The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

)AY. tively igh, in pea ollum, The of the anded A . COL L'S as a resig of ill - ankei Tour of eciallp was et the , s still t plea ras not went to th e nt had aestios Mary: uld 1341 eeting , on the hat 118 in the, L i on 01 wou ld a ppOrt alific; age ~( 1 wow!' intellv son il l deell y orb' to vas n°" i ffra;e . peake l of the hands' resole. ' solne 2 1 10NRY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, dur ing the last few days, have been very quiet ; most of the principal staples however have been at steady rates. Tea continues at full rates, and common congou has improved id. per lb. ,Sugar has met with a very limited inquiry, and only the superior qualities have been inquired for. The Refined Mar ket, however, continues firm. Rice has shown a slight improvement, and saltpetre remains at steady rates. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool will commence on the 24th inst., and prices are expected to advance about ld. to I id. per lb. on the rates realized at the "close of the last series. Tallow has been inactive, and prices are depressed, P. Y. C. on the spot being quoted 535. ; March delivery 628 . 9d. ; and last three months 525. 6d. per cwt. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices of all descriptions advanced k per lb. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales. In Railway Shares business was rather depressed, and quotations exhibited a downward tendency. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the 12 months ending the 31st December, 18 68, have 'at length been published. From these it appears that the total declared value of exports from the United Kingdom for the year was £ 116 ,614,331, against £122,066,107 in the pre vious year of 1857, showing a decline of X 5,451,776. The decrease is mostly perceptible la coals and culm, earthenware and porce lain, haberdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen manufactures, metals, salt, silk Manufactures, thrown silk, British spirits, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manu factures. The importations of the principal articles were l arger as regards live animals, cocoa, coffee, wheat, barley, Indian corn, flour, raw cotton, fruits, hemp, rice, spirits, rum, sugar, tea, and tobacco. There was a diminution as com pared with those of the previous year ill brim s t one provision s , , dyeing stuffs, flax, hides, mahogany, raw silk, tallow, wine, axd sheep and lambs' wool. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase on the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdmii for the twelvemonths, viz., of 83,953 tons for the entries inwards, but there is a decrease of 403,694 tons on the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the year there was a diminution of 115,346 tons employed for the entries, and of 238,311 tons for the clearances, compared With those of the previous year 1857. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Madras Railway Company to-day, a favourable report was presented, showing an increase in the revenue of the last half-year's traffic, which, however, had been prejudiced by various local in cidents. The gross revenue of the half- Year Was £21,7' 3 0. The trains now continued to run over 96 miles of the line, between Madras and Gorristown, with much regularity. It ap peared from the balance-sheet that the total sum hitherto expended and appropriated to the works Was £2,425,480 Os. 4d. Some discussion occurred on the subject of the traffic, and other points, after Which the report was adopted. There is no change to notice in the Discount Market. The supply continues abundant, and the demand limited. The English Stock Market has been heavier to.d ay, a decline of about per cent. being reported. This movement is attribut able to a few speculative sales in the absence of purchases for investment to counteract their in fluence. Consols have receded to 951 Z-, for money And account. Bank Stock is steady at 2271 and 229 . The New 3 per Cents. are 951 and 961, and the Reduced, 96}; India Loan Debentures are marked 98.1, ; and Exchequer Bills, 355. to 395. prem. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and • Co., give the following !Ls the prices of the American Securities Redeemable. Prices. Unit States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 " 0 . 6 per Cent Bonds Alabam a 5 per Cent. Bonds — 78 80 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 90 92 M aryland M 5 per Ct. St r . Bonds 95 97 assachusett s 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds . — 103 104 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania i per Ct. Stock lBB6 96 98 82 84 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 ITennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 84 86 i vginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .:,irginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 84 86 -ucston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds b 0 92 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. _ (Preelands) -.1.-0.. shares, 60 dols. paid s t ic . h d i o g . a s n h C ar e e n s tr . al 8 per Cent 1869 4 8 5 5 50 97 New York Central 6 per Ct , _tot convertible . New York Central 7 per Ct , convertibl e , from June 15, 1857_59 1864 93 95 Do. do. shares 76 78 New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , dmortg age New Yoreand Erie — 1883 70 72 7 per Ct., convertible 1862 38 42 New York and Erie, 7 per ii), ...:_.i n d k o i . ng fundshares Ct., 1875 38 42 13 15 'lama 7 per Ct., Ist mort- I, a ch e Set Bonds, not cony 18.59 100 102 Lio. ao.. d o . In Foreign Securities business is rather restricted, and prices remain without material alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90 to 90J7 ditto New Lo an, 80 to 802 ; ditto, 2d issue, 6 to 51 dis. ; and ditto 4 per Cents. are firm at 103 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are - steady at 102, ; ditto 4 per Cents. at 9 : 1 1 ii Russian 41 per Cents. at 99 / , Sardinian at 61 , and Peruvian Uribarren at 831. The New Austrian Loan is 2 to 7,- dis. ; and the Chilian, 3 to 2 dis. A further slight decline has taken place in the Railway Share Market and most of the principal lines must be quoted about y to 1 per cent. lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, Norfolk and North Stafford have declined ss. ; North-Western, and North British, 10g. ; and Eastern Counties, £l. Chester and Holyhead, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South• Eastern have improved ss. ; and Caledo nian,los. In the Foreign Market Lombardo-Venetian shares are rather flatter, being dealt in at 81 for the old, and 81 81 for the new shares. The colonial undertakings have been at steady rates. Great Indian Peninsula have improved 10s., and East Indian 55., Grand Trunk and Great Western of Canada brought former values. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very inactive. London and County declined to 28 ; London *Joint-Stock were 311; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 851 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 631. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 6 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 p er C en t. Annuities 96 1 al 6 India Stock Ditto Debenture% 981 l Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 CouEols for Account 951 1 March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 1 36 5 9 Brazilian 5 FOREIGN Cent Ditto PRICES. 102 1 E Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 4 9, 3 / 4 1 j quador New Consolidated 1 eruvian 41 per Cent — _ Ditto (Uribarren), 4/ per Cent. Itussian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3' per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Turkie.h 6 per Cent Ditto Accollilt Ditto New Loan .Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TIIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 95 Consols fur Account OLD BUILDINGS IN THU INNER TEMPLE.—It will be in the recollection of our readers that last year some old houses in Inner Temple-lane were condemned to be pulled down, one of which was famed for Lein .. occupied by the celebrated Dr. Johnson. The row of houses newly built on th e same site, consequently, has been named Dr. Johnson' s -b u il d i ngs. There is, however, another block of old houses now condemned which are said to be upwards of a 200 years o ld . Thqr form what i s called Crown Office-row, Th mes. ooking southwards over tho Temple-gardens, across the tenants for s time or three of the houses have been shored up having now some time past being considered dangerous ; and the and all 'left, a hoardino . is being put up, the destruction of the houses will be commenced forth with. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. i Closing Business Price. Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Junction 10 65 81 6 4 50 ilelfast and Ballymena., all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Btr. Val. all 8 9 Stork Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 66 68 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 33 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian ' lOO 851 851 86 . 5 .4 1 Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 4 1 5 1 10 Do. A A roves. no div i all 10 Do. B un til 6 p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß all 50 Dublin andßelfastJunc all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 9. 10 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 164 Stock Eastern Counties lOO CO 615 (03 1 4 i 60 1 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 30 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 9 7 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 715 725 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 28 1 29i 295 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn KO 95 97 94 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 105 Stock Great Northern lOO 1045 105 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 137 138 1375 8 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1045 1055 1045 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 57 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 84 88 16} Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 125 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 1 pa' i 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 5d 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 Id 3 Do. West Riding Union I 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and 11l ackwall all 6 1 6 1 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 45 . , AA , Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 ' O9 1 9 2 ,i Q ''''',,g Stock London & North Westn 100 9 5 4 ''-'. —II 125 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 92 1 92 1 92 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 37 4 38 4, 10 Metropolitan 3 -- a Stock Midland lOO 1015 1013 1015 211 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 76 78 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland! all 25 Do. 5 Shares all 100 Neutastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 12 124 121 10 Newry & Armagh (def.' 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 64 66 64 1 50 North. Counties Union 35 3 1 2 d Stock North British lOO 59 . CO 60 1 4 59 4 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.basbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO „„„ Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 93 4 14 "I 4 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 481 Stock Do. York lOO 78 4 / 9 78 1 Stock North London lOO 101 103 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 ls. 20 North Staffordshire 174 141 a 121 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 29 31 I 10 Peebles all *— 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO I 14 116 Stock Scottish Central lOO 1 Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 2 75 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 8 7 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 Sitting.bourne & Sheer all 4 3 d Stock South Devon lOO 37 38 371 8 Stock South-Eastern lOO 74 145 741 51 74 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 134 145 131 20 Do. do ' 18 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 37 25 Do. do. 1854 224 -- 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - Stockton & Hartlepool 163 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 77 80 79 84 74 Stock Waterford &.Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all a a 5 Do. B all 20 West London all 10 Do. Ist Class all -- 20 Do. 2d Class all (Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian J4nction Late Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France 4 1 . 51 / I r 3 2/. 6 26 261 Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. firer cent Paris, Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans 61 6I I IPI 8 8 19} 201 36t 37 Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) ... Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati .... 81 94 P 4 2 fi :124 334 52 53 I d Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 51per cent. Pref.; . Southern of France West Fliuiders Do. si p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 61 7. ok v; 10 26 5 5; 9i9. 23 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. Paid. p aid. 1 Closing J Business Closing Business Share Mines. Share) Railways. Price. Done. _ _ Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per • c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 8 1 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 94 96 95 20 Dritish Iron 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - Con durrow (Camborne). 20 - - took Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - • - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 125 205 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 125 127 - Great South Tolgus.... 175 12 33 Stock Do. do. sp. ct lOO 116 118 - G.WhealAlfd.(Phil:ack) 11.18.8 21 31 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c all - -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 1 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 6 61 - Lady Bertha 1 Stock E.Ang - n. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 10.3 - Nortlt Frances (Illogan) ' B l 6 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 po, _ , 100 113 118 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 21 31 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc . „ 100 108 112 -- N.Wh'l Basset ( Illogan ) nil. 61 7/ Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. N o.l 100 115 117 -- Par Consols (St. Waxy) 11 16 17 Stock Do. do '1N0.2 100 114 116 - Porkellia Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 132 134 - Sortridge Consnlin.Co. Os i 4 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per at. 100 81 83 - SoutliCaradon (St. Cleer) 21 44 0 460 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - - • Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 21 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 220 230 stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Edin. Perth,& on. 4 pe. 100 75 76 Mining Co 4l 11 11 Stock Furness, 5 per. cent .... 100 - - 10 Tin Croft 9 3 Stock Gins. &S West. g a. 5 et .pe 100 113 115 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Stock Great Northern, sp. , 100 120 122 - Vale of Towey (Carat.) 12a 6d 1 1 Stock Do. spc Redm.,lp.c.pm 100 111 113 - West Basset allogan) ll 20 22 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 65 70 100 Do.sp.e. II edm.,s C. pm 6O 64 66 66 - Wheal Basset allogan). 54 215 225 1 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf all 11 111 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Stock GtSn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 400 _ Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 51 21 21 p. ct. pref. Stock - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 50 Lent West. .Berns and 6 .-- - - Wh'l Mar Ann (Menhe) 8 47 49 Hants) Ext 5 p.ct.. - - Wlt'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 30 32 Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p a 100 93 95 94 31 St ock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 1 0 0 85 27 FOREIGN MINES Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 86 88 87 Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref lOO 99 101 20 Australian 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 10 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs par t p 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 shares all 161 171 20_ Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10/ 111 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 101 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min- Stock Do Firming. .•tiar. stock 100 73 74 • 261 1)o. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 -- d 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. - Copin) l6 10 12 Stock Lan. &tork 6 p.c. stock 1 0 0 140 142 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 2 Fortuna Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 20 General all 20 2 Stock Do. New gun., 6p. at... 100 - - 3 Linares all 8/ 91 Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 5 Lusitanian Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 Mariquita al eaton, sp. et. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 , / p 11 late 3d shares lOO 163 168 20 Pontgibaud Silver, I l ea(' 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 she all - - Mining and Smelt.... all 43 5 121 Londondy.& Ennis Ish all - - 81 5 Port Philip 1 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. at. 100 122 124 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 6 Do. £6 44 i 11 i 28.2.81 United Mexican all 21 3 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 l'aryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ( Do. 4 per cent ... - - 12 4 i Do. - - Share Securities. paid. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - Prices. Done. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et lOO 140 142 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 1031 1041 - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1131 1141 114 i 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 ip - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 111} 1121 Stock Do. Leic,& Hit.pref. st. 100 96 98 - Do. 0 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 115 116 ( Newport,Aber,&e.pref.s 1 all 91 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 10 1 p , c. redeem, at sp. c. pm) 10 10 - - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1014 1021 102 1 2 option till 1866 all 111 12 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares all 9 10 91 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 11111 1121 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB4o 1 00 - - - S.Aus.G t. 6 pc.Jan&July 100 1110 112 111 01 Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 1107 100 Stock Do. Way.Vhi.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 111 113 Stock Do. New, qua. 5 per cent 100 - - _ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dtdc.Co. 100 - - Closing I Business Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 99 i Price. Done. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 - -- 40 Australasia all 91 93 25 Po. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 1 d p 25 Bank of Egypt all 241 251 •25 20 North Staffordshire ... . all 23 231 100 Bank of London 5O - - Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lstg 100 121 123 40 Brit. Col. Bk. &LoanCo all - - Stock Do. do. do., 2d gun lOO 111 113 130 British North American all 56 58 Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 11d' 81 1 81 Scottish Central, new pr all - - 100 City 5O 61 63 Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 Colonial - - Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - -- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 1 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 - - 100 Commercial of London 2O - -_ Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 16 1 17 ' 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 11 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 1 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21 1 22 '22 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50 London and County - -- 28 Ann., 1.0.6.) all 241 25 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 314 Stock Do .4/ per cent lOO 103 10. 100 London & Westrniiister. 20 -- - Stock Do. F ixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 103 105 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - 20 Do. new lO - - Stock South Wales, p",ua. 4 p.c. 100 - 50 National Bank 25 - - Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales 20 S.-Yorksltire, 4 p.c. gun. all 161 171 25 Orient. Lk. Corporation all 39 40 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 201 25 i Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 33 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 65 67 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 10 Do. New all • - 6 per cent. - - 25 Do. New l7l - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Union of Australia all 52 54 53 ___ 25 Do. New 2O - --- 50 Union of London - - R ailw Paid . Co.'s. Price. Done. aye. Leasing Closing Business 100 Unity Mutual 55 - - 100 Western 11k of London 50 191 181 d Bedford and !Belchley! all Buckinghamshire lOO Clydesdale Junction lOO Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnsltire,g.Gp.c 100 E Union,HarwichSlis all Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.llarr.&Neils,Drct 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Closter& Dean Forest all Gt. West Ilartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Do.LondotS&l es all G 'a r r eenwich 100 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do & Matk. all LN W&M Midsh.& edcr, g.Gp.c. all Stk.& Dar' id.BradfordPrt. Stk. 100 Midland . Newmarkt.,BuryEx 5. 5.6. E.Counts. Nog; t n i f i r r a L t st tteed vast s ii p s . c. p .c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ... all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. 'T.& N W Preston and Wyre. all & 1, Yk 5 Do. Shares ......A. all Do. Boys Shep 100 t.North Slif.lloth.&G 01.g.5p.c. 18 11 G L an.& Yk Sh rews brv& Hereford all T Brassey South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all , Stk.& Dar Do. do all Do. Wilts and Somerset..; 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn.! all 'L.&Brgtn Ln (lc N.wl Ln& N.wi Caledonin IE.U.SzE C IGt.Nerth. lE.Counts. 11 1 111 90 92 8 9 StocktCommercitil.. .. _ Stock Do4pereent.Pref.Min Stook East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 100 !O Do Ncw 100 100 100 100 100 100 101 103 DOCKS. Docks. i Paid Closing 1 Business Price. Done. , relal lOO rCent.l'ref.Min lOO id West India lOO Sh are 98 100 104 106 17 19 142 144 4 44 111 113 65 674 115 120 90 92 1 2i 11 98 160 IP 58 60 1142 144 MISCELLAI4EOUS. 3theellanoous. Ang,lo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan. I slan d s Tcl.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Auvt. Cop.St.Co Europ. & lnd.Juuct.TeL Europ. & Am. S tm.(Lim.) G 1. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. London Discount Lon d.G en. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lisa.) National Disoount Co , Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.P ref.,iss. at 1 dis. N. & NovaSco ti a Land N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares • Peel River Land & Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. lthymney Iron Do. New Royal hail Steam Scot. Austrin.lny.(Lim 1 South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& 1.n.C0.0t Upr. Can Man Diemen's Land, paid. l Toeing Zusiness done Price. Ll 2 13 215 225 33 34 21 31 38 40 19 21 13 15 120 130 9 10 24 25 1! If 102 105 1 11 ltd lf 11 14 al 1 6 4 74 1 2 1 14 15 18 1 4 1 dig par 21 3 84 85i 12 138 d 26 IP 25 71 71 120 132} 35 38 1 9 11 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 185 g. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share! Railways. / Price. Done. Croiing Business _____ , 100 1 Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. all 78 80 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 9 4 -1d 131 gu. 5 per cent 18 Do. all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 1 d 18 Do. Do. II 44 1 f d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 20. Do. New 164 -- -- d 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godrieb 1 100 85 90 6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 84 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 4 1 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 I 4p 6 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 i 6 44 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 103 104 104 ii 4 i 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO I 4 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 20 Geelong& Mel.g - ua.s p. c. all 19 20 sf ,. s. j Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ ..... ir, i per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 1 00 2 9 31 30 29 i 30 4 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 70 72 704 1 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre( 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 100 1(1 1 1001 1 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 1d 3 4 4 20 Do. do 4 f d par 20 Gt• S' of Ind. Lim.—Scri i 1 0 [ guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 201 G LW. of Canada Shares all 154 10 205 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with i cpt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 101 106 100 Do. do. 'Y3 without opt all 102 104 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do ._ all 97 99 971 7 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 1 74 I st 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 10i 10,1- 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 184 191- 20 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 4 4 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 I Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 d Class ACapitl.Share .. Do. do. Land ,do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - --d Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad 2s. 20 i Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde 20 Do. 20 Do. New r; '2 lO 1 d f c r 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo t-L„-;'' 5 1 1 fd 44 A2O St. Andrews & Quebec lB 10 I Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 4 p Stock, FOREIGN. Share' Railways. I Paid. T o rrc i e n . g I Rusinneel.is Share' 1000 100 10 Stock Stock all all all 15s. all all 81; 1031 1 85 28i 8 01 i LAW INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) APPEALS.-ATTWOOD V. LLOYD-ATTWOOD V. LLOYD- LLOYD V. ATTWOOD. These appeal causes came on to be mentioned on adjust ing the minutes this morning _ _ _ Their lordships declared—Firstly, that the whole of the deeds granted by the plaintiffs for gratuities given to them should be wholly and entirely swept away. Lord Justice Knight Bruce said it was a most scandalous shame to take these deeds front the plaintiffs at the time they were solely and entirely in the power of the defendants. Secondly, their lordships remitted the whole causes to the Master of the Rolls, to take an account at chambers of all just and lawful charges, as mortgages or incumbrances, against the plaintiffs' freehold or copyhold estates, with the interest, costs, charges, and expenses in these suits, and the costs of these appeals. Thirdly, in the appeal suit of Lloyd v. Attwood, the costs paid to be refunded, without preju dice to any subsequent application for costs. These orders were made, in hoc statn, before final decree is pronounced. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7711S DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A BRUTAL HUSBAND.—Thomas Coles, a carpenter, was brought up by O' Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers of the court on, a warrant, charged with assaulting his wife, Martha Coles, a very respectable-looking female. The wife, who said she resided at 12, St Martin's-street, said that on the previous morning about 10, the prisoner, who had that morning come out of the House of Correction, where he had been for six weeks for assaulting her, came to where she was resi ling, and immediately upon entering the room, said, " You -, who authorised you to remove the goods ?" She told him that she had been obliged to do so, as her landlord had given her notice. He then said, " You -, where are the trousers I left at home." She told him they were in the box, and that there was a clean shirt ready for him and some dinner. He then sat on the side of the bed, and while she was in the act of rising from the hearth, which she had been cleaning, he gave her a back handed blow across the nose, from which she had suffered a very violent head-ache ever since. She did not so much mind the blow as the expressions he used towards her, which were very bad. Mr. Bingham asked the poor woman how many times he had similarly treated her ? The wife, who was in tears while giving her evidence, said this was the third time he had been at the court. The first time was in March, 1858, when he had three months ; on January 7th, this year, when he had six weeks; and once on a summons, when he was ordered to allow her Bs. per week, but never did so. On the previous day, to avoid his brutality, she locked herself in the water closet, and while coming to this court for the warrant, he sold the bed stead and spent the money in beer. Mr. Bingham, having animadverted in strong terms on the prisoner's brutality, committed him for a month, and hoped that in the meantime a separation might be effected by their friends. It was stated that the prisoner has carried on a systema ic course of brutality to his wife for a length of time. THAMES. A HARD CASE.—THE LAW OF AFFILIATION.--A young woman, of respectable appearance and address, named Charlotte Chamberlain, came before Mr. Yardley, and asked for a summons against Luke Williams, Parliamen tary agent, of No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, the alleged father of her illegitimate female child, born in the district of this court. The applicant was before the Court on Monday last, when a summons against Mr. Williams was made return able, and she then stated that she had been seduced by him, and that since the birth of the child he had owned the paternity, and given her halta-sovereign. He had also promised to pay all the expenses of her accouchement, and allow her 2s. 6d. a-week from the date of the summons. She produced a letter from the defendant relating to the arrangement for the support of the child, but unfortunately there was no corroborative proof, and the young woman could not identify the defendant's hand writ ing. The summons was consequently dismissed, and the magistrate said that he would grant another summons whenever any corroborative evidence could be produced. The young woman now said she had lost a good situation in New Bond-street, owing to her attendance in that court on Monday last, and that she could bring forward corro borative testimony. Mr. Yardley—lt is a very hard case upon you. I dare say you will find some legal gentleman to take up your case. I did say that I would grant another summons if you could obtain the corroborative evidence required by the Act of Parliament. The applicant—My mother waited upon Mr. Luke Williams on Wednesday, and ho gave her 305., made an apology for not attending to the summons on Monday, and said he would pay some more money at the end of the quarter. Mr. Yardley—And your mother will prove that ? The applicant—Yes, sir, and he also owned that he was :he father of my child. Mr. Yardley—Then take another summons; and called the attention of Toplin, the summoning officer, to the case, to take care that the necessary evidence was forthcom ing to confirm the young woman. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street-east, Stopney, said he would conduct the case for the young woman. MURDEROUS ASSAULT—CUTTING AND WOUNDING. — Thomas Long, a tall, dirty, and determined-looking man, carrying on the business of a marine store dealer, in Ship alley, IVellclose-square, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing a violent assault on James Nicholls, an oyster dealer, of No. 13, Ship-alley, and at tempting to murder him. The complainant said—l sell oysters in the street. The prisoner occupies a house, No. 9, opposite to me. He came to me drunk last night; and abused me, and demanded money, which I refused to give him, and he made use of dreadful throats, and said—" I will have your life." Ho then took a knife from his pocket and made a thrust at me with it, and if I had not stopped aside I should have been killed. As it was, in parrying the blow he cut my two fingers, and I lost a good deal of blood. Ho made other attempts to stab me, and but for the timely arrival of the police he would have murdered me. I saved his life five years ago, when ho attempted to cut his throat, and this is the gratitude he has shown me. I have behaved kind to him on all occasions. . The prisoner—lt is quite right, sir. What ho says is quite true. I was intoxicated. Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse, but an aggravation of your offence. The prisoner—He knocked me down. The prosecutor—He freviously abused me in Ratcliff highway, but I did not hurt him but pushed him away. Mr. Yardley—lt is a very shocking thing to draw a knife, it is most atrocious conduct, and the prosecutor has been severely injured. I fine the prisoner £5, and in de fault he will be imprisoned for two months. THIS LA FS MARKETS. CORN EXCIIANGE. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Coastwise, the arrivals of English wheat this week have amounted to only 1,790 quarters. Fresh up, to-day, by land carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of samples was very moderato. Good dry qualities sold at full prices; but other kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's cur rency. There was a large supply of foreign wheat on the stands The amount of business doing was limited. In prices, how ever, no change took place. Malting barley was scarce, and in request, at fully late rates, and the value of grinding and distilling sorts was supported. Malt realised full prices, but the demand was far from active. We had a fair demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full currencies. Flour, however, was a slow sale, at late rates Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,790 1,650 ; 2,410 ; 1,430 i 1,710 Irish Foreign .. 2,600 6,180 , 4,570 , 610 sks blb irr z r LONDON AND NO RA W.I MST:E.RN RAILITTA.Y. HALF-YEARLY MEETII.G.- (This DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of - the London and North-Western Railway Comp illy was held to-day, at Euston Station. The CHAIRMAN stated that the receipts front passengers, parcels, mails, &c., for the past half-year amounted to £814,665 against £910,258 for the corresponding half of 18.57, showing a decrease of £91,593. The receipts for merchandise, &c., in the past half-year amounted to £767,197 against £771,802, showi. ig a decrease of £4,605. The total receipts for the pa st half-year amounted to £1,581,862 against £1,682,060 in the corresponding half of 1857, showing a decrease of £100,196. The working expenses for the past half-year amounted to £657,092 against £669,363 in the same half of 1857, show ing a decrease of £12,271. The directors recommended the payment of a dividend for the past half-year after the rate of 41- per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of £23,196. He regretted the continuance throughout the past half-year of severe competition at very reduced rates for the traffic between London and Lancashire, and the de- pressed stato of trade, together with the absence of any extraordinary source of revenue, such as that derived from the Manchester Exhibition, have caused the receipts of the past half-year to compare unfavourably with those of 1857• In the working expenses considerable economy had been effected under various heads, especially in the cost of fuel and in the consumption of stores gene- rally ; but the necessity forced upon the company of keeping up numerous trains at high rates of speed, in order to retain the traffic, had prevented any large saving in the total expense of the half-year. The next subject alluded to was the fire which occurred in September last w hich destroyed the timber viaduct, 150 yards in length, by which the Trent Valley line is carried over the river Penk and the Trent and Mersey Canal. Arrangements had been made for its reconstruction with brick piers and wrought-iron girders, the cost of which would amount to £lO,OOO. The directors had the satisfac tion of stating the settlement of the long-pending differences, and the abandonment of all litigation between this company and the. North Staffordshire Company. The negotiations between the directors of the company, the Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield and Lin colnshire Companies, have resulted in the admission and adoption of the important principle of equality of charge between all points of competition, at rates to be fixed by arbitration in case of difference, the heads of agreement being exchanged on the 26th November, providing for the interchange of traffic at through rates; for co-operation between the several parties ; for the conduct of competitive traffic at equal rates, to be settled by arbitration; and for the adjustment on satisfactory terms of all questions con nected 'with the London-road station, Manchester. On the 23d of Dec. a further agreement was signed, providing fora division cf competitive traffic, and for arrangements gene rally, which it is believed will tend to the advantage of the companies and promote the public convenience. Steps have been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction to these arrangements, which will be submitted to the proprietors in due time for approval. The agreement with the Great Western Company, referred to in former reports, was now in operation, by which it had been provided that they are to use the lines and stations of this company for the Man chester traffic for a period of years upon mutually advan tageous conditions, and the arrangements for the division of traffic at all competitive places were also in progress. The directors reported the completion of the agreement for the purchase by this company of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, on the terms sanctioned by the special general meeting of proprietors' held on the 30th of December, 1858; and that the contract with the Postmaster-General, for the improvement of the postal and passenger communi cation between England and Ireland, has been completed, and will come into operation as soon as the vessels to be provided, and which arc in courso of construction, are ready. The CHAIRMAN having alluded to the retirement of their esteemed general manager, Captain iluish, concluded by moving the adoption of the report. After a short discussion, the motion was agreed to. Resolutions for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report having been passed, the proceedings termi nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SP 01? TING INTELLIGENCE. TATTBRSALL'S—TnunspAr. Business moved somewhat slowly, and no material change was made in the last list of quotations. For the Liverpool Steeplechase the Brewer and Jealousy were head and head in the betting ; and Miss Harkaway, about whom several ominous reports were circulated, was quite friendless. Drogheda was still in good demand for the Chester Cup, and was advanced from 14 to 1 to 100 to g, taken and offered. 4 to 1 was offered on the field for the Two Thousand ; 9to 2 would have been taken. Marionette was second favourite, at 10 to 1. 100 to 10 was laid three times against Promised Land winning the Two Thousand and Gaspard the Derby. CLOSING PRICES. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Orleans (taken) 100 to 8 agst Stapleton (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Sykes (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 10 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Weathercock (taken) 100 to 6 agst Jean du Quesne (taken) 20 to 1 agst Half Caste (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Glautias (taken ) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Drogheda (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 30 to 1 agst Polestar (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst The Promised Land (take 9to 2) 10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 28 to 1 apt Volcano (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Fyfield (taken) THIS I)A1 S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon N.W. ; strong breeze and fine. Dublin, W.S.W. ; Cork, S.W. ; Queenstown, W.; Waterford, N.N . E . ; Limerick, W. N.W. ; Belfast, N.W. ; Londonderry, W.S.W. ; Coleraine, W.S.W. ; Dundalk, N.W. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Agin court, from Melbourne. _ . , PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind. W., blows hard.—Ar rived—Nina, from London, for Buenos Ayres. ItAMSGATE, Feb. 17.—Sailed—James, for Bermuda, after repairing. So IT T unm FTON, Feb. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Parana, (s.), for the West Indies. FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marianne, for the West Indies. CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed--Bruce, for Mel bourne. SUNDERLAND, Fob. 17.—Sailed—Ancient Mariner, for Calcutta. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W.S.W. ; strong breeze. Arrived, Feb 17—Cestus, from Huslva ; Aga Sofia, screw steamer, from Smyrna; Emelia, from St. Übes. Arrived, Feb. 18— Esther, from Monte Video ; Alpha, from Leghorn; Bridget, from Latakia. WHITEHAVEN, Feb. 17. The Flat Bay, from Ardrossan for Liverpool, with pig iron, is ashore at the entrance of the river Duddon. All hands drowned. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, Feb. 18—Aspasia, front Berbice. Sailed.—Admiral Kanaris, serew steamer, for Constan tinople; Moselle, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind, N.W. by W. ' • moderate. Anchored. — Lady of the Lake, from London, for Port Natal. _ Passed.—llarmora, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Penin sula, screw steamer, for Gibraltar. Sailed.—Ranger, llarold, Restless, and Plover, with others outward bound. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—As some bulls belonging to Mr. Wilkes, of Shrewsbury, which had been purchased at a neighbouring fair, were being driven home the other day over the bridge at Llangollen, three of them ran down a narrow defile towards the river and were precipitated over a rock 30 feet deep into the Dee. One was killed on the spot and the others very seriously injured. The beasts had to be conveyed half a mile down the river, and were then landed with the greatest difficulty. DREADFUL ATTACK BY A SON UPON Ms MOTHER. —Yesterday morning the inhabitants of the Edgware-road and Lisson-grove were considerably alarmed by a report that a most shocking murder had been perpetrated by a sou upon his mother, and that he had made his escape. It appears that at 3, Slatton-street, Lisson-grove, there has resided for some time past, along with her husband and a family o of young children, a woman named M ar y Barrett, w:11 , has been in the habit of going out to w ork at a laundress as an ironer. Latterly she has given way to drink : The s?n is a sailor, 21 years of age. He had be en engaged in the Crimean war, for which he had received a medal and clasp. He had, since quitting the service of her Majesty, been to New Zealand, and after making a little money there returned to England, with a determination to take his parents and brothers and sisters out to that colony. With this view he gave his mother a sum of money to provide for their outfit. From what the son heard yesterday he went to his boxes and missed some of his clothing, and he was afterwards told that the money he had handed over to his mother to provide herself and the younger ones with an outfit had been spent in drink. He at once sought her out, and upon taxing her with the above she flew into a rage, and began to quarrel, when the son be came so exasperated that he took up_ a sharp-poi n t e d table knife and threw it at his mother. The mother, perceiving what her son was about to do, made an effort to escape, but while so doing the knife, which was thrown with great force, entered the right side of her neck, inflicting a deep wound, from which the blood flowed profusely. The son, seeing what he had done, along with his father and neighbours went off. for a surgeon, and after half-an-hoUr or more elapsing, and no medical man arriving, the poor woman was convoyed in a cab to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where she now lies with but faint hopes of her recovery. The son, after the mother was put into the cab, absconded, and has not since been heard of. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of each kind of meat are on offer here to-day, and the trade generally may be considered steady, at full prices. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d: s . d. s. d. Inferior Bcef 3 oto 3 4 I Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. d 0... . 3 6to 3 8' Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Pm.larvedo. 310 to 4 0 I Prime do. 44t0 4 6 Do. sand' do. 4 2to 4 6 Veal 3 Bto 4 8 Largo pork.. 2 Bto 3 6 Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The show of new hops is limited, and the demand for all kinds is steady, at fully last week's quotations. Yearlings and old parcels are a slow sale, but not cheaper. Mid and East Kent pockets —7OB to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s4s to ' 70s ~ Sussex do s4s to 66s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues very firm and a fair busi ness has been done in the new season's crop. Common Congou continues steady, at 13d per lb. SeGAß.—There has been little activity, and the total sales have been of a very limited character. Prices, how ever, remain steady. In the refined market rather higher rates have been realised for the better qualities. Cor•FEE.—Plantation Ceylon continues at full rates, and a fair amount of business has been done in the better qualities, while inferior descriptions have been neglected. RieE.—The liner descriptions have been in rather better demand, and prices have been well supported. Good pinky Madras sold at as per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market is firm, and for parcels on the spot 41s per cwt. have been paid for 5 per cent. refraction. TALLow.--Thero is little activity in the market, and prices are dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted .53s per cwt., 5 9 s 9d for March delivery, and 52s fid for last three months. TIIE REASON WIIY.—Why does the City of London in 1859 resemble the electric telegraph ?—Because it is governed by a IV in.—Quiz. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON. An interesting report on the births and deaths, and causes of death in London, during the year 1858 has been_ issued..from the General Register-office. The following are some extracts from the dochMent " London has grown like a mighty tree, by exten sion rather than by the internal aggregation of con. stituent parts ; and while foreign cities, girded round by walls, have grown denser and risen vertically, London has extended its boundaries freely all around, and covers now 78,029 acres= 31,576 hectares =l2l square miles= a square of 11 miles to the side. The population in this area amounted in 1801 to 958,863, and in the year 1851 to 2,362,236. The London of 1858 is equal to three Londons of 1801. "The extent of the population of London gives weight to the returns extending over short inter vals of time, and enables the scientific inquirer to investigate the effects of atmospheric and other conditions on the mortality. The registered births in London amounted 'to 88,620, the deaths amounted to 63,882, in the 52 weeks of 1858 ; and the increase of people in this way was 24,738. By the calculation the increase from all cues was 52,690, or n early 1,000 a week in the interval from the middle of the year 1857 to the middle of the year registration of births, not being compulsory, is not complete in London ; and a portion of the increase of 52,690 is thus accounted for. But. in round numbers, itmay be stated that London i• cre ses at the rate of about 1,000 people weekly, of who i about 500 are immi grants in excess of the i ati e emigrants who bid adieu to the banks of the Thames. "45,220 boys and 43,400 girls were born in the year. " 32,563 males and 31,319 females died in the year. " The mortality was at the annual rate of 2.356 per cent., or 23 and less than 24 in 1,000. This rate exceeds he rates (22) of the two years 1816-7, and the rates of 1850-1.2, namely, 21, 23, 22 ; but it is below the rates of 26 and 30 of 1848-9, as well as the rates 24, 29, and 24 of 1853-4-5. "London is divided into five groups of districts ; and the mortality to 1,000 living was 21.77 in the west districts, 22.48 in the north districts, 9 3.16 in the central districts, 24.26 in the south districts, and 25.30 in the east districts. In interpreting these facts it must be borne in mind that the calcu lated population of particular districts cannot be viewed with the same confidence as the calculated population of London : and that the populatipn is often differently constituted in respect to age and occupation. The reduction in the mortality is greatest in the south districts. " 10,004 persons died in the public , institutions j of London, 5,535 in the workhouses, 57 in the prisons and 4,412 in hospitals and lunatic asylums. Of the latter number 317 belong to the Greenwich and the Chelsea Hospitals, 211 to the military and naval hospitals. About one in six of the inhabitants of the metropolis dies in the public institutions; nearly one in 11 dies in the workhouses. The death of so many persons in the large workhouses demands in quiry. Of the 63,882 deaths in 1858 the causes were specified in 63,027 instances. The fatal diseases were nearly all certified by the medical attendants, by the medical officers of institutions, or by the coroners. " 16,704 persons died by diseases of the zymotic class. These maladies exhibit great fluctuations, but they are not the less on that account under human control. Thus 247 persons, children chiefly, died of small-pox in the year 1858, 154 in 1857, 1,024 in 1855, and 1,617 in 1848. The deaths by small-pox fluctuate from year to year ' • the cause of the fluctuation we do not vet know, but we know well that if all the maple were vaccinated there would be no deaths from small-pox at all, or very few. The deaths from cholera were 130 in 1858, 10,708 in 1854, and 14,125 in 1849. The cause of the difference is obscure ; but it has been demon strated that a large part of the mortality of cholera in London was due to the night soil in the air, in the cesspools, in the► sewers, in the wells, and in the water of the Thames; and it is probable that if the air and water of London arc purified by the Board of Works the mortality of London will never be again so high as it was in 1849. Indeed, when the sanitary defences of the metropolis are com plete, and the medical health officers are in full activity, epidemics may assail, but they will, it is hoped, never destroy large numbers of the people. Of typhus 1,902 persons died in 1858 ; and since 1844 the annual deaths have fluctuated from 3,614 to 1,333. The fever under this head is properly distinguished now by skilful practitioners as ty phus, typhoid fever, and relapsing fever. These descriptions rather than names may be advantage ously replaced by real names, such as typhus, typhia, and typhinia. It has been shown that typhoid fever or typhia is propagated and some times generated by cesspool poison, typhus by crowding in dirty apartments, and typhinia by fa mine. Dr. Murchison proposes to call typhia on this account pythogenic fever. Diarrhoea, fatal to 2,093 persons, and dysentery to 181, have kindred a ises. Measles (2,383) and whooping cough (2,700) caused an unusual number of deaths; but the mortality from these diseases declined during the year. It was otherwise with scarlatina and diphtheria, which in four successive periods of 13 weeks destroyed 473, 588, 1,243, and 1,814 lives, amounting to 4,118 in the aggregate. The deaths from carbuncle were 61 ; fewer than in 1856, but ten times as many as the deaths from the disease in the earlier years. This troublesome plague of boils has been prevalent for some time. Syphilis is more fatal, or it is more accurately distinguished than it was formerly ; 263 deaths were directly referred to it, and 42 to scricture of the urethra, in the year. Alcoholism killed 123 unhappy people by delirium tremens, 98 in other ways ; it was also undoubtedly the cause of many fatal diseases. Of cancer, 1,142 persons died ;of mortification, 170. Of the class of diseases in which tubercles are generally depo sited 10,127 persons died; namely, 437 by scrofula, 823 by tabes messenterica, and 7,369 by phthisis —consumption. Of 1,498 deaths by hydrocephalus or water on the brain, a certain number were in flammations of the membranes and tissues of that great organ. " Of the 6,571 deaths by diseases of the nervous system, 1,423 were by apoplexy, 1,184 by paralysi!., 2,119 by convulsions. 66 Heart disease often exists without being fatal ; yet 2,435 deaths are recorded by pericarditis and other heart maladies ; and 86 persons died of anen risms of the large vessels. " Bronchitis (6,388) and pneumonia (4,150) were unusually fatal ; exclusive of phthisis, 11,908 persons ‘ died of diseases of the respiratory organs. The deaths were thus distributed through the four quarters : 4,440, 2,226, 1,167, 4,075. They vary in the inverse direction of the mean temperature, which was 38 deg., 51 deg., 61 deg., and 44 deg. The unusual degree of cold in November was the main cause of the increase in the last quarter. It will be observed that the mortality of consumption was nearly the same in three quarters ; that it was below the average in summer. "The 2,573 deaths from diseases of the digestive organs were very equally distributed over the seasons ; so were the 831 deaths by diseases of the urinary organs, except nephria (Bright's disease), which, like phthisis, is least fatal in the summer, but is nearly equally fatal in the other " Of ovarian dropsy, and of diseases of the order, 205 persons., die( ; of quarters. lt other s died, diseases, 182. Of skin diseases, 262 p i e d rs c o a of the uterinelan(*oint including 48 by ulcer. This g i ve s no among the amount of disease and London by ulcer of the labouring population of Lor i i enough, not treated to legs alone, which is, singular l3' of disability metria ; 265 of other diseases incidental . child- bearing to to any extent in the hospita 165 women died of bearing ; ma king 430 mothers dying to 88,620 children on an average, ' one one mother d alive. The deaths from this cause will , we ma y ho p e, be g reatl y reduced dto 2 o b 6oril childrenalive or, in future years. " 2,591 deaths were referred to atrophy and de bility 2,413 to old age, without apparent disease. 1,916 violent deaths happened in the year ; 2 were public executions, 52 were homicid es , 238 were suicides, and 1,622 were returned as deaths by accident or negligence. The homicides were most numerous in summer. The suicides were least numerous in the first three months of the year ; of the suicides, 9 were by gunshot wounds, 60 by other wounds, 36 by drowning, 76 by hanging, 44 by poison, and 13 in other ways. Of the accidental deaths, 755 were y b frac tures, contusions, and wounds inflicted in various ways ; 309 were by burns and scalds ; 235 were by drowning; and 230 by suffocation in bed and otherwise. One violent death was not classed. " The violent deaths increased in London from 1,528 in 1848, to 1,916 in 1858, and it is" desirable that every means should be adopted likely to lessen these calamities. " If the population of London.at each respective period of age had experienced a mortality at the same rate as the population of 63 comparatively healthy districts of England, the deaths in London in 1858 would have been about 45,988 ; they ac tually amounted to 63,882, and consequently 17, 8 " unnatural deaths may be referred to causes which the Metropolitan Board of Works have to investi gate, and endeavour to remove or greatly mitigate. It is an important mission which the country expects them to fulfil. " As a preliminary condition of the improvements which may be expected to flow from the cultivation of sanitary science, three things are indispensable ; pure air for the people to breathe, pure water, a n d ti healthy soil to live on. "Thus the cesspools of London, and collections of putrefying dirt, must be suppressed ; the se wer air must be carried off or purified, so as not to poison people in the houses or streets ; the method I of burning coals must be adopted so as to consume the smoke,-which is offensive to the senses and in jurious to the lungs. Chinches, chapel:, theatres, and other public buildings, as well as crowded dwellings, where people drink each other's. breath, and - draw in disease, must be purified. The pumps having shallow wells saturated with impurities should, as 1)r. Thomson, Dr. Lankester, and other health officers have proposed, be suppressed, and the water supplied by the companies should be still further improved. The, streets should be cleansed every day ; for it is evident that the cleansing arrangements of the boards should keep pace with the increase of traffic and population. "To all this work the representative metropo litan boards will, we may hope, anxiously address themselves, as on their shoulders rests the respon sibility of improving the health of the greatest city in the world, the metropolis of the British empire. " When this and other work is done, much will remain to be accomplished. Sanitary science is yet in its infancy; it can be greatly advanced by bringing into the field the great medical profession of the kingdom, armed with all its science and art, and working under the most advantageous circum stances. There arc more than two thousand medi cal men in London and its vicinity, but they are employed chiefly in treating diseases. They are often paid only in proportion to the quantity of medicines that their patients take. 'The art of preventing disease is not cultivated ; it is not taught iu any of our medical schools ; it is not formally the subject of examination in our universities. The father of a family does not go to the doctor and say to him plainly, How can I preserve my health ? Instead of this, the common course being never to consult or to pay the medical man until the evil is nearly done; until consumption has set in, diphtheria is developed in the throat, smallpox is furrowing the skin, fever is racking; the brain, and then there is a midnight rush to the great blue and red lights burning in the street ; or in some cases even to the nostrums of quackery. How vainly the returns show. The utility of curative medicine is evident to every rational mind ; the utility of preventive medicine is still more clear. 'Witness the health of the British army in the Crimea, which Miss Nightingale has shown experienced an annuual rate of mortality ranging from 1,174 to 7 in 1,000 of the force, according as the principles of preventive medicine were disregarded or observed. " A beginning of a movement has been made in the right direction under Sir Benjamin Hall's Act. Medical Health officers are appointed in all the London districts, and many of them are working courageously in the midst of unhealthy places, and against ignorant opposition, with success. Their reports are replete with interesting facts, and con tain many words in season of sanitary truth, well calculated to influence and direct the boards. They have deserved the public approbation; for they have done quietly a great deal of good work, and it is probable have saved many lives, and prevented much sickness." LITERATURE. MURRAY'S EDITIONS FOR THE PEOPLE. Lord Byron's Poetical Works. Boswell's Life of Johnson. sei T ia h l e li w te o i l .a lC t s ut b v e . for l C l Murray, Alb emar l e•s t ree t . rait3h s a u ll pt n a l3 l . ‘; , a ia n c t is h o li f English ar books and cheap editions which of late years have issued from the press, these two great standard works are still out of the reach of a large portion of the reading public. The complete writings of one of our greatest poets have been inaccessible to persons of moderate means, though fragmentary portions, containing often the least elevating parts, have occasionally made their appearance. As nearly eight years have yet to run before the copy rightteld by Mr. Murray expires, all editions pub lished without his sanction are incomplete and imperfect. The edition before us is printed in clear type, on good paper. It is illustrated with several engravings, and will be completed in nine parts. The first contains Childe Harold and The Gmour, the second eight other poems, including Mazeppa and the Corsair. The notes and introductory pas sages are the same as in Murray's large edition ; when completed and bound it will form a hand some library volume. Boswell's Life of Johnson is well known, but deserves to be still more widely circulated. There are lessons in it for every rank of life, and to none is it more appropriate than to that large and struggling class of which Johnson was himself a member, when sixpence appeared to him to be a very important sum. It is Croker's edition, so unmercifully satirised by Lord Macaulay, which is now publishing, and Mr. Murray introduces a refutation of many of the charges brought against it in the criticism. It is of the same size as By.ron's poems, and will be completed in ten parts. Of the works themselves it is needless to speak. They have passed beyond the cavil of criticism or the expression of commonplac • approval. Each in their opposite style, without the smallest comparison between the capabilities of the writers, have assumed to themselves a niche in the English Temple of Fame which they are not likely to forfeit by the verdict of succeeding generations. But as in the works of the poet many profess to see the author iu his own heroes, so in the bio graphy it is not the weak, fussy biographer, but the large-hearted social philosopher, the great writer, the great student, who, with all his pre judices and foibles and failings, stands out in the unflattering fidelity of a photographic portrait. So, by placing poet and philosopher within the reach of the multitude, Mr. Murray has done wisely and well, and we are glad to see that he has in prepara tion other standard works which are to appear is the same manner. We cordially wish the under . taking may meet the success it deserves, and in the present instance it is scarcely to be questioned. The Three Paths. By Herbert Grey, M.A. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work is rather peculiar ; displaying some talent, considerable originality, but, nevertheless, there is an extravagance in the style, and singularity in the diction, which are scarcely suitable. The principal point in the story consists in the con versations that take place between two young men, on various subjects, but the general topic)! interest was the female sex. They entertained very diverse opinions on that interesting . subject. Frederick Charlton, a young man of fortune, had entered life at an early age and never h avin g a ny i c i a is re si f ) o h r it t s h , e h i a n d ol l i i .o d N u Y ia to ed da h n i l a p l all the is dreams 1 e l e g e lit' or depress s that were suggested by his romantic disposition and ardent fancy. When he woke to actual life, and found the world made up of deceit and hypocrisy, he rushed to the other extr( me and especially included women i f censure. Grey took a more corn noi view of life and! persons. In v a i n did be endeavour to i m pr ess his convictions on the f i his i_ se s: s -e c e ping mind of his friend, and the arguments which con tinually ensued between them are amusing, from their earnestness. The distinction that prevailed will be better understood when it is stated that Charlton gloried in calling himself a misoganiskand racei c i i c ce.sesossfoaolbt sober friend, ef t rhaieaitldtl decided that a v: l o o li e enemy r,a a3.leda t rt o hf t ei h . f emale o e pmr Grey styled himself an anthropologist. It is not op he their .. great dispute on the subject he would rescind his opinions, were more than fulfilled. There is not much said of the lady, but she appears a desirable and delightful character from the sketch intro duced. There is more to interest the reader in a reflective mind like Grey's than in an uncertain and fitful disposition such as Charlton's, and there is something mournful in the higher nature having to continue in the shade of poverty, while the other revelled in the sunshine of prosperity. Grey, however, might have exclaimed— " My mind to mo a kingdom is ;" and he had a resource in his studious habits and refined tastes which could never be purchased by the most affluent, or secured by the votary of plea sure. When returning depressed to his simple abode, he would console himself by these thoughts ad)lnee'dn t o be —" Courage ! this mean chamber receives noble guests, and the spirits at least, dessecated from fleshly stain, of the best and wisest of earth, visit it in love. God has not shut out poverty from the divine realms of literature, and thoughts, in which live e v u i lg a ti li r we often entertain angels unawares , can atmosphere redolent with no earthy There is considerable skill displayed th e ds d e o r ns u c ii r ti s hp . : tion of " Mr. John Cara . el:act:tun; Sen endeavouredc s . 1 ; i 0 18 e We arc informed that ' orig in i S u n a ' f i f t , h l . ;ho lie ha d mr b .a e s co a i n ne e r ss ic ell ,tia liV that hi s distinguished. scurity and mystery which enveloped that of the Nile. His wife was also •character in her way, and the family of quite a . quite fulfilled their parents' was veiled in the same solemn Nile. His *. daughters q . expectations; n was "Lily," who afterwards became " Mrs. Charlton," and was indeed a star in the domestic darkness. In the various transactions u r this worthy family we - meet with satirical execptio and personal traits that exhibit humorous powers tumorous powers of description and enliven the work, which otherwise might stkletcohnelsy appear somewhat heavy in conse quence of the repeated arguments and lengthened disquisitions on various subjects. This work is not likely to please the general reader, but there is sufficient originality of thought and quaintness of expression m e t w ith in its pages to redeem it from the charge of being mediocre. A portion of the Tipperary estates of Mr. Clement Sadleir was sold in tho Landed Estates Court, Dublin. on Tuesday, before Judge Longfield. The rental mils 075 year, and it was bought in trust for Mr. Maleoluison, of Waterford, for £B,OOO. The petitioner for sale WitS au officer of the Londoii and County Bank. . Mr