The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-02 00:00:00

• THE SUN, LONDON, SAI 1.-....kr ....mrm..............*-.• • ........,, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. • MONEY MARK ET! SHARE MARKETS-,This Day.) , -4.-- L eas i ng Closing Prices Business .s.ilo RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid Itarravays. Companies . this day this day • A COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. ClOSing Prices Business done -- - --- - this day. this day. St. 00 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 - 95 no St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. CaMon_ 93 - 95 CITY, Two o'CLoCK. -- -...... 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 12 - 14 In the markets for Foreign and Colonial Pro- 121 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost 25 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt•Northn 130 - 134 5 all E. Uri. H, Sh, ' .Count. 34 - 4 tle duce this week a moderate business has been done, & Eastn. Arn i e.- 6 8 i __- ill 5 4 50 all Belfast & Isai-Ymen , St. 100 Glos. Barr. dr Caldonian. ' notwithstanding the observance of the Christmas In all Birmng. Wolverh. 6 Neils. Direct. wll holidays. Although no public sales have been held, Stour Va11ey......... 68 - 70 St. 100 Do. New 0 o eee - i.e. Po ... there has been a good demand privately, and as St . 100 c :irk he ezh i r d e . J L a u u n e c . s b. d 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. t•Westn. ... - trio thl money is getting easier and commercial prospects 25 all Blackburn . 9l - 91 )( 1, 0 .& N.M. 10 .. 5 . --__ 1! . have improved, the importers ask, and are enabled 25 all Myth & Tyne origma . _ ... £25 (iss. at £45)... ••• r 251 a a a li ll u D D H a o u 1 1. Do. 1 5 44 Shares . S elby. Shares. .. - ••• 12 all Lon.&Greenw -.Eastern l2 -13 he m 4 to obtain, higher quotations. Sugar, for instance, St. 100 Bristol & Exeter__ gri - 88 20 all Do • Preferene. li o 23 -24 has risen is. to 2s. per cwt., and coffee is ls. per St. 100 aledonian B 5B - _B6) 861 5 6 St. 100 Lou. Til., &S. Pato &Co. 94 -98 98 thi twt, dearer, with a good enquiry. Tea, rice, and St. 100 ester dr Holyhead 31 .- 36 10 1 10 Tro. Bark. Sh. Do i - Id tai 54 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W A 1 spices are all at advanced rates, and in almost all 50 all Cork and Bandon.... - 9 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. 1 -..._ ••6 and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 21 m , 20 all Cornwall St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland... 90 - 92 914 other articles increased firmness is apparent. 10 all Da. A. -.- -. 61 51 Newmarket The Bank of England return made up to the 10 all Do. B - - ••• BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. i - 1p be 30th December shows some most satisfactory 50 all Dublin&BelfastJunc • „, - si 50 all N.&Est.s P.C. Do ss - 57 m 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. • 6 1 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... - ... features. The decrease in the reserve of notes is St. 100 East Anglian - 191 601 60 1 50 all Do•Fixedsp.c Do "„ - ... H only about a million and a quarter, although the 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W ... - ... Ire St. 100 Eastern Counties..... 5 . ? , 1 _- St. 100 Easter n. Uon,A.stk. to 44 124 all Do. 1 Shrs. A Do •• -- ". two millions of over-issued notes by the Government St. 100 Do. , do. B. 3l - 33 St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Nort. . 130 - 133 ~ letter have been withdrawn. The bullion has in- 2 5 8 4 Do , New A... ...... ... - - - 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Braesey 74 - S di 25 all East Kent .... ..... .. 1,.,n7 - 1 9 1 92i creased to the extent of nearly three quarters 12 all S. Staffordsh- M, Mclean 8t - 91 2( St. 100 East Lancashire ...... " 50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. ... - ... of a million, and the other securities have been 20 all East Suffolk - ''' 25 all I Do. - 32 diminished to about the like amount. The Govern- 10 all Do. - - - St. ,100 Wilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn. 83 - 85 St. 100 Edinbar h&Glasgow 63 - 64 ment securities, of course, show an augmentation , PREFERENCE SHARES. 0 all Edinb. agndPeebles_ ... - ... of about two millions, and in the notes issued there st. 100 Edinb.Prth.drD un d ef 301 - 314 31 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. P is a falling off of one million three hundred thou- '0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. •- - . - . -.. c.pref.(issd.at 50 1 .) ... - ... St 100 Furness ...... - 91 91 90 St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. S 9 - 91 sand. In the public deposits there is a slight in- St . 100 Glasgow & S.Western 89 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ..• crease, which is usually the case just previous to 10 all Great N. of Scotland 9 - s_:l st. too Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 95 - 97 St, 100 Great Northern 974 - 2 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... - ... at the payments of the dividends, and in the private St 100 Do., A. Stock - \ St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... -- ••• w deposits the decrease is net very important. The st. 100 Do., B. Stock - 126 6/ all Cork&Bandons4p.c. ... - •.. at St. 100 Gt. Sth.&Westare). 97 - 99 61 all D un. P er th . &Aber . J . 6 - 61 y principal items and the changes they present are St. 100 Great Western. - 58 4 584 I i rk St. 100 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. ... - - shown in the following table :- St. 100 Do. Str.V.B.. gua.St 58 - 62 St 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 105 •-• 110 ni Active circulation - - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 77 - 80 al St. 00 Eas.Co.B3r,sp.eNo,l 106 - 109 Increase Bullion 11,454 9618 - 9 ;, 161 141 Do., Third 5........,... 8 9 St. 00 Do. No. 2 lO4 - 107 E 16t 15 Do . New Thirds _ - l - St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 122 -- 125 125 Increase - 95 94i 4i 5 St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 20 all East Un. , G. 6p. c. ... - ... tc Beet - I 5 all Do. 5/. 10 per cent. ... - ... h Increase - 10 all Do. 104 Debentr.Sh ... - ... o' Public deposits - ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent.. . ... - ... E Increase - 61 64 St. 100 East Lancash.6 p.cts. ... - ... tt Other deposits 15,072,971 St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst 108 - ]O9 108 5 all EAW. York. J. sths ... - •..• II Decrease - 99/ 991 10 9 Edin.& Gl. 5 Sh. ... .- ... m . Seven-day and other bills - -. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dnn.4p.c. ... - ... cl, Decrease - ... St. 100 Furness , sp. c .• *sop ni 124 5 Do. Eighths i - i d I & WG 5 c Government securities - ••• S . t. 100 London & S.Western Increase I. all Lndndrry.&Coleraine -.- ... " St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 115 - 117 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. vi Other securities .. 2,048,735 27,299,815 25 a ll Lndndrry. & Ennisk. • - -•• at 10 p. c. prem.... 106 - 108 Decrease St. 100 Manch•Shet&Lincln. 39 - 40 St. 100 Do. 45 per cent 9B - 100 tl Notes unemployed - '" 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 a Decrease - €3 d ••• - ••• 10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPrf. 94 - 101 A Since Monday laSt the imports of specie have st. 1.00 Midland ...... 911 - 921 925 2 t Midland .. ..... ... ...... 20 18 Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... - ... I been about 1,064,716/., and the exports 12,3201. There have been no shipments to the Conti- st. 100 Do. Birming.& De ng. 66 -67 E 6 50 - all Midland o.Westar. ••• - "' 20 18 Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. ... - ... 50 5 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 5 1 - 6 a 100 25 i all Do. 1 Shares. i nent through the London Custom-house during the week ending Thursday last.... -- ... New castle & Carlisle_ • - - •• • 25 all N ewp t.Ab erg. &H r fd 13 - 14 13 S s t t .. 100 100 D D o o .. con. con. red. red. 441 pp p. c. c c .• 86 81 -_ _ _ 8 8 3 8 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per tent. 81 - 83 1 a , 1 The City of Sydney has arrived at Suez from 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••.• - - St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 91 - 96 I 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 9l - 9 4 Australia with nearly 200,000/. The Advice: I & Rostrevor -- -. 10 all Do. Chester 3p. cS. 155 - lti c t brought by that vessel are-Sydney, Nov. 11, and st. 100 Norfolk.. • 61 - 63 615 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... 94 - 9i s 5 0 34 Northn Counties Un 34 - 31 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 68 - 70 70 Melbourne, Nov. 14. The letters are expected here ' 53 - 54 63t St. 100 North British - 185 c on the 6th inst. St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 13. 3 / 4 all Do. do. do Bl -9/ ' Yesterday afternoon the continental exchanges Dock Stock ...... ...... -.-- -. 20 . al Do. do. do l3l - 134 1 St. 100 Do., A Stock ......... St. 100 Lan.dr York. 6 pc.St ... - ... were generally rather lower. st. 100 Do,, B Stock ~ - - St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l ... - ... c Money is in limited request, and the terms for St. 100 N. E a stern - Berwick 98 - 984 98 4 8 4 St, 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 ... - ... I the best description of paper still range from 6to 25 125 all .Do do. Extension - • 1 • • St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.e. 135 - 140 i 6i Do do. G.N.E.Pureh 2 - 1 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4115 - 118 7 per cent. The Bank Return has increased the St. 100 Do. Leeds - 56 St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & St 100 Do. York B6 - 87 8 6 1 i Nuneaton s r . et... ... - ... belief that the directors will put down the minimum, 1 St. 100 North . London ..... - 95 St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. on Thursday next to 6 per cent. 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Ham p• late 3d Shares ... 150 - 160 1 The following memorandum is from the commit- . I stead, and City Jn ... - , w 15 141 124 all Londy.& Color. 6Sh. ... - •.. 20 i 175 North Sta ff ordshire 2l - Z. 4 124 all Londy. &Ennis. 4 Sh. ... - -• , tee of Mexican bondholders :- 20 I all North Western.. • -.- The committee of Mexican bondholders have received 10 'all N. &S.Westrn..J.unc 84 - • 94 S 6 t. 100 444,0 . ~ S d . o , .& d L 0 ..6 .c p 6 .Crt . .. 115 i _-- 1214 , 1 advice: from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 3d St. Oxford Worcester & . St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 64 - 68 net. The collections by the port agents of the bond- Wolverhampton 1032 2 - 8 33 d 33 2 4 124 all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ... 20 18 Portsmouthl2s all Do. 45 per cent .. - -. holders during the month of November, in cash and bills, 10 10 Rhymney -- -. 120 105 Do. do. - -. chiefly in Vera Cruz and Manzanillo, amounted to St. 100 Scottish Central ...... 105 - 107 St. 100 Kid.Consol.6 p.c. is; L ... - • . 49,550 dole. 60c., which (after deducting 11,000 dole. St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 24 - 26 St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c l3l - 133 shipped from Manzanillo, that arrived here by the last St. 100 Shropshire Union .... 47 - 49 St. 100 Do. 45 p. c. Pref. St 95 - 97 steamer from Chagree) raised the balance in hand at the St. 8 Sitingbourne&Sheer. 4 - 3 • St. 100 Do. L. &11. Pref. St B6 - 84 ports to 63,053 dole. 590. Of this the La Plata only 50 100 South Devon.. ..... ... 34 - 36 . t 10 all New.,Aber., &c., pr brings 12,000 dole, f rom V era C ruz , as h ar d d o ll ars were St. 100 South Ea5tern.... ..... 72 - 73 724 5 p.c.red. sp.c.pm ... - ••• not to be got for wore, the port having been drained 10 all Do. 44 per c. Shares 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct ll - 114 114 1 St. 100 South Wales.- . .... 7 . 94 - 804 of them for New Orleans. The prospects of the x d 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. ... - ••• Government were somewhat improved by the defea ts l't 'D II 13 - 15 , 20 all s 4. _Aver u 5 . d St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ... ......_ . _ . __.-. 7 of various bands of maurauder, and the failure of a 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 9 - 11 st. 100 Do. 54 p.o. pf , 1847 ... - ... .Wv.V. ... conspiracy in Tampico, but their financial difficulties 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 36 - 38 St. 100 St. 100 Do North British 191 - 103 appeared to be as great as ever. 25 174 Do. do., 1854 - ... 254 7 34 Do. 71. Preference ...I ... - ... 1 25 5 Do. do., 1855 - -. St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf.l 95 - 97 The market for public securities has been rather ... 17 81 Do. do. do 1 - 4el i d 164 Stockton dt llartlepl. ... - ... .. -- ... 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l ... - ... heavy today. At fi rst there was an improvement St. 100 Taff Vale. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1,, ... - ... 124 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ ... - .. of i to 1 per cent., but owing to a few sales, chiefly 25 22 Thames mes Hay. D. &R. ... - ... 25 10 Do. York a &S. Put% 1 in realisation of profits, there has been a reaction of 20 all ,Vale of Neath 1.9 - 206 20 20 all North Staffordshire.. 214 -L2l i at least i per cent. The approaching settlement St. 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ... St. 100 Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - ...- 115 11.34 now begins to operate, and until that is over, the 20 all 'West Cornwall - ... - .. -..... 105 . market will no doubt continue rather uncertain. 10 all :West End of London and Crystal Palace. 7 - 9 Consols from 941 i, receded to 94} 4, at which ' 1 Si: L . 1 1 00 00 D D P o c : .. c 6. do.' Pl . s C D t guar . e 2 b d e n . g : 1 1 . '. ' r. S .. t : : . 1110 . . 33 . M all Scot. Cent. New Pref. -.- ... 5 all Do. A - 34 3 St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aher.g.6p.c. 110 - 112 - they are now quoted. New Threes are 944 i ; the 5 all Do. B - 6 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 103 - 105 Reduced, 94 4 ; and Long Annuities, 2. Ex- 20 all West London ...... , ... - ... St. 100 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St. 71 - 73 10 all Do. First Class -- ... chequer Bills are 3s. to 6s, prem., and B an k 25 all South Devon lO - 1 0 1 20 all I Do. Second Class... ... - ... 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent 0- I Stock, 217. 10 all IWmbledon &Croydon ... - ... BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading ... ... About the usual amount of busi ness h as b een Ann.) of £ 1 Os. 6d. 22 St, 100 Do. 44 per cent 96 -23 ' 224 4 - 98 done in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are tuo all lA,tian. and St. Law. 1 ... - ... St. 100 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh. 94 - 98 firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 984 99 ; Ditto 18 9 'Bombay, Baroda, and, St. 100 Do. New 44 pr. cent ... -• ... 4 per Cents. 1031 i; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 11 - 21 St. 100 N I. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... 18 all Do - St. 100 Do, do. 44 p. c OO4 ..... "O 95 96 ; Grenada New Active, 21 ; Mexican 3 per2o all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar ... - ..• 205 all Buffalo & Lake Hnr. • 51 -41 i 154 15 4 Cents., 201 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 791 ; Rus- 100 100 Buff. , Brut. & Godch. I 1 84 _ 88 878 5 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c. 26 - 28 •) D sian 5 per Cents., 108 ; Ditt o 44 p er Ceuta., 98 i ; 100 100 6 p.c.bd., 1 Au.,'72, 25 19 Do. do. do. - ~.. o. do s ., 1 July, '73' 82 - 85 St. 101 Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc ... - ... Sardinian 5 per Cents., 85 4 ; Spanish New De- 100 100 Do. do., 1 June '74' 81 - 84 BRITISH MINES. ferred, 26 ; Ditto Certific a t es , 54 ; an d F renc h 3 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... - ... t2ll ' 20 2s6d Central Gude (Lim.) ... - ••• -.... 4 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 1 2 - 13 per Cents., 69 25 ; and the Exchanges, 25 20c. - 7 20 lOs Ceylon A shares l4 11. 20 14 British Iron The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 1 Do. B. do, - ... . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 - 90 Stocks :-Grenatla Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Peruvian 17 4 all D emerara. - -. 10 ' 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 420 - 440 425 20 2s. Eastern Bengal - 11 ... 271 East Basset (Mogan) 85 - 95 4i per Cents., 78 80 ; Russian 5 per Cents 106 St. 100 1 East Indianl7s Great South Tolgus.. 13 -14 • 2 - 1414 1134 -. 4 ~ 108; and Ditto 4/ per Cents., 96 98 ; Portuguese 20 15 Do. C Shares 2l - 24p 1 ... 1715 rt.W.AlfrcL(Philk.) 34 -45 100 all Do 46 p.c.Bnds. '57 ... - ... 3 per Cents., 43 45 ; Spanish 3 per Cents . , 40 41 ; 100 all Do.. do. do., 's9, ' do. ... - ... 71 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 1 - 11 •)-. ... 17s Lady Bertha : 10 and Ditto New Deferred, 254 26, en div. 20 all Geelong dr Melbourne ... 8 N. Frances (Mogan) guar. 5 per cent..., 184 - 191 _ ... _ N.W.Basset (Illogan) n -- 1 2 A rather large busin ess h as b een t ransacte d i n the . 1 S oo t. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada ,, 50 - 52 52 121 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crotty 4 - 5 , Railway Share Mark e t thi s morn i ng, an d prices all Do, 6p. c. Deben... 84 - 86 845 4 " . 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 16 - 18 have in most i ns t ances i mproved. Caledonian, 20 all Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 pert. 224 - 224 224 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5 Eastern Counties, N.-Western, Midland,'and South- 2 20 04 ... 6s. Sort, Cons. MM. Co. 14 - 18 Eastern advanced 105. ; Oxford, 204 all 1 4 3 G D t o ..W Ne e w st . n gua .of r oa s nad P•c a . l 2 1 - 2 1 4 1 pi 21 i ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 340 - 350 ... 2S. darn Brea (Illogn. 34 - 44 Worcester, and Do. New par - f p ••• 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 220 - 230 Wolverhampton, 1/. ; South-Western, 2/. ; and 1® all Do. Bds., payable '571 ... - ... 100 100 a a l l l l Do, do,, 76 , p '6O ”. Great Western, 3/. The Foreign and Colonial 100 all Do * . do:: : 73, Withoti t 108 - 112 5 45 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co- i - 1 3 - 4 Do, do., 73, do. , 108 - 112 10 9 Tin Croft undertakings have also been in fair request, and 1 option 101 - 103 advanced rates are current. Southern of France 20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c 19i - 204 40 Un,Mines (Gwennap • ... - •.. ... 12s 6V. of Towoy (Camay. 1 have improved 55., Sambre and Meuse 5e., Dutch 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. _ 214 - 224 - 110422 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten . k - 4Di Rhenish ss. Grand Trunk of Canada have ad- 2,0 5 Do. 3clEx 5 -1 ~ g- P•e• 1 - 14 6 Pi ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). 260 - 280 •...... 2 1 5 0 4 4 W w W . . h C . B a ß a i s . s d e s t o e n t ( I ( ( 1 i i ii g : k a :r nd)...)). 14512001 ..... 155 Tanned 11. ; Great Western of Canada, 10s. The 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, 1 -11 pi ... 54 Wh. Edward(Calstek , 7 -- 74 n 20 10s. iOude (Limited) .... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 12 - 14 new East Indian lines are well supported. 44 - 46 4 . . Mining Shares are at full quotations. 20 5 IScinde, guar. 5 per 2i - 21/3 1 20 all IDo ... 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht. L.. ,i . In Joint-Stock Bank and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 26 i -- FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES. , the dealings were numerous, and prices have an up ward tendency. Union of London im proved 10s. 10 all Antwrp&Rotterdam 64 - 7 61 20 all Ardennes 2O 71 Australian - ; ... - ••• 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 4d - par Ottoman : Bank, ss. ; Canada Land, 21. ; and 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 14 -If 14 1 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued Electric Telegraph, 11. to 21. 20 all Beziers to Graissessae ... - ... at £5 pm) - 21 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - Coal Mines and Ry. 4 - 41 14} . BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. 20 13 Dutch Rhenish - 244 104 94 20 all Eastern of France - 2 8 20 1 15 4 D cl o a . re S n t. d J on ohs o D n. el m ße in y . 111 - 124 124 Co. of Jamaica ... - -d ( From the Official List:) 20 all Do. New ... 4O all Cobra Copper 39 .- 41. Business done. 11 -- 1 2 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - ••• ... 16 Copiapo IS nit Stock 3 oar 4.lcnt. Reduced Annuities - ... • 1 all Dun Mountain Cop. New 3 per Cent. Annuities 941 1 5 20 all Great Luxembourg... 74 - 54 8 1 per Mining C 0..,. 4d - I P Loug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 - id Itsaia Ronds, 1;11:,0 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~. - ... 20 all General - 16 Ditto, under 2,1000 2O all Lierre and Tu r nhout - - •-d 3 all Linares - 9 1 CI 'lsola fo r A ccount par 1 i 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 54 -6.1 p 5 14 Lusitanian - 4d Ex. , hogner Pills, 2d. 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - - 1 all Mariquita 4 7 p - -- " 3 6 £IOOO - 28 1 a ll N ew G rana d a if p Small 2O all Lyons & Medit e rran. ... - .. 1 all Novean Monde - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND S -THIS DAY. 33 4 all Maria Antonla 10 all Do. New 5 1 Port Philip -- -. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. - 20 all Namur Et Liege •• - - 84 - 84 30 164 Santia go d e Cuba ... • 11 - r 24 2} Ditto Account - 204 284 all United Mexican 44 - 41 41 I i . Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. - 39 - Mexican 3 per Cent lO all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 13 - 9 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Ditto Account 214 1 201 20 all Paris and Lyons 344 -35 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent - 20 all Paris and Orleans .... 53 - 55 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) .. - Ditto Account - 26 25} Russian Bonds, 1822, 2 St., 5 per Cent.... (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. 14 - 14 p 104 1 4 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... - ... elDitto Account lOB 10 all Rome and Frascati,- ... - ... 10 all 'Berlin WaterWorka.. 4 - 5 4} Ditto, 44 per Cent. 9B 4 x d 20 all Royal Danish l6 - 18 174 10 2 Do. New his. at 51. d ... - ... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - i 50 40 Brit. American Land 30 - 35 Bnaiisb Roads, 3 per Cont. - 841 84 100 324 Canada 125 - 130 133 1. ')itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. a Ditto Account - 10 all Do. 54 per cent. pref. 8 - 84 O. 100 Do•Go.6pc.Jan&July 1096 - 1104 1101 94 104 26 a d 20 all Southern of France.. 224 -23 23 St. all -Copper MM. of Eng. 27 -32 Ei., mei. Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 81 all West Flanders 44 - 15 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p, cent. 23 - 25 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent - • 10 all Do. 51 per c. Pref . 84 - 9 5 all Crystal Palace lB - 11 14 Ditto Account - 28 5 all Do. Preference - 4f Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er C en t. - ... ' Ditto Account 1034 1 20 all !West, of Switzerland ... - ... 20 all Eastern Steam 34 -44 Dividends on the above payable:in London. 6 all Wiesladen , St. 100 Electric Telegraph - 108 107 5 4 French - ... i L Routes, 44 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. - ... 20 all Zealandi - •.• 5 all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 - 14 • 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. .., _ .. TWO O'CLOCt. Consols folaccount - 5i 94i 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 20 all Gen. Ir,Sc, Col.(lim.) ..„ - ... DARING FORGIRY. On. Thursday a genteelly-dressed 40 all Australasia B2 - 84 15 14 Gen, Steam Navigat. ... - . young man, b w-o 25 184 Bank of Egypt - 2 d 20 5 London Discount ... 14 Id l 34 gave the nam e o f Will iam Ch ar l es Browne, was brought before the Shrewsbury borough 100 50 Bank of London 4B -52 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 34 -31 40 all Bri. Col Bk. & Ln. Co ... - .. 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - .. • bench on the following ch arge , 50 all ',British N. American 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ••• - ... • -Mr. J. J. Peale, solicitor to the bank of Messrs. Rocks, Ey ton and Co.-. - -. 20 10 'C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Cl , ... - ...d 10 all tDo. Extension Teleg. ... - ... stated that the prisoner had called at that ' bank the 100 00 25 50 ,Colonial - 61 60 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ... - ... 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 14 -11 i previous day and asked for Mr. Bell, the cashier. 100 20 (Commercial of Lond. 204 When the latter appeared the prisoner presented a bill of 20 all Eng Seot.&Aus • Cot liii -- 1 - 8 . 1 - 10 6 Netherlands Land._ i -14 exchange for 1981. 165., drawn upon A. G. Barrington 20 all Lon:Ch. Bk.of Aast. 174 - 181 1.0 all Do, Do. - 31 5 all s 0.8 p.c.PLiss.at 1 d 2 - 34 3 and L. Rothschild, described as merchants, Moor gate- 20 all Ditto New 5 2 10. Do. - 4 d , street, London. The bill purported to be endor s ed by 0 • .... "II 50 20 London and County ~, - ... 100 80 ew B. &N. S. Land 16 - 18 Mr. T. C. Ayton, .- „ • one of the partn ers of the bank, and 50 LndotE.Bnkng.Corp ~„ . St. 100 .S.W. Gov. s p.c.D. 93 - 95 the prisoner said Mr. Ayton bad req uested him to tell 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... - ... 29 1 all N. B. Australasian... 4 - i i i 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 46 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... _ ... the cashier (Mr. Bell) to discount the ybiplle, signaturerwfehctie.hAfter 170 accordingly done, the imitation of Mr.l all Oriental Gas - lif National NDaot.ioNne:B Pr a o n . k of Eng. ~, - ... 1 1 10s. Do New Shares P- on the back of the bill being astonishingl 20 35 2 10 5 5 all Peelltr. Ld. & Mina. 21 -, il ... - ”. the prisoner had left some doubts began to be enter. 20 all New South Wales 44 - 41 50 , all Peninsular & Oriental 72 - 74 tained of the p ro b a bilit y o f M r . Ayton.having endorsed 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 3l. - 331 32 50 10 Do. New 5 - 6 p the bill, and accordingly on that gentleman being seen 20 20 Ottoman Bank - 19 184 50 all ' hymney Iron s the signature was ascertain e d to be a forgery. T he 100 25 Provincial of Ireland .„ •-.,.; 100 60 Lloyal Mail Steam 54 - 56 prisoner wa,4 apprehended the same night, and in hid 10 all Do. New ••• - ... 1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest. ji _ 14 desk, besides several of the notes which he had received 5 1 R.Aus.B.kG.lna.Co ... - ... I* 100 '. Ans. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. • •• ___ ~. 1 25 all .South Australia 33 - 35 25 all '.uth Austral. Lan 33 ..... 35 1 at the bank, were a mass of letters and other documents which tended to show that this transaction was not the 25 all Union of Australia 49 - 51 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 _ 1 first of the kind that the risoner bad been engaged in. 24 Do. Now -.- eoe 1 all Do. Registered - 1 p EO 10 Union of London.... ... - ... 214 2 20 5 rus.Ln.Co.Up.Can. .. ___ He was committed for trial at the ensuing Shropshire 103 50 Unity Mutual •.... .... '-' .54 100 284 VanThemen'e Land i _ B .; Alisizes.-Maneoger Examiner. .. ..., ..., 100 aVestraßla of Lond,' m --. and THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1858 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO PROTECTION UNDER TRH PRIVATE ARRANGEMENT ACT. Mr. Lucas applied for protection in the case of a gen tleman who bad held a high position in the City, and whose assets are stated to amount to several thousand pounds. The case had been ballotted to Mr. Commis. sinner Helroyd, but in thi., as in many other instances, the commissioners only sitting a few days in the week, h• was not now sitting, nor was Mr. Johnstone, the messenger, able to explain the course adopted by the lat er learned commissioner in granting pro tection in such a case. It was said to be a rule laid down by him not grant protection until the messenger had taken possession. A. clerk to the mesenger said that such was the ease, but his Honour said that he would not listen to a messenger's clerk—the messenger ought to be present. He could scarcely believe that Mr. Holroyd would refuse protection in such a case. Mr. Lawrence, who was present, suggested that all difficulty would be obviated by Mr. Lucas' clerk paying 2001. into court. Mr. Lucas assented, and protection was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) BO W-STREET. ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SITICIDE.—A. respectably attired female, who gave the name of Julia Gordon, was placed before Mr. Henry, charged with having attempted self-destruction by throwing herself from Waterloo-bridge. A. Thames police-constable, 55, stated that on the morning of the 29th ult., about a quarter before two an alarm was given that a woman had thrown herself from the second abutment of Waterloo-bridge into the water. He immediately left the station-ship in a boat and rowed towards the rpot from whence the cry proceeded. When he arrived at Waterloo-bridge he found a lighterman in charge of a barge rescuing the woman from the water. He assisted him, and having succeeded, she was conveyed to King's College Hospital, and she had remained in that institution until this morning. At the time she was taken out of the water, she appeared to have been dunking. Mr. Henry—What have you to say to the charge ! Prisoner—l was in great trouble ; I did not know what I was doing ; I am still very unwell. Mr. Henry—l see by the hospital surgeon's certificate that you can return to the institution for a few days ; and as you are still suffering from illness, you had better do so. I shall, therefore, remand you, and in the mean , time your friends must be made aware of your position. STEALING. BREAD.—A. boy, whose head scarcely reached above the front of the bar, named Henry May, was placed before Mr. Henry, charged with stealing two small loaves, and assaulting the complainant. Sarah Foster said her father kept a baker's shop in the neighbourhood of the court, and this morning the prisoner and three other boys entered the shop to pur cha.e some cake. Raving done so, one of the lads seized a small loaf and ran out of the shop, and the prisoner then ran in and attempted to run away with two more. She caught hold of him, and he then kicked her. She held him until a constable arrived. In answer to the charge the boy said that hunger compelled him to steal. His father would not keep him. Mr. Henry—How long have you been out of work ! Prisoner—Three months. _ _ The constable who took the boy into custody informed his worship that although so young the prisoner bad been before convicted, He had only left Tothill-fields prison this morning. He had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for robbing a till. The magistrate remanded the boy fora week in order that his father might be in attendance. WESTMINSTER. WILIPUL DAMAQH AND MEAITND PUNISHMENT.— Jane Steward was placed at the bar, before Mr. Arnold, charged with wilfully breaking a square of plate glue, vales 8/. A witness, who gave his name as Thomas Tilitehener, alias Holmes, said that on the previous evening, at 11 minutes past eleven, he was on duty near the Prince of Wales Tavern, Exmouth-street, Chelsea. Defendant was in the bar and called for half a pint of beer, and, on the landlord refusing to serve her, she went out, and he saw her lift up her hand with a stone in it and delibe rately break a large pane of glass in the front of the shop. She was not sober. Henry Bayfield, landlord of the Prince of Wales, said be did not see the accused break the window, but large stone (produced) fell on the inside directly after wards. The broken pane was a large square of plate glass, 48 inches by 44, and was worth upwards of 3/. He understood from his barman that during his absence she had been served with a quartern of gin and had left the house, but returning while he was present, about ten minutes afterwards, he saw she was intoxicated and refused to serve her, when she broke the glass. Defendant, who said nothing in defence, was com mitted for one month to the House of Correction, in default of paying the damage. SHOCKING DEPRAVITT.—Kate Mc Gill, apparently not above 16 or 17 years of age, a prostitute, was placed at the bar charged as follows : Michael James Walsh, the landlord of the Old Star and Crown, Broadway, Westminster, said that shortly before closing on the previous evening, the defendant came into his house, and seeing a soldier there who had sow silver in his hand, she endeavoured to persuade him to come with her, but he resisted her entreaties, and with the assistance of a civilian put her out of the house as she importuned him very much. She then took up a stone and broke two panes of glass, value 7s. 6d. Police constable, 136, 8., said he took herintocustody when she commenced to use the most filthy and dis gusting language all the way to the station, and at the station she alarnxed the inspector. The language was of the most shocking character and witness bad never heard worse. _ In answer to inquiries from the magistrate, defendant said that she lived in Orchard•street, and had been on the street 18 months; she had no friends. The police having stated that defendant had been in prison before, and was one of the worst characters in Westminster, Mr. Arnold said be had scarcely ever heard of more shocking depravity, and committed her for 14 days. THAMES. THE BUOKS AND THE MOORES—DISPUTED POSSES EON Or A PUBLIO-HOUSE.—Benjamin Buck, a licensed victualler, appeared before Mr. Yardl e y on a summons, char ge d w ith assau lti n g Mrs. Ann Moors , landlady of the George and Vulture public-house, Wapping-wall, and there was a cross summons charging Mrs. Moore with assaulting Mr. Buck ; she was also charged with assaulting Elizabeth Buck and Sarah Day; and again there wa s another summons charging Benjamin Buck, Elszabeth Bu c k, and Sarah Day, of le , Wapping Wall, with assaulting and beating Ann Moore, against the peace of our Sovereign the Queen, her crown and dignity, and to the great alarm of her lie g e subjects. Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Child , said I appear for the Bucks. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor—l appear for the Moores. Mr. Yardley—There are five summonses before me relating t o th e Bu c ks and the Moores. I wish the whole case to be gone into on one side, and the entire case on the other side. Mr. Child would endeavour to speak in the case. His client Buck entered into an agreement to purchase the goodwill, fixtures, and fittings of the George and Vulture publichouse. Buck agreed to give him 30$1. for it. The usual course of letting houses of public entertain ment was to take the fixtures, counters, furniture, and fittings at a valuation. It was not so in this case. Buck was to take everything for 300/. Messrs. Booth, the distillers, had a claim on the house and were to advance 200/., Messrs. Mannus, the brewers, 511 ., and the remaini ng 501. was to be paid by Buck. The stock was to be paid for in addition. The assignment of the lease was prepared; Buck was ready with his note of hand for Sit. He had given security to Messrs. Mannus, and done all th a t was requisite. Buck then endeavoured to take possession, and was ejected by the Moores. Some high words took place, and assaults were committed. He thought his clients, Mr. and Mrs. Buck, had been much ill-treated, but he would not add fuel to the fire. He proposed an amicable arrangement. He believed all ma tters in dispute could be satisfactorily arranged if an adjournment took place for a week. Mr. Yardley said nothing could be more reasonable th a n Mr. Child's p ropos i t i on . H e supposed the right of possession was involved. /Ir. Child—That is so, sir. MC. Yardley—l will punish any one who has assaulted another, and I will visit with severity any breach of the peace ; but I will not try a question of title or right of possession. Mr. Young—The Moores have ejected the Bucks, and say they have no right to be there. Mr. Yardley —I will not enter into that question, but Young—_That i er s e , the must be Moores. no I shall hold that th ose i n poss e ssion of the premises Mr. have a right to defend th e i r p re mi se s. Mr. fights, no breaches of the peace. If the Bucks have a right to possession, the law will enforce thei r rights. Mr. Moore—Will you bear me speak ! Mr. Buck—Sir, th e case i s thi s — The adherents of th e B uc k s an d the Moores here com menced talking. Mr. Yardley said he w o u ld hear no one at present but th e i l f eg th al ey did no t gentlemen. leave Tthbee whole parti e s o awere unreservedlygrea t sim pletons in the bands of Mr. Child and Mr. Young. He would never sanction any proceedings having a tendency to a breach of the peace. Finally, the case was adjourned for a week. The Bucks and the Moo rs b egan t a lki ng angr ily, and amidst th r oats and jesticulations, the parties left the court. In the sitting of the senate of Turin, on the 30th ult., the address in answer to the speech from the throne was unanimously adopted. The Minister of Marine presented a bill for regulating promo tions in the navy, and the Minister of Grace and Justice introduced two bills, one relating to the exercise of the legal profession, and the other for abolishing privileged assocations or guilds of trades men' 'Tbirbf lattton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. ITALY. TURIN, DEC. 30. Things begin to look rather better here in the commercial world. The bank has not yet lowered its rate of discount, but is expected to do so in a day or two, and meanwhile money is to be had at one and even two per cent. less than the bank rate. The silk market is also improving; there have been purchases for speculation, and some persons expect that by the middle of January the improvement will be very decided. The reason alleged for the Bank's not having lowered its discount is, that it was afraid of too heavy a pull on its coffers at the close of the year. At least, such was the apprehension at Genoa, but it is now agreed that the Bank shall lower to 9 per cent. on the Ist of January. The accounts from Milan are also better. Th: new Silk Bank has afforded some relief. It appears that that bank and the Discount Bank, originally distinct projects, are to be merged in one. In politics the most complete stagnation still pre wails. Both Chambers sat yes' erday, for the first time since Christmas, but their proceedings were of small general interest. There is now little doubt that in about a year an unbroken line of railway will connect Turin and Venice. The link that was wanting, the short piece between the Ticino and Milan, is being set about in good earnest, and as it offers no great difficul ties beyond some heavy embankments at the Pied montese end, it is thought that 12 months ought to complete it. It is stated that if the movement of the earth quake in Naples had been in a contrary direction —that is to say, perpendicular instead of lateral, a rising and sinking instead of a rocking to and fro —the capital would have been converted into a heap of ruins. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT We oontinue to be well so tables, for which we have a GARDEN. Fro Pine apples, per lb. 4s 6d to 68 Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per 1b......2s Od to 8s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od ?Salons, each Os Od to Os Od Peaches, p. doz. Os to Os Od Nectarines, do. ...Os to Os Od Apples, p. h. ay. is Od to 2s 6d Pears, per doz ...ls to 4s Od Oranges, par 100..6s Od to 15s Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apricots, p. doz. Os Od to Os Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od )plied with all kinds of Yoga iteady demand, as follows : FIT. Filberts, per 100 lb 30s to 50s Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Os Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to 00d Walnuts, per 100 Os to Os Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per pottle .. Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. h. sv. Os 01 to Os Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od Green gages, per h.sv.Os to Os Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od VE GETABLE b. Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s to 3s Od Shallots, per lb. Gd to 8d Cabbages, do. 05 Od to Os Od Horseraddish, p. b. Is6d to 45 Savoy do. ,p. do. Os 2d to Os 4d Parsley, per do. ...... 2d to 4d Cauliflowers, d0.150d to 3s 0d Celery, per do is Od to is 6d Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to is 3d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 80a to 140. Parsnips, per do. Os to Os Od New do., per cwt. OsOd to Os Small salad, p. pun. Od to Od Peas, per h siev Os Od to Os Od Niushrooms,p.ptl.lBoltols 6d Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Artichokes, each ...6d to 8d Carrots, per bunch... 4d to 6d Lettuces, por scr. 1 a 6 i Is9d Cucumbers, each is to is 3d Endive, per doz. is to is Gd Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Radishes, p.d.bun. is to 2sod Sorrel, per sieve Od to O Tomatoes, per hsv. Os to Os Od Spinach, p. d0...18 Od to 2s 6d Walnuts per 100 ...0d to Od Brussels sprouts, per Chillies, per 100 is 6d to 2s Od half do 25 Od to 3s Od Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os Onions, p. bush Os Od to Os Od Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to Od New do., per bunch Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 8s to 108 French beans, per Seakail,perpun.2s Od to 3s Od half-sieve ... Os Od to Os Od Turnip greens, per Leeks, per do 2d to 3d bush Os Od to Os Od NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL.. Turkeys, 6s Od to 21s Od ; Poults, Os Od to Os Od; Geese, 6s Od to 8s Od each ; Goslings, 6s Od to 8s 03 ; Duck lings, 2s LI to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; Pigeons, fd to is each ; large Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s; barn-door d0.,4s 0.1 to 5s 03; Chick ens, 4s Od to 7s 03 per couple; Capone, Os Od to Os; Hares, 3s 03 to 3s 63; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s 03 to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 6d to is 93 ; Woodcocks, 4s Od to Gs Od ; Snipes, is 3d; Teal, is Oct to Os is 63; Wild Ducks, 3s 03 to 3s 63; Widgeons, 2s Od to 2s 63; Plovers, 8d to 130 d each ; Guinea Fowls, Os Od to Os ; Roasting pigs, 5s 03 to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., is 4d to is 6d per lb. ; English eggs, 14s Od to 15s 03; French do., 12s to —s 0.1 per 120; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from Ss Od to 484 d ; mutton, 3e 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 53 Od per Ms., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, :Is 6d to 4s 8d lamb, N Od to N Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Oa to 10s ; Brills, is Od to 5s each ; Salmon, 2s Od to 3s Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 01 to IGs each ' • Solir , 4d to 2s Od per pair • Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s 6d; Crabs, ato 2s 6d; Whitings, 2s Od 103 per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ' • Natives, 03 to 50s per lash. ; Mackerel, 9 sos to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to is 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ' • Bloaters, 4s Od to Fs Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 63 Od to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 63 Od to Os 04 per bushel; Doreys, is Od to 4s each ; Haddock, 4s to 12s pea doz. ; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 53 Od to 7 s; Mullets, Os 6d to is 6d each; Plaice, 4d to Is each; Halibut , 6d per lb ; Flounders, Os Od to Os 01 per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8.1 to ls ; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, is to 5s per brace; Gurnets, 4d to ls. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 8d; of household ditto, 50 to bid per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to —d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3} d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3ild to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 41 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 414 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, —s 9d to Os —d ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 4s 6d ; ditto full, Is Od to 7s 6d ; Polled Sheep, 5s Od to 6s 6d ; Bents, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Half-breds, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Downs, 2s 104 to 3s 6d ; Lambs Os to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os; clover. 31 lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 115 s to 11 lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os ; clover, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 105 per load. A. fair supply and a rather dull trade. WHITICOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os ; clover, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations : LITERATURE. The Fabler of Alsop and Others. Translated into Human Faces. By Charles H. Bennett. NV. Kent and Co., Fleet-street. Mr. Bennett gave ample evidence in his book of "Shadows" last year, that he possessed unusual talent in his department of art, and this present publication fully sustains the hopes and expecta tions entertained by his critical admirers. The way in which he has blended brute features with human expression, has, in our opinion, rarely, if ever, been equalled. The mirth of his pictures is imbued with a moral intelligence which must satisfy the preacher and enchant the poet—con veying point and purpose, with high artistic delineation and comic truth. Mr. Bennett, in his short "Introduction," speaks sensibly and mo destly, which inspires us with greater confidence in his power of developing original and valuable ability, Pilgrimages in Paris. By Miss Pardoe. William Lay, King William-street, Strand. We fancy we have read the greater number of these sketches in Fraser, but they are well worthy of being presented to the public in a collected form, and will prove a very accept Able light volume for general readers. Miss Pardoe's easy and familiar manner of telling stories is too well appreciated to need our word of praise. Grins and Wrinkles. By M‘Grigor Allan. James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. An agreeable book for those who do net re quire anything very serious or very sentimental to engross their attention. The volume contains sketches of various character—from " Winter Travelling in Canada" to " The Dangers of Flir tation"—and, amid a considerable amount of the flippant exaggeration and " fast" style of writing so popular of late, presents much which induces us to think that the author can do better things. Instructive Picture Book. Edited by Adam White. Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh. Parents and children will alike welcome this at tractive and useful publication. It contains pro gressive lessons on musical instruments, tools, fur niture, and the natural history of animals, and forma a companion work to the volume we com mended some months ago, which treated of the vegetable world in the same lucid and charming style. The letterpress affords concise intelligence relative to beasts, birds, reptiles, and fish—the in formation being classical and authentic, yet per fectly adapted to the age of those it is intended to enlighten. We should have rejoiced with insane delight at the possession of such a book in our juvenile days, and the pictures would have haunted our dreams with magical power. Such yellow trumpets, such rich brown fiddles, such magnifi cent tables and sofas, such imposing cottages and cathedrals—such horses, dogs, sheep, swans, ser pents, frogs, and butterflies, never illumined the dry pages wherein we gathered our early know ledge of Art's and Nature's wonders. We most heartily applaud the work, as being a most exqui site production, and certain to insure the applica tion and admiration of the young student. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; mode rate breeze and hazy. OFF RAMSGATE, Jan. I.—Arrived—Satelite, from Sun derland, for Valparaiso. CARDIFF, Jan. I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Eleanor, from Quebec. LONDONDERRY, Dec. 31.—Arrived—Annie Scott, from Philadelphia. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 31.—Wind S.—Arrived—Oden, from Hon , inras. OFF PENZANCE, Dec. 29.—Arrived—Lady 111`Naghten, from Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, Jan. I.—Arrived—Clara, from Rio Ja neiro ; Prudencia, Havannah. JERSBY, Deo. 31.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—C. T. Sutton, for Brazils. SUEZ, Dec. 27.—Arrived—City of Sydney (s), from Australia, with about 195,0001. in gold. HOLYHEAD, Jan, I.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Tyne, from Liverpool, for the Cape of Good Hope, with loss of jibboom, having been in collision, about 10 miles N.N.W. of the Head, with a schooner, supposed to be the Fame, whioh lost her mainmast. (Br XLECTICIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning Wind S.W., drizzling rain. Arrived—Elizabeth and Mary, from Jersey; Havre, steamer, Havre ; Despatch, steamer, Jersey ; Union, steamer, Cardiff; Argyll, steamer, Carenton. Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Peacock, Sunderland ; Wonder, steamer, Jersey. LIVEITOOL, Saturday Morning. Wisd—S. by 8.8. W. Arrived—Panmare, from Odessa ; Queen of the Seas, Leghorn ; Mary Woods, Paraiba. The Freeman, for Jamaica, has put back with pumps choked. The Foam, from St. Michael's, has put back with loss of mainmast, cut down nearly to the water's edge, aid two men killed, &o. having been in contact with a brig 15 miles west of Holyhead. Sailed —Tapley, for Bonny ; Woodman, Bahia ; Car natic, and John Russell, New Orleans ; Paragon, Rio Bento. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 31. Wind S. ; strong. Arrived—Odin, from Honduras ; Nicholas, and Santa Apoetoli, Ibrail ; Charles Souchay, itazag ; Saleskar, Ismael ; Dio Bonne, Nova Pluto, Itolo, and Has riette, Odessa ; Steraatis, Galaz ; Jedinetraus, Taganrog ; Susan, Rouen. BT BUMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning, Wind W. ; tide low water; hazy. Arrived, Jan. I—ldelia, frem Taganrog; Iside, Maria. nople ; Johanna Eliza, New York; Concordia, Ibrail. Arrived, Jan. 2.—Providence, from Gravelines. Sailed—Triton, for Calais; Hollan d, Ostend; Moore, Bremen. DRAM, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ; light, and hazy. Anchored—Ebba Fredericka, for Pernambuco ; Lucia, Buenos Ayres ; James Tarkin, Ades; Alice, St. Michael's; Comet, Madeira—all from London. _____ COMTINSATI•N FOB THZ Loss OF A LADT'S THEM— As an English governess at Paris, named RMaxwell, was, on the 10th Sept. last, crossing the Vingt ,life . 11 a .l n . aMessiershe sho nenf Juillet, she was knocked down b y a carria ge, and had her shoulder bo ne and her jaw broken. After seve ral weeks suffering s he recovered, but she remains in jured for life, as th e breakin g of th e jaw necessitated the rem oval of her teeth. Yesterday she brought an action th James, owner of the carriage, to obtain 10,000 francs damages and 2,0 0 th e accident was caused by th e fa of his d w e e d that Saint before e Civil of. Tribunal a year aga insti fo r fact ' w i n g driven into the Rue - V i t f ' d ng -nen Juillet from the Rue de Rivoli at su c h a ra •pi rate that it was impossi• hle for her to get out of the way. The Tribunal awarded her I,o9o4—Chg" faMine. THE NBTV PUBLIC /MALTS ACT. The bill brought in by the Right Hon. Mr. Cowper, the President of. the Board of Health, and Mr. Massey, to amend the Public Health of 1848, and to make further provisions for the local improvement in towns, bas just been printed. The nee:lmre is an extraordinary long one, and contains no less than 187 clauses. It is cot intended to be applied to Ireland or Scotland, nor to the metropolis. As the act, if passed, will be one of great social porance, and will probably cause much discussion in its progress through parliament, we shall, in order that our readers mey tkoroughly understand the subject, give as lucid a summary 83 we can p - ssibly make of the cumbrous mass of words and the circumlocutory phrase• 01" in which our acts of parliament are couched. The Public Health Act of 1858 is divided into four parts--- the adoptian ; the constitution, proceeding, and general powers of local boards ; the special powers which they will exercise ; and the- general provisions. We shell treat of each of these divisions in its turn, and we com mence with TXII ADOPTION •l TAUB ACT. The measure may be adopted eitrher by places having a known and defined boundary, such as a borough or district, or by a place the boundary of which hitherto has not been defined. In the latter case it will be neces sary that one-tenth of the ratepayers shall petition the general board in favour of the adoption of the act, and after the genuineness of the petition has been tested by an inquiry on the spot, a boundary for that particular place will be laid down, and it will come wider the operation of the act. No place, however, or part of a place to which the act of 1848 has been applied, and ❑o part of a borough, can be formed into a separate district of this character. The modus operandi, ho wever, in the former C4llO is different. When a place with a defined boundary wishes to adopt the act a public meeting of the ratepayers is required to be held, and if at such meeting a majority of the ratepayers are in favour of adopting the act, notice of its adoption is to be given to tse general board by a proper officer specified in the act. The meeting can, however, only be called upon the requisition of ten of the ratepayers to the General beard of Health, and provisions are made for taking a poll of the rate payers by ballot if it is demanded by any of the tevvntrs or ratepayers present at the meeting. Various regula tions. are made for taking the poll, the expense of which, if the act is adopted, is to be defrayed out of the general district rate, but if it is not, out of the poor rate. A penalty of three months' imprisonment is enacted for the forging of voting papers or interrupting the procepis of polling. An appeal may be made to be signed by a: least one-tenth of the ratepayers against the adoption of the act, which the Board of Health may deal with as it thinks fit, after inquiry into its genuineness and its subject matter. Due notice of the adoption of the act havirg been made and published in the London Gazette and the local newspapers, the act is to come into operation tao months after the resolution of the ratepayers ; and it may be well here to mention that all its provisions, or part only, may be adopted, and the fact of any town or borough being at present under the operation of the existing Public Health Act will not prevent it either adopting the whole of this, or incorporating some of its provisions with the present act. The costs incurred by the general board in reference to its adoption—such, we suppose, as those of the officer making the preliminary inquiry —are, by the consent cf the Treasury, to become a charge on the general district rates, and to be payable by annual instalments which shall not exceed five in nenaber. GENERAL APPLICATION or THI AST. In all cases (supposing the act to be adopted) in which the returns of the registrar general shall show that the number of deaths annually bears a proportion exceeding 25 to the 1,000 inhabitants, such proportion beiug calcu lated upon an average of seven years, a superinteeding inspector is to be sent down to inquire into the general sanitary condition of the inhabitauts, inta the sewerage, drainage, supply of water, and other matters, precisely as was the case with reference to the existing act, and upon the receipt of his report the general board shall issue a provisional order applying the Act, and shall take the necessary steps for confirming such order by a separate act of Parliament. The provieioniii with refe rence to the adoption of the act occupy 40 clauses. We shall now proceed to the CONSTITUTION, PROCEIIIINGS, AND dENERAL POWERS OP LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH. In boroughs or corporate places, the town council will be, as now, the local board ; in districts to which the existing act applies no change will be made in the governing body ; in towns in which there are improve went commissioners elected by the ratepayers the com missioners will form the local board ; and in other places in which the act is applied there will be an elective board, the qualification for a member being a residence within seven miles, combined with the possession of a real or personal estate to the value of 5001., or a ratal to the poor of 151. per annum. The local board in such places not to consist of more than 18, or less than 9 persons. The elective members of any lecal board shall, as soon as conveniently may be after their first election, be divided by ballot into three classes, each class to be as nearly as may be equal in numbers ; and the offices of the first class shall be vacated on the day after the expiration of the first year from the date of their electioe, the offices of the second class s hall be vacated on the anoti day after the expiration of toe second year from date as aforesaid, and the offices of the third f cl t a h s e third be vacated on the day after the expiration o year from such date as aforesaid. All members fchosen to fill the vacated offices shall bold their tfi terns of three years, and no longer, and in every instance the offices of retiring members shall be supplied by a n equal number of newly elected members, The local board is to meet once a m onth, but not in any place where spirituous liquors are sold, and not less than three members are required to be present at the commence ment and close of the business. There are various other regulations respecting the conducting of business by the local board—the order of their pnceedings, the choice of chairman, and other matters, but of no publio interest. A very useful provision is also made, preventing any one holding a contract with, or having any interest in, work done for the local board. Howling shares in a water or gas company, or being a party to the sale or lease ei land, or the loan of money, do not necessitate the vacati,n of a s e at a t th e b oar d. The penalty for a disqualified person acting is 50L A similar machinery as that we have already described is to be provided for the addition of adjoining districts to a place in which a local board is then constituted, and if added, the local board will have equal power to erect works in such place: THE GENERAL AND SPICIAL POWERS OF LOCAL BOARDS. The local board will have power to appoint an officer of health, a surveyor, inspector of nuisances, clerk, treasurer, and collectors, the whole of whom they will have power to remove at pleasure, with the exception of the officer of health, whose removal and appointment is subject to the approval of the general board. The special powers of local boards will be very large. They refer to the sewerage and cleansing of towns, the construction and mauageoaent of streets sad roads, markets and fair I the water supply, lighting, management of slaughter. houses, providing of pleasure grounds and baths and wash-houses. There is also an important provision which provides for the incorporation of the provisions of the Consolidation Clauses Act (Police and Towns Improve- meats of 1847) with the present. The clauses relating to this division of the act are 42 in number. SEWERAGE. The local board are to have the construction and management of all existing and future sewers within their district, together with all buildings, works, mate rials, and things belonging or appertaining thereto. The following, however, are excepted from their con trol :—Sewers made by any person for his own profit or use, or by any company for the profit of the Bharat - Adders —and sewers made and used for the purpose of draining, irrigating, or otherwise improving land under any local or private act of Parliament. Very large powers are given in respect to the repair and construction of new sewers, it being enjoined on the local board to drain the district effectually, and all sewers, drains, and pipes shall be so constructed and kept as not to create a nuisance or be injurious to health. If by the eternise of any of the above powers any person is deprived of the lawful use of any sewerlor drain the local board shall provide for his use some other sewerordrainas effectual as that of the use of which he is so deprived. Penalties will be inflicted upon persons for making un authorised sewers, and very minute directions are given for the draining of new houses. A proper map is to be provided showing the whole system of drainage in eaoh district. ____ In every district the following works shall be done with respect to scavenging :—All streets, together with the foot pavements thereof, shall be properly cleansed and watered ; all roads shall be properly cleansed, and the whole or any part of such roads may, in the discretilen of the local board, be watered. All dust, ashes. and rubbish shall be carried away from the premises of the inhabitants ; with various other provisions. The work, of course, will be executed by contract, and a penalty is enacted for unauthorised scavenging. Bye-laws will be made by the local board for the prevention of nuisances arising from snow, filth, dust, ashes, and rubbish within their district, or from the keeping of animals, and they may annex reasonable penalties for the breach of such bye-laws. After the date of the constitution of any district the business of a blood-boiler, bone-boiler, or bone-burner, fellmonger, slaughterer of animals of way description not intended for human food, soap-boiler, tallow-melter, tripe-boiler, manufacturer of chemical products causing noxioni or offensive effluvia, or other noxious or offensive business, trade, or manufacture, may not, without the consent of the local board, be established within the district ; and whosoever offends against this enactment shall incur for each offence a penalty not exceeding 403. for each day during which the offence is continued. . . vv The provisions with respect to streets are just as one would naturally expect, vesting in the local board the paving and lighting, placing of crossing poste, fences, and generally providing for the repair and efficient con dition of the public highways. Heavy penalties are enacted for displacing paving stones, &c., without the consent of the local board, and agreements may be made in regard to the public roads by which the tells may be passed to the bo a rd. The incorporation of the Towns' Police Clauses Act may be with respect to fires, places of public resort, arrangement of hackney carriages, and the public bath ing, and all the penalties imposed by that act shall be leviable under this. In like manner the incorporation of the Towns' Improvement Act may be with respect to naming the streets and numbering the houses; improving the line of the streets and resanving obstructions; ruinous or dangerous buildings; and also with respect to taking precautions during the construction and repair of the sewers, streets, and houses ; the prevention of smoke, and the establishment of public clocks. MARKETS AND r.s.ras. The local board shall have the power to provide a market-place, and construct a market-house and other conveniences, for the purpose of holding markets and fairs ; to provide houses and places for weighing carts to make convenient approaches to such market or fair ; to provide all such matters and things as may be neoes. sary for the convenient use of such market or fair; to purchase or take on lease land for any of the foregoing purposes; to take stallages, rents, and tolls in respect of the use by any person of such market-house ; but no market or fair shall be established in pursuance of this section so as to interfere with any rights, powers, or privileges enjoyed within the district by any person, chartered joint-stock or incorporated company, without his or their consent. SUPPLY OP WATER. All public wells, pumps, conduits, or other works lied for the gratuitous supply of water to the inhabitants of the district shall vest in and be under the control of the local board, which may, for the gratuitous use of the inhabitants of the district, construct any number of new wells or pumps, or purchase by agreement the surrender of any lease of existing wells, pumps, or works for supplying water the reversion of which is now ♦ested in the corporation of a borough, or in any local board or commissioners for public purposes; and may cause a supply of water to be furnished to any public baths or wash houses ; water to be provided in sufficient quan tities for flushing the sewers and drains, for putting oat fires, for cleansing and watering the streets, and for other public purposes. The local board. of health may provide their district with such a supply of water as may be proper and sufficient. Various provisions are inserted enacting penalties against fouling water sr damaging the works of any of the plugs or cocks. Persons fouling the water with gas are liable to a penalty of 2001 and 201. daily during the continuance of the offence. N . Ne3 need only add upon this part that with regard to slaughter houses all the pro visions in the existing act are transferred to this. GKNERAL PROVISIONS. We now come to the fuarth and last division of the act, which has reference principally to the question of rates, the providing, in fact, of the ways and means, the keeping and audit of the accounts, the imposition of bye-laws, the conduct of legal proceedings, and the venei al dealing with all those rights which must invari ably be interfered with in the passing of an act like the present, which interferes with the management of private property without taking it off the hands of the owner. In the first place, it enacts that in future ne cellar is to be let unless it is seven feet high, and has au open area of at least three feet wide in front of it. We now cone to the question of expenses, and may as well state at once that full co,peosation is to be made out of the general district rates to be levied under this act, to all persona eustaining any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of this act ; and in case of dispute as to amount the same shall be settled by arbitration in the resent]. provided by this act ; or, if the compenew tion claimed do not exceed the sum of 211., the same may be ascertained by and recovered before justices in a summary eiaanner. Penalties of all kinds are to go to the district fund, and certain rules are laid down with respect to the re covery of private expenses. The followieg deductions shall be allowed to occupiers in respect of payments made on account of private expenses : Every occupier holding at a rack-rent shall be entitled. to deduct from the rent payable to his immediate landlord three-fourths of the amount paid by such occupier in respect of private expenses. Whenever any premises are supplied with water by a local board of health for domestic, trading, or manu facturing purposes, the local board may make for such supply such charge as may be agreed upon between the local board and the persons receiving the supply. Water rates are to be paid in advance, and - power is given to stop the supply if they are not paid. The general expenses will be paid out of a general dietriot rate, which is to be a tax upon all occupiers. In fact, the model of Sir B. Hall's act has been followed in this as in many other respects. The assessment is to be made on the net annual value, and where the owner is rated instead of the occupier he shall be assessed upon such reduced estimate as the local board deems rea , onable of the net anneal value, not being less that two-thirds nor more than four-filths of such annual value. Where such !Aimed estimate is in respect of tenements, whether occupied or unoccupied, then each assessment may be ins , ;• on one-half of the amount at which such tenements would be liable to be rated if the same were occupied, and the rate were levied on the occupiers. The usual provisions are set out at great length with reference to the making of the rate, its publication and collection, the power of appeal, and the proceedings necessary to recover it. The local board have also power to divide their district and to recover the separate rate. Powers are also given to borrow money by the local board at ordinary rates of interest on security of the rates ; but for exact terms we refer any person who may desire to lend to the act itself—a useless recommenda tion, for no doubt they would be only too careful to study its provisions before parting with their money. The accounts of the local board are to be audited on the 25th of March in each year, due notice is to be given, and all books to be produced. The rest of the act is purely technical, detai.ing the manner in which legal proceedings may be taken, imposing the penalties for obstructingg,ixlgis:itadcee,facainndg b o o t a h rd er e,i m nj a u t r t i e n rs g . localwr We may mention, in districts constituted in pursuance of the Public Health Act, 1848, or any local ant incorporating the raid Public Health Act, or any part thereof, the local board may, aetwitlastandiog that they adopt She provi sioLs of this act as to streets and roads, levy et highway rate and pay the expenses incurred by them is respect of such streets and roads out of such rate, in cases where such board is at the time of the passing of this act empowered by local act of parliament to levy such rate. Nothing in this act contained shall in anywise abridge, lessen, or defeat any power, right, privilege, or liability of any local board of health under or by virtue of any ocal act of parliament. Oxford and Cambridge have each special provisions vesting the governing power in case of the adoption of the act in commissioners, in the former the vice chan cellor and the mayor exercising a sort of conjoiat authority ; 15 commissioners being elected by the university, 15 by the town council, and 15 by the rate payers. The act contains the usual swing clauses, saving the rights of individuals and companies inter fere with, and providing for the settlement of all disputes by arbitration. The act only contains two schedules setting out the voting papers in the first place for or against the resolu tion adopting the act, and the second for the election of the members of the local board. Of course there are a multitude of small details whichit is necessary to provide for in the clauses, but the above may be taken as a complete summary of all the important provisions of the Public Health Act of 1858. THE VACANT CANOMILLES.—The Lard Chancellor has bestowed the canonry of Bristol Cathedral, vacant by the death of the late Rev. John Surtees, M.A., on the Rev. John Guthrie , ALA., Prebendary of Salisoburyt; vicar of Caine, Wiltshire , and domesti chap laion "q 2 Marquis of Lansdowne. The new 046,!,,1'0n.,i beard to hold what are termed "L and hrch opi the reputation of being ana earnest ..st elergyrnan• We under/44d that the p r ; R a o ! itonrut.ge Richard t o o r k if t e (e;tc; of ulltooorennit • r Cathedral.bee :~'~