The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

„,. THE SUN , LONDON, 'V ._.. :-._l:-.:E : LE a •S' .i.•:, I: .A.'.l: I' : XEL) RENTALS. El ONEY VI A. B. KET ', kw ii.A -i.il M IR, Pi: '''.'sl' i-- This Doan . 1 , Shr. Paid' RAILWAYS. co l 'in e p a fl n ii 4 CS., Clo y s e il ifer ay' 'ri66 B thiS usili d e a s4 y RA ILWA T. &JD i _________ cIGMMERCIAL INTELL/SENCE, , i :•.=lir. Pad iiaaLwa, fr, :Aiming rr e. • Business done -- ---- - - yesterday 1 ea. this day. i t 1. 1 0 00 '. o ß l u y e a kg es h a a a m ie s j h e .. L ei n al . a. & a ll o; W .. ..l 9 93 3 --_- 1 4 ,5 5 ..... _ CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 25 t. 1 ; 0 11 C E o . t. i s ii t . o g u . e 6 V p y . ~ E G t . C . N . o & r E t h . Cu 13012 - 13 1 Some indications of improvement are now visible 124 lo a. zi rab E g a . at i a N'o . t j t i i i i n g e .: . ll, 5, 3 / 4 ..... r i 58 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 31 - 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. in the textile manufacturing districts, the more 50_ all Belfast & Bally men , 8 -8, , , 13i ell Blrmng. Wolverh, A Neils. Direct. ... - -. seasonable state of the weather having al imu- Stour V,,lley 6B - 70 St. 100 Do. New Do • - ••• fated the demand for wieter go , ds. 1n25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt•Westn ... - 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. ,St N.M lO6 - 107 several of the principal towns greater ac- St, t. 101 , - scei•ikcesiithi Cheshire j riac t s, . a 25 all 31ackburn -9/ 25 all Do. 1 Shares Do -- -. tivity prevails, and this will have tho effect 123 all Do. 1 Shares Do -- ... fl 5 all 9lytla & Tyne oriina! _,P2s(is_;. at £45)... ... - _ 1211 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 12 - 13 of giving fuller employment to the operative classes St. 100 Bristol & Exeter__ 80 -- 91 among whom, b o th i n t h e provinces and in Lon- St. 100 Caledonian. 20 I all Do.Preferenee . .Do 23 -24 St -- ..... . 87 - 871 86 St. 1100 Lon. Til., &S Peto &Co. 93 - 100 10 l 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do * - P don, there has b een, an d st i ll is, much distress. 100 ,;•hester & Holyhea , ' 3 10 9 = 1 41. t 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 51 all Manch.Bxton. Lat. &N.W. There is very little providence among this portion 20 all "lork., Black. & Pass. ••• - •• and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 21 of the popul a ti on, an d , a l though they were pros- 20 a ll Cornwall 4 - 5 i 10 all Th St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 9l - 92 . A perous in th e ear l y part of last year, they are now 10 all Do. B . - ... BuryE • G.spc. E. Count.. A - ip suffering rather severely. This is perceptible 50 all Dublin&BelfastJunc ••• - ...6 60 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 65 - 57 25 all Dun P &Aber.Junc. • 8} - 81 50 I all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... - ... as much in Spitalfields, and other localities) st. 100 slast'en . Anglian ........ 19 - 191, 50 c all Do.Fixedsp.c Do -- .. 624 61 60i 11 as in the north of England, and any amelioration St. 10 Eastern Counties....: 61 - 25 all Prest. dr Wyre L. &la. W. ... - ... in business, however slight, must be hailed with St. 100 EasternUnion,A.sth 4 3 1 ---__ 318 1 121 all Do. 1 Shrs. A Do St. 10 0 Do. do. B St. I_oo Roystn.&Hit. Glt.Northri 130 - 133 • satisfaction. The 4th of the month seems to 25 83 no. 'New A. .......• ••• - •• 10 all IShrews.& Her *T. Brassey 74 - 8 7 - 18 have passed off in a favourable manner, but 25 all East Kent ......... . 17 12 all IS. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 81 - P. 1 9k , . St. 100 East Lancashire .. „ 92 - 94 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. ... - ... a few failures are recorded. In Glasgow the sus- 20 all East Suffolk - •. ••• - ••• 25 all Do Do 3ll - 32 -• .., pension is announced of Messrs. Thomas Callender 10 all D o , - ... St. 100 IWilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 81 - 86 .•-:.. I 'loo Edi n b ure h & Gl asgow 633 641 643 - .. and Sons, leather factors, and of Messrs. Mitchell, PREFERENCE SHARES. mall Minh. and Pechies- ••• - •• - Miller, and Ogilvie, wholesale warehousemen, t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde 321 - 331 321 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. • and of Messrs. J. and W. Wallace, muslin-menu- 0 all ForthandClydeJunc. ... - ... 1 -.- 91 ... , St. 100 F c.pref.(issd.at 50.) - urness - -. . , lecturers. It is also reported that Mr. John Ewan - ) St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 90 - 92 St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 89 of Dundee, manufacturer and export merc h ant, h as 10 all Great N. of Scotland 91 - 104 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares_ -- _ St. 100 Caledn. £lO 44 p. c. 95 - 97 succumbed. Daring the next f ew mont h s there 100 Great Northern 991 - 1004' 591 - It 100 .Do. A Stock - „, 87 - 88 z.' St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent_ ... -- ... Will, no doubt, be a few similar casualties, and it is et. 100 Do., B. Stock - 126 121 61 all Cork&Bandonslp.e. ... St. :100 Gt. SOL&West.are). 98 - 100 61 all Duu.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 - 61 just possible that the late collapse at home may St, jlOO Great Western. - et 60 ... • have a prejudicial effect in di s t ant co l on i es, t h at may St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 58 -62 59 St. [OO E, Anglian Cls.A Sh. - - react here, although it is not i mag i ne d th a t any St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. C. 105 --• 110 12 all Irish South-E as t ern. ... - ... st. .100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 111 5C I all Lancaster &Carlisle. 77 - 80 St. 'lOO Eas•Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l 106 - 109 serious check is to be given to the recovery which 161, 111'D Thirds 8 - 9 P ~ 0., St. 100 Do. No. 2 lOl - 107 is now taking place in monetary and commercial 1,6 i 15 Do. New Thirds ... 8 - 9 r . St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 124 - 127 127 St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 98 5 - 97 98 5 5 1 Affairs. 16 6 Do., do. F 216 ... - 5 20 all East Un. o per cent. - •„G. 6p. C. ... - .., I ... The Liverpool Cotton Market y es t er d ay c l ose d 3 / Do., Wst. Riding Un. •• • -•- 5 all Do. 5/. i 1... with less animation, a n d ptices declined fully id. 20 all D o . Sonthpert. •••••• ''6 i --.... .6..3 10 all Do. 10/ Debentr,Sh. - ... 61 St. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... - .. 111 all Lo n d on & Bl ac k wa r T ... -,•,- . per lb. on most de scr ipti ons. Th e sa l es were esti- St. 100 Lond.Beieht.e.tS.Cst. 1 0 0 - 11 0 St, 100 East Lancash.6p.cts. - .... - 100 991 9 5 all E. &W. York. J. stllu. ... - ... mated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on St. 100 London &N. Westorr 991 10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp, c. Sh. ... • - ... 20 all Do. *eifths - -. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. ... - ... • speculation. The Railway Share Market maul - 10 • all Do. ,IGI Sh. M&B 0 ... -•-• ~ • ... St. 100 Furness,.s p. c ... - -. fasted a very buoyant appearance, and quotations 123 5 ' Do. Eighths I- g e St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. ... -- ... ... St. 100 London dr S.Weatern 984 - 992 98 7 8 St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 115 -- 117 considerably advanced. 5 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ••• - ... St. 100 Do. 5 p. e. Redeem. The arrivals this morning consisted of the Mar- 25 all Linlnclrry. & Ennisk. • - 4 - ii 391 at 10 p. c. prem.... 107 - 109 .51. 100 , Wanch.Slrf.&Lineln. 40 5 - St. 100 Do. 41 per cent,..,, 100 - 102 -,.. Mion from the Brazils, the Indus from Alexandria, 10 li) Metropolitan ....„ - ••• - ••• 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 l!i and the Candace with 1,801 oz. of gold from the 10 ' 1 Do. J. L. Ricarclo'& t west coast of Af r i ca. arrangement - - p. C. prem. - C 4 / St. 100 N d 94 - 94/ 931 fidlan 10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pre. 10 - 101 101 1 I St. 100 Do. Bi ire". & Derbi 6 6 - 68 20 18 G t. S& W. (Ireland) ... - ... 1 A further slight d ec li ne h as t a k en p l ace i n th e foreign exchanges, but the movement is not of 50 all Nitidland G. West. (Ir.) ••• - ''' 25 all Do. 3 Shares .... ••• - ''' 20 18 Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. ... - ... 50 C, Gt.W.(B.&FI.Ex.Spe 51 - 6 St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 83 - 90 , great importance. 1 00 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - ••• St, 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c. 82 - 84 About 360,000/. in American and other gold has 25 all Newpt.AbergArlrfd 13 - 14 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 82 - 84 84 been added to the stock of bullion in the Bank 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - ••• St. 100 Do sp, c • red. pref. 96 - 98 93 vaults. A further supply is expected there to-day. ,20 all Newry, Warren oral ... _ ... & Rpstrevor 8 all Do. Birm. Pref, Sh„. 91 - 91 10 all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. 154 - 164 The market for English Securities has b een very St. 100 Norfolk.. 62 - 64 63 21 10 all Do. do. sp, c. do. ... 9/ - 91 , • fiat, and at reduced prices, but it i s now ra th er 50 31 Northn. Counties Un 31 - 3 4 1 St. 100 Do, Birm. Gua. Stk. 69 - 71 St. 100 North British - 54 531 261 all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. 171 -18 a 18 firmer. The discussion with respect to an Indian St. 100 North Devon, Rail. di 133 all Do. do. do Bl - 91 loan having been renewed upon the eve of the Dock 5t0ck............ ••• -- ••• 20 al Do. do. do 134 - 13/ St. 100 Do A Stock . ••• - ••' St. 100 Lan.& York, 6 pc.St ... - ... 1133 , • settlement, several of those who bought at lower St. 100 Do" B Stock .." ..... . - ... : ~ - 100 99 84 St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l ... - .., 3 prices deemed it prudent to secure their pro- St. 100 N.Eastern - Berwick 9.9 5 t. 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 ... - ~„ 25 alt Do do Extension ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar, 6p, e. 135 - 140 fits, and the necessary operations for that pur- 25 161 • • - • t • Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 2d - par 3 - pose occasioned temporary dep ress i on. At th e St. 10) Do Leeds 551 - 564 St, 100 Do. do. sp. c., No, 118 St. 100 Lou. & N.W., Coy. & - St, 100 00 D N o o . rt Y h ot ondon .. 87 -8887 61 Nuneaton sr. et ... - - ... _ present moment there is rather more firm ... ... 90 - 95 St. 100 Lou. & S.V./. 7 porct. ness, a few buyers having appeared. Consols 10 31.1 N.& S. Wstn. Hamp late 3d Shares , 155 - 160 ) ! for money have been dealt in at 941 i 4, 944 a ex- dividend ; for Thursday they are marked 94stead, and 6ity Jn. ... - ... ,i I, 2020 , a 1 ,74 North Staffordshire- 24• - 24 144 1 North Western - ... 121 all Londy.& Color, 3 Sh. ... - ... 121 all Londy.&Ennis. 1 Sh. ... - ... St. 100 ~ S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 115 - 120 94i g, and they are now 94 a i . For February the 10 all N. &S. Westrn, June 81 - 91 8 . St. 100 Do. do. 3/ per cont. 61 - I'B . • 3 quotation is 944 95. Exchequer Bills h ave r i sen st. 100 Oxfordorcester & 321 _ :33 6 43 o. do. do. 16 .. a - i Wolverhampton..,,. 121 all Marypt. t Carl. 4 p.c. .. - ... • ' to Bs. and lls. premi um. I n di a B on d s un d er 20 18 Portsmouth 8 - 4 d 121 all Do. 44 per cent -- .- .1 1,000/. are ls. to 4s. prem. The New Three per 10 10 (Scottish ... - ... 123 104 Do. do. ... - -. •, St. 100 Scottish Central ... _ 105 - 107 St. 100 Wid.Consol.6p.c. St. ... - ' Cents. are 94i I ; and the Reduced 941 i. St. too ,scot. N.E.Abrdu.St 251 - 261 St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c. 132 - 134 i There is rather more strength in the market for 5t..100 Shropshire Union . . 47 - 49 St, 100 Do. 44 p. C. Prof. St. 95 - 97 St. i 8 . ,Sitingbourne &Sheer 31 - 21c1 St. 100 Do, L. &H. Pref. St. 86 - 88 Foreign Securities, but business is quiet. Turkish )0 1100 Southl Devon._ ...... 34 - 3n 35 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr. - ' l # 6 per Cent s . are 98l i , and the 4 per . Cents' st. 100 south Eastern....... 73 -73 721 3/ sp.c.rod. sp.e.pm. ... - ... 104 ; Mexican 3 per Cents, are 20- . 4 1 ; Peruvian 4.( t ) i a o l o l , s l): i . iti l i 4 poi c. Shares ... - - w ........... 80 - 81 801 x d 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. 11 - 111 111 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. .- - ... _4l per Cents. 79i 80 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents. 20 all S. Yorksh. RiverDnr 13 -15 3 St. 100 Do, sp. C. Ext. 1846 ... - ... 86; ; Venezuela 41 per Cents. 321, and Spanish 20 to D 0...... ........... ...... 7 - 5 d St. 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ... 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 9 - le St, 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 ... - ... ' Passive 51. 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 36 - 38 364 St. 100 North British . ...... l'a - 104 e-,_ The following are the nominal prices of Foreign . ...a ey let do,, 1 171 . - ... 7 34 Do. 71. Preference ...1 ... -._ , 4 , Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 6; Mexican, 1 " ° 5 • - ... St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. f 97 - 99 17 81 Do, do. do / - 1 d 161 i Stockton . & Hartlepl. ... - ... 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 ... - ... 206 i ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., St. 100 Taff Vale ... - _ I 124 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848... ••• -- . , 45 46 ;Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 4 2 1 •St. 100 Do. Pref,, No. 1., ... - ... 25 22 Thames lieu. D. &R ... - ... per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 42 ; 20 all Vale of Neath l9l -20 t Ditto Deferred, 25-4 261.. St. 103 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 13 - 16 50 all jWaterford&Limerick ... - ... 25 10 Do. York 11.&S. Pur. 1 - it 20 all North Staffordshire.. 22 - 23 St. 100 , Ox„ Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. ...... 111 - 116 There has been a rather active business reported 20 all jWest Cornwall.. St. 100 Do. 6p.C. 2d guar... 103 - 105 in the R a il way Sh are M ar k et, b ut in most instances 10 1 all West End of London • St. 1 100 Do. do. Debeutr. St. ••• - ... 1 , and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 81 all i Scot, Cent. New Pref. .. - ... , prices have receded fully 1 per cent. on yesterday's 5 I Do. A -- 33 6 3 / 4 6 St. 100 ISc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 110 - 112 quotations. North-Western, Midland, South- 5 all Do. B - ... 0 Eastern, and Great-Northerns, have declined 10s. 20 all West London , -„. St. 100 IDo, d 0.34 p.c. pf. St. 71 - 73 10 all ! Do First Class 25 all South Devon lO - 101 „,. to 15s. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Landashire 20 all ' Do . . Second Class... . - -* -.- -. 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. _ •- ... and Yorkshir e , S out h-W es t ern, M anchester, Shef- 10 all Wmbledon &Croydon j ... - ... 1 field, and Li nco l n, an d N orth-Eastern (Berwick), 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22 - 23 14 Most of the oth er li nes d ea l t i n were at a s li ght 100 all Atian, and St. Law. ... - ... St. 100 Do, Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 94 - 98 . reduction in values. The foreign lines were quiet. 18 9 'Bombay, Baroda, and ' I St. 100 Do. New 43 pr. cent ... - _ I , . r. GrlenatthLe Colonial underta kin g s I Cen,lnd,guar. 5 p.c. li - 21' , St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ~. - ... buco ss. 18 all tD v o. o. I • -- 203 all Bufftalo & Lake Hun. 51 - 4id 20 St. 100 Do. do. 41 p. c •. - ••• 20 all S. Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar. ... - ... . , 4 w P as e r r :tt a h m e 1 1 100 100 lßuff., Brut& Godch. , 185 - 90 100 100 1 6 p c bds 1 Aug '72! f active, and prices exhibited a decided downward • • •, '•e . do., 1 July, 731 81 - 88 tendency. Grand Trunk of Canada receded 2/. ; 100 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74l 82 - 86 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. ci. 26 - 28 25 19 Dovdo. do. St. 100 (Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc ... -- ... Great Weste rn o f C ana d a, 1 0s. ; and East Indian, 20 2s. ;Calcutta and S. East. ... - ... BRITISH MINES. A 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... - ... .. '2/ 12l Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 12 --13 • 21. Geelong and M e lb ourne, Great Indian Penin -20 14 British Iron .... - 7 20 108 'Ceylon A shares ls - lip sofa, an.d the New East Indian lines were at 20 1 Do. B. do. - 90 steady rates. 17 all Demerara. l ' O 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Ts.v.) 420 - 440 4 ... 274 East Basset (Mogan) 95 - 100 20 2s. Eastern Bengal - 1413 113 12 ... 17s Great South Tolgus.. 14 -15 dealt in to a moderate amount. Bank of Australa- 20 15 I Do, C Shares 2l - 21p -1 ••• 17,5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4-5 41 sia have advanced about 2/. ; London Chartered of 100 all 1 D 0.44 p.c.Buds.,'s7 ... - ... I ' ... 7$ - 1 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 14 - 11 100 all Do. do. do., 59, do. ... - ... ... 17s Lady Bertha Australia, 10s. ; an d P en i nsu l ar an d Or i ental , 20 all ,Geelong &Melbourne' ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 10 - 11 Steam, 10s. guar. 5 per cent..,. 20 - 21 201 ... ... N.W.Basset (Illogan) 12 - 13 St. 100 iGd. Trunk. of Canada' 54 - 56 521 33 2 3 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 4 - 5 B ISITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO(;ii,. 100 all I Do. 6p. c. Deben... 86 - 88 86/ 54 ••• 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 16 - 18 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5 (Front the Offi cia l Li st;) 20 all Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 po r e. 221 - 221 228 ... S 6s. Sort, Cons. Min. Co. 11 - 11 20 4 Do. New. guar . 5 p .c . 11 - ll p 31 ••• Basineos done. auk Stock 220 204 all Gt. Westn. of Canada 21$ - 21$ 21 4 4 ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Clear 340 - 350 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities - B p Di * ''' 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 4 - 5 3 per Cent Co nso ls A nna itt ee 4 $ $ 100 all !Do, Bds., p a y a bl e '57 ... - 19 S.W. Frances ... •• 9 94 44 i 4 6 1 i " 100 all ID°. do., '76, p. '60 ... 108 - 1 12 5 43 ram. S. &L. (Illogn. 220 - 230 New 3 per C en t. A nnu iti es Min. Co. 3 4 - 14 !actin ?loads, .7:100 • . - 100 all Do. do., '73, do. _lOB - 112 10 9 Tin Croft - 4 - Ditto, under 11006. - •• • ••• CoLsols for Account - 105 1021 ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camay,) i , - 1 20 all Madras, guar. 43 p.c 191 - 201 14 W. Basset (Illogan).. 216 - 224 Exatieqeer Bills, 23d 20 all , Do, do,, 5 per c. , 214 - 224 224 .... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.)l.oQ - 1104 SlOOO . ... ll 811 p 20 10 I Do. 44 p. c. Exton 1-. 4p 10i ::. 51 Wh. Basset (Mogan). 145 - 155 C. 660 -14 p 6 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 260 - 280 Small . - lip 61 6 ... 53 Wh. Edward(Calstek) 74 -8 78 IDES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 20 10s. 'Dude (Limited) , . ... 20 5 IScinde, guar. 5 per c.! 21 -21 p ..... 1 9 / 7s Wh, Kitty 4 12 4 = 4 1 6 1 Mexican 3 per Cent - - 20 all IDo Ditto Account 204 4 43 Wh. Trelawney(Lis.) 26 -- 28 , 214 Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent - Ditto Account . Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cent. ..... .....,... - - Ditto Account Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent. Ditt., Passive Turkish ends, 6 per cent ... I Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, a per Cent. Ditto account . . 'Venezuela Bonds, 4/ per Cent Ditto Account . , B6l 54 - 981 71 - 1031 33 - 323 Dividends on.theabove payable:in London. 10 all Antwrp&Rotterdam 64 - 7 20 all Ardennes ... - ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct •l4 - 14 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... - ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 20 13 Dutch Rhenish - 43 41 31 - 21 20 all Eastern of France - 284 20 all Do. New - ..• 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... - ... 20 73 Australianl - i 4 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. O.) 1 d - par 35 27 Brazilianlrup.(issued at 25 pm) - 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 124 - 131 1 4 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica 40 al'. Cohre-Copper ... 16 Copiapo - 13 1 all Dun Mountain Cop• 43 - 45 t T Consols fo r accoun t W 0 (''t 11 A it; e . 20 all Great L uxem b ourg ... 8-84 74 1 per Mining Co. ~, Id --1 p Ditto, February 944 5 - .. _ _......._., 943 1 x d 1G 6 Italian Junction 20 all Lierre and T urn h ou t -..- ~, 20 all Lake Co ns t. & Bale . . d ... . 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 6 - 61,-.) 2 all Fortuna 23 all General 3 all Linares 5 1/ Lusitanian - id 1 - id 15 - 17 81 - - 9 DEATH O F MR. lIACKBLOCK, NI.P.-We regret to 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.l.. announce the death o f thi s gentleman, member for the ... - .. 1 all Mariquita - 4 borough o f R e i gate, and much esteemed and respected 20 all Lyous and Geneva ~, 27 - 28 1 all New Granada i - 20 all Lyon s & M e dit erran , ... - ... 1 all Noveau Monde • - -. in the county ot Surrey. - Mr. Hackbleck had long been 333 all Maria Antenia - _ 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt • 44 -54 in indifferent health, and at one period had some inten- 10 all Do. New - _ 5 1 Port Philip ion a resigning his seat in Parliament on that account. Namur St , Liege - 06 .221(61 all 1 1 l ~\D • oo l . t c h l oe . b p i F e. Pref. 2_o_4 . .....- 21 284 all United Mexican 4l - 4$ A His death took place on Saturday last, at the residence 40 of his brother, Br , ckham Warren, Betchworth, The 10 all Norwe r iL o Trn i k a . u P c :e . f . 3 8 9 ; ' - 93 MISCELIANEGUS. deceased was formerly a merchant in th e City of London, 20 all Paris and Lyons 3si - 331 and was returned on the Liberal interest for Reigate in 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 1 ... -- ... April, 1857. He was in his 531 year. 20 9 Recife & San Frati,, 25 19 , Australian Agricult.' 25 -26 DEATH OR THE EARL OF ILCHES TER. -W e regret to (Pernam. )g.7p. c 1 .- 1 ) .. p 10 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail ... - ... announce the dembie of this respected nobleman w h o 10 all ROM! and Frxsc9.+l, ... - ... 10 all ,BerlinWaterWorks.. 4 - 5 expired on Sunday last at Meinury noose the h.R.;I, 9 " " Royal Dee;.a. lO --.• 18 10 2 iDo. New iss. at Si. d ... - ... seat, in Dorsetshire, after a brief illness, dating less than 5 all ll Royal Swedish i - 1 50 40 ;Brit. American Laud 35 -40 .Sambre)o 51 per an . d Meuse,,. t: 3 -..... 8 8 1 8 lee 326 Canada 00Q a fortnight since, The deceased was the son of the St. 100 Do.Go.6pc•Jan&July 110 - 111 second earl by his first wife, who was a danehter of 2 1'. 0 g a aa l li l Sou . tliti p •n el o e f e E n r , an p e l e e ... 23 4 - 234 224 St. all 'Copper Min, of Eng. 27 -32 Mr. Standish Grady. He was born in 1787, and 8; all West Flanders 4l - 5 25 all ,Do. Prof. 7 6 p. cent. 23 -25 married, in 1812, the second daughter of Lord G.-orge 10 all Do. 54 per c. Pruf ,84 - 9 5 all Crystal Palace li -14 11 _, A . .!'! , Y. Bishop of St. David's niece of the fourth Duke 20 all !W.&N.W. of France 27 -28 5 all Do. Preference :' es9lole, who died in 1818. Lerd Ilchester succeeded 20 6 Western ofAustria_ ~,, - ... 4 all Crystal Pal. of France . . ...... ... tile father in 1802, and 20 all We , t. of Switzerland ... - ... 20 all Eastern Steam„ i _ 6 wa. , • appointed Lieutenant Colonel and of the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry St. 100 ,Electric Telegraph - 108 . • in 1346, 6 all !Wiest aden His lordship was widely and deservedly 6 all j Do. Bp. cent pref. ... - ... 1 all ;Electric Tel, of Irel. ... .... . esteemed in the various localities where his properly was 20 all (Zealand •„ ... - ... 5 all En.&Aust • Cop.SmCo 11 -li 18 situated, and hi, death • will be deeply lamented by a 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ... • . large circle of friends. The heir resumptive of the 9 all Eur.StArn.Stm.(lim.) 54 - 51 • 111 deceared earl is the Straegways, formerly Envoy William P Thomas Horner 10 all A.ustr a J la O s l ja NT-STOCK BANKS. 81 - 86 85 7 20 all Gen. Ir.Se.Col.(lim.) ... - ... 15 1.4 ,Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - „ and MiniAter at Frankfort, 25 184 Bank of Egypt 134 - 2.31 20 5 London Discount ... 14 1 d PURCHASE OF PICTUREs POE THE NATION.-A cor- 100 50 Bank of Loudon 143- 52 • respondent at Florence makes know the fact that Sir 40 all Bri.Col.Bk.&Ln. Co. ... - .. 4 all lend. Gen. Omnibus 31 - 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ”. Charles Eastlake bas purchased a co n llectior, of paint- 50 all British N. American; ... - ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel, ... - ... it maaters, for the National onion 100 50 IC 23 10 IC.lik.of Ind.Au.&Cb ... - ... d in of the early Tuscan Gallery. "In purchasing the most valuable p City m, .. 1 57 -61 1100 allall , m Dci alt . i E e x an te st us s i . o A n na T e e i l . e ie g n . ...... ---__ ...... of the Lombardi collection," writes the coirespondent, 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 5 Colonial co 25 5 INat, Discount C 0.... 11 - 11.1 Yan o ortunit 20mcrcia of Lond. ••• - ... all LoEnng..cSicio.t.&Aus.Cat. 184 - 19 - " .. " our government has profitted b - ' which miebt never again present itself of p i p urnishin y g 20 1 1 0 0 al l I D Ne o t . h D er o la . nds Land Bk.of A ast 171 - 181 1 5 all Do.B p.c.PLiss • at 1 d - 34 3 artiste and amateurs with the materials for an 20 all Ditto New . - - AP 5 2 Do. Do. - 4 d broken and continuous history of art, ~.• • h d ot ' '' - 20 -. as exhibited in oft London and County ••,, - ... 284 100 80 Now B. &N. S. Land 16 -18 17 , the productions of the Florentine schoul, • from its ._ 50 Lini.&E.Blikng.Corp - ... St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 93 - 95 91 1 4 glorious dawn with Ciambue, to its meridians plendour 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... - ”e 1 all N. B. Australasian-. g - i i. under Masaccio and Filippino Lippi." The purchase 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam „, - ... consists of 22 pictures, by Ciambne, Giotto, Duccio, 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 1 all Oriental Gas -1/ • 4 Segna di Duccio, the priest Emanuel (-4 great artist), 20 10 Do. New 1 10s. Do Now Shares P - i Taddeo Gaddi, Spinello ' Aritino, Jacopo di Casentino, 2 25 National Bank l - -. 5 all Peelltr. Ld. & Minx]. 2/ - 2 i Andrea Orgagna, Fra, Angelico, Gentile da Fahriano, 25 allal Oriental tilhanWka Corp.es 4 531 _- 3 4 3 7 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 73 - 75 734 i 50 10 Do. New - 64p 151 Pietro dells Francesca, Andrea del Castagno, Filippo Paolo 100 20 T 5 !Ottoman ' Bank Lippi, Masalino da Panicale Filippino Lippi, IProvincial of Ireland' ... - .. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.- 51 - 56 Ilecello, Andrea Mantegna, and Margheritone d'Ar zzo. 10 all Do. New 1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest. 11 - 18 If we take into account the separate compartments into 255 al l s r , o • u tt i s. A ß u . & s t G r J i m a .Co ... - - St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds• ... - .., ef which the pictures are divided the number would be 33 - 55 25 all South Austral. Land 34 - 36 much greater. That of Andrea Orgagna consists of 10 25 all Union of Australia 49 - 51 504 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 - 1 se 241D0 • New -• • • 1 all Do. Registered - 1 separate pieces, the Jacopo di Casentino of 9, the i, -, Taddeo Gaddi .. Of 7 F6 10 Union : of London .... 1 ... -"' 22 1 20 5 True. Ln.Co. Up. Can. .. -- ... entire collection asbeen •100 e 0 Unity i ttc The • b - Mutual ...d ‘ 100 28/, Vanyiemen's Land.. 10 . ••••• 12 . , bought for 7,0901." . , 100 SCI Westevok of Lond ' ra. -- d . , ~s _ fe. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1858 VIZ COLONIAL 33ANK. MEETING THIS DAY, Tne half-y-atiy meeting of the C)ioir.al Bank has just been beld--Chxries Marryat, E-q., in the chair. The reprt was very satisfac ory, showing a profit of 30,034/. 12s. for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1857, from which the directors recommended a divi dend of 3 per cent- for the half-year, or 6 per cent. per annum. They would also pay off the balance of bad debts, viz., 10,0781. 17s. Bc)., and then appro. piiate 4,9551. 141. 4d. towards the commencement of a reserve fund. The CHAIRMAN was sorry the report was not so favourable as previous ones, but they must make allow ance for the times. He was not apprehensive that the American crisis would have any serious effect on the business of the bank. If it did, he was happy to say that the directors had made ample provision to meet them without encroaching on their dividend or the reserve fund. The report was adopted unanimously, and a vote o thanks was passed to the directors. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE LYON SAMUEL,-RENEWED APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. Mr. Sturgeon this morning renewed his application for the discharge of this bankrupt, whose case has been so frequently before the public. He had been a diamond merchant in St. Mary-nxe, and his last examination had been adjourned sine die, without protection, it being suspected that the bankrupt had concealed property to a very large amount. Ho had been thrice bankrupt, ar•d now there were no assets. The condutt of the bank rupt during his numerous examinations had been of a very extraordinary character, and it ultimately be came a question whether he was perfectly sane. Mr. Sturgeon applied on Monday, that the bankrupt should be discharged, it being the opinion of the surgeon of the prison that any further imprisonment would lead to insanity of a set ious character. His Honour did not think that a mere letter could be attended to, but if an affidavit was put in be would consider the application. A certificate was now banded in, and Mr. Sturgeon was heard in support, and urged that the warrant of commitment should be discharged, and the bankrupt would give bail if required. His Honour said that although the bankrupt had acted in a very violent and extraordinary manner, and from which it was attempted to be deduced that he was not right in his mind, he (big Honour) did not at pre sent come to that conclusion—it was well known that in some cases parties assumed symptoms of insanity to suit their purposes. He would not say it was so in this case, but the surgeon did not say that the bankrupt was now insane, and the Court could not order his release, but the bankrupt could come up for further examination, but it must be at his own expense. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) MURDER OF THE CITY DETECTIVE. Christian Settler, described as 32 years of age, and a surveyor by profession, was indicted for the wilful mur der of Cbarhs Thain, a city detective officer. The prisoner, at his own request, was tried by a jury of Englishmen. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh prosecuted. Mr. Lilly defended the prisoner. ' The particulars of thia case have been so recently and fully been before the public that it is unnecessary to again enter into the details, It will be recollected that Ttiain, a City detective, apprehended the prisoner at Hamburg, on a charge of robbery, and was returning with him, on board the Caledonian steamer. The prisoner, who was handcuffed, complained that the irons hurt him. Thain replied that he had been warned of him, but that he would take them off on arriving in Eng land if he behaved himself. On the following day Sunday, about four o'clock, the prisoner and Thain were in the cabin together. A report of fire-arms was heard, and on entering the cabin the prisoner was seen sitting on a the-t, and the deceased was stand ing on with one hand, and w ith th e o th er on hi s breast. The prisoner admitted having shot the deceased, alleging " that he had broken faith with him, and that he would shoot any man who did so like a dog." The prisoner said he had purchased the pistol in Hamburg to shoot a man named Miller, who had swindled him out of 231. Atter some further evidence, The learnad judge summed up, and the jury retired, but had not returned into court when our despatch left. THE ,Il A ~`j .i: I ... ,:,' ij 017 T . 11 B .P RIIV C E,S S ROYAL. BERLIN, Jan. 4. —ln compliance with a recent invitation that ha-3 emanated from our Court, most of the Pi inces of Prussia, who were already inv:te] to the nuptials of the Princess Royal and the festivities that are to precede them, will proceed to England at an early date, so as to Le enabled to participate in some sh , oting partics in the Highlands before the period of the London festiv.ties commences. Among them Prince Frederick Carl is probably the keenest sports man, as he is also the most enthusiastic soldier, and one who devotes himself heart and soul to his pro fession ; in consequence of the extreme industry, as well as the partiality he has shown for the mili , ary career (more particularly fur the cavalry arm), he has already obtained the command of the Ist Divi sion of the Prussian Guard. In addition to the noblemen and gentlemen al ready named as about to compose the suite of Prince Frederick William on occasion of his proceeding to England to his nuptials, Count Redern his been invited to visit the Court of St. James's. Count Redern, who at present occupies at this Court the post of Grand Master of the Royal Household, or, as it should be styled according to the no menclature adopted in the times of the Ger man Empire, and still retained in Prussia, High Dapifer (in German, Oberst Truchsess), was for merly Director of all the Royal theatres in this country ; he is favourably known iu the musical world as a composer, and to all English artistes who have visited Berlin he has been in the region of art (dramatic and musical) what Baron Humboldt has, in the regions of science and literature, always been to our countrymen—a willing and judic'ous friend. Prince Frederick William and the Princess Royal have subscribed 600 thalers to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Mayence explosion. The King of the Belgians has contributed to it 2,500 f. The Berlin subscription for this object has jest been closed, after amounting to nearly 9,500 thalers. The British residents in Berlin are going to get up an address to the Princess Royal and to Prince Frederick William on the oocasion of their marriage and subsequent entry into Berlin. The same may be said of our countrymen resident in Cologne and Bonn.. At the latter place they are probably stronger in number than anywhere else in Prussia. In Potsdam the municipal authorities and the trades' companies are apparently no less busy than the Berliners in their preparation for the entry of the young couple into that city of palaces. Accord ing to the present arrangements, these trades' com panies will line the whole distance from the railway station across the bridge into the town and up to the Palace, where the bridal couple will rest for the night ; and if the weather be not altogether un propitious, the procession over the bridge will be a very pretty sight indeed, for these trades' compa nies are not on these occasions mere aggregates of the "great unwashed," but bodies of well-dresed and well-conducted men, that with all the evils of the guild system of the middle ages have preserved also the banners, the emblems, and the customs of those days. The procession from the railway station is to be preceded by a squadron of the Hussars of the Guards (the only red regiment in the Prussian army), then will come the Royal Master of the Horse in fullest gala costume, followed by two carriages and six, with the ladies and gentle men of the household of the Prince and Princess. The carriage containing their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Fre ierick William of Prussia will be preceded by a squadron of the Garde-du- Corps, a splendid Cuirassier regiment with white uniforms and black facings and trousers, the helmets and cuirasses being of plated steel, and on the officers' helmets a silver eagle perching with outstretched wings, escorted on the right side by Major-General von Bonin, the Military Commander of the town of Potsdam, and on the left by the highest officer in command of the garrison there. The carriages of the remainder of the party are to follow immediately, and the whole to be closed by a squadron of the Ist regiment of the Lancers of the Guard. Instead of taking the most direct route to the Palace, the procession will wind through two or three streets, and, entering at No back of the Palace, set clown its company in the Lustgarten there. The trades' companies will then walk past in procession, exhibiting their emblems, &c. After this is over there will be a general presentation in the Palace of all the high civil and military officers of the town and garrison. As the next day will be Sunday the Prince and Princess will attend Divine Service in the Garnison Kirche ; they will drive through all the numerous Royal parks and gardens, they will then dine in State, and in the evening attend a gala performance at the theatres (theatre pare) On the Monday morning early the Prince will conduct his bride to Charlottenburg and present her there to the King and Queen, and thence the entry into Berlin will be made February Bth. During the short period that the Prince and Prin cess will reside in Berlin previous to their taking possession.of their own palace which will not be ready till the summer, they will occupy a splendid suite of apartments in the Royal Schloss, command ing a most attractive view over the Schloss brucke, up the whole vista of the " Unter den Linden ;" the residence that has been finally decided on for them in Potsdam during the summer is the so called Cabinets-haus, where the Prince has of late resided when in Potsdam. It was in this house that his grandfather, the late King, was born. T .INCIPATION OF THE RUM AN or other ru;7cle ; likewise to all transfer of the pia: saute into etlier.lo?2li..ie , te,,eiinst;their w;;1. the other hind the peasants w.li not have the right, duting the p. of the transitory stag , , t ; gave their vill,ges without the prrntis.ion of th- com mune, end of the lord on whose manor their set tlement obtains. 2. So long as the deasants shall contieue in their state of transition, the proprietors s!iall have the right to deliver over as recruits such peasants as shall have rendered themselves guilty of 'offences or of vicious habit, or to hand theta over to the Government fer transfer to other provinces, but only after confirmation by the, special bibnuals to be created in each district by reason of the new ' regulations. I VI. The plans to be devised by the committee I ought to establish and indicate :- 1. The rales to be observed for the fulfilment by the peasants of their rights of recruitment and the designation of the recruits, which designation ought to Ir® confided to the communes thenaselves, die ! tinct from the approbation of the proprietors. 2. The means of securing the public alirnenta -1 tion, and of organising the regular payment of the sums due. To this end, it would be expedient, perhaps, to improve and repair the communal macazities, to organise a communal culture, and create a communal fund or capital. 3. The measures essentially required for the pro pagation among the peasantry of primary instruc tion and of useful trades, of religious principles and good manners, for securing r,lief to the aged and infirm, for succouring the sick, arc. In communicating the preceding remarks to your Excellency, I have the honour of requesting you, sir, to be so good as to submit at the proper time the considerations above detailed to the committee that will be formed in the government of St. Peters burg. Should this committee, from local considee rations, find any of the former impracticable, I then request your Excellency to invite the com mittee to explain circumstantially in its final reso lutions the reasons that prevented it fro accepting them. ,DER FS. The following is the reporc, addressed by the Rus sian Minister of the Interior, M.L usskoi, to the Governor-General of St. Petersburg, under date of Dec. 17, 1857, explaining the measures which have teen authorised in that Government, as well as iu the provincei of Kovno, \Vilna, and Groduo, for the gradual abolition of serfdom : I have had the honour of submitting to his Ma jesty the Emperor the regulation plans drawn up by the noble proprietors of the lamburg and Peter • hof districts, for the peasants inhabiting the mano rial lands, plans that you communicated to me, as also the considerations that accompanied them, and which were drawn up by the assembly of represen tatives and deputies from the nobility of the entire government of St. Petersburg. It is with a most peculiar satisfaction, that the Emperor has learned this noble tendency on the part of the St. Petersburg corps of nobles towards the amelioration and definitive organisation of their peasantry's existence. By the rescript addressed to you, his Majesty deigns, in consequence, to autho rise the nobility of this government to prepare, in a committee appointed for the purpose, a plan of regulations, keeping for their form the indications of the above-mentioned rescript for the order that must be observed in the labours of this committee, and llewise for the chief bases of these regulations. • As a complement to the instructions mentioned in the rescript for the composition of the committee foamed for this object in the government of St. Petersburg, and also for the order of its labours, his Majesty has deigned to order as follows :- 1. For the election, in each district, of the Mem bers of the committee, the nobles will have the right to elect, if it be desired, the marshal of the nobility of the district. 2. It will be the duty of the nobles to °lee - , simultaneously with the members of the committee, substitute candidates for each of its members, who wili have to represent them in case of absence. 3. The election by the nobles of ,the committee, members, and their substitutes must be submitted to your Excellency for approbation. 4. The committee will be allowed, upon receiv ing your authorisation, to admit to its sittings, for consultation, such of the noble landowners in the government of St. Petersburg as may be able to give to the committee any useful information or suggestions they require. 5. The nobles will have, if they find it expedient, to pay out of their own resources salaries to the elected members and the other expenses of the committee. 6. The committee is bound to report regularly to your Excellency the course of its proceedings. The committee, at your intimation, will be able to change its resolutions without being tied down by its previous decisions. 7. The committee will be bound to finish its labours within the term of six months, reckoning from the first day of its sitting. 8. In itfs labours and deliberations the committee must confine itself to the subjects submitted to its examination. His Majesty has been pleased at the same time to direct me to communicate to your Excellency my own considerations, that they mayas sist the committee aforesaid in the performance ofits task. In execution of this supreme order, and taking into consideration everything connected with the matter, I find that the committee, charged with the task of preparing a plan of regulations for or ganising and improving the existence of the pea santry inhabiting the seigneurial lands of this government, should keep in view and examine in detail, by applying them to the local conditions, the following considerations : I. The future organisation of the manorial pea santry, based upon the principles laid down in the imperial rescript, ought not to be accomplished at once, but progressively. To this end the peaiants should be from the first in a state of transition, that is to say, more or less attached to the glebe ; and it is only then that they will enter into a de finitive condition, when the government shall have authornied them, on certain conditions, to pass from one locality to another. For the duration of this transitory state it will be necessary to fix a term, which ought not to extend beyond twelVe years. 11. In conformity with the principles laid down in the imperial rescript the proprietors preserve their right of property over their estates ; but in order to avoid the dangers that might accrue to the agricultural population from a wandering and vagrant life, the peasants will preserve their allot ments (oussadebnaia ocedtost), which they will then have to purchase in fee simple by a redemption within a given period to be determined on. More over, in order to insure their existence and help them to fulful their obligations, both towards the state and the proprietors, they will have allotted to them according to the localities, a sufficient quan tity of land, the usufruct of which they must pay off to the proprietor, either by instalments (obrtl), or by personal labour. The Minister of the Interior, (Signed) S. LANSKOI. For the development anal application of these principles in all their details it is indispensable that the following observations should be taken into consideration : 1. The peasant's allotment consists of the house or hut he dwells in, with its court yard and acces sories, its kitchen-garden, and all the ground within the enclosed space. _ _ _ 2. The peasantry's right of condition, after their definitive organisation (excepting the right of migrating to other localities, which will be defined at a convenient season by the government), and the right of holding a tenement with its appurten ances, will be acquired either by the entire com mune (mir), or separately by the families of the peasants, but only in either case after the payment of the price to the proprietor within a period to be specified. In the former case (purchase by the commune) the enclosures (oussadebnyia outshastki) become the exclusive property of the peasant families belonging to this commune. In the latter case (purchase separately by the peasant families), these families, with their enclosures so redeemed, will continue to form part of the commune, and remain subject to all the conditions of the com munal organisation and administration. 3. This redemption may be effected either by money or private labours, distinct from those which the peasants are bound to perform as an equivalent for their usufruct of the land allotted to thew, in virtue of the fourth paragraph of the present article. 4. Over and above the tenement with its en closed space, a sufficient portion of the noble's land, acc )rding to circumstances and the local con- THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE. ditions, will be allowed in usufruct to the peasants, with a view to secure them a livelihood and enable them more easily to fulfil their obligation■ towards the state and the proprietor. For the en joyment of this land the peasants will have to pay to the proprietors its value in service and personal labour, or else in money and produce. 5. The land when once allotted to the peasants must ever remain at the disposal of the commune, and its exchange, partial or entire, so as to be re annexed to the lord's manor, can only be effected with the consent of the commnne, and under the sanction of the tribunals to be created in each district by reason of the new regulation. 6. The price of purchase (see see. 2d of this article) must be fixed, not merely according to the value of the tenement and its appurtenances, but also to the industrial advantages and other favour able conditions of the locality. 7. The fixing of the purchase-money (obrok), of the dues and services in exchange for the land, that by the terms of the 4th section in the present article is allotted to the peasants will have to be regulated on the same bases. 8. The redemption may be distributed by the year over the entire period of the transitory state. 9. It will be necessary to preserve for each family the right to a certain plot of ground, without inter fering thereby with the organisation of the com mune, and whilst endeavouring to avoid as far as possible too frequent divisions and exchanges of The old familiar site in Bow-street upon which so many theatres have been successively built and destroyed, is now rapidly being once more covered with an edifice which bids fair to go far beyond even its latest predecessor in size, substantial elegance, and the completeness of its arrangements for the accommodation and convenience of a large audience. As yet everything is bricks and mortar and scaffolding, and general incomprehensibility, but a little patient inapt ction soon ascertains that an immense and lofty parallelogram of brick work raises its imposing sides against the sky, and that a very few more feet of altitude will satisfy the most important portion of the architect's design. The facade in Bow-street seems to be almost com plete, and the side walls are so nearly finished as to just fy the raising of the first great girder, six teen of which are to supp or t th e roof. These girders, which are what is called the lattice girders, are all of wrought iron, and weigh each somewhere about sixteen tons. The workmen commenced yesterday the erection of a scaffold of framework, composed of great beams of timber, upon which the purchase is to be erected by means of which this enormous mass of iron is to be raised to the top of the walls, anti placed in its proper position. As the span of these girders is ninety feet, an idea may easily be formed of the extent of the roof which is about to be erected without any support from beneath save the boundary walls. The in ferior semicircles of brickwork from which the several tier of boxes are to spring are finished, and the workmen are now busy at the back wall, which yet wants a good many feet of its proper altitude. The area, although now nearly .filled with scaffold ing and long derrick poles, piles of brick, waggons and horses, and workmen passing to and fro, may yet be seen to be of great extent ; but the visitor is surprised when he is told that the footlights will cut this whole space exactly in two, and that a full half of the inclosure, in the centre of which ha stands, will be devoted to the stage and its appen dages. Standing also as be does on terra firma , and at a very little lower level than th a t o f th e s t reet outside, he will perhaps feel rather astonished when his attention is called to a white line painted about half way up the wall, and he is told that at that high level the Marios and Grisis and Lablaches of the day will sing and strut their hour for the entertainment of the fashionable world. There will be fewer tiers of boxes and fewer boxes in each tier than in the late theatre, the object of Mr. Gya being to give greater space and better accommoda tion to his patrons, even although at the cost of considerable pecuniary sacrifice. The pit will be teu feet wider, the same increase being given to the stage ; and by a judicious alteration in the de sign, every one in the house will be enabled to see the stage without stretching out, a process which often fearfully disarranges the cravats of the polite cavaliers who generally occupy the back chairs in an opera box. The box company having passed through the vestibule will find themselves in a very spacious "crush room," and from thence there will be new and unusual facilities for ingress and egress —a most important provision when we remember the accidents to which buildings of this kind are liable. Great improvements will be made in the scenic arrangements—amongst others the erection of an extensive painting room 90 feet by 40, and the abolition of the old-fashioned " flys ;" the effect of the latter innovation being to facilitate the exhi bition of spectacle to an extent hitherto unknown in our theatres: Lastly, in almost every case, the use of iron will be substituted for wood, and every other precaution taken to render the building as nearly fire-proof as possible. The works, which commenced on the 29th of September last, have been carried on with great rapidity, and in their preseut a-spect afford every prospect of being finished by the Ist May, on which day Mr. Gye is bound by his contract to open the theatre. There are about 300 men daily at work on the walls and roof, and simultaneously the Messrs. Lucas's large fac tory at Lowestoft is fully employed on the interior fittings, while all the ironwork is being con structed at the foundry of Messrs. Grissell. It is obvious that progress may in the same way be made with the scenery and decorations, so that as we approach the end of the work the rate of pro gress will exhibit what, were we not aware of the above particulars, would appear to be an almost magical acceleration. - Under all these favourable cir cumstances, we may fairly anticipate that an early day will see Mr. Gye comfortably installed in his newly-erected lyric temple, and we trust rewarded by that amount of patronage on the part of the public to which his energy and unwearied exer tions for their amusement so justly entitle him. RAILWAY FROM CAPR TOWS TO WELLINGTON.--The Colonial-office have notified, in compliance with a re• quest from the local Government of the Cape of Good Elope, that they are prepared to receive tenders for the construction of a railway from Capo Town to Welling. ton, under a guarantee of 6 par cent. from the Cape Legislature. and on condition that the capital shall not exck ed 500,000/. They are to be sent in on or befora the 25,,h inst., and Captain Douglas Galton, of the B , ard of Trade, has been appointed to examine and report upon thew. MARSEILLES, Tuesday.—We learn from Naples, under date of the 2d, that shocks of an earthquake and vibra tions of the earth, are felt almost every day. On the Ist of January two violent shocks occurred, and others evally severe succeeded the disastrous ones of the 16th December on the 28th and 29th. No serious accident has taken place, but the public panio is intense and general. The King passed the nights of the 28th and 29th iu Naples. A Ministerial crisis is impending in the Sicilies, in consequences of the retirement of the President of the Council, who retires from public life in consequence of his advanced age. n w o h g e . n t T h h e e s a e v rr e e r a a r l s C a ( r ar e r t n s , re b s u u t m in e C HA NCERY REFORMS. —Hil ar y t erm commences next not Equity the court of Vice-Chanceiler Wood th ere i s th e f A b l ei n t r Y ri number, which arises greater from a circumstance that requires correction. According to the practice of the Court o Chancery, a Solicitor marks in the bill or petition th name of the judge before whom the matter is to b beard and the result has been that a great many mat ters have been brought befere Vice-Chancellor Wood, and a number of heavy causes have appeared in his list. Hence the increase in the number of arrears ; and, until an alteration is made, the inconvenience is likely to increa also. It is suggested that matters in Chan• eery iihoul , l be allotted to each court in rotation, which would prevent a larger number being heard before one court than another. As the barristers have selected their Courts in Chancery, a proper allotment of cases would give a fair share of business to each court ; and as the barristers in the common law courts are disposed to adopt the same rule, it is considered that an order of the Lord Chancellor, with the other judges mentioned, would be considerable benefit to the suitor in Chancery. SUlClDE—Ytaterday morning Mr. Baker, the coroner, Leld an inquest at the Panther Tavern, Hope-town, Bethnal-green-road, respecting the death of Robert Lucas, aged 49, late proprietor of the Spaniel Dog beerehop, New Tyssone treet. Thomas Richards, a weaver, deposed that he occasionally assisted the de ceased in his busii ess, which had lately been much reduced. The fact seemed to prey heavily on his mind, and the loss of his wife twelve months since added to his afflictions. The deceased had a family of eight children, and for some weeks past witness ob served a marked hange in his manners, and sometimes he wished not to be left alone. On Friday evening de ceased returned home, and seemed unwell and e low spirited. He was accordingly advised to go to_bnefol, a few hours, and he left for that purpose. wit ntering a subsequently obtained a candle, and ü b n u e nd t h e de workshop upstairs on the first floor,ne b e °kerchief to the rail ceased suspended by a black sick returned a verdict quite dead, The jury of .a ladder, and of ' Temporary insanity.. these plots or allotments. 10. It is at the same time essentially requisite to establish and rreserve the rights of the head of each peasant family—the rights of successicn respecting the dwelling, and also the land allotted to each housekeeper or hearth (tiaglo) ; likewise the con ditions of partition among the members of each by e the family. 11. be rendered, and thre per sonal The labours servicesw, l t have o to be ude undergoned peasants, according to lt and most p ract i cable prescribed rules dr awn up by wthaeycpomessmibitlteeer in the simplest 12. In case of irregularity in the payment of the liquidation money, the landowner may demand personal work from the delinquent. Independently of that, it will be proper to prescribe in a suffi ciently detailed manner what measures are to be taken, so as to guarantee to the proprietor the re gular payment of the money instalments and the fulfilment of all the obligations due by the peasants. 111. The rural police remains in the attributes of the seigneur. The peasants ought to be divided into rural communes. The administration of the communal affairs and justice is reserved for the communal assemblies, or else for communal tribu nals composed of peasants under the superinspec tion and after the confirmation of the proprietor. IV. In order to superintend the introduction and due observance of the new regulations, also to form decisions in disputed cases that may possibly arise between the proprietors and the peasants, special tribunals might be created in each district. V. As soon as the new regulations shall be con firmed and take effect : 1. An end will be put to all alienation of the pea- Ras away from the glebe, whether by toile or gift LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind thin day at noon, S.E.; mode• rate breeze and clou3y. _ OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. G.—Arrived—lndus (s), from Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—John Bagshaw, for Bnenos Ayres. LOWESTOFT, Jan, s.—Wind N.E. —Arrived —Mason, from Sunderland, of and for London, assisted in leaky. FALMOUTH, Jan. 5. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Latonero, from Havana ; Trafik, from Lisbon, with main topmast and fore topsail carried away. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 5. Wind E. N.E.—Arrived —Geo. W. Bourne, from Callao; her Majesty's steamer Dee, Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. s.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—H.M.S. Lyra, for coast of Africa. GUERNSEY, Jan. s. —Wind E.—Saiied—Aolas, for St. Michael's. CARDIFF, JAIL s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Researcb, for Rio Janeiro. FLEETWOOD, Jan. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Malacka, from Savannah. SIERRA LEONE, Dec. 19.—The Peeping Tom, of Liver pool, which got aground in the bay previous to 19th Oct., was condemn e d th ere on the 17 Dec. DANZIG, Jan. 3.—A ra th er shat p frost has now set in. The Mats , from St. P e t ers b urg to London, w hich put in here Dec. 17, with cargo shifted, has discharged about 150 quarters of whoat damaged, which will be sold ; the vessel is repairing. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind E. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Indus, steamer, Al exan d r i a: Sailed—Edward for Sunderlaad Jason, steanier, Gravesend ; A talanta, steamer, J ers e y; Lucksall, Port land. Arri ved — Andes, Wind S. W. screw steamer, , W fro e m dne s s m da y y rn M a. orning. Off--Fernandez, and Red Coat. Saile d — Constitution, on consignment, for New Orleans ; Edwin, Charlesto n; Jesusa, Havanna ; Mazeppa , Ali cante ; D or i s , Vera Cruz ; John and Edward, Rotterdam; Salve, Matanzas. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 4. Wind 5.8. E., strong. Arrived—Mease, from Venice' DUBLIN Jan. 5. The Fra nce and Breasel from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro, struck or, Kish B an k this day, and became a total wreck ; one man saved. B Y SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. --- GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.S.E. ; t i de four hours' ebb ; cloudy and fresty. Sailed—Nereid, for Jamaica; Voyager, Colon; Paris and London steamer, Paris. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. - Wind S.S.W. moderate. sprung a leak, ha s Passed—Hans'Fredericb, from Alexandria; and Revival, from Callao, for London. The Beraianski, packet, from Ant werp, for Syra, having the purpose o f s t opping it. proceeded to tho Thames, in tow, for MARRET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXC lIA.NGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh :up to-day, coast wise and by land carriage, were limited, and the few sam ples on offer were readily disposed of at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. Foreign wheat —the show of which was tolerably exten sive—sold slowly; nevertheless, prices were well supported. The barley trade was firm, at full quotations. For malt we had a steady inquiry, at rate rates. Oats were in short supply and steady request, at a slight improvement in the quotations. Beans, peas, and flour were tolerably firm, but not dearer. ARRIVALS TIM WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 710 1,620 3,950 1,340 1,170 800 -- English Irish Foreign 7,780 3,010 1 , 690 eke bl 6 BOR OUGH HOP. The show of samples is extensive, and the demand ge nerally is very inactive, at about last week's prices. WH ITECTIA.PEL. Each kind of meat was in fair f: request, as follows : Beef, from 35 Od to 4 s ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 10d lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 65 Od ; pork, 3s 6d to 55 Od per 81b5 hy the carcase. FALL OF A CHILD OUT A RAILWAY The train whichileaves tc.arosgate,at 11.30 conveyed, on Thursday last, to London, a mother with her family of little children. At the Canterbury station the guard, one of the most careful on the line, looked, more care fully than usual, three times to see that all the carriage doors were faet,ned ; when, just tl9 the train started, and unnoticed by the gua,rd, a woman opened the door of the carriage in which the family were, and, soon after the train left, a little girl three years old fell out at the open door. The agonised mother, as also the other passengers, were unable to make themselves heard by the guard ; but as the train passed Chartham the gate-keeper made signals, and then, after stopping, the wh o l e of the passengers were shocked at hearing of the accident that had happened. The train backed as far as Chartham, and the engine went back on the down line immediately to Canterbury, and found the child lying uninjured. Great credit is due both to the engine -drive r and guard, the latter acting in the kindest manner and with great promptness. The passengers again took their seats, rejoicing that nothing more than a little delay had occurred, and on arriving at London-bridge the little passenger was cheerful and looked as though nothing had happened.—South Emtern Qazettc. ROYAL INSTITUTION. Yesterday Professor Faraday delivered the fourth lecture of his course on electricity at the Royal Institution. H.R. H. the Prince of Wales occupied a chair in front of the lecture table, and the Persian Ambassador, with thr e e attendants, and accompanied by au interpreter, was also pre sent. The property of electricity to which Professor Faraday directed the attention of his audience was induction, and its action on bodies at a distance. He commenced by exhibiting, in the first place, the instantaneous passage of electricity through a long wire in which there wero interruptions near to the point of dis charge and at its termination near the outside of the Leyden jar, at both of which spots the s p ar k s were visible at the same time. The velocity of the transmission of electricity is so great that it has been ascertained by Mr. Wheatstone it would pass six times round the globe in a second of time. The consideration of the action of the electric force through non-con ductors is, as Professor Faraday observed, even more wonderful than its transmission through metals, for through those non-conductors eke tricity passes instantaneously without contact. The approach of an excited glass rod to an elec trometer is sufficient to prove this peculiar action of the force, for the gold leaves expand when the electric is at a distance .from the instrument ; but the effect becomes more remarkable when a solid insulating body, such as a sheet of shell-lac, is interposed between them. With that arrange ment of the apparatus the electrometer becomes as readily affected as wlaen there is no intervening body. Induction t akes place on all bodies, within the sphere of electrical action, though in ordinary circumstances it is not apparent. Thus, when the hand is brought near au excited electric a quantity of electricity is induced in it, which is not perceived until an insulating substance, such as a strip of paper, is brought near ; . and then the hand repels the paper, because both have electricity in duced in them of the same kind so long as they remain within the range of the electrical action. The fact that static electricity is retained in the surface of bodies, and net in the interior, was illustrated by a variety of experiments ; the most remarkable of which was performed with a silk net with a small metal plate at the bottom fastened round a ring to which a handle was attached. When the net was electrified the out side manifested evident signs of electricity, but an insulated ball applied to the inside brought away no charge whatever. By a dexterous turn of the handle the net was turned inside out, and then the circumstances were reversed ; for the part that had been inside became highly electri cal and the other side was free from electricity. Several striking experiments were also shown to illustrate the interesting fact, that bodies on which electricity is induced exhibit the two electricities, and that an insulated conductor, when brought near to an excited electrical machine, has the side nearest to the prime conductor charged with negative electricity, and the other side with electricity of the positive kind. When an insulated conductor is under electrical influence, aitesdowprieoesitreemsiedveed to is in it loses all traces of electricity. If, htowev under a the influence of induction, and be then removed,Faraday differentdistancefroas states, and ens, observed that the remainingprincipally devoted to further the conditions of induction , which is the most im portant of all electrical properties, and with out her exemplifications lect urwould be of which no electrical phenomena could occur. THE POACHING AFFBA.Y AT ANNESLEY WOOD. —The unfortunate man, Winfield, who was shot by Draper, a poacher, in the affray at A nnesley W oo d ( the particulars of which appeared in the S un of Thursday last), lingered until Monday night, when he expi re d from the effects of the wound received in the encounter with the poachers, =•.~.,:.