The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

0 'AT • ,K 2,1 htA t. . A-Tt) COnidERCLA L NTELL/GET,TO CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Li verpool Cotton M ar k e t yes t er d a y c l ose d tt1111 Y) and pric es o f a ll descriptions advanced fully bales lb. Th e sa l e s were estimated at 7,000 In the 1,000 o f w hi c h were taken by the speculator s . ilth e Railway Share Market a steady business was tr arlsected at improved quotations. The amount of gold taken into the Bank yester blas 32,0001., and the return, which will be - " ja he d on Friday, will probably show an aug kentation in the bullion to 17,500,000/. a Th ere is still a steady demand for silver on Eastern t eeu net, and the market consequently remains in a Ha state. j g The demand for money, though still very limited, eth rat her• more active, but the supplies awaiting -Pi°Yrctent are too large to cause it to produce t o ./ i mPlession ; there is consequently no alterat ionte P o rt, and the terms still range from 2k to 3 per . ce nt. Some choice descriptions of paper have negotiated as low as 2i per cent. 4fle Directors of the Paiajaub Railway Com -411)7"3 have made. a call of 4/. 16s. 83. per shar a e , 0 ) togeth er with the d e p os it, will make 51. per "'are paid up. e At the pu bli c sa l es o f colonial wool, wh i c h w ill 2 ° 2 l34 nlence this after Loon, it is expected that about ' OOO bales will be offered. Th's is a quantity than usual, but it is g-nerally ii ka g i oed that du r i ng th e M a y ser i es a considerable :1 ) 14 will be brought forward. _Business in the aetacturing districts is still very quiet, but thg.her prices will, it is thought, be re disei upon qbt °eca sien, especially as money is now obtain e u pon such easy terms. a A meetin g of the M a d ras s h are h o ld ers i s now in g held f or b allotting for the elecion of two di rges. p~At the meeting of the Geelong and Ballarat wi ' lW ay Compa n y to-day, t 1 e final accounts o f th e t o lgiee up showed only a balance of 1101. as assets appropriated. ta 'be Directors of the Bank of England, a t th e i r eet ing to-day, made no alterati on i n th e t erms v discount, and although the quotations may be to t 0 1 lower out o f d oors, i t i s generally believed „„ a4 . kee " 11 0 further redu c ti on i s i n t en d e d . Di scoun t u teteod a ti on " can now be procured on the most tkklollable terms, and a further relaxation at the tip s might only act as an incentive to specula -1131 e hterprise. The authorities are therefore t a ji ng a Proper discretion, _and their policy is gene t by the mercantile community. .1 fur ther slight advance has taken 'Ace in the gih th Stock Market, notwithstanding the dull kioti ef bu s i ness. Th ere can b e no l onger any ip 4 Ptrehelleion of any serious misunderstand 41)tellr,tween England and France, and the ti° o a 'era are disposed to resume their opera -4104 for a ri se. C onsols have b een 97 i g for Ake a nd the 4th p rox i mo , an d 971 g for k ci • The N ew T hree per Cents. are 97i /, the ki u _ tie ed 97ft E xc h equer Bills 31s. to 35.4. pre kar'n) and th e B onds 100 Bank Stock is ked 227, and Indi a D o. 221. A ,3:oderate amou n t o f b usiness has been trans ;lQ In the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are pe r • Turki s h 6 per Cents. are 102 k 2 ; ditto 4 o ei rts. ) 1042 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 106 ; Oep t ea n 3 per Cent s ., 201 ; P eruv i an 4i per 4 iar t :',' 83 i ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 454 ; Ruts- Per Cents., 99i ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 2 6i ' S panish 3 per Cents., 44i ; Ditto Deferred, O e ; Ditto Passive, 6g ; and Dutch 24 per ko c k a ' e llowing are the nominal prices of Foreign ear l :--- Chenada Dlerred Boact , , 54 to 61 ; Mexi -82; b Per Cents., 20k to 2)i ; Pert - avian, 82 to Oe tAi °' 3 Per Cents., 56 to 57 ; Portuguese 3 per 1 12. to ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 to Ce pt' 4. 1 per . Cents., 98 to 10i) ; Spanish 3 per 26i ') 44 to 45 ; and Do. New Deferred, 26i to -that t -thi as- w eek's railway receipts, ascertained up da y) are in round figures as under 18b8. 1857. : qr 4:at W este h vi rth e rtl £23,562 £23,704 :item pgbto eqern 9,860 10,259 ti kts kid 30 066 28,410 Grea t 14.267 14,293 , ( 4 ) . " Northern 21,865 21 174 & 1 14 4 4 1 :n and_ Yorkshire 19.928 21,646 4,897 4.984 Pane Exeter 4,931 4,997 d Holyee . ad 5 375 5.305 I;ktieh eil `f and Carlisle Orth.t,"r, Sheffield, & Lincoln... 9,060 tt e Astern , (11 4 ,,b i aarti epooi 3,020 3,032 tqllNll, Perth and Dundee v l ' r gll and G , 2,822 4 845 4,892 and 8 Glas g ow 4._lat sou 5-Western 4 44,1 nL . of Canada 6,542 8,726 II • of Canada h, 'tott k i -eBB M the R a il way Sh are M ar k e t, t hi s t io4 4 : ‘ ," 15 not very active, most of the transac ktt44.. t ered into h av i ng b een connected with the ,ee how 'tents for the settlement of the accounts 44 I n Progress. Prices have 411, im provement of abou t gene t r o al l y been firm, I S per cent. ( it t u e quoted on se vera l of to leading lines. ter4, Northern h ave improved ss. ; Great Wes apd e °r til-EaSterf l (Berwick), ; Midland, olitici,sil"th Lancashire 15 s. ; and Cale donian,E astern ) andYorkshire, and Norfolk, V. r o4l gll lines have been rather dull. Northern 74 1 , ali ne have advanced 15s. ; Sambre and Namur and Liege, and Great Luxembourg, At ° , , 11 the Colonial mirke., East Indian lin- G N e " 10s, and Grand Trunk of °amide, 1/. k / ng and Melbourne, Puejaub and Indus Steam es, 4 -'llla realised for l 4 B . k e an s, met rates and Miscellaneous Shares, have i t :Ned little variation. Union of Australia have Ik eved ss. ; Electric Telegraph declined 11. 711111DS TIM DAY AT Or :et)i,c,t;r. (Fromh a the Official Ltst:t til t 13,• Busineaa done. 4 . 227 lrera nt. Reduced Annuittb. 1, 0 4 '3 pe , ,eans)le annuitie s (4`4l ' ‘'ent. Annuities 97 i , 4 St n. : l 4 44i ", Capfre stt, Jan. 18611... 2 1-16 4 '414 lieeatiu, 97 i k:10130 3r iiltla, 20 '''''''' h ' -e gner . Bonds, 158 , :44 per C ont ._ 3 2 P I,kt t o. iss9 o e 4ll , t. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON k O'CLOCK, 4i per Cent bonds, 6 per Cent lO6 've, tl e ,k, , per Cent... ds co rt,,:kteount b'reaa Bonds 5 per Cent. , Con. 184 pe!?en . t 45) St., 0 per Cent —o t Per Cent, go lala per , Cont. .„..,974 ,„tto I ke : 8, 3 per (.ent. 1, , , t.t c , 1,4, 3 2 1 11 A uitt, b b eferren, 3 per Cent, +ari ttis I,assi ve ' 6 Di tto ~,„..oLid%6, cent ''''ranteed.l -. , 0r Cent. Dllteb 104 a z_ th vidends on the above payable in London . "tehange, 2i per Con;., 12 Guilders 651 T WO O'CLOCK. nsols, money ........ D itto, Account . ••• ......... .... • 11 4 Consols fo r Accouni, '' (*q * i ) ******** . ****** 8 ...... 976 B _ ,i 4 -I,3Ly SOWING IN . SOOTLABD. The season still con lilil'a to be so fine in the north of Scotland, that sowing more early cereals in Deeeide. 1;1 1 4 torn/termed of the' only one snowstorm in in Scotland this 1164;4 has been 'r, and that lasted but i I; elated Tuesday, eays :—" we 1,1,-„,"Patch from Buir-mt'ht 1. 1 4 4 - iron, Copenhagen a the Kirg of Penrnark is Monday's bulletin way . as foll,tivi'ing unckrerysipelas'has somewhat extended.. since Y ,est e ,,,, B :--- - 1 The erysipelas 4 iis . ""Y, lint neither fever nor any other indisposition .4,o‘ll:ftvened.' " THE CITY.-- RV/4Rn EXTENSivE by the police tf%"etuaY rnuraing information givenw".ius robbery on theav BURGLARY !N: Dlvtioth r extensive and very se" _ No. 87! as 4 4 ' 4 . ,e 3 of Mr. J ones, tailor and drape') which it, w titt:t.reet been We °, and from the manner in w must have - o f ilti, e.1:1 there is little doubt that it gang t,;(tillitted bY Members of a practisedThe thieves fCa:tc that _ t 13 , ! e e pq,,4,,N that now infest the City. coats, /t ,, t tist - s m ,nP goods- I d 1 th doeskin, ••••• iroa c o p of opwar.ds .°' 1e . , : ;>.-., and trousers —to the amount Considering be e ' x.'', 'With which they got clear off. Aqie,,P(4led Situation of the house, and the iltilitio are eontinuaily pa,,,mg to anti troth .B, r i 4 loo,11.11„ena,, Which is in the immediate locality,. there ,_ tent,-e'lling fretrmarkable in the burglars succeeding . in Ill'e:tc,l3,7„th ooy un;letected, The most searchin d g , ;° 4 le 1 , "on is being made by the police, and a han . . %ion -ew ard is off d for the apprehension and convic of t, ere me ortendere. -.4i. ,---- .kILWAY Prici yesterday. tAILWAT: ) Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dz Eastn. Belfast & Ballymen Btrumg. Wolverh. Stour Valley Sirkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire BlaelK burn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. .. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Bluk. & Pass Cornwall D.. A Do. B Dublin &Belfast June Dun. P. &Aber.June East Anglian . Eastern Counties EasternUni o n , A. stk Do., do. ..... Do. New A . •• .• East Kent ..... East Lancashire ... East Suffolk ...... Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness .. . Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. : . 0., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wst. Riding LI ti. Do. Southpurt. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright.&S.Ost London & N. Wester Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland . . . . Do. Birming. & Derb Midland G. West.(lr. Do. r Shares .. ..... .. Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor N0rf01k........... Northn. Counties 17n North British ...... . North Devon, Rail. Si Dock Stock. Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n........ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester 3: Wolverhampton..... 18 Portsmouth 10 'Rhymney IWO Scottish Central ... ,10t) Sc , ,,t. N.E.Abrdn. St 1100 .Shropshire Union 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 South Devon ...... . 100 South Eastern all Do. 4i per c. Shares 100 South Wales... ....... . all S. Yorksh. Riv.r Dun 10 Do.. all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling.. 17 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 ......... 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. St. 100 Tall Vale St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R 20 all Val: of Neath St. 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all ,Waterford&Limerick 20 all West Cm nwall 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do, B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all , Wmbledon &Croydon St. 100 St,. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all 109 31.1 17 , all 100 1.-1A:7:...-. -- , rvi.,•''..A-.:,E i::---- ~ .This Day). Business done this day, BRITISH 5 - 6 8 - Si 72 - 73 ••• •.•. - 9i 94 - 961 95i - 961, 37 -3; 1 I - -8 8 - 9 18 - 19 624 -63 A 4$ - 50'1 32 - 34 15 - 17 94 - 95 67i 28 = 28. 53 - 951 9i - 101 1 107 - 107 92 - 94 131 - 133 104 - 106 61 614 - i 61i' - 63 85 88 11 12 11 12 rd 951 94 d 1 65 -6?, 107,i - 108 101 - 101 973 - 983 ... ..... ... • - ... 392 - 402 ••• ..... . 11041 - 101 1 72 -- 74 2 , i'i : ii 65 - 67 34 524 • 534, 97 - 93. ld - par 51 - .52. F,2/1 - $3; 94 96 - 3A 71 - 8 81 - 91 32,i - 33 9 - 6 (1, 109 111 26; 271 49_ -- hl y it -- 21 36 - 38 74; - 75 82 83 13 —l5l 7 5d 9 11 38 39 ilio iiii 3{ - - ISS ESSIONS. all 'Atiau. and St. Law. 1 9 Bombay, Baroda, and' Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. e. all Do. all Buffalo & Lake Hur l2. 101) Buff. , Brnt. do Godch I 85 100 l p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,:721 Do. do., 1 July, 80 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74l 77 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 11 256.1 Central Oude (Lim.) 10, Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara. 2s. Eastern Bengal 10U East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do.4i p.c.Bnds. ' '57 all Do. do. do. '59, do. all Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wcstn. of Cana la 13 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 1,11 Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without !par ••• ••• 110 - 115 1 110 - 115 option all 'Madras, guar. 41 P.C all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Este% 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 1 all I Do -- 1 109 —• 110 i is 2 p 2C 51 53 , 83 85 213 22 2Ot iP 20a 105 110 191 —19 i 20i —21 i , d iPI il3l - I.p FOREIGN. 10 all I Antwrp &Rotterdam 6a 63 20 all lArdennes -5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 II 20 all Beziers to Graissessac „.„ ... 6 all Carmeaux& Toulousfi 2 0 15 ut oa c l h M ß i h n e e n s i a 4 Rhenish Ry. 3 4 —32 d 20 all E a stern of Franco 27 28 2 0 all D o . N e w 20 2s. E u phrates Valley 20 all t. Central of France ... ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i 8i Bit 16 6 Italian Junction .. ••• .. 20 all Lake Conat. & Bale • 20 all Lierre and T urn h ou t ~. ...d C 1 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian q sip 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... .. 20 all Lyons and Geneva,,. 27 28 20 all Lyons & mediterran. ... ... 33i all Maria A n t on i a 10 all Do. N ow ... ••• 20 all Namur & Li ege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2oi 21.( 16 all Northern of France 3B 38 ? 2! 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8i 9 20 all Paris and Lyons 33i 34 20 all Paris and Orleans.., 5l 56 20 9 Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.l g. 7p. c i 1P 9 1 10 all Roma and Frascati, ... ... 20 all Royal Danish l6 ---18 5 all Royal Swedish i 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 8 10 all Do. 5i per cent. pref. 8 8t 20 all Southern of France.. 21i —22 i ili all West Flanders 4R 4,i 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prd . 9 9i 20 all , W.&N.W. of France 26 27 20 6 Western of Austria... .. 20 all WeA ... ... •... . of Switze r l an d 6 all Wiesbaden ......... ... - ... all i Zeala n d .. .. 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... . 20 ....... .... . ••• -- ..• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6 88 25 18i Bank of Egypt 23. 24 21 100 50 Bank of London •„ . 40 all Bri.Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ~ _ 50 all British N. American ... ._•* 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind. Au. &CI , ... __, " 100 50 City 59 61 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond. .., ._... 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Ctit. 17i 18 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A _lst. 17i 184 20 all Ditto New •• 60 20 London and County ... . ••• .. 294 50 Lnd.&E.Bnku g .C or p ... 150 10 London Joint Stock. ... --..,.., 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 00 35 National P ro. of Eng. ... ... 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank ••• ••• 20 all New South Wales.,,, 44 46 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 36 38 20 20 Ottoman Bank o o 35 Provincial of Ireland ... 1 10 all Do. New. ... . [ 5 I. B.Aus.B.&G.lni.Co ,„ .. I 2 5 all South Australia , :.• .... 25 all Union of Australia 46 48 2i Do. -New, 6 10 Union of London 00 '5O 'Unity Mutual ........ ... d. 'nn Q Seetru4 vi Lord; „ ..... ( 1 lvw _...... .. _ a _, m Shr. Paid 12ii 50 all 1.3 i all St. 100 25 all 25 all 20 20 10 St. 20 10 20 10 THE SUN, LONDON, TFIURSDAY EVENING, LINES LEASED Ar FIXEO RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices I Easiness ShnoPaid RAILWAYS. Companies yesterday this day —— St. 100 Buekghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 98 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 100 - 102 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.dtE.O 13 15 St. 100 E.Lni. g. 6 pa Gt.Northn 139 141 5 all E. Un. H.Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Glas. Barr. da Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do et. 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn — 60 all Hull dt Selby. Y. & N.M llO 112 25 all Do. a Shares. Do ". 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do • 12i all Lon.dtGreenw S.Eastern 124 134 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 2 St. 100 Lon. Til., dzS2Peto &Co 97 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 541 all Manch.Baton. LaLdtN.W and Matlock tit Midld 24 2i St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 9B —10 J 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count 4 - p 50 all N.dtEst.s p.c. Do 56 58 50 all 'Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do.Fixed6p.c Do 25 all Prest. di Wyre L. dt A. W ... 1241 all Do. 4 Shrs. 4 Do St. jlOO Roystn.dalit. Gt.Northn 138 140 10 j all IShrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 84 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M.MClean 104 —10 i 50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.dtDar. 25 I all I Do. St. 'lOO iWiltsd&Sonirst Gt.Westn 9l 93 SFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 5010 Bris.StEx.4 p.c. St. 00. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches. & Ho. 5i P.C Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandonsip.o Dnn.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 P. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. • `Do 10. Debentr.Sh. IDo, do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.c ts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth. &Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Groat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c, Redeem at 10 p. c, prom Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scotist Pre 'Gt. S & W. (Ireland; Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 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 Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c, do Do. Birm. Gua, Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. 2611 13 20 St. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D o. , P., 5 ID. c. St. No. 2 Do, New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. St. 123 123 St. late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. i Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do, do. do. £6 St. 12 12 12i St. Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. 4 Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4A p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Nod k Deb. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. V.5p..,1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berm'. 413. c. Pd. Do. do. do 20 12 25 11 1 20 St. all all 100 100 100 100 3; 100 i t Do. Leeds 6 pe. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York H. & S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Ox„ Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar... Do. do. Debeutr. St. Scot. Ceut.New Pref. sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c.l IDo. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. pf. St South Devon 25 10 Lo.6i Do. fixed 4A pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed p.c. Sh Do. New 4A pr. cent S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. 0 Do, do. do. St. St. S t. S t. S t. 20 100 100 100 100 100 all all !100 lWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 2/ 121 30 17s 1715 61151 40 12s 6 11'7.1 90 - 95 iiii = Eli 6 - 64 10£3 - 112 110 - 114 115 - 120 115 - 120 130 - 135 74 - 76 ii;s -ii 113 - 115 105 - 107 64 - E 6 103 - 11 5i -- 92 -- 94 87 -- 89 88 -- 90 99 -- 101 101 -- 161 16 -- 17 1 10 -10 A 74 -- 76 19 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 138 - 140 160 - 165 121 - 123 60 - 70 137 - 139 102 - 104 1 94 - 95 fit :I iii; - 110 93 100 di i id 22 23 121 - 123 107 - 109 97 - 99 118 -- 120 103 -- 112 71 -- 73 101 -10 i 25 -. 254 1 iOl - 103 101 - 103 28 - 29 all all all all 100 1 108 i 1141 i 131 1021 79f 14 i THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL. (Sitting at Nisi PriuB, bobre Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. BROWN AND OTHERS. ELBYENTH DAY. The trial of the information against the directors and manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cus tomers and the public, was this day resumed. The same counsel appeared as before. Mr. E. James, Q.C., addressed the jury on the part of Mr. Esdaile. He said—lt devolved on him, as counsel for Mr. Esdaile, to address them on his behalf, with a view of directing their attention to the evidence of the prosecution, as applying to that gentleman's case in contradistinction to the other defendants, and to point out as be hoped satisfactorily that though Mr. Esdaile may have acted improvident, too credulous, and too sanguine, he had not acted criminally. That was the distinc tion he wished them to draw on a calm and impartial consideration of his case, and to say by their verdict that his conduct was dictated by a desire to retrieve the interests of the bank, and not of defrauding any one ; for until the last moment, when the ship went down, he was at the helm endeavouring to take her safe into port. Mr. Esdaile might have been wrong in some instances in the course he had suggested, but he had never acted fraudulently or guilty. They were now arriving at that period when their verdicts would solve this great question, and when he asked them to step to some extent between, he would not say unna turally, the public indignation roused against these gentlemen who were now sitting before them by the public journals in designating them as swindlers to the whole civilised world, and discriminate between a too sanguine, and it may be a careless dealing with the bank and criminality of conduct. It was incumbent on the prosecution to make out a clear case, and it was the wish of himself and his client to take a manly and straightforward course on this occasion. Mr. Es hilt, however, had no desire to shelter him self behind the back of any director with whom he had been associated, but to take upon hinsself the responsi bility of his own acts. At the same time it was essen tial for them to consider when they were called upon to say whether any, and if so, who, were guilty, what part each had taken in the transactions which it is alleged shows conspiracy. Mr. Esdaile was a gentleman well known in the city. He was in partnership with his father at the city saw-milli ; and his uncle was, if not the founder of the London and Westminster Bank, an early Originator and supporter of that thriving concern. Mr. Esdaile joined the Royal British Bank is 1849, on its first formation, and there could be no doubt the bank suffered from a want of sufficient capi tal, a difficulty which probably they were aware had befallen the earliest days of some of our now most flourishing concerns in the kingdom. The London and Westminster Bank commenced their business with a paid up capital of 50,0001. ; the London Joint Stock Bank, 69,0001. ; the Union, 210,0001. ; and the London and County, 35,0001. ; but as they were established before the passing of Peel's act in 1844 they were liable to no restrictions, and could call up their capital as they required it. The Royal British Bank were unable, in consequence of the above act, to increase their ca pit a l beyond 100,0001. without obtaining a supplemental charter, so that the bank was trading from the time it opened in 1849 to 1855 upon a narrow and cramped eapital which paralysed its exertions, and made the struggle the more severe ; but a struggle was usual in young cod cerns, and the millionaire of to-day had had to struggle against "lock-ups," and he doubted if there was a bank ing establishment or a large mercantile firm that had not had large debts and claims which it was absolutely essential that they should nurse, in the hope of retriev ing their position and removing a clog from their necks ; and he should like to know whether the London and Westminster Bank, if they bad had a debt of 250,0001. "lock-up," would have stated it in an abstract of the balance-sheet. Mr. Cameron's power, the learned counsel said, was omnipotent in the bank, and the fact had been most fully shown that the directors were his creatures and his tools, and that he was the man who pulled the strings of the puppets. Mr. Cameron he had said, was omnipotent, and discounted bills at pleasure that never went before the directors. The appointment of a finance committee was a mere farce, and Mr. Cameron must have laughed in hie sleive at the prospect that whilst the finance committee was slitting up stairs for the purpose of examining bills for discount he was discounting his and his friends' bills at his plea sure. He reminded the jury that the conspiracy was said to have been committed in 1855 and 1856. At the early part of 1855, Mr. Cameron was away from illness, and in consequence of that Mr. Esdaile became general manager. When the first thing he did was to make a searching investigatory into the affairs of the bank, and what he and his brother director did to retrieve its posi tion, and which induced Mr. Cameron and Mr. Brown to leave the bank was brought against him to prove con spiring. The learned gentleman referred to the hocus pocus system of Scotch banking which had the effect of mysti fying every one, and the instruction that Mr. Cameron gave to one of the clerks, not to supply information to any of the directors, and called upon the jury to discriminate between imprudent conduct and gailt. Mr. Esdaile had lost everything, and if he had had a crimi nal intent he would have no doubt protected himself. Mr. Slade, Q.C., addressed the jury far Mr. Owen. The learned counsel said that Mr. 0 wen, after 20 years labour as a humble tradesman, bad acquired a competency, which h e w as induced,, through Mr. Mullins, his p r i rate so li c it or to e mbark in the Royal British Bank and the result was that Mr. Brown had been received. That gentleman when he took his seat at the board found himself surrounded by M.P.'s and men of high standing in the commercial world, and considering the omnipotence of Mr. Cameron, it was not to be wondered at that Mr. Cowan was in duced with others to believe that the bank was in a sol vent and flourishing condition. The learned gentleman then analysed the evidence, and contended that there was not the shadow of a shade of evidence against him to prove that he conspired with any of tne defendants.' Mr. Huddleton, Q.C., addressed the jury for Mr. Humphrey Brown. He said he could not with stha jury,vg nonefrom from himself that hi s pos i tion was one of considera bl e dad vann ag o e f , the in their o beingfthosetopics whic h his learned friends had s o p owerfully used to beget for the i r respectable clients th e attention and to appeal to the sympathies i in a p represent them as havi ng to the last no directi o n s t i e t r i e o s n t to in the monetary transactions of the bank. He had at the bank resources to a o largef t he extent.bank, outset to admit that Mr. Brown had availed himself of thethandHtehat he was a debtor to was also painfully con scious that there existed , not o n l y i n t h e j ur y b o x, but e lsewhere, a prejudice agai nst hi s client, w hi c h, how ever, was not al together unnatural, and which he could not compl a i n of, because he had brought it on himself, but what he did ask the jury was to guard themselves against prejudices, that had been most unfairly raised against Mr. Brown. He could not believe from what source it arose, if it was to have the effect of preventing justice being done him by a fair and impartial investigation of his case, but he was buoyed up with the hope that when these prejudices were pointed out and explained he should not find the approaches to their reason entirely closed against his client' s answer. The learned gentleman then entered into the details of the evi dence relative to his transactions, and compared them with the date of his commercial transactions which, he said, showed that the bank was at all tinter; amply secured. Mr. H. Brown had raised himself to a competency by his industry and probity. Ho had received th e hi g h es t honours from the inhabitants of his native town, and he joined the bank with the "modest fortune" of 20,0001. He denied that the prosecution had produced a tittle of evidence to prove that Mr. Brown had been guilty of the crime with which he was charged. Leod, next a d. a a rl m ia i men a t liti the hiC father had for county of Ross. w dressed l‘ir.L t a h sv e rjeunreye! o n He b s e a h i a d l f t b o a f t in his Mr. M cli a: t was a mem b er of a eery d Sc i o n tc p b fly He as a young man, and moreo v er a barrister. years re pre ancientsen te [To be continued in our last edttioal -70-0311IUTATION OF U l it t p ich ß ard C so A n s , E' llinttel, and R chard sent a . memorial to Sir George praying for a ulton, eilor, for the chard eon, I T : Tun BOLTON Bc e having er l Si e nce of t.ip in o h n a A bi a t r a o n n te ivi , commutationG y, murder of his wife, have received the following letter ' in reply : sied b o y t the a s numberent e is Whitehall, Feb. 18, 1858. "Gentlemen--The Secretary of State for the Home Department having had under cons ideration your appli• cation, in behalf of Aaron Mellor, I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, that, under all the c ircumstances, he has felt warranted in advising her Majesty t o commute the convict's sentence to penal servitude for life.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant: H. WADDINGTON." " Messrs. Richardson, Bolton." TRH LIVERPOOL BOlitollGil BANIC.—The liquidators have given notice that they are prepared to pay 50,0001. of the promissory notes of the bank due on the 27th of of April next, under discount at the rare of 3h per cent. per annum. Today (Thursday) a meeting of the share• holders is to be held at the bank, when a more complete statement of the affairs than has yet appeared will be Mad% BRITISH MINES. - Alfred Cons. (Philk British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Day. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) EAst Basset (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt. W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. 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Mr. Roebuck, in fins wer to a question put by the Chairman, said he proposed to-day to cal Mr. James Coffey, one of the brothers of the last witness, and Mrs. Parr, the lady whose name was so frequently mentioned yesterday. To-morrow he should cad. Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., Mr. Mangles, and Sir J. W. Hogg. Mr. Deasy having been informed that the committee 1 1 would sit on Saturday, said he should examine Mr. Butt on that day. Mrs. Parr, examined by Mr. Roebuck—l am married. My husband is, I believe, now in Hanwell, and I believe seriously ill. I should have gone to see him, but I thought it would seem as if I wished to avoid being examined if I was not present this morning. I know the brother of Mr. James Coffey, he introduced me to Mr. Edward. I know his Highness Ali Moorad. I live in Bond-street, and I obtain my living by trafficking in opera boxes. Mr. Coffey used to obtain boxes for his highness, and I also executed several commissions for his highness. He used to come to my house, as also used Mr. Butt, The only time I heard anything relative to Ali Moored, was one evening in an opera box, and my opinion was asked about the advi eability of the journey. I said I was not in a position to give any opinion. I was also present at a conversation that took place one evening at my house. Mr. Butt said, in the event of a certain despatch being obtained from the Board of Control, he should go to India arid return a rich man. I am certain this conversation occurred in the month of July or the beginning of August, 1857. I never went to Paris at the wish of Ali Moorad. I went there on my way to Germany to find a college at which I could place my children. I travelled to Paris by myself. While in Paris I resided in the same hotel as theAmeer, but in a different part. After stopping a few days in Paris the Ameer expressed a wish as I was going to Vienna that I should travel with him in order that the journey might be shortened by playing chess. When I arrived at Vienna I occupied apartments of my own in a hotel. The Ameer also resided at the same place. While in Vienna I recollect several persons coming to see the Ameer. The Chamberlain of the King of Sweden called upon her in reference to the affairs of the Ameer. On returning to England I heard that a telegram had been sent to Mr. V. Smith aspersing my character. I received a letter from Mr. V. Smith's son, stating that nothing had been said about the telegram, and remarking, "If I can be of any service to you in this matter let MO know." (The chairman and the members of the committee were of opinion that this sentence was in a different handwriting from the body of the letter.) I recollect a conversation taking place there between myself and Mr. Elliot. Mr. Coffey was present. I also recollect a conversation between Mr. Elliot and Mr. Coffey about India. I never heard Mr. Coffey say that on the arrival of the Ameer in India, he would join the stro❑gest party if he got to Bombay durin4 the insurrection. I might have used that expression myself. I have also a recol lection of an interview with Sir Hamilton Seymour, during which Sir Hamilton Seymour told me that Mr. Butt bad told him that Mr. Coffey was a libeller, and that he was determined to hunt him down. I have never heard that I had been introduced as Mrs. Coffey until this moment. I had heard 1 had been spoken of in a telegraphic despatch as Mrs. Coffey, tke eimeer having, it was said, come to the con clusion that the lady he had seen in Mr. Coffey's apart ment was his wife. I travelled by the same conveyance as the Ameer to Frankfort. We arrived there on a Sunday, and left the following Thursday. Ali Moorad never seemed annoyed at our stay in Vienna. He appeared vexed when Mr. Coffey wished to push on. He, in fact, wanted to remain, In the course of my journey to Vienna I wrote to Mr. Coffey, requesting to see him, as I thought it was not right that he should go away with aspersions resting on him of which he was innocent. Mr. Deasy—l shall not proceed into the cross-exami nation of the witness, but I regret that Mirz t Ali Akhbar, an agent of the Ameer in England, should be called to translate two letter. , written in Persian by the Ameer, one datel from Paris, and the other Trieste, during his outward journey to India. Meer Ali Akhbar then produced two letters, both of which he said were written by the Ameer to him. The first one read was dated from Paris. It complained of the great expenses of the hotel, which he said had already cost him 2,000 rupees. It directed that the money might be got from the Mercantile Bank. That the hotel bills would be transmitted to him from Cairo, in order to ascertain whether that son of Satan (Coffey) who was detaining him had robbed him. [T. be continued is our hit edition 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THE AUSTRALIAN' AUXILIARY STEAM CLIPPER COMPANY. A petition was presented a few weeks since for an order to wind up the affairs of this company, but it was adjourned, on the application of Mr. Quern, on behalf of the company, as a committee of creditors were of opinion that the case could be satisfactorily settled without the intervention of the court. His Honour, at that time, expressed same doubts whether the application ought to be granted, as the presenta tion and withdrawal of such petitions might lead to inconvenience, it net injustice, to the general body of creditors; but as, in this case, the company, the creditors, and the petitioner concurred, he would adjourn the case for a month ; and the case now came before the court. Mr. Views appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Rox burgh for the Company and the offici4l liquidators, and after a long discussion, it was agreed that the ease should be further adjourned for six months from the date of filing the petition, in order that an arrangement might be come to, but the adjournment was not to prejudice other creditors to petition, or in the event of that occur ring, to prevent the present petitioner from proceeding with the case, the company also to be at liberty to apply for a further extension of the time if deemed necessary. IN RN LEVY. A choice of assignees took place in the case of this bankrupt, who was described as a jeweller, of Aldgate. From a preliminary statement by Mr. Hayles, tor Messrs. Brothers, the accountants appointed by the court, it appears the debts are about 25,0001. ; assets uncertain. IN RE O. LONG. A choice of assignees took place in this case, in which the bankrupt was the patentee. &c., of several inventions, and carried on business in Ding William-street, City. The case was before the court a few days since, the Sheriff having seized the goods, although the warrant of the court was on the premises. The property, however, had been returned. From the statement of Messrs. Hart Brothers, the debts are about 1,5001.; assets, 5001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROTJGH-STREET. ROW AT THE HOTEL DE PARlS.—Three Frenchmen — Jean Baptist Guilment, Felix Blanchet, and Itienne Bounpore, were this morning charged before Mr. Bing- ham, with disorderly conduct and assault at the above hotel, 53 and SP, Haymarket. It appeared from the evidence of Cornelius Sullivan and George Thompson, barmen at the hotel, that the defendants came to the house about 8 o'clock yesterday evening, and called for ale, with which they regaled themselves in the coffee-room. The bell ringing very violently, a waitress answered it, and, in consequence of great noise made by the defendants and a scream from the girl, who was not receiving ♦ery proper treatment from them, one of the complainants (Sullivan) immediately repaired to her call and assist ance, when he found defendants throwing the ale about the room. He remonstrated, when they all began to show fight and became extremely noisy and violent. Thompson now came into the room, and together they managed to get the defendants out of the house. In about half an hour, however, they returned, demanding satisfaction, and vowing to have revenge. He, how ever, again tried to put them out, when they pitched into him and kicked him repeatedly. They were at length given into custody and looked up. On the evidence being interpreted to them by Mr. Albert, they said they could not have hurt the complainants mach. Mr. Bingham said had they been Englishmen he should have dealt more severely with them ; as it was he should fine them 20s. each. BOUM EXSTER:i RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. This aftern, on, at one o'clock, the general half-yearly meeting of proprietors for the 431 time took place at the London Bridge Hotel, for the purpose of reading the report of the directors and en the general business of the company. The Hon. James Byng, the chairman of the company, presided. The report, which was read by the SECRETARY, showed a very satisfactory solution of the affairs of the company, and explained what the amount of working expenses were, which enabled the directors to recommend a dividend on the various classes of stock at the rate of 41. 13s. 4d. per cent., which would also leave a balance of 1,9281. ss. 9d. The net receipts for the haif•year were 297,6081. Bg. 3d., giving a decrease as compared with the last half year of 7,4011. 18s. The report was adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. The meeting, after a discursive and conservational argument, terminated in a vote of thanks to the chair man. Racing Fixtures for 1858. MA Liverpool Spring Ludlow Spring 4 Doncaster Spring 9 Thirak Spring ll War wick Spring l6 Beverley Spring l7 Richmond Spring 1 Newmarket Craven 5 Durham 5 Catterick Bridge York Spring 13 Chemt2r Bath ll Harpenden l4 Ascot 1 Hampton Newton 9 Beverley Sri:Amer 16 Bibury Club l6 Stockbridge l7 ,CH. Kipling Coates .lB Northampton 23 Coventry -.) Croxton Park 26 I'sley Spring 0 Ipswich 1 Pontefract Newmarket July Worcester Summer 8 AUG Malton Epsom Spring 1 Newmarket F S 1 Plymouth Spring 2 Salisbury 2 AY. Ripon. a Belford North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Brighton Club L3Wed Wolverhampton Liverpool l4 Nottingham 2O Marlborough 23 Goodwood 27 UST. Epsom lB Manchester 96 E. Winchester lB Cbelmeford 22 Neweettle-on-Tyno Abingdon Carlisle og Shrewsbury 29 dr. SEPTE: Derby Cardiff . 2 Warwick Doncaster 14 Leicester 92 OCT( Reading ll York 18 Radcliffe 23 ' Eghatn Hereford ! 26 Stockton 26 I Lichfield 3O ;MBER. Monmouth o 3 Manchester Autumn 0 3 Newmarket F 0 28 Walsall 29 Northallerton BO IBER. Chester Autumn 5 Richmond 7 Wrexham 7 NONE: Worcester Autumn 2 Liverpool Autumn Irish Racing Fi AY Howth and Baldoyle Spring Newmarket S 0 ll Warwick Autumn l9 Newmarket H 05 iBER. Shrewsbury Autumn ...16 .es for 1858. L. Ne wcastle West Curragh 0 MAY. Howth and Baldoyle Summer .13 JUNE. Carragh 22 I Taman 29 JULY. Belle wmtown 7I Wicklow Down Royal Corp no ..27 AUGUST. Heath of Maryboro' 3 I Galway Roscommon lO ..17 SEPTE BER. Kilkes _ 4 1 Jenkinstown Park 2 1 Curragh 7 1 Johnstown os OCTOBER. Cashel Curragh 12 1 Limerick 96 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Tbis Day.) LONDON, Feb. 25.—Wind this day at noon, E.; strong breeze, and fine clear weather. CARDIFF, Feb. 24.—Wind E.—Sailed —Heinreck, for St. Vincent. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived --Courier dos Antilles, from Post au Plinco, Sailed—Maria, for Corfu. HULL, Feb. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Queen of the Chace, from St. Michaera. FILMOCTH, Feb. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed —Echo, for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind S.E. to E.—Arrived — Candace, from Callao. _ . . PooLi, Feb. 23.—The John Thompson, of this port, ■ailed from Quebeo Nov. 10, and has not since been heard of. WXTMOUTII, Feb. 24.—The James, from Portsmouth for Plymouth, in approaching the harbour last evening got on the rocks a little southward of the entrance, and lies in a dangerous position. Should the weather quickly mode rate hopes are entertained that she may be put oil; part of cargo has been saved. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Feb. 24—William Cole, Calcutta; Royal Arch, Bonny ; Teneriffe, screw steamer, Havre. Sailed, Feb. '24—Africa, for New Orleans; Slavianka, Montevideo. (Br SUBMARINR AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thurssday Morning. Wind. E. ; tide, fourth hour's flood ; fresh, and fine. Arrived, Fob. 21—Industrio, from Ismail; John and George, Rouen. Arrived, Feb. 25—Job Bird, and Truth, from Antwerp; Concordia, Calais. Sailed, Feb. 25 —Lord John Russell, for Dunkirk ; City of Nantes, Nantes. MULL, Thursday morning. Wind E. by N., strong. Anchored—Levanter, from Sunderland, for Hong Kong. Viscountess Palmerston will not have an assembly on Saturday next, as announced in error on Tuesday last. Sir Henry and Lady Bunbury have returned to town, after a lengthened sojourn at the Pavilion Hotel, Folke stone. _ Tha Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have left the Clarendon for Brussels. The Countess of Lucan has arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, FolkesE)ne. His E'ghness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh has left Claridge's Hotel for the Pavilion, Folkestone, where his Highness intends staying a few days. The Prince and his suite, with a party of officers from Shorncliffe, en joyed the sport of hawking on Tuesday. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff entertained his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a select circle at dinner on Monday last, at Prussia House. DEATH 07 MR. ROBERT BELLNmY.---On Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Buck, chaplain of the Queen's Prison, called the attention of hia congregation to the dangerous state of a person who had been for a short time their companion in captivity. Mr. Buck desired them to pray for the soul of the person who was then "in extremis." On inquiry it turned out that the individual mentioned was Mr. R. Bellamy, who had been released from the prison about a month ago, being at the time alarmingly ill. Mr. Bellamy was regularly visited by the Rev. Mr. Buck, and derived much consolation from his religious services. However, he gradually sunk and expired at his residence, New Kent-road, on Monday evening labt. Since his release he had continued too ill to be removed to his seat at Lancaster. It is to be presumed that the disgrace arising from his dereliction of duty as a magistrate so preyed on his mind as to cause his death. I - , LADVERTIERMINT.]—SIGIIT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES — POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.—S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39, Albemarlo street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the doub le stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenauce three-and-a -half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1651. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the R3CC-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They ( .."81,10iiirit,,,meugeu Perspective,t a crn andcn , g ii lu c i e e - k c ' o e gTu e p hr s e ese r i s lgG , e jel a eat ; is tes d el eas t ,d o v i l i Lva l e i n i nt s ths t s . wonderful Oper a, dofe rivt Ide , ti re invaluable for sheeting deer-stalking, yachting, to pereons are enabled gproewaetersß.clnv transparentalule p p o i w •es e e r i . - vin occupation —can sfreorymeatanhisd invention is, t a h L a a t impaired v v g ! ry sion agea magnifying oc.cu power—and becomes pre. with o tehmp thosel employ their s e i a g hot of at a the muchtil o most less minute they do not require the frequent change ! gerons effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send. ing ono of the glasses out of their spectacles i n a l e tt er, an d stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by Deafness.—New Discovery. —The Organic BlTtaibtrinagtotrh,eainr aexgetr.aorclinari:y iustrumentaifloyrthdineagfuoefsst,hepowerful, small, newly-invented entirely different from all others, scuaurpbazinpgroduced. Be in, kind that has been, or probably not perceptible. It B enables i of deaf thepseammoen s e otloouhie•arasdtilsiteinselitin, lyatis church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation singing noises in the ears is entirely re b m e e d v e e s d ir , ed and it a i ti on ord% l all the assistance that possibly could hitkrlo.§trect, ricoduly —o 1 t h e 191 k . 39, Alb°. ppool 0 (1 ibtel,W, THA MES. ROBBERY ON BOARD SHlP.—Hamet Butler, a black man, was charged with stealing three pairs of trousers and three shirts, value 21., the property of the cook of the American ship Pam Flush. The prisoner in broken English pled guilty, and Mr. Salle sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment and bald labour. ROBBERY BY A WATCIEDIAN.—James Butler, a watch man, aged 32, of 17, Booth-street, Brick-lane, was charged with stealing a quantity of iron and zinc, value 3s. 4d., the property of the London Dock Company, from their works at Shad well. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment and hard labour. The Marquise Du Guerry has gained her lawsuit against the Bishop of Bagdad, who has been ordered to pay back her fortune to the amount of 300,000 francs. MADAME Gessmit.—The lovers of sweet ♦ocalisation will learn with pleasure that this favourite prima donna, after a three months' engagement of almost unexampled success at the Teatro Valle, in Rome, is about to return to London for the approaching operatic season. The advices from Manchester report the stoppage of the old firm of Messrs. Samuel Lees and Co., cotton brokers, with liabilities computed at upwards of 100,0001. The assets, it is stated, are sufficient to coyer the debts, when realised. THE VALUE Or EARLY RISING IN PARLIAMENT.--It is your early M.P. that catches the Sptaker'n •ye,_pzcnch, ITINISTERI ' altrai?. (From the Morning Herald.) a From a subsequent the moment o retirement Lord o m r alm offiecres t f o o n r ' e s b defeat ding the west gloomy h ave procee d e d from t h ose w h o desired te persuade the public that nothing but a purely LibJral Administration is just now possible. The Conservative leader's ease was declared to he perfectly hopeless, and all his efforts were cons.)• quently derided. At one moment the noble earl was stated to have encountered obstruction in this direction, and at another in that ; and hi s f a il ure was predicted with that ready assurance which fortunately is not always borne out by the result. Probably the ingenious concoctors of such f a ll ac i es imagined, that because they were incredulou s an d discontented, the rest of the nation must be in th e same unhappy frame of mind. Their sagacity is for once at fault, and the obstacles and repulses by which Lord Derby was to have been so speedily overwhelmed and annihilated resolve themselves into the idle coinage of the heat-oppressed brain. This statesman's opponents feared lest he should succeed, and they accordingly determined to repre sent success as illusive if not impossible. From various quarters the new Premier con tinnes to receive cordial and even unsolicited as surances of support. Those above the paltry pre judices of the honr are unanimous in their opinion that Lord Derby's appointment affords a strikin4 illustration of the popular principle of the r ight man in the right place. If a statesman who commands a clear working majority in the Hou e of Lords, and who is, moreover, at the head of by far the most numerous party in the lower branch of the Legislature, is not the proper person to undertake the formation of a Cabinet at this juncture, we would, with due sub mission, inquire in what direction, or in what company, are we to search for the fortunate candi date ? The Peelite section, as we have already shown, have no rank and file to second the effort' of those chiefs, the heroes of debate, and the country is not prepared for the rule of the Man chester clique. Could Lord John Russell, with his ninety-nine followers, be expected to form a strong government ? The member for London has on more occasions than one manifested an maser. tunate tendency to unsettle and embroil, but we do not remember a single instance in which his interference has conducted to the restoration of tranquillity, or had the effect of quelling the rising storm. His mission is certainly not to heal differ ences, or to temper animosities ; he does not bear the olive branch in his hand when he launches forth into the political tempest, Far other aims impel him upon his adventurous flight. Lord John Russell is much more likely to create confusion, on to break up a cabinet, than to rescue the state from imminent danger, and to evoke concord out of the elements of strife and contention. The' Durham letter, the Sebastopol committee, and the Vienna Conferences rise up in judgment against this weak and vacillating politician ; and the public' are only too glad that such a mischief-loving free booter of the Senate is not quite so powerful as he might wish. In 1852 Lord Derbygave proof of rare administra tive ability, and, although some of his colleagues were untried men, the short session of four months' duration was remarkable both for the number and the utility of the measures which it produced. No lees than 88 public acts were carried, and iu the same session 108 private bills received the Royal assent. Such were the results achieved by legislators whom the nation was taught to ridicule and despise. Under their able direction the militia was organised, the defences of the country were strengthened, and. five acts passed dealing with religion and the Church. The law reforms, affected under the able guidance of Lord St. Leonards, gained theapplause of members of all sections of the community. The Court of Chancery was reformed, the jurisdiction of the county courts was extended, and no less than 14 measures securing wholesome changes in the law and the administration of justice were adopted. Public works and the public health were not ne glected, and amendments in the laws connected with the franchise and the representation of the people were made with the most beneficial results. A variety of subjects that we cannot now reca pitulate occupied the attention of these earnest and. vigilant legislators, and we shall not exceed the truth by asserting that in every department of the state the invigorating influences of their enlightened. rule were felt. The people perceived that they at length possessed a Government, composed of able administrators, devoted to the public service, and determined at all hazards to fulfil the duties of their high yet onerous posts. Nor was it only in matters relating to home legislation that the Conservative Cabinet of 1852 proved so suc cessful. With foreign powers the most cordial good fellowship was maintained, and an alli ance between the people as well as the Governments of France and England founded and cemented. Though ridiculed and sneered at for his prompt and open recognition of the French empire, Lord Mal mesbury persevered in cultivating a good under standing with France, and on his retirement from office had the satisfaction of seeing his policy adopted bythose opponents who at one time affected to treat it with disdain. Over that Administration, the members of which in so short a time accomplished great things, doing the work in a quiet and an unobtrusive manner, the present Premier presided. On this occasion Lord Derby accepts office under much more favour able circumstances. The Conservative ranks have since 1852 received considerable accessions of strength ; differences between them and the fol lowers of the late Sir Robert Peel have been re• moved ; the Opposition is utterly disorganised, bein ,, divided into various warring bands ; and the fatal consequences of the forcible ejection of the Conservative Cabinet in the winter of 1852 have taught the nation a wholesome lesson. In politics, as well as in everything &se, honesty is the best policy, and each party can justly claim fair play. Had this principle been kept properly in view on that occasion, the nation might have escaped many perils, and grievous sacrifices would have been avoided. Tao error committed in 1852 will not be repeated. The Senate as well as the country are resolved that upon its merits shall the new Ad ministration stand or fall. All irritating causes have been removed, and everything seems to augur a long and prosperous career. No one understands better than Lord Derby the nature of the task which ho has accepted ; few could bring higher abilities or purer intentions to the discharge of its important and manifold duties. The words used. by the noble earl upon a former occasion are equally , applicable at the present time. In his place in the House of Lords, on Friday, the 27th of February, 1852, Lord Derby concluded his explanation of the reasons that induced him to accept office in these memorable words :—" In the course of the dig. charge of its duties no consideration shall sway me except that which led me to accept it—the para. mount consideration of public duty. With that feeling on my mind, with the deep conviction of the sincerity of my own motives, and trusting to the guidance and the blessing of a higher power than my own, I venture to undertake a task from's-hick I might well have shrunk appalled by its magni tude ; and, be the period of my Administration longer or shorter, not only shall I have attained the highest object of personal ambition, but I shall have fulfillei one of the highest ends of human being, if in the course of it I can have in the slightest degree advanced the great objects of peace on earth, good will among men'—the social, the moral, the reli gious improvement of my country—and if I can f e a o r ri e tr o l f b o ll u te r t s o ov th er e sa f ety, eigilandt her e e d h o o m n o i n u i r o , n a s n . h These are noble sentiments, in all respects worthy of the first Minister of England. --s—, (Eirminykam Daily Press.) Lord John Russell is pre-eminently the man f o the situation. (Edinburgh. Express.) we are san gu i ne th a t tbe a w e i tparliament,with Sircommittedjtoa ther a e s If Lord Derby should fail to form a ministry with which " hands of L or d J. R Graham and the leading Peelites and independ ent Lib erals, occupies a position that would ena bl e hi m to deal witn till task will w c ' a li n o , f the French Government in that firm and dignified manner which alone will satisfy the opinion of the country. (Northern, Daily Express.) A few of Lord Palmerston's friends in the press hold by the opinion that the defeated minister will very speedily be recalled to office. They will soon find out their mistake. (The Northern Whig.) What if Lord Pahnerston should have quietly connived at his own defeat The thing is not at all improbable. * * * We must have Lord Palmerston back immediately. (The Briuhton, Gnarelian) Were Lord Palmerston now to pursue the policy he began this time last year on the Chinese ques tion, he would again appeal to the country ; but that would only be to receive from it a confir mation of the decision of the House of Commons against him. The noble lord certainly mounted like a rocket last year amidst splendid flashes and sparks and loud huzzas, to come downottch year in darkness and solitude, very little lner ore and very like a stick. In whatever "T urn out, present crisis in ministerial aflairs t may turn Lord Palmerston's career seems at be, and pro may be pitied ; but he never will The defeat of bably never has been, reensitTrely now prospect to th ministers opens a ;will demand from them a th e liberal party, r cocarrcheas i ve pol i cy. vigorous, IT.° c, 14" 23 i 84 i