The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-21 00:00:00

..—.......--•- - —. LINES LEA_SED AT FIXED RENTALS. , . MONEY rr A -D. KR — IT ..,,, .:„.. ~....2 i-,....-ti:.4..,_L:., INLI...i.V&KTS—;This Day). I Leasing Closing Prices Business A.TD RAILWAYS. Shr. l Paid RAI L WA Y S. Companies. this day this da y _ - 00MAIERCIAL INTELLIGENCF. 'Nosing Pr.ces Business dons —— ........—....... •sys. ibr. ( Paid 1 itanve*y. 4, this day. this day. St. 100 tnckghamsh. ~ &N.W. 94 —96 CITY, Two o'CLoCK . St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. aledon ... 95 97 ---- —. 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.diE.O 12 14 The advices from the provinces, although de- 12A — t 1 10 Ambg. Nottn. Dos ~ gt. 100 ,E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northn 133 137 135 eidedly of an improved character, still report occa- di Eastn. June.... °2 •' a 5 3 5 all E. Un. 11.8 h. E. Count. 4 41 e n• 8i 8 i sional failures, but they are not of magnitude, and all Belfast & Ballyin • St. 100 iGlas. Barr. & Caldonian. 5 13 0 i all 72 72 Neils. Direct. •.• 409 are, in most instances, anticipated either from pre-St. 100 Do. New Do vioits rumours or from the nature of outstanding Cheshire Junet St. 100 Brkenhd. Lanes' , . 4 131r1n StournT ‘a1r1°01;.e.1.1.1.1 . 4 70 ••• •-_, 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westu. • 50 all ( - lull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 1 . 6 i 10 . 6 109 8a engagements. Much regret has been caused by 25 all 'Rlackburn 25 all Do. i Share~ _D o the suspension of two old-established firms at New- 25 all Myth &TYllo original 12i an Do. i Share; •D o is t £45)... ••,; ... 12i' all Lon.&Greenw N.. Eastern. 12 —l3 castle, viz., Messrs. Matth ew, Pl ummer, an d St. .100 Bristol 2s( & s. l 9,, Exeter...... 91 23i 244 Company, general merchants, and Messrs. Clarke, st. ilOO Caledonian. 9Ol 91 goi i i 20 i all Do. Preference Do St. 'lOO Lou. Tit. , &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 99 100 ••• Plummer, and Co., of the Northumberland Flax 10 12 ' St 100 (Mester ISt Holv„ hew' 38 40 39 i 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 10 i 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do si i all Mauch.lixtou. Lu.&N.W mills. The liabilities are stated to be very large, 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. 5 4 ' and Matlock & Midld. 2a 2-1 I but the asset s b e i ng a l so cons id era bl e, h opes are Tg aa1"1 Coprnnwall A 64', 54 Newmarket entertained of a satisfactory liquidation. A meeting 10 all Do. B 59 all l of the creditors will be called as soon as an investi- 50 all NALEst.sp.c. Do 56 58 Dublin&Belfa.stJunc ••• ...d. 25 all Dun P drAber.June. 8 9 50 ' all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... gation can be made, and a report furnished respect- , t. 100 East . •Anglian ... 1 9i —19 i i— ••• •• • 50 . all Do.Fixedsp.c Do i ng the prospects of those interested. There can be St. 109 Eastern Counties..... 6 2 4 6'.3- 63 f2i 25 all iPrest. &Wyre L. &IS. W. ... ... no doubt that the lat 3 pres , ure has been more gt: 100 EasternTJui ,_ on N..stk. 47 49 12i1 all I Do. i Shrs. ADo . ... i Do. do. 8............. 32 34 St. 100 IRoystn.& Hit. t.Northn;l33 136 severely felt in the North of England than persons 25 8 i Do. 'New A .... ..... .. • • - 10 all 'Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7i 8 resident here generally imagine, but the actual 2 East Kent ... ..... 17 18 18 S s t. 17) 11 0 East Lancashire... . 91 93 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. Mclean 9 .91 9i 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. • ... stoppages have not been so numerous as might 20 ll a-- East Suffolk ... ••• 25 all Do have been expected. 1.0 1. all D ~. o . ,•••• •• ~. . ,e a St. 100 !Wilta&Somrst Gt.Westn. 85 -- 87 The advices from the provinces, although de cidedly of an improved character, still report occa sional failures, but they are not of magnitude, and are, in most instances, anticipated either from pre vious rumours or from the nature of outstanding engagements. Much regret has been caused by the suspension of two old-established firms at New castle, viz., Messrs. Matthew, Plummer, and Company, general merchants, and Messrs. Clarke, Plummer, and Co., of the Northumberland Flax mills. The liabilities are stated to be very large, but the assets being also considerable, hopes are entertained of a satisfactory liquidation. A meeting of the creditors will be called as soon as an investi gation can be made, and a report furnished respect ing the prospects of those interested. There can be no doubt that the late pressure has been more severely felt in the North of England than persons resident here generally imagine, but the actual stoppages have not been so numerous as might have been expected. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and quotations were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, 4,000 of which were taken by the speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. In the Railway Share Market a better feeling presented itself, and a moderate business was transacted, at rather higher prices. The Silver Market is quiet, at previous rates. Business is generally dull during the few days suc ceeding the departure of the steamer. The specie movement continues most satisfactorily, the im- ports still being largely i❑ excess of the export. To-day 156,1411. is reported from Mexico, and the arrival of remittances from Australia is hourly ex pected. The amount of gold sent into the Bank yesterday was 25,0001., and the total of the precious metals must now exceed 14,000,0001. The Bank of England directors, contrary to general expectation, have made no alteration in the minimum rate of discount. It was thought that the terms would have been reduced to 4 per cent., espe cially as the bullion is being daily augmented through the influx of gold. The money-market thus presents the anomalous feature that whilt, th© official rate 5 per cent., bills of good quality can be negotiated is Lombard-street at 3 per cent. The mainte nance of the minimum under such circumstances is ridiculous, but, while the present system lasts, the public must not be astonished at such peculiari ties. 4.0 j all 100 0 all t. 'lOO 0 , all St. 1100 St. 1100 10 all 100 3t. 1100 • I 1 100 St. 100 St. 1100 St. 100 5C all IA 144' 16i 15 R. 100 16 1 6 3 20 1 all 1.1 all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all Ili 5 St. 100 • 6 all 25 all A. 100 10 lA' t 0 1 Dablin&Belfast Juno Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternTJnion, A. stk, IDo., do. Do. New A._ 'East Kent ... „... East Lancashire East Suffolk D 0... Edinburgh & Glasgor Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb. Prth. &Dnnde - P . orth and elydeJunc Furness Glasgow & S. Western. Great N. of Scotland 'Great Northern Do., A. Stock . Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. . Do. Str. R gua. St !Irish South-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle. 'Do., Thlcris Do. New Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshir, Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Sontlipurt. London & Blackwsl Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Wester Do. Fifths Do. ,16Z.5h.,M&8 , Do. Eighths London & S. Weaterr Lndndrry.&Colerai Lndndrry - . & Ennisk Aanch.Shef. &Li ncln. Metropolitan Do. .T. L. Ricardo'. arrangement tifidland - 66 32 - 33 93 - 95 9i - 101 103 - 1011 90 - 92 129 - 131 101 - 103 591 - 60 58 - 62 BO 85 9 —ll ;- 9 11 944 —94 i, 6 d, 65 1 6i - 6i 110 - 112 1101 i - 102 The Funds have been firmer to-day, and the quo tations show an advance of per cent., notwith standing the Bank rate is supported at 5 per cent. A large purchase has been made—viz., 150,0001. —for investment, and this has no doubt ex ercised a beneficial influence. Consols for trans fer have been 941 to 95, and for the account 94 95, but they are now 95 to 951 respectively. The New 3 per Cent. are marked 95,1_ g, and the Reduced, 951 ±. Exchequer Bills are rather flatter, viz., 19s. to 235. premium ; the Bonds are 991 ; and Indian ditto, (under 1,0001.) 14s. premium. St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all a d 98 991 3ii : 4.0 103 4 90 591 60 591 110/ 11 i 1011 2 St. 100 50 Foreign Stocks aro inanimate at former quota do-us. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 98i 99, and the 4 per Cents. 1041 A. Russian 5 fier Cents. are higher, being 1101 ; Ditto 4 per Cants., 99k, which is a decline of about per cent. Mexican 3 per Cents. are flat at 20a. Peruvian Dollar Bonds have de clined 1 per cent., viz., to 55 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. are steady at 99i to 100. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : St. 100 St. 100 1838. 1957. . £25,425 £24,016 49,307 56 133 11,496 12,159 10,726 10,606 29,217 27,533 15,412 16,371 22,311 21.849 18.680 21,688 4,943 5,176 4,965 6,057 8,703 9,004 6,182 7,136 26,543 28 140 3,687 3,624 1,104 1,102 5,088 5,107 5,010 5,778 3,375 3,190 35,319 32,314 9,055 6 889 8,092 10,198 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter East Lancashire Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln North Staffard North-Eastern • •••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh... Belfast and Ballymena Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Son.h-Western Sottish North-Eastern Northern of France Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 al► 25 Itii St. 103 St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 I UN 20 all 10 ' all At 100 O 18 O 10 ft. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 8 ►u 100 ;t. 100 .0 all A. 100 ;0 all Do. Birming.& Dorb West.ar. Do. 1 Shares ....... 20 all 25 all 25 17i 25 5 ... l 6 St. 100 St. 100 25 22 20 all St. 10J 50 all 20 all 10 all 5 all 5 all lo all L 0 all ;0 all L 0 all )0 all .8 I 9 -There has been a very limited business reported in the Railway Share Market this morning, but in several instances prices have slightly improved. Eastern Counties, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Great Northern, Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and Norfolk, improved 10s. ; Brighton declined 10s. ; and South-Western, 15s. ; In, the Foreign and Colonial lines no business of any importance was transacted, and little variation in prices can be quoted. Northern of France are a shade lower, and Grand Trunk of Can, , cla and Great Western of Canada realised about yester day's quotations. The New East Indian lines remain at previous rates. .8I all Ol all )0 10u )0 100 Newcastle dr Carlisle. Newpt. A berg.dirkl Newry & Enniskillen N ewry , Warrenpoin, & Rostrevor Norm lk.. Northn. Counties Un North British ...... North Devon, Rail. 4 flock Stock [)o., A Stock ...... Do., B Stock ...... N. Eastern ---Berwick I Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 'Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn, North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney ;Scottish Central .... ScrA. N E. Abni !I. St ; Shropshire Uniou . Sitingbourne &Sheer ;South Devon South Ea5tern...... ... ;Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales ;0 2 slid ;0 10s !O 1 ,74 all !CI 2s. it. 100 !1) 15 )0 all )0 0,11 ?0 all ft. 100 )0 all !O alt Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter. Bank of Australasia declined 1/. ; London and County advanced ss. ; London Joint- Stock, 10s. ; and Union of London receded ths. In the Miscellaneous Market, South Australian Land improved about ss. S. Yorksh. RivisrDto Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18M Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Ray. D. &R. Vale of Neath Watertd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limeri ck West Coi nwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon 94i - 95 66 - 68 .•• ' •• 13 - 1~: 63 - 65 3i - 55 - 56 .•e "."." •• 98 - 99 BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Official List;) Business doge. Brink Stock 3 ler lent. Reduced Alumina:: 3 per Dent. Console Annuities 941 5 44 5i New 3 per Cent. Annuities O SA 5 i bg 4 N. 17 31 per Cent. Annuities ...... .......... Loug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 . Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7i leldia Bonds. £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l4 p 13 04.1r.501s for Account, Exchequer Bills, z.td. £lOOO. — 2 O 19 22 23 19 22 p £5OO 25 20 24 19 p Small 25 20 24 19 p Exchequer Bonds, 1858,34 por Cent — Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Bitenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account, Jan. 29 96 Gnatsmala Bonds, 5 per cent 55 Mexican 3 per Cent R assian Bonds, 1822, }.:. St., 5 per Cent., llO4 91 Ditto, 44 por Cent. Taiklah Bonds, 6 per colt IDitto Account 9Bl .IDitio Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2., per Cen;,., 12 Guilders 651 111D0 . 4 per cent. 4 "ertificates Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 par Cent. 55 6 1 ['MEE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto account (February 4) 2110.VERIV - ONSMITITTIND 7 I'II - E OF CONTROL. --+ VARD In the debates on the Indit Bill of 1853 there was one. poilit in which Mr. Vernon Smith suc cessfully' interested himself, and that was in the increase a the President's salary to 5,0001. a year. In trying to raise the miserable pittance, as it was called, of the Directors he was not able to assist, and when the salary of the Chairman of the Company was proposed to be raised from 1,0001. to 1,5001. .1-year, Mr. V. Smith advised the Indian Mini.ster of the day against the proposal. But when the question was about the salary to be paid to some one of the few persons with Parlia mentary standing, who, under present circum stances, are likely to become the Mir - ester for India, we find a different spirit pervading Parliamentary c i rc l es , Mr. Vernon Smith's proposal met with general concurrence, Mr. Williams alone objecting to' it. Lord Palmerston, who seldom speaks oi. Indian matters, added his approv a of this arrange ment, and the office, which in a few months was to fall into the hands of Mr. Vernon Smith himself, was, by his own motion, invested with the highest salary which is given to Government officers. Of course it is merely a coincidence, but it is t very curious one, that the honourable m em b er - was rai s i ng th e sa l ar y of an office which he was to be himself the first to enjoy on the new ter; but the t ra it o f c h aracter ex hibited by the circle i ms n Par liament who decide those matters is very s gnificamt, and gives us some idea of the spirit in which legis lation would be carried on, and patronage di& i buted, if the entire management of India fell into tbcs hand s o f purely Parliamelea , y men. Where tho p ro té g é of a peer rf large influence is oncer tiedc there w ou ld b e no difficulty iremaking the office t o which he aspires worthy of his acceptance, but for the M. roXXot, the hard-working men of Indian re putation, a merely nominal salary is sufficient for their nor vices...Morn* Adm r 1 4 .4 g e or. tOi all :06 13 10 all X) all )0 all )0 all * all ' all li - - 63. 85 - 86 93 - 97 .2~ _ Z$ 8i 9i' 32 9 5 d 106 - 108 25 - 26 48 - 50 3i - 2, 1 1 ` 35 - 37 '75 - 75, 811 —82 i 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 36 33 20} -- 2(i 20 -- 15 7 - 9 3 - 31 6 - 6.1 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. ! I Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur. 114 Buff. , Brut. & Golf ch. t Ii p. c.l)ds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 83 Do. do., 1 June,'74 80 'Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) ',Ceylon A stares 'A) 5 :0 10s. Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal , East Indian Do. Gs Shares D 0.41 p.c. Bnds. ,'57, Do. do. do., '59, do. l l Geelong & Melbourne i guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 1 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c l Gt. Westu. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds. payable '571 Do. do., p. '6O.H Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without, option Madras, guar. 4. p.c ; Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. , Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Gude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c, Do 39i i 40 ' 9 4 'Mall 6433 i 98 i .0 all 'A) all 5 all !O all 6 all 53 2 i 85,i 1 } : l r% O 15 0 all ;0 all ;0 2s. !O all ?,0 all 101 - 108 --- lip, 14i i !O 1 all ;0 6 5 all ;0 all i all .0 all !O all 254 i :5 1 all 13 - 20 49 - 51 85 - 87 21 - 21 3 / 4 - 1 p' 201 - 20 3 / 4 , - It. 100 10 60 6 1 all 1.0 1 all 9i all !O 1 all 1105 110 clO5 110 20i i 0 all 0 18 'D 18 103 106 19 20i 21,1 d 111 , 1 1 - API i' - i.O all ?,0 all 5 all .0 all LO all M, all 8 I all 100 >t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 8 all .0 all .0 all it. 100 i6i all all It. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 ;t. 100! ;t. 100 - I.lp A ... ". ;t. !loci .0 all .0 all it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 It. 100 7 34 it. 100 7 8i 13 2 9 15 10 !O all k. 100 110 GA 8 1161 it. ,100 .it 'lOO B t t . lllll l aW Oo ll 'St. 100 N all 10 all .0.6 all ',t. ,100 't. 100 It. 100 ',t. 100 It. 100 0 all 5 all ;5 19 It. ,10e 133 1001 100 91i 2 LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. - MEETING THIS DAY. The usual meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint-stock Bank was held to-day—the chair was occupied by W. BIRD, Esq. The usual routine business having been transacted, the secretary read the report, from which we extract the following paiagrapha, which shows the position of the Bank up the 31st ult. : " After providing for all losses and charges, there remains a net profit of 83 566/. 98., which the Directors have appropriated as followe, v i z. : _37,5001. to a dividend at the rate of 12i per cent. per annum ; 30,0001. to a bonus of 104. per sh are ; 16 , 0681. ga. to the credit of the guarantee fund. By th e a b ove addition and the accruing interest, the Guarantee Fund is raised to 187,0141. 9A. ld., and the directors feel very confident that this augmentation of £heir reserve will be satisfactory to the shareholders, when viewed in connection with the enlarged scale of the Bank's operations. The dividend and bonus, free from income tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 29th instant." A discussion ensued respecting the Guarantee Fund but the report was adopted. The foil wing direct ors w h o re tired in the order of rotation, viz., Si r J ames D u k e, B ar t., M.P., Ambrose Moore, Esq., W i ll iam B ir d , E sq ., an d John Timothy Oxley, Eici„ were unanimously re-elected. Donald Larnach, Esq., was elected a director in the room of the late A. Elastic., Es.q, The usual vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. BANK OF LONDON. MEETING THIS DAY. At the meeting of the Bank of London held to-day, Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., in the chair. The gross profit of the half year was 26,727/. 14g. 101 A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum was declared, leaving 802/. 17s. 23. to be carried to the profit and lose new acc)not. The Bank was now registered under the act. A short discussion took place, when the report was adopted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) THA MES. STEALING GREEN TEA. —John Cohen, aged 28, of No. 2, Osborne-court, Brick-lane, Spitalfieldp, cigar maker, and J ,ho Kent, aged 45, of No. 10,Fls,ur-street, Stepney, fishmonger, were brought before Mr. Solfe, charged with having in their possession, knowing it to be stolen, 13 the, of green tea. William C.,pping, a police-constable No. 379 K, said he met the prisoners last night in Seaford-street, Stepney. Cohen was carrying a basket at his back. The prisomrs got into a road when they saw him, and were running away, when he stopped them. He found in the basket which Cohen was carrying a paroel con taining 13 lbs. of green tea. Cohen said he met Kent in Whitechapel, and be asked him to carry the tea, and they were going to Bishopegate to sell it to a man who was waiting fur them there to purchase it for 2s. 61 per lb. Mr. Selfe—Very cheap for good green tea like this. The prisoners could give no account of themselves, and were remanded until Saturday, STEALING LEAD. —Joseph Hayes, aged 28, no abode, labourer, was charged with stealing 16 lbs. of lead pipe from the backyard, No. 3, Wilson's Terrace, Bromley. The prisoner was met with the lead in his possession by police constable Pullin, 161 IC An owner was soon discovered. The prisoner had removed the lead pipe from the yard of a house and done considerable mischief. Tguilty, and was se n t e nced to 3 months' imp n r e is r p on lea me d n e t d andhard labour. -ruE SU'N, LION DON, THITNSDAY.; EVENING, PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. 'Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ICaledn..£lo 4A p c. Ches. & Ho. 5i pc. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons Dun. Perth. &Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do, do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 I Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. iDo. 10/. Debentr.Sh. Mo. do. 4 per cent 1 East Lane a 51.1.6 p. cts &W. York. J. sthr Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh Ed. Pah. & Dun. 4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. C. pram. G t.N. of Scot. Ist PIT Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. Gt. W. (B. &H. Es.spc IDo. con. cod. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp.c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. P., sp. c. St. No. 2 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 peret. late 3d Shares Lowly. & Color. Sh. Londy.SLEnnis, Sh, L !s!., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. bo". dO. do. is ... Do, do. 3i per cent Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4} per cent Do. do. \lid. Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. STorfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. C. Ext. 1846 Do,. 5:1 p.c. pf , 1847 V.5p..,1847 North British .. Do. 71 . Preferonce N. E. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf. I Do. do. do 1D o. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York EL &S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar...... Do. .c. 2d guar._ IDo ' do. Debeatr. St, Scot. deut.New Pref. TSc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Doo. do , do. :3i p 7p.%. pf.pf St. Do. St uth Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 41 pr. cent Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do : do. 44, p. e _ Yorkall.li.c.Guar. Stock. &Dar., 5 p. a, IDo. do. do. IWaterfcl&Kilk. 6 pc. 90 - 92 - - 100 ..• 6 - 64 105 - 110 110 - 114 107 -11 k) 105 -10 i 125 - 128 ;Ili L. - 16 -- 'lB 110 - 112 103 - 105 64 - 66 10 - 104 90 - 92 82 - 84 83 - P 5 96 - 99 9i - 10 16 - 17 9 - 104 71 - 73 18. -19 i 91 - 14 - 15 136 - 138 1155 - 160 118 - 122 - I 65 - 70 133 - 1.35 99 - 101 90 - 92 iii 1: iii liii - 107 9 , 1 - 98 i - i I 21i -22 i 11.19 - 121 1103 - 105 105 - 110 71 73 101 - 24 - 25 95 - 100 95 - 100 26 -7 28 li --- Ei BRITISH 21 I i 10 all 'Do. 54 per c. Pr.Jf . 20 all W.& SI.W. of France 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all West. of Switzerland 6 all W iesl mien 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. 20 Ali Zealand • ... 18t! all 1 0 14 20 2,7 A 175 108 7 491 A 86 6/15 lh 9 •• 211 i Gs. 2 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Day. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (Ilogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd.(Philk.) Grt. W. Vor (11elstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn., fain. S. & L. Min. Co, Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap V. of Towoy (Camay. W. Basset (Illogan). W. Caradon (Liskrd. Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth) Wh. Edward(Calstck Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelavrney (Lis. 5 i I 5 4i LO 9 40 12s 61 5 1/ i 7B 261 7 FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES. Antwrp &Rotterdam 61 - 7 20 i 'Australian - 1 Ardennes Belgian East. Junct 1 - 14 11 1 10s, Bon AecordCop.(li.) id --1 p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued Beziers to Graissessac ... - ... Carmeaux&Toulouss at £5 pm) 1i - 21 11 - ICoal Mines and Ry. 31 - 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada . . . • 'Dutch Rhenish - 3i Uri 20 15 Do, St. John Del Rey 111 - 121 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. • Eastern of France - 28 Co. of Jamaica...-. ... - ••• 6 Do. New • .. - ". 40 all Cobre Copper 4O - 42 Euphrates Valley ... ... - ... ... 16 Copiapo - 13 Gt. Central of France ... - ... 1. all lun Mountain Cop- Great Luxembourg... 7 . 1 - 8 per Mining Co. - I p Italian Junction .. -• ••• 2 all Fortuna - id Lake Const. & Bale ~ - 2 O 2O all General - 18 Liam and Turnhout ... - ...d 3 all Linares - 9 Lombardo-Venetian 5 - 51;) 5 li Lusitanian - d Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - .. 1 all Mariquita - i Lyons and Geneva... 28 - 29 1 a ll N ew G rana d a - g Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... 1 all Novean Monde - ... Maria Antoula • --- ••• 20 all Pont.Sil.LdMAlSmlt 41 - 51 sit Do. New - ... 5 1 Port Philip Namur & Liege - 8i .- - O. Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O - 201 3 0 16i - . ntiago de Cuba ... 11 - 21 Northern of France 371 - 3'l 371 281 all United Mexican l'.4i -- 4i 41 MISCELLANEOUS \ NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 - 91, - . Paris and Lyons 341 - 341 iParis and Orleans 55 - 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... - ... Illecife & San Frau , 25 19 Australian Agricult. 26 - 27 1 (Perham,) g. 7p. c 1 - 1 p 98 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 21 - 21 ( Rime and Frascati,- ... - ••• 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 - 0 Royal Daniell l6 -- 18 10 2 Do. New ise. at 51. d ... - ... Royal Swedish i- 4 ( 50 40 ,Brit. American Land 35 -40 ' rt. 1 3 00 2 i D ea o n .G ada o.6pc.Jan&July 110 - 111 1101 111 1O Sambre and Meuse 8 - 8 , - ••. I Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 - i ISouthern of France.. 21/ - 211 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 'West Flanders 4B - 44 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cont. 23 - 25 Do. 5 1 1 , per c. Pr,Jf - 5 all 'Crystal Palace I -11 1 W.& N . W, of France 27 - 28 5 all iDo. Preference - 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... .. - .. Western of Austria... . - ••• . Wc. , ,t. of S w it z erland ... - ••• 20 all 'Eastern Steam 5 -.6' Wieslaclen - 106 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. ... _ ... IDo. Bp. cent. pref. ... - ••• i Zealand 5 all 'En.daust.Cop.SmCo 11 - 14 1 • ••• ••• "-.-- ••• 10 10s. Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel. /c 1 - p 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 5 - to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 20 ‘ll Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... - ... I Australasia B6 - 88 87 6i 7 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat.l ... - ... lißank of Egypt '2- 2 d 16/ 20 5 London Discount ... 11 lid ) Bank of London '43- 52 4 all Loud. Gen, Omnibus 3t -3i 1 I Bri.Col.Bk.&Ln. Co ... - -• 20 10 'Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ... 1 'British N. American 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... _ ... ... - ... ) C.llk.of Ind.Au.&Cb ... - _0 10 all , Do. Extension Teleg. ... •_ ... ) City 62 - 64 63 1 10 all Mexican& S. America) ... _ . 5 Colonial 1 ! ;C Erg. in Se u o re t i . a & l A o u f s L° d ' i ( o 'l t fit - 179 . 1 19 1 . 1 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... lf - I.i 43i ••• - ••• a 'Lomeli. Bk of A ~, t . 19 --- 194 191 10 6 iNetheliands Land.... i- 11 10 all Do. Do. . 3 - 3i ll Dittol New • - . 5 all IDo. Bp. c.Pf. iss. at Id. 31 -3t i 5 2 IDo. Do. - .4 2 - - ••• 0 !London and County .. -29 A 100 80 Now B. &N. S. Land 1' -- 2 0 Lnd.&E.Bitkng.Corp ... ''' - St. 100 'N.S.W. G•ov.s p.e.D. 93 -95 9 4A 0 London Joint Stock. ... _ ".' . 0 , 1 all N. B. Australasian... i - I tisk' 0 ' Lond.andWestminst. ... .... • ' ' l.- ni Z 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... - ... 5 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ''' M A ••• 1 all Oriental Gas -1/ 0 Do. Now 1 is Do Now Shares I) iP 5 National Bank - ... 5 all Paoli:cr. Ld. & Minr l .- 2 1 21 11 INewSouth Wales., 44 - 46 441 50 all Peninsular & Orion 76 - 78 11 Oriental Rank Corp 31. - 33 33 50 10 Do. New . 6/ - 'TO 171 50 all Rhymney Iron 0 Ottoman Ban& - 191 191 21 - 23 ;5 Provincial of Ireland ... - .., 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.... 56 - 58 31 Do. New ". - " 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. I 1 - 14 11 i 1 c'o , t.Aus.l3.&(x.lin • , - .•• - ••• St. 100 S.Aus, Gov. 6 p.e.hds. ••• - ••• 10!) 31 dl South Australia 35 - 37 25 all South Austral. Land ?.4 - 36 sti Lli Union of Australia 46 - 48 47 1 all 'Submarine Tel. Scrip i - 14 24 ,Do. New l9 - 20 161 19 1 all Do. Registered ...... I - 11 10 Union of London 123 - 25 24 50 UnityMutual2o 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. ." - ... 1 P•• - Ilee d end _ _____ lip, :....! ~,d 100 281 Van Diol32oles Land.. 10 - 12 . i i Wostrußk of L ' - MINES. 12A -13 A 5 -- 7 80 -- 00 420 -- 440 92A -97 A 14i -- 156 4 -- 5 -- 1 1 -- 1 1 11 -- 12 14i -15 A 4 -- 5 18 - 19 4 - 5 11 -- 1 340 -- 350 5 -- 56 )195 -- 205 . 11 31 -- 41 i - 1 24 - 26 10¢ - 110 150 - 160 1 260 - 280 7i - 7i 11 - 13 i 45 - 47 1 26 .-- 28 MARKET NEWS. --(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. 1 858, made u p f rom th e R e - turns different 21th Cities and Towns in GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Quarter. perial For n t g h lea England e ta e hn k edl e Wn n s d ap e le d eest J : a pr n se . r 1 m WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I R. ," . I BEANS I PEAS 48s gd 37 8 Od 22s ld 33s 7d 39s 3d 39s lld THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS I PEA{ 48s 4d 36s 5d 22s 8d 33 8 5d 1 39 s 9d I 40s 4,1 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 117,485; barley, 104,286; oats, 11,231; rye, 7; b eans , 5,266 ; peas, 1,771 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATIE AND LEADHNHALL.—About an average busi ness was transacted hers to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d • Mutton, 3s 2d t o 4s 6d; Veal, 4s Od to 44 10d ; Pork, 3 s 2d to s6d per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 20.—The supplies of fat stook here to-day were only moderate, nevertheless the trade ruled inactive, as follows : - Beef, from 3s 0.1 to 4s G,l; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4 . 1; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s Od; Pork ,3s6d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 20.—The trade generally was in a slug. gish state, at our quotations : - -Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s 0(1 to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; Perk, 4s Od to 4s 6.1 per 8113 s ; Store Pigs, -- s to --s • Milch Cows, 151 15s to 1q 18s ; Lean Cows,-1 to —1; gueltling Calves, 18s to 23s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ N; clover 31 12s to 51 03: and straw. 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load, A moderate supply, and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 4s ; clover, 3/ 103 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 63 to 1/ 103 per load, Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. WHITEOLIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clover, 31 103 to 5? 03 ; and straw. 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. LLOYDI3 SITIPPING.—(This Day.) boxpoti, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W.; very strong, but fine. BEAUMARIS Jan. 20.--Wind N.W., Livingstone, from Li verpoo l f or B a ll a ; Hai-dingo, from Liverpool f or Demerara ; Julia Cobb, f ro m Liverpool for Havaisnah. gale—Arrived— from Moul me i n PORTSMOUTH Jan 20 Wind N.W. to 11 . . N. W.— Arrived—Nugget' from So uthampton for Adelaide. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 19 —Wind W.—Arrived—Meteor, tins ; Cer es , di tto ; Don Rieonds, Pisquh; Admiral Blake, Rio Grand e . SOUTHAMPTON, Jan . 90 Wind N.W.—Arrived— ; Redgamitlet, Akyab ; Ha dass a b, Mauri- A.trato (s), West Indies. ' S. a il e d—l n dus Os), for Alex. andria. SUNDERLAND, Jan. Comas, Jan. 20, —Wind N W.—Arrived —Lieute n ant Bellot, from London for River G ambia ; Gertrude , ditto , for Malbou rne. 20 .—Wind N.W. — S ailed —Fl y in g Fish, fo r Barbadoea. Arrived—Vi(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday M o rning. land; Donegal and Horner, Newcastle ; Wind N. fresh. Tern, Cousins, Hero, and Ed tora, Oak, S ahara land; from Waterford • Thomas, Woodbri ige ; Christiana, Portsmouth ; Atrato, steamer, St. Thomas; Dispatch, steamer, Jersey ; Mal impulse, Seaham ; Sailed—Nugget, with Government emigrants for Aus tralia ; Indus steamer, Alexandria • , Alliance, steamer, Havro ; Express, steamer, Jersey ; La Poule, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N., strop b g reeze. A bar • is at anchor at que, with signals of distress flying/ East Hoyle. Steam tugs and life-boats gone to her. Newport. Arrived—British Queen, (5.5.), from Ha v r e ; Oswe g o, and Tweedside, (ga l .), N ew Orleans; Clutha, Calcutta ; Margaret, Cab e ll o. Off—Mertown, Ferdinand, and Sunny South. A rrived Lightning°, (BY FRIBMA.RINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind W .N. w. • half ebb ; fin e . Sailed—Hanover. steamer, for Ostend ; Lord J. Russell, steamer, Dunkirk ; Elide, io Janiero. Morning. Wind N N.W.• stron g . r f y ro s m tro s n t g . 31 ; tide three hours' and-a half from London, DEAiT f h o u r r C sd u a b y a; Marga ret, from Newcastle, for Seville. Passed—Viscount Lambton, screw steamer, from Sun derland, for Havre. Sailed--John Henry, f or westward. Mauritius; Peruvian, frigate, CRYSTAL PALACE.— SR a ,. LING DAY.— Wednesday, ' Payment 600 ; ditto by season tickets, 234 ; total visitors, 83 4. Jan. 20.—Admission on To THE Bois.—Never marry a girl who is fond of being always in the street—wh,, is loud of running to n i g ht meetings ; who has a j ewelled hand and an emp t y head—who will see her mother wor k an d to il w hile she lays in bed and r e a d s novels or feigns sickness—who is ashamed to own her mother because she dresses plain, never learned grammar, or was accustomed to the eti quette of the drawing-room—...wh o is always complaining that she cannot get enough of money to dress lik e Mi ss So-and - So, or g o to p arti es like Such- a - one ;w ho wears her shoes slipshod , or ha s a hole in her stnkings, and is too lazy to mend i t . Should you ge t suc h a one , d e pe n d u pon it you will have a dirty, untidy, miserable home, and life of it. B ut the kind , w, aff ec tionate,, ready and tidy anxiousgirl, w to who helps her moth er, who is al w a y s accom modate her mother, f at h er, brother and sisters ; who is kind to t he p oor ; who . dresses nea tly an d accord ing to her means—who is always cheerful and fond of accommodating others; if you can get such a treasure Int9your home will be a P aradise. Bos doyou hear that I eriaan Paper. y , y CANADIAN AND AMERICAN EMIGRATION.--An im portant arrangement has been completed between the London and North-Western Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, by which passengers of the first, second , and third cl asses can be booked at the London offices of the latter Company, 21, Old Broad street, 8.C., to their destinations on the American con tinent, for one payment, which includes the railway fare from London to Liverpool, the sea transit, either by s team or by sailing ship, find the railway fare to upwards of 16 0 leading stations a n d c iti es i n Canada and the lJnit , d States, as far even as Kansas, a dis tance of 1,694 miles from Quebec, and of 1,818 from Portland. The valuable pamphlets on the resources of Canada, the map of Canada, showing the railway connections with the United States, the tariff of through rates, and the protection afforded to emigrants by the Grand Trunk r o ute , continue to be issued as usual, gratis, on application either personally or by ' letter, a t 21, Old Broad-street, London, E.O. JANUARY 21, 1815 8 rbirb Wibttion SUN OFFICE, S x o'Clock. TATTERSALLS I --(This Evening.) CHESTER CIIP. 25 to 1 on The Field (~ffeied). We are requested to state that Thorehill will pay orfeit. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments w-ra made this afternoon at the Admiralty Surgeon Superintendent—John Bower, to the Lord Baglan convict ship. The good service pension vacant by the death of Admiral Downman has been given to Vice-Admiral Sharp. PROGRESS OF THE RUSSIAN RAILWAYS. The Russian railways are making favourable pro gre,:s. The work of construction has been for some time organised under the supreme control of M. Col lignon, Inspector-General of Ponts and Chaussees. A section of nearly 140 kilometres (17 miles), from St. Petersburg to Longa, was opened in Dec., and is in complete working order. A second section of similar length, from Longa to Pskow, has been en tirely finished during the season, and will be open to the public in the spring. In a short time, another section of 50 kilometres (31 miles) now commenced, will be completed ; so that before the end of the year the journey from St. Petersburg to Warsaw and Berlin will be already shortened by 25 to 30 hours. At the same time, while hastening the con struction of this line as far as liceniusberg—which will be finished by the end of 1859 or the beginning of 1860—the company are preparing plans for the remaining sections ; the most important of which will be commenced in 1858, and rapidly completed. Tho result of the first undertaking is stated to Le decisive as regards facility of execution, plans, labour, and materials. Surveys, more complete than the earlier projects of the Russian engineers, have led to advantageous alterations. Upon a single section of the western line the company were able to collect 15,000 to 18,000 workmen, but refused a like number, and could easily have procured treble the amount had they been required. Several native and foreign contractors have offered their assistance, and the engineers and agents of the company find valuable and extensive co-operation among the population and h cal authorities. The result of the labours of the past season is highly favourable, both as regards the progress of the works and the suffi ciency of the capital guaranteed. In order that the importance and utility of this enterprise, embracing a group of 4,200 kilometres, may be understood, it will be sufficient to state the direction of the lines, indicating each by a few words. 1. St. Petersburg to Warsaw and the Prussian Frontier.—A communication between the capital and Germany and the rest of Europe. 2. Moscow to Nijni Novogorod.—A junction •f the Volga and its immense navigation with Mos cow, St. Petersburg, and the Baltic ports. 3. Moscow to Theodosia.—This line traverses for about 700 kilometres (438 miles) a corn exporting country, touches upon the coal pits of Donetz and the salt-works which supply a large portion of the empire, uniting by the shortest line St. Petersburg and Moscow with the Black Sea. _ 4. Orel to Liebau.—Connects the centre and the Terres-Noires* with a port on the Baltic open the whole year, and destined to become the greatest commercial 111 tery of Russia. The financial position of the company is excellent; the shares are in increased demand, for in foreign markets and in Russia the undertaking is received with so much favour, and disposable capital is so abundant, that nearly a fourth of the 600,000 shares of the first issue have been paid up in full by th• subscribers, who have thus paid in advance 45 mil lions of francs. The total capital is guaranteed 6 per cent, by the Russian government under contract, so that what ever saving the company may effect in the works will be equivalent to an additional guaranteed in terest. Should circumstances require it, the opera tions may be confined to a portion of the group without any alteration being made in the terms of the concession. The net revenue of the entire capital has been estimated by the engineers charged with the sur veys at 10 per cen►., which, taking into account that half of the capital is to be created in obliga tions, would return 12 to 13 per cent. This estimate refers to the working of the first few years. The deed of concession gives the company every desirable facility for development of the traffic. It grants power to possess and work mines, factories and forests, and tbe right to organise a transport service on the rivers and the sea in correspondence with the railroads. The latter privilege is of cobsi- derable importance in a country of unlimited pro duction, called npou ti supply the agricultural wants of the whole of Europe, and which is divided by soil and climate into distinct zones that can alone exist by the exchange of their products. * Steppes of Southern Russia, of a rich black soil. Racing Fixtures for 1858. FEBRUARY. Lincoln ll I Derby Spring Nottingham Spring 16 MARCH. Beverley Spring Kipling Coate:: Northampton Coventry Croxton Park IL. Liverpool Spring 2 Ludlow Spring 4 Doncaster Spring 9 Think Spring ll Warwick Spring l6 AP] Richmond Spring 1 Newmarket Crave❑ 5 Durham 5 Catterick Bridge York Spring 13 Malton Epsom Spring Newmarket F S Plymouth Spring I Salisbury .AY. Chester Bath Harpenden ....11 ....14 JU Epsom Alanchester A , cot 1 Hampton Newton 9 Beverley Summer 16 Bi bury Club l6 Stock bridge l7 Winchester lB Chelmsford 22 Newcastle-on-Tyne 22 Abingdon 24 Carlisle 29 Shrewsbury 29 Liverpool l4 Nottingham 26 Goodwood 27 Ipswich 1 Pontefract ... 1 Newmarket July 6 Worcester Summer 8 AUG , UST. I York Radcliffe Egham Hereford Stockton I Lichfield R'pon... North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Wolverhampton Reading ll SEPTE Derby Cardiff ... Warwick . Doncaster . Leicester MBER. Monmouth ... .......... ManchesterAutaran...• Newmarket F 0......... Walsall .................... Northallerton ........... )BER. Newmarket S 0 ........ Warwick Autumn ..... Newmarket H............ MBER. , 14 , 22 Chester Autumn ......... 5 Richmond .................. 7 Wrexham .................. 7 __- NOV E Worcester Autumn 2 Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury Autumn Irish Racing Fixtures for 1858. MARCEL Howth and Baldoyle Spring ............ —l7 _ __ APRIL. Curragh MAY. Howth and Baldoyle Sum mer 18 JUNE. .22 I Trainore JULY. .......................... 7 I Wicklow 20 Curragh Down Royal orp ...... AUGUST. Heath of 111aryboro' ...... 3 I Galway Roscommon ...............10 1 .. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 7 I Jenkinsto wn P ar k . Silken 4 1 Johnstown . .......... OCTOBER. Cashel Curragh 12 1 Limerick THE LATFREINTE MI.TITA.RY ASYLUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —You will materially promote the interests of the British army in India, and cheer the heart of many a mourner in humble life in England, by giving publicity to the accompanying extract. It is taken from a letter mitten by the wife of a civilian high in command at Delhi. The case referred to by the writer is by nn means the first instance in which the Lawrence Military Asylum—at this time most critically circumstanced from the absence of !illy endowment, and a failure of income—has sheltered the orphans of our mur dered soldiers rescued from worse than de ith. -- I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, EDWARD P. HATHAWAY. 5, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, Jan. 20, 1858. (Copy.) Palace, Delhi, Oct. 26, 1856. C. has brought us a half-caste girl, of about nine years of age, who was sent in to him by one of the nawabs near here. A horseman took her away from Jhansi, and brought her to D liii, and he sold her to this nawab. She is the only surviving child of Quarterwas-er Serjeaut Newton. Ile, wite, and four children, were murdered at and this one lines to tell the tale. Poor ! she was dressed in red and go'd, her head was shaved, and she looked just like a native. She cried very bitterly for two days, but my ayah has been a.sis!-- ing me in winning her round. I cannot yet get her to speak to me ; she only nods her head, but she h s talked once or twice to the ayah. I am going , to send her tote Lawrence Asylum As a soldier' L orphan they arts bound to provide for her, or rather to receive her, for she will hive a small pension ; and Mrs. Hope Grant has kindly promised to take her to thuballa and then to the hills. Oh, dear E., I wish you in England would ad vocate the Lawrence Military Asylum cause. The institution will now be more than ever required. Government ought to come forward and keep it from falling, which it will do unless permau4nt aid is granted to it. Try and stir Mrs. H. (a sister of Sir H. Lawrence) to this. England ought to grant any request made by a sister of Sir Henry and Sir John .Lawrence. MINISTERIAL REPORT AND DECREE FOR TETE .sUPPRESSION OF TWO JOURNALS. REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes various ad dresses to the Emperor, congratulating him on his escape. M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, presented the following report : " Sire.—When an ai tempt like that of the 11th suddenly startles the word and shows to the most incredulous what savage anarchy would like to im pose itself on France by assassination, every one expects that the Government will come to a serious decision to prevent a recurrence of such danger. " Without being carried along by public indigna tion it is necessai y to seek, with firm and calm, mo deration, energetic remedies adapted to the gravity of the evil, to consider well the danger and to be ready to act. " The flagrant danger, Sire, is to be found in that sect of assassins who recruit in broad daylight at a few leagues from our frontiers, and send in a few hours into the very heart of Paris their hired assas sins and instruments of destruction. _ " What encourages them—what especially en courages those who pay them and direct them, is the mad hope which they entertain that the insur rection which will ensue when they have broken the powerful arm which has already put it down, will hand over to them Paris, France and a portion of Europe. This hope, which Lois no foundation iu pie sence of a resolute Government, of a devoted aria) , of a satisfied people, is only kept up on one hand by the action of demagogues who never cease to conspire and spread agitation ; and, on the ctlttr hand, by the imprudent oppositi )n of those frag ments of ancient parties who, with equal folly, ex pect au impossible resurrection from anarchy. "To meet this emergency various niossures will be submitted to your Majesty. There is one, how ever, which our existing laws admit at once, viz., not to tolerate that certain journals in the hands of a few but indefatigable agitators shall continue to be the daily exponents of the doings of demagogues— almost the official organs of their direct or indirect attempts at disturbance. Nor must, on the other land, attacks be allowed to be made, ho Never well disguised, incessantly against the new dynasty and the constitution which the country has chosen for itself, showing an obstinate hope that pretensions which have fallen long since into utter oblivitm way be possibly and proxiwately realised. "Among the French newspapers it is very easyto discern which are those whose object, more or less disguised, is to prepare the way, insomuch as they can, for other hopes than the duration of the Eeipire. " As long as free England feared for the family which now reigns the attacks and the intri g ues of tie friends of a Pretender, that liberty of which she is so proud gave way to most rigorous measure'. Your Government, Sire, is at the pre sent moment what that of England was till a long time after William 111., in an evident position of legitimate defence ; the attempt of the 14th Jan. only proves it too well. We should be wanting to our duty if we did not at once have recourse, in the interest of society, to those weapons which the actual legislation places at our disposal, and I ask your Majesty to decree at once the severe applica tion of the law of 1852 on the press. " A review which has scarcely a two years' exis tence as a political organ, on the very morrow of the day upon which I allowed its publication for got all the form , al promises made by its editors, and opened its columns to the most d, testible in spirations of the demagogues. The Revue de Paris now seeks to make itself the centre of a sort of ramified agitation, the trades of which the Govern ment has discovered in various departments ; it, moreover, adheres to its work of propagandism, and its last number is replete with the glorification of the reminiscences and hopes of the Republican party. More than once warned, and its publication suspended, during the last two years, it must now be suppressed. The decree of the 17th Feb., 1852, allows this suppression, and I propose it to your Majesty. " Another newspaper which, under very diffcrent colours, has never ceased since the restoration of the Empire to wage a hidden but constant war against the new inst:tutions sanctioned by the na tional will—the Spectateur--(formerly called the Assemblee Nationale) persisting in its opposition, takes the opportunity, while expressing its horror at the attempt of the 14th Jan., to advocate the principles which it upholds ; and without regard to history, ignoring the assassination of Henry 111., Henry IV., and of the Due de Berry, it adds : " 'Formerly these detestable passions found a check in that salutary law of the monarchy which, placing the principle of hereditary right above all changes and all ambitions, rendered those crimes useless, and in some measure took away all ,pretext for their commission.' " This is forgetting too much that the inherit ance of the Crown in the Imperial family is the fundamental principle inscribed by eight millions of votes in our Constitution., "This paper, which has already received five warnings, and has been twice suspended, ought, I think, also to be suppressed. " These measures of severity, Sire, are legitimate. The Government of a great nation must not allow itself to be noiselessly undermined by skilful pens no more than to be attacked openly by the savage brutalities of conspiracies. " The decree which I propose to you is only a just punishment on those upon whom it falls ; it will, muroover, be a warning to others. " I am, Sire, with profound respect, your Ma jesty's very faithful and very obedient servant and subject, " BILLAULT, Minister, Secretary of theepartment of S the tate Interior." in A decree in the Moniteur foll ows the above re port. After enumerating the offensive articles in the two above-named publications, it says : " Art. 1. The Revue de Paris and the newspaper Le Spectateur (formerly the Assemblee Nationale), are and remain suppressed. • " Art. 2. Our Minister Secretary of State in the department of the Interior is charged with the execution of the present decree, which is to be in serted in the Bulletin des Lois. "Done at t':e Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. 18. " NAPOLEON:, ..15 ..16 ..27 ..29 ..18 ..26 ..23 ~ 24 ~.26 ~.26 ~.30 ..23 ..24 .28 29 30 GALE AT LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, Wed n esday.— Throughout last night and during to-day a very severe gale has been blowing over the town and along the coast. Up to this afternoon the casualties reported are of no moment; but fears are entertained that the next 24 hours will produce the records of many disasters. • THE PRICE of GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 per mille discount, and the short exchange .29 on London is 25.15 per 1/. sterling. On c. , mparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 1014. _27 per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By ad vices from Hamburg the price of gold is 415 per _ l7 mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.31. per V. sterling. S. andard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 11 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New Y. rk on ... 21 London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 to 109 i per ••• 28 cent. At the present rate of discount here there is no tphreofituonnittehde States, transmission and the e go profit this country on ...19 ~.26 receiving it from the other side , C t plrd fromt is ~.27 THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF Tl] EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, writing from Brussels cn the 18th inst., makes tle following statement : " You will have read, in addition to other details relative to the Italian, Pierri, Arrested as one of the participators in the recent atrocious assassinations, th , it he had visited this place on his way from Eng -1 .nd to the scene of (rime. Of this there is no question. Tile following incident c innected with -this visit was made known to the police authorities yesterday or the day before, and is not without interest. A servant girl, speaking two or three languages, arrived from England some time past, with good certificates from a person, namel Pierri, residing with his family at Birmingham. Stie obtained a situation with a respectable Bel gian f a mily, and continued to give satisfaction to her employers. Two days previous to the infernal explosion at Paris, them :seer of the house, chancing to stand at the window , saw a dark-looking man ring the bell. The door was then open,_d by the servant'gid, who remained some time in conversa tion with the stranger, who in due time departed. The gentleman then a , keil the girl what business the man hid wi'h her. She replied, Oh, it was only M. Pierri of Birmingham, in whose s ,, rvice I lived, and who wishes me to return to England. He said he was merely going to Pori3 on commer cial business, should return here in a day or two, arid would their take me with trim to England ; but I declined.' Having heard the name of Pierri, the gentleman after' arils thought he might be the individual implieated in the Paris abomination, and he therefore qu sti ‘zied the girl, who was in ignorance of the clime, relative to the occupa tions and associates of her former master. To this she replied that he was in business at Birmingham, had a wife and child, and was ac customed to receive visits from other Italians, among whose names she recollected those of Orsini and Mazziui. Upon being asked if she had ever overheard or recollected the subjects of their conversation, and whether they talked po litics, she answered, Yes, they frequently spoke of France, and on more than one occasion said the Empet'or must be killed for the good of the world.' She ail red that on one occasion a discussion arose among Iheiit,fis to who should commit the act ; and to the pit aflier recollection Orsini claimed a right to this clioliOrtr,' Having heard this, the gentle man immediately waited on the Procureur du Roi, and in tha''colirse of the day the girl was summoned _ _ _ t, ;0 his cabinet, repe,fted her depositions, and waa },laced under surveillance, to await instructions from the French Grovel nment, to whom the affair was immediately communicated. The police have discovered that Pierri only remained three or four hours at this place, during which time he is asserted to h :ye had an interview with more than one French refugee, the name of one of whom has re • cently much occupied the attention of the Conti, nental press." (From tile Birmingham Daily Prsss.) Few of our readers, we suppose, when they read the accounts of the brutal and dastardly attempt just made in Paris, imagined any more than we did ourselves teat the plot was concocted in Birming ham, that one of the principal actors has been for years a resident of Birmingham, and that it was with a passport signed in Birmingham that he found his way into France. Yet such we know to be the case in some particulars, and have reason to believe that it is so in all. M. Pierri, the Colonel Pierri of the French accounts, has resided for a length of time in Birmingham, formerly in Broad street, and latterly in Bath-low. Whilst here he has been engaged as a teacher of languages, a pro tession which political exiles frequently adopt as being at once honourable and useful, one which men unaccustomed to labour can readily adopt, and one iu which kindly-disposed people are always ready to assist them. In the course of this occupation he was introduced, we believe, to many respectable families of the town, both professional and tradespeople. During the time of his resi dence here M. Pierii has made mere than one visit to the Continent, Prussia being his usual destina tion. Whether the passports used on these occa sions were vistld in Birmingham or not we cannot say. His explanations of the causes of these visits were that he had received appointments to teach in noble families. With respect to another of the principals in the tragedy, it will be remembered that M. Felice Orsini appeared in Birmingham in June last, and delivered a lecture in the Music Hall. This gentleman came to England with the highest recommendations. He had been a sufferer from the tyranny of Austria, had been incar cerated in, and made a marvellous escape from, an ileustiian psi on. He wa% a person of no mean literary ability, as his narratives of his ad ventures proved. Altogether, as a patriot of good birth and connections, and unexceptionable man ners and appearance, he met here what seemed nothing but his due—a respectful and kindly re ctption. That Ot sini and Pieiri should be intimate was what was to be expected. Both were political exiles, and both had suffered in the cause of their country. We need scarcely say that the. M. Felice Orsini of the lecture room and the Count Orsini of the Rue Lepelletier, are one and the same person. Thus much for the former connection of the con spirators with this town. The first appearance of M. Orsini in June was openly and publicly announced—we have no doubt that most of our readers remember it. Not so, however, a second visit, which he paid about a fort night ago. That was a private one to M. Pierri, and only a few persons knew of his presence here. The two men held long conferences together, and shortly after Mr. G. R. Collis, the French vice consul in Birmingham, was applied to by Pi err i to vise a passport to France. Having known that the person applying to him had resided in the town for several years, Mr. Collis complied with the re quest. He was then asked about performing the same duty for Prussia, but for some reason declined. Pierri then wanted the Belgian mark, but this Mr. Collis was not in a position to affix, but referred the inquirer to Mr. A. Everitt, who is the vice consul for Belgium. By the latter gentleman the passport was made available for Belgium, and we know that it was through Belgium that Pierri entered France. It has been hinted to us that not only did the conspirators meet here, but that some the projectiles were also made here. On this point, however, we cannot speak with any cer tainty. It cannot, however, be doubted that it was in Birmingham that the final arrangements of the plot wore trade. This is a distinction of which, if the town itself was in any way implicated, we should be heartily ashamed, as with the cowardly transaction itself every Englishman is heartily dia. gusted. COMPENSATION TO PROOTORS.—Under the New Pro. profits, bate slsi Actlos on an on o rcat average s a r awg r eo e 00 e Lf n wfi t i i v t o l em e t d s T o o years, ii eh from l - o al o f AtTh f . e_ T r their yeeagst n eurr la !t y morning, at 11 o'clock, the Swift, Woolwich and London eta amboat, arrived off Woolwich for the purpose of landing her passengers, when, in consequence of the low , state of the tide, whilst in the act of rounding in order to make for the pier, the aft part of the vessel struck against the sharp point of an anchor. The result was that a large portion of the flank timbers were torn away, and a bole was made completely through the bottom of the vessel. The passengers, who were much alarmed, were all landed with safety, but the vessel was grounded, and as the tide rose she rapidly filled with water and sank. A large body of men will be employed at the next low tide, in raising the vessel by means of chains and lighters. CONviOr DISCIPLINE AND TRANSPORTATION...." Fur ther correspondence" on the subject of convict discipline te e e ru n and transportation in th e Australianocvaoeilrfo.nynoiereasorl hasy W reportesbeen printed (as a blue-book) by order of both Houses of Par f li am ent, in continuation of papers presented in March, papers fromus b Australia,BloBsdaetaTilh andseon the the reply of the Colonial Secretary, From Tasmania an address of the Legislative Council i , , 0 1n85t7.0, 1857, pro testing w a a g r a d i e n d st to th t t e re:vliovnailalo °affandtereaniinsapojmrstaanyi t n we o as r ts thern parts of Australia, House of Assembly's address ag ainst the revival of transportation to any part of Austra lia you w n as tryase mAmisetsateesnaudrbetlo Downing -street by Governor ywoul would expressed caus e a thatubneilvieefrsal discontentt he ( t o it) a nd .induc e obnoxious deplorable consequences. Mr. Labouchere replied (4th of May) to the effect that no plan for the formation of any convict settlement in the northern part of Aus tralia was in the contemplation of the Queen's official advisers. The second address against the revival of transportation to any part of the continent of Australia is simply acknowledged by the Colonial Secretary of State, without comment. The papers from New South \Vales refer merely to estimates of expenditure. As regard s Victoria it appears that an address to the QUM from t'. e Legislative Council of that colony was forwarded ' by Sir H. Barkly to Downing-street on the 7th of May, 1857, praying that no measure might be sanctioned for the transportation of convicted felons to Australia. The Legislative Council of Victoria, adverting to the attrac tion of the criminal element of society to their colony by the gold fields recently discovered (to such an extent as to form one-sixth of the adult male population), assure her Majesty that unless the landing of felons on the coast of any part of Australia be prevented, order will perish, the most frightful crimes reign paramOunt, and the gold and wool exported to England, and the vast employment thereby created, be seriously endangered, if not destroyed, by the consist element. The argumentum , ad hominem is also adda x , it being asked hew, if the mother country caltin ro L D ,r; the ticket -or-leavers in its society, even after a p i o ' p a s eion of months and year., a colony ef a rt u ont o f bow can pay for the coercion and p . o _2",7 reco i i ,„d v r offenders. The address thus r . ... 6 1 .71; t 04 , foo t of he graciously" by her Majesty wily" throne.