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

MONEY MARKET :TD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. It is satisfactory to notice the general feeling of confidence with which the commercial public are looking forward to the probable course of events during the year just commenced. Indi cations of improvement having been observable, the laSt two or three weeks, the gloom occasioned by the crisis and its lamentable results, is fast die appearing, and, with a further reduction in the value of money, pr. parations will soon be com menced for a resumption of business, on a safer though less extensive basis tha❑ existed prior to the general collapse. The gigantic failures that have taken place have cleared the mercantile rela tions of this country, of America, and the northern cities of Europe also, from much that was unsound and pernicious ; it may, therefore, be hoped that the causes which have produced such incalculable distress may he avoided hereafter. As it is im possible to prevent speculation, however, it is ridiculous to suppose that there can be perfect immunity from similar convulsions, but after what has °mitred during the Autumn, we may anticipate a much healthier state of things for the next few years, until, in fact, the trade of the United Kingdom is again forced beyond legitimate bounds. The incidents connected with the crisis are too fresh in the minds of the public to require recapi tulation ; and as they afford an instructive lesson that will act as a guide to the numerous compara tively young firtur, who will now become more pro minent, through the fall of so many of their larger competitors, it is desirable that they should not be soon forgotten. The lax system of credit which seems to have been extensively and almost univer sally introduced, is proved to have been abortive, and although it is impossible to anticipate its com plete suppression, a hope is indulged that the mer cantile interests will henceforth relinquish, as much as possible, the use of "open credits," and other similar but equally destructive devices, in order to maintain their position. During the past year the fluctuations on the va rious public and private securities have been im portant. In the English Funds the variation has been as much as 8 per cent., and in some of the Foreign Securities, such as Turkish Bonds, he difference in values has been about 14 per cent. Railivay Shares have shown some considerable changes. The different stocks and shares and the variations in quotations are shown in the following table : ENGLISH STOCKS. Highest. Lowest. Difference. Bank Stook Reduced 3 per Cents... 942 Consols, money 94i New 3 per Cents. Exchequer Bills 7s. pm. India Bonds . 3s. pm. ... . 51e. die 6Be. India Stock Consols, account FOREIGN SECURITIES. Highest. Lowest. Brazilian March 103} Mexican March 243 Russian 5 per Cents.... —.Aug. 113 1 Russian 44 per Cents Sept. 99. Sardinian May 92 Spanish , July 42i ... ... Aug. 39 Spanish Deferred June 264 Turkish 6 per Cents March 994 Turkish 4 per Cents. Jan. 103 Dutch 2f per Cents. June 66 Dutch 4 per Cents. ' Sept. 100 RAILWAY SHARES. Highest. Lowest. Caledonian Eastern Counties Great Northern June, July 100 Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire April North-Western Feb. 104 Nov. 92. 1 , South-Western Feb.... • loßi Brighton Jan. ll3l Midland South-Eastern . North-Eastern (Berwick) Aug Northern of France April Sambre and Meuse Grand Trunk of Canada May 6 82 Nov. 32 Great Western of Canada March But Indian The demand for money in Lombard-street and at the Bank is moderate, and the terms out of doors are still 1 to 11 per cent. under the bank minimum. It is fully expected that the directors will make a reduction next week. The London and Westminster Bank have reduced their allowance for deposits to 4 and 5 par cent. This measure will no doubt be adopted by all the other joint-stock banks. Nearly 70,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London Docks Company has been held this morning. The accounts to the 30th November last show that the number of vessels that entered the Docks during the half year was 517, of the bur then of 207,923 tons, against 542 vessels of 208,254 tons in the previous half-year. The receipts were 266,4071. 7d., against 249,6661. 9s. 3d., for the like period of 1856. The balance to the credit of pro fit and loss was 239,458/. A dividend at the rate of 25 per cent. for the half-year was agreed to. Although the market for English securities is rather dull, .the prices are buoyant, and Consols have risen about # per cent. Several large pur chases hive been made, and these have increased the firmness of the market. Consols have been 932 and they are now 94 to 94i ; the New 3 per Cents. are 94i, and the Reduced 94k. Exche quer Bills are par to 4s preiniurnj ind India Bonds, under 1,0001., 15s. discount ; Bank Stock is 217 to 2184. Foreign Stocks are rather flat, but a fair amount has been recorded at rather higher rates. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 98 to 981 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 102 a 1; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. 95 ; Grenada New Active, 201 Mexican 3 per Cents., 201 ; Russian 41 per dts., 97 ex div. ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 854 ; and Spanish New Deferred, 255 I. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi can, 20i 21 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 775 785 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 54 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 106 108 ; do. 44 per Cents., 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 404 41 ; ditto New Deferred, 254 ex. div. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., give the following as the prices of American securities : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...101 103 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...101 103 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent. Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 2I Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock The Railway Share Market this morning bas been moderately active, and prices generally were well supported. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North•Eas ern Berwicks, and Oxford, Worcestor, and Wolverhampton advanced ss. ; Eastern Counties and South-Eastern 10s. ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1/. Mid land and North British declined 10s. . 78 88 90 .. 96 9i The foreign lines aro very quiet, and no important variation can be noted in values. In the Colonial undertakings very little business has been reported. Grand Trunk of Canada advance , ' - about ss. to 10s. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are at "'most nominal quotations. Union of Australia improved 5. 5 ., and Union of London about ss. ; London General Omnibus Company advanced ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (YOLOCii (From the Officsal List:) Basinevedozle. silk Stock ...................... per Cent. Reduced Annnittes New 3 per Cont. Annuities Is its. Bonds, 1:10 1 /0 .......... Ditto, under £lOO O ,rsols for Account ............. . Etniequer 2.0 4000 . .......... ......... •.. p e 560 1 4 p 8 ,*B~ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cont. Ditto Account 95 Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent 203 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1, , '22, 2 St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto, 4i per Cent. 97 Oa dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - - Ditto Account Bp inish Bonds, 3 per Cent. OlDitto New Deferred, 3 por Cent. Ditto Account 254 I Turkleh Bonds, 6 por cent Ditto Account 1) Li° Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account .. lo2a 3 21 LiDividends on . the.above payable:in London. TWO O'CLOC K. ' Consols for account 201 rtiE - SUN, - ` LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1858 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Price yesterday. Ambg. Nottng. Boat. dr Eastn. June._ Belfast & Ballymens Bt rmn g. Wolverh. Stour Valley 'Birkenhd. Lancsb. dt Cheshire km& Blackburn myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £4 5 ) Bristol dr Exeter Caledonian. Chester dr Holyhead, Cork and Bandon 1 Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do. A 5 1 - F 1 8 - 8h 68 - 70 •• - 91 - 9i 8-; - 88 86 -85 i 33 - 35 7 - 9 . • .• •• 4 - 5 Do. B Dublin&BclfastJnnc. ;Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A.stk. Do., do. B Do. New A ..... East Kent ... East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinh. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunder Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness . I Glasgow & S. Western, 'Great N. of Scotland Great Northern ;Do., A. Stock .. Do. , B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Th:t.ts Do. New Thirds Lan cash & York shin Do., do. F Do., Wet. Riding Un. Do. Southport. London & Blackwal` Lond.Bright.&S.Cst London & N. Wester Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S. Weater , Lndndrry.&Coleraim Lndndrry. & Ennis'. Manch.Shef. &Lincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo' arrangement Vfidland Do. Birming. & Derb tidland G.West.(lr. Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoin & Rostrevor 100 I Norfolk . 81 - 8i 18i - 194 59 - 60 40 - 44 29 - 31 17 - 18 91 - 93 6'i 7 .•• - ••• 30i - 314 89 - 91 9 - 9i 971 84 - 86 122 - 124 97 - 99 54i - t,5 58 - 62 77 80 8— 9 ; 8 9c 941 —94 i - 5f 6a 106 108 98i 99 - 95 - 96 4ii : 4i 91i - 92 66 - 67 = 18 61 - 63 3i - 34 52 - 53 Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. a Dock Stock . ....... Do., A Stock ........ Do., B Stock ........ N. Eastern Berwicl Do. do. Extension ,Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire. North Western....... N. di S. Wostrn. June Oxford Worcester 4 Wolverhampton.... Portsmouth •• ••. 98i 2 - 1 1 4 55 - 50 86 - 87 90 - 95 ii = ii 8 - .91 31 32 10 8 d I Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union . . Sitingbourne &Sheer South Dev0n.......... South Eastern ... . . Do. 4i per 3 . Share South Wa1e5........... S. Yorksh. Riv,erDtiu Do.. . .. . IStaines,Wok.,&Wok, !Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1805 Stockton & Hartlepl 'Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cot nwall 104 - 106 24 - 26 47 - 49 4 3 33 35 714 724 794 13 15 7 5 d 9 - 11 36 - 33 19i -- 20 West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class I Winbledon&Croydon 7 - 9 3 - 31 51, - 6 Business dons this day. BRITISH PI Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con. Ind,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brut& Godcli 6 p.c.bds.,l Do. do., 1 July, '73 1 Do. do., 1 June, '74 1 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 'Gt. Wcstn, of Canada Do. New Do. Ws., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 44 P.C Do. do., 5 per e. I Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c., Do. 4th Ex., do, ;Oxide (Limited) I Seinde, guar. 5 per c Do Antwrp &Rotterdam' Ardennes Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissossac Carmcaux&Toulouse Coal Minos and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Lyons and Geneva Lyoue &. Mtealterrau 1 Maria Anteula Do. New Namur Sz Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse_ ')o. 5i per cent. prof. Southern of France West Flanders IDo. 54 per 0. Prof W.dEN.W. of France Wes',;ern of Austria We, t. of Switzerland Wieal aden Do.B p. cent. pref. Zealand • ••• ISSESSIONS. l t i - 11 6 - 544 82 - 86 80 - 83 78 - 82 li = lip 111- 1 h -- 112 1 h 2h -21 p, 19 -- 20 49 -- 51 83 -- 85 22 -- 224, li -- lapl 204 -- 2L 1 id 4pi 108 - 112 ,108 - 112 101 - 103 19i - 204 21i - 224 l ip 1 - 1 - p 2# 2pj 20i 12i A l 3 121 Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. c. Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Stallordsh ,WearVal.g6pe ,Do WiltsdiSonarst 92 - 94 95 - 97 12 - 14 130 - 134 - 4 105 - 106 12 13 23 24 94 93 I id 2fi 91 IP 57 2f - 90 - par 55 130 - 133 71 - 7f St - 9 31 - 32 83 - 85 1E SHAPES. 6i - 6i 11 - 11 3 -4,; 34. - 3 27i - 28 M - •• • - ii = ii gi iid2l 27 - 28 g- 84 20 - 204 33 - 384 ri - 8 i 34i - 35 53 - 55 - 1 15 17 - 8- 7' - 22 - 23 4i - 5 8i - 9 27 - 28 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid I RAILWAYS. [ Leasing [Companies, Closing Prices yesterday nosiness this day Ln. &N. W. Caledon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt.Westn. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do &N.W. di Midid. Midland... E. Count Do Do L. &N . W Do Gt.No T.,Brassey M. MCI ean Stk4Dar Do Gt.Westn P 0.., PREF ERENI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Brig. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Share 2.. Calcdn. £lO 4i p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork & Bandon 54p.e Dun. Perth. &Aber.J. E, Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c St. East Un., G. 6 p c. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 104 Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sthf. Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth. &Dun.4p.c . 1 Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 44 per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom CILN. of Scot.lst Prc Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. Gt.W.(l3.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chosh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0,,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S. , &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cont. Marypt. v Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. tid. Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dai. Pref. St. New., Aber., Scc., pr. sp.c,red.sp,c.pin. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk. D 81).4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 North British Do, 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debeiitr. St Scot. Ccut.New Pref , Se.N. E. Aber. g.6p c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4 4 p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. o. do. 44 p. e S.Yorksh.4 p.e.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. 0 Do. do. do. IWaterfddl Kilk. 6 pe. BRITISH lAlfred Cons. (Philk.)l co ritis u hl w ron ndro (cambrno Dev. Gt. ensls. (Tay.) East Basset (Il'ogan) Great South Tolgus GA. W. Alfrd. ( Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Heist%) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.BlaiY) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Mogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn. ) Tam. S. St L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap V. of Towoy (Camar. W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdr uth) Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (IL) Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes dt Cuiada Do. Bt. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper... Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Monde Pont.Sil.l.ol. & Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 6 - ii u 1 - 96 6 -• 61 105 - 110 110 - 114 105 - 108 104 - 107 122 - 125 1 115 - 117 106 - 108 97 - 99 60 - - 104 - 6 86 - 88 81 - 83 81 - 83 94 - 96 - 154 - 16 91 - 68 - 70 17i - 8i - 9 13f - 13 ... ."' ... 132 - 137 114 - 117 1150 - 160 114 117 i a 64 a 130 - 131 95 - 97 1 85 - 87 lot 1191 - 103 95 - 97 1 - li 1 - 21i - z 2,1 112 - 114 101 - 103 110 - 112 103 - 105 71 - 73 - 10 22 - 22 :: ' 94 - 96 93 - 26 - ii MINES. 12 - 13 5 - 7 80 - 90 420 - 440 85 - 95 13 - 14 4 - 6 1 - 14 - - 9 11 - 12 4 - 5 16 - 18 4 - 5 11 - 14 340 - 35 31 - 4{ 220 -23 i - 1 3 - 4 - 1 21 - 22 100 - 1104 145 - 155 280 - 290 6 - 7/ 12 - 14 44 - 46 24 - 26 MINES. a i 4 d par li 24 11' = 12 38 - 40 11 - 12 id— P id 14 16 -- 9i 1 ; 4 - § - ..g4- la 2 4i 4i LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr, Prendergast, Q•C•) BABRATT AND ANOTHER V. BICKFORD -IMPORTANT QUESTION ON A GUARANTEE. The plaintiffs in this action were printers, and sought to recover the sum of 4/. 3s. on a guarantee. It appeared by the evidence that the work was one for a proposed new company, " The National Viitriolic Company", and defendant had given a guarantee for payment to the extent of 10/. _ Mr. Beard, from the nffice of Mr. Buchanan, con tended that no action would lie on the guarantee, as no consideration appears on the page of the document. His Honour held that by a recen; act that was not necessary. _ . Mr. Beard then cross-examined the witness as to an alleged admission by the defendant, and a promise to pay. The urtness, however, would not swear to any precise words, but he did not deny that he had given the guarantee ; he said that if the party who ordered the goods had been applied to, the bill would have been paid. He (Mr. Beard) therefore contended that the plaintiff had not made out his case, for no admission or promise to pay had been made out, as the witnesses dre •s a conclusion, although they could not state what really took place. His Honour said that it was clear that a guarantee had been given by a person named Piokford, and that defendant had been applied to, and that some conversa tion took place—that was not denied, and it was not material what it was. In the absence of evidence for the defendant, he must hold that the guarantee had been given, and that defendant was liable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL MILITARY OUTRAGIL—Robert Gurkin and Joseph Buxton were charged with a most disgrace ful outrage upon the police. The two prisoners, who were not even alleged to have eeu intoxicated at the time the offence was committed, were placed in the dock. They had been given into custody for felony, and the objects cf their violence, Ben jamin Brett, 262 C, and James Charwood, 104 B, both had their beads covered with linen bandages, and were in a very weak state. It seems that last night the de fendants, who are soldiers in the 2d Regiment of Guards, were at the New Star and Crown, Broadway, Westmin ster, when a man there called the police and charged the defendant Gurkin with having robbed him of some duplicates and papers, and Brett found him concealing a portion of them. Brett proceeded with Gurkin a short di,tanee when he commenced a violent attack upon both him and the prosecutor. Charwood came to Brett's assistance, when Buxton came up and joining the other defendant, inflicted the most desperate assault noon the two officers. Buxton taking off his bel , „ struck the two men about their heads until they became insensible, and were conveyed to the hospital. Two otter constables were likewise assaulted by the defendants, who escaped, but were afterwards appre hended. The wounds were inflicted with the heavy brass buckle at the end of the belt. Mr. Ge.rge Pearce, surgeon, proved that beside other wounds and injuries, Brett was discharging blood from the bowar, while Charwood had two severe scalp wounds. It would he some time before the men were in a condition to resume their duty. L► the course of the inquiry it Was stated that Brett had called upon a corporal with a file of soldiers to assist in conveying the defendant Gurkin to the station, but he had refused to du so. Mr. Arnold said that he could not think of dealing with so serious a case as this, which he should send for trial. He then animadverted upon what appeared to him to be unbecoming conduct of the corporal in refusing to aid the civil power; and said that the commission of the injuries the constablts bore was mainly attributable to the corporal's non-interference when called upon. Defendants were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A PUBLICAN.—STRANGE CASlL—Mattie Mortimer, a respectablelooking female, was charged with committing a violent assault on William Barnes, of the Crown and Sceptre, Foley-place, under the following circumstances : The prosecutor said the prisoner came into his house on the previous evening and requested to be furnished with drink, but perceiving that she was already under the influence of liquor, he refused to serve her. The pri soner then seized a bottle, which was on the counter, and threw it at him, inflicting a terrible bruise on his arm. He then gave her into custody. The prisoner said the tact was she had been acquainted with the prosecutor for some time, and the result was that she became pregnant and bad had a miscarriage, and she bad merely gone to the prosecutor to ask for a little money. So far from being drunk, she bad merely had a pint of porter previously. In answer to questions by Mr. Bingham, the prosecu tor denied the truth of the prisoner's statement. He bad only gone to her house to see another party, and that on buainesP. Tha prisoner still asserted that what she had said was tin.. The pro iecutor had professed great affection 'or her, and she had permitted him to visit her where she re sided. The prosecutor again deaied the truth of this. Mr. Bingham said if the prisoner had really gone for what she said, she had not gone in a proper manner. She should have gone quietly, and not to astault the prosecutor. All he should do, however, was to order her to find one surety for her keeping the peace towards prosecutor. THAMES. FALSE REFEEBENTATION TO OBTAIN THE WAGES AND EFFECTS OF A DECEASED SEAMAN.—Eleanor Mary Davies, a married woma n , aged 37, who was appre hendedyesterday afternoon by Inspector Thomas, of the Thames-police, at 53, Prince's-road, Bermondsey, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with making a false representation for the purpose of obtaining from the Board of Trade certain monies, being the wages of a deceased seaman. Mr. Cumberland, from the Customs Solicitor's-of f ice, prosecuted nn behalf of the Board of Trade, and referred to the 203 d section of the Merchant Shipping Act. The prisoner was charged with making a false repre sentation to the shipping master at the Shipping-office, Poplar, and claimed the wages and effects of a deceased seaman named John Brewer, who died on board the ship Tweedside, on the coast of Africa, and whose wages were paid to th e shipping-ma s ter at Poplar on the arrival of the ship in this port, and his chest, clothes, and effects deposited there. The prisoner applied to the shipping. master at the end of September or the beginning of Oct. to have the wages paid to her, and described herself as the sister of the deceased and that all other relatives were dead. The shipping-master asked her her maiden name, which she said was not Brewer, and upon being desired to give an explanation, she stated that her mother bad married the deceased seaman's father. A. printed form was given to the prisoner to fill up, and she re turned it with the false representation described. She had written th a t s h e was th e s i ster an d on ly surviving rela tive of John Barber, and the form so filled up had been returned te the Board of Trade wbo discovered the intended fraud and directed this prosecution. The prisoner was liable to be punished with penal s ervitude i for a t erm not excee di ng f our years , o r with mprison ment with or without bard labour for a period not exceeding two years. A. term was put in, and John Foskett, clerk at the sltipping-offiee, Poplar, said he filled up that form at the solicitation of the prisoner, who said she wanted a form of claim for John Brewer's wages and effects, and that she was his sister. John Brewer, of Stonechaise, Plymouth, said he was the father of the deceased seaman who died on board the Tweedvide. The prisoner was no relative at all. Mr. Yardley —Did you marry the deceased's mother Brewer—l did not, sir. Alter the produ c ti on o f some f ur ther evidence, clearly bringing home the charge to the prisoner, she was re manded for the completion of the depositions until o-morrow (Saturday). ALLEGED STARVATION OP A CHILD.- ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday evening Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, re sumed an inquiry, at St. George's Workhouse, South. wark, as to the death of Anna Mary Blake, a child five years old, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by starvation. Mr. Cooke, the summoning officer, said he bad been to Mr. White, the surgeon, of Lamb's Conduit-street, who informed him that he attended on the deceased child for the small-pex, and when be last saw her she was in very good health, and only required nourishment. From that time be had not seen her. On Monday last the father waited upon him, and wanted hi m t o g i ve a certificate as to the child's death, to prevent an inquest being held, but he refused to d o so. here was A. daywasting away every The mother of the child was recalled, and sh e sa id th a t sometimes she got the child b eet-tea, and that she got her all the nourishment s h e cou ld She gave her a powoer, which operated on th e d ay s h e di ed, and she thought that had or six weeks. H ow was it that you had no medical advi ce Mrs. Blake —I did not think she w ee so b a d. hastenedhee as her a e After some further d eliberation, the jury returned the for jur fiv r e —W h 7 following verdict That the death of the child was caused by a disease of the lungs and spleen, but that the cause of death was accelerated by the want of sufficient nourishment, and they wished the mother to be censured for her conduct in not obtaining medical assistance." The Coroner , (addres s i ng t h e mother) said The gentlemen of the jury have no doubt that this child was suffering from the effects of the smallpox, but they think that it was your bounden duty in th e l ast par t o f h er lite to have obtained medical assistance, and for not doing so they . de , -ire me most stro ng ly t o censure y ou . They also cons ider you are deserving of censure in not doing more than you did in obtaining comforts for the child, and they have a very s t rong op i n i on upon it. Mrs. Blake--I did all I could. The Coroner—The gentlemen of the jury think you have not done so. We have received Cape Town papers down to the end of October, but they contain nothing important. The K3lfirs, compelled by starvation, were still migrating in hundreds to the colony, and relief committees were formed at Graham's Town, King William's Town, and elsewhere to aid them with soup kitchens, and other charitable establishments, MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A YOUTH. Yesterday an inquest WIF4 taken by Mr. Baker, at the Adam and Eve, Homerton, on view of the body of a male person, unknown, about 20 years of age, who is supp , 's , id to be respectably connected, and who shot himself with a pocket pistol iu Hack ney fields. William Chickley, butcher, No. 7, Church-place, Marlborough-row, Hackney, said that on Saturday evening last, about 9 o'clock, he was crossing the pathway westward in the Hackney-fields, when he heard some footsteps behind him, and at the same time he heard the report of a pistol. He looked towards the spot, and then saw deceased on the ground, at a distance of about 30 yards from him. He went up to the deceased and saw him lying on his back. He observed that his shirt was on fire near the lower part of the chest. He was dead. Witness called out "Police 1" Police-constable Smith, 160 N, produced the pis tol, which was of Birmingham make, and had no name on it. Ho extinguished the fire on the shirt. There was a wound about the size of a halfpenny, near the spot where the fire was. Police-constable Davy, 266 N, said that the de ceased had on a black Oxonian coat, a black vest, corded trousers, and the usual under-dress. He was about 5 feet 7 inches in height, had dark brown hair, and was pitted with the smallpox. He searched tha deceased, and found on him a piece of paper, on which were a Latin and a Greek quotation. The Coroner stated the Latin quotation to be : " The cause lies hid, and is well known. The times have been most hard and ungrateful to me." Witness also found a valentine, which was ad dressed to Mr. Stevens, No. 39 (the remainder of the addrass was torn off)—from which it was sup posed that the cause of death was some love affair. The Coroner directed Mr. Rawlandson, the summoning officer, to keep the documents, as they might lead to the discovery of the deceased's rela tions. The surgeon proved that the shot was in the body of the deceased. Verdict—" That the deceased shot himself with a pistol, but in what state of mind ho was there was not sufficient evidence to show." MARKET NEWB.—(This Day.) CORN EVNIANGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, were ♦ery limited, and the show of samples was consequently small. In the demand, however, no improvement took place, yet Mon day's prices were supported. Rather over 12,000 qrs. of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand this week. Good and fine qualities realised full quotations, but all other kinds were quite neglected. Floating cargoes of grain were dull. Fine barley sold steadily, other kinds slowly, on former terms. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent, at full prices. Oats were the turn dearer ; but beans, peas, and flour met a very slow inquiry, at Monday's quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,140 12,630 15,450 English. Oats. Flour. 970 1,080 600 -- 3,340 2,190 1 b 370 s k l : Foreign li 12,850 1 3,360 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although only a moderate supply of beasts was on sale in to-day's market, the demand for all breeds ruled inac• tive, at Monday's currency. We were but scantily sup p!ied with sheep, which moved off slowly, at unaltered quotations. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 53 6d per 8 lbs. Prime small calves were very scarce, and 6d per 8 lbs. dearer. Inferior veal met a slow inquiry. Pigs and mulch cows sold heavily, at barely stationary prices. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. 8. dd ri. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSouthdown 5 2 5 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0;1Argo crse. calves 310 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4,Prime small do 410 5 6 Prime Scots, dm. 4 6 4 8 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 101 Small porkers Second quality ...4 0 4 2 Suckling calves 18 0 26 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 5 01Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY: I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . 9ll Sheep and lambs .. 2OO Calves Beasts Sheep and lambs 2,815 Calves 215 Pigs 3OO Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. About an average business was transacted to-day, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase: s. d. s. d. Reef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do. prime large 3 10 4 2 , Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 6 4 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 Do., middling ..... 3 Do., prime . . . 4 Veal 4 Pork, small 4 d... d 0 3 4 6 4 0 2 4 10 0 5 0 6 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is fairly supplied with nearly all kinds of hops. Good and fine qualities are firm, and quite as dear as last week. In other kinds very little is doing. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 82s to 120 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 58s to 80s; Sussex ditto, 54s to 75s per cwt. COLONIAL. The Colonial Produce Markets are closed for the Christ mas holidays, and will reopen on Tuesday, the sth inst. Privately, a rather active business has been done in most of the principal staples, and rather higher rates are current than at the close of the market. TEA.—There is an improved demand, and a fair amount of business has been done. Common Congou sold at 12-id per lb. SlD:Ult.—There is a rather active inquiry for the good grocery desetiptions, and prices have advanced about le per cwt. In the refined market a further ad vance of 6d to is per cwt. maylbe quoted on all description. of dried goods. COFFEE.—The market has a firmer appearance, and plantation Ceylon is fully la. per cwt. dearer. RlCE.—Rather more inquiry for the better descriptions, but little change can be reported in values. FRIIIT.—The inquiries for medium qualities of currants have been active, and higher rates are current. Holders not pressing sales owing to the shortness of stock. SALTPETRE.—A few sales have been effected, and mostly at higher rates. TAlLow.—The market is firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, and January to March delivery 535. 3d., and for March only 535. 6d. per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W. ; light breeze and fine. OFF RAMSGATE, Dec. 30.—Arrived—St. Helena, from otterdaui, for West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed---Cold stream, for Melbourne. SWANSEA, Dec. 31.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—City of Kandy, for Caldera ; Barbara, St. Michael's ; Aurora, San Sebastian. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 30.—Wind E. S.E. —Arrived— From Caledonia, St. John,'a Newfoundland, with loss of anchor and chain, and part of cargo thrown overboard, Louisa Kilham, from Newcastle, for New York—leaky. BELFAST LOUGH, Dec. 30.—Sailed—Rantan, for Bom bay, after repairing. YARMOUTH, Dec. 31.--Arrived—Guillanme, from Val paraiho ; Fanny, Rio Janeiro. FOWEY, Dec. 30.—Wind E.—Arrived--Thomas Bayne, from St. Mary, N.S. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Arrived—Griffin, from Buenos Ayres, for Hull. GLOUCESTER, Dec. 31.--Arrived—Greenland, from New York. BEAIIMARIS, Deo. 31.—Sailed—Cornelis, for Bombay. CASTLETOWN, Dec. 30.--Wind S.S.W.—Lizzie, for Demerara. OFF PENZANCE, Dec. 30.—Arrived—Electra, from Sydney, New South Wales. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind E., fine. _ Arrived—Reaper, Branch, and Flora, from Sunderland ; Express, and Atalanta, steamers, Jersey; La Plata, steamer, St. Thomas ; Jolly, J ersey ; Bosphorus, steamer, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind— S.S.E. Arrived, Dec. 31—Iceni, from Pernambuco; Evening Star, New Orleans ; Christiana, screw steamer, Saloncia. Arrived, Jan. 1, 1858.—Halls, from Smyrna; Paragon, Demerara ; Ann Logan, Iquique. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 30. Wind E.S.E. ..9r;i;;l:suma, and Pim, from Odessa ; Caledonia, St. John's, Newfoundland; Snowdon, Rio Janeiro ; Macedonia, Alexandria. WATERFORD, Dec. 30. Wind W.S. W. Arrived—Flume, from Odessa. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, calm ; one hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Deo. 31—Due Sorelle, from Messina; Provi dentia, Havannah; Favourite, Dunkirk; Olive, Belfast Lass, and Capital, Antwerp ; Orbit, Termond ; Prothesa, St. John's ; Prosper, St. Michael's ; Alliance, Ghent ; Mary Mathews, Venice ; Rose, Antwerp; Express, Saville. Arrived, Jan. 1, 1858—Eva, for Dunkirk ; Jane, Ghent; Jarrow, Palermo. Sailed, Jan. 1, 1858—East Anglian, for Harborg ; Flecha, Ghent. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W. by N., light, and hazy. e Passed, Dec. 31—Ipswich Lass, from London, for St. Michael's ; Raby Castle, London, Sydney. Anchored—Emperor, from London, for Algoa Bay ; Helen, London, Dublin ; Mantnra, Shields, London. CASUALTY TO A TROOP STRAMER.--We have been favoured with an extract of a letter from an officer of rank at Masulipatam, from which we learn that the steamer England had arrived at that port after encoun tering a very severe cyclone. Everything on deck, 150 tons of baggage, cots, tante, and six horses, were washed overboard; six native followers were also unfortunately swept off the forecastle by a heavy sea. The ship is much damaged, every sail split to ribbons, all the boats but or.e washed away, foremast sprung, maintopmast damaged, and a leak and nine feet of water in the after compartments. For 12 hours the starboard bulwarks were under water and the ship in great danger. M ost of the passengers have lost everything they po ssesse d and some are without even a change of clothes. Th , e England left Bombay en the 1 2th of Oct ober for Calcutta and Madras, and had on board t he depot and families of her Majesty's 12th Lane who were to land at Masulipatam and then procee,adtheor a Secunderabad. it She left Madras on the 29th ultimo, l arge number of European and native passeng ers fe Vizagapatam, and Calcutt a; and it is matter e o li f Pa g t r e el i t thankfulness that the loss of human life through the cyclone in which she was overtaken is not greater than we have at present to deplore. —Madras 'Spectator. St. St. St. 50 20 100 100 100 all all L 0 all ll all St. 100 St. 100 N all 10 all l 5 St. 100 5 all Z 5 all -It. 100 10 1 10 1 'lOO 100 all 100 all 16i 100 100 22 all all all I all all all all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B2 81 25 181; Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 43 47 50 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co — 50 all British N. American 2J 8 C.Bk.of Ind. 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Australasian... a 6 20 all rth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. o New Shares p 4p 5 all eelßr. Ld. & Minrl 2l 2i 50 all eniusular & Oriental 72 74 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 5l 56 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest la —1/ St. 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p. c.bds ... -- 25 all South Austral. Lan 33 35 1 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can ... - - ... 100 284 Vanynnnello Land 9 11,. 111 12 12i lli 391 111 i TES INDIAN MUTINIES• THE OrTEREAK AT CHITTAGONGF. A writer adverting to the recent mutiny at Chit tagong, sivs :—" I am sorry to say— and it shows how far from hopeless the rebels yet consider their case, that the three clmpanies of the 34th Native Infantry that had remained apparently true have thrown off all disguise, risen, released all the pri soners in the gaol (at Chittagong), plundered the treasury of three lass of rupees, murdered a non commissioned officer who tried to dissuade them from vicleuce, and gone off with their booty and the Government elephants, making, no doubt, for Dacca, where there will be a disturbance unless the most prompt measures are taken. Lord Can ning has been most unjustly assailed touching many matters ; but as respects this outbreak at Chittagong I confess I do not see what excuse can be made. To have relied on the fidelity of any one native regiment in the service, or of any por tion of any regiment, was a strange infatuation after the lessons of the last six months. Troops have been arriving daily in large numbers, and only two or three days ago about 4,000 men were in spected on the Midan. We have a large num ber of steamers here ; Chittagong could have been reached in a few hours, and one company of British bayonets would have preserved the peace, saved 30,0001., and prevented the junction of these latest rebels with the disaffected cf the adjacent districts. The fact is, that when tbo Government saw the Bengal army was thoroughly disorganised it should have disarmed, if not disbanded, the whole. Supposing even half-a-dozen regiments had remained true (for want of opportunity, pro bably, to throw off their allegiance), the inconve nience would not have been small when the time came for the re-formation of the army. At this moment there is a native regiment of infantry, and two of irregular cavalry—some 3,000 men—at Berhampoor, with arms in their hands, which we have a right to fear would be turned against us if the utmost vigilance were not observed. When everything has to be done by British soldiers, and when the few we have hitherto had have had to watch their native allies; would it not have been better to get rid of the fellows alto gether ? The Chittagong affair is damaging, and the outcry will bo loud if things go wrong at Dacca." NATIVE CREDULITY OE ENGLISH SUCCESSES. A private letter from Calcutta mentions the utter incredulity that pervades the native mind as to the reality of the successes we have obtained. The writer says :—" Lucknow has been relieved but not taken possession of ; indeed, the latest news only places us in one of its outskirts, which was not gained until after some very severe fighting. My opinion is that there will yet be very serious oppo sition in Oude ; and where the news of the fall of Delhi is believed, it does not seem to have bad the anticipated effect. But you will be surprised to learn that it is very generally disbelieved by Mahommedans ; and here, in Calcutta, it is a fact that up to this day they believe that we land a regiment and send it down the river again and re-land it, as a means of impressing the people with an idea of the rapidity with which larger reinforce ments are arriving. This seems incredible,- but I repeat that it is a fact." WORK YET TO BE DONE. Although Lucknow has fallen, every spot of ground yet remains to be conquered in Oude. Imagine the Russians ten thousand strong making a descent upon London and seizing it. England would not then be conquered ; every castle, every mansion would be converted into a place of defence. And yet Oude is larger than England ; her people, though defeated, hate us with an intensity of hati ed scarcely to be accounted for. Every class has turned agAinst us, from Maun Singh, the Prince of ZumeendarP, down to the poorest ryot who cul tivates the soil. They have murdered our country men to the cry of " Death to the infidel," and their hatred will not be appeased, even if we would allow it to be so, by their dispersion at Lucknow. The very day before the Commander•iu-Chief made his successful attack, 19 of our countrynieu and women, who, ever since the insurrection in June, had been hidden by a faithful Zumeendar, one loyal amongst a thousand traitors, were brought into Lucknow. Every one of them was inhumanly butchered. It is not difficult to guess the future movements of the Commander-in-Chief. It is cer tain that he will not abandon Lucknow. He will make that the point from which he will subdue the whole country. —Letter from Calcutta, Nov. 24. A REPENTING TRAITOR. Another notorious leader of the revolt, though much less of a ruffian than Nana Dhoondoopunt, Maun Singh, has lately died. He was severely wounded at Lucknow, on the occasion of the first engagement with General Have lock's forces, and, finding his end approaching, desired to be conveyed to Adjoodhia, the most holy city in Oude, where he died, after making his will. It is said that be bitterly repented having been per suaded to turn against us, His hands were never embrued with the blood of our countrymen, and he betrayed, even in his enmity, higher ideas of civili sation than any other amongst our opponents. A SETTLEMENT FOR THE MUTINEERS. An expedition, says a letter, dated November 24, is about to leave Calcutta in a day or two for the purpose of exploring a portion of the Andaman Islands, with the view of ascertaining their capa bilities as a penal settlement. It is supposed to be the intention of Government to transfer the Kings of Delhi and Oude, with many of their de voted adherents, to that delightful spot. A better move could not be made. The sepoys, so warlike that they must rise against masters who acted as their slaves, so tender were they even of their spiritual wants, will there find abundant oppor tunities of keeping "their hands in" in contest with the cannibals who have hitherto possessed those islands. They will find no one there to interfere with their caste, or to besmear their cartridges with hog's lard. They will live under the beneficent sway of the descendant of the Moguls, and this potentate, finding his empire bounded by the Ocean on three sides, and the cannibals on the fourth, will be able to con gratulate himself that he is at least rid of the For inghee infidel. But this is only a dream. We can not believe that a government which has through out sympathised with the natives, that sent up a pragmatical civilian to prevent and put a stop to the execution of justice on their persons, that spared the King of Delhi, and allowed regal honours to be paid -to his son, will ever rise to such a mea sure as this. To England, to her Parliament, and her people, we look to ensure a just measure of re tribution on the authors of this revolt, and to re move the impediments which now exist at Cal cutta and elsewhere to such a measure being car ried out. TIM GARRISON AT LIICKNOW. The following is a letter from one of the officers who were cooped up in Lucknow, and now depicts the state of affairs before the relief : Lucknow, Oct. 27. _ _ Thanks to these wretched mutineers, my epistle will have tobesmuggled out, and perhaps will never reach its destination ; should it do so, it will set your mind at ease about - who is alive, and what is wonderful with a whole skin, in spite of the enemy's shot and shell. Danvers is here in capital health and spirits, and untouched ; Captain Willis of the 84th was wounded, but is now out of hospital. We are still completely invt sted, though the investment is not quite so perfect as it was previous to the arrival of the relieving force. We now get occasional messages from our friends out side, with letters concealed about their persons, but nothing in the shape of food has yet been procured. The enemy's troops still surround us, and are close upon our outposts, but the amount of musketry and artillery fire is nothing to what we were ac customed to formerly, and we can walk about our garrison now with comparative safety. When the mutiny broke out in Lucknow, on two light I was then away in the neighbo urhood of Cawnpore, with a squadr on of cavalry, field guns, and a couple of companies of native infantry on the Grand Trunk Road, en route to Mynpoorie. The brigadier (Handseombe) was killed, and an o fficer of the 71st, named Grant, and the greater part of the mutinous troops ma d e their escape into the district ; fortunately all the ladies had been removed from the c an t onments two or three days previously, and were i n th e city residency. When I returned packed appearedciu le ie k vr no on the 4th June everything to together Luck now t aga in, and remained BO until the end of the month. On the 30th June we went out about daybreak on the back,cadt o th e advanceFyzabad,hoping guard of the insurgents, to come upon, and to drive who, we heard, were approaching in that direc tion. We expected to meet only about 1,000 men or so, believing the main body of the enemy's troops to be a day's journey in rear. We went out about six miles to a place called Chinlut, where we found the insurgent army in position behind a village. They opened fire upon Ili from their artillery in the centre of their line, to which we replied with light field guns, and an 8-inch howitzer we took with us. Thanks to the howitzer, their artillery was soon silenced and driven from their original position, and had we only been pro perly supported by the native artillery, I verily believ e that, in spite of the immense numerical su periority of the insurgents, we should have come off from the field victorious. As it was, when their centre was driven in, the enemy deployed on either side, and brought light guns to bear upon both flanks of our small force, and sent their cavalry in swarms in our rear, cutting off our com munication w ith Lucknow. Ve began to retire, of course, at once, and soon the whole affair. became Rzrfect rout. Thanks to the cowardice -of the in sulgent cavalry, a Felt nuzuhor of n , s succeeded in reaching Lucknow ;_but wo left no than. 130 Europ'ans ou the field, The enent3', fort* on that day has been estimated at from 15,000 to 20,000 ; ours about 300 ",,of the 32d, about 200 natives, some 30 Volunteer Cay.ilry, 4 Eurpean light field guns, an 8-inch howitzer msnoeo by Eurcpeins, and I think six field wine, whi h were manned by natives, which were worse than useless to us. We lost the 8-inch howitzer and three field pieces. The insurgents quicklyfollowed up their success, and before twelve o'clock that day round shot and shell were flying into the rendezvous. From that day to the day of the arrival of the re lieving force under Sir James Outram, we were exposed to a continued fire day and night ; the enemy were withinso yards of our defences on every side, and we were unable to stir in any direction without running the gauntlet with the insurgent sharpshooters. We had three regular attacks during the siege-- t' e first and boldest of which took place on the 20th July ; they then came on in swarms ou all sides, but were driven back with terrific loss by the bravery of our handful of men. In spite:of their perseverance, their numbers, their showers of shot and shell, we never yielded an inch of ground, and when the reinforcements arrived, we were exactly on our original ground, though many of the houses were reduced to mere heaps of ruin. It would be impossible to give you anything like a correct idea of the nature of our posi tion ; our, defences were scarcely deserving of the name ; we were merely defending a certain number of houses in the very heart of a large city, with the enemy in possession of the houses adjoining in the line of defence between us, consisting only of hastily con structed ditches and barricades, Fortunately we bad a good supply of shot and shell, eight 8-inch howitzer', eight 18-pounder guns, and about 30 light field-pieces, with a plentiful supply of wheat, dal, and rice. In a abort time more we hope to be perfectly relieved, as we hear troops are advancing with all possible speed. I must not write more, or my epistle will exceed the pre scribed size , so I must postpone all further details until I can write again. ROYAL INSTITUTION. Professor Faraday delivered the second of his course of lectures on electricity to a juvenile audience, yesterday afternoon, at the Royal Insti tution. The branch of the subject to which he directed attention was the consideration of the consideration of the characters of the elects ia force. He commenced by showing experimentally that electricity repels as well as attracts, and that when a :light substance has had a charge of electricity imparted to it by contact with an excited glass rod, it is afterwards repelled by the glass instead of being attracted, and that it continues to fly from the glass until it has touched some other body, and thus been deprived of its electricity. He then showed that a substance repelled by an excited glass rod is attracted by sealing wax, gutta perdu'', or sulpur, when excited. These different actions of electric force were illustrated by a variety of ex pel intents, in which Professor Faraday made use of severe ltoys as parts of his apparatus. The ex periment that gave most pleasure to the younger pin of the audience wart one with the figure of a fishwoman with a basket containing a number of paper fish upon her head, which flew away in all directions when she was placed on an insulated stand and electrified. The opposite actions of the force produced by the friction of glass, and of that exerted by the friction of sealing wax, proved that there are two kinds of electricity, each of which attracts the other, but repels itself ; and Professor Faraday showed that they have the power of apparently annihilating each other. Thus, for ex ample, two lam. metallic balls were suspended separately by silk strings to insulate them, and one was elect rifit d negatively by touching it with the coating of a Leyden jar , and the other was charged positively from the knob. When either ball was brought separately near the electrometer the gold leaves diverged, indicating that both were electrical ; but, after the balls had been brought into contact, no trace of electricity was perceptible. Another experiment, still more striking, was the following : A small flannel cup was fitted on to the top of a shell-lac, and the rod was twisted round in it whilst held tight. By this action a quantity of electricity was genet ated, but so long as the cup remained on the rod there was no indication of its presence ; the instant, however, that the cup was withdrawn, both the flannel and the shell-lac acted strongly on the gold leaves. On being placed to gether again their combined effect completely neutralised each other, and the gold leaves remained unaffected. Professor Faraday said there could be no doubt, from these opposite manifestations of force, that the electricities in the flannel and in the shell-lac were different, and should call them the the two electricities. At one time he was of opinion there might be an intermediate electric condition, but his investigations had tended to show that there are only two. Notwithstanding the the different character of the electricity generated by glass from that generated by shell-lae, yet the same substance may, under different conditions pro duce the opposite electricities. This fact was illus trated by a remarkable experiment, the rationate of which is not yet understood. The gold leaves of the electrometer having been made to diverge with positive electricity by the friction of a glass rod, the same rod was heated in the flame of spirits, and when again subbed three or four times, its ap proach to the electrometer made the gold leaves collapse, proving that it had become negatively electrified ; but, after leaving been briskly rubbed its original losition was restored, and the gold leaves diverged still farther as it was brought near them. Professor Faraday said that it might be thought strange that he should thus bring before the notice of his juvenile audience an experiment which he could not himself understand, but he thought it desirable that they should know there are phenomena in electricity the elucidation of which is yet to be accomplished, and that they were all philosophers working together for the discovery of truth. THE SILK TRADE. The following is from the trade circular of Messrs. Percival and Ludlow, of Manchester "By few could it have been anticipated, even by those least sanguine, that the apparently prosperous condition of the silk trade at the commencement of the past year was so soon to terminate. From the calami tous effect of over-trading and excessive speculation— which has shaken the commercial credit of the trading communities of the world, and caused an amount of dis aster before unequalled, either in magnitude or in the wide spreading of its kfitience—the silk trade has not been exempt. W hether it be the importer, the manu facturer, or the throwster ; whether those engaged in the European, Asiatic, or American trade, all have suf fered to a greater or less degree. At the commencement of the year all appeared encouraging, with a fair promise of a continuance of the prosperity of 1856. The impor ter having a good demand both for home and foreign consumption; the manufacturer being well employed; the throwster being full of work ; money tolerably easy ; and the raw material, though certainly rather high in price, not more so than the relative position of supply and demand seemed to warrant ; consumption certainly on the increase, but not beyond what prudence appeared to dictate ; and so all went well until gradually a spirit of speculation set in, first originating with the Italians, and quickly followed by the French, who, sti mulated by the failure of the last European crop, becourmaermk very and large in buyersgh causing China asilk,n increased both in drain of silver to the East , which q uickl y acted upon aeeShaoaoi f, the fiscal arrangements of the continent. Meantime the fever of speculation spread to this country, and the legitimate demand was overtaken, and paralysed ; faci lities were obtained too readily, and the paper money of houses of straw was found current to a ruinous extent. Then came the American crisis, In Lyons, St. Etienne, Italy, Switzerland, Prussia, and our own country, the trade became prostrate. Silk held on foreign account was thrown on the market to be forced off at any price ' - a general d e p rec i at i on was the result ; failure upon fail• ure followed in rapid succession, and prices fell lower and lower, without even a temporary pause or reaction till they now stand at the lowest point of the year, a reduction from June prices of 40 to 45 per cent. This extreme depression has been in great measure caused, and in the first instance precipitated, by the reprehen sible currency which has been given to the acceptances and drafts of men of no means whatever, thus trading upon fictitious capital, to the serious detriment of the bona fide producer. Several of these reckless traders have since succumbed, but unfortunately not withon dragging in the vortex others who have the full sympathy of the trade. " CHINA SlLK.—There has again been a very large import of this silk, the common result of high rates, but the quantity of really available and useful sorts at market is not so large as generally supposed. There are complaints of the imports of the present being even fuller in size than usual. The consumption has again been large, the scarcity of European silk still causing our manufacturers to substitute Asiatic wherever practicable. Again, we may notice how desirable it is that this silk should be reeled finer. It has been taken largely for foreign account. " The year closes with a decidedly better feeling, and we cannot help looking forward to the future with confidence. We have a purified atmosphere; a large stock, which will prevent a recurrence to excessive rates for some time to come ; and great probability of early monetary ease : these are good reasons for expeotmc v : f air and legitimate trade which will be re muneratz and satisfactory to all concerned." THE AMERICAN MAI-----LEI.—SOTJTHAMPTON, Thursday. —The United States' mail steam-ship Ariel, C ape; th G. D. Ludlow, left Hav re this morning, and () is evening, for New York , with the German, F:renoh, and English mails, 98 passen gers, 1 , 0001. in specie from this port, and a large cargo. Dense fogs at Bremen and Havre are assigned as the cause of her detention , terday being her proper day of departure, yes. 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