The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

MONEI 11:° T . .11. COMMEROJAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce M.ikets during the last few days have exhibite(l rather Llor e activity, and most of the leading artier-s of con sumption have realisLcl steady rates. Te s has been firmer, and common congou realises 13d. p r lb. cash. Sugar of the better qualities is in good de mand, and at a slight improvement, but the infe rior descrip.ions are not much inquired for ; late rates, however, were in most iostanc..s realised. In the Refined Market a lair amount of business has been reported, chiefly for home c nr-umption, and full rates are current. Good qualities of plan tation Ceylon coffee main ain their value, but for other kinds there is little demand. Rice has been steady, and saltpetre flat. A moderate amount of business has been reported in ruin, at about previous quotations. The Tallow Market has been very quiet, and prices arc rather lower. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 525. 9d. to 535. ; March delivery, 525. 6d ; and last three months, 51s. 6d. per cwt. The Liverpool Cotton M irket yesterday clo ,, ed with au improving tendency, and pric2es of all descriptions Were filly id. per lb. deaier. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bale, 500 of which were taken by the speculators, and 500 by the ex porters. In the Railway Share Market there was less animation, and values were at a slight decline. The steamer Sultan which leaves to-morrow for Bombay will t tke out 213,4341. chiefly in silver. These additional remittances tend to augment the business in the silver market, and the quotations are maintained with greater firmness, bars being se. lid. per oz. standard. The Eastern ex changes, as reported by the advices yesterday, are rather in favour of this country, but the shipments of specie will, no doubt, continuo on the present scale. Nearly 50,0001. was sent into the Bank yester day. The principal portion of the gold received from Australia by the N Ithumberland has been forwarded to the Continent. As anticipated, the interest on Exchequer Bills will bo reduced t ) 2d. per cent. per diem. An official notice has been given to th.t effect. Even at the altered quotation, however, these securities Will yield rather more than 3 per cent. per annum, viz., 31. Os. 10d. The following are the nominal prices of Foreigu Stocks :—Grenada, alerted Bonds, 6 to GI; Mexi can, 23 to 201 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 to 83 ; Do. 3 per Cents., 55 to 57 ; Poituguese 3 pdr Cents„ 451 to 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Do. 4i per Cents., 93 to 100 ; Spanish 3 pi-r Cents., 43i to 44f ; and Do. New Deferred, 26 to 26k. The half-yearly meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Cotupany has just been held. The accounts for the year 1857 will be sulanitt-d at the next meeting. The returns for the half-year were as follows :—SalQs of I.tick, 1,921/. 04. 4d ; 113 cattle, 4531. 12s. ; thrre hones, 231. Leaving in hand 54,526 sheep, 3,475 cat le, and 223 horsds. 247 gold licenses hid been producing 2141. 10s. 327 bales of wool had bceu trausinitted"to Sydney. The report is still under discussion. At the speoial meeting of the Pernambuco 114i1- Way Company to-day, a resoluti 3n. was passed for raising the 400,0001. regoired to complete the live, by a loan in the guarantee, by the Raz'lian Government, of 5 per cent. per annum. The report of the directirs of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company has just been presented, and states that the line will be opened in June next. The present outl iy was $2,750,000. It is proposed ti issue 15,000 preference shares at 101 ., at 7 per cent., to complete the work. The English Funds have been much firmer to du', and there has been an improved tone in all departments of the house. Although a feeling of uncertainty still prevails, it is thought that Lord Derby will be able to form a Ministry, and that Political affairs will soon mike favourable progress. Purchases to a small txtent hive consequently been nude, and the result is rather more firmness. Consols have been 961 fur money, and 96t for account, but they are now about 96 l both 4 1 . for money and account. The New Three per - Cents. are 971 1, the Reduced 96,1 971, and the _ advertised Exchequer Bids 235. to 30 , . premium. it )3auk Stock is 227, and India ditto 2201 to 223. I A. moderate amount of bu.iness has been done in l the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 101 and ditto it 4 per Cents., 1041 # ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 80fr and ditto Deferred, 18; Chilia' 3 per Cents., 74 ; Grenada Deferred, 6 ; Mexica❑ 3 per Cent..., 4 ut ; Peruvian 3 per Cents., 55i ; Spanish New Deferred, 261; French 4 por Cents., 94f. 50c., itlid Dutch 4 per Cents., 1001 /. A moderate business h-ts been reported this kerning in the Railway Share Market, and en hn provement of about to 1 per cent. may be quoted °ll most of the lea ling Ciled. , nian, East L ancashire, E tiuburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great liorthern, North-E :stern (Berwick), North- Xistern (York), and South-Eastern, 10s. ; Gloat Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; and i sterm Counties; North Western, and Mid- 11 4 44 ") U. In the Foreign Lines Scarcely Y business was reported, and prices remain II quite tomin.al. The Colonial lines have been 11 ' 4 . Grand Trunk of Canada improved lOs , 1111 d East Indian declined 103. Great Western of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula reached terday's quotations. In Miues, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shari s the! C 18 scarcely any business reported, ant prices are Unaltered to any material extent. Canada Land Shares have improved about 2/. ~R Ali FQNUa THIS DAY AT ONE • eULt). (From the Offirtal /Add .. Business dose rlk B tock .. 227 pt , ' lieut. Seduced A1111111104..6 . . IT: er Uent Console innwinie , . 1 „, ." ' Per Cent. Annuities 964 7i i --yug Annuities expire sti. Jan. 1860. 2 1-16 molls Stock . It • 223 20; op& Bonds, .ClOOO ...... ............. .. 25 29 p .. 1-80 18 for Account .. ........... 966 4 Eze Bra ct ttoquer 0111 s, 241.1 Alorch. J u n e . Ditto Advertised 4s -- ieliki 4)? o'OREIGN F.; NDS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. s qlerios Ayres Bowls, 6 per Cent. BOl ~„ Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent . ‘lilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. . -- p r ' ll ,,itto ~'' per Cent 74 ado New Active, 2i per Cent. - )tt. l) itto D Deferred 6 i bt per , Ditto ,_ en t 11,3 Account 2Ol L tl°l an Bonds, ~I . per Cent . iiLtto 3 per Cdnt . — 4 "to Account r i c'h ~,. ..ib . pt' "` I ) :i t_ to New Deferred, 3 per cent. vio, ... Account D itto ~ ,nus 6 per cent . . . . — iitt!tto Account Ditto 011arantced i• per Cont. "1) Account ' IO4A 1. . 4iii 1 , , Dividends on the .bore payable in London. 1 6 0 h " 11011 teS, 4i per Cent. 94f. 50a. crr D o. ''' A ze haug, , 2.- per Cen:,., 12 Guilders ' Per Cont. Gortificates • TWO O'CLOOt‘• Co nsols bi , money t t", Account ~ Vort, N 41 )IAN AND AMERICIAN EMIGRATION.—An im ,,,) c i Arrangement nas been completed between the fi rst" and North-Western Rail.ay and the Grand 111,11"' Railway of Canada, by which passengers of the tio%ti'd'econd and third ciases can he bookf-r1 at the . :, t t: tl , l .ffic ' es of the latter company, 21, 01.1 Bioau i't4 t : '''', •C• to their destina i 'Ls on the American con 't.,„11-yor one payment, which includes the . railway fare stiz,i,- 1-4011 don to Liverpool, the sea transit, , itli,r by i ttl r ; L ' by sailino st,ip and the rail Nay fare to up Narda f t ' ° I -e ,t l ir; . tali . , ni ' and cities iii Canada and the a distance of ,-,g94p- Qtategß,'' a- f ' -a. even as Ka , , a ', 't'll ti , - Nes from ' Quebec,and of 1,818 f rom P..,rtland. tap V4lllO l °I eau! r aw-,Pril't ' "" th r-ilwa ' tto ll v it ed stat : a, showing r ff the r: through rat a, and tne pie.. y connections oith t0t494 afforde'dtt e ta.l • " t i e b the Grand Trunk rou . te, I h: l4 e to be i o ss " u i e n d igr a a ! usual, y gratis, on , application Ilit , tot t Per y . 1,,, mu or by the letter, at 21, Old Broad , Ti le --'lldon, E.C. `•%apt aCOost-guard. service ship Wellington, 72, Ili glit - cdl rt Moore, lrrived at Plymouth on Friday T, f.'"lil scoti,.ll'd 0 e tt l4l rite, 4 guns, screw steam gun vt! , .9,1, ti % anii er 4 - 7 b - 01, 8 -V$ ow- oust, was p,d .di . at Si ee , - t 6641 , aturday Her seaitieu and in , ruivs hive e iiransferred •to the Waterloo flagaliip, where Iti l Y are to -kieit 4 , rernain as supernumeraries until the 4eaniship is ready to proceed to Plymouth. 5 SCIOO 5 all 25 all 100 11 10, 1* it. 100 it. 100 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 20 all A. 10- it. 101 St. 'OO St. 10', St. 1 ,- 10 St. 100 25 ali 25 143 i St. 101 St UV) St. WO 10 31.1 , .0 17 tO all tO all 'lOO 'J 18 10 10 it. lOU St. 100 St. i 100 St. 8 a) 100 3t. 100 10 all St. 100 20 all f.) to 20 all 25 all 25 176 5 Bt. 1100 St. 100 22 , 111 Iloj 0 ! all 5 all 5 all ?,0 all LO 411 :0 all .0 all U all 8 9 S all !O, )0 Itio X) 100 20 12s. 2U 2sfkl 20 108 20 1 174 All 20 2s. 3t. 100 20 15 00 all 00 ;till - 20 all ; A. 140 00 all 20 uL 20 -1 ZOi all 20i 13 JO all X) all O all ;0 I 10 O 1 5 O 5 'b all 10 all 20 all 5 all 20 al 1 6 all !0' all !O 1 all A all !O all LC, 6 ;13 all 5 I .11 ?,0 all .4) all 33i all LO all l 0 all all L 6 all LO all I all ;0 all l 0 9 o i an 5 I all 10 l all 20 all 8i all 10 all 20 all 20 20 all 6 all 6 1 al l 20 Ili 10 5 25 25 HARt MAN,LET:73_,TiIis Dly). KAILWAY., %AIL W AY g yesterday 1 kmbg. Nottn,3. Bop!. & Eastn. June... 11 IBelfast & !callYie. ,- 11 9 irmng . Wolverii Stour Valley 0 Birkenhd. Lanes! , . Cheshire Junci Rlack burn [1 Rlyth & Tyne orig,ina e2s(iss. at £451 ~ nristol do Exeter ) ) "%ester & Holyhea 1 Cork and Ran,lon. 1 ,;ork, ;Ilack. & Pass Cornwall I 1 Do. B ..... 1 Dublin &Belfast Junc Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. ) East Anglian ) Eastern Counties .1 1 1asternUnion,A.stS ;Do., do. i 3„ Do. New A East Kent East Lancashire ... [ !East Suffolk ! Do. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow !Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dunde , Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness Glasgow Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern , Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock . qt. Sth. &West. (Ire'. Great Western. _ Do. Str. V. R gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Do. New Thirds fiancash. &Yorkshire ;)0., do. F £l6 ... Wst. Riding tin. Do. Southport. ..ondon & Blackwell Lona. Bright. dr S. Cst Loudon & N. Wester Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,31rd58...e, Do. Eighths Loudon & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine hndndrry. & Ennisk. ' , ranch . She f. deLineln Nietropol Rau ....,. • Do. J. L. Ricardo' arrangement ...., Do. Birming. Der;' , idland G. West. (Tr. '7). ? Shares. geweastle &Carlisl 'Cewpt. A berg. dr fie gewry & Enniskille. N e wry , Warrenpoir.! Restrevor.. 84 - Vorthn.Counties North British ... iortii Devon, Rail ock Stock ..... . Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ...... astern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N. E. Purch Do Leeds Do. York North London V . Sr S. Wstn., Ham), stead, and City Jn. north Staffordshire.. North Western.. V. di S. W..,e4trn. Jun, ')xford Worcester Wolvorharuptors. Portsmouth.:, Rhymney.., Scottish Central SciA. N.E.Abrdn. St, Shropshire Uniou . Si ti ngbourne &Sheer. South Dev0n.......... South Ea5tern......... !Do. 43 per C. Shares (South S. Yorksh. Riv4rDun Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18N5 Stockton 4 Ilartlepl Taff' Vale... ........ Do. Pref., No. ' Thames Flay. D. &R. Val, of Neath ......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny WatertordtkLimeriek West Col n wa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Do. First Class, Do. Second Class... ; Wmblcdon &Croydon Btteiness dor o this day 72 -, 95 96 - 95 38 - 40 4 - 8 --- 9 18 -- 19 61i -62 i, 48 - 50 32 - 341 15 - 17 93 t i - 94, 68 27i - 28 , 54 - 96 9i - 104 LO6 - 107 92 - 94 [3l - 133 LO4 - 106 6 i - Ui 61 - 63 85 - 88 11 -12 p 11 - 12 r. 941 - 95 - 63 - 6i 107 - 108 loot 101; •• ..... • 2 - 98 - 99 ••• ..... 111 . - 39i - 40 99 - 994 70 - 7* 13 - 14 65 - 67 3i • q 52 - 53 97 -- 98 ld 51 - 52 82 3}-- 3 76 - 8 86 - 9. 324 9 5d [O9 -- 111 26i - 27. 49 - 51 36 - 74 - 75 82 83 13 15 d 5 d 11 38 39 go • "' •• 100 - 103 . "-- ... 3 - 3i 61 i -6, .. ... • •• gItITISB POSSESSIONS. 'Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cm. Ind,guar. 5 p. c. Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff. , Brnt, & Godch, p. c.bds., 1 Aug. :72! Do, do., 1 July, '73' Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East.' Central Oude (Lim. )1 Ceylon A shares Do. B. d 0..,, Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p.c.Bnds. ' '57 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong 1. Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. G 4;. Trunk. of Canada! ... ...- ... i - i 13 14 88 92 84 88 80 84 par ip lf - lip - 1 1 110 - 111 -11 p, is - 201 50 52 83 85 21,1 211 1 P 204 2i iP 1110 1110 115 .t 1 Do. 6 p. c. Debeu Clt, In, Pen. g. 5 per e Do. New. guar. 5 p.c I l Ut. Westn. of Cana. la Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 f)0. do., '76, p. 160 Do. do., '73, do Do. do., '73, without - option 'los 110 'Madras, guar. 44 p.c 191 —19 i Do. do., 5 per c. l2l 214 Do. 4i p. c. Eitel:l ' d par Do. 3,1 Ex., g. sp.c - Do. 4th Ex., do A - ip ,Oude (Linntudi - 'Scincle, guar. 5 per c' 1 14; Do FOREIGN. lAntwrp & Rotterdam !Ardennes Belgian East. Junct.' Be ziers to Graissessae Carmeaux di Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry IDutch Rhenish Eastern of Prance Do. Now Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Loinhardo-Venetian Lucca Pist.sp.c.i Lyons and Geneva.. Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Ante - Qia Do. New Namur & Liege ' Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Norwevian'Prnk. Pref Paris awl Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San From., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati, i Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 51 per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Prsif W.& N. W. of France Western of Austria t. of Switzerland ,esi aden ')o.8 p. cent. prof. Zea1and......... . 6.1 - 61 ••• '""' es. 1 1} 3 -. 4 3 -34 d 2 28 4. '"' ••• - ii= g 4 a 4 p si 9 20 211 38 - 3.-1 1 Si - 9 33, - 331 55 - 57 i - IP 16 - - 18 8 - 84 214 - 22 43 - 4i 9 - 94 26 - 27 •011 ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all iAnatralasia IS Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Bri.Col„ Bk.&Ln. Co, ail 'British N. American to C. tk .of Ind. An. di:Clk 50 City '25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all !Bug. Soot. &Ans. CI it all Lou.Ch, Bk.of Ditto New .. ,London 41111 County !Lnd.&E.Bukng.Corp Loudon Clint StOek. Lond.andWestminst.' National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Ban.k. Provincial of Ireland Do. New... R .A us, B. Sa,,..h n .0 0 . south Australia ..,,,,' Union ot A ustl alia Do. New, (Jnion of London Unity Mutual .... WOOtnak Of Lond 86 - 88 23 i - 24 48 - 52 6 2 6. 17i -18 t ••• - ••• 44 - 46 37 - 39 20 -20 i 46 - 48 26 - 28 23 - 25 -- 4 471 27i 2i 1100 all 100 100 THE SUN, L'ONDV,N, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (This Day.) no knowledge of the 71a ciante ktf the chart,r, making it necessary that the bank should stop when one-fourth of the capital was lost. He denied that be hail been actuated by any sinister object, and his whole time and attention had been devoted to furthering the success o the bank. Leasing Companies Closing Price , yesterday Business this day COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL. (Sitting at Nisi Prius, betore Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. BROWN AND OTHERS. NINTH DAY. The trial of the toforwation a 4 ainst the directors and manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cus tomers and the public, was this day resumed. The same counsel appeared as before. Lord Campbell, on taking his seat 0/3 the bench, an nounced that the prosecution would be deprived of the further assistance of Sir F. Thesiger. He candidly con fessed that he should have been well pleased to have had the assistance of that learned gen'leman till the con clusion of the trial; but, at the same time, he must express his satisfaction, which he felt assured was shared in by the bar and the country, on his elevation. (A.p. plause.) .100 100 all 100 all 100 [To be eontinsed in our last edition.] THE CHARGE AGAINST - MR. ISAAC BUTT, M.P. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. —THIS DAY. The committee appointed to inquire into the truth of the petition of Edward Lees Coffery, of Sheffield, which alleges that Mr. Isaac Butt, the member for Youghall, in the month of July, 1856, did corruptly enter into an agreement with the Rajah Ali Moorad Khan, or his agents, to the effect that he the said Isaac Butt would, on condition of certain sums of money being paid to him, advocate and prosecute, in the House of Commons, and with the Etat India Company, the claims of his highness for the recovery of his territory. That, in pursuance of such corrupt agreements, divers sums of money had been paid to the said Isaac Butt, and that the petitioner was advised that, in entering into such agreement a breach of the privileges of Parlia ment had been committed. The members of the committee present were Sir J. Graham, Mr. Bright, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Sir W. Codrington, and Mr. S. Herbert. Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Sergeant Deasy, who had been appointed by the house to take charge of the petition, and take part in the committee without the power of voting, were also present. Previous to the commencement of the investigation the room, which was pretty fully attended, was ordered to he cleared, and after the public bad been excluded for a quarter of an hour the room was reopened, when Sir James Graham, the chairman of the committee, addressing the members of the press present, said the committee had no objection to a report of the proceedings appearing, but it was their especial desire that no com ments on the evidence should be published pending the inquiry. Mr. Roebuck then stated the case of the peti tion, and said he bad undertaken the position he at present occupied purely upon public grounds, and In no vindictive feeling towards Mr. Butt, who was a gentleman with whom be was on the most friendly terms. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to state the case of the petition, from which it appeared that in the year 1856, Ali Moorad, one of the Ameers of Scinde, having been,as he thought unjustly deprived of his property, came to England to procure justice, and in the course of proceeding he came into contact with Mr. Butt. After certain conversations, it was alleged by the petition that Mr. Batt, for a sum of 5,000/., agreed to advocate the claims of the Ameer, hut in the event of his having to go to India he was to have 5,0001. more, making in all 10,0001. He should prove by witnesses that Mr. Butt had received from Ali Moorad two sums of 3001. and 1,5001. in prosecution of the first part of the agreement. Mr. Coffey, examined by Mr. Roebuck, said, in 1856 he was in Scinde, in the oapacity of postmaster-gen oral, at a salary of 1,0001, and was induced to give that office up in consequence of certain representations from Ali Moorad that I should be well remunerated, and that if he regained his position he should have a sum of 3,0001. per annum. I received 5001. from Ali Moorad before I left India, and some mall sums afterward. It was introduced to Mr. Butt by my brother, and in the course of the interview about presenting his highness's petition, but at that time there was nothing mentioned about money. Some days afterwards I had a conversation with Mr. Butt, who told me he was not a very rich man, and as he would have to incur great expence, and with eut the Ameer would assist him he could not prosecute the petition effect. This I told to the Ameer, wh directed me to inform Mr. Butt that if be gained a restitution of his property he would give him 5,0001. This occurred in 1856. The next arrangement was in July after 1857. After a good deal of correspondence with India, it was understood that a despatch would be sent out directing the authorities in Scinde to inquire into the case, and that as Mr. Butt would require to go to India, to wind up the whole of the affairs ; and as he could not give up all his business here without the 5,000/. was doubled, and it was finally understood that the despatch was sent out. The purport of the despatch was, that the:authorities in Scinde should examine into the case. The despatch, however, was never sent out I recollect, in July, 1857, a letter being shown me by Mr, Butt, who bad, I understand, written to Mr. Vernon Smith. The letter was to the effect that Government would feel embarrassed if Mr. Butt brought on his pro. posed motion. In July I recollect Mr. Butt wanting a sum of money ; in the event of his not receiving it be will be compelled to leave London. for Dublin. After some conversation with the Ameer; /got a blank cheque, and, by direction of the Ameer, the sum filled in was 3001. by the Ameer, and it was crossed to Mr. Butt. The witness was under examination when the report left, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said the bar concurred in congratulating the learned gentleman on his elevation, and the prosecution much regretted his loss in the com pletion of the trials. Mr. Crawford was recalled, and said that during Cameron's absence from illness during January and . May, 1855, Mr. Esdaile took the general management _ of the bank. The green ledger, general ledger, share ledger, and diary and bills book were frequently before him, and they were also before Mr. L. M. Valiant and Mr. Stapleton. Witness prepared the periodical balance sheet in the mode adopted when he joined the bank by his predecessor, in the course of their preparation he got out details in a tabular form of the assets and liabilities of the bank which were extracted from the balance and ledger-book. He held in his hand three proof impres sions of the balance-sheet for the half-year ending Dec. 1855, bat each is different. The first is a printed form filled in by witn(si in red ink of the balances in the books, and delivered to Mr. Cameron, the general manager ; after that, by Mr. Cameron's direction, he prepared a second balance-sheet, which was a printed balance-sheet, in Feb., 1855 ; in the first, the paid-up capital was called 127,0001., and the new shares were put in the inner column along with the deposits ; in the second form the paid-up capital was raised to 150,000/., by applying that portion of the deposit,: for new shares that had been paid in full. When Mr. Cameron gave this direction to make the alterations, witness thought he said the balance-sheet had been under the consideration of the board. The third balance-sheet contained the alterations in the second and some other trifling ones, and was the last he prepared previous to the final balance-eheet which was read to the shareholders at the meeting. The tabular statement on which the final balance-sheet was based was put in. The witness then detailed the amount of the suspense account, past-due bills, etc., etc., inserted as assets, which have already been given. The balance-aheet was audited in his pre irence. He produced before the auditors statements of the assets and liabilities similar to those he bad spoken to. There was a difference in them to those he handed Mr. Cameron, The accounts were differently described. In the statement of assets, as first shown, the bill account was headed in the precise form in which they stood in the bank books, but in the copy before the auditors they were simply entitled bill account, No. 1, 2,3, and so on. The loan account was similarly named. Convertible securities being allied loan account No. 1, and past-due loans, loan account No. 2. Mr. Cameron, with his own hand, altered the title, of the account before they went to the audit ors . An alteration produced u fi c r e s d t made,the auditors, as 1853, i n th e statements and they continued to be made down to 1855. The auditing usually occupied three or four hours. In 1853, after the accounts had been altered, he said to Mr. Cameron, Mr. Page, one of the auditors, appeared to consider that he was entitled to see all the bills and securities of the bank. Mr. Cameron replied it was no portion of the duty of an auditor to go into those matters, or into the personal accounts. He also raid Mr. Page mistook his duty, and were he to carry out his view., he shquld sit at the board-room table, go into all the treesactions of the bank, and there, de die in diem, revise and comment on all the bank's transac tions. Snub a duty would entirely take away the function. of the directors, If the auditors required to see anything in the hocks he showed it to them. He read the accounts off to the auditors. The balance sheet of 1855 contained in the assets all the proved bad debts, such as Welsh works, &c. In the ledger these accounts were ranged under different heads. The Welsh mines were ruled under the suspense account and convertible securities, cash credit account, adjusting interest account, amount ing in the gross to 103,0031. 2s. sd. op to December, 1855. Witness then detailed the manner in which the others were more or less spread ewer the above accounts. The I.lington Cattle Market debt amounted to 8,6001. ; Mullena', 10,646/. 16F. 3J. ; Brewn'e, 79,437/. 3e. Id. Oliver's, 14,1621. 4e. sd. ; Macgregor's, 7,369/. B'. 3d. ; Blacker'e, 4,518/. 2d. ; G wynne ' a, 13 , 4151 . 19s. 11d. ; Cochrane's, 9,5331. 3, , 33. ; (deducting 6931. B s. 103., balance of his drawing account). Cameron's, 24,590!. ls. 53. By Ur. Sergeant Shee—The balance-sheet was drawn out on the recognised principle of book-keeping. The accounts showed appear in the balance-sheet as they were in the books. A debt, unless it was entirely hope less, ought not to be written off, and, of course,:it must come into the balance-sheet in the character of an asset until that was done. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. EXAMINATION OF BERNARD AT BOW-STREET THIS DAY. This afternoon, at three o'clock, Simon Bernard, who stands charged with the late attempted assassination, was placed at the bar. Mr. Bodkin appeared, as before, on the part of the Treasury, and Mr. Sleigh defended Bernard. [We shall give the examination in our late edition.] By Sir F. Kelly—The reserve fund for meeting bad debts was formed on a calculation of 5 per cent. on the net profits, and that was the meaning of the item 3071. for that purpose in the balance-sheet of Dec., 1855. No calculation or examination was then made of the actual amount of bad and doubtful debts, but there was in June, 1855. The balance sheets of June and Dec , 1855, did not include specific items of bad debts, On one occasion witness hazarded a remark to a director. When Mr.Carneron came to him and said "I understand you have been speaking to Mr. Cochrane. I think it excessive bad taste on your part, and any recurrence of it will meet with my most severe displeasure." By Mr. D. Seymour Witness became general manager after Mr. Camero n left, on 22d July, 1856. A balance•sheet of June, 1 856, handed io, Lad corrections on it in Mr. Munro'is handwriting. Up to August, 1856, he believed the bank would be able to dispose of their interest in the Welsh Works satisfactorily, and be no substantial sufferer by it, It was Mr. Cameron's policy to keep up a bad debt fund. By Mr. Atherton —After June, 1855, no interest was computed on 42,000/. of bad debts included in the subsequent balance•sheets or assets. Out of 70,0001. odd, Mr. Brown's discounts 8,060/. 14i. lid. was for current trade bills. During the last few days of the bank d: posits did not come iu very fast, and it bad sold nut nearly all its stock. Mr. Williamson stated that he was assistant.acoonot ant of the bank. Mr. Crawford informed him on one occasion that it was Mr. Cameron's wish Mr. L. M. Valiant, a director, should not be assisted is his exami nation of the books, and witness gave him as little assistance as possible in prosecuting his inquiries. (Laughter.) RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. M Iles Receipts. ojened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857, 1857. 1656. ---- BRITISH. X X - - 65 Belfast and Ballymena ........, .... - 1,020 1,121 17 Belfast and County Down- - ........ 243 252 °‘ Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,043 2,163 2634 1 Bolton, Blackburn,and West York .... - - 118 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ...• ••• • - 4,792 4,836 198% Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 11,192 11,625 91 '; Chester and Holyhead • • ........ 4,936 3,993 614 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 17l 159 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. 223 2'oo 63 Dublin and Belfast J unction ........ 1,094 1,105 , , Dublin and Drogheda.. • • ......... 1,400 1,369 4 " Dublin and Kingstown •••••• - - .. - 1,122 1,083 17 4 1 Dundee and Arbroath ..............437 513 31 1 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 938 951 35 1 Dundalk an 4 Enniskillen...." •••• • • 409 4 u l 67 % ' East Ang1ian........................ 831 911 93 East Lancashire.. . - 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. -- } 20,783 21,1!8 Eastern Union - .... - - • ..... ... 142 4,787 4,880 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • • •• •• •• 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee - .... 2,703 2,917 6 Exeter and Crediton........ •• •••• •• - - 22 Furness Railway ... .............. 747 ' 1,258 . 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western- ...... 5,624 ! 5,9 69 283 Great Northern... - . ....... ~, 20,312 19,277 203 % Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,'29 .5,611 465 Great Western .................... 23,850 23 719 25 W Irish South Eastern .• •• •• - ~•• -.. 195 253 90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. • • .......... 5,455 5,374 286 W Lancashire and Yorkshire.... - Leeds Northern ...... • • • • • • • • •..... - - 16 i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - - 647 London and North Western ......... 53,161 16,466 5% London and Blackw all •• • ........... 1,(66 , 1,161 183% LoadOn, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,873 9,899 289% London and South We5tern......... 10,955 12,722 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen - • . .... 611 651 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 17319 Manchester, Sheflield,and Lincolnshire 8,689 8,702 93i Manchester and South Junction...... 7113 766 28 Maryport and Carlisle •............. 800 932 567 Midland ..... , ...... •............. 29,182 27,362 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) .• •• .. 3,569 3,378 52 Monklands ........................ 1,310 1,432 78 Newcastle and Carlisle...• ........... 2,765 2 932 149 North British •• -••••• • .• • • - ...... 4,696 4,593 233 North Staffordshire ..... ........... 6,270 5,672 47 North-Western .................• .. 810 895 50 Scottish Central • • ..... . 3219 Scottish Midland .................. - - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,316 1,457 4834 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,267 2,05 30 Shropshire Union .................. 766 753 57 South Devon /. •• • ................- 1,902 1,700 301% South Eastern - .................. ~ 13,327 13,429 171 South Wales ...................., 6,563 j 6,327 10814 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2,218 I 2,125 53 Taff Vale - .... .. 36 Ulster . - ...... - .................. 1,292 1,351 77 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... 1,018 I,l'a 27 West Cornwall - 12% Whitehaven Junction ........... •• • • 3 13 397 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - - FOREIGN: 109 Datch Rhenish .... • • ......•••••••• 2,451 2,161 344 Lyons and Mediterranean - ........ --_ 63 Montereau and Troyes .......... •• .. - - - Namur and Liege .. • • •• • • .... - • • •• - -- 539 Northern of France ................ 40,681 35,861 - Orleans and Central - - 434 Paris and Lyons - - - 588 Paris and Rouen. •• .. .. .. - •• . . - .. - - 886 Paris and Strasburgh ............ .. 36,330 130,471 - Rouen and Havre.. .... - - 596 West and North-West of France .... 25,495 I 26,360 object was t o prevent one director m id ol ia le o y t k w if tr n a o nsferr i e t d w f a r s o s m ta o t n ed e y m Cameron'sour —liegd stond a s f ollows with a f" examining the account of anothe r di rector. By Mr. Atherton—The cash bo o k showed on the thaßtyDrisrf.r.S e days :of the stoppage : -27 th August, 185 6, •18,1391. a ca oo sh n o o r t ed t i o t s a id o e o , tb i e n r c . lud l in t le. sd. ; 28th August, 117,092/, 18s. 41. ; 29th August, 75,9211. Os. ld. ; 30th August, 131,0241. 103. 7d. ; let September, 157,672/. 19s. 4d, ; 2d September, 109,4851. 18s. Bcl. ; 31 September, 56,918/, Bs. 11d. ; making a gross balance of 665,2611. 17e, 4d. a balance in hand, then remained of 18,0391. S s . 7d. Mr. Danoan was called, and stated that the bank was never pressed for money, an d when the bank stopped there was a balance of 35,0001. in the till at the principal office, and a similar amount in the Bank of England. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then read a portion of Mr. Bsdaile's affidavit before the Vice- Chancellor, which applied to his knowledge of the state and condition of the bank ; from its commence to tha time of its stop page. It stated that Mr. Esdaile wee no t aware the capital was not paid up when the charter was obtained, and his impression that the bank did not m a k e , i n commercial phrase, sufficient provision for bad debts. The affidavit set out the different debts that had been the subject of investigation during the trial and gave a detailed account of the transactions in reference to them, it also referred to the additional The new screw steam corvettee Racoon, 22 gung, Capt. J. A. Painter, at Sheerness, completed the adjustment of her compasses on Saturday, and left at 12.20 p.m. yesterday for Portsmouth, where sbe will receive her orders for ber future destination, said to be the Mediterranean. The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steamship, Master-Commander Wm. Ellis, at Sheerness, pro ceeded on a trial trip of her machinery on Thurs day last. The entire working of her engines was in every respect satisfactory. She returned into har bour again the same day. The new screw steam vessel Snake, of 4 guns, on the following day, also made an experimental trip to try her machinery, which worked satisfactorily. The new screw steamship Renown, 91 guns, Capt. A. Forbes, left Sheer ness on Saturday. charter and that the issue of new shares is consequence. It stated also the appointment of various committees of the board before whom, almost every day, questions arose relative to past-due bills and loans ;it further stated the principle on which the balance-sheets were made up, and the system of banking carried on. The directors consented to the issue of new shares, in the hope that by doing so they would increase the capital and prevent the run on the shareholders. The applica tion for issuing new shares did not arise from the want of money, but to strengthen the bank and allow them to recover their lost position. He had no idea when the application was made for a new charter, He had RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E. L n. g. 6 13., E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Parr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull a Selby Do. Shares . Do. + Shares l'aon.&Greenw Do. Preference, Lou. Tit., &S. l Do. Bark. Sh., Mancli.Bston. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prost. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do. Wilts(kßrinarst 1. &N. W. Lleclon... Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. IDo., Gt.Westn. & N.M Do Do li. Eastern ,Do Peto &Co ,Do &N. W . .• Madld. 100 1 54 Count.. Do all all 'lOO all t.Northn l . Brassey M. MClean Stk.diDar ,Do all all all 100 100 100 100 'Gt. Westn. i Blyth and Tyne 10 p, c.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 430. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i P. c Ches. dr Ho. 54 P.C Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Ba.ndonsip.c Dun.Perth.kAber.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. 5/. 10 per cent. , Do. 104 Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash .6 p. cts E.drlY. York. J. sth= Edin. di Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth. &Dun. 4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. dr 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. I • Gt.N ofSeot.lst Pre S d< W. (Ireland) !Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W:(B.dtH.Ex.spc IDo. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4p. c. Do, irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c, red, pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. De. Chester Bp. c. PS. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... Do. Birm. Gua, Stk. Do, Chesh, Gua. Sh, 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. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4, Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. a Sh. Londy. &Ennis. a Sh. NI., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. X 6 Do. do. 3.i per cont. Marypt. Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 is. c. St. Do. Co - a. 8r.8ir.6 p.c. Do. eA c. Pref. St. Do. L. Ca'. Prof. St_ New., Aber., &c., pr. p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. 43: , . Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 134 j Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.B. Beres. 4 Do, do. do 'Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1843 Do. York 114 S. Pur North Staffordshire Os., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar Do. tip. c. 2d guar Do. do. D cotcerit e tr. N be c o wi)l S .e t f Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St WI Devon Do. fixed 4. pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4j pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar tock. &Dar., 5 p. c ,Do. do. do. iWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc 121 - 4 - 66 - 137 - 02 - 93 - 118 103 71 101 LOO - 100 - ••• "...". ••• ..... ••• ..... 28 - ••• ..... 00. -"' 98 - 100 100 - 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - 4t Ido -- iii 121 -13 i 24 -- 25 97 -100 ••• - ••• 98 - 10)t i - iP 56 - 58 438 - 140 8 - 10,21 33 - 34 91 - 93 rit .F ERENCE SHARES. • • • .'"" • • • 90 - 95 16i 6 - 64 [OB -112 .10 - 114 [l5 - 120 .15 - 120 [3O - 135 ••• ---- ••• 74 - 76 19 --1 I 113 - 115 105 - 107 64 66 10a 11 5i -- 92 -- 94 86 -- 88 87 -- 89 99 -- 101 10i -16 i 16 -- 17 10 -- 101 74 -- 76 19 -- 20 s-- 10 14' - 15 138 - 140 .. - ... .60 - 105 i • "". • • • 100 121 f 25ii 102 102 :9Th 76 51 93 21 81 8 611 3} 49 32. 3 27i 8t 107 93 2 60j 91. 51 108 7i [lOO, 101 1001 14 87i 8 7 93i i 100, 71 974 k 82 i 3 36i 74 I 1011 121 25 20 St. St. St. 25 10 1.0.6 ;100 BRITISH MINES. •• 2112tAlfred Cons. (Philk.) 12 20 14 British Iron . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 10 1 Des% Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 1 460 480 .. 273 East Basset (Illogan)100 105 17s Great South Tolgus l6 17 17/5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 41 —5/ ... 7i rt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 11 --11 ... 17s Lady Bertha - 1t 11 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 10 11 ••• N.W.Basset (Mogan) 16 17 ••• • 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 43 t 3 ' 13 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 203 213 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 5 6 ... Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 13 1i 23 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 360 370 ••• 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 51 51 19 S. W. Frances(lllogn. ) 240 260 5 43 nun. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 I 10 9 Tin Croft 43 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwcnnapi ... 12s ' V. of Towoy (Camar.y 1. ... 13 W. Basset (Illogan) 26 27 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 105 115 53 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 230 250 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 320 350 ... 53 Wh. Edward(Calstek) 73 8 ... 117 s Vh. Kitty (U. Llaut) 133 143 8 Wh.Ma•Ann(Menht.) 47 49 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 21 23 FOREIGN KINKS. 20 74 'Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) - 8 P 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at XS pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes (St Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 14 131 1 3 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica — ...c1 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 42 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. id 3 p 2 all Fortuna 20 all General - 174 3 all Linares - 91 5 11 Lnsitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all 'New Granada 1 all Novcau Monde •• 20 all Pont. Sit. LdM. ei Sml 5 6 5 1 Port Philip 30 16i Santiago do C u b a all United Mexican 4 41 MISCELLANEOUS. )00 900 Atlantic Tel, (Lim. 35 19 Australian Agricult. 10 all Australn. Royal Mail LO all ;Berlin Water Works LO 2 Do. New iss. at 51. d 50 40 (Brit. American Land )0 324 Canada 100 Do.Go.6pe.Jan&J u ly A. all 'Copper Min. of Eng. d 5 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 5 all Crystal Palace 5 all 'Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France !O all Eastern it.lloo 1 all 5 all 10 lOs. 9 all ;0 all .5 14 ;0 5 4 ail Xi 10 LO all LO all LO all 5 10 6 10 all 5 all 5 3 )0 80 100 1 all Kl all 1 all 1 108. 5 , all }Electric Telegraph ... 'Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust. Cop. SmCo Eur. Ind.Jctn. Tel. ,Eur. Am. Stm.(lim, ) Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ;Gen. Steam Navigat. !London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. , Do. Extension Toleg. Mexican& S.Americn 'Nat. Discount C 0.... INetherlands Land.... ,Do. Do. ••• --- ... 26 - 27 1k - 2k 4 - 5 Do.B p.e.PLiss.at 1 cl. Do. Do. INew K, &N. S. Land , N.S.W. Gov.s N. B. Australasian.— Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 'Oriental Gas .. Do New Shares Peelltr, Ld. dg Minrl 30 -- 40 143 -- 155 1131 -114 i 27 -- 32' 25 -- 27 - 1i 4/ -- gi ••• - ... 4i - 5i 102 -- 105 ••• -- ." 1Q - ii ••• 41 - 4i ••• 1 1 11.4 3,4 -- 3i ••• - .. 8 - 9. 11 - J 4 6 - 3 1 21 3i ' 1t d 17 20 95i 964 1 1 -- 11 P ip 2 2 784 -- 791 7 -- 8 p 22 -- 24 631 -- 641 1 4 -- 1 0 107 --1109 38 -- 40 i -- 1 i -- 1 50 all 5 0 10 50 all k 60 1 all it. 100 5 811 1 all 1 all 0 5 .0( 284, Peninsular 4 Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iroa Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.e.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered True. Ln.Ca. Up. Can VanDtemeia's Land ••• ...... ••• 10 ... 12 88 1001 100 1371 8i 150 114 131 96 i 107 i 1858 LAW INTELLYIENOZ—(This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Citnulispioner Holroyd.) IN lIE C. MOSLEY AND J. M. MOSLEM These bankrupts were described as of Catherine-street, Strand, new F-agents, and to-day was appointed for their last examinatiln, The accounts put in by Mr. Hoyle, for Messrs. Hart Brothers, commerices Jan., 1856, and ends Oct., 1857, and shows a capital to the credit of Marlow Mefley of 1,863/. The debts amount to 6,383/. 154. 9d. ; liabili ties, 3,2251. ; profits, 4771. Creditor : By good debts, 1,0701. ; doubtful, 247/. ; cash in the Union Bank to meet bill; discounted, 4071. ; trade expenses, 3,2271 Partners' drawings —Chas. Mosley, 180/. ; J. M. Mos ley, 4501. L)ssec, 2,706/. 155., which, with the exception of about 1241. bad debts, arises on the depreciation in the goodwill, lease, and fixtures by sale under the bankruptcy. The accounts are very complicated, as the books were very irregularly kept. An adjournment wasapplied for; but the bankrupts ultimately passed. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE GOTCH AND GOTCH-THE KETTERING BANK. These bankrupts were described as of Kettering and Elsewhere, bankers, &e., and to-day was appointed for their last examination, but no accounts having yet been filed, a further adjournment took place by consent. IN RE LE ANGELA. This was a meeting for proof of debts under the estate of this bankrupt, who had carried on business as a poulterer, in Compton-street,. Brunswick-sqaare. From the avounts, by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, it ap• pears that the debts amounted to 1,3001., and the assets sufficient to pay 20a. in the pound, if a debt due to the estate of 1,0911. is paid, but it is considered very doubtful. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) PLATE ROBBERY. Twe women, named Smith and Elliot , were indicted for stealing a quantity of h il rer plate,-the property of a gentleman named Clanchy. Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cooper defended the prisoner Elliot. The learned counsel having stated the case to the jury, called Police -constable Wreford, 94 (City), who said—l was on duty near Cutler-street, on the evening of the 9th of February, and shortly before nine o'clock I there saw the prisoner Elliot ; and from information I received I pursued and took her into custody. She was in com pany with Elliot. Baker, City policeman 635, said—Oa the 9th of Feb. I saw the prisoners, in company with a man, came out of a court in Cutler-street. On Smith seeing me she ran into the Clothes Exchange. I pursued her, and took her into custody, and in her possession I found the bundle of plate (produced). I asked her where she bad got the property, and she said she had picked it up in a street the name of which she could not tell. Mrs. Bawyer, the female searcher at the Bishopsgate street station-house, said On the person of Smith I found a silver mustard spoon, the property of the pro secutor. Nothing was found on Elliot. Emily Salmon said—l am cook in the service of Mr. Clanchy, of Campden-hill-road, Kensington. On the 9th February, about 8 o'clock in the morning, I disco vered that my master's house had been entered during the night and robbed. The first thing I noticed was the table cover, which had been removed, and the area door was wide open. I immediately went to the cupboard, to look if the plate was safe, but found it had all been taken away. I have known the prisoner Smith for about six weeks. Previous to the robbery she used to wash my dresses. The plate wad safe at 10 o'clock in the evening previous to the robbery. A pawnbroker identified Smith as the person who pawned some of the property. Mr. Claneby identified the plate as his property. Mr. Cooper addressed the jury for Elliot, aad con tended that there was no evidence against her. She had unfortunately met the other prisoner when she had the property in her possession, but that was a'l. Smith, who was undefended, said she found the plate lying in the road. She picked it up and afterwards met Elliot. After a short conversation it was resolved to pawn it, but ultimately she thought it best to keep the property to see if a reward was of Bred fur it. A 6 they were in the neighbourhood of the Clothes Exchange two men pushed against them and made the plate iu the bundle rattle, and because they refused to sell them the property they gave information to the police, and they were immediately afterwards taken into custody. The Recorder having summed up, The jury found the piisoner Smith guilty, and ac quitted 'Elliot. The Recorder sentenced Smith to 18 months' im prisonment, with hard labour. NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed tho slightest interest. LLOYD'S SHlPPlNG.—;'finis Day.) LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this day at noon, E.; strong breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind E.S. E.—Arrived— Christiana, from Forrevechia for Christiana; H.M.S. Renown, Sheerness ; H.M.S. Racoon, ditto. NEWPORT, Feb. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Calcutta, from Liverpool for Jamaica ; Nelson, from Shields for Callao. Sailed—Rolf, for Malaga. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Tablet, from Bahia. SWANSEA, Feb. 22.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—Buena Moza, from Bilboa. Sailed—Day spring, for Singapore. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 22.--Wind E. to S.E.--Arrived— Florence, from Para ; Louise Campania, St. Michael's— both for Liverpool. CARDIFF, Feb. 21.—Wind E.—Sailed—St. Joseph, for Gibraltar : Hawk, Bordeaux and Quebeo ; Landwelir den, Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, Feb. 21.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed----Carrickter gug' for Cape of Good H o p e; Chi e ft a i n, Li ma ; Eli za b e th Walker, Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 21.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Ar rived—Erminia, from Cardiff for Venice, leaky - . Sailed — Star of the East, for Newfoundland. JERSEY, Feb. 21.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Jane, for Perna m buco. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Moruing. Wind E., fresh Arrived—Anna Maria, from Jersey ; Llewellyn, from Odessa ; Havie, s., from Havre ; Express and Wonder, steamers, Jersey. Sailed:--Wonder, s., for Jersey ; Alliance, s., Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Feb. 22 —Touza and Co., from St. lifichaere ; Trois Scours, from Nantes. Sailed, Feb. 22 —Jane Pringle, for Naples ; Balbec, 5..5., Havre ; Adam Carr, Africa ; James Fester, Jun., for New York. (BY SUBJIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning; Wind. E. ; tide, first hour's ebb ; fresh, with snow. Arrived—Countess of Lonsdale, steamer, from Ham burg ; Queen of the Isles, Guernsey. Sailed --Wolfe, for Gottenberg ; Lord Hackle, Table Bay, DEAL, Tuesday morning. Wind S.E. by E., fresh. No arrivals. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEIIM.—During the week end ing Feb. 20 the visitors have been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesd a y, an d S a t ur d a y (f re e days), 3,896 ; on Monday and Tuesday (free evenings), 4,137 ; on the three students' days (admission to the public, 6d.), 819; one students' evening (Wednesday), 132; total, 8,984. DIFFICULTT.—What is Difficulty I Only a word indi cating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular objects ; a mere notice of the necessity for exertion ; a bugbear to children and fools; only a mere stimulus to men.— Warren. --- ROYAL Fars liosriraL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD. - The Earl of Powir has consented to preside at the annual festival on behalf of this very excellent charity, w h ic h will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern early i n Jane. We trust to see a list of stewards worthy the good effected and the universal philanthropy exhibited, b o th in the plan of the Royal Free Hospital and the method in which it is carried out. SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday.—lntelligence was received here this morning of the American ship Willa n Singer, 1,200 tons, laden with guano, being on shore at Brook, at the back of the Isle of Wight. Nu further particulars are known here. Three steamers have been despatched to her assistance from Southampton and Portsmouth. AUSTRALIAN FLOWERS.—The native rose has the colour but no other resemblance to the European queen of fi)werf , . It is one of the few field-floa era possessing any odour. Wafted on the passing gale, it commends itself pleasantly to the senses ; but, strange enough, on a closer acquaintance, there mingles with the rich perfume an undoubted smell of fox ! a scent which, however productive of rapture in "the field," is hardly adapted to the boudoir. In the low lands of the Botany scrub I noticed a crimson and orange flower, like the foxglove in form, very handsome, but so hard and horny in texture, that the blossoms actually ring, with a clear metalli'e sound as the breeze shakes them. It might be the fairies' dinner-bell, calling them to cl!vf , and ambrosia I B u t, a l as ! th ere are no .•` good people " in Australia !no one ever heard of a gho st , bog ! $ r a fetch here,—Mundy's "Our itntliodes. ' NAVAL AND ZIIILIT 4 RY INTELLIGEXCE. .the Shanno r , 51, screw frigate arrived at trapli or f g Point de Galle, Ceylon, on the 4+l2 ' of January, ront Calcutta, t o em b ark the 80th Re im3iat f i r n •o t m he t A he in C er a i pz, n a sporttion o G f a u m ' l e n e c h c h it a , a a ri r a v - n e o d . ther division i n the Etcrlish transport R.bert Knox ; thoe in th e G Ame Cock were shifted into the Australian steam transport, and proceeded on the sth to Calcutta. The Australian also took in tow the Himalaya, 6, iron screw troop frigate, Commander H. Haswell, having 250 horses ou board, from the Cape, having broken her interme• diate shaft, but able to use her after engine. The other divili(..n of the 80th, together with detach na-nts of the 6th and 13th Regiment; were trans ' (erred to the. Sydney steam transport, and left on the 10th inst. for Calcutta. The remainder of the 80th Regiment, comprising 6 officers, 197 men, 12 wom?n, and 22 children, arrived in the Euphrates on Saturday, the 16th January, and embarked on board her Majesty's ship Shannon, which wa s awaiting the arrival of the ternainder of the 6th Regiment, shortly expected. Megtera ' 6, iron sc rew t roo p s hip, C o mmand er , George T. M. Purvis, sailed from Point de G. 11.3 for Calcutta on the 24th January. APPOINTMENTS. LinitenAnts.—Heury T. Boger (1854), to the Nile, screw, at Devonport ; John Ward (1849), John R. D. Cooper (1856), and Thoma s M. M. Wynyard (1883) to the Pembroke, 60, screw, coast guard vessel at Leith ; Stapleton J. Greville (1847), to the Victory, 101, flagship at Portsmouth. Paymasters.—Alfred Whitehorse (1850), to the Euryalus, 51, screw frigate at Davonport ; Albert Lew (1855), to the Wellington, 72, coast-guard vessel at Greenock ; Bernard T. Colley (1855), to the Exmouth, 90, screw, at Devonpott. Paymaster's Assistants.—Fre2erick 0. L. Patob. (1857), to the Euryalus. Second Master.—Charles W. Stevenson (1853), to the Marlborough, 131, straw, at Port srm iuth. . , Clerk.—Charles E. Tames, to the Euryalus. Midshipman.—C. H. Edon ' to tue Euryalue. The Chesapeake, 51, screw, Commodore Rundle B. Watson, C. 8., sailed from Point de GAlle on the 26th of January, for Trincomalee and Calcutta. Ship at Calcutta, Jan. 10.—Pylades, 21, screw ; Pearl, 21, screw ; Pe!orus, 21, screw ; Roefracir, 6, screw ; Assurance, 4, screw. The Hon. Com pany's s'eauiers Pluto, Dalhousie, and Fire Queen. Contrac., steam vessels Bengal, Ave, and Ben tiuck. Arrogant, 47, screw, commenced roasting under the steam basin sheers, yesterday morning, at the Portsmouth Dockyard. Ouracoa, 31, screw, Captain T. 11. Mason, has made several trials with Clifford's patent boat lowering gear, and in comin g i n f rom S p ith ea d to Portsmouth Harbour, the ship being under 8 knots, the quarter boats we re or d ere d to . lowered with an officer and crew, and the experiment satitfied. Captain Mason that the principle is invaluable. The ship's way was not stopped for a moment, and the quarter boats pulled into harbour afterwards. Renown, 91, screw, Captain Arthur Forbes, arrived at Spiihead on Sunday evening, from Sheerness. She is without doubt the handsomest and most powerful 90-gun ship afloat. The following steam-vessels are at Devonport : In the sound—Wellington. In Harbour—lm- pregnable, Royal William, Exmouth, Cambridge, Implacable, Hogue, Lapwing, Euryalus, Ajax ; Sylph and Nautilus, tenders. Mr. Williams, master commanding of the Ban shee, Admiralty steam-vessel, yesterday received from the British Consul at Antwerp a valuable diamond rind as a present from hi s R o y a l Hi g h. 'less Prince Frederick William of Prussia. THE INCOME TAX. Last evening a public meeting (at the instance of the Property and Income Tax Association) wait held at the Loudon Tavern, for the purpose of con sidering the best means of obtaining a more equi table adjustment of the taxes on trades and pr:.- ft scions. Mr. Alderman Wire was in the chair. In commencing the business of the meeting tl 0 CHAIRMAN observed that the inconvenience of the income tax was its inequality and the iniquitous mode of its levy. lie counselled agitation until Loth these evils were removed by some very mate rial alteration in the management of this tax, or even until its abolition. He was quite aware that i taxes must be levied, and must he borne, for the purpose of carrying on the great business of the c - Amtry, but what he and those associated with him wished was that all taxes, and especially the income tax, should be more equally and more justly laid. The chairman proceeded to argue the matter of the inequality and injustice of the tax, especially as it affected the various classes of society who were compulsorily brought under its influence —more particularly those who had to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. The inquisito r al nature of the tax was warmly dwelt upon by the speaker, who denounced the prying into the papers of business people in order to enable the inquisitors to arrive at the conclusions necessary to required ends. The question of false returns being nude, which could not but tend to keep up a system of false credit, also came in for a large share of the speaker's condemnation. His finel remarks were to the (ffect that whatever Govern ment might come into office, this one thing was certain, that the right men must be found for the right places, and that their duty must be taught, and would be found in the doctrine of retrench• moot in the expenditure of the public exchequer. Mr. ELT (Islington) moved a resolution—" That the present mode of charging one uniform late on all classes of income without reference to the source whence those incomes are derived—whether per manent or precarious —is manifestly unjust, and tends to create a general and systematic evasion, and bas been submitted to for the last 16 years under the repeated pea that the tax was only re quired for temporary purposes ; and that this meet ing is of opinion that in any future alteration in the existing law, the charge on incomes derived from trades and professions (schedules D and E) should not exceed one-half the charge on funded and realised property." Mr. J. HIoHAM (one of the honorary secretaries) seconded the resolution. Mr. GANNON, who stated that be was, and bad been, a tradesman of 32 years in the neighbour hood of the Strand, deemed himself entitled to hearing. He moved an amendment to the effect that all porous whose incomes did not amount to 1501. a-year should be altogether excluded from the operation of tho income-tax. The amendment was lost, 20 bands only being held up for it in a large meeting, and the resolution cartied. M i n gp r e . t R i a l o e : A h n e D a s d o o N p t t e h d e n ( w m h i o e l - l ed wa t s ha s t ee t n h e e d e f d oll a o n w a . I carried) :—" That, whereas, by the laws now in force relative t o th e income tax, it is provided that the said tax i-hall be reduced t o sd. in the pound on and after the sth day of April next, and expire on the sth day of Apfil, 1860 ; and that in rise opinion of your petitioners the present .mode of charging one uniform rate on all classes ofincome, without reference to the source whence those in comes are derived, whether permanent or .precari ous, is manifestly unjust, and tends to create a general and systematic evasion el . nawa : t o md u ue r ne pe tpt t rh i oa ti vt o i n sti e oh r ns a therefore humbly pray that should your honour able home feel it desirable to incre p ase a t n h d e amou nt E o f th e exceedunder one-half a c ts .nay C eti r h ts a o r un g n e ob und er a tew h inp l i e naaydafebo rlaci ne theunder shall lid, yae lrpl futurer schedulese s , e o l t a o y f a t b h l a e nk on s toprtohpeercthyairman accompanied b ßa y n:A t a b ni r vdn e o e tteCr c . h " eers, concluded the business of the even lug. MARKET NEWB.--(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SurniFlELD.—Moadow hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 15s; cloven 31 103 to 41 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 81 per load. A moderate supply, and "a heavy demand. CtuiBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 3' 15s; clover. Trade 11 4a to 11 83 per load. 31 103 to 4 1 188; and straw, WHITECIZA.PEL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 3! 153; elm', 31. 103 to 41 15s • and straw. 1/ 3 3 to 11 8 3 p er l oad A slow inqui r y, aelate rates. Supply tolerably good. COLONIAL. SUGAR—There has been a steady market for most de• scriptions, and, for the better qualities, full rates are cur. rent. In the refined market a rather active business has been done, and for the finer descripitions fully late quota. tions are realised. TEA—The market has been firm bat Rot active. Com• mon Congous are quoted 13d per lb. COFFEE---Thero is very little business doing, as lams quantities are announced for public sale to-morrow. Good qualities of Plantation Ceylon were at a alight advance. Rum.—There have been but few inquiries, and sales Pr* limited. Very little altenttion can be reported in pricer. ALTPETRE. A molerate business bas been transacted, but prices have in most instances slightly recedo4.- and TALLOW.—There is scarcely any business d quotations are rather flat. y. c. on the spo t, 53s ; March, Us 6d to Us 9d ; April and Ine, s2s 6d ; and last three months, 51. 6d per ow*. in having ma d e to sit as a morn . L ew ia applied to the Central Criminal Court to postpone t he Some questions b Yest. Hay, Mr. 1"7 11 : trial of Mr . Edward b A er uc o h i m eh ti ft for oh Commons. s m qualification one. s misdemeanour, om b ee n put, it was arranged avail o n th that the ca se should 1 1 false decletarrHaGtoilouon sveearos theJudges' list on the W be p ace session. Wednesda y of the Apra 4 110 a 16i 51 i 84i 21i 203 123 i