The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

vern. id he one, could Ln ex- Lt the ith a , z) his d say latter and it orroW most orces , took ❑. Mr. coin- There Irmo" shore, Stour. )xcep- nning range , these dlway means 1, each 3 were conse s kept s corn rpm : Fferent Ld the e pub- Ports gr Ad- Ports to try ensivo moor- Lan der petted mour, J. O r, tile [Emu be ou from rked a [ will 'Foot, of tho , es for ship Cool' _room Gun' 3 per IVIOII 7 EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. There is still an inactive demand for accommo dation, and, as an illustration of the difficulty ex perienced by capitalists and others in obtaining employment for the means at their disposal, it may be mentioned that choice bills of short date have been negotiated at Iyto 2 per cent. If this state of affairs should continue the Bank autho rities, who charge 21 per cent., will necessarily experience an important falling off in their discount business. Whether, under any circumstances, t hey would reduce the minimum to 2 per C ent., a point not attained since 1852, when the bullion stood at £19,587,670, and the notes in circulation at £21,598,854, is considered very doubtful. The various items of the balance sheet, however, are now approaching a position equal to that exhibited at the period referred to— seven years ago. Some persons imagine that the revival of trade, coupled with the absorption for loans and other joint-stock enterprises, will soon initiate a contra'cy movement, but at present these influences have not trenched upon the resources of the market to :any appreciable extent, and in the Meantime the excumulation of bullion continues, and the value of money shows a downward ten dency. The Silver Market is very dull, in consequence of the decline in the Eastern exchanges, but there i 8 no alteration in prices. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited a considerable advance in the rates on Vienna and Trieste ; Hamburg was also slightly higher. About £13,000, in gold, was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Tagus, from the Peninsula, brings about £1,455 in specie. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and 5,000 bales were disposed of at about former quotations. In Railway Shares the trans actions were limited, and prices continued to decline. A meeting of Venezuelan bondholders is now being held, to consider proposals for the arrange ment of the debt. The terms originally offered by Senor Rodriguez have been amended. It is now proposed that, from the commencement of 1860, the Active Bonds shall bear 3 per cent. and the beferred 11 per cent.—the arrears in both to be funded in 3 per Cents. This concedes all the depu tation of bondholders asked in the memorial lately presented to the Minister ; but the question for Consideration is, whether the offer is vitiated by the delay of several months which it is proposed shall take place.. At the meeting of the Southampton Dock Com pany to-day the report was adopted, and a divi dend at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum was declared. The meeting of the North Devon Railway Com panyalso took place to-day, when a report was Presented, showing the net receipts of the half-year to be £2,556, from which the 'preference dividend Would be payable, and also a dividend of 17s. 6d. Per cent. for the half-year on the ordinary stock, le aving a balance of £ll7 to be carried forward. There was another meeting of the Atlantic Tele graph Company to-day, but it was again adjourned. The market for English Securities during the earlier hours of business was very dull, but firm, at the improved rates current yesterday afternoon. 9y9ing to the report that Lord Cowley is going to .Vienna, a sudden advance subsequently took place 14 Consols, which rose from 951- a to 951 but the IZesent quotation is 951. The New Threes, and the Reduced are 951 ; Exchequer Bills (March), 355. ; ditto, advertised, 345. to 38s. prem. ; and the Bonds 100.. India Stock is 218 to 220 , and the Deben tures, 981, A fair amount of business is - recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices, in most instances, an improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 9 0 901 ; ditto New Loan, 79/ to 801 ; ditto 2d Issue, 5 1 . to 5-1 dis. ; and the 4 per Cents. are steady at 1021; Mexican have declined to 19i and 201- ; Peruvian 42 per Cents. to 921 93 ; the 3 per Cents. to 724 ; Russian 5 per Cents., to 1121 ; Sardinian, to 801 a .. ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., to 1011; Bra zilian 4t- per Cents. are heavy at 931 to 94; but Venezuelan 5 per Cents. are firm at 441; and Per. tuguese at 461. The New Austrian Loan is 11 to 1 discount. There has been rather more activity exhibited in the Railway Share Market, and prices generally have shown an improving tendency. The aggregate advance on most of the principal lines, compared with yesterday's closing quotations, being about -I to 2 per cent. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, and South Eastern have each advanced 6 °. Great Northern, Lancashire and Carlisle, and North British, 10s. Brighton, Midland, and one or two others, have realised yesterday's rates. The Foreign undertakings have been very inac tive. Paris and Lyons have receded about ss. ; Lombardo-Venetian old shares have slightly im proved, but the new shares remain steady at former rates. In the Colonial Market scarcely any business has been done. East Indian have improved to 1021 to z• Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 111 moderate demand, at a slight advance on former values. tItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. . 3 , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 ~,,,u per Cent. Consols Annuities ."., "'w . 3 per Cent. Annuities 951 / 'lldia Stock Ditto Debentures 9Bl Consols for Account 951 / March June. Excheuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 35 Ditto Small , 11d. Ditto Advertised Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 100 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK i ll'azilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 4/ per Cent. 941 3 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent 921 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Russian,, 1 8 2218, L 53, St., 5 per Cent ll2 3 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent . 80/ 80 1 Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 . Consols for Accou nt PRICE of GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.14 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths tr cent. dearer in Paris than in London. Byan add the shortvices from - ' ) Laraburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, exchange on London is 13. 4 1 per £ 1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th Per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 104 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is about at par; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of, interest, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE LATE IMPRISONMENT FOR HOP DUTY.-- "We are glad to find that John Wells, whose imprisonment iu Horsemonger-gaol, for non-payment of hop duty, was brought under our notice by Mr. Nash, Rochester, a week or two since, has been released. Mr. Nash himself first ap pealed to the Inland Revenue authorities on Wells's behalf but this proving unsuccessful, he made known the circum stances to J. I. Briscoe, Esq., one of the members for West •SUrrey, who memorialised the Treasury, and Wells's libe ration was thus ultimately obtained.—South Eastern Gazette. BRAY'S TRACTION ENGlNE.—Arrangements were ludo by the directors of Bray's Traction Engine Company for an experimental trip yesterday, to draw four laden coal waggon s , of a gross weight of 22 tons, from the Great Northern Coal Depot to Westminster and back. The en gine started with the load with the greatest ease, and pro ceeded up the incline out of the station, but in the ascent the splinter bar of the first waggon broke away. The waggon was then secured by rope lashings, but this de rangement so seriously interfered with the progress of the other waggons as to make it imprudent to go on through the crowded streets. The waggons were accordingly taken haFk . to the depot, and the engine alone pursued t h e route originally intended, passing amid the carriages in the pub lic thoroughfares with the greatest facility. It is intended on an early day to resume the experiments with trucks cal culated to have such a heavy weight as to demonstrate the power of the engine, SHARE MA_RIET.-(THIS DAY.) Paid. Closing i Business Railways. 1 Pa"" Price. Done. Sharel ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing \ Business Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 20 Ardennes all 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat. 20 Bah.&S.Fran„Lim.7p.c 3 1 11 a and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graisseasac all 7 8 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 9 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all it 21 Stook Birk., Lanc., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 5/ 5 J u nction lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of France ...... 2s. - - p all 26 264 25 Blackburn all 11 lla 20 Eu p hrates Valley2s Blyth and Tyne all 81 33 20 Great Centra l of France all - - Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead - - 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 1 ap 84 20 Cornwall all 41 51 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - - 10 Do. At A roves. no div 2O Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an all - _ all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New - - 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - -. 20 Namur and Liege all 8 8 25 Dun.,Perth.& Abr.Jimc. all 9 3 91 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 20 Stock East Anglian lOO 151 Ha 16 Northern of France .... all 3 ' ~ 361 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 591 601 60 1 4 60 20 Do. New Shares - - p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref a ll 84 91 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 30 20 Ottoman, gua. 0 per cent 7 4 2 d 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.Wds) 81 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 32} 33/ 32; 20 [ Recife& S. Fran. ( Pere .) ) . 025 East Kent a n 13 15 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 52 63 Stock East Lancashire lOO 94 96 20 East Suffolk all - - 4 4 d gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) ... j 10 Do - - 20 Riga and Duniburg.... 4 - - Stock Edinburg and Glas,gow 100 701 711 71 701 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Stock Edin „Perth. & Dundee. 100 264 27a 271 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - Stock Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. _ all - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn OD 95 97 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 64 7 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref.... all 9 1 9 Stock Great Northern lOO 101 1041 1041 .1 20 Southern of France .... all 19 28 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 87 89 83 West Flanders all 5 5; Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 137 138 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 91 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1041 1051 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 2 9 3 24 Stock Great Western - - St o ck Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 12 Irish South Eastern a l l - - 6 Wiesbaden all - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 85 90 88 6Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 161 Do. Thirds - - 1613 9 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p Stock Lancashir & Yorkshire 100 95 955 9 5 1 1 16 Do. do. e F £l6 6 lid BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 Id 3 Do. West Riding Union 1- - Shau l Railways. P ai d. Closingl Business 20 Do. Southport - - L'"'"' Price. Dona. - 11,6.3 London and Blackwall. al l 63 61 61 11.0.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 41 - - inn 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! I all 78 80 stock Lon„Brighton &S.Coast 100 109 10 2 5 - Stock 1;ondon & North Westn 100 941 0 961 1 Leased at 6 per cent . 74 11 ;a 61 18 Bom„Baroda& Cent. Ind j 9 1 4 d Stock Londel& South-Westn. 100 91 1 921 921 2 18 gu. 5 percent Do all - 121 Do. Eighths - 25 L'derry .1.". Coleraine - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 i d 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all - d 18 Do. Do. 13 41 1 Stock Sian., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 37 37a 10 Metropolitan 3 - -20 l Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 201 Do. New lOl - -- d Stock Midland lOO 101 103 d Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 76 78 100 j Buffalo , Brant .& Godrich 1 10 0 85 90 t 0 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 50 Slid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 25 Do. a Shares all - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 100 Nentastle and Carlisle all - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. id 4 p 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 113 121 111 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2S. -, - , • . 10 Newry Sr Armagh (def ) 9 -- - ? 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2 5 . - - pm 20 Newry, Warpt., & nos all - Stock Norfolk lOO 6 2 64 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2 s. 6 d. - -- 50 North. Counties Union 3l 3/ II d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 1 P Stock North British lOO 581 581 59 3 171 Demerara - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 4 d Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - - Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 103 104 103 213} 2 1 Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. 20 Do. C Shares all - - until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 1 p Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 20 D 9. Jubbulpore 5 - - 14 St oc k North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 923 931 93 1 d 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 d 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 19 20 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 471 48/ 48 Stock Do. York lOO 78 78 / 78 I sto". c Geelong Corporation 6 lOO - 1 per cent. Bonds Stock North London lOO 101 103 Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben„pay.'7B all 70 72 and City Junction £3 ls. - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.__ 100 89 91 20 North Staffordshire l7} 41 41 d 20 Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. all 100 101 20 North-Western t 0 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 20 Do. do 4 t d par Stack Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 29 31 295 20 I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 10 Peebles all -- - I guaranteed 5 per cent. 1 2s - - 20 Portsmouth 1.20ar Do. Do. New Bonds pay. all 104 10 20a Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 151 16 10 lhymney lO - -13 41 41 d Stock Scottish Central lOO 114 116'76,with Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 274 - I opt till '6O c 6 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 104 106 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 4 7 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt. all 102 104 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3d 71 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 97 99 Stock South Devon lOO 37 88 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 171 181 Stock South-Eastern lOO 74 141 73 1 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 19Z 201 Stock South wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 131 141 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 f i d 20 Do. do lB - - 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek.. all 8 11 Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 36 37 25 Do. do. 1 854 22} - - Newßrunswick&Canda. - - 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 - - d 25 Do. do. 1855 7 _.Do. do. Land d 0... .. Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - - Class ACapitl.Share.. St o ck Taff Vale lOO - - .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. -- - d Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 100 - - 10 .. Do. do. Land do. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - - Stock Vale of Neath lOO 77 80 20 1 Northof India Tratarotia Limited, Scrip 2O. S toc k Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Oude (Limited) - so Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde ...t , 20 West Cornwall - 11 20 .1 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. New /8 a l - ~. 1 d I p 5 Do,A. - Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub 6 1 d 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 23 3 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo by„; I 1 d :4/ 5 Do. B all 6 a 61 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 20 West London lO ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 1 p 10 Do. Ist Class all - - - 20 Do. 2d Class all - BRITISH MINES. Share' Railways. Closing I Business Paid. p r i ce . Done. B — harej Mines. raid. \ Closing Buboes Price. Dora Blythe and 'Tyne 1C per o. pref. (issued at 250) Bris. & Eget.lp.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do . N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock E a stern Union, per , ct. 4 East Lane. 6 per et.. E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Etiin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Gins. &S West. a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. liedm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and, Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do. . Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. P ref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 49 81 94 96 Alfred Consols (Philaok) l 2.11.10 7 8 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 200 210 208 Great South Tol g us.. 17s 12 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 24 34 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 Lady Bgrtha North }lances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 21 31 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 61 71 Far Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 16/ Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 440 460 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 220 230 5 Tamer Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 14 14 10 Tin Croft 9 31 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (farm ) 12s fid West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 65 70 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 215 225 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 5l 2/ 24 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 "11 12 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 47 49 -_ Trelawney ( Link . ; 41 30 32 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim lOB par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 101 111 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 11 2/ 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 , Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 2 3 Linares a l l }} 8 1 91 5 Lusitani an 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Business Paid. Share Securities. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1131 114 i 214 134 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug,. 100 1111 1121 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 115 116 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &Jtily 100 1111 1124 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1015 1025 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1115 1125 S..Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 951 1041 103 105 195 127 il6 118 6 6i [OO 103 113 118 [OB 112 1.15 117 [l4 116 132 134 81 83 75 76 113 120 122 111 113 107 108 64 66 11 11i shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref. Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon . & N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. w, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. l Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. iDo. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock IDo. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. Newport,Aber,&c.pref.s j p. c. redeem, at sp. with j Do. Perpet , 6 P. c. option till 1866 'Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Way.Vat.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.R ail. & lDek.Co. N.East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 140. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire . „ Ox. Wr. Wol. 6 pc. ls:t . g Do. do. do., 2d gua. Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gun. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1859, (THIS DAY.) 174 101 74 20 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 25 i 100 100 20.11 100 LINES LEASED AT FIX Railwayg. Paid. IC,eoa.s,isn.l 1 B L ed o f iv o e ria .&i n etd d ,}v,l ß sa l psiL e tne tc r4. h psc l .e cy t.. all iLn &N W - - MISCELLANEOUS. Buckinghamshire .... 100 ILn & N.W 98 100 ClydesdaleJunctlon. 100 Caledonin 104 106 Closine• Colchester, Stour Val. . all E.U.&E Cl 7 19 Share Miscellaneous. i Paid.l - Business dons Price. E.Lincolnshire,g.6n.e. 100 Gt.Nerth. 142 144 E Union,HarwicliShe.' all - E.Counts. 4 45 --.-.. Do. Woodbridge ...1 100 - - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 12 13 1 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dr.l 100 Caledonin - - 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 215 225 Do. New 1 100 Do. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34 Gloster& Dean Forest] all Gt. West. - 10 Australian Royal Mail . all I 1 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. l all Yk.N.&llr -7- 10 Berlin Water Works t . all 21 31 i Hull and Selby - - 1)o, 1 Shares all Do. - - Do. 1 Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 65 671 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 100 Do. 115 120 Ll3o%Pr.,Teilberye.&nceSoutend lOO , N P Do e o t rf o No s: kir cii ). . 90 _ 92 ..... 20 Do. C . all 13 15 100 • Canada Land. 321 120 123 120 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) all 9 10 Do, Barking Shares l a oo l.l Stock Cop.Min.olEng.&Smltg all - - Do. 6 per cent 25 Do. Preference 71 per et all 24 25 Manc.,Buxtn. &Matk. all LN W&M 21 11. Midsb.& Feder, g.6p.e. all Stk.& Dar - , 5 Crystal Palace. all 11 11 5 Do. Preference all 4 1 bk , r D d ory Prt E . S x tk i . 100 Midland .98 ILO 20 Eastern Steam all - - 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 4 4 p Pm Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 302 105 58 60 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all , 1 15 10 Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel los. ' I Id IC3lliegudwnialirraaatirnktfteed°. 5 P. c• 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all / 11 p.c. all Do. Do. 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lhn all - - 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - 26 Preston S D ]) ° o o r : t d l , h o n i .6 a p n e d r cent. .. . wyre . { aa a all ll LAN Azoli . yk . -_ _ ___ 20 London Discount 10 ) 4 mLIN Netherlands Tr o ooeee n tr:iht d i.phte . Ee. G reorlx. e a.: n tni . denu O s f. .rmi:oTi Electric pteasen i Omn i bus Steam eild C ::: i li o . a aaaa s l 6ulll l lil _64 1111 1 : 1 7 1 14 ; 1 120 0 50 Do. istioy usitooSth,hua.r&iteoGsho.l.&..g..s6.hp.Aop.c.. 118 ; 01 11 1 6 D GL o at.n . N.&ortyhi 142 : 144 " 9 Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy 91 91 1 25 National Discount C 0... 5 11 4 d South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 11 111 Wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. all Stk.& Dar - 10 Dodo all 1 2 Do. do. - - Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West, 90 92 16) N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - Wimbledon& Croydn all L.Strirgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I i ---- 1 Oriental Gas DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares all I 1 15s. 1 dis par 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 2 3 Paid Closing Business Share Docks. I Price. Done. 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 84 851 851 50 Do. New lO 12 13 p ------- 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 8 1 d 1 1) 8 } Stock Commercial lOO - 50 Rhymney lron all 25 26 Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO - 15 Do. New all 75 74 Stock East and West India - 11 R Sco oy t a .l 3l us a t i r l in S . t l e n a • m .(Lim ) all 120 130 Stock London lOO - 925 25 South Australian Land. all 36 38 Stock St. Katharine lOO - 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all I 1 Stock Southampton lOO - 1 Do. do Registered all 1 1 Stook Victoria ' 20 `Do New '. 18 = 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of ITpr. 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Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock .• • London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 91 93 24 251 56 58 14 61 63 16i 17 - - 214 22 47 49 39 40 20 201 64 67 52 54 194 181d1 100 100 100 100 100 161 22 2tf I .LAW INTEL . ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JENKINS V. GREEN..--JUDGMENT. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—The plaintiff's bill was filed on the 24th April, 1855, for specific perform• ance of an agreement for a lease of glebe lands, in which the rent was declared payable half-yearly, whereby the plaintiff would have had leased to him a large portion of the valuable living of Phillington in the county of Lincoln. His Honour said, onlooking to the act of Parliament which declared that the rent of glebe lands should be paid quar terly, it was impossible to decree specific performance of this agreement. Where the incumbent enters into an agreement to lease the glebe lands, there is an express re servation in the act of Parliament that the rent shall be payable quarterly. If the plaintiff had obtained a lease in the terms asked, with the con sent of the ordinary, bishop, and patron in ignorance, or sub silentia, of the act of Parliament he would have had a good lease under the fourth. section of the act, but it is impossible to decree specific performance of this agree ment in opposition to the well-known provisions of the act. His Honour declared his intention to dismiss the bill with out costs, except as to costs up to the hearing, the effect of which will be that the plaintiff removes from the lands without ejectment; but a difficulty occurred here—by the old practice decree was given for specific performance if a good title was made out, and if no good title was made out to dismiss the bill without costs; but of late years the practice has been simply to dismiss the bill. Counsel will speak on this point, and let the case be put on the paper pro forma, and then I will pronounce a decree dismissing the bill, which can be brought before the Court by appeal if necessary. I remember the point was argued in one case that came before the Court, of Sir James D. Wigram, 3 vol., Merrivale, where I argued that the Court never could give costs on dismissing the bill ; the re sult will be that I will dismiss the bill without costs, but allow the case to come before the Court as formerly, to be spoken to as to costs, but it is quite clear the plaintiff has failed, and the bill must be dismissed without costs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before the Lord Chief justice, Sir A. Cockburn, and a Special Jury.) GARDNER V. GODI'REY. This trial was resumed this morning, the court being, as on all former occasions, crowded to excess. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) IMPORTANT TO SUITORS.-IN RE SPYERS. Plaintiff is a solicitor of extensive practice, carrying on business in Broad-street •buildings, and this morning he attended the Court and made the following observations : Sir, —I have to make a complaint of great negligence on the part of some of your Honour's officers. The subject is one of great importance to the suitors of this Court, and the negligence might have caused great inconvenience and annoyance to myself. On Monday week I was plaintiff in a suit (Spyers v. Briant), and your Honour thought proper to nonsuit me. Upon that nonsuit I was condemned in certain costs, and should in due course have received the order. No order has been to this day served, and I find an application through one of my clerks that I am ordered to pay on the 21st. Now, your Honour must see that I was liable to have an execution put in my office for these costs. His Honour requested Mr. Aikman to assign sonie cause for the non-service, and it was ascertained that the bailiff who was instructed to serve the order was so ill that he had been unable to perform his duty. Mr. Spyers—That is no consolation to me. Surely, some one else should have served the order. His Honour—By law we are not bound to serve you with an order at all, but we do so. You were in court when the order was made, and should have made inquiries. Mr. Spyers—Suitors, knowing the rule of the Court to serve orders, as a matter of course wait for the same, and in the case of a poor person the matter might be serious. His Honour said the matter was a proper one to mention certainly, but in the case of Mr. Spyers the result was not serious. _ - Mr. • Spyers—lf my adversaries had been vindictive I should have been a serious sufferer. (Laughter.) The matter then dropped. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAL) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. APPLICATION UNDER. THE DIVORCE AND MATRIMO NIAL CAUSES ACT.—A respectably-attired female applied to Mr. Beadon, the sitting magistrate, under the following circumstances : The applicant said she had separated from her husband by mutual consent about 14 years ago, since which time she had had a situation, and had also lived with a person as his wife. She had acquired a little property, and she wished it protected as her husband wanted a reunion. Mr. Beadon said he could not assist the applicant. If her husband had deserted her in the first instance he could have done so, but not in a case where a mutual separation had taken place. She could apply to the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes if she thought proper, and see what they could do for her, but he did not think they could help her as they were acting under the same law as himself. The applicant having thanked his Worship for his advice, retired. THAMES. TURNPIKE TOLLS IN THE COMMERCIAL-ROAD. — Joh n Sutton, jun., a cab-driver, of No. 11, white Horse-street, Stepney, appeared before Mr. Yardley to answer two sum monses. The first charged him with refusing and neglect ing to pay to Frederick Horn, toll-collector at the Lime house gate, the sum of 3d. for passing through the gate with his horse and cab on Thursday night last, and the second summons charged the defendant with assaulting and beating the complainant. This prosecution was instituted by order of the Trustees of the Commercial-road, to put an end to a fraudulent sys tem of evading payment of tolls which has been adopted by many cabmen. The defendant passed through the Step ney gate on Thursday evening without a fare, and toll was not demanded of him ; but he took up a fare about one hundred yards eastward of the gate and drove through the Limehouse-gate and called out the letter printed on the turnpike tickets of the day. The complainant believing that the defendant had already paid toll at the Stepney-gate permitted him to pass, but soon afterwards received a message from fames Campbell, the collector at the Stepney-gate, that the defendant had not paid the toll there. On the defendant's return to the Lime house-gate with his cab empty, the toll was demanded and Sutton said he had paid toll in the morning and had no right to pay it again. Horn insisted on the toll, and the defendant cut at him with his whip, and struck him upon the hand. A scuffle ensued and the cab driver attempted to strike the complainant a second time with his whip. Horn caught the handle of the whip and it was broken. The defendant endeavoured to shuffle out of the case by saying that empty cabs were always exempted from toll, and that he had never paid toll unless he had a fare; upon which it was explained that if toll was once paid on a cab passing any of the gates with a fare, the toll was not de mended a second time on the same day, unless the driver had a fresh fare. Mr. Yardley said the defendant ought to have paid the toll when he passed the Limehouse gate with a fare, and that he was bound to pay the toll every time ho passed along the road with a fare. The defendant—Must I pay the toll? Mr. Yardley—Your fare must pay it. The defendant then said that when he passed through the Limehouse gate with his fare, the complainant was drinking in a public-house. The complainant gave a solemn denial to this statement, anti Enid ho woe collecting the toll a few yards from the gate from the driver of a London Parcels Delivery cart at the time the defendant passed through the gate with a fare in his cab. He was confirmed in every particular by George Pearcy, the driver of the cart, who said he invariably pulled up at the corner of Salmon's-lane, twenty yards from the gate, to sort his parcels for the locality, and saw the cab passing along behind an omnibus, and heard the defendant call out the letter of the day. Mr. Robert Scovey, foreman of the toll-collectors, said that similar evasions by cabmen, who charged their fares with the tolls, were frequent. Mr. Yardley said the defendant had been guilty of a fraud on the toll-collector, who was in the discharge of his duty, though not actually at the gate when the cab passed through with his fare, and the toll ought then to have been paid. He must put a stop to these evasions, and the toll-. collectors must be protected in the discharge of their duties. He fined the defendant 10s. upon each summons and the costs. The money was paid. P UNCH! A timely whisper in the ear of the First Lord of the Admiralty is audible to-day in the midst of the " hard hits," administered as usual right and left by the baton of our London Charivari. It is a whisper apropos of the Navy Estimates coming on on Friday evening, and one that we sincerely hope will be taken to heart by—Boat-Builder Pakington DEATH IN A VEHICLE.—A startling circum stance took place at Brighton on Saturday. Mr. Dixon, one of our medical gentlemen, was attending a Mrs. Brown, at Patcham, when the situation of a young woman near her confinement was pointed out to him. She was anxious to be confined at her brother's house, in Frances street, Brighton, and Mr. Dixon, finding her rather poorly, put her in his cab, wrapping her up in a blanket, and rode himself upon the box with the coachman. On reaching Frances-street, which is situated at the north part of the town, the ilyman stopped, and opening the window, said to the young woman, " I forgot what number you said-42 or 45 ?" but he received no answer. The poor girl, whose name was Elizabeth Steele, was dead. She was living at Patch= as a servant.—Sussex .Express. LINCOLN RACES (THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE TRIAL STAKES. Dead heat between Lifeboat and the Speaker. Six ran. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a secon d ti me an d or d ere d to be committed :—Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) ; Indian and Australian Telegraph Company (N o . 2) ; Liver pool Corporation Water ; Llyfni Vale Railway; North Staffordshire Railway; Sittingbourne and Sheerness Rail way (Working Arrangements, &c.) ; West End of London and Crystal Palace tailway (No. 2). WESTON-SUPER-MARE IMPROVEMENT AND MARKET BILL. Mr. CHARLES FORSTER moved that the order that the Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Bill be committed, be read and discharged ; that the bill be with drawn ; and that, in the case of the Sunderland Dock (No. 2) Petition for Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith ; which were severally agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of a comprehensive measure of parliamentary reform ; the repeal of the paper duty; and the extension of Christianity in India. CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. On the motion of Sir J. TRELAWNEY, the second reading of this bill was postponed till Monday next. CHURCH-RATES COMMUTATION BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, ±lr. WALPOLE suggested that the hon. member (Mr. Alcock) should postpone the bill until next Monday. Considering that the other measure on the subject had been put off until that day, he thought it would be very incon venient to have the present bill discussed on that occasion. Mr. ALCOCK regretted that he could not comply with the request of the right hon. gentleman. At the end of last session, when it was found that the hon. baronet (Sir J. Trelawney) could not effect the passing of the Church rates Abolition Bill, he communicated with him, and he (Sir J. Trelawney) consented to his introducing his (Mr. Alcock's) measure. It had been read a first time, and he did not consider it was fair to him to propose to interrupt the progress of the bill at its present stage. His bill pro vided for the raising of a fund to meet the purposes to which a church-rate was applied, and it was entirely volun tary and permissive. By the bill of the right honour able baronet the incumbent and churchwardens of a parish were constituted a corporation in perpetuity to maintain the fabric of the church; but he could not see how such a body would be able to effect what they had already failed in accomplishing. -The chief dif ference between his bill and that of the hon. baronet was that he proposed to call to his assistance the Charity Com missioners already existing. That body administered no less than £1,200,000 annually, and had to deal with charities some of which were of the value of only 10s. a week, while others amounted to no less than £35,000 a year. Mr. COLLINS moved an amendment that the bill be read a second time on Monday next. After a few words from Mr. D. GRIFFITHS and Mr. S. ESTCOURT, the motion was withdrawn and the bill was ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. ELECTIONS, &c., BILL. Mr. COLLINS moved the second reading of this bill, and stated that the first clause proposed to assimilate the law relating to voting in Ireland with that of E ng l an d , an d that the other clauses had for their object the shortening of notices at elections in the latter country. After some observations from Mr. J. D. VITZGERALD, the second reading of this bill was postponed till Wednesday next. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed for a fort night. MANOR COURTS, &c. (IRELAINID) BILL. On the motion that the house go int) committee on this bill, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the, allowance of compen sation to the stewards of these courts, and suggested that the committee should be postponed until the resolutions allowing these compensations were discussed. Mr. WHITESIDE explained that the object of the bill was to do away with . the jurisdiction of the seneschals of those courts in matters relating to the administration of justice, and to transfer it to the County Court magistrates and other judges in Ireland; These manors were a rem nant of feudalism and of no benefit wh a t ever i n th e admi nistration of justice ; and in many instances a nuisance to the country. After some discussion, in which Mr. Kirk, Mr. De Vere, and Mr. Williams took part, it was decided that the bill should stand over until after the other orders of the day had been disposed of. RECEIVERS IN CHANCERY, &c., (IRELAND) BILL: On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD complained that both this bill and the Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland) Bill were not in the possession of Irish members to enable them to determine on their respective merits, and suggested that they should be postponed for a week. Mr. WHITESIDE said he had no objections to the pro posed postponement. but he wished to state that he would not bring in any other Irish bills until the discussion on these were disposed of. MANOR COURTS, &c. ^ (IRELAND) COMPENSA- SATIOti BILL. The house having resolved itself into committee on the resolution for awarding compensation to the stewards of the Manor Courts, the preceding debate on Manor Courts was resumed by— Mr. J. 1). FITZGERALD, who called the attention of the committee to the case of those compensations. From the returns of 1842 it appeared that in 25 counties there were 193 manor courts. He was unable to name the number of these courts in the other seven courts. His proposal was that they should not appoint any more judges of these courts when the present judges died, which would provide for their gradual extinction. He considered it would be most unjust to leave the humble suitor without a court that would supply the place of these tribunals. It would be desir able to increase the jurisdiction of the county court judge and to give magistrates at petty sessions to adjudicate on claims that involved debts amounting to £2O. However, these alterations should be concurrent with the abolition of the manor courts. These courts, amounting to 300, were spread through the country, and he thought they should be supplied with information in a tabulative form respecting these courts, and the amounts of compensation that would be required. Mr WHITESIDE expressed his surprise at the opposi tion offered to the bill on this subject which he (Mr. White side) had introduced. He thought they should apply the same principle in dealing 'ith these courts that they had done when they abolished certain courts and established county courts in this country with respect to granting com pensation. They might not like these courts, but they must take them as they found them, and it was only equitable that what was vicious in principle should cease td exist in prac tice. The increase would result in the number of stamps that would be required by the proceedings in the petty courts. Mr. WILSON said that the proposed compensation was reasonable enough, but he objected to its being charged 01 the consolidated fund. Lord NAAS said that Government had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the hon. member, and moved that the resolution should be withdrawn, on the distinct under standing that those compensations should be paid out of the annual vote. The resolution was then withdrawn. MANOR COURTS (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on 'this bill. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD again advocated his proposi ion for the gradual extension of these courts, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this day at noon N.W.; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind W. to N.N.W. TORBAY, Feb. 22.—Wind W. by S.—Arrived—Triumph, from London for Bermuda. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 22.—Wind W.—Sailed—Herald, for Melbourne. NEWPORT, Feb. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Maria Fre deriko, from Copenhagen, for St. Thomas; Caldie, from London, for St. Paul de Loando ; Everton, from Bristol, for Cape de Verd. CARDIFF, Feb. 22.—Sailed—Curahmore, for Kurrachee ; Christina, for Rio Janeiro; Isabella, for Monte Video ; Clyde, for Galveston. CLYDE, Feb. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived —Ocean from Rio Janeiro ; Earl of Lonsdale, from Demerara. Sailed—Tro jan, for Grenada. HULL, Feb. 22.—Wind (s. for Greenland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 21.—Harmony; from Portsmouth; Liver, from Jersey. Arrived, Feb. 22.—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London. Sailed, Feb. 21.—Necessity, for Portsmouth. Sailed, Feb. 22.—La Poule, and Georges, for Cherbourg; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived, Feb. 22—Axnstel, from Smyrna; Orsini, from Rouen. Arrived, Feb. 23—Humphrey Nelson, from Valparaiso ; Julia, from Laguna. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E., tide three hours' ebb ; weather very fine. Arrived, Feb. 23.—John, Mowlem, from Guernsey; Treaty, Alarm, and Sutton, from Dunkirk; Nicodemus, from Ivenborg ; Sophia, from Holbeck. Sailed, Feb. 23.—Adrette, for Pernambuco Holland steamer, for Ostend; Seine, steamer, for Bculogne ; Ran ger, steamer, for Amsterdam. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.W., moderate. Passed in tow.—Alnwick Castle, from Calcutta, fo r ondon. ---- Commander Peter Giles Pickernell (1810) died on Sunday last at his residence, at Blackheath, at the advanced age of 87 years. H e entered the navy in 1790, and during his early career in the service was engaged in several gallant affa irs against the enemy, capturing at different times eight priva teers, mounting in all 60 guns. The gallant Com mander was second Lieutenant of the Revenge at the battle of Trafalgar, and when Lieutenant of the same ship, in 1806, assisted at the capture of four French frigates. He commanded the Galla n t an d a division of gunboats in the Walcheren expedi tion in 1809. The deceased officer was the oldest commander on the reserved half•pay list, his com mission as Lieutenant bearing date the sth of July, 1800, and as Commander the 4th of July, 1810. By his death an out pension of Greenwich Hospital becomes at the disposal of the Admiralty ' Board. D CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING AY Tues day, Feb. 22.—Admissions on paym en t , 825 • ditto by season tickets, 411; total visitors, 1,236. TRIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on offer, to-day, was rather limited ; but al: kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's cur rency. ,The general condition of the samples was by no means first-rate. There was only a limited inquiry for foreign wheat; nevertheless, holders were firm in their demands. The show of samples was large. We had a fair inquiry for most kinds of barley, at full quotations, and fine malt was quite as dear as on Monday. We had a fair sale for oats and peas, on former terms. Beans moved off slowly, at Monday's decline in value. The flour trade ruled heavy. In prices, however, no change took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,810 I 2,590' 4,730 ; 3,940 620 Irigh Foreign — 1 1,480 1 4,170 460 sks 30 blu THE BALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Will you kindly insert the accompanying letter on certain fallacies of the Times as regards le Ballot, which the editor of that paper declines admit ?—I am, &c., F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-square, Feb. 22. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,--You have refused insertion in your paper - , to letters of mine, addressed to you in perfect courtesy and in the desire to correct certain mis statements which I found in your columns, and when by the kindness of other editors the letters which I had the honour to address to you appeared in their papers, you answered my statements in your own columns, thus evincing the fact that you attached importance to communications to which you denied a circulation. The fact is a contradic tion to your assertion in your leading article of to-day, that consistently with space and time you. were always ready to afford me a full and fair hearing. I know too well the value of space in your paper to attempt improperly to avail myself of it. Will you allow me, then, to ask you, in reference to a column and a quarter of ingenious wordiness in to-day's Times, what one ai gument there i s aga i ns t the ballot? Are you prepared now to de n y th a t which you very recently asserted, that on secrecy. depends the independence of the press. One word on your to-day's argument on the analogy of the press and the ballot. The metaphysical essence called a " newspaper" clearly is responsible so far as the law of libel is a cheek upon the editor, as the metaphysical essences called " St. Albans" and "Sudbury" were responsible to the bribery laws and were disfranchised : the difference is in the present positions of the units of which those essences are made up. Unless the individual writers in the press were personally unknown, and therefore personally irresponsible, if they were compelled to attach their signatures to their articles, and so become respon sible for them, no pay which the Times could offer would procure men of talent to undertake the ardu ous office. The liberty of the press would then receive its death-blow, and that which is an Englishman's distinctive pride and boast would depart for ever. We have seen a remarkable instance of this in the last day or two. Nearly every paper has had ano nymous articles against a recent scandalous legal appointment. Professional newspapers, as well as the ordinary press, have spoken out freely, because the writers wrote secretly. Would there have been the same outspoken burst of indignation had a record been kept against every writer of the articles he wrote on this point ? To the secrecy of the press and its consequence—the independence • the press—the country owes its deliverance from a bad judge. Such is the fact as regards the writers in newspapers. How different the position to the elector ! He has as solemn a duty to perform, but in the performance of that duty he is not equally protected. At the present moment tha majority of electors do not perform that duty—they are not permitted "to do th e i r own voting ; ' while secrecy protects your writers from that very malign influence which you are determined to perpetuate on the elector, and your writers consequently "do their own writing." Say what you please, the two cases are perfectly analogous. As for stabbing in the dark, and secrecy producing evil d ee d s , an d t h e electoral ballot-box being a horror, why have you not the same horror of all the other ballot-boxes ? Parliamentary elections are almost the only viva voce elections in this country, and parliamentary electors are consequently almost the only electors who suffer under intimidation. It may do very well to bluster in a leading article about stabbing in the dark, relying on the article taking effect on thoughtless persons ; but who can the elector stab ? What is the meaning of an elector stabbing some imaginary person or persons P When an elector in secret votes for the candidates Brown and Jones and rejects Robinson, does he stab Robinson ? If the elector voted in public, according to this, he must stab some person ; and surely, since we are to use your terms, it is much better that the elector should stab Robinson with his vote in secrecy, if it so please him, than be compelled, under a threat of ruin to stab Brown and Jones in public, and send Robinson to Parliament. I pass by that evi dent attempt to bully the man while you shun his arguments which pervades your leading article on the " Ballot Dinner." So far from taking umbrage, I am pleased to see how very little lightning accom panies such an amount of thunder. I am, &c., F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-square, February 18. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s &1 to 4s 8d; lamb, Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per 81b., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have a fair demand for new hops, at full quotations. In all other kinds very little is doing. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-FEB. 22. A quantity of south country wheat was - offered, but trade wits very dull at barely Saturday's rates. Flour almost un salpable. In oats not much business. Beans and peas are quiet, without change in value. Fine potatoes are wanted for seed, and for such qualities rather higher prices are paid. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 22. At the market this morning there was a fair attendance of buyers, but the business passing was limited, and no fur ther quotable alteration occurred in the value of either wheat or flour. The demand for Indian corn was quite in retail, at about previous rates. Oats and oatmeal steady. Egyptian beans, peas, and barley in retail demand, and without change in their value. Notwithstanding the small amount of business passing, the market showed no signs of weakness. LEEDS-FEB. 22. At our corn exchange to-day there was a good supply of wheat, for which the trade ruled rather slow, at last Fri day's currencies for good dry qualities ; all damp samples continue very difficult to dispose of. Beans in limited do mand at former rates. Other articles unaltered. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,273 qrs., at 42s 4itd 8ar1ey......... 1,840 „ 358 31d Oats 127 „ 24s 111 d Rye lO „ 34s 6d Beans 156 „ 43s nd Peas Arrivals this week : Wheat 2,086 qrs. Oats Barley 1,964 Beans 217 Rapeseed 4O Linseed — NORWICH CATTLE—FEB. 19. There was a small show of store cattle to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were very dull, but at the close of the market one-fourth remained un sold. The selling price for Scots was 4s to 4s 6d ; short horns, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Irish, 3s to 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7s 6d to 8s —very prime, 8s Gd per stone. Many lots left unsold. Sheep—Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d, prime lots 9s per stone. All sold. Pigs—Good store pigs, 18s to 20s per head. Fat pork, 5s Od to 5s 6d, prime 6s per stone. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-.—YESTERDA.Y. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 1 7f 11 18f Antwerp - 25 3Th Brussels — 25 321- 25 371 Hamburgb. -.13 61 13 61 Paris Short. 25 71- 25 15 Ditto - Marseilles — 25_ _ 321 25_ _ 37± Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 114 11 5 11 5 1184 11 10 11 15 Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn 20 i 0 29 75 Gmoa. 25 50 25 55 Naples Palermo — Messina — Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — 40k 121 121} 524 ; 53 401 121} 1211 52; 531 E.I. Co's bls. House bls. God Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 241 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24i East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Ben,nl Madras Bombay £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) .... per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 6 li FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 21. Notice is hereby given that the State apartments of Windsor Castle will be re-opened to the public on and after Thursday next, the 24th inst., upon the usual days. WHITEHALL, FEB. 21. The Queen has been pleased to grant into the Rev. James Craigie Robertson, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury, void by the death of the Rev. William John Chesshyre. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEE. 18. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, to appoin` Edward Pope Deane, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honour• able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice W. H. B. Connor, Esq., resigned. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Ist West York Regiment of Militia—Philip George Hewett, Esq., to be Adjutant, vice Davenport, resigned. Royal North Lincoln Militia—George Morland Hutton, Esq., to be Captain, vice F. R. Pierce, resigned. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Lieut. A. G. Morgan to be Captain, vice Meek, resigned. East Kent Regiment of Militia—James Dinely Marjori banks, Gent , to be Ensign, vice Simmons, prometed. Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia — Robert Cairnes Bruce, Esq., late Captain in the 85th Foot, to be Captain. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Thomas Fitt Balls, innkeeper, Brixton. John Abram, cabinet maker, Manchester. Matthias Smith, carpet merchant, Halifax. BANKRUPTS. Harman Matthew Milton, cab proprietor, Walworth road, to surrender, March 1, at eleven, and 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Fowler, builder, New Cross, Kent, March 8, at two, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Syson, hosier, Birmingham, March 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Bennett, ironmaster, West Bromwich, March 7 and April 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. George Ridler, provision dealer, Bute-street, Cardiff, March 8 and April 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Edwin Simester, grocer, Cardiff, March 7 and April 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Madeley Hartwell, stretcher, finisher, and calm dere; Manchester, March 7 and 29, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Thomas Glennie, Harley - street, Cavendish - square, boarding-house keeper, March 3, and April 7, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Schofield and Louis Horrie, Blue Pits, Rochdale, grease manufacturers, March 10 and 31, at the Manchester District Court. George Wheller, draper, Curry Rival, Somersetshi xeterre, March 3, at twelve, and March 30 , at eleven, at the E District Court. John Manley, miller, Exwick, near Exeter, March 10 and April 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Anderson Pitman, Edinburgh. Robert John Dunlop, sharebroker, Edinburgh. J. and J. Ritchie and Co., tailors, Edinburgh. Andrew Struthers, farmer, West Rogerton, Lanarkshire. John Rankin, hair cutter, Glasgow. the L i ver pool Police-court yesterday (Tuesday) a A LONDON COMME RCIAL TRAVELLER GARROTTED. p —Attn young fellow, named Frederick Powell, supposed to returned convict, and who refused to give any ac count If, was charged with attempting to garro tt e n d rob Mr. Alb ert Ellis, a commercial traveller for a firm ow be a Watling-street,, London. Mr. Ellis said that as h o was of hmse in Watling geing to his hotel about 12 o'clock on Mond a y n i g ht, h e - vas a ttacked in iydney-street by the prisoner, who came behind him and nearly strangled him by squeezing his neck. At the same time another man came in front of him, and attempted to cut his watch chain with an instrument like a railway ticket-cutter. While Mr. Ellis was struggling w ith his assailants two police offi cers came up , an d the prisoner was captured, but his companion managed to escape. The prisoner, who made no defence, was com mitted for trial. AN IRISHMAN'S LETTER.—The following is the true Nw. tpohr, copy e.w of a letter received in Boston from across the heard lreland, anything March 27, 0 f y l 0 8 5 sins 6. the My lastdea dear ~—I have not time e I wrote ye. I have moved from the place where I now live, or I should have written to you before. I did not know where a letter might find you first ; but I now take my pen in hand to drop you a few lines, to inform you of the death of your own living uncle, Kilpatrick. He died ver y suddenly, after a long illness of six months. Poor man, he suffered a great deal. He lay a long time in convulsions, perfectly quiet and speechless, and all the time talkin g in coherently and inquiring for water. I'm very much at a loss to tell ye what his death was occasione ckd at ; but the he doctor thinks it was occasion ed by his last s iness, for was not well 10 days during his confinement. His age ye know just as well as I can tell ye ; he was 25 years old last March, lacking 16 months ; and if he had lived till this time he would have been six months dead, jist. N.B. Take notis, I inclose to you a tin pound note, which your fartht r sends to you unbeknown to me. Your mother often speaks of ye ; she would like to send ye the brindle cow, and I would enclose her till ye but for the horns. I would beg of ye not to brake the sale of this until two or three days after ye have read it, for which time yell be better prepared for the sorrowful news.—Patrick O'Branigan. To Michael Glancy, No. —, Broad-street, United States of Ameriky, State of Massachusetts, in Boston. "—New York paper. FINANCES OF WALLACHIA. A document of considerable interest at the presen t moment has just been made public : it is the report of M. Cattardji, Minister of Finance of Wallachia, to the Cainiakanie, which has just resigned its powers. From this statement it would appear that if Prince Ghika and his supporters did not actually use the public funds as a means of influencing in their favour those whose votes might be serviceable in the new elections, at any rate the late Hospodar had no mind to smooth the financial path of his successor, who takes office with an empty treasury and a considerable amount of public debt ready made to his hands. The report reviews the financial operations from the month of August, 1856, at which time the Vestiaria had in its treasury £53,000. On the Ist November last this was reduced to about £2,50 0, exclusive of £16,000 belonging to the courts of law. At the former period the sum of £66,743 was pai d in to the Vestiaria for the service of the nationa debt, in pursuance of a vote of the General As sembly; but not only has that amount disap peared, but also a further sum of £58,240, derived from various sources, and in addition to this a de ficit is !announced in the budget of some £62,000 more. These figures appear small to Englishmen, accus tomed to deal with revenue and expenditure in millions ; but they are large when applied to the finances of a principality whose income was esti mated at about £275,000, and its expenditure at about £220,000, including the tribute to the Porte. The list of the extraordinary payments which have brought about this state of the Wallaehian finances is rather curious, and among them appear the following items. Compensation granted to the farmers of the re venue at Ibraila and Giurgevo, for losses arising from the foreign occupation of 1853 and 1854, £17,150. But these claims had already been rejected by the administrative council of 1854-5, and as they have not been sanctioned by , any judicial decision, it m g u a i v d bpersupposedo quo o n t t h h e a tr part m o e f e t G h o h s i e k a 1 tolooked ora f t o h r e y a were paid. Three items, viz., " extraordinary mis sions," " divers supplementary expenses," and 4 , in crease in the number of post-horses beyond he £6 lll ,s em B6 l;ers of the Commission of Organisation, ~,Ftubrnosie_ oeBaol,6hmOdeoo sundry ed h r : ac c rn h bl deu l ai v ril a lde: Clearly t s u p j e . e c i for fied the t h h o e u c s o e i s i t o r a c c c u t s p , i ' e (l a b b s y o r the 5, pairresoldings of purchased f ut o rh r coh l s e ae s s s he t do h u a as i em i s £ ocu 2 on , s O tt o t£ o o , 4 -v 3 h 0 , 0 i£ 3 1 , , the presence of the friends who were to endow the Principalities with a constitution was almost as dis astrous to the finances as the foreign occupation, considering the time each lasted ; for under this latter head appears " compensation for hire and repair of houses occupied by foreign troops, £14,400," making, with the sum previously paid on that account, above £31,000. M. Cattardji 'hints pretty strongly that he has little faith in the honesty with four the above payments, and winds up his report witfour paragraphs. The first sets forth the fact that all the treasuries of the Vestiaria are empty, and that p of its source, or legitimate destination.aymts were made out of the first cash that came to hand, en irrespective r T r l e w s eti states that since August, 1856, the Vestiaria hascognvodt rid of more than £llO,OOO, although the revenues had received an important increase from the con tracts for farming the state domains ; and that under a proper system of finance the £llO,OOO ought now to be in the treasury in cash, whereasfrom loans have been raised at 7 and 8 per cent. private individuals. Thirdly, the national debt is not diminished, the £66 743 paid over for that pur pose having been otherwise dissipated. Finally, in the course of two years and four months £47,400 has been distributed by way of gratifications to various individuals, some of whom have received from £1,750 to £2,250, and to pay these sums not only has the whole of the grain reserve been employed, the new but £2,200 has been raised on that item in antici t he and £4,000 has been taken from the fund of the frontier guards, which had hitherto been e o e u n t .e m b a e n ra a te gi s n its finances, for very g strongly the held sacred under all circumstances. It will be somewhat curious to see how , a e b rn ol m e e snttatseentisenatb opinion uttered by a Moldavian one of the Danube steamers. One Boyar on board t G lie l asked him what he thought of the passengers of the Principalities ?" __was the real "question is, who is to have the He replied, "The question into the public purse power of putting his hand it ought to be our t ;we who are out think that the same opinion urn ; they who are in are not of " So Prince Ghika took care leave no ca s h * behind him on quitting office. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—The receipts of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty for tho year 1857 amounted to £227,180 and the disbursements to £218,350 ; £25,518 was paid for the purchase of tithe rentchargey houses, lands, and buildings ; £ 35 , 513 for the eractio n of resident houses , and 39,489 was lent on mortgage to build glebe-hong% ,` it, of so ere lod lis the me the ted ton Mle