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

ONEY MARKET A.ID COM KERC JAL INTELLIGENC E. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 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 maintainnl. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, 4,0,10 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 itn• ports still being largely in excess of tho export 4. To-day 15G,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 14,000,000/. 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 while the official rate i•d 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. The Funds have been firmer to-day, and the quo tations show an advance of i t 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 94i to 95, and for the account 94-i 95, but they are now 95 to 95,1, respectively. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 95i g, and the Reduced, 95i ±. Exchequer Bills are rather Satter, viz., 19s. to 235. premium ; the Bonds are 9 9/ ; and Indian ditto, (under 1,0001.) 14s. premium. Foreign Stocks are inanimate at former quota tinns. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 98k 99, and the 4 per Cents. 1044 Russian 5 per Cents. are higher, being 110 k ; Ditto 4 per Cants., 99k, which is a decline of about per cent. Mexican 3 per Cents. are flat at 20i. 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 a 0 this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. 1857. Great Western £25,425 £24,016 North-Weidern 11.496 12.159 13 onth-Western Brighton 10,726 10,606 Midland South -Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 18,680 21,688 Bristol and Exeter 4,943 5,176 Mast Lancashire 4,965 6,057 Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 8,703 9.004 North Stafford North-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh... 3,687 3,624 Belfast and Ballymena 1,104 1,102 ...Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Soottisit Nortb-Eastern 3,375 3,190 Northern of France Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 8,092 10,198 There has been a very limited business reported 411 the Railway Share Market this morning, but 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, 155.; In the Foreign and Colonial lines no business of any importance was transacted, and little variation U prices can be quoted. Northern of France are a 'bade lower, and Grand Trunk of Caniida and Great Western of Canada realised about yester day's quotations. The New East Indian lines remain at previous rates. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter. Bank of Australasia declined 11, ; London and County advanced ss. ; London Joint- Stook, 10s. ; and Union of London receded 10s. In the Miscellaneous Market, South Australian ' Land improved about ss. BRITISH FENDS THIS DAY AT ONE (From the Official List:l . _ . _ Busineos done. /Sank Stock .. .. 226 25 24 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities 3 ,Per vent. Console Annuities 9li 5h 44 5A den 31 3 per Cent. Annuities 9SA 5 iSi 4 ‘ , 31 per Cent. Annuities Loma Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — .auto 30 Years, expire sth Ap r il, 1885 l7l Bonds, A:1000 Ditto, under 21000 l4 p Ciotsois ler Account, Exchequer Mils, ttd. 21000 £5OO ....., 25 20 24 p Small Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent — Ditto, 1359 TaRIOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Al ONE O'CLOCK. liexican 3 per Cent artesian Bonds, 1822 i: St., 5 per Cent llok D itto, 44 per C en t.' Tarkleh Bonds, 6 per cent . Ditto Account 9B Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per C en t. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch .111xchaug, 2:1 per Cenl., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Peraviau Dollar Bonds, 44 per Cent. 55 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto, Account 2 0. VERNON SMITH AND THE BOARD OP CONTROL, In the debates on the India Bill of 1853 there Was one poi at on which Mr. Vernon Smith suc cessfully interested himself, and that was in the increase of the President's salary to 5,0001. a year. In trying to raise the miserable pittance, as it Was called, of the Directors he wa s no t a bl e t o assist, and when the salary of the Chairman of the Company was proposed to be raised from 1,0001. t ch 1 , 50 0/- a-year, Mr. V. Smith advised the Indian Minister 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 esentary standing, who, under present circum stances, are likely to become the Min.ster for We find a different spirit pervading Parliamentary circles. Mr. Vernon Smith's proposal met with tgeneral concurrence, Mr. Williams alone objecting o it. Lord Palmerston, who seldom speaks on Indian niatters, added his approvsl of this arrange bleu% an d the office, which in a few months was to fall into the bands of Mr. Vernon Smith himself, l as by his own motion, invested with th e hi ghest salary which is given to Government officers. 01 course it is merely a coincidence, but it is a . v erY/ curious one, that the honourable member t Wa s raising the salary of an office which he was to °°., h imself the fi rs t to enjoy on the new terms; but . . Voie trait of character exhibited by the circle ar 14111ent who decide those matters is very s , gnificaut; 1 1 :4 4 gives US some idea of the spirit in which legis would be carried on, and utited if the e ntire management of India fell into patronage distri- Ilk, hands ' Where % al of purely Parliamentary men. th te r t egé of a peer of large influence is oncernedc W . onld be no difficulty in making the office to ti'Le et he aspires w or th y of his acceptance, but f or ti,utatioz.°X )t a ' the ha r d- wor ki ng men of Ind i an re -11) merely nominal salary is sufficient for /14117iee't'l " — Morning avertiser. 111AA.,:z.ET S This Day). ---- RAU.W A. Y S. Closing Price: yesterday, RAIL WAYS. Business done this day. jAnibg,. Nottn4. Boat. & Eastu. June.... Belfast & Ballymen . Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanes l l. cs, ,ICh es hire Junct...... rllack burn • • • .. • ..• loth k, Tyne origina. , ' .£2.5 (iss. at £45)... Bristol & Exeter a10d0nian.......... • Chester & Holyhea , l Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass ,Cornwall D6`. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... Easterntini on, A. stk. Do., do. B. Do. New A ........ East Kent East Lancashire ... !East Suffolk ...... !Do. Edinburgh dr Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Runde , Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness ... plaF;gow & S. Western 'Great N. of Scotland ;Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Grea.tWestern. ... .. Do. Str. V. E. gua. St jirish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thlt.ls Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshir, Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wst. RiO'ng Do. Sontl. purt. London & Blaekwal'i Lond.Bright. & S.Cs t London & N. Wester Do. Fifths. Do. ,161.5h.,M&8 ( Do. Eighths London & S. Weater, Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennis Manch .Sh ef. &Li nein . Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo'' arrangement Widland 'Do. Dimling. dr Darn Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. i Shares .... _ _ ••• Newcastle & Carl isle. Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry 41 Enniskille; ewry, , Warrenpoin & RPstrevor Northu. Counties Up North British ...... North Devon, Rail. 4 , Dock Stock ........ Do. A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern - Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E. Porch Do Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n....... N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju. North Staffordshire. North Western., N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth _ Rhymney Scottish Central ...... Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union ... Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon iSonth Eastern Do. 4 per c. Shar©s South Wales 1 5. Yorksh. River Duo . . 'Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton & Hartlopl !Taff Vale Do. Pref., No, 1 Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath........ Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford &Limerick 'West Cornwall ' West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London.... Do. First Class Do. Second Class... Wnibledon&Croydou. 5i - f 4 81 - Eq 70 - 72 ... -- •... 9.1 - 9i 92 - 94 - 90A - 91 33 -34 10 - 12 4 - 5 Si - 191 -19 Q , - 6. 47 - 49 - 32 - 34 17 - 18 91 - 93 65 - 66 32 - 33 93 - 95 9i - 10 103 - 101 90 - 92 128 - 131 101 - 103 591 - 59 58 - 62. sO 85 9 —ll p 9 11 944 —94 i d Gb 6$ 110 112 1011 102 - 99 - 100 39k: 49 941 - 94 66 - 68 ii i : iid 62 - 61 3 - 3,f 55 - 56 ... ''''"' 98 - 99 li- 521 - 33 85 - 86 93 - 97 - 8i 9i 32 33:3 9 5 d, 106 - 108 25 - 26 48 - 50 - 2,i 35_ - 37 75 - 751 81i —82 i 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 20i -20 i 20 - 5 7 - 9 3 - 3 6 - 6.1 .... ... BRITISH POSS ESSIONS. 11X0 all Atian, and St. Law. 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.e.l 18 all Do. ! 20 < all Buffalo di Lake Hur 14 15 100 100 !Buff., Brut. /It Godeh f 185 90 100 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 83 87 100 100 Do. do., I Junc,'74, 80 85 20 2s. ,Calcutta and S. East. ' 20 25:6(1 Central Oude (Lim.): 20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares 1 lip 20 1 Do. B. do. . ••• 171 all :Demerara 20 2s. :Eastern Bengal : a St. 100 , East Indian 0.07 108 108 7 20 15 Do. C Shares 11; lip 100 all Do.4i p.e.Bnds.,'s7i 100 all Do. do. do. '59, do.I 20 all iGeelong & Melbourne' guar. 5 per cent. 18 20 St. 100 ,Gd. Trunk. of Canada 49 51 100 all I Do. 6p. c. Deben 1 85 87 20 ah :Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per e 21 211 21i 20 4 :Do. New. guar. 5 p.c I 1 p 20A all Gt. Wostn. of Cauadal 201. 201, 201 13 Do. New I . A 100 all I Do. Bds., payable 's7 i 100 all Po. do., '76, p. '6o. 105 110 100 all Do, do., '73, do. —.1105 110 100 all Do, do., '73, without! option 1103 106 20 all Madras, , gua r . 4i p.c 191 —19 i 20 all I Do. do., 5 p er c. 201 211 20 10 I Do. 44 p. C. Eaten.: d 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c.! fi p l 5g 20 5 , Do. 4th Ex., do, 1 Rp t 20 10s. ;Oude (Limited)— erna” •nor • 3 5 Do. 4th Exi 10s. Oude (Limited) 5 Seinde, guar. 5 per e all' Do -14 p ... - FOREIGN. 10 all I Antwrp & Rotterdam 6i 7 20 all Ardennes ••• ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 16 20 all Be ziers to Graissessac ... ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulonv Coal Mines and Ry. 3i 4 20 15 iDutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all ; Gt. Central of France ... ... 20 all 'Great Luxembourg 7i 8 10 6 Italian Junction •• ••• 20 all !Lake Const. & Bale ~ ... 20 all iLierre and Turnhout ~. ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 —56 p 5 all Lucca di Pist.sp.c.p. ... •. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran ... .... 336 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New • ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O 204 16 all Northern of France 374 34 378 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 86 96, 20 all Paris and Lyons 341 —34 i 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 9 'Recife di San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c i i p 10 all Rums and Frascati, ... ... 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish L; —i ( 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 8 84 10 all Do. 56 per cent. pref. 8 SA 20 all Southern of France 2ll 214 8i all ;West Flanders 4fis 4i 10 all IDo. 56 per c. Pr,l 20 all W.diN.W. of France 27 28 20 6 Western of Austria._ ... ••• 20 all Wept, of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all vv lest aden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof ... ••• 20 all Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all f Australasia B6 88 87 6. 125 18i !Bank of Egypt '26— 2 d 00 50 Bank of Lond on 148— 52 40 all ' Bri. Col. Bk.diLn. Co .. •• 50 all ;British N. American ... l2O 10 IC.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Cb ... •• .d 100 50 'City 100 25 ;Colonial .. CO 20 Commercial of Loud ... ~. 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cn 1 t 81 161 19 i 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk .of A .I.q. 19 19; 19i 20 all Ditto New ......... •. .., _ . .; 60 20 ;LndLondon and County ... •.. 296 ... 50 .&E.Bnkug.Corp ... _ .. 50 10 Londonl Joint Stock. ... _. ..: 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, ... ... ',';,. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... ... '" 20 110 Do. New ... ... 50 25 National Bank 20 \ all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 31 33 20 20 Ottoman Back 00 15 Provincial of Ireland ... -- .e. 1 10 all I Do. New 5 1 I R.. Aus.B. &G. Im • Co. . • 25 all South Australia 35 37 25 all Union of Australia, 46 48 2., Do. New l9 20 50 10 Union of London 23 25 24 00 50 Unity Mutual...... — ...d 0 $ 1 0. Wootnak of Lond ll, —. nid 100 100 100 all all 100 100 1100 100 St. 1.00 201 all 10 1 all St. i 100 0 all t. 1100 St. ;1.00 St. 1100 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 33 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 u. 1.1 25 lq St. 10) St 100 St. 1.00 10 31.1 all 17i 5 163 100 100 TETE SUN, to oNfl 0 N, T TT RSD A V F,NfN ‘1( o Ti k T AtA II A Y :)1 _ _ LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. PROGRESS OP THE RUSSIAN RAILWAYS. MEETING THIS DAY. The Russian railways are making favourable pro gress. The work of construction has been for some time organised under the supreme control of M. Cul 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 Ka miles) now commence d, will be completed ; solthat 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 lioeuitn•berg—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. The result of the first undertaking is stated to be 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. The usual meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint-stock Bank was held to-day—the cbair was occupied by W. BIRD, El.. The usual routine business baying been transacted, the secretary read the report, from which we extract the following paragraphs, 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/. 95., which the Directors have appropriated as follows, viz.:-37,5001. to a divider d at the rate of 121 per cent. per aunum ; 30,000/. to a bonus of 104. per share ; 16,066/. 9s. to the credit of the guarantee fund. By the above addition and the accruing interest, the Guarantee Fund is raised to 187,014/. 99. id., and the directors feel very confident that this augmentation of their reserve will he 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 followin g di rectors who retired i n th e order of rotation, viz., Sir J ames D uke, Bart. M.P., Ambrose Moore, Esq., William Bird, E sq ., an d John Timothy Oxley, Esq„ were unanimously re-elected. Donald Larnach, E-q., was e l ected a director i n t h e room of the late A. Hastie, Esq. 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/. 145.. 103. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared, leaving 802/.175. 21. to be carried to the profit and loss new account. The Bank was now registered under the act. A. short discussion took place, when the report was adopted. 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, indicding each by a few words. POLICE INTELLIGENcE.—(This Day.) THAMES. STEALING GREEN TEA. —J6bn ilthen, aged 28, of No. 2, Osborne-court, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, cigar maker, and John Kent, aged 45, of No. 10, Fleur-street, Stepney, fishmonger, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with having in their possession, knowing it to be stolen, 13 lbs. of green tea. William Copping, 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 prisons is 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 parcel con taining 13 lbs. of green tea. Cohen said be met Kent in Whitechapel, and he asked him to carry the tea, and they were going to Bishopsgate to sell it to a man who was waiting for them there to purchase it for 2s. 6d. per lb. 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 of the Volga and its irnmenNe navigation with Mos cow, St. Petersburg, and the Baltic ports. 3. Moscow to Theorlosia.—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 artery of Russia. Mr. Selfe—V,ry cheap for good green tea like this. The prisoners could Rive no account of themselves, and were remanded until Saturday. STEALING LEAD.—Joseph Hayes, aged 28, no abode, labourer, was charged with stealing 16 he. of lead pipe from the backyard, No. 3, Wilson's Terrace, Bromley. The prisoner was met with the lead i n hi s possession b y police con s table Pullin, 161 K. A n owner was soon discovered. The prisoner had rem ove d t h e l ea d p i pe from the yard of a house and done considerable sentenced ise months' The imprisonment prisoner pleaded and guilty, hard labour. and w cmedthoie3f. The financial position of the company is excellent; the shares are in increased demand, for in foreign markets ana in Russia the undertaking is received with so much favour, and disposable capital is so abundant, that nearly a fourth of , he 600,000 shares of the first issue have been paid up in full by tLe subscribers, who have thus paid in advance 45 mil lions of francs. The total capital is guaranteed 5 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 cent., 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 the right to organise a transport service on the rivers and the sea in correspondence with the railroads. The latter privilege is of consi derable importance in a country of unlimited pro duction, called upon b 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. FEBR Lincoln lll Nottingham Spring 16 TA RY. Derby Spring lB MA Liverpool Spring 2 Ludlow Spring 4 Doncaster Spring 9 Think Spring ll Warwick Spring l6 Beverley Spring l7 Kipling Coatee .lB Northampton 23 Coventry Croxton Park 2O IL. API Richmond Spring 1 Newmarket Craven 5 Durham 5 Catterick Bridge York Spring 13 M. Chester Bath ll Harpenden l4 Malton l5 Epsom Spring l6 Newmarket F S l9 Plymouth Spring 27 Salisbury 9 AY. Epsom lB Manchester 26 JU. Ascot 1 Hampton Newton Beverley Summer 16 Bibury Club l6 Stockbridge l7 Winchester lB Chelmsford 22 Newcastle-on-Tyne 22 Abingdon 24 Carlisle 29 Shrewsbury 29 .Y. Liverpool l4 Nottingham 26 Good wood 27 JU] Ipswich 1 Pontefract Newmarket July 6 Worcester Summer 8 AUG Ripon... North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Wolverhampton ..... , 9 Reading ll UST. York 18 Radcliffe 23 Egbam 24 Hereford 26 Stockton 26 Lichfield 3O SEPTI Derby Cardiff Warwick Doncaster 14 Leicester 22 MBER. Monmouth 23 Manchester Autumn 24 Newmarket F 0 28 Walsall 29 Northallerton 3O /BER. Cheater Autumn 5 Richmond 7 Wrexham 7 Newmarket S 0 ll Warwick Autumn l9 Newmarket H 25 IBER. NOV E Worcester Autumn 2 Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury Autumn ...16 Irish Racing Fixtures for 1858. MARCH. Howth and Baldoyle Spring ...17 APRIL. Curragh MAY Howth and Baldoyle Summer 18 JUNE. Curragh 22 I Tramore 29 JULY. _ __ Belle wstown 7 Wicklow I Down Royal Corp 2O AUGUST. Heath of Maryboro'. 3 I Galway... Roscommon 10 SEPTEMBER. 7 I Jenkinstown Park 2l 4 Johnstown 2B OCTOBER, CAshel I Curragh 12 Limerick 26 Curragh Kilke• The following ships in the fitting basin at Sheer ness and in dry docks are being fitted with all pos sible despatch—viz., the Royal George, 102 guns, screw steamship ; the Meanee, 80 guns, new screw steamship ; the Terrible, 21 guns, paddlewheel steam-frigate ; the Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam ship ; the Scout, 21 guns, screw steam corvette ; and the Hydra, 6 - guns, paddlewheel steam sloop. The gunboats Herne and Sandfly, under repairs and refitting in dry docks at Sheerness, are also being got ready for actual service. Moorings were yesterday laid down at Gravesend for the reception of the Royal yacht, at which port the Royal couple are to embark, after their mar riage, for Prussia. A special meeting of the cor poration of Gravesend assembled in the Town-bhp. Town-hall on Monday, when M . r. Troughton, the Mayor gave an accou nt of an interview with Col. Phipps at Windsor, relative to the mode i n W hi ch it was the intention of their townsfolks to t es tif y their loyalty to their Sovereign by the reception y they had resolved on giving to the Princess and her husband en their embarkation Royal pier, from their LLNE6 LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yesterday Buckghamsh. 'Clydesdale Jc, Col.Stour Vy. 'E.Lin. g. 6 p.k. 'E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw, Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. l Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. ;Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc ,Do Wilts(SxSomrst W r Eoc aledon,.. E.U.&E.O t.Northn , E. Count. aldonian. rVt.Westn.' . & N.M. PO S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. diN. W. 4 Midld. Midland... 94 - 96 95 - 97 12 - 14 133 - 137 4 - 4t E. Count Do Do ... Do ••• - ••• 1.07 - 109 12 - 13 244 98 - 100 ,L. dx/S. W. 21 - 2f 93 - 95 r 133 136 T. Braesey 74 8 M. MClean 9 9i Stk.dtDar. ... ... IDo 32 34 Gt.Westn 1 85 87 - IP 56 - 58 It. No] PREFERENI 6 6 1 St. St. 100 7 100 'lOO 100 100 100 100 1001 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. (.on. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D0.,P.,5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p. c. 00. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares all all 100 1100 ,• all all Londy.dr. Color. ASh. Londy.&Ennis. 2 Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. 4arypt. s Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent 100 100 100 100 all Do. do-. Aid. 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. ct. orfk D ob. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5k p.c. pf , 1847 Do. W 7., V, sp. ~1847 North British Do. N. Preference E. Borw. 4 p.c. Prf. I Do. do. do 100 100 100 100 100 all .all IDo. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 IDo. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolv. 6 I p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ IDo. do. Debeatr. St. Scot. Ccut.New Pref. ISc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3. p.c. pf. St South Devon iDo. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent Do. Fixed 4:3 p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c ,S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. o Do. do. do. 1 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches. & Ho. 5 p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandous ip.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. C. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. !Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. po, do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 pets E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & GI. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth. &Dun. 4p.c Furness, 5 p, c Glas. 6z 5.W.G.5 p.c Groat 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. prem. 11 I GLIC .of Scot.lst 8 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 8 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt. W.(B. &H. Ex.5,3c O Do. - con. red. 4i p.c. O Do. con. red. 4 p. c. O Do. irred. 4 per lent. O Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. 11 Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 11 Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S. 11 Do. do. 5 p. c. do O Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 11 Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh 11 Do. do. do ,1 Do, do. do IE SHARES. oii :. 92 o'i 166 - 6 7- 1105 - 110 1110 - 114 ; 107 - 110 ;195 - 104 ;125 - 128 ii = id 'll6 - JlB no 112 103 - 105 64 - 66 10 - 104 51 e 90 -- 92 82 -- 84 83 -- 85 -- 99 9i -- 10 16 -- 17 9f -- 10} 71 -- 73 18i -- 9i 91 -- 1 9f 14 -- 15 136 -- 138 [155 - 180 118 - 122 65 - 70 133 - 135 99 - 101 90 - 92 ii = rii Il©s - 107 9i - 98 ' ••• - I 21i - 22:3 Xll9 - 121 103 - 105 105 - 110 71 - 73 10k - ICi 24 - 25 95 - 100 95 - 100 26 z 28 • •• •-•.• •• • 50 - 54 'lOO 100 all 100 all 'lOO Business this day MARKET NE WS.--(This Dap,) O m F aci ß e ß u lT p l f S , H om e t o h ß e f d r iff 7 ro G n E t • Cities and Towns in GENERAL AVE C R O A R G N E in 4E 2 P I X t R:I eI C B E S S 8 For Re turnslle of week the ended Inspectorstn England and Wales, per Imperial Qu ar t er. W NEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE BEANS PE AS 7d I 39 s 3d 39s lld 48s 8d 37TsHEOdsux228ldI WEEKS'3 AVERAGES. VERAGES. 7;7lo q a u ts a!rters. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I ESE BEANS PEAS 48s 4d 36s 5d 22s 8d 338 5d 39:1,92(131; rye,4Os 74;d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 117, be 48 a 5 ns ; b 5 a ,2 1.1 6 e 6 y : p1e0a45,,2816, MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL.—About an average busi ness was transacted here to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ' • Mutton , 3s 2d to 4 s 6,1 ; V ea l, 4 s Od to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s 2d to s6d per Ribs by the carcase. SOUTHAtL, Jan. 20.—The supplies of fat stock here to-day were only moderate, nevertheless the trade ruled inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s Od ; Pork , 3s 6d t o 4s 4d per 81b*, to sink the offal. RODIFORD, Jan. 20.—The trade generally was in a slug gish state, at our quotations : --Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Gd ; Mutton, 4s OA to 5s 4d ; Veal, 45 Od to 4s 8d ; Perk, 4s Od to 4s 6(1 per gths ; Store Pigs, --s to s ; Much Cows, 15/ 15s to 1 4 / 183 ; Lean Cows,-1 to —l; Suokling Calves, 18a to 28s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 4/ Os; clover, 3/ 12s to 5/ o,i ; and straw, 1158 to 1/ 10s per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s; c l over 3/ 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 104 p er l oa d . , Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os ; clover, 3/ 108 to 51 03 ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LoNDoN, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W.; very strong, but fine. BEAURARIS Jan. 2 0.—Wind N.W., gale—Arrived Livingstone, from Liverpool for Bahia; Hardine° from Liverpool for Demerara ; Julia Cobb, from Liverpool for Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.— Arrived—Nugget, from Southampton for Adelaide. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 19 . —W ind W.—Arrived—Meteor, from Moulmein ; Redgauntlet, Akyab ; Hadassab, Mauri tius; Ceres, ditto; Don Rieonda, Pisqua ; Admiral Blake, Rio Grande. (s), West I n di es. Sailed—lndus SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Atrato (ss), for Alex andria. SUN DERLAND, Jan. 20 . —W ind N. W . — S a iled —Flying Fish, for B ar b adoes. COWES, J an . 20 . —Wind N. W.--Arrived—Lieutenant Bellot, from London for River Gambia; Gertrude, ditto, for Melbourne. --- (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) wind N. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—vigilant, from W a t er f o rd • Oak, Sunder land; Don ega l and Horner, Newcastle ;m pulse, Seaham ; , fresh. Thomas, W oo db r i dge ; Christiana, P o rtsmouth ; Atrato, steamer, St. Th omas ; Dispatch, s t ea mer, Jersey; °Mal vern, Cousi ns , H ero, and En i a, Newport. Sailed—N ugget, with Government emigrants for Aus tralia ; Ind us steamer, Alexandria • , Alliance, steamer, I Havre ; Express, steamer, Jersey ; La Poule, Cherbourg. Wind N., strong breeze. is at anchor at A barque, with signals of distress flying, East Hoyle. Steam tugs and life-boats gone to her. Arrived—British Queen, (s.s.) from Havre; Oswego, and Tweedside, ( 4 -s.), New Orl e ans; Clutha, Calcutta ; Margaret, Cabeilo , LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Off—Mertown, Ferdinand, and Sunny South. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wind W.N.W. 'very • strong ; tide three hours' and - a - GRAVESEN D , Thursday Morning. half ebb ; fine. Arrived—Li ghtning, from St. Michael's. Sailed—Hanov er, steamer fo r . Ostend ; Lord J. Russell, steamer, Dunkirk ; Elide, Rio Janiero. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.N.W.; Strong. Anchcved—Violantes from London, for Cabs; Margaret, from Newcastle, for Seville. Passed —Viscount Latubton, screw steamer, from Sun derland, for Havre. Sailed—John Henry, for Mauritius; Peruvian, frigate, westward. CRYSTAL PALACE.— SHILLING DAY.— Wednesday, Jan. 20.—Admission on payment, 600 ;ditto by season tickets, 234 ; total visitor., 834. To THE BOlL — Never marry u girl who is fond of being always in the street--who is f ond of running to night meetings ; who has a jewelled hand and an empty head—who will see her mother work and toil while she lays in bed and reads novels or feigns sickness—who is ashamed to own her mother because she dresses plain, never learned grammar, or was accustomed to the eti or hae a hole in her sti , okings, and is too quette of the drawing-room—wh o is always complaining that she cannot get enough of money to drese like Miss So-and-So, or go toparties like Such -a-one ; who wears her get su ch a one, depend upon it you will have a dirty, untidy, y miserable home, and life of is. But the kind, affectionate, tidy girl, who it. Should yo u s i a h z o y e s t s o l p m s e h n o d d , helps her mo ther,alway s ready and anxious to accommodate her mother, father, who is , brother and sisters ; who is kind to the poor; who dresses neatly and accord ing to her means—who is alWays cheerful and fond of can get s uc h a t reasure your ccom h m m o d e a t will Boys, do you hea r that ? —American Paper. C ANADIA N AND AatERICAN E MIGRATION.—An im portant arrangement has been completed between the London and North-Western Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, by w hi ch Passengers of the first, second, and third classes van be booked at the it London , for offices one of the latter ComPanY, 21, Old Broad street, E.C., to their d es t in ations on the A mer i can con tinent, payment, which i nc l udes the railway n e fare from London to Liver pool, the sea t rans it, e ith er by steam or by sailing shi p , Qttd the rail way f are t o upwards of 150 leading stations and oities in Canada and the United States, as far even as Kansas, a dis tance of 1,694 miles from Quebec, and of 1,818 from Portland. The valuab le p am phlets on the re s ources of Canada, onecti 0 n the map " of Canada, sh ow i ng the railway n the United St a t es, the tariff of through rates, and the p rotect ion a ff orded to emigrants connections with p sonally or by by the Grand Trunk r oute, co ntinue to be issued as usual, gratis, on application either per letter, at 21, Old Broad-street, London, Ex. 25 12 12 20 901 i 39 i 19i 63 I 65 f 103 4 90 59i 60 110 i 11 lOli 2 398 i 40 W I i 64 3i 98. i 53 21 851 50 50 50 25 12 St. 122 12i St.l 12' 12. 1 1241 2541 82i xd 14 25 20 St. 25 10 L 0.61 BRITISH MINES. . . "2/ I2'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 124 134' 20 14 British Iron .. . 5 7 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 513 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 420 440 ... 274 East Basset (IPogan) 924 974 ... 17s Great South Tolgus 14. 154 ... 1715 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4 5 ... 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 14 -- li ... 17s Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 11 12 ... . . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 144 154 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crotty 4 5 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 18 19 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 5 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. I .} 14 ... 24 S. Caradou (St. Cleer 340 350 ... 2S. Cam Brea (Illogn. 5 54 ... 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 191 205 5 44 ram. S. &L. Alin. CO 4 •••••• 14 10 9 Tin Croft 3i 44 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap). ... ... ... 1286,V. of Towoy (Camar.) i 1 ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 24 26 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 100 110 ... 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan) l5O 160 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth) 260 280 ... 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 7i 7i ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 13 ... 8 tWh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 45 47 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 26 -- 28 FOREIGN MINES. 20 74 , Australian 1 lOs. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 4 d 4 p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada .. ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 114 124 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 14 Lusitauian 1 all Mariquita --- i 1 all New Granada 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont. Sil.LdM. & Smlt 44 14 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 3 0 16/ Santiago do Cüba 284 all United Mexican r4s 4 1 1 4i MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. 25 19 Australian Agricult, 26 27 10 all 'Australn. Royal Mail 26 2i 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 5 10 2 Do. New iss. at Si. d 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 100 326 Canada ••• St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Janiauly 110 111 noi n 103 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 25 all Do. Prof. 7 6 p. cent. 23 25 5 all Crystal Palace 1 1 16 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France . 20 all lEastern Steam .. . . St. 100 'ElectricTelegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Ire! • ••• 5 all , En.daust.Cop.SmCo 11 14 16 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. id p 9 all Eur.StAm.Stm.(lim.) 5 6 20 .111 Gen. Ir. Sc. Co I. (lim.) 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Navi& ° at, 20 5 London Discount 11 1A 4 All Loud. Gen. Omnibus 3t 3i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec, Tel. 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. 10 ' all Mexican& S.Americn , 25 5 I Nat. Discount Co ll J 4 10 6 ;Netherlands Land —ll 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.e.Pf. iss. at 1d 3 3. 5 2 Do. Do. 100 80 New R. &N. S. Land 1 20 St. 100 N.S.W.I Gov.s p. c.D. 93 95 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares p 1p 5 all Peellir. Ld. Minrl , 21 26 50 all Peninsular & Orienta • 76 78 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 56 58 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 St. 100 S.Aus, Gov. 6 p.e.bds. . . 25 all South Austral. Land 34 36 air 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. . . 100 , 28,i, Vanyienion's Land,. 10 12 100 109 8i 54} 99 100 1106 k 11164 1001 100 91; CH. ..27 ESSS TIDE LAWI: LATE MILITARY ASYLUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You will materially promote the iniersts of the British army in India, and cheer the heart of many a mourner in humble life in E . rigland, I,y giving publicity to the accompanying extract: It is taken from a letter written by the wife of a civilian high in 3ominand at Delhi. • The case referred to by the writer is by no means the first instance in which the Lawreucl Military Asyluna—at this time mot critiCallycircutistanced from the absence of ~ ny endowment, and a failure of income—has i-heltered the orphan- , of our 1, ur dered soldiers rescued from worse - .han de dh. I have the honour to be, your obedient servanr, EDWARD P. HATHAWAY. 5, Old-square, Lincoln's-o,h, Jan. 20, 1858. • Copy.) Pahce ' Delhi, Oct. 26, 1856. C. has brought us a halt-cas'e girl, of about nine years Of age, who was sent in to him by one of the uawabs ne-ir here. A h , rseinan took her away from Jhuitsi, and brought her to Delhi, mill h 3 so'd her to this nawab. She is the only su• %fixing child of Quartermaster Serjeant Newton. lie, h s wile, and four children, were Murdered at Jhansi, and this one lines to .tell the tale. Poor child ! she was dressed in red and go'd, her head was .hawed, and she looked just like a native. She cried very bitterly fur two days, but my ayah has been atisist ing me in winning her round. I cannot yet get her to speak to me; she only nods her head, but she has talked once or twice to the ayah. I am going to send her to the Lawrence Asylum As a soldier's orphan they are bound to provide for her, or rather to receive her, for she will have , a small pension ; and Mrs. Hope Grant has kindly promised to take her to Utnballa 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 unlesis permanent 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 TILE SUPPRESSION OF TWO JOURNALS. REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. The Moniteur of yesterday publishers various ad dresses to the Emperor, congratulating him on his escape. M. Mang, the Minister of the Interior, presented the following report : " Sire.—When an attempt like that of the 14th 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 oarried along by public indigna tion it is necessary 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 he found iu 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 land over to them Paris, France and a portion of Europe. This hope, which has no foundation in pre sence of a resolute Government, of a devoted arua3 , 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 other hand, by the imprudent opposition of those frag ments of ancient parties who, with equal folly, ex pect an impossible resurrection from anarchy. "To meet this emergency various measures will be submitted to your Majesty. There is one, how ever, which our existing laws admit at (Nice, 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 demagogu-s— -almost the official organs of their direct or indirect at' ewpts at disturbance. Nor mu,t, on the other hand, attacks be allowed to be made, ho vever well disguised, incessantly against the new dynasty :Ind the constitution which the country has chosen for itself, showing an obstinate hope that pretensions which have fallen long since into utter oblivion may be posibly and proximately realised. "Among the French newspapers it is very easy to discern which are those whose object, more cr less disguised, is to prepare the way, insomuch as they can, for other hopes than the duration of the Empire. "As long as free England feared for the family which now reigns the attacks and the intrigues of the 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 whi c h 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 formal promises made by its editors, and opened its columns to the most detestibla 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 different colours, has never ceased since the restoration of the Empire to wage a hidden but constant war against the new institutions 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 Duc de Berry, it adds " 'Formerly those detestable passions found a I check in that salutary law of the monarchy which, placing the principle of heradirary right above all changes and all ambitions, rendered those crimes useless, and in some measure took away all pretext for their commission.' 66 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 bruta'ities of conspiracies. "The decree which I propose to you is only a just punishment on those upon whom it falls ; it will, moreover, be a warning t.e others. " I am, Sire, with profound respect, your Ma jesty's very faithful and very obedient servant and subject, " BILL AULT, Minister, Secretary of State in the Department of the Interior." A decree in the Moniteur follows 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 .A sse mblee Nationale), are and remain suppressed. " Art. 2. Our Minister Secre t a r y of State in the department of the Interior is c h ar g ed with the execution of the present decree, which is to be in serted in the Bulletin des Lois. "Done at t ie Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. 18. " NAPOLEON." GALE AT LIVE RPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, 'Wednesday.— Throughout last night and during t;-day a very severs gale has been blowing over the town and along the coast. Up to this afternoon the casualties r ,, ported are of no moment; but fears are entertained that the next 24 hours will prance the record" of many disasters. TILE PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille discount, and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per 1/. sterling. On clinparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10P. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Penis. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 415 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.34. per 1/. sterli ng . S tandard gold at the English Mint price is therefor e a b out 1i per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 to 1094 per cent. At the present rate of discount here there is no profit on th e t ransm i ss i on o f go ld from this country to the United States, and the profit is very small on receiving it from the other side. ...27 ...17 'TEE ATTE3IPT O 2 THR LIFe OF THE P2!IPPROR OF THE FRENCH'. A e6polide of the .Lilaneltebter OuarcLaii, •writing from Brussels en the 18th inst., makes the following statement " You will have read, in ad lition to other details relative to the Italian, Pierri, arrested as one of the participators in the recent atrocious assassinations, th-:t ha had visited this place on his way from Eug -1 ,nd to the scene of (rime. Of this thew is no question. The follewieg incidsnt c 'tweeted with - I .h s visit was made known to h e police authorities servanti lan_uage s, teed fr England some t i me past, s e .ki ng two or t h r e e u yeserday or the day before, and i s not w i t h out interest. Aari w ith good certificates from a perso n , name d Pierri, residing with his family at Bi rm i ng h am. Sl.e obtained a Eituwlori with a respeo a bl e Bel gian family, and continued to give satisfaction to her employers. Two days previous to the internal expl , ,siou at Paris, them,seer of the house, chancing to stand at the window, saw a claik-looking man ring the bell. The door was then opeticd by th e servant (411, who remained some time in conversa tion with the stranger, who in due time departed. Thegentleman then asked the girl what Unsiness the man had with her. •She replied, Oh, it was only M. Pierri of Birmingham, in whose service I lived, and who wishes me to return to England. He said he was merely going to Paris one ommer cial business, should return hoe in a day or two, and would then take me with him to England ; but I - (leclined.' Having heard the name of Pierri, the gentleman afterwards thought he might be the individual implicated in the Paris abomination, and he therefore questioned the girl, who was in ignorance of the crime, relative to the occupa tions and associates of her former master. To this she replied that he was in business at Birmingham, bad a wife and child, and was ac customed to receive visits from other Italians, among whose names she recollected those of Orsini and Mazzini. 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 Emperor must be killed for the good of the world.' She athied that on one occasion a discussion arose among them as to who should commit the act ; and to the best of her recollection Orsini claimed a right to this honour.' Haying heard this, the gentle man immediately waited on the Procureur du Roi, and in the course of tbe day the girl was summoned to his cabinet, repeated her depositions, and was placed under surveillance, to await instructions from the French Government, 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 have 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." ( Prom tit Birmingham. Daily ?rms.) Few of our readers, we suppose, when th e y rea d the accounts of the brutal and dastardly attempt just made in Paris, imagined any more than we did ourselves that 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 pa.sport 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-row. Whilst here he has been engaged as a teacher of languages, a pro fession which political exiles frequently adopt as being at once honourable and useful, one which men unaccustomed to labour can readily adopt, and one iii 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. Pierri has made more than one visit to the Continent, Prussia being his usual destina tion. Whether the passports used on these occa sions were visel 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 familio4. 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 Musio Hall. This gentleman came to England with the recommendations. He had been a sufferer from the tyranny of Austria, had been incar cerated in, and male a marvellous escape from, an Austrian prison. He was 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 ception. That Orsini and Pierri should be intimate was what was to be expected. Both were political exiles, and both had suffered iu 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 Pierri 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 enter( d 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 were wade. 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 dis gusted. COMPENSATION TO PROCTORS.—Under the New Pro. bate Act proctors are entitled to fm the one-half mroßoAT ._ ok r,. t ee h as e ts i eu r rrdy. net profits, siyi l o N n a anO OF average o o L f w fi i v e e a years, sT E morning, at 11 o'clock, the Swift, Woolwich and London steamboat, arrived eft 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 IoW tide, in raising the vessel by means of chains and lighters. CON vxor DISCIPLINE AND TRANSPORTATION. —." FUT'. ther correspondence" on the subject of convict discipline and transportation in the Australian colonies has been printed (as a blue-book) by order of both Houses of Par -1857. The papers before us include half.yearly reports Par liament, in continued of papers p e r o e i s o e n n i t a ed i Legislative i is n Bsc M Secretary, a a u r n c and details on the subject from the Governorof Western F A r u o s m tra T li a a s , m a ii n n d ia a t hne address reply of of tee °ffi t e r e an . i s n po j r a t n ation to the northern parts of Australia, and in May , 185 7 ; P was forwarded to the C, lonial- H tes o t u in se g e against e Assembly's the ly ,s revival addresso f the e transportation to any part of aga Australia inat the trans mitted to Downing -street by Governor You vir a ae g ve . ival Th o s f Assembly expressed a belief that the (to it) obnoxious measure would c ause universal discon tent deplorabl e consequences. Mr. L boufc b r and i nduce deplorabl e of M ay) to th e e ff ect that no plan h a of any con v i c t settlement in the north o ern t e h rep li e d (4t parformationt of A o• tralia was in the contemplation of the Queen's official advisers. The second address against the revival of Iransportation to any part of the continent of Australia is simply acknowledged by the Colonial Socr4ary of Scate, without comment. The papers from New South Wales refer merely to estima'es of expenditure. As regards Victoria it appears that an address to the Queen from the Legislative Council of that colony was forwarded by Sir 11. 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 attrao. tion'of the criminal element o s f 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 va,t employment thereby created, be keriously endangered, if not destroyed, by the convict element. The argumentum ad hominem is also adduced, it being asked how, if the mother country cannot bear n the ticket-of-leavers in its society, even after a f home can pay for the coercion and pen o iell_s i „d very of months and years, a colony of limit. offenders. The address thus sent_ :Ir. at 0 7 , 71 00 t o f t he graciously" by her Majesty when 1 a throne. pooPprOlb:tion