The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two o'CLocc During the past few days rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, and i❑ some instances improved prices have been current. A moderate business has been done in tea, at about previous rates ; whilst sugar has been brisk, and the fitter grocery qualities, as well as the refining sorts, have risen 6d. to ls. per cwt. The telegraphic advices from Holland sate that at the sale of the Dutch Trailing Company, 53,850 baskets of Java were offered, which went at an advance of 11 to 2 guilders for the yellow qualities, and guilders for the white descriptions, compared with the rates realised at last November auctions, Coffee has been in steady demand, and Plabtation Ceylon fully supports its value. Cocoa and rice have been dealt in to some extent and at improved rates. Spices were qu et, and saltp-tte rather cheaper. The public sales of cochineal went off with little animation, and only a part of the quantity offered sold at about former quotations. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool have progressed with a rather heavy appear ance ; there has been a fair attendance of home buyers, but of foreign very limited. The finer qualities of Australian and Cape wools have maintained their opening prices—namely, an advance of about id. to Id. per lb. on those realised at the last Decemb , !r sales, but owing to the large quantity of low Ctpe wools in the present sale inferior qualities have shown NO im provement. The Tallow Market has been exceed ingly firm, and a eather large business has been done in P.Y.C. at improved rates ; for immediate delivery the quotation is 545., April to June 535. Gd., and last three months 51s. Gd. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cot•on Market yesterday closed vary firmly, and prices were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the spe culators. The Railway Share Market manifested a quiet appearance, and prices were barely sustained. During the shutting of the transfer books, the Bank of England will make advances on Govern ment Securities at 3 per cent. This privilege will extend to the 14th April. The commercial bills which fell due yesterday, the 4th, were met with promptitude, and no im portant instances of failure were reported. Money continues easy, the minimum in Lombard-street being about per cent. At the Bank the appli cations have couseopently been limited. On the Stock Exchange there is a superabundant supply of Money, and loans can be obtained at 2 per cent. The half-yearly meeting of the %Vest London Rai way C. raptly has been held to-day. The re- Port stated that the revenue of the Kensington Canal had fallen off by 2501. in the half year, but the revenue showed a balance in favour of the company 0 1 1,416/. 7s. 9d., from which the directors recom mended the further payment of ss. per share to the fiat-class preference shareholders. The report was adopted. Fl.4tooss hits again been the prevailing feature in the market for English Securities. The few trans actions recorded have been at lower quotations, but the alteration has not been very extensive, 'viz-, Ito per cent. ; and the market is in !suck a position that a slight demand for stock on the part of the public would no doubt reproduce buoyancy. Consuls have been 96a and 961 for money ; and 96i 97 for account. The New Three per Cent 4. are 97 to 97i, and the teduced, although shut, are 97i. Exchequer Bills 14 4) 38,. to 425. premium. The Bonds 100 to 1001, 11 , 11 a India ditto, 30s. premium, being firmer. s ank Stock is dull at 225 to 22G. Foreign Securi'ies are quiet, and prices in most i nstances have declined. Turkish 6 per Cents. are E .,. 101 4 1 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1031 ; Spanish 3 per C ents., 44i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 Ls ; ditto Per Cents., 1001 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 914 ; Il rezilian 4/ per Cents., 101 ; Buenos Ayres De ferred, 17i ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 20-1 ; Peruvian 4} per Cents., 80! x ; and Portuguese 3 per C ents., 4G. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign iat 'eks :—Grenada Deferred B Aids, 51 61 ; Mexi .,l3lll) 20i to 201 ; Peruvian 4} per Cents, 80 to 81 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 56 to 157 ; Portuguese 3 per i eoints., 45i to 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 t° 110; Ditto 4.1, per Cents., 98 to 100; Spanish a Per Cents., 44 to 44i ; Ditto New Deferred. 46 i to 26k. wars. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the follow- I as the prices of American Securities : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 044 Redeemable. Per Cent 4_, 4. : 1 4 ci States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...101 103 - ated States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-101 IU3 1 6. 1, STATE SECURITIES. k eli v a arca 5 per Cent. 1(..): 'mid 5 per Cant. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88 90 k:?fit•c us e 6 tte 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonßkds). . ...101 103 1 4 . ads r Cent. Pl. Pe 1841-1871... e il l,, asippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... ~4%ylvania 5 per Cent. Stock T l 4sylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 82 83 Ptillessee 6 per Cent. Bonds linia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 85 4 ' 44, 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 81 83 Ito r it on LOANS OF CITIES. er Cent. Bonds 1883... 88 90 oati - 6 , 4 , 4 P ' k w or t e 6 pe; Cpeernteeßnotns Stock 1856-1865... 883. --__ 12i • RAILROAD BONDS. 1 nZ i Leentral 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, sili 4 invertible 1875... 86 97 Ilit, l Central 6 per Cent 1875... 85 87 A la Central 7 per Cent. Freeland sole 1860... 81 82 inpl, ° ill Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 8 d 6 d "u 4 „gan Central Bp. Cent Convert 1860... —., k i _lie. do. do. 1869... 86 88 kw York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 7 York Central 6 per Cent., not convertible .................... 'York and Erie 7 per cant. i;i3i;;;i llBB3... 83 8 5 1883... 77 79 k:lprk and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 60 p Fork and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking )4114 .2 1875... 60 65 *1 10:1 4: 14 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... ilvania Central 6p. Cent.. lst Mort 1880... 88 90 in t he n o Railway Share Market this morning busi sa 1,41 b ta, h as exceedingly dull, and a declirie of l t Z t I per cent. may be niticed on most of the (111 , 11 , 1 g lines. Brightons h ave d ec li ne d s s . to 10 s . ; Iv t. c 4 Ea terns, 10s. ; Great Northern, Great k st ern, Lancashire and Yorkshir e , Midl an d an d k u tth Eastern (Berwick), 15a. ; Caled o ni an , rti Counties, North Western, and North i t , t ern, (York), 1/. The Foreign lines have been 4 44 ive, Antwerp and Rotterdam and Dtuoh l e hish improved a bout ss. G: the Colonial Market Great Weston' of Canada to l . 'eeeded 108., a n d G ran d T run k o f C ana d a 1/. t tk e : ' Indian Peninsula, Madras, and Sciude 4 . 4 ecl yesterday's qu o tati ons . k itt ° 4lt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are ti tcl English, Scottish, and Austr a li an Ch artere d i , N I ` 1 „1 .,,t ss. ; London and County, ss. ; London k Y v estminster, ss. to 10s.; and Ottoman Bank, ‘4,‘4 1 4 ustralian Agricultural shares declined 10s. Il eeinsul ar and Oriental Steam, 10s. • 4 % Ikea ninths THIS DAT AT ONE ' ' ill. 04: ' : " )1 / 4 4 4 lt,, :Stock (lrom the Official, Last;! Z Businega done. 226 5 I, ;put. R e d uced 4 unuitie. Shut 97i ilts a ve nt. ( lonsole knn.itt,e 41 a 1 1 4 r Cent. Annuities 97i 7 i tL l itt,7 4 ds, ... iutiu wtk iii . L tluder XlUto., 29 r c't deceit'''. ti ' o " s ' ' , llls, 2±d 39 33 42 p E 8:., • 000000000 .--. 42 ' 1 Q: I • -• , .. ... . .. .. • k i 'llier Bolide, irtst4, 34 per Cent.— 100 i lit I N b`k,lea k 4 s t 4 FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOOX _ ik:tt, I ,,Per Cent. ete A.,2_ 52 , 4i per Cent. k, it t , ,-, rem Bonds, 6 per Cent. — 11, il,%,:,,,pfetTed, 3 per Cent. _ , i, per Cent ~.,::%. out, t t trt l ,s tt o ` 4 4, 7o2tds, 4i per Cent 2oh - , b:lN,....wunt 1 11 4 :140 inionds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Li:' '4l 1Z . ' 45 • 3 per Cent 46 " I tto - "me, 1622 E St., 5 per Cent lO9 9 41 1 ' 1 14 4 4 Per Cent.' ~ 4 r, looi 100 t biati fr' ni n :B !, 5 per Cent. 1fi,, ,, A ce ~1 per Cent. t k - '4l "Ilt . ,i. ~,n,i, .... Ul t l i ° o Ac eotr : t i-•'. , ii , ... - 4t) it Nr. ut —, t . , A t 1 .-- 4 teeu ~a , 1.1 , , 1. "'"- 'coan.t - ' 1031 C0Q,1,,, TWO O'CI.OO L. 4a itt;' ,, money 96i 1 atc colUlt ..1 96i 7 20 tO it. St. St. St. St. 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 St. St. St. 50 20 20 10 10 50 St. St. St. SHARE MARKETS— This Day). RAILWAYS. .‘lnst• g "r yesterday. Business Mae this Up. 53 -- 5i 8i 73 - 75 .•• - - 9i - 10 92 - 91 961 - 97 381 - 39 ••• 4 - ... ... 8 - 18 19 60. •- 61. 48 - 50' 32 - 34 15 - fr 91 - 93 ii : 29 93 -- 95 9i -- 104 103 104 93 94 127 -- 129 LOI 103 60i -- tiOij 53 -- 60 85 - 88 11 12 p 11 -12 92i -93 i 1 - 61 - 107 - 10f9 98 - 9 .t 1 I - A ‘'.. 95 - 96 ss ~o: 99 -99 i 70 - 72 ••• •• • ii - ii 62 - 64 3i - tid 53 - 54 , 95i - 96 11 49, —50 A. 79. —80 ii 94 s 6 j 3i - 33 - 8 - 9i 32 - 33 9 6 d 110 112 26i 27 49 51 3 2 35 37 711 —72 i 13 -- 15 7 -- 5 d 9 11 36i 37i 93 - 101 - - dAILWAY. ) 1 T r i bg.. Nottnq. Rost d; Eastn. June.... Belfast & liallyru.n trmng. Wolverh Stour Valley_ __ ißirkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junet.„ Blackburn ... ...... Rlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) ristol & Exeter__ aledonian. . ester Si Holyhead Cork and Bandon (Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dc A Do. B publin&Belfast June un. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties 100 1100 100 all all all all all all 100 100 100 100 tasternUnion,A. stk . Do do. Po. New A._ jEast KQnt !East Lancashire . 'East Suffolk , Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow• Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.d:Dunde. Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness .... . ....... I Glas row & S.Western :Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock . IDo., B. Stock ...... Sth.&West.(lre'. Great Western. ". Do. Str. V. It gua. St (Trish South-Easteru. ;Lancaster dr Carlisle. i 'Do., Thit• ts Do. New Thirds lancash. diYorksitir • Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wet. Riding 17n Do. South port.... London & Black vral' Loud. Rriglit.& S. est London kig. Wester Do. Fifths Do. JO/. Sh C Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.dreoleraire Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shot&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland . Do. Birming. & Derbl Nlidland G. West.(lr. ) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.A berg.&llrfd Newry di Enniskillen ewry, , Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties ITo North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ... N. Eastern -- Berwick Do. do. Extension IDo do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North Loudon N. & S. Wstn., Ham-- stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. (It S. We‘trn. June Oxford Worcester Wolverhampton.• Portsmouth r ßhyniney Scottish Central . 'Scot. N.E.Abrdn. iShropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer ;South Dev0n....... .. !South Eastern. ., !Do. 4i per c. Sharesl South Wales 18. Yorksh. Rivor Dun !Do. Staines,Wok.,SkWok .1 Stockton & Darling ' Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepi ' Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. Thames Hay. D. &E. Valo of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn) Waterforil&Limerick iWest West End of London, and Crystal Palacc 1 Do. A Do. 11 West London I Do. First Class Do Second Class... I • Wmbledon&Croydon IRITISH PO: lAtian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and , Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt. & Godch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73, Do. do., 1 June,'74; Calcutta and S. East ' Central Oude Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara. Eastern Bengal , East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.46 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do do, do '59, do. „ Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent , Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben I Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do do• ' '76, p. '6O Do, do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option IMadras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c 1 I Do SSESSIONS. 0 a 10 - 12 185 - 90 80 - 85 77 - 82 it - li:., 000 -- ••• 110 - 111 li -- 2pi 19 20 50 51 83 85 211 22 B - if) 19§ 20 14 ld 1 110 - 115 110 - 115 'lO5 - 110 19i - 20 21 - 214 d- ip - P - iP ••• - lip I••• FOREIGN. - 10 all 'Antwrp & Rotterdam 6 - 6 3 / 4 61 20 all Ardennes. .. - ... 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 - 14 20 all Be ziers to Graishessac ... - ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 3i - 3i 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 31d 11. i 20 all Eastern of France - 28 20 all Do. Now - ... 20 2s. Euphrates Valley - ... 20 all Gtt. Central of France ... - ... '2O all Great Luxembourg 7i - 84 IL t) Italian Junction .• - ••• 20 all Lake Coust. & Bale .. - ... 20 all Liorre and Turnhout __ - ...J 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4i - 5 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.l,. ... - .. 20 all Lyons and Geneva - 28 20 all Lyons & Mediterran ... - ... 3.3 i all Maria Anteula - ". 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege - 9 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O - 211 16 all Northern of France 3B - - 38111 37} 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref , - 9 3 / 4 20 all Paris and Lyons 334 - 33$ 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57 55 20 9 Reeife dt San Fran , {Perham.) g. 7p• c• 4 -- IP 10 all Rome and Frascati-. ... - ••• 20 all Royal Danish l6 - 1 8 5 all Royal Swedish 4 -- i 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 - 8 3 / 4 10 all Do. 54 per cent. prof 8 - 84 20 all Southern of France 216 - 22 81 all West Flanders 4i - 5 10 all Do. 5 per e. prd - 9i 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 - 28 20 6 1 Western of A ust • 20 all ' We -t. of Switzerland - 6 all IVil .esc aden .. . .- • , 6 all I Do. 8 13 • cent. pTef - ... 20 all I Zealand ...... .. ose JOINT-STOOK BANKS. _ to all Australasia B4 - 86 25 181 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Batik of London 4B - 52 40 all IBri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... .... .. 50 all ;British N. American ~.. _ .. 20 10 ,C.lllt.of Ind.Au.dtCh 4 - i 100 50 City 59 -. 61 100 25 Colonial ICO 20 Commercial of Lond. ... -. I ... 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cut. 17 3 / 4 - 18 17i 20 all ILon.Ch. Bk.of Aast. 17i - 184 18 17i 20 all [Ditto New 50 20 'London and County ~. - ... 28i i ... 50 Lnd.4lE.Bnlang•Corp ... - ... 150 10 London Joint Stock. ... - ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 44 3 / 4 00 35 National Pro, of Eng. ... - ... 20 10 Do. New .. - ... 50 25 National Bank - .. 20 all New South Wales 44 - 46 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 36 - 38 20 20 Ottoman Bank - IBi 184 4 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - ••• 1 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co .... - .. 25 all South Nustrali a . - ••• 25 all , Union of Australia 46 - 48 24 Do. New 26 - 28 ••• 50 10 Union of London., 23 - 25 00 50 Unity Mutual 09 50 ,Wootr Bt ot I ond: ~ .... ,„4 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 5,185 S LINES LEASED AT FIRE: ItENTA L 6, shr. Paid ftAILWAYS. Leasine Closing Prim isTiness ompanies yestertas this day Kt. 100 Bnekghamsh. .&N. w . 93 -- 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. :ai.don. ~ 1 00 102 25 all ,Col.Stour Vy. E.U.diE.O 14 -- `6 EX/ IE. Ln. g. 6 1a.,. Gt. Nort,tr 139 -- 141 1391 5 all E. Un. H. sti. . Count. 4 41 St. 100 lab,. ; ) 41.1T. & laldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do N‘:w Do. ••• 25 all ;Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.Westn. 50 all 'Hull & Selby f & N.NI. 103 110 25 all Do. Sharec Do 121 i all Do. Shares. , Do 12i all Lon.e..tGreenw .Eastern l3 —l4 20 all ' t Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 'lOO ,Lon. TH., &S.' Pot° &Co 97 99 10 10 'Do. Bark. Sh. Do — 51 all Alancli.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2l 2i St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland,,, 96 98 64' 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count 4 - p 50 all N.drEst.s p.c. o 55 57 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp. c o 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W — 121 all Do. 1 Shrs. a Do — St. 100 Roystn & Hit. Northn 135 138 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 81 81 12 all S. Staffordsh.. Melean 104 101 50 all iWearVal.g6pcStk.&Dar. 25 all IDo Do 33 24 St. l loo ,Wilts&Somrst,Gt.Westn 1 90 92 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—ahis Day.; COURT' OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissio er Holropi.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK,-THE LAST EXAMINATI )N MEETING. To-day wax appointed for the last examination of the director, of the Royal Britisi, Bank, and the Court was crowded in the expectation that the whole of those who were recently ccnivicted would be present, but only Messrs. Esdaile, INPLeod, and Kennedy were brought up, being three of the parties who had been called upon to join i❑ making out the balance-sheet. The general balance-sheet, prepared by Mr. Coleman, and a separate balance account by Messrs. Cooper and Co., for Mr. Stapleton, have already been published at length. Mr. Linklater said this was the day appointed for the Fist examination of the directors who had been called upon to file the balance-sheet, and the assignee did not consider that any further adjournment would be neces nary, as they had arrived at a crisis with respect to the affairs of the bank, and as far as these proceedings in bankruptcy went, it would conclude by the diree`ors poising their last examination, except the declaration of the dividend. He had, however, to make some re marks on the balance-sheet of Mr. Stapleton, which he considered unsatisfactory, as he bad put down a great number of debts as doubtful when they were des perately bad, and others as bad since the bankruptcy, when he must have known they were hopelessly bad long before that time. He mentioned this, as some of the creditors might otherwise think that the official assignee had not exerted himself, and that he ought to have realised a larger amount. Mr. Freshfield, on the part of Mr. Stapleton, con tended that the accounts were made out from the best information which Mr. Stapleton could obtain. His Honour suggested that a memorandum should be placed on the proceedings qualifying such statements. Mr. L.nklater, after going into details, which have already appeared at different times, announced that the assignees would be prepared to pay a dividend of 2s. in the pound, and the official assignee expected in a few days to pay 3s. in the pound in addition. He was also happy to say arrangements had been come to with respect to the Welsh mines, and that the shareholders appeared to be willing to come forward with contribu tions. After some further remarks from different gentlemen, and his Honour complimenting Mr. Linklater for the zeal he had displayed, the last examination was declared to hare concluded, and the proceedings terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET.! DAMAGE BY A CABMAN WHILE DRUNK. —Dani el Flynn, a cab-driver, the number of whose badge is 2,929 and vehicle 1,640, was this morning charged before Mr. Bingham, with being drunk last night in Park-lane, and, losing all control over his horse in consequence, running his cab against a job-master's brougham, and thereby causing much damage. Police-constable C 0.87, Moore, said he found the defendant in Park-lane, at 11 o'clock last night drunk, and not able to take care of himself and cab. There was a brougham standing near, which was very much da maged by the defendan', as he was informed, driving furiously against it. Joseph Stokes, job coachman, was driving the brougham in question in Park-lane, and saw the defen dant coming down in an opposite direction at a furious rate, bet not soon enough to get out of his way. Witness was about crossing into Chapel-street at the time. Hs called out to him, but defendant neither stopped or turned off, but ran against him, running the shaft through the apron of the brougham, and doing other damage amounting to 71 , as estimated by Mr. Barnes, coach-builder, of Knightsbridge. The policeman said defendant had come into collision with two other vehicles before. Defendant denied that he ran against the brougham. The case being clearly proved, be Was committed for No months. THAMES. ROBBERY BI A SWEEP.—Stephen Chapman, whose sooty appearance indicated his trade, was brought before Mr, Stile, charged with stealing a chimney-sweeping machine, value 41., the property of Edward Brazier, a master chimney-sweeper, of No, 7, Plew'e.buildinge, Bromley. It appeared that the Prisoner had been employed by Mr. Brazier for a fortnight previous to the 18th of last month, on which day the prosecutor sent him out with a sweeping machine, and directed him to cry "Sweep, sweep," and bring home as much soot as he could. The prisoner did not return, and was not again seen until yesterday, when he met him in the street and asked him where the machine was. The prisoner said he knew where it was, but there was money lent upon it. He was then given into custody. Joseph Page, of No. 9, Lower East-alley, Wapping, said the prisoner brought the machine produced to him on the 18th of Feb , and asked him to buy it. He gave the prisoner 6s. f or th e machine. Mr. Selfe—Only 68.! Why the value of it is put down at 4/. Mr. Brazier—l gave 4/, for it, but I caa't say it is worth that now. Mr. Selfe—l should think so. A second charge of a precisely similar description was stated by a master chimney-sweeper, who had intrusted the prisoner with a machine. Mr. Selfe—ls the second machine forthcoming I A police-constable replied in the negative, and said he knew where it was. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Selfe sentenced him to three monthhi imprisonment and hard labour. PREFERENCE SHIRES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Bris, k Ex. 4 p. c. Lio. 4 per c. Shares.. aledn. £lO 4:} p. c. 'Ches. dr Ho. 5 p. c. 'Do. do. 5 per cent Corkikrßandonsip.e. Dun.Perth./t Aber..J. IE, Anglian Cls. A Sh. iDo. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. !Do, do. Cls. C 7 p. c. lEas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.ll iDo. No. 2 io. New 6 pr, c. Si East Un., 6. 6 p. c. po. 51., 10 per cent. Do.lol. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sthh 100 100 1 100 1100 100 Gl. 5 p. c. Sh, Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p, c... Glas & S W G 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 P.e. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. C. prem.._ Do. 44 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. Gt.N.of Scot. lat Prc Gt. S dz W. (Ireland) , Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. IGt.W.(B.&H.Ex.Spc Do. con. red. 4i p. 0. 1 Do. con. rod. 4 p. IDo. irred. 4 per vat. Po. 5 p. c. red. pref. Coo. Birm. Pref. Sh Po. Chester Sp. c. P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. firm. Gua. Stk Do. Gua. Sh I• do, I Do do IDo. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pe. No. 1 Do. P., 5 p. e. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. e. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4, Lon. & N.W ' , Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r. Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares Loudy. & Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3} per cent. Marypt. A Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent IDo. Hid.Consol.6 p.c. St. Do. Con. Br. Mr. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sb. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l , Do. do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York H. dc S. Pur. 'North Staffordshire,. Ox., Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. IDo. 6 p. e. 2d guar...' Do. do. Debeotr. SC Scot. Ceut.Now Pref. `Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.:3i p.c. pf. St 'South Devon fpo. fixed 4A pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4} p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent IS. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. I Do do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Mock. & Dar., 5 p. C bo, do. do. - Waterfddi Kilk. 6 pc. •••- • . • 40 - 95 - IOC 6 - 6.# 108 - 112 110 - 114 115 •- 120 115 - 120 'l3O - 135 ii Fa .17 -- 119 [ll - 113 .02 - 104 61 - E 3 10.. - 11 ••• - 92 - 94 87 - 90 88 - 90 99 -101 10 - 16 - 17 10 - 104 72 - 75 19 - 20 - 10 14 - 15 .38 - 140 1 160 - 165 121 - 123 66 - 70 137 - 139 100 - 101 92 - 93 iói --: iii 113'i =166 95 - 97 1 - 6 ••• —. ... id par :21 - 123 .07 - 109 97 - 99 110 - 115 72 - 74 10 - ••• - -- 25f -25 i - 276 - MINES. 11 -- 12 4 -- 6 80 -- 90 470 -- 490 85 -- 95 156 166 bi 6 1 lb -- 2 lt lo . -- 116, 156 -- 166 4i -- bi 20 -- 21 4 - 5 1$ - 11) 360 - 370 4 - 5 220 - 230 - 3i - 4 11 - 26 - 27 105 - 115 220 - 240 300 - 310) 7 - 7i 12 - 13 45 - 47 I 23 - `is BRITISH ''Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cads. (Tay.) East Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.; Grt.W. Vor (Helstn : Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan: North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy: Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co, S. Caradon (St. Cleer; S. Carn Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances( Illogn. Tara. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwenuap) V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) tWh. Basset (Illogan). LWh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek; Wh. Kitty (U. Limit ! Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.' FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. Joan Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita .New Granada , Novean Monde Pont.SiLLdM.&Smli Port Philip Santiago de Cubs , United Mexican , hiINEB. ii - 21 12i -13 i 41 - 43 13 - 15 id Pj idl 165 -- 175' 9 - i 5 dla -- ••• - ••• 5 -.... 6 2h - 3 3i - 4A MISCELLANEOUS. 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim) 19 Australian Agricult. all !Australn. Royal Mail all ,Berlin Water Works 2 :Do. New iss. at 5/. d 40 Brit. A.mericran Land 324 Canada 100 - Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent all !Crystal Palace all , Do. Preference all !Crystal Pal. of France all }Eastern Steam 100 ,Electric Telegraph all (Electric Tel. of 'rel. all 'En. &Aust. Cop.SmCo 10s.lEur. & Ind.Jctu. Tel. all lEnr. &Am. Stm.(li m,) ‘ll 'Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) 1.4 i Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 iLondon Discount Loud. Gon. Omnibu. Magdalena St. Navig. ,Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 'Do. Extension Teleg. Mexican&S.Americn Nat. Discount C 0.... INothorlands Laud.... Do. Do. . 0.8 p.c.Pf. iss. at 1 d. o. Do. ew S. &N. S. Land N.S.N. 60 , 7.5 p.c.D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all 109. all all V e iental Gas Do Now Shares Ld. Minrl ninsnlar di Oriental. IRDo. New hymn°, Iron Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest S. Ans, Gov. 6 p. e.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip, Do. Registered Trus.Lu.Co. Up. Can Van_Dlenloleo Land ••• el. I 25i - 26 11 - 11 4 - 35 - 40 148 - 155 113 k - 114 30 - 35 26 - 28 la 4 41 - 5i 102 - 105 ... •-• ... li - I.i ••• --- ..• 4i -4/ 'ii _'d 3i 3i 8 - 9 - -I I - 11 4 " gi i t — d 17 20 96 97 1 1 - P 21 1 - 20 4 784 - 791 7 - 8 P 22 - 24 63 - 64 - 108 - 110 37 - 3 9 1 - 1 - - ••• 10 - 12 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—ahis Day.) LONDON, March s.—Virind this day at noon, E.; fight airs, and cloudy. (I), from Alex.ndria ; b r i ngs a large large SouTILAMPTON, garch 5.--Wi n d E.—Arrived—Pera s p e cie. Sailed —lndi te ( a ) , for Alexandria. quantity of WATERFORD, March 3.—Wi n d Golden Age, from Africa for Liverpool. PLY/SWUM, March 4. — Wind N. E.—Arrived — Dorade, from Camillas for Antwerp. Sailed--Premier, for Bom bay. CARDIFF, March 3.—Wind E.—sailed —Ganges, for Rio Janeiro. _ - SWANSEA, Maroh 4.--Wind N.B.—Sailed—lsabel, for Singapore. GRIMSBY, March 4 . —Wind E.—Arrived Ber tram, from New York f or Hamburg; with T em perantia, from Porsgrund for Teigum ou th , very leaky, loss of sails, and damage to rudder.—John Ber- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind N. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 4.--Orient, from New York . ; Beeja pore, Callao ; Jawe and Mary, Terceira; Miu nief ' 63 ' Michael's. Sailed, March 4 —Anglesea, for S. Thomas ; Taurus, (al, Trieste Z• E. Hooper, Baltimore ; Tweedside, ( Bs Madras, via London. gaited, March 5--Sarah Palmer for Calcutta. Off—Elizabeth Niamilton, from New Orleans. (111 r SIIEHA.HINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N.B. • law water ; clo u d y . Arrived, M earal s —Elizabeth and Ann, from St. Michael's ; Antehope, steamer, from Liverpool. Sailed, March 4—Canopus, from Baba. Antwe r p ; Mallard, log S n a e il ; ed A , d M le a r rc (s h .) s . ... , — B ß re a m si e l n ia ; focrolßliielrb,oAa Rhine (s.), Calcutta ; Symmetry, Leghorn. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.E. by N., moderate. Passel—Bertha. Kohn, for Buenos Ayres ; Donor, Venice ; Frodericb. Groose, Valencia ; Regulus Mobile ; Galatea, Algoa Nay ; Dolphin, Buenos Ayres • Robert Bright, Cape of 'flood Hope ; Anna Krell, g om b a y ; Horns, Valencia ; Lord Raymond, Madeira • Lizzie Oak ford, Sydney ; Caroline Agnes, Bombay ; Forester, St. Vincent (all from London); William Singer, ship, from Callao for London (in tow of two brigs, Victoria and N apoloon). THE HAYMARKET MIIRDEB. — Since Lani has b een i n the House of Detention he has written a letter to his father, telling hi.m not to forward as he had requested in a former letter,. any money for him to Monte Video "as he was still in London, and was likely t o b e for some time to come.." He complains of much of his property being detained by the police, and says if jeßti o , is done to him by the authorities t he mon ey he paid for his passage to Monte "Video will be restored to hi m . H e seems perfectly inffifferent to his situation, eats voraci ously, and in exorcising walks with an easy buoyant air. In personal appearance, as well as in dress, he is anything but prepossessing; b " , evid ently a young man, he looks but at youth of great muscular power, He pays great attentiom to an Italian Bible which he has been provided with'. DETERMINED SIJVCIDE AT BETHNAL-GREEN.—Yester day afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a determined act of self-destructisai was committed by Mary Joyce, aged 61 years, lately residing at No. 3, Faller -street, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green. It appears that the deceased was the wife of a Spitslfields weaver, and for some time past she had given way to bad habits. She ate a mutton chop for dinner with her husband, after which he left borne, when the deoessed seemed perfectly tranquil and in her usual health. Upon his return at four o'clock, he found the deceased suspended to the crose-beam of a weaver's-loom by a piece of thin netting, She was cat down immediately and an alarm was raised by the hue ' band, who sent for Mr. Edmunds, the surgeon, of Brick lane, but when he attenided life was extinct. No reason can be assigned for the moll act at present. The body AwAits nn inquest before Mr. W. linker, the mow. TH N ATT E3IP 7ED ASsA.SsINATIoN OF TILE e.-MP i;ROR 01e FRANCE. From G. T. F. Smith's predictions, originally published in 1852, and re-published in the Chelten ham Examiner, in the autumn of 1856, as follows : " PREDICTION, "In the year 1857, not very wide of the autunan another critical epocii in the life of the Emperor presents itself. Adverse rays prevail, and adverse results and tests will form the accompanying proofs when time matures the scene. " Peril, hostility, and violence, in addition to a domestic affliction, will beset his path." The malific directions upon which the foregoing is founded have been operating during summer, and the entire of the autumn of 1857. These smouldering evils finally exploded January 14th, 1858, but must have been secretly concocting for two or three months previous to these manif, sta tions. The prediction mentions a " domestic affliction," The critical epoch referred to was perilous to the Empress as to himself, both were miraculously saved by the interposing hand of Providence ; causes uniformly preced effects, and explode when fully matured. I intend shortly to state the next critical epoch in the life of Napoleon. G. T. F. SMITH, 6, Northfield Terrace, Cheltenham. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a select party at dinner last evening, at his Royal High ness's apartments in St. James's Palace. His Excellency the Count Chreptowitch leaves Chesham House to-day, to join the Countess at Paris. Immense quantities of snow have fallen during the last few days between Christchurch and Derchester. The mail communication between Yeovil and Dorchester was interrupted on Wednesday. On Thursday the Rev. John Dalton, M.A., clerk, was instituted to the rectory of Bredfield, St. Andrew, and the vicarage of Pettistree, in this county on the presentation of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. —/pstriele JournaL A NOVEL IDEA.—Mr. Howard Paul, a gentleman well known in Cheltenham and the provinces generally, has applied to Captain Harrison for permission to give his entertainment, " Patchwork," on board the steamer Leviathan, on her trial trip, which, it is hoped, will take place about the latter end of August. Hors.—The total number of acres under culture for hops i❑ the various "collections" of England amounted last year to 50,9741. 47,717,6611 b. weight of hops were charged with duty in all the collections last year. The total amount of duty received on hops was 417,4261., at the rate of 81. 3e. 9d. per acre. DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.—A short time ago, a man, carrying a cat, had to pass a dog which was tied up in a yard of a house at Stow-on-the-Wold. The cat struggled to extricate itself, and gave the man a sever• bite on the hand. Inflammation supervened, and, ex tending, caused death. CONDEMNATION OF A BELGIAN EDITOR.—The Inde pendance has the fcllowing brief notice :—" M. Victor Halton, editor of the Crocodile, lals just been con demned, par contanzace, to 15 months's imprisonment and 1,000 francs fine, by the Court of Assiz's of Brabant, for insults to the Emperor of the French." SUICIDE OF A FIENCE SENTINEL AT EIS POST.—The occupants of the Palaie du Luxembourg were alarmed on Saturday night at hearing the report of a fire-arm as the clock was striking twelve ; and, on some of them going to the spot from which the report came, it was found that a soldier named Bonnefoy, of the 4th Reg: went, on duty as a sentinel at the post of the Senate, had blown out his brains with his musket. His reatt n for the act was not known. DOVER, March 4.—The Maharabja Dhuleep Singh and his suite left the Lord Warden Hotel this mornin!, for Calais. The Siamese Ambassadors, and a very numerous suite, arrived by special train at 12 o'clock, byaccompanied Mr. Knight, of the South Eastei n Railway, and were received by S. Smiles, Esq., and Mr. E. Way. Her Majesty's steamer Vivid, Captain Ailed, took their Excellencies to Calais to-day, after partaking of a dejeuner at the hotel. THE APPROACHING. DEPARTURE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. —Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone arrived at Liverpool yes terday (Thursday), and until their departure for Africa, which is expected to take place on Saturday, they will be the guests of Mr. Crosfield, of Liverpool, and Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead. The beautiful new screw steamer Pearl, in which Dr. Livingston and party will sail for the Zambesi river, arrived in the Mersey yester day morning from Glasgow. As she lay in the middle of the river, the Pearl excited great interest, her elegant appearance evoking universal admiration. She will take out the river launch, built by Mr. Laird, and packed up in compartments which can be rapidly and easily joined together. BANK FAILURE.—The failure of Messrs. Oak and Snow's Bank at Blandford, in Dorsetshlre, has caused wide spread distress. The Salkeld Memorial Fund, ' raised in honour of one of the heroes of the siege of Delhi, was deposited in the bank ; also the savings of many poor people who had withdrawn them from the savings bank, in consequence of their being tempted to do so by the high rate of interest offered by Messrs. Oak and Snow. Mr. Oak was Mayor of Blandford at the time of the failure, and his partner, Mr. Stow, was a member of the town council. RECEIPTS AND RIPENDITURE OF TIE LIVERPOOL WATERWIIRICS.—The water supply for the town of Liverpool, which is in the hands of the corporation, comprises both local wells and the gigantic and recently completed works at Rivington, near Bolton. During 1857 the total income from the works was 79,6371. The expenditure, however, the Rivington works not having been completed, was 93,8251. Over a period of 9 years the water accounts show a surplus ever expenditure of 5.1591. The " extraordinary ' expenditure of 1857 in cludes 58,1571. for contracts at Rivington. EXPORTS OF COAL IN 1857.—Messrs. W. and H. Laird, of Liverpool, yesterday (Thursday) issued their annual statistics of the coal trade. The total exports in 1857 amounted to 6,225,050 tons against 5,347,674 tons in 1856, showing as increase in 1857 of $78,376 tons. There were exported from the northern ports 8,638,081 tons ; from the Yorkshire ports 230,855 tons ; from Liverpool 499,173 tens ; from the Severn port 1,430,057 tons; and from the Scotch ports 427,884 tons. Our best customers was France, the exports to that country amounting to 1,283,749 toss, and the smallest quantity exported to any one locality was 51 tons to the Sand wich Islands. THE DIFFERHNTIAL TONNAGE RATER AT THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—This subject, which has excited 60 much attention amongst the ship-owning interest, was reported upon yesterday by the finance committee of the Mersey Dock board. The opinion of the com mittee was that it would be inexpedient to make atiy change until the pending dock bills providing for the equalisation of the rates on both sides the river should become law, in which case the committee recominneded that an allowance be made. During the discussion which followed this report, it was stated that this allowance would amount to an equalisation of rates from the I,t of January last. PENAL SERVITUDE SENTENCES.--A letter from the Home-office gives the proportions of sentences of penal servitude which " may be remitted in case of good con duct," on the part of persons condemned to that punish ment. In a sentence of three years, one-sixth, or six months ; four years, one-fifth ; five years, the same ; six years, and up to twelve, one-fourth ; and 15 years "and upwards," one-third ; so that a person sentenced to 15 years may by good conduct be liberated at the expiration of ten. Under this provision, therefore, Robson, whose two sentence being concurrent make one of 20 years, may by good conduct be set at liberty on the expiration of 13 years and four months. Sen tences for life will be dealt with according to the special circumstances of each case ; but in some instances the crimes may be of so aggravated a nature as to preclude the criminal from the operation of the ordinary rule. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.—The following is a list of the number of convictions for aggravated assaults upon women and children at the various police offices of the metropolis during 1357 :—At Bow-street, 19 ; at Clerk en well, 54 ; at Greenwich, 35 ; at Woolwich, 22 ; at Hammersmith, and Wandsworth, 31; at Lambeth, 6 ; at Marlborough-street, 34 ; at Marylebone, 30 ; South wark, 84 ; Westminster, 28; at Worship-street, 62; and the Thames Poliae-office, in Arbour-square, Stepney, 16. These convicted ruffians were punished by sentences to various terms of imprisonment, varying from 14 days to 6 months. Ie many cases bard labour was superalded, but at Marlborough-street, Marylebone, Thames, South wark, Lambeth, Worship-street, Bow-Street, and Green wich offices, hard labour apparently formed no part of the punishmeet. Of course many of the victims of these assaults were the wives of their brutal aggressors. PUBLIC MONETS.—The report of the select committee of the House of Commons on public moneys has already been laid before the public in the columns of the Tinici. Yesterday appeared a copy of a Treasury minute, dated the 15th ult., ou the subject of the said report. My lords discuss the report in detail, and appear generally to ap prove its recommendations. As regards Exchequer issues and Paymaster's payments my lords are pleated to adopt certain recommendations, and to give orders for the drawing up of a bill to amend the Exchequer Act. Oa the payment of the gross revenue of the Exchequer my lords deem it advisable to postpone the consideration of any further interference with the Act 10 Geo. 4, cap. 50, and the Act 1 and 2 Vict., cap. 2, until a future investigation, preparatory to a new surrender of the revenue of the Crown lands to the public, and the grant of a now Civil List to the Crown. The recommendation of the committee respecting the direct payment of money to the Exahequer is pronounced to be in accordance with the established practice, and my lerds will take care that it is regularly adhered to. As regards deficiency bills a bill has been ordered to be drawn for carry ing out the recommendations of the select committee. As regards their recommendations on the sub ject of supply Exchequer-bills my lords, after having weighed them well, and the objeotions against them adduced, have arrived at the conclusion that their adop tion will not only be beneficial to the public service, but the will promote the security and the conveniencef holders of Exchequer-bills. My lords hope that the . sug gestions_ as to the system of kesping the accounte of which they recognise the value and importance, ma ' be fully adopted at no distant date, but an ihniequizZihniecyrhy will be to any made) is considered an indispensable change. The recommendationssPeis orese extension of the appropriation check and pentation of audited aceounts to Parliament are reviewed by my lords at great leegth, and will be carried into effect to a great extent ; the constitution of the Audit Board i reserved as a subject fo r future consideration, The recommen • I dation respecting the votes for civil services, the annual accounts of incense and expenditure, and the regulation 1 of the Treasury Chest Fund are approved and adopted, and will be carried out by bills to be submitted to Parliumt. 95i 5 • 38 60i 60 591 60 102 11 2i x d 601 59i 92 11 21 108 974 4 7 a 6i 98 9 531 3 954 5 49} 79i 9 134 71 71; i 75k 5 ni 10 138 1001 i 22i 3 121 LITERATURE. ....-----'.............-..--- Mervyn, Clitheroc. No. VIII. BY VI T . Harrison Ainsworth. Rout ledge. I Although in this new instalment of Mr. A.ins j worth's popular serial story of the " Life awl Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe" we have ended the second Book and begun the third, we have yet, be it said, advanced here no more than some two months further in the life, and but very slightly indeed in the adventures. Com paratively, that is to Pay, with the numbers pre viously published. The eighth number relates, nevertheless, how Ora avows to Mervyn an affec tionate interest in John Brideeak—how Apphi throws off her engagement to Malpas, and with `it her allegiance to her mother—how Miss Hazle rigge receives a declaration from Cuthbert Spring, at a moment when the old Spinster and the old Bachelor are in the heart of a labyrinth—how Siasty ? ' 'Who'. proves to be dazed out of her senses for' :a laßilb, recovers them again, and with them. the' affections of her husband, honest Ned Cul clah—and last but not least startling of the in cidents, how Mervyn one fine moonlight night, by his mother's grave in Marston churchyard, ca t c h es a g li mpse o f a t a ll, military-looking fi gure , ev id ent l y hi s f a th er . It will be sufficiently evident from this rapid syn opsis of the contents of a number rather deficient in interest as compared with its predecessors, what attractions those predecessors must, in our esti mation, have possessed. A laugh a bl e scene c l oses the current instalment of Mervyn Clitheroe—a scene of necromantic incantation —the wizard being no other than Old Hazy and that arrant rascal Dr. Hooker, a lias the ex-Barber-surgeon Simon Pownall. The silent witnesses of these nocturnal feats of magic being the grimly spectres clustered together in one part of the beautiful old-fashioned garden of Owlarton Grange—the same phantom forms consisting of nothing more than wondrous specimens of topiarian art, yew trees and box trees and other evergreens clipped into the shape of goblin birds and beasts and giant huntsmen. The confusion caused by the sudden apparition of the young hero of the tale is so extreme that the reader naturally looks with freshly kindled curio sity for the chapters following. These we must wait for, however, as patiently as may be—it is the penalty of reading an interesting story issued from the press bit by bit in the form of a perio dical. John Brown's Hard Lines, being a Royal Mar riage Ode, and Stanzas on the Death of Havelock. Holyoake, Fleet-street. We would willingly accord our word of praise to this'' poetical" brochure if we could. The inten tion of the writer is doubtless good, but his manner of expressing that intention is woefully destitute of the qualities calculated to gain proselytes to his opinions. " The Marriage Ode' is a mere tissue of coarse rhymes, and indeed, is so imbued with offensive epithets, that we have declined the entire perusal of it. " The Stanzas on the Death of Havelock," partake very strongly of the same taint. We heartily advocate liberal principles, and wit ness with honest scorn the diplomatic craft of Royal arrangements, but we should be sorry to allow our patriotism to exhibit itself in such "un palatable truths" as those printed by Mr. John Brown. A New System, of Drill. By Lieut. Hartley. An ingenious little pamphlet, so entitled, has just made its appearance. It elucidates a new sys tem of drill, " Adapted to the ready training of large bodies of recruits in times of emergency"—a consideration in every way of the first importance. The inventor of this new system of drill proves himself in every sentence of his vary sensible trea tise on the subject to be an eminently practical man. So far as we can judge of his theory while watching the evolutions he describes simply upon paper, it certainly appears to us to be in every way very reasonable. At any rate his argument is throughout so straightforward, and, at the same time, so very striking, that we cannot but deem it to be entitled to attentive consideration. We ob serve that Lieut. Hartley (of the Royal Pembroke Artillery) announces, at the close of his present pamphlet, as shortly forthcoming, -two companion brochures, one sus Besting how the Royal Marines might be reorganised, the other being a treatise on Floating Batteries, together with an account of a new description of Floating Battery invented by himself, a contrivance entitled " the cannonader." MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up, to-day, a yery,limited supply of English wheat came to hand, coastwise and by land carriage. Although the show of samples was small, the demand was inactive, but without leading to any change in prices, compared with Monday. Only 36 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand this week. Good and fine qualities sold slowly at full prices. Low and damp qualities were much neglected. We had a steady demand for barley at full quotations. The transactions in malt were rather limited, but no change took place in prices. Oats—. the supply of which was small—were in fair re quest at extreme rates. Beans, peas, and flour changed hands at full prices. ARRIVALS TINS wssit. Wheat. Barley. i Malt. I Oats. 950 I 20 1 1,070 I 2,140 English Irish Foreign,— 360 I 1,350 Flour. 4SO 2 210 aka 4,180 ' — brle METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of boasts in to-day's market was only mode rate, yet all breeds met a dull enquiry at Monday's cur rency. We were again scantily supplied with sheep, which sold slowly at unaltered quotations. Calves were in short supply and steady request, at an improvement in value of 2d. per 8 lbs. In pigs, scarcely any business was doing, and mulch cows were very dull. Per Bibs to sink the offals. e. d. s. d.l e d. s. (1. inferior Beasts... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSontlidown 410 5 2 Second quality.... 3 8 3 10:Lerge crso. calves 310 4 6 Prime largo oxen 4 0 4 2iPritue small do 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, die. 4 4 4 6iLarge hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 Small porkers Second quality ...3 8 4 o!Suckling calves 19 0 26 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 6', Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts SOO Sheep anti lambs Calves lOO Pigs 2lO Beasts Sheep and lambs ...... - Calves 7O Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat were seasonably large, and the trade generally ruled heavy as follows : Per Sibs by the carcaso. s. d. s. d. Beef, Inferior 210 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do. prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 0 3 S s. d. g. d Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 Veal 3 8 4 8 Pork, small 310 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of most kinds of hops continues seasonably extensive. For the finest samples there is a slightly im proved demand, at full quotations ; but all other kinds are ♦ery dull. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 120 a ; Weald of Kent do., 56s to 70s ; Now Sussex do., 52e to 62s ; Year lings, 21s to 48s. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market Las continued very quiet. Common Congou is quoted 120 to 13d per lb. SUGAR.—A moderate business has been done, and at public sale considerable quantities of the finer qualities found buyers at fully former rates. In the refined market prices are firm, particularly for pieces aid wet lumps. COFFEE.—There was no public sale yesterday, but Plan tation Ceylon continues in fair demand, and at firm quota tions. _ . RlCE.—There has been a fair inquiry for moat descrip tions, and in some instances rather higher prices were current, find white Bengal sold for Ss to Ps per cwt. Rum.—Business has been exceedingly dull and it is dif ficult to find buyers, although reduced rates aro current. SALTPETRE.- -The market is dull,but.a good demand for the finer qualities is apparent at a slight decline upon pre vious rates. WooL.—The public sales of foreign and colonial wool have proceeded very languidly, and only the finer qualities have realised the rates current at the opening. Other qualities remain much the same as at the close of the last sales in December. TALLOW. —More firmnes s is aupopta;teinot.indra.yg.oco.d buonthsie ness has been done at improved q spot is at 54s ; April to June, tvs 6d ; and last three months, 51s 6d per cwt. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER FOR THE PACHA OF DarT.—Messre. Sharp, Stewart, and Co., of the Atlas Works, Manchester, have just completed a power ful locomotive engine, with tender, which will be sent off on Monday next for shipment to Alexandria, they being intended for the special use of the Pacha of Egypt. The engine has six wheels of 5 feet diameter, 17-ineh cylinders with 24-inch stroke, and 1,167 square feet of heating surface ; and it is capable of drawing, hold all on ol d a l l e; :h a e oe l eho , 600 tons at 20 mi les an hour. It is of the kind known having inside cylinders, outside t fr n a k ri.i w ng il , l and wheels coupled. The tender also has six wheels, g3aftilotinis o a.f d iameter; water,th there e d i swhi roomle theon the tender for a t on of a coke. Taken together, the engine and tender are 50 feat working conditi on t h ey will weigh 45i ton on, s.lAglalnmodern in imp i r t o i v s ernents are introduced in the details cannnt ( - b if e t ri li a e id en t g n ini e x e. ceed in for the narrow gauge, and it existing in this country, although come t w o h s a o t o is tnr c s a . lled Th a e p ne engines already the ordinary load for • - ul goods engine is from 400 for use when the Pacha travels engine and d i tenderc ompanyar are in w to i n th ded a number pt Soldiers, or when he is accompanied by a large retinue, those furnished by MeEsrs. Sharp and Stewart in January, 1857, being retained for use when great speed is desired in travelling. The new engine and tender are elaborately and laandt-omely I decorated in the Italian style. PRESS R VIA TIN.' OP .rilpE FT Oaf SE]: TRECE. • Yesterday a meerin,g of the Royal National Life- boat Institution was h• ld at its house, Join:l-street, Adelphi—Thonaes Cheprnan, F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present—Admiral Sir T. Adm i s r a a t l un C a a r t „ o z, r, L . o . r:1 • Admi ra l ll ol e io ' l b ru er o t Le K le . y ° ,. l3 :' l A n i li r er a t rd p y e , re A roa l tp e t x ta a li ttir w r H. B . ij oe ii. t a e Hi f t e ao u lll r i; K L Ad Bullock, , A pt d a m in ira L l Esq., Montague Gore, Esq., R. N., C. 8., F. R. S., Captain Heaslop, R. N. , Capt. Robertson, R.N., urKeyor-general to the Board t f Trade, Captain Ryder, R.N., and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the society. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, A reward of 61. 10s., in addition to about 20/. I collected locally, was voted to the crew of the in. stitution's lifeboat, stationed at Youghal, in ac. knowledgmeut of their gallant services in rescuing, during a gale of wind, the crew, consisting of four teen men, of the Norwegian barque Galatea, which was wrecked on Youghal bar on the Bth ultimo. Immediately on observing the perilous position of the ship two pilotboats and the lifeboat put to sea, but the two former, after proceeding outside the harbour, had to return, as no boat except the life boat could have lived in such a sea as now broke over the bar. The vessel all this time Was strik ing, and every sea rolled over her, and painful anxiety was depicted on over two thousand specta tors, who crowded the cliffs to wat.lr the fate of the poor crew of the ill-fated vessel. Gallantly and nobly did the lifeboat now gradually approach. her, though shipping every other breaker, which was speedily self-ejected. Yet the lives of the poor sailors on board the vessel were to be saved, and, the Youghal lifeboat-men determined to save them, or perish in the attempt. Nothing could now equal the state of suspense and intense anxiety of the beholders, as every moment the lifeboat disappeared in the trough of the sea, again to rise on its sum mit. At length they came nearer ; and now it was that the poor crew crowded on the bowsprit of their vessel, and beheld the noble fellows struggling for their deliverance. A rope was suspended from the bowsprit, and as each wave drove the lifeboat be neath it, one poor fellow was let down, and thus ono by one were fourteen lives saved. They then pulled back to the harbour, where over 2,000 of the inhabitants welcomed their townsmen and the poor fellows who thus escaped a watery grave. This excellent lifeboat had only a few months since been stationed at Youghal by the above insti tution. She is, like all the new life boats of the society, on the plan of Mr. James Peake, of Her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwicb, and was built by the Messrs. Forrestt, of Limehouse. The Tenby life-boat, which belongs to the Na tional Life-boat Society, had also on the same day performed valuable service to a ship in distress c ff Caldy Island. She proved to be the barque Bella Donna, of Bristol, and was seen , w h en it wasblow ing hard, to have a signal of distress flying. No open boat would dare to venture out to her assis tance ; but the Tenby life-boat immediately pro ceeded out, remained by her some time, and after wards piloted her through the channel. The shipowners sent the life boat's crew 101. for their timely and valuable services. The Lowestoft life-boat, which is in connexion with the above society, had a few days since rescued the crew, consisting of six men, of the brig 0 wsy, which in a gale of wind went on the Beach-flat, near the Colton Sands. The ship had been pre viously boarded by a yawl's crew, who, however, were only too glad to come ashore in the life-boat. A reward of 41. was likewise granted to four men for rescuing, at considerable risk of life, the crew of a country boat, which foundered off Glion, Limerick, during a dark night a few weeks since. On hearing the cries of the poor fellows the beat was promptly launched, and at considerable dan ger they were saved, the vessel being nearly under water at the time, and the tide flowing rapidly. A reward of 2L. 10s. was also voted to two women and a man who had launched a boat, and res cued, at some risk of life, a man and a boy who had been capsized from their boat in the sound which separates Yell from Unat, on the coast of Shetland. The generous and intrepid conduct of the two women is the more worthy of notice, as they were, with their aged father, the means of rescuing a por tion of a boat's crew last year in the same sound, when some of the stoutest hearted fishermen were afraid to venture out, owing to the state of the weather. For that courageous service they were presented with the silver medal of the institution, and 2/. each. A reward of 11. Ns. was also voted to three men for putting off iu a boat during blowing weather, and rescuing the crew of eight men from the French schooner Topaze, which was wrecked on Pen Towyn Sands, Carmarthen Bay, on the 9th olt. _ A.reward of 141. 10s. was likewise voted to the Arklow lifeboat's crew, for putting off during the gale of wind to the rescue of the crow of a vessel which was seen on Arklow bank. They had, how ever, Wen previously taken off by a smack which was cruising about. There was a tremendous sea running at the time, and no other boat would ven= ture out ; but the lifeboat, it was said, behaved nobly, and proved herself equal to any sea. This lifeboat was only recently sent by the institution to this station, and she is like all its new class of lifeboats made to self-right if upset. A. reward of Cl. 10s. was also granted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat at Wicklow, for putting off with a view of rendering assistance to a ship in distress. The meeting expressed much sympathy for the families of the three gentlemen amateurs who had been unfortunately thrown out of the Southwold lifeboat and drowned, on Saturday last. The life boat on that station does not, I.ke the new class of lifeboats of the institution, possess the important quality of self-righting if upset, the boatmen at Southwold having rejected a self-righting lifeboat in favour of their present one. The crew of the lifeboat had, according to the strict rule of the society, their life-belts on, but the unfortunate de ceased had declined to put them on. The society decided to station a first-class lifeboat at Fraserburgh, on the north-east coast of Scotland, a benevolent gentleman having offered to make a present of the cost of a lifeboat to the institution for that coast. A rew lifeboat had just been sent by the society to Ardmore; and it was said that it had now 70 lifeboats under its management, to maintain which involved a large a ir n i l a ju s a t l a o te ut o la f y t . horough efficiency The yearly accounts of the institution were laid on the table as audited by the usual paid auditor of the society, Mr. Begbie, public accountant, from which it appeared that the liabilities of the institu tion for lifeboats, carriages, and boat-houses, were upwards of 3,0001. Grants amounting to 201. having been voted in aid of the Seamen's lifeboats at Sunderland and Margate, and the annual m ee ti ng o f t h e i nst i tut i on having been fixed to be held at the London Tavern the week after next, the proceedings closed. THE LATE PRINCE OF OUDE.—The body of the deceased Prince of Oade has arrived in Paris. It bad been placed in three coffins, one being in zinc, and which was taken off on its arrival. The bier is an enormous case of ma hogany, the weight of which was so great that it required the united strength of all the servants of the Prince to lift it from the carriage which brought it to the Hotel Laffitte. The carriage in which it was conveyed was drawn by two white horses. One of the rooms on the ground floor of the hotel was fitted up for its reception, being hung with crimson cloth, fringed with gold. The coffin, which is covered with gold brocade, is pl ace d along the side of the wall, near the door ; perfumes are burnt in a large copper vessel, and in the middle of the court a large fire is kept burning. The servants and attendants of the Prince remained watching during the night near the coffin. The mortal remains of the Prince have been accompanied to Paris by Mohammed Ahmet, nephew of the deceased, a young man aged is, of digni fied appearance, and who was dressed in a magnificent Eastern costume. The funeral procession to Pere-la- Chaise takes place at 12 to - morrow. A magnificent mausoleum is to be erected in the Massulnian cemetery at Pere-la-Chaise, to perpetuate the memory of the late Queen and of the Pri nce now deceased.—Galignani. ALDERMAN KENNEDT.—Mr, Alderman Kennedy has addressed a circular to the electors of the ward of Cheap, resigning hie position as the representative of that ward. Mr. Kennedy takes the opportunity of defend. ing his conduct in reference to the Royal British Bank. After saying to the electors, " I have not know ingly done anything by which I ou b ht to forfeit your o teem," be enters into an explanation of the circum stances under which he rejoined the bank in Nov,, 1854. Alderman Kennedy proceeds to state that his relatives, Mr. Spans and Captain Valiant had joined the bank before him, and when the former left in don Ma and y'lBs r s :tu it rn w t a o S was m c o o re tla i n ro d ra than a any acknowledged desire, tocleaoieveleLd:ds apprehension of danger. He bad taken the opportu nity to state to the general manager the suspicions which he had heard surmised and to ask for explanation. Ms letter of 1555 was never sent, but delivered per sonally. It was carefully read by himself, and such an answer asked and received, paragraph by paragraph, as fully removed his uneasiness. All the circumstances referred to in that memorandum which bad b o perated .re. so injuriously against him bad occurred before 0 him joined the bank. They were utterly unkno t t v ya-Perae ill-founded. a in ny th th e i i n r g or h ig e in m ' et an i d n t h h i which he was too ready to be%eciceowledges that e s s b u a s n p k i , cio b n u s t b were si Mr. Kennedy, in conclusion, be "great error " when his qhrievalty and t was a o f stt nd during the year c onfidence in the bank, a proof of his a lmoe b t " c w e rn as u n raisede d r t b8 o ): mentions, as £2 5001 stcck to remain the bank fur three day-. He had also induced his nearest and f produce c the sale 0- • dteha-te,fittteendays before its stoppage he allowed the relatives to become dep.litors, and those rela lives were among the sufferers, 1.7 all all 100 16i 1.00 100 a►l all 100 100 2s6d ' 10s all all all all 21 I 50 83 1 21t 1 9 11 1 25 10 L 0.6 St. 100 26' 13 20 St. Ito) 100 100 11000 St. 1261 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all al I loe 16/151 5i 1117 s 25 5