The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-28 00:00:00

MONEY DIAR,K ET ~TD 001NIMERCJAL INTELLIGENCa CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday presented a very firm appearance, and prices of all descriptions continue to improve. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Rail way Share Market closed quietly, and only a very limited business was transacted, at about previous rates. About 11,0001. in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, and the total stock of bul lion in that establishment must now exceed 15,000,000/. The Australian vessels, now overdue, will no doubt ensure a further augmentation, the export demand being very quiet. Nearly three quarters of a million sterling must now be near at hand; some of the ships, including the Marco Polo, the Northumberland, and the Oliver Cromwell, having been upwards of 90 days on the voyage. The demand for silver continues very inactive, but the prices of bars remains firm at ss. lid. per oz. standard. ALTERATION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. A reduction of 1 per cent., viz., to 4 per cent., has been made to-day in the minimum rate of dis count. It was generally expected that the directors would adopt this course, owing to the easy condi tion of the Money Market and the immense accumu lation of both notes and gold which has taken place in the national establishment. In anticipation of the change, the London and Westminster Bank had lowered their allowance for deposits to 2 per cent. for sums of 5001. and upwards, and 1 percent. for smaller deposits. The other banks will no doubt make a similar reduction, as they have already more money than they can satisfactorily employ. In Lombard street there is still a ♦ery limited inquiry, and bills are negotiated at 3 per cent. and under, so that the reduction just made will fail to attract an increased business to the national establishment, where a further relaxation may be consequently expected in a few weeks. The Funds are buoyant. Before the decision of the Bank Court was known a rise had taken place, and the measure itself produced no additional im provement, showing that it had been "discounted." Business in the Consol Market is not very brisk, owing to the approach of the settlement, but pur chases for the March account have been effected, which have increased the strength of the market. Consols have risen to 958 for transfer and the 4th proximo, and to 95 for March. They are now 95f a and 95 respectively. The New 3 per Cents. are 95i ; the Reduced, 958 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 235. prem ; do. Bonds, 99 to 1001 ; and India ditto, 15s. to 17s. prem. Bank Stock is 226, and India ditto 218 to 222. In the Foreign Stock Market a general advance has taken place, and a fair amount of business has been transacted. Turkish 6 per Cents. have ad vanced to 984 99, and the 4 per Cents. to 105 f. Peruvian 4i per Cents. are higher, being 79 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. have improved to 1024 ; ditto 44 per Cents. to 984 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. to 98; and Sardinian 5 per Cents. to 894. Portuguese 3 per Cents, are steady at 441 ; and Dutch 2i per Cents. at 651. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 77 79 ; Ditto 3 Per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; Ditto 4i Per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 ; ditto New Deferred, 25i 26. The last week's railway roceipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 18t8. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton 10,393 `idlar 1857. £24,700 56,247 11,905 10,300 Mk .nd South-Eastern _ 15,492 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,102 Bristol and Exeter 4,913 East Lancashire 5,078 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 9,127 North-Eastern . . 28,273 North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,812 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Scottish North-Eastern 3,440 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 8,212 Great Luxembourg The dealings in the Railway Sh are Market this morning have been very limited, and the few transactions reported hare been chiefly in con fection with the settlement of the account, the arrangements for which are now in progress. North-Eastern (Berwick), South-Eastern and Great Western, improved 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire ; North-Western, South-Western, and North-Eastern (York), 11. ; and Caledonian and Great Northern, V. 10s. The Foreign lines have been quite neglected, and in the Colonial under takings there is a slight improvement to report. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced R., and East Indian, 10s. ; Great Western of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula were at about previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Mi3cellaneous Shares are quiet. Bank of Egypt have advanced 10s. ; Lon don and Westminster, ss. ; Australian Agricul tural, 10s. ; and Netherlands Land Preference Shares, ss. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES--THIS DA Y. ( From the Official Lith) Busineos doze. Bonk St oc k S pe , ~ ent. heduced Anuuities 3 per Gent. Consols A.nnaittee 9 siiiiillia 5 Now 1 per Cont. Annuities 95 i Now 2. per Cent. Annuities India Stock ladle Bonds, £lOOO ............ ......... 9itto, under £lOOO lB p CoLsols f•r Account, Exchequer Bills, 21d. 4000 ._ 7500 8 nail Exchequer Bonds, 1858, :li per Cent 99i 1001 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brasitian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 9B 9 Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 Ditto 3 per Cent. . ..... 72 Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Peravian Bonds, 4i per Cent 79 8:1 9A Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent 44i 5 Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account .. 105, Dividends on the above payable in London.. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 65i 5 "t MAKE O'CLOCK'. Consols, money 95 i Ditto account (February 4) Advices are shortly expected to reach London by tele graph announcing the arrival of the steamer European at Sues from Australia. As the acccounts which reached London early in the present month stated that the ships Blackwell, Donald M'Kay, and Guy Mannering were - fixed to leave Melbourne in November, and the Kent and Shaftesbury early in December, the intelli gence by the European will probably mention the shipment of a large quantity of gold in addition. to , the 712,0001. already known to be actually at sea. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. The Court of Directors have again had under their considera tion the question of telegraphic communication with India, and have again expressed their willingness to grant to the Red Sea Telegraph Company such support and assistance as would enable them to raise the neces sary capital for the undertaking. We believe that the amount estimated for a line of telegraph from Suez to Burrachee is 700,0001. ; anti the Court, we understand, are prepared to join with her Majesty's Government in guaranteeing a revenue equivalent to 5 per cent. upon that sum, so soon as the work is finished and as long as it is kept in good order. The proposition now only awaits the ratification of her Majesty's Treasury, to whom, by the bye, a similar plan was submitted four months ago without eliciting any expression of approval or support. —Daily News. STATE OF TRADE. —MANCHESTER, Tuesday.—The rise of 04. per h, in th' Ltverpooi market, tlitice Ffichty has influenced this roarget in a similar degree. Spinner: are asking from id. to id. per lb. more than on . T hursday and F r id ay, and iu isolated cases this advance is obtained ; but, ea a rule, the effect has been to materially che c k b usiness, the sales of the day being limited. The trade, collectiv e ly, are b uy i ng co tton so l argely as to induce the belief that th e y have no objectiok, t o re - enact the crisis of 1857. 20 20 20 25 THE SUN,- SHARE MARKETS—ahis Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWAY®. Closing Pilot. this day. Business dons this day. A rabg. Nottng, , . Bost. Eastn. June.... . Belfast & Ballymena I Btrmng. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley Wrkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct 'Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol & Exeter__ Calodonian. 'Closter & Holyhead Cork and Bandon LCork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Ds. A Do. 8,. nblin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. &Aber. Juno. East Anglian l Eastern Counties lEa.sternUnion,A. stk 'Do., do. 8..... ..... I Do. New A ... . 'East Kent East Lancashire iEast Suffolk (Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ediub. Prth. &Dundee Forth and Clyde June. Furness Glasgow & S.Westorn ; Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 'lrish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. I Do., ..... Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Ern. Do. Sonthpurt. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright. & S. Cat. London & N. Wentert , Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London di S. Weatern Landrry.diColerai no Lndndrry. di Ennisk. Manch . Shot &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ........ Do. Birming. & Derby . Midland Wost. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dr Restrevor Norfolk. Northri. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ,Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London..., N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney ;Scottish Central...., I Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union ... Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon .... (South Eastern.. Do 4i par C. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dnn ,Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok.l !Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do, do 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No, 1 ' Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath IWaterfcl. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek (West Cornwall West End of London l and Crystal Palace-1 Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do, Second Class ! Wimbledon &Croydon , I Paid BRITISH I Atian. and St. Law. 'Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. 'Buffalo & Lake Hur. 'Buff. Brut& Godeh. p. Ads., 1 Aug.,'72' I Do. do., 1 July, '73 , I Do. do., 1 June,'74 l 'Calcutta and S. East. (Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara. Eastern Bengal East Indian I Do. C Shares Do .4 p.c. Bnds. ,'57 Do. do. do. '59, do. Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben , Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. Now Do. Bds. payable '57 Do. d0.,' 76 , p.' 6o Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option [Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, „ Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do . _ FOR: IGN. 14 - 15' 5 - 7 X BO-90 420 - 430 92i -97 i 15 - 16 3 A -- 4 1 1 - 14. 10. t - 11 14i -- 151 4 - 6 18 - 19 4 - 5 14 - 11 340 - 350 5 - 1190 - 200 --14 4 - 4i I 1 25 26 wo 110 1160 180 290 310 71 7 i 11 13 45 47 26 41. 28 MINES. 5i - fsi 8i - 8i 71 - 73 sk _. 's~ 92 - 94 921 - 92; 37 - 39 10 - 12 ••• -- ... 4 - 5 8 - 19 - 20 ; 621 - 634 47 - 49 32 - 34 15 - 17 91 - 93 .... oni o'6§; io 32 93 95 9i 101 1051 —106 t 91 93 130 132 102 104 601 tsoi 58 621 80 85 9 11 p, 9 11 93i 90 1 di 6i - 6i , 110 - 111 101 - 101 d 98i V 9 41 = iii 94 - 93,f 66 - 68 fi i = iq 63 - 65 3i - 3.} sti - 55 ki : 9.4 - 52 - 53 834 -84 k, 91 - 96 .31. :-. il gi ----- .Oi 32 33 9 5 d, 106 - 108 25 - 26 48 - 50 - 21 35 - 37 75 - 76 82 83 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 tot = ioi .-- ... 7 - 3 3 - 3i 6 - 6 ISSESSIONS. i - i 13A - 14 }B5 - 90 83 - 87 80 - 85 i = i~l 1014 -- lip 18i -- 19 46 -- 48 84 -- 86 21$ -- 216' -- 1 p! 20 -- 204, 1 -- 105 - 10 105 - 110 105 107 19f 10 20 216( Y p Pl 6 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. 11. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. N.:w Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. i Sharer Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference. Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. anch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N . & Est. 5 p. c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shrs. A IRoystn.& Hit. Shrews. & Tier ,S. Staffordsh NV earVaLg6pc Do.. Wilts &Somrst Closing Prices this day Leasing Companies I Ln.&N.W. I Caledon 95 - 98 95 - 97 13 - 15 133 - 137 4 - 4t Gt. Northn E. Count.' Caldonian.l ... --. ... Gt. Westn., Y. & N.M., fa; - 116 )o Do S. Eastern I Do .-- ••• 12 -13 "• 23i -24 i 98 - 100 Peto &Co.l Do Ln.&N.W & Midld [Midland._ 94 - 96 1 I. Count.. - IP 56 i - 58 L. 4x/S.W. Do Gt.Northn,l33 136 'T. Brassey 7i 8 111.111C1ean 10 11 Stk.d‘Dar. Do i 32 Gt.Westn iB5 PREFERENCE SHARES. IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref.(issd.at 50/0 Brie. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. +Do. 4 per c. Shares i Caledn..£lo 4. p. c ' , Ches. & 110. 5 p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons p.c IDun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cl 3. B 6 p. c Do. do. Cle. C 7 p. c Eas Co Ex 5p.cN0.1 I• ' ' IDo. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. Si., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash. 6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edit'. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Groat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. C. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pr( iGt. S & W. (Ireland) IDo. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (8.&11.Ex.5pe Do. con. red. 4i P.C. (Do. con. red. 4 p. c. o. irred. 4 per lent. o. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh , Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. di York. 6 pc. St. Lon. kB. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 'Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. dr N. , Cov. dz Nuneaton 5 r. et... ,Lon. dr S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. 6 Sh. Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. eent.l 0 . . dO. do. 6 ... Do. do. 3} percent. Marypt. 5c Carl. 4 P.C. Do. per cent Do. do. Aid. Congo'. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p. c. Do. 4 p. C. Pref. St. Do. L. &11. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.e.red. 5 p.e.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norfk.Dob.4p.e.Sh. Do. 5 p. C. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~ 1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.B. Beres. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do IDo. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do ' York H.& S. Pur ' North Staffordshire I ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p. c,, Ist guar Do. 6 p, c. 2d guar._ IDo. do. Debentr. St. scot. Ceut.New Pref. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon [Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh Do. New 4A pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 'British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus 1 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Vor (llelstn.) Cady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 'North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaary) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances( Illogn. ) Tarn. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mines (Gwenuap) IV. of Towcy (Camay.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) h. Basset (Illogan) Buller (Rdruth) Eclward(Calstck: Wh. Kitty (U. Llant ,Vh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN kokCi sr. oh,,°°l,f.f, N.ni3iEnk Rankg y p t 10 all A.ntwrp & Rotterdam' 61 61 61 20 all Ardennes 2O 71 (Australian 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 11 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) hd— 1 p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 all Beziersto Graissessac ... ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouss at £5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... ..• Coal Mines and Ry. 31 4 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 121 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 40 all Cobra Copper 4O 49 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... .., 20 all Gt. Central of France ... .., ••• 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop- 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 —7i per Mining Co. 10 6 Italian Junction 2 all Fortuna 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~.. ... 20 all General 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ~. ...(I 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 —51 p all Linares - 9 9 8 i 5 11 Lusitanian 5 all Lucca dx Pist.sp.e.p. . . 1 all Mariquita 20 all Lyons and Geneva,,, 28 29 t i 1 all New Granada 1 4 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 1 all Noveau Monde 33i all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New 2O all Pont.Sil.LdM.& &nit 41 51 5 1 Port Philip 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof 204 20 30 164 • ntiago do Cuba ... 11 • 24 li 2 all United Mexican 44 44 44 1 16 all Northern of France.. 37i 33 --:: • I 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 84 9 81 10 all .Australn. 20 I all Paris and . L ) Lyons n p. c. 34 4 4 1 341 p MISCELLANEOUS 20 2N480:S 3 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 55 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel, (Lim.) 1 ... ... 20 9 Recife & San Fran., 25 19, Australian Agricult. 27 29 10 I all ome and Frascati ,.. ... ... 10 all ( Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 I all Royal Danish l6 18 10 2 ~ Do. New iss. at 5/. d ... ... 5 ' all Royal Swedish 4 4 50 40 (Brit. American Land 35 40 20 1 all Sambre and Meuse._ 8 81 100 321 Canada 10 i all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 81 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Janbauly 111 112 1111 4- i 4 20 all Southern of France.. 211 22 St. all ;Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 81 all West Flanders 4i 44 25 all !Do. Prof. 7§ p. cent. 23 25 10 all I Do. 54 per c. Prof .11 11 ' 20 all W.& g.W. of France 27 28 5 all iDo. Preference 20 6 ;Western of Austria... ~ ••• 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France ... .. 20 all !Eastern Steam...—. 5 6 51 i2O all I West. of Switzerland' ... ... 6 all i Wiesbaden 6 all I Do.B p, cent. prof. ... ... 1 all (Electric Tel. of Irel. ... ... 20 all 'Zealand 4 — ••• 5 all En. &Aust.Cop • SmCo 14 —l4 10 10a.lEur. & Ind.Jotn. Tel ... . 9 all lEttr.&A.m.Stris.(lim.) 4 5 1 JOINT-STOCS BANKS. i :542 4 2 0 0050 a aa11 : 180 l ll i r B A cBB .ria t : In s: r a j 1 a ° B i ... 85 87 14 lid 17 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... .. 20 5 London Discount ... 11 lid 00 50 Bank of London 4 all !Lond. Gen. Omnibus 34 34 i3l 4 d t . Ara L ue n r. . i&e C ca o nb . 48 6: :2 . 1 : 5 67.4 2 . 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 1 1 0 0 all M l3ci ed . i E te x ra te n n . si E o l n oc ie T ie o g l . . ...... 7_ .... 1001 C 0 2 020 00 aa 2 25 :0 5 11 eCityi n.. Commercial o l t B. dzk A. o ou f fs L o ica n , ~1 d tt .: .. 1 ." i . i, --__ i.. 244 10 all ' , Mexican& S.Amerien ... ... 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 14 1 j 10 6 ' ( Netherlands Laud.... i _ l4 10 all Do. Do. 20 all Ditto New 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at 1 d 34 _ 31 50 20 London and County ,:. —* 5 3p. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 17 20 ... 50 11 , nd.&E.Bnkng.Corp ... ." St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 93 931 50 10 London Joint Stock. *** ". m." .. 100 20 ,Lond.andWestminst, „. _ .. 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... • 20 1. a 20 10 Do. New .. 1 all Oriental Gas all ll , % I Ti .. t ß h .A f u E s ur tra ope las s i tea an. m ..1 . ____— . 1.1 , ell -.-. ... 1 10s, Do Now Shares p : ip 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 32 31 191 20 194 50 i all Peninsular & Oriental 78 80 22 Austral.Gusotvi ..a 6 1. p l .ne Lan 33 38 20 20 Ott7 --___ 8 24 100 1 L's Provincial of Ireland ... .. ; 10 ,all Do. New 10 1 3 -- 105 1 1041 4 100 5 a t i i lo o l I R -L h o p y :: :a om i .nN 2 e l c i l l r.o S n team....l ... ... 60 5 1 1 R.Aus.l3.&G.fm.Co. —.— ... I 25 all' ' nth Australia 35 37 25 all Union of Australia 46 48 2 81 5 . ' I all °al BS SO cAo t t i u tl s t A: 1 I all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 14 ... 24 Do. New lB4 194 194 181 50 10 Union of L on d on . 24 25 1 all Do. Registered ...... i 1 4 • 20 5 Trus • Ln.Co.UP.Can. ... -- ... . 100 50 Unity M u t ua l i 100 28, 4 Van Diemen's Laud.. 10 --. 12_ , 100 50 Westrußk of Lona ... —f, .„d ' ' 2 i'a --: so ---- thi 6 - 6i 1105 - 110 1110 - 114 103 - 111 106 - 109 127 - 130 5 = ii 117 - 119 1110 - 112 03 - 103 63 - 65 10 - 106 91 -- 93 83 -- 85 84 -- 86 98 -- 190 91 -- 16 --1 6 7 91 -- 101 72 -- 74 18i -- 194 91 -- 9 14 -- 15 .37 -- 139 1155 - 160 119 - 121 - 65 - 70 134 - 186, 100 - 102 92 - 94 iii - iii - 107 9i 98 i— i d - 4 - 1 1 21i -22 i 'l2O - 122 106 - 108 103 -- 112 71 -- 73 -- 24 - 25 95 - 100 95 - 100 26 - iii go -7 - - 18 Easiness this day 20 20 10 St. 20 20 10 10 , 100 100 I_oo 100 100 all all 100 20 I St. St.; I all all 100 ;100 100 all all 'lOO 100 100 all all all all 100 I 3 100 :100 St. 50 St. St. 17i all all .100 16i 100 100 all 100 all all all 91i 2i 62} I 33} 31 f 30i 105; 6 59i 60 9 31 1011 1 i 98i i 9 94j i 98 7} 51i 84 i 9514 14 i 78 i i 37 1 1081 9 1 16i 47} 7 85 211 4i 20i k 31151 40 12s li 20 li 7.1 _ ~ ~~ i,oN DON, THURSDAY EVENINIG, JAWIJARY 28, 1 815 8! rtirb Ottion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 15 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lough Bawn (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Colonel (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Clydesdale (offered) sto 1 agst Brother to Marchioness (t. freely) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Blacktborne (offered) 20 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (take 25 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Charles the Second (taken) 40 to 1 apt Brother to Marchioness (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Wilton (taken) 1000 to 15 eget Barege (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken) 18 to 1 agat Cock-a-doodle-doo (offered) 1010 to 15 apt Blackthorn (taken) 1000 to 15 apt The Seneschal (taken) NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointment I WAS made this afternoon at the Admiralty Master-Assistant George W. Yates to the Victory. EAST INDIA HOUSE. ADJOURNED MEETING THIS DAY. The fourth debate on Mr. Crawahay's resolution relative to the proposed change in the future Govern ment of India, was resumed this morning. Mr. R. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. Dr. BRATTIIS opened the debate. He stated he had had considerable experience in India, and complained that the bible had not been made a class book in the Indian schools as it ought to have been ; and the want of encmragement of Christianity by the Company's ser vants. (Hear.) He, however, strongly deprecated the proposed change. (Rear.) He approved of the present mode of Government, and said that no patronage was m)re fairly distributed than that of the East Indian Cunpany, contrasting it with the recent Government appointment of Lord G. Paget, Inspector of Cavalry. (lien., hear,) He contended that the East India Company's government had been advantageous to tie people of India, and instanced the con• .ruction of public works, the roads, canals, lie hoped the petition would be adopted as that of the whole proprietary body, &c. (Rear, hear.) He could not too strongly denounce the proposition of change as one fraught with the greatest possible danger to the true interests of the natives of India. He should cor dially support the petition. Mr. PRINSEP (director) denied that the East India Company had discouraged the spread of Christianity in India. Their reason for not having urged it more forcibly was that they wished to extend to the natives j the same religious toleration that was enjoyed by the Christians, and also out of respect to their religious prejudices. (Hear, hear.) On the day of humiliation the sermons of all the preachers in this metropolis laid the blame of the mutiny to the East India Company, in consequence of circulars previously sent round to them from the Church Missionary Society to that eloot—a society that had been especially favoured by the company in India, but he had reason to know the contents of the circular did not meet with the concurrence of the bishops in India, because they could not agree in its assertions. Ho contended the company had done all they could to develop the resources of India. The omwas a responsible body, b e i ng respons ibl e b ot h to Parliament liament and the people through the medium of the press. He concluded by defending the conduct of Lord Auckland, relative to the Affghan war, and threw the whole blame of it on her Majesty's Government. Mr. WHITI, 11. P., took that opportunity, as a pro prietor of stock, of expressing his firm approval of Mr. Crawshay's motion. The CIiAIRMAN then addressed the Court at some length, in the course of which he asked for a searching inquiry on the pari; of the Government, before making the proposed change. It was to be expected errors had been committed, but when their administration had been examined, and inquired into, he felt certain it would be found, in the words of Mr. Mill, the Indian historian, " that no Government had ever manifested more dis interested benevolence or an earnest desire to improve the condition of its subjects than had the East India Government, and the black spots to bo discovered would be but few." (Hear, hear.) He directed atten tion to memorials received from several Rajahs: in India, in favour of the present government, and expressed an opinion that the proposed change had been ill.timed. The hon, gentleman read documents received recently from India. One of them was from Mr.iGrant, President of Benares, denying that he had pardoned any one or had committed the errors attributed to him. His object in reading the letter wan in illustration of the state of public feeling that could alone have led to the concoction of many of the extraordinary stories that had been put forth He bad always considered two points were necessary for the Government of India, first, that absolute authority should be in the hands of imperial authority ; and, seceadly that by some means or other there should be a body of advisers—a non-polit cal body—(bear)—an independent body —to stand betvvien the Indian and the direct action of the Home Government. It was essential that it should be,* body independent of Party change or party poleics, and he knew none better than the Board of Directors. Referring to the remarks that had been made by previous speakers, hesnid that the Court of Directors c,,ncurred with the Governmeht in the annexationof Oude, but he thought that was not sufficient to diss4ve the company, seeing the Government was a partieepaeritninis, bat he believed, with Sir J. Lawrence, that thac, was not the cause of the mutiny. It could not b e l a id d o wn too clearly that, in the G overnment of India in this country, prose l yt i sm was not th e b usiness of the Government . H e d en i e d th e charge s t h at had been brought ( with reference to patronage, mid enumerated many of for the proprietors' supp g ort the illustrious men who had oeen conueated with the and against the Company Company's service, as a proof that that " nepotism , ' was not the general reseion of the public, from whose Colonel Rex rauks their army and office rs P were drawn. After some further remarks the hon. ▪ aaman concl uded by asking concurrence in the directors petition. Alter a few remarks from Mr. Browne, relative to the spread of Christianit the rights and privileges of the East India Company, that would be atfeated b the transfer of the power to the Crown. Fr directors. thought they surrendered their rights issonz y cfr asked ▪ ' the chairman to explain and privileges in 1833 Mr. MILLS—The right of reeetinz here and electing territorial rights which important possessed. Mr. J. P. Wiradonous: y aLP , (director), signed the Two most rights. There were also petition, and concurred in ' its .prayer. As a nominee of the Governm ent he did not on becoming a director, surrender his ind epend ence,and he should in parliame nt, and at that Board, take such beneficial to the int ere , t of India. He thought the t i me taken for the proposed c h ange would act as a prem i um for mutiny in India, an d if this measure be carr i e d , advantage would b e taken of it as a sign o f a course as he considered weakness. He appr oved of the pol i cy th a t had been pursued in India, especially with regard to religion. He thought th ey h ad done right in g i v i ng religious toleration, inste a d of forcing Christianity on the natives. He read a lett er h e had received from the Archbishop of Dublin, approving th e c o urse that had been adopted by the Government of India with reference to Christianity in India, and deprecated the charges that had been brought against it on that head. He would not then enter into the question of patronage otherwise than to say than that it was honestly exercised by the Board, and every widow and orphan's claims were justly met. The Court here never inter- fered with appointments in India, but left it to the local government there, a course that would probably be changed when the barrier of that house was withdrawn. He denied that this was a national mutiny, but I pure y a military one. Mr. ,ORAWEIIIAT then replied. He considered the predisposing cause of the mutiny was the Affghan war. He entered at greatlengtla into the various Arguments that had been used by the different speakers, and after quoting at great length from documents in support of his own views and the resolution he had proposed to the meeting, and referred to the garbled despatches of Sir A. Burnes by the Government as a pretext for the Aff ghan war, said they deserved punishment for the ea of justice.friott s a c i t tas wasm u n c o h l a e s e e a h n h y culpritofte eee brought theh f erg t e o the r y.The bar great blot on the Government of Lord Dalhousie was the annexation of Oude, which he looked on as a crime, and he felt certain that the English people also looked upon it as a crime ; and it bad had a great share in producing the danger with which they were sur rounded. Theisepoy principally came from Oude, and it w,:a natural they , tiou id be attached to the old dynasty. The only inea ,,s of escaping from their difficulties was Lo do justice to Ouae, Caine as they had been obliged to do to Affgbanisiau, A great auvantage to India would result is their making that Court a Parliament as it were for India, where Indian matters could be de cided on with authority, It would confer great benefit to the people of England, and be the means of diffusing information iu England of which the inhabitants and Oven members of Parliament were ignorant. It only wanted courage—the stout hearts of old as spoken of by Mr. Mills. He called upon the board and proprietors to resist the proposed Government change. The resolution was then put and carried, two bands only being held up against. The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the peti tion to be presented to Parliament. Sir— COERCE (deputy-chairman) seconded the motion. Mr. Sergeant GAZELIE said the petition ignored ad mention of the proprietors, and suggested that the directors and the proprietors should each have their own petition the same as in Pitt's time. Mr. JONES moved an additional clau.e to the petition relative to the appointment of a council for India. He also suggested some verbal alterations, but as he could find no seconder, the amendment fell to the ground. Mr. LEWIN proposed an amendment on the ground that the petition was opposed to the facts. India had been acquired at the cost of England's honour. He denied that this was a military mutiny, and his pinion was borne out by the facts that had come to the know ledge of the public. He then referred to the different paragraphs in the petition to which he objected, and entered into a consideration of them, with the assistance of numerous documents, from which he read extracts. His remarks bad reference more particularly to the company's rule in India, which Lad not been so perfect as stated in the petition. He moved an amendment that the petition was contrary to fact, and ought not to be adopted by the Court. Mr. M`KENzia seconded the amendment. Mr. Sergeant GAZELER interrupted (4 o'clock), and said be had an amendment to move. It would take him a considerable time to move it, and he asked for an ad journment of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said it was of the utmost importance to India that the meeting should be brought to a close that night. He and the directors were willing to sit on till that was accomplished. . Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE moved the adjournment of the debate, but as no proprietor seconded the motion, it fell to the ground. Mr. APKENEE then proceeded to address the meet ing, opening up the whole of the question, and referring to, and repeating most of the arguments used in discus sing Mr. Crawsbay's resolution. He entered fully into the question of patronage, giving instances condemna tory of the Board of Directors. Referring to the Board of Control he said Indian affairs oould not be entrusted to a worse president than the one now at the head of the Board of Control, whose qualifications for the office was his being the best dressed man in London. At a quarter to 5 o'clock Mr Sergeant GAISALEE moved an adjournment, which, on a show of hands,. was lost. Mr. Sergeant GAAELL/EZ then rose to address the Court, informing them he should occupy their time a considerable period ; and proceeded to state his objec tions to the petition, first observing that it was not properly before the meeting, no notice having been given !or its consideration. He moved that the petition be referred back to the Court of Directors for re-considera tion. The CIIAIIIKAN then put the question, and the peti tion was adopted, both amendments being negatived. The meeting shortly after separated. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. HALF•YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this day at the Bridge House Hotel. Leo Schuster, Esq., occupied the chair. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report. said the proprietors would see by it that the capital had nearly been exhausted in order that words that could not be any longer delayed might be undertaken, and they bad also had recourse to the suspense account, but the shareholders might rest assured that the utmost, economy would be still carried on. The Lewes station was one of the causes that could not be delayed, and in consequence of the growing traffic at that point it was found that the alterations proposed amounted to nearly an entire rebuilding of the station. At the Lewes station trains arrived daily from London, Brighton, Newhaven, and Hastings ; to each of those places trains also left, and it was to accommodate this great amount of traffic that the alterations had become absolutely necessary. In a very short time they would have at this station, in addition to the traffic ho had mentioned, that arriving at Uckfield, and he felt sure the shareholders would agree with him that the improvements that bad been executed were absolutely necessary. The mxt point in the report that called for notice en hispert, and it was a most agreeable one, was their debenture debt. It was a well-known fact that during 1857, they had gone through a crisis, and money was nut to be had under 6/1 per cent., but at the present moment the rate of interest paid by the company was only 4/. 35., and it was also satisfactory to state that not a single mort• gage bond had been renewed at auy increased rate. Tee report did not show the usual increase in the revenue account, but it was satisfactory to know that this was not occasioned by auy actual falling off of the ordinary traffic, but arose entirely from the cessation of the great traffic which had been carried on during the Cri mean war, The goods traffic shows a deficiency ; but, looking to all things, it was satisfactory to find that this circumstance had not arisen from a falling off, but from the stopping of building operations in their immediate district. They had no large manufactories in their im mediate locality, and therefore they could not expect t derive a very large revenue from such a source. (Hear, hear.,i It is satisfactory to find that the expenditure had not Increased, although they had largely increased the number of trains, and reduced the amount of fares and periodical tickets. The only item of increase was-and ho was sorry to say it—in taa.ttion. The amount actually paid ty the company in rates and income tax, amounted to no less a sum than 78,0001. This heavy payment took off considerably frJne the amount divisible for dividend. To pay a dividend of Si per cent. it took 180,0001., so the meeting might soon arrive at tow much eaoti bad to pay for taxes. The company would have to go again to Parliament to oppose the scheme certain parties attempted to coerce them into leasing ; it was a line commencing at Godalining and terminating at Havant, and called the Portsmouth Rail way. He really didanot know why it was called the Portsmouth Railway, but this he knew that they did not feel called upon to lease the lime (Hear.) The company called themselves an independent company, and he called upon them to act independently. They had made the line, why not work it themselves. (Hear, hear.) Let them bring their traffic) to our lino and we will carry it on on advantageous terms. (Hear, hear.) He felt confident as to the result of the contest, for be was sure that Parliament would never sanction such a theft and inroad on the privileges of any company. (Hear, hear.) He would next allude to an object of vital importance to the shareholders. They had a very excellent station at London-bridge, which accommodated the City traffic, but they had no accommodati,n for the traffic west of Temple-bar. The directors had constantly been looking out for a west-end station, and we now had an opportunity of crossing the Thames, and accord ingly, after mature deliberation, the directors had accepted an offer which had been made to them by a company for constructing a railway, commencing on the south side of the river at Battersea, crossing the Thames and terminating at the Grosvenor basin, situated at the end of Victoria-street, Westminster. The proposed sta tion will be called the Victoria station, and it would be situated in the centre of the western part of the metro polis, and the want of which had been so long telt by the company would be accomplished. Looking at the immense advantage to be derived from the possession of a West-end terminus, the directors had no hesitation in recommending the adoption of the scheme. The arrange. ments made, subject to the sanction of the proprietors, is, that the bridge over the Thames, the line of railway, and the necessary site for the terminus, shall be vested in this company, the promoters reserving the right of way over the bridge for the purpose of constructing a station on' such portion of the site as would not be required by the Brighton Company. It was also further agreed that the Brighton Company should not be called upon to bear any of the preliminary or parliamentary expenses. Compared with the advantages to be derived from the possession of a West-end terminus at Pimlico, he thought the cost was extremely small. After a few other observations the hon. gentleman resumed his seat by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. SOOTT, deputy-chairman, second the motion. Mr. ASHMORE said the report stated that it was the intention of the directors to make a railway to connect Steyning, Henfield, and West Grinstead, with Shore ham and Horsham. Now he thought that such a line would be anything but remunerative, and he therefore moved that that pert be omitted. Mr. ADDISON seconded the amendment. After a short discussion the amendment was put to the meeting and negatived. Mr. BELL asked whether the parties connected with the Victoria-station and Pimlico Railway were substan tial parties I The CHAIRMAN said the law officers had been in com municatiou with Mr. Kelk, a gentleman of the highest respectability, and the other parties promoting the rail way. They had seen the agreement entered into with the Marquis of Westminster, which fully proved that the parties were empowered to go on with the works, which it was considered would greatly improve the pro perty in the neighbouihood. Atter a short discussion, the report was put to the meeting and carried. A formal resolution, empowering the directors to carry out the works mentioned in the re p ort, for the payment of the dividend of 3i per cent. for the half-year, and . the retiring directors having be en re-elected, the proceedings d ca m p g t s . t e rminated, after some opposi tion on the par t o Young, who moved a r esolution for the d i scontinuance rejected, of the Sunday and e xcursion traffic, whic h was with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 28.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 27. —Wind S.S.E. to S.E.— Arrived—Her Majesty's steamer Vulcan, from Gibralt ar . SWANSEA , Jan. 27.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—Sir H enry P o tti nge r, from HULL, Jan. S.S.E.—Arrived—Mari a , f rom Now York. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 27.—sailed —Tau; (s), for Gib raltar. Wind S.S.E.---Arrived—Eliza iloLvrrEAD, Jan. 27. beth, from -- for San Cyprian ; Imogene, from for P.lrnambueo ; Rose, from for Madras; Gleaner, from Whitehaven for Matanzas ; Bennett, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro ; Ledway Augusta, from Liverpool for La Uuayra, Do. Do. 34! 87 1 LITERATURE. Illustrated History of Preston, in Lancashire. By Charles Hardwick. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Upon the substantial basis of this goodly volume, of very nearly seven hundred pages, Mr. Hard wick has forthwith built up a durable and distin guished reputation, at once as an archaeologist and a topographer. It assumes its position upon the same shelf with Cunningham's London, and Barrett's Bristol, and Whittaker's Manchester. It is a work, we may observe, published by sub scription, under the direction of a local firm of considerable enterprise, the firm of Messrs. John Worthington and Company, of Town-hall Cor ner, Preston—the metropolitan agents being the Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, the London booksellers. Altogether, after a very careful examination of the volume we do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the most entertaining, and at the same time one of the most conscientiously elaborated productions of the kind that has probably yet anywhere made its appearance. The interest of the work is not by any means of a local or even of a provincial character exclusively. It throws light through its antiquarian researches upon the general history of the island, as well as in a more peculiarly vivid manner upon the martial annals of the county of Lancaster, Nor can this be re garded as in any remarkable degree surprising i when t is considered that the borough of Preston is, after all, one of the most ancient bo . roughs in the whole of the United Its antiquity, as place of human habitation,indeed, dates back to a period, to use my Lord Macaulay's phrase, "lost in the twilight of fable," or, according t o a f amous l ega l idi om, ; regarding the borough of Preston as such, the me , mory of man running n o t t o th e contrary. Preston is presumed to have risen out of the ruins of Ribble Chester, and Ribble Chester is under , stood to have flourished immediately before the advent to our shores of Julius Caesar, Britain's first conqueror, and what is yet more Britain's first lite rary celebrant. Precisely as Hume, and Rapin, and Lingard, respectively begin their narrative of the national fortunes, Mr. Hardwick begins his more restricted record of the fortunes of Preston (vice Ribble Chester abolished !)—with reference to classic authorities, such as Strabo's Travels and Caesar's Commentaries. He illustrates his argument in these annals, moreover, somewhat as a geologist might illustrate a treatise of the strata of this earth, by allusion to the print of ferns upon the daedal granite, to the footmarks of extinct monsters, to the very bones, the colossal skeletons im bedded in the solid rock, the osseous relics of the mastodon and the icthyosaurus. In stead, however, of doing so with foot-prints and skeletons, the archaeologist adorns his text with sketches of antique amulets, and celts, and paalstabs—spearheads of iron, bronze urns, and bone needles, curiosities dug up in the course of recent excavations. The plan of Mr. Hardwick's History of Preston appears to us to be really admi rable. Divided into three parts—it treats of Pres ton successively in a historical and topographical point of view, subsequently expatiating upon its environs—with particular reference to the Valley of the Ribble, the Hundred of Leyland, the Hun dred of Blackburn, and the Hundred of Aveounder ness. A very curious Appendix is followed by a most diversified series of Biographies, and this again by a Chronological Table and an Index, each admirably complete, and each arranged with a careful regard to the facilities for instant reference. The purely Historical division of this History of Preston carries the reader by due gradations downwards from the most remote epoch upon record to times immediately contemporary, through the British Period, and the Roman Period, and the Saxon Period, and the Danish Period, to the Norman Conquest, and so onward in the stream of events throughthe reigns of Plantagenets, and Tudors, and Stuarts, to the dy nasty and the very reign of our present gracious Sovereign. After the fifth chapter of the First Part, a chapter, bringing us from the Restoration to the age of Victoria, we come to three other chapters, completing the section, with records re lating to Municipal Government, Guild Merchant, Trade and Commerce, and Parliamentary Represen tation. The illustrations of the work are so profuse and costly, that we are almost ashamed to notice, in regard to them, what, nevertheless, appears to us a deficiency. Yet it is without doubt a deficiency so remarkable that it may not unreasonably, in spite of the merit and multiplicity of the numerous engravings scattered through the letterpress by way of embellishment, be here at once distinctly speci fied. The deficiency we speak of is simply no other titan that caused by the absence of a really good plan—nay, for that matter, the absence of any plan at all—of Preston as it is nowadays. There cer tainly is o plan of Preston in the volume, intro duced opposite page 429, one solitary map of the borough among all these ninety-five engraved and lithographed illustrations—but it is a map of Pres ton only as it was in 1774, just eighty-four years ago I The omission of a plan of the borough as it actually appears now in the second half of the nine teenth century might be very advisably filled up in any subsequent edition of a book worthy'of being very often reprinted. Verb. sap. to men of enter prise like the Messrs. Worthington. Other histories of Preston and its immediate neighbourhood have already of course at intervals before now made their appearance to the gratification of the curious in such matters in Lancashire. But besides the fact of these productions being long since out of print, and only to be met with accidentally once in a way upon some oid book-stall in a dal& corner of a bye-street somewhere (a rather vague and tantalising dic tion this to an impatient bibliopole !)—Mr. Hard wick's work has many claims for pre-eminence beyond the very best of his various predecessors. It is a topographical, and archaeological, and histo rical, and biographical record of the annals of Pres ton, readabie elsewhere than in Lancashire. It is a narrative so readable that any one of moderate intelligence who happens to dip into the book once in search of information, will be tolerably certain to return to it more than once in quest of amuse ment as well. If every old borough in England had an annalist as painstaking and conscientious as our historian of Preston, the labours of the Macau lays in the way of research would be very won drously facilitated. Th© work, although appa rently merely provincial in its character, is indi rectly but indisputably imperial in its interest. As such, we can earnestly and heartily recommend it to the perusal of the metropolitan reader, hardly less than to the more minute examination of the habitual inhabitants of the ancient borough of Preston itself, and of the contiguous parts of the county of Lancaster. Highland Jessie : a Song. Words by D. M. Aird. Music by T. Browne. Henry Bale, 340, Strand. Another impassioned song, asociated with the heroic memory of Havelock. It is a song, too, worthy of its theme—poet and musician having alike acquitted themselves to admiration. The profits derived from the dittyare to be devoted to the India Relief Fund. May they help to increase that fund not inconsiderably. Mr. Aird's war song of "Havelock to his Warrior:Band," renders his name upon the present title-page doubly acceptable. We observe that while his new song is commemorative of the Heroine, it is at the same time dedicated to the relict of the Hero of Lucknow. Few of those who sing the thrilling words and tones of " High land Jessie," but will heave a sigh of sympathy for the Lady Havelock. Thom's Almanac and Official Directory for 1858. Thom and Sons, Dublin : Longman and Co., London. This volume is one of a series whose value is recognised and whose character is established for general accuracy and utility. It is the fifteenth year of its publication, and, consequently, it is no new candidate for popular approbation. When first commenced in 1844, it was almost exclusively devoted to Ireland ; but, encouraged by its exten sive circulation, the compiler has taken advantage of the opportunities afforded him to enlarge its sphere of usefulness, and it now gives the reader, in addition to the regular Irish Directory and Almanac, several distinct directories for other parts of the United Kingdom and its Colonial possessions. Ono of the most remarkable features of the work, and one which immediately commends it to the favourable notice of politicians and p o o r li e t i ic n al s e t c a o t n e o s - , mar ks that it is gratifying to econo mists, is the collecti on and com p il ation of statistics for the United Kingdom, also trace, o a fcF: ig e compiler re n the portiO n their population, revenue, &e. T e l of these statistics relating to Ireland, the progres sive improvement and advance in social condition which is evidenced by the comparison of year with year. The commercial tables are likewise of great practical utility to the merohant a n d th e man o f business. he T Peerage, t u .Kingdom,aronetage, and Orders of Knighthoodof the Army, Navy, and Militia Directory, the Govern ment nited the Schools of Medicine , Colleges, Literary Offices, and Scientific Ins p ti o tu t tio i ns, together with the Ec clesiastical, LaW, convenient method. The 'assl . and .fi County Directories, are all arranged and ad. Indexese. classified by a are ocompleteear andan d compendious and greatly facilitate reference. The public will, no doubt, appreciate the care and pre eisieh with which this laborious undertaking has been conducted. The history of England. By Lord Macaulay. Vol. 111. Longman. The third volume of the popular edition of this valuable work has now appeared. Those who have been unable to obtain it in its preTioto farm, should secure the present handsome and moderatos edition, which is equally adapted to the library or the casual reader. We are glad to see a work of this character placed withia the reach of moderate means. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) IN RE THE QUEEN AND EARL VON YRANTIIIIS. This was a motion to declare the finding of flu Loquisition absolute.. A. commission and inquisition had been granted to in. quire whether the petitioner's works, under a Governmenb contract., had been operly executed. The finding of the inquisition was the affirmative. Counsel on behalf of the Attorney-General objected to the finding, and asked to be allowed ti►ee to demur to the finding of the inquisition. The learned counsel asked one month. _ _ The Lord Chancellor said that demurrer was the usual form of objecting to the finding of th• inquisition, and allowed the time asked by counsel to demur. COURT OF APPEAL. (Before the Lords Justices.) PAIN T. COOMBS. This was an appeal motion from an order of Vice. Chancellor Sir John Stuart, finding that the terms of the proposed lease should be altered, and that the tenant should be bound to cultivate his Jarm in a good act hnsbandman-like manner. Lord Justice Knight Brio* said that whatever might be the practice of the country as to a one, two, three, four, or five system of rotation. of crops, it must give way to the written and expreen terms of the lease. His lordship said he would add the words of Sir Thomas Plummer in the case of Wenn•—• that the " custom of the country applies only where specific terms are wanting." Lord Jnetioe Turner was of the same opinion, ant referred to the opinion of Lord Eldon, 18 Vesey, to th• same. The appeal motion was refused with coats. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) IN BE BET. H. OMEBET.—OEITELTY TO A 'W ME. In this case Mrs. Cherry last term exhibited articles of the peace against her husband, rector of a parish near Reading, for cruelty and a threatened repetition of • former forcible abduction from her residence (having left her husband's roof) to that of her husband. After hearing counsel in discharge of the articles, The Court held it was a case in which they should interfere, and the rev, defendant was ordered to find sureties, himself in 1091., and two sureties in 501. eaoh. COURT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CROWN CASES RESERVED. THE QUEEN V. MELLOR. The Court reassembled this morning, when Loa Campbell said the Court mould take further time to oos eider their judgment in tbis case. It will be remembered the prisoner was left for execution at the late Liverpool winter assizes for the murder of his wife Alice, at Bolton, Lancashire. The day after the trial it was discovered a juryman had answered to the wrong name, and was sworn and served accordingly. The question was that it was a mis-trial. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN £K HALL AND HALL. To-day was appointed for the consideration of the certificate of these bankrupts, who were described as of Boswell-court, solicitors, and also large farmers at Neandun. The oase has been frequently reported. The debts ant stated at 110,0001., and the assets are set down at 27,0001. A dividend of 2e. in the pound has already been paid. _ _ _ Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees, and Mr; Riviogton to oppose on behalf of Sir Charles and Lady Rushout. Mr. Bagley supported. Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Rivington addressed the Court at great length, and the latter called Mr. Henry Hall, one of the bankrupts, who was under esaminatio when the report was despatched. IN Ell DAT. This bankrupt had carried on business at Birch m an innkeeper, and came up for his certificate, This accounts rendered by Mr. Hayles for Messrs. Hart Brothers, showed debts about 2,0001., and assets about 5001. His Honour (Commissioner Goulburn) granted as ,mmediate certificate of the second class. POLICE INTET.T.TGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE or ASSAULT.—MichaeI Donovan, an Irish. man, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with assaulting Charles Nichols, a barman at the Black Horse Public-house, Tottenham Court-road. The complainant stated that the prisoner came into this house and called for a pot of porter for which he tendered twopence. Perdeiving that he was drank, he re fused to supply him with any drink whatever, and requested him to leave. Upon this, the prisoner took up again the twopenny pieces and, deliberately takinF aim, threw them one after the other at complainant o head. The first cut his head open, but the second Ito fortunately escaped, or the consequence might have proved most serious, from the force and malignity with which it appeared to have been thrown. Complainant now thought it high time to request that a policeman might be sent for, which was done, and prisoner given into custody. The prisoner, who said he was sorry, was fined 31., of one month's Lard labour. MARKET NEW3,—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 28, 1858, made up from the Re• turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns is England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BRANS I PIM 46s 9d 37s 6d 22s 4d 32s Od 39s 4d 39s fict THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES, WOEAT BARLEY OATS I RYE I BIANS PEAI 48s 3d 36s 7d 22s 6d 335 Od 39s ed 408 14 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 113,521; barley, 107,432 . ; oats, 13,498; ryo, 126: beans, 5,987; peas, 1,902 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATZ AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat here to-day were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady :—Beef, from 2. 10d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 24 to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s tid to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 2cl to 45 6d per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 27.—0n1y moderate supplies of fat stock were on sale here to-day, but the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s (k 1; Pork. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 27.—We had a dull sale for stook, and last week's prices were with difficulty maintained :—1 from 35 Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 38 6d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 45 Od to 4s 10d ; Pcrk, 3s 6d to 4s Cd per 81ba ; Store Pigs. —s to —s ; Milch Cows, —l-4 to —l--s ; Leal COWS * --1 to —1; Suckling Calves, 16r to 24r each. HAY MARKETS. ZMITHFULD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os; clover, 31 12s to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10a per load. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. CLIMBRALAND. —Meadow hay, 2110 s to 4/ 2s; clover. 31 10s to 51 Os ; and straw. 11 6s to 11 10s per load. Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at full quotations. 3i W ll3 a s irE to "" s l EL.—MeadowOs;andtrawh , " ll 2 s l 4 los tot 4 10 1 s N pe el° rlo T a lte d . Trade steady. COAL MARX] Prices of Coals per ton at Alf. 27. s. d. Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 $ Bebside's Hartley l5 3 raufield Moor ........... 12 a. Hol ywell l5 0 the close of the market Wallsend, ha. s Gosforth l6 6 Barton l6 6 Braddyll l9 • Framwellgate lB 6 Haswell £0 3 Cassop 19 0 South Hatton $0 U Russell's Hatton 19 Tees 2O • Thorp l9 6 t, 71—Sold, 51. W&llsend, Acorn Close Eden .18 6 Trimdon 19 0 Liengn Hall 18 9 South Kelloe 19 0 Ships at market RAILWAY BEICASIS.—CoIoneI Yolland, one of the Government inspectors of railways, has been sent down to Lancashire by the Board of Trade for the purpose el making a series of experiments, testing the comparative merits of the railway breaks invented by Mr. Newell, of the East Lancashire Company, and by Mr. Fay, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. These are two of the most powerful and efficient breaks that have yet bees invented, giving a perfect communication between the engine-driver and guards, and locking up the wheels of every carriage instantly, so as to bring the whole train is a stand in a very short space of time. It is understood that the railway companies are giving every facility foe these experiments. eon IRISH Lew AMINTILENTB. Mr. Justice O'Brien, Queen's Bench ; Mr. Justice Christian , Com mon Pleas ; and Mr. Hughes, Solicitor. General, were sworn in on Tuesday. - His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, after and ,leparture of their Royal Highnesses the Princess Frerierick Withal].) of Pairsts of fo j r P erg ri t Castle on MoLday, honoured the Cr . erkeley-square. a visit at her ladyship's residenc e _ Ay y 7,, w cii i tb or a s, great number k end enjoyed of persons covered the 1 3 SKATING IN TIIN FANK 4 . O ;sliding. Silvers' immersing themselves in skatingoa o f them ended fatally. took place, hot Pone .Y 0 thepar 18 20i 100 100 all all LOU LOU all all all all 100 100 all 100 all ,100 100 ' 54 50 50 50 25 1211 St. 6 1 6 St. St. 1100 100 100 100 100 100 I 100 100 100, St. 124 124 St.l all 1 100 100 ,100 1100 st. I st. st. 100 100 100 all 25 10 1.0.6 100 100 100 100 100 St. St. St. St. 100 Paid 110 i 102 1001 1091