than this gigantic frigate, the Warrior, which is being constructed at the Thames Shipping Com pany's yard. Though great progress has been made with the Warrior, the more striking parts of the hull, such as the beak and stern, have yet to be built up. Now one only sees dimly through the forest of timber which supports the midship part of the ponderous hull, the really enormous solidity with which it is all put together. A perfect network of T shaped iron beams cross and recross one another in every direction. The wrought-iron " box gir ders" which Tun throughout the vessel from stem to stern are the most powerful things of their kind that have ever yet been made; yet all these beams and girders, angle irons, and tie-rods, of which the whole hull is apparently built, are mere trifles to the things which have yet to be put into her. A whole mountain of teak, which half fills one‘part of the yard, has to be consumed in her outer " lin ing," while her armour plates lie about in ponderous slabs, weighing many tons, each from 16 to 18 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 41 inches thick. The nose, or cutwater of the vessel is one immense slab of wrought iron, about 30 feet long, 10 inches thick, and weighing upwards of 17 tons. The screw frame is one piece of the finest forged iron, without the slightest flaw of any kind, and weighing no less than 44 tons. Till the present work was commenced such masses of forgings were never thought of, even in the construction of the Great Eastern itself. Such an interval has elapsed since we last noticed the plan on which this iron Warrior is to be built that a brief recapitulation of her chief dimensions, together with the general principle of construction, may not be without interest to onr readers, more especially as it will serve to make clear our descrip tion of the progress that has already been made. Her dimensions, then, are :—Extreme length, 380 feet; ditto breadth, 58 feet; depth, 41 feet 6 inches; and her tonnage no less than 6,177 tons. The engines (screw, of course) are to be by Penn and Sons, of 1,250-horse power, and of these we shall, on a future occasion, lay a separate and de tailed description before our readers. Their total weight, with boilers, will be 950 tons. For these she unfortunately, only be able to early 950 tons of coal, or enough for abont six days' steam ing. The armament (counting her only as a 36-gun frigate), with masts and stores, will weigh 1,200 tons, and this, with the hull, which is to be no less than 5,700 tons, will give her a total weight, when ready for sea, of about 9,000 tons in all, or the weight of the Great Eastern when launched. With the fine lines and immense horse-power of the Warrior a speed of not much less than 15 or 16 knots an hour is anticipated, so that should her commander, in case of any emergency, choose to use her as a steam ram, he could literally drive his ship straight over a whole fleet of three-deckers without a chance of being injured by their broad sides in closing. That the Warrior will enjoy almost a perfect immunity from the heaviest shot and shell will easily be understood when we briefly point out the tremendous strength with which she is constructed. There is no external keel, but an inner kind of girder, which acts as a kelson. This is formed of immense slabs of wrought scrap iron an inch and a quarter thick, and three feet six inches deep. To it are bolted the ribs—massive wrought iron T-shaped beams an inch thick, and made in joints five feet long by two deep up to five feet below the water line, where their depth is diminished so as to form a deep ledge or angle, on which the armour plates and their teak lining rest. These immense ribs, except where the portholes intervene, are actually only 22 inches apart. Above the kelson, and inside the ribs, aro the five box-girders we have already mentioned, which go the whole length of the ship, from stem to stern, and from which spring diagonal bands, tying every rib together. The orlop deck is of wood, and 24 feet above the keel ; the main deck is of iron, and cased with wood, and nine feet above the orlop; the upper deck will also be of wrought iron, cased with wood, and seven feet nine inches above the main. All these decks are carried on wrought iron beams of the most powerful description, to which both decks and ribs and all are bolted as in one piece. The "skin" of the ship, as it is termed, which covers all these ribs ou the outside, is also of wrought iron, an inch and a quarter thick, under the bottom, to nearly one inch thick up to the spar deck. From five feet below the water line up to the upper deck comes, in addition to this, the great armour of teak and iron over all. This is formed of a double casing of the hardest teak,lB inches thick, with the beams laid at right angles to one another. Over these again come the plates of iron we have already men tioned, so as in all to case the broadside of the ves sel with 20 inches of solid teak and five inches of the very finest wrought iron. This tremendous coat of armour, however, is of course not intended to cover the whole of the vessel. Indeed, with such an entire casing it could scarcely float at all. Only the broadside, or about 220 feet of the whole length, is so protected. The stem and stern have •no armour plates, but are covered with iron plates 1 inch thick, and lined with 24 inches of teak. To com pensate for the armour both the stem and stern are crossed and recrossed in every direction with water tight compartments, so that it is almost a matter of perfect indifference to those on board the Warrior in action whether they get riddled with shot or not. It is, of course, needless to say that the whole vessel is subdivided into some 20 places:by wrought iron water-tight bulkheads of the most solid de scription. Those which cut off the stem and stern from the armour-coated portion of the ship are cased with teak and armour plates below the water line, exactly like the broadside of the vessel. Thus supposing it possible: that both stem and stern could be shot away completely, the fighting portion of the vessel would remain as com plete and as impenetrable as ever, still opposing 20 inches of teak with 5 inches of wrought iron to every shot. The bows, as the spot where the whole force of the shock must be received i n case of the vessel over being used to run down an enemy's ship of war, are strengthened inside with a perfect web of ironwork. No less that eight wrought-iron part tto decks, an inch thick, stretch back from this p the armour plates, as well as supports dcesni design sent indiagonal bracings innumerable. In the first to the Admiralty by the Thames Shipbui o ld f i l g he Com pany the shape proposed for the bows ves sel was exactly after the outline of the swan's neck and breast when swimming, and thus the point or beak intended to strike an enemy's vessel was the " breast" which was placed under th e water line in the ship's bows. In the Admiralty model, and of course that on which the Warrior is built, the bows form an obtuse angle, the point of which is just level with the water and called the " nose." This peculiar shap e , h owever, it is in tended to conceal under the usual cutwater, though the Admiralty have very wisely abandoned the idea which they at first entertained of concealing the true character of the vessel by such a stale de vice. In the "rams" proper which have since been ordered at Millwall and Newcastle the form of the swan's breast is adopted, but both these vessels are, unlike the Warrior, more especially designed for running down vessels than for fighting them: Through the entire length of the Warrior run two longitudinal bulkheads between the sides and the inner portion of the vessel, which are termed wings, and serve as a means of communication. Inside these wings are placed the coals, while the chief magazines are further secured again by hav ing the water tanks inside these bunkers. Since the vessel was commenced, also, the Admiralty have ordered the hull to be still more strengthened by the addition of three broad girders passing beneath the armour plates on both sides from stem to stern. The whole of the framework of the armour -coated portion of the ship is now erected, and the stem and stern are in rapid course of construction. The number of guns to, e carried on the main deck is to be 36, of which 30 are under the armour coating, and the rest fore and. aft. It is not yet positively decided, though v, e believe there is little doubt that there will be either 30 or 36 broadside guns on the upper or spar. deck as well, making her a 60 or a 70-gun frigate. All these pieces of ordnance are to be Armstrong's longest range guns, and throwing shot of 1001 b. weight. In the course of two or three weeks more the framework of both stem. and stern will be up and bolted together, and by that time the sibs of the midship section will be covered with their iron skin, and the double planking of teak commenced. As a matter of course, the armour plates will got be bolted into their places until after the Warrior is launched, when this part of her equipment will most likely be completed in the Victoria Docks. All the plates are dovetailed at the edges into one another, and fastened through the teak and iron into the inner ribs of the ship with bolts, which are countersunk outside so as to have their heads level with the surface of the plate. The total weight of the plates required for the vessel is 1,000 toms These monstrous slabs of armour are formed of scrap-iron with a certain proportion of paddled bar iron, which makes a mixture of almost unyielding toughness. Soir.o of them taken to Portsmouth have been subjected to the most severe tests in order to ascertain their capacity for resisting shot and shell, and the remnants of these plates are now at the works at Illaok wall. They were fired at by 68-pounders at a point-blank range of 200 yards. The massive shot even at this short distance have tailed topenetrate the iron, though they have din ted it to the depth of U- or in some cases 2 inches. Six of the shots struck within a circle of almost less than 2 feet diameter. Each after the second shot (which, of course, more or less broke the fibre of the iron) tore a narrow circular fissure or crack outside the mark of the diameter of the shot dint, until at the sixth shot in almost the same place the plate was broken and torn apart. What the effect of such a bat tery would be if the plates were backed up with the double beams of teak it is difficult to say, but it shows that the mere slabs of iron alone would be quite insufficient to resist a concentrated broad side of 68-pounders at close range. At the same time it must be borne in mind—first, that six such heavy shots are never likely to strike all in the same spot ; and, secondly, that the 'Warrior will herself be armed with the heaviest guns in the world, which have sufficient range to enable her to commence her action with an enemy at least four miles distant. At two miles she herself will be to the enemy out of range for all practical purposes, even for the heaviest smooth-bore guns used in any nav3,and at 1,000 yards distance a6B-pounder shot scarcely dints her iron sides to the depth of half an inch. In fact, every possible contingency seems to have been pro vided against tbr her security, except the probabi lity of her rolling in such a manner as to be inca pable of using her guns in anything of a seaway. Everything seems to presage that she will unques tionably be a tremendous roller, unless the Admi ralty adopt some such precaution in the way of double bilge boards outside as are used by the north country pilot-boats. With these she may be ren dered stiff enough ; «ithout them, especially now that the Admiralty have determined in placing her engines rather high in her, the weight of her top hamper may be so great as almost to endanger her safety iu a heavy sea. CIVIL ,S.ERVICE VOLUNTEER CORPS. CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT. It has been already recorded that the Lords of the Treasury had permitted the gentlemen serving in the several departments under the Crown to form themselves, like the rest of the country, into rifle corps. Since which time two of our most remark able buildings (Westminster Hall and the Long Room of the Custom House) have been filled every evening with numerous bodies undergoing the pro cess of drilling. • Last evening the effective mem bers of the Customs' corps held a meeting for the purpose of electing their officers. Mr. HAMEL, solicitor, who presided, took occa sion to refer, in an eloquent speech, to the move ment., which had now become so general through out the length and breadth of the land, congratu lating the members on the zeal with which they entered into the discipline necessary to attain a knowledge of the duties appertaining to military training, also on the unanimity and loyalty which led to the formation of the corps. He added, that heir meeting that evening vas convened for_ the purpose of electing officer; for the corps; and the number they were at present entitled to were three captains, three lieutenants, and three ensigns, the election of whom the Lord-Lieutenant delegated to the members themselves. Gentlemen who were willing to servo in these capacities would be nominated, and it would be for each member to vote for them according to his own pleasure and opinion. He concluded by calling on Mr. OGILVIE, who proposed for election, as cap tains, Mr. Commissioner Gray, Mr. Hamel, and Mr. Wybrow (collector), all of whom being duly seconded, were carried with acclamation. Mr. HAMEL returned his grateful thanks, as much for the flattering reception they had given to his name, as for the honour they had conferred on him. He stated that, running throughout his veins was some of the best blood of France, being the son of a native of that country who, for his constancy and loyalty,was expatriated during the Reign of Terror. He assured the meeting, notwithstanding that he had so much Gallic blood in him, the invaders of these shores would find him a determined opponent, be their country or clime what it may. Mr. WY BROW also expressed his deep sense of the high and honourable position their votes had placed him in, the duties of which he would endeavour to his utmost to discharge to their satisfaction. Mr. HENRY CAULIER, principal searcher, pro posed, for their lieutenants, Mr. Ogilvie, Mr. Dobell, and Mr. Charles Bernard, which found nu merous seconders, who were also unanimously elected amid much applause. Mr. OGILVIE rose to thank his comrades for the enthusiastic greeting with which they were pleased to receive his name, and assured them that he valued that compliment as the highest that could be accorded him. He would not detain them in re capitulating sentiments that had already been de. livered with so much eloquence by their friend Mr. Hamel, but he could not help recurring to the re marks passed by the natives of other countries who had visited Britain on the occasion of the Great Exhibition, which was to the effect " that the British people were so orderly that they appeared to be their own police," and he thought he could now with equal truth add to that trite expression, that they would be found likewise their own army. Mr. PHILLIPS, landing surveyor, came forward to submit for their acceptance as ensigns, Mr. Charles Tindal Pickford, Mr. John Lilley, and Mr. !ones. Mr. HALE would wish to add the name of Mr. Henry Mac Lean, and said, although he was aware that three could only, according to their prevent strength, be elected, yet as a considerable section wished for that gentleman's appointment, he hoped they would allow each party to have the advantage of selection. Another gentleman proposed the addition of Mr. Cobham. All of which propositions having been duly seconded, a poll was demanded by the friends of each of the candidates, the result being the elec 'lion of Mestrs. Pick ford, Mae! . ean, and Cobh am, to the rejection of Mr. Lilley, to whom, it was said, the labour of bringing the corps to its present state was chiefly owing. Mr. HARRISON begged to he allowed to explain an inadvertence wh i ch several friends of MrL P i l l a le in y co mmitted, which was, that being igno ' rant . of the num ber he had polled polled, anadesirous also to vote for l acL e f a a i r i ' before tile the result w placing the latter g M e r n'tle i man trusted therefore that the former on the poll. He Lilley would be re- lowest number and Mr. polled a suggestion which was eagerly pressed, but the Chairman was inexorable, and announced the names w ith th e highest num bers to be elected as stated above. Mr. PICKFORD and his brother officers soverally thanked their friends for their election. Mr. A • —LGUSTITS COPE moved, and Mr. COBJIAM seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Hamel for hie urbanity and ability in the chair, which was accordingly carried. Mr. NORTH could not permit them to 'separate without acknowledging their obligations tie the un wearied exertions of their honorary secretary, Mr. Lilley, in bringing them together, and In 3 thought he could assure his being returned with. acclama tion to fill the first vacant commission. Mr• OGILVIE E uondt d the vote with. -unqualified sincerity, adding his testimony to the gye at interest Mr. Lilley took in the formation of t; he; corps, and his assiduity in labouring as much a s possible for its perfection. The motion was re ceived 'with tremendous cheering, after which, and the three cheers being given for the Queei 2, the meeting broke up. A t this :cord what -w as xtin was and a the • been r par tend I Share