The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-14 00:00:00

1 ,0 - NDON, T TIDE " MONE MARK ET SHARE MARKETS - (This Day). -4it• LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTA LS. YLeasing Closing Prices Business A, TD RAILWAYS. Bhr.l Paid Rett.wkrs. Companies. this day this da7 COMMEUCTAL INTELLIGENCE, Closing Prices , Business done --------- - - ---_-_-.- .8.- Shr. Paid Ran ---i- w Ari. this day, this day. St. 100 IBuckgharash. Ln.&N.W. 92 -9492 31 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. St. 100 'Clydesdale Je. Caledon ... 94 - 96 Nytwithstanding the improvement in monetary affairs and the relief consequently afforded & Eastn. June._ „ 5 / - 5 . 5 i -7 125 - 10 A - mba. -- Nottn g . Best. - ------ ---"" 2 s s t. lalloo l E Ct i S n t . o g ur 6 V p y .; c, E• t U .N .dt or E th .C n 1 1 3 2 2 -_ 13614 5 all E. Un, 11. SI. E. Count. 31 - 4 8 1 - 84 50 all Belfast & Ballymen.: 4 a at. 100 alas. Barr. & Caldonian. the commercial community, an occasional failure 13i all Birmng. Wolverh. di' Neils.Direet. is reported. The advices from America show Stour Valley 7O - 72 St. 100 !Do. New Do -. "`- egke a steady improvement, but in individual cases St. 100 Birkemh+l. !Attest+. ei Cheshire Junct • • ---- • 25 ;all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. West ... - ... they are often embarrassing, and the same 25 all Blackburn .... ....... D R o u . ll. i & s S h e a l i b .e y s .. YDo.k N.M. 107 - 108 see .4. remark will also apply to the intelligence from 25 all myth & Tyne original . 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do - the £2s (iss. at £45),„ ... - _ 12a, all Lon.&Greenw '..Eastern. 12 -13 north of Europe. It could not have been lee Bristol & Exeter__ 20 I all Do.Preforence Do 23 -24 expected, however, that all traces of the late col- st. St. ss - • el _ 93 100 Caledonian. .... ..... ... 9 0 - 91 891 St. 100 Lon. Tn., &S. Polo &Co. 100 - 102 St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 38 .-- 40 10 I, 10 Do. Bark. Sh Do ... - - lapse would at once be removed, and for some time , 50 all Cork and Bandon._ 11 - 13 511 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. to come a few disasters may be anticipated. Some 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• - • • and Matlock & Midi& 21 - 21 21 4 - .5 regret has been caused by the suspension of Messrs. St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd, Midland 92 - 94 921 10 20 all all Do. A Cornwall ... - ... 6/ 51 Newmarket Gray and Son, an old and respectable firm in the 10 all Do. B - ••• , BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. 1- 1p American trade. The liabilities are stated at about 50 all Dublin&BelfastTune ••• - ...d 50 , all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 56 - 58 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 8. - 9 50 ! all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... - ... 30,000/. st. 100 East Anglian - I%i 50 j all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - ... Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton St. 100 Eastern Counties..... 62. - 631 621 25 , all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W ... - ... Market yesterday closed heavily but st eadil y , and St. 100 E as t ern Union,A • stk. 46 - 49 121 all j Do. 1 Shrs. ADo St. 100 Do. ' do. B 32 - 3 4 St. 100 I Roystn.& Hit. Gt. Northn 1 3 2 - 135 prices continue to decline. The sales amounted 25 81 po.New.l -- -. 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 71 - 8 to 5,000 bales, 500 of which were takenby the specu- 25 , all East Kant ...,....„._ 17 - 18 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 - 91 St. 100 East Lancashire 92 - 9.3 50 all WearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. ... - ... lators and 500 by the exporters. The Railway Share 20 all East' Suffolk - ••• . ..... .. ••• 25 all Do Do 3ll - 326 Market presented a quiet appearance, and quota- 10 all Do. - St. ,100 ! Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 85 - 87 eons were without any m aterial alteration. st. 100 Edi n b urg h & Gl as gow 631 - 641 63 1 0 all 'Eclinb. andPeebles ••• - ••• PREFERENCE SHARES. A statement has been issued b y the directors of - t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 32; - 331 _ 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. the London Discount Company relative to the 0 all Forthand ClydeJunc. ••• - ••• c.pref. (isscl.at 50/.) ... St. 100 Furness . _ -.- .- St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 90 - 92 business transacted during the half-year ending the 'Glasgow & S.Western St. 100 - ...... 92 - 94 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - 31st ultimo. They observe that the accounts 10 all !Great N. of Scotland 91 -10 j St, 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c, 95 - 97 961 "show an available balance, after due provision for S s t. 100 Great Northern ....- 1 9 0 0 3 101 1004 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5/ p.c. ... - _ St. 100 Do A Stock contingencies, equivalent to a dividend of 21 per ~ A. se 100 Do., B. Stock ... _ 126 - 128 cent. ; the directors, however, in the belief that St. 100 Gt Sth &West Ire) 100 - 102 64 all Cork&Bandonslp.c. ... - 61 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 -• 61 St. I • • 100 ,Great Western ;( • 611 - 6l- 611 2 St. 100 E. Anglian Cls, A Sh. ... - - the interest of the shareholders will be best pro- St. 100 Do.; Str.V.R. gua.St 58 - 62 St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 105 -• 110 moted by the adoption of such a course, 12 all ,Irish South-Eastern. ••• - ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114 recommend that this balance be carried for- 164 f 1.11 , Do., Th i s 8 -10 p • 5 . 9 .. , all Lancast .u, er &Carlisle 79 - 83 St. •00 Eas.Co • Ex,sp.cNo.l 107 - 110 ward to the next half - yearly account. When 16 1 15 Do. Now Thirds -10 r• St. 00 Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 1 05 - lox St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 12 5 - 128 borne it is in mind that a discount company St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 941 - . 944 4 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 - a d 20 all ;East Un. G. 6p. c. ... - ... is subject to the influences of a commer- 3 1 Do.. Wst. Riding Un ••• - ... 5 all Do. 51. 10 per cent. ... - ... 10 all Do. 10/1 Debentr ... - ... cial crisis, it :Cannot be doubted that the results 20 I all Do. Southp6rt. - -. 111 all London & Blackwell 61 - Ga 61 1 St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... ... - ... which the director; now submit to the proprietary St. St. 100 East La.neash.6p.ets. ... - ... 100 Lond.Bright.SlS.Cst. 108 - 110 5 all E.&W. York. J. sths - - - must be considered satisfactory. In conclusion, St. 100 London &N. , ,Western 991 - 1001 99 1 1 10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... - ... • i O O i all Do. Fifths . - -. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 73 - To the directors would impress upon the shareholders all D0.,101.5n.,M&8 0 ••• - ... that time is essential to the development of a business 12A 5 Do. Eighths a _ a4l 4 1 St. 100 Furness, sp. c • - ••• - St. 100 London &S. Western 981 - 991 9 9 81 St . 100 i Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. t 5 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine - •«... -- ... of thischaracter ; and, whilst reiterating their con - St. 100 ( Great Northn. 5 p.c. 115 118 117 ... fidence in the ultimate success of the company, draw 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. • - ••• 411 411 401 St. 100 - - De. 5 p. c. Redeem. attention to the fact that the obstacles incidental t o St. 100 Manch.Shef. &Litwin. 401 - at 10 p. c, prem lOB - 110 108 10 14 Metropolitan . "" - "' St. 100 Do. 41 per cent - 102 101 1 ........ the operations of a newly-formed establishment are 10 , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 St, 100 Midland ................ .-, p. c. preen. daily diminishing,' and that events have grown out ! arrangement ...... - - ••• 10 all ,Gt•N .of Scot.lst Pr( - 104 941 - • 911 95 1 of the late crisis to which they are justified in refer- St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 66 - t 6 '2O 18 lat. S& W. (Ireland) ... - - ... ring as narrowing the extent of com p etition, and 50 i all Midland G.West.(lr.) ••• - ••• 50 6 1Gt.W.(8.&11 20 18 IDo. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... ... .Ex.spc 51 - 6 • thereby favourably affecting the p ros p erit y of the 25 , all Do. •1 Shares . . ••• -•" St. 100 iDo. con, red. 41 p.c. 91 -93 92 1 00 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - ••• St. 100 IDo. con, red. 4p. c. 8 3 --85 'company." 25 all NewptAberg.&Hrfd. 13 - 14 St. 100 Do. ne& 4 per tent. 82 - 84 About 14,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - ••• St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 93 - 100 of England yesterday. 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint 50 31 100 Norfolk - 10 There is an increased demand for silver, owing to & Restrevor -.- -. 10 all Do.ChesterBp.e.P.S. 16 - 17 16 62 - 64 preparations for remittances by the steamer to the l o all Do. do. , sp. c. d 0.... 91 - 101 31 Northn. Counties Un 31 - 3 1 20th inst., and bars are quoted ss. lid. per ounce st. 100 North British - 56 641 541 St. 100 Do. Birm, Gus. Stk. 70 - 72 71 70 standard. St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 261 all Do. Chesil. Gus. Sh. 181 - 191 135 all Do, do. do 9l - 9/ There was a meeting to-day of the creditors of . .1.• ''... se. St. 100 Do., A. Stock ......... ••• - •'" Dock Stock 2O al Do. do. do. l4 - 15 Messrs. Sewell and Neck, Norwegian merchants. St. 100 Do., B Stock ~ ,• ‘,, St. 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc.St. ... - ... Charles Pottle, Esq., Swedish consul, took the s ' St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l ... - ... t. 100 N. E astern -Berwick 99 - 100 98a ve chair. Mr. Turquand, the accountant, read 25 all Do. do. Extension - ••• , St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 ... - ... St. 100 Do. Now Guar. 6p.e. 135 - 140 139 140 the statement, which showed that the total liabili- 25 , 161 Do.do. G.N.E.Purch. 2d - par St. ma Do. do. SP. c., N 0.4 15 - 118 ties were 150,6751., and the total assets were St. 103 Do. Leeds St 100 Do. York 54 - 55 54 St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & 188,2571., leaving a surplus of the joint estate of 87 - 88 861 . 93 - 97 Nuneaton s r . ct... ... - ... 37,581.1. In addition to this the partners' private St WO North L0nd0n..... 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp• estate was expected to realise 20,0001., making a I stea d , an d Cit y J n ... -• • • . late 3d Shares ... 155 - 160 total surplus of 57,580/. The conduct of the firm 20 1171 North Staffordshire 3 - 24 11 4 121 all Londy.& Color. ISh. ... - - ... was much approved of, and it was agreed to take 20 all North Western. - . St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. dent. 115 - 120 20s. in the pound in four instalments of ss. each, 10 all N. & S.Westrri. June 81 - 91 6 41 .10. do. do. £6 ... .. a - 1. 5 with 5 per cent interest. . St. 100 Oxford Worcester & St. 10 0 - Do. d o. 31 per cent. 61 - 68 Wolverhampton 32 - 33 33 121 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ... 20 18 Portsmouth 9 - 5 d 12 REDUCTION OF THE BANK RATE OF 10 10 Rhymney -- -. 121 all Do. 41 per cent 124 105 Do. do. - -. ... - .. St. 100 Uid.Consol.6 p.c. St. ... - ... DISCOUNT. St. 100 Scottish C en t ra l .. •... _ 106 - 108 St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abriln. St 25 - 26 A reduction of 1 per cent. has been made in the st. 100 Sh ro p s hi re u n i o n._ 48 - 50 49 St. 100 Do.Con.Br„Bir.6p.c. 133 - 135 St. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Prof, St. 984 - 99 Bank rate of discount, which now stands at 5 per St. 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 34 - 21 dell. Pref. St. 88 - 90 89 4 • • cent. This measure, wbich was fully anticipated, 50 100 South Devon .......... 34 - 36 St. 100 10 all Do. L. will not bring business to the national establish- St. 100 South Eastern ...... ... 754 - 761 751 6 New., Aber., &c., pr. 10 all Do. 4} per c . Shares sp. c o red. sp. c. pm. - ... ... • ment, the terms current out of doors being little St. 100 S out h W a l es ... .. ..... 81 - 821 x d 10 all Do . Per p et . 6 p r . e t. 114 - 11 1 above 4 per cent. As there is no w an abundant 20 all S. Yorksh. River Dun 13 -15 . 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. ... - ... - supply and a limited demand, a good deal of compe- 20 10 Do : - 5 d St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ... '2O all Stames,Wok.,&Wok 9 - 11 St. 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ... tition will prevail among the monied interest, st. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~ ,1847 ... - ... , 25 all (Stockton & Darling,. 36 - 38 St. 100 North British 101 - 106 will have the effect of eausing increased ease.which ' 25 171 Do. do., 1854 - ... 731 Do. 71. Preference ...I ... - ... The London and Westminster Bank notified yes- 25 5 Do. do., 18K5 - ate St 1100 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf.l 97 - 99 974 terday that they will only allow 3 per cent. for de- ... 161 Stockton & flartlepl ... - ... 17 84 Do, do. do I - 4 posits of 5001. and upwards, and 2 per cent. for St. 100 Taff Vale... - -. 20 13 jDo. Leeds 6pc.N0.1 ... - .., smaller amounts. The other banks will no doubt St. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 •• - ••• 121 9 ,Do. do. Qrs., 1848._ ... - „. 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R ... - ... 25 10 jDo.YorkH.&S. Par. 1 - 1 I adopt a similar measure. , 20 all Vale of Neath l9l - 205 20 20 all !North Staffordshire.. 22 - 23 Increased firmness has been visible in the English St, 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 20 --15 se 100 iox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 Stock Market, but the reduction of the Bank re' e 50 all Waterford&Limerickl ... - ... I p.c., let guar. ......115 - 120 exercised no influence. Speculation continues inert, 20 all West Cornwall ... - ... St. 'lOO !Do. 6p.c. 2d guar._ 103 - 105 and the public are purchasing only small quantities 10 all 'West End of London St. 100 Do. do. Debentr. St. ... - ... for investment. The market, though quiet 1 and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 81 all Scot. Cent. New Pref. .., - _ however, is very firm, with an upward tendency. ' 5 all ' Do. A - 31 St. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. . . - ... 5 all Do . B - 64 61 Consols for money have been 941 95, and for ac- 20 all West London St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 105 - 110 count 95 to 955. They are now 94 . 951 and 95 to 10 all Do. First Class . - ... St. 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 71 - 73 25 all oath Devon lO - 101 954 respectively. The New 3 per Cents. are 944 to 20 all Do. Second Class... ... - ... 254, and also the Reduced Exchequer Bills have 10 all , Wimbledon &Croydon ... - ... 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. ... - ... 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading also risen to 19s. and 235. premium ; the Bonds Ann.) of El Os. 6d. 23 - 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. are marked 99, and India Bonds ss. to 10s. pre- - 98 95 mium. Indian Stock is 221 to 224. 100 all Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... .- ... St. 100 Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh 94 - 98 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and St. 100 00. New 44 pr. cent ... - •.• In the Foreign Market there is a good deal of Cen • lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 11 - 2 St. 100 .. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ,•• 84 animation and prices are buoyant. Turkish 6 per 18 all Do. - • St. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c .. --- ••• Cents. are 985 99 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1042. 4 ; 201 all ,Buffalo & Lake Hur. 14 - 15 20 all •:.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar ... - .• • Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1015 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 100 100 !Buff., Milt& Godeh. 185 - 90 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 26 - 28 t ' 100 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 20 i l 4, ; Peruvian 45 100 100 1 6 p. c.bds. , I Aug. ,'72 25 19 Do. do. do. - -. 1013 Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc 5O -- 55 per Cents., 7 ;81 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 Do, do., 1 July, :73 83 - 87 86 St • , 100 100 Do, do., 1 Juno, 74 80 - 85 BRITISH MINES. Russian 5 per Cents., 1095 110 ; Sardinian 5 per 20 2s. ,Calcutta and S. East. ... - ... Cents., 881 89 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto .20 2s6dCentral Oude (Lim.) ... - ... ... '2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 121 - 131 Deferred 25i ; Dutch 25 per Cents 654 ; and ~ 20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares l/ - I.lp 20 14 British Iron ... 5 - 7 ditto 4 per Cents. 99. 2O 1 Do. B. do. ... ... - ••• ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 75 -85 174 all Demerara. - - -. 10 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) 420 - 440 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 2s. Eastern Bengal - 1p ... 271 East Basset (Mogan) 90 --95 Stocks ;--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, St. 100 E as t I n di an 'llll - 1121 1101 114 11 17s Great South Tolgus.. 141 - 15 4. ... . 20 4 4 ;Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78 ;Ditto 3 per 20 15 Do. C Shares l4 -24 p, .. 1715 Cat.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4 - 5 Cents., 52 54 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ... - ... 73 Cirt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 11 - 14 100 all Do. do. do. '59, do. ... - ... ••• Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 44 per ••• 17s Lady Bertha - 1 Cents., -- ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 414 ; 20 all Geelong & Melbourne ••• 8 N. Frances (Mogan) 111 - 121 Ditto New Deferred, 251 254 ; Ditto Certificates, St. 1 00 Gd ll guar. 5 per cent.... 20 - 21 201 . Trunk. of Canada 52 - 54 521 -. . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 13 --15 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 4 .--- 5 • - ; Ditto Passive, -. 10 0 a l l Do, 6P. C. Deben... 85 - 87 ...... 14 Par. Cons. (Stßlaxy) 17 - 19 18 _ The last week's railway receipts, as cer t a i ne d u p 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore. 22 - 224 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5 to this day, are in round figures as under :- 20 4 Do. New, guar. 5 p.c. 1 - 11 p 51 ••• 6s. Sort, Cons. Min. Co. 14 - 14 . 20i all Gt. Westn. of Canada 201 - 21 - ... 21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 340 - 350 • 1858. 1857. 201 13 Do. Nev 2 8. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 41 - 51 Great Western £24,091 £22,875 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 ... - ... ••• 19 S.W. Frances(llloma.) 210 - 220 North-Western 1 100 00 all Do, do., :73, do. ... 105 - 110 100 all Do, do., '76, p. '60... 105 - 110 ••• 5 41 Tam. S. &L.Min. e Co. 4 - la South-Western - 4 Brighton 10,831 9,877 all Do, do., 73, without option 103 - 105 ... 40 Un.Minea (Gwennap ... - •.. Midland - 1 South-Eastern - 18,135 17,666 20 all Do. do., 5 per c.... 21 -22 , ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan).. 24 -26 25 1 Great Northern 23,202 21,463 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton. /d - 1 p ... 20 W. Camden (Liskrd.) 10Q - 110 Lancashire and Yorkshire 18,236 2 1 ,857 20 5 Do. 3 d Ex., g. sp.c. 1 -- 1 l' ... 51 Wh. Basset (Mogan). 145 - 155 ( ' Bristol and Exeter 5,169 5,406 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ... -1 p ... 5 Wh. Buller Rdruth). 260 --- 280 Chester and Holyhead ... 1/ 7 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 - 13 ' East Lancashire 4,847 6,143 20 5 I Seinde, guar. 5 per c. 2•- 211) 1 .... 8 Wh.Ma,Ann(Menht, 144 -- 48 20 all IDo Lancaster and Carlisle - 28 27 Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 9,018 9,570 FOREIGN. F OREIGN MINES. ' North London West Hartlepool 2,607 2,891 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam' 61 7' 7 Waterford and Limerick - 1 1 10s. Bon Edinburgh and Glasgow - 11 AccordCop.(lL) id -1p Glasgow and Sou' la-Western - ... 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued Scottish North-Eastern 3,485 3,335 6 all Carrneaux&Toulouse 30 all at £5 Do. Cocae p s m) & 1 Cuiada . 1 - 24 .. - • 1 Grand Trunk of Canada 20 13 ‘Dutch Rhenish 3 4 - 3 1 9 4 1 The transactio ns in the Railway Share Market 20 all Eastern of France - 28/ 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. this morning have been rather numerous. The 20 all Do. New - ...6 .. - -. 40 all Cobre Copper 4l - 43 settlement of the account being now in active pro- 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - ••• 20 greark and most o f th e dealings have been , all Gt.., Central of France ... - ... ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop in -reference to th a t even t . P r i ces, i n most 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 - 8 8 10 6 Italian Junction ... - ... per Mining Co. ... id -1 p instances, have exhibited . a considerable im- 20 all L a k e C ons t. & B a l e ~. - ... 2 all Fortuna - id provement. Caledo n i an a d vance d 10 s. ; E as t- 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 20 all General - 18 em Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 54 - 6 p 3 all Linares - 9 Brighton, North Western, South Western 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... -.. 5 14 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita, - 5d and South Eastern, 1/. ; and Great Western and 20 p 11 1 l Lyons and Geneva ... 28 - 29 Maria Lyons & Mediterran. ... ..- ... 1 all New Granada :: Great Northern, 11. 10s. The Foreign and Colc-1 all Noveau Monde Anteula 334 all • - -. 20 all Perit.sii.MM.tt Smlt• 41 - 51 nial lines are inactive ; prices, however, are firmer. 10 all Do. New .• - ••• 5 1 Port Philip Northern of France have improved 10s. • Great 20 all Namur & Liege .... 30 161 Santiago de Cuba ... 11 - 21 Luxembourg, ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, li. ; 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 21 7 21 23* all United Mexican 43 - 41 16 all Northern of France.. 38. - 39 , and East Indian, 10s. 10 , all NorwegianTrak.Pref 8 2 - 9 MISCELLANEOUS. . Mining Shares are quiet, and Joint-Stock Bank 20 j all Paris and Lyons 351 - 355 Shares are rather firmer. 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57 1 Atlantic Tel, (Lim) 1 ... - ... 20 9 Reeife & San Fran , 2 5 1 1 9 Austr al ian A y gLic isi ul a t il 26 -__ 27 26 BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. (Pernam.) g. 7p. c 1 ••- lap 10 10 all Rome and Frascati ... - --- 10 all BerlinWaterWorks.. 4 - • 5 (.From the Official List;) Business dome. 20 all Royal Danish l6 - 18 10 2 Do. Now iss , at Si. d ... - ... Bank Stock 222 5 all Royal Swedish 1 - / 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 -- 40 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 8s 81 100 32i Canada ... - ... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 944 5415 41 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 - 81 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 110 - 111 1094 104 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93 1 41 58 20 all Southern of Franco.. 221 - 221 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 Now 25 all Do. Prof. 75 p. cent. 23 - 25 w 2/ per Cent. Annuities 79 81 all West Flanders 4l - 6 . Loam Ann lO all Do. 54 per c. Prdf, Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860.... 2114 - 1e 11 India Stock ' 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 - 2 8 5 all Do. Preference - 41 ' .... •: .•• , 1 Adis Bonds, a.:iiiiiii ......... 221 24 4 all Crystal Pal. of France .... - •• 20 6 , Western of Austria... ~. - ... Ditto, un £lOOO 5 10 p 20 all 'We , ..A. of Switzerland ... - ... 20 all Eastern Steam.. ...... ,41 -- 54 54 Cot sols (or der c n t , - 108 :Er'nequar Bills, ztd 95 141 . 6 all ,W iesl aden - ... 6 all Do.B p, cent. pref. ... - ... 1 all ( El ec t r i c Tel. of Irel. ... - ••• , MOO ........ 20 ali ! Z ea l and 5 all lEn.olaust.Cop.SmCo 14 - 14 $OO • ..... .......... ......... ........................ 22 23 19 p ... - •-. 10 10a.jEur. & Ind.Jetn. T e l , id - 4 p ....• s "ll ...... ............................... 22 19 24 19 p 9 all Eur.&Am.Strn.(lim.) 5 - 6 .. ............. 20 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 1 Exchequer Bend:;, 1858, :14 per d en . t . .... 9 ,, „ 7 20 all 'Gen. Ir • Se. Col.(lira.). ... - ••• , Ditto, 1359 ...................... . - '''' ' g _ 40 all Australasia B6 - 88 871 - 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. . „ - ••• ••• 99 25 18 Ban I 20 5 London Discount ... I/ 1 d • . PRICES OF FOREIGN pu lar ._ i kof Egypt - 21d FUNDS - - THIS DAY. 100 50 Bank of London i4B- 52 4 all Lond. Gen, Omnibus 31 -31 Braswell 5 per Cent........... ............... 101. 40 all Bri.Col•Bk.&Ln. Co ... - •• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..,, _ ••• Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ............ ____ 2 50 all (British N. American ... - . 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... - ••• Ditto Account .............. 974 20 10 jC.Bk.of Incl.Au.&Ch ... - .::d 10 all 'Do Extension Tele& ... - ••• I • Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1 825 ............ ___.- 100 50 City 6O - 6 2 61 10 all 'Mexican& S.Amerien ~ ••• Ditto 5 per Cent., , Colonial 100 ICO 25 1 see .- 4.. 25 5 'Nat, Discount C 0.... 1 - 1 d Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. - ... 10 6 Netherlands Land..,. 4 -If . Mexican 3 per Cent ....... 2Ol 4 20 all jEng.Scot.&Aus • Ciit. 184 19 10 all Do. Do. .. - 31 Ditto Account - 18 1 5 a ll D o .B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id. 31 - 3. 31 i • Peravian Bonds 45 per Cent - 20 all 'Ditto New ••• 5 2 Do , Do. - dll 4 Ditto Account Jan. 29 ............... . ..... 784 50 20'London and County ~. _. ••• 29 100 80 tNew B. &N. S. Land 17 - 20 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 --- ... 50 ILnd.&E.Bnkng•Corp ... -- ... St. 100 iN N .S.W. Gov.s • p.c .D. 93 - 95 se 3 4 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent... ..................... 441 50 10 I London Joint Stock. ... - • •• 1 all N. B. Australasian... i - Russian 13onds, 1822, E St., 5 per Cont..- 110 91 00 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 20 all rth.ofEuropeSteam ••• - ... Sardinian Bon4s, 5 per Cent. .......... ..•.. 881 981 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 1 a ll Oriental Gas - 11 Ditto Account / 3 1 , r 5 0 25 National Bank *I) BONRIP :i Cent. . Ditto arm" per 20 all !New South Wales.... 46 - 48 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 73 - 75 741 Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonita 25 all Orientalj Bank Corp. 31 - 33 54 - 64 Ditto Account ... per cant,., . 9Ss $ i 50 10 Do. New . 20 20 'Ottoman Bank - 19/ 181 21 - 2S 1 i 9 83 50 all Rhymney Iron D,O .............................. 98 5 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - •• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 5l - 56 ~ Gu aranteed, 4 per • k.l, - 14 Ditto Account, Jan. nt. .29 - ... 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. ._.• - ••• St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.lacls. ... - ... Dividends on the above payable in i...,i0n. Dutch Exel ange, 24 ,25 all South Australia 35 -37 25 all South Austral. Land 34 -36 per Cent., 12 Guilders 651 25 all Union of Australia,,, 49 - 51 494 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip, I - 11 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates - 1i I BARE O'CLOCK. 50 to - - ... 1 13 -' ,, n of London ' - ... 221 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can ... -- ... Console, money - ...d 100 284 Van Diemen's Land.. 11 -7 . 13 I Ditto account Rebruory 4) ~, 94 5 “. .“ -:-. -. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 all Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. sp. c. 1, 2 18 all Do. 204 all Buffalo di Lake Hur l4 15 100 100 Buff. , Brnt. & Godch , 185 90 100 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72, f Do. do., 1 July, '73' 83 87 86 100 100 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74! 80 85 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... •.. 20 10s 1 Ceylon A shares 1 lip 20 1 Do. B. do. .... • • ••• 174 all Demerara . 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian y 1114 -- 1124 1101 114 11 20 15 Do. C Shares 2ip 100 all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 100 all Do. do. do. '59, do. 20 all ,Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... 20 21 201 St. 100 'Gd.Trunk. of Canada 52 54 524 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben B5 87 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 22 224 20 4 iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c —14 p 204 all Gt. Westn of Canada 201 21 20 ; I •13 Do. New 100 all IDo. Bds., payable '57 ... . . 100 all iDo. do., '76, p. '6O lO5 110 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 105 110 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 103 105 20 all 'Madras, guar. 44 p.c 194 20 20 all Do. do., 5 per e. 21 22 20 10 ; Do. 4i p. c. Exten. d 4 p 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Ip, 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. —1 pi 20 10s. ,Oude (Limited) THESUN, tatneiDON, THURSDAY ESEiN-li\r'G, JANUARY 14, 1858 rbirb lltittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALLS'--(This Evening.) There was again a thin attendance, and no transac tion of any importance took place. There was no alteration in the betting on The Two Thousand or The Darby. NAVAL APPOINTMENT.—(This Day.) The following appointment was made this afternoon at the Admiralty : Assistant-Paymaster—H• Winstauley, to the Renown. TALEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. (Prom tile Times' City Article.) The news from India to-day has revived the ques tion, When is the telegraph to bo constructed ? In the height of the first alarm, seven months ago, the matter was instantly to be attended to. Two lines were to be formed, and the only point was whether one should be commenced before the other, and, if so, which. One company proposed a sable from Suez to Aden ' and thence to Bombay or Kurrachee, to be laid in 12 months, at a cest of 700,000/. ; the other a line along the Euphrates River and the Persian Gulf to Kurrachee, to be completed in about the same space of time, at a cost of 400,0001. Each would be liable to the respective contingencies that lead to interruptions in this mode of communica tion, and the unanimous opinion of the public was that the work should be at once sanctioned in both cases, and that the promoters should, in fact, be stimulated to see which could first achieve success. There was the usual oratory upon the sub ject in Parliament, followed by the usual professions that its vital importance was fully seen. According to the calculations the Euphrates line should now be within a month or two of completion, and that of the Red Sea within six months. Indeed, the latter should already be available from Suez to Aden, so as to save a week in our present trans mission of intelligence. Is a single foot of either yet manufactured, or even ordered. ? Nothing of the sort. Even the companies that were organized for the projects are virtually broken up, having found it impossible to contend against the want of support from the Government at home and the effects of diplomatic intrigue on the Continent. The Euphrates Company sent out an engineering staff to Bagdad to commence the experiment, and it was found that Great Britain had not at that time the requisite influence at Constantinople to obtain a sanction for their proceedings. Subsequently, it was intimated that the Turkish Government would make the line themselves, at least so far as it was to run through Turkish territory. This resolution, in the midst of the raging jealousies of that region, might not be undesirable, but every one knows what is meant by the execution of a project by the Turks. Every step will be impeded by secret in fluences, and even if these were absent, want of money would always be the cry. Has anything yet been done, and, if the Turks have actually made a commencement, have the Indian Company under taken their portion of the work from Bussorah to Kurrachee ? Looking at the economy and rapidity with which lines are now laid down in all quarters of the globe, the fact that the construction of this communication to India should threaten to be a matter of almost interminable struggle and per plexity is utterly humiliating. Modern experience has made it so easy that it will read like a satire in the history of the time that, with the welfare of an empire of 200 millions at stake, the preservation and maintenance of an army to be secured, and the richest commerce in the world to be promoted, we had not either the activity nor skill promptly to lay down between that empire and the seat of the Im perial Government a few coils of cable that would bring them together. If men could see the mis chief resulting but for a single month from the absence of this means of intercourse they would get a more terrible conception of what may be lost through routine indolence and folly than has ever before been presented. If news of any great dis aster were to reach us, we should fall upon our knees and entreat Providence to avert such events, and no one would think of asking whether we had ourselves done everything to avert them by using the means that Providence had already given us. Taking the commonest argument, it would be a limited computation to state the money loss from the absence of an Indian telegraph during the past year at 10,000,0001. or 15,000,0001. sterling, since, apart from our military expenditure, the commer cial saving from the existence of such a line during the recent crisis would have been enormous. As to the brave lives that would have been preserved, the anguish of family uncertainties that would have been spared on both sides, the prestige that our swift neighbourhood would have created among the natives from one end of the country to the other —all these points are of course beyond calculation. By sluggish minds they will never be recognised at all, and these persons will suffer no self-reproach ; but if the people of England generally have any keen sensibilities they will not again let the duty be lost sight of. Even the thought that Havelock would have heard, at all events, of the first burst of his country's gratitude if this means had been open will help to sharpen their sense of the conse quences of indifference ; and if they will at the same time think to what an extent the lessons already enforced might have been increased if any disaster analogous to that sustained by Geu. Wind ham had fallen upon the force under Sir Colin Campbell, or if our ranks had been more exten sively swept by sudden disease, so as to give urgency to the demand now received for continued rein forcements, they will be able to form a sufficient idea whether, while neglecting the advantages which science has placed in her way, the nation deserves to be exempted from the usual calamities that are the penalty of wilful blindness. Suppose Messrs. Saigrove and Ragg, the exposure of whose accounts created so much sensation a short time back, had carried on business in Hamburg ; they would, perhaps, have put into circulation some of their paper on nonentities. The holders of the bills have merely to get a notarial declaration that the drawers are not ' solvent commercial houses,' and the organiser of the fraudulent conspiracy must lodge in the custody of the officers of the Tribunal of CoMmerse val.d security to the amount of the bills. The Bank of England enforce such a system here. All private solvent and respectable houses would gladly do the same if the leis , would assist them. At present the honest and respectable houses immediately take up their bills upon failed houses, and the r eedy and disreputable take the chance of c'.rcum stances to assist them in meeting such bills at maturity. " I am, &c., " Z." THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES. The following report of a gentleman who returned on Saturday last from the scene of suffering will be found to possess great interest " The first point of interest we arrived at was Auletta, only 13 hours distant from Naples, but as it lies a little off the road, we left it till our return, and went on to Pertosa, a commune with a popu lation of 1,200 souls. For about two miles before we entered it there were evident signs of earthquake. On either side of the road houses lay prostrate and abandoned ; at the immediate entrance of the town we found what had been a tavern, but the people had abandoned it, and were living in a species of barn on the other side of the road. The innkeeper gave us the following account of his escape. I was in bed when the first awful shock took place, and leaping out ill my shirt dragged my wife with me, but escape by the door was impossible, as beams had fallen before it. There my child and its nurse had perished. Turning off to the 1i ft, I got out •by some other way.' Pertosa itself is completely destroyed—not more than six houses remain standing, and those are all leaning out of the perpendicular, and are cracked. Already they had dug out 143 bodies on the Ist of January, and 200 more were known to be missing : the number of strangers was unknown. Many persons were dug out alive. Tents were bcing erected, and a wooden hospital for the sick and wounded. A quan tity of grain had been sent also, by order of rho Government. The whole population who had sur vived seemed to be panic and sorrow struck, so much so that no one begged. A drive of two hours brought us to Polla, situated on the side of a bill, with a river flowing at its foot ; but before arriving at it, abouttwo miles distant from the city, there is a deep ravine, which we crossed. The road, which runs at right angles to it on the opposite side, bad been carried away en masse for about 200 palms, and the hill on the other side of the ravine had been cleft in two, so that we looked in and saw numerous caverns formed in the limestone. Large ma , ses of rock, full 12 feet square, had rolled down from the heights on the road. In many parts of this neigh bourhood were large fissures in the ground into which I could plunge my arm up to the shoulder. The first object that struck us on entering Polla was a wall about ten feet high, with an image of the Virgin let in to it. This wall was split from top to bottom. The suburb of Polls, separated from it by a river, is called San Pietro, and both had suffered equally. Half the houses were prostrate, almost all had the roofs fallen in, and those which remained standing were unsafe. The population of this place amounts to 7,000, and already 567 bodies had been dug up and buried in the Campo Santo, and they were still excavating, for nearly 1,000 were missing. Already had a considerable shock been felt throughout the district early in the morning, and it was now about half-past 12 p.m., Jan. 1, when we were standing on the ruins of a house talking to some On our right hand was standing the single wall of a campanile (belfry tower) about two stories high, and not far on the other side a leaning house. In a moment we heard a heavy subterranean thunder, and felt the ground heave violently under our feet. Earthquake ! Earthquake !' was the cry, and wo all ran from the spot as rapidly as possible. The leaning house fell to the ground within 20 feet of us, and the belfry fell almost upon our heels. A woman who was with us became hysterical, and I had great" difficulty in recovering her. The wile that then followed was remarkable. The priest brought out a crucifix and the statue of the Madonna, and, together with the entire population, formed in pro cession, everyone scourging himself with a rope. I observed no tents as yet erected, but some boards were being put up. Many of the poor population bad taken refuge, by day at least, in houses which were falling, and were perfectly insecure ; and here buying and selling were going on. Whilst looking on, a fire broke out in the ruins, to which a priest directed my attention, but it was an incident of a trifling character, and as such was treated. We had left the town, and were sitting on a wall near the bridge, talking with some priests, who remon strated with . us for our carelessness. The ground was continually in a tremulous state, and the wall might be thrown down. About a quarter past 1 p.m., and whilst we were there, a third violent shock came, and this, too, was felt throughout the entire district. All the places on high ground suffered much more than those on the level ; and I must not omit to mention that in some places the stench from the disinterred bodies was insufferable. Pella was the extent of our trip, and thence we returned to Auletta, situated on the top of a hill, and possessing a population of about 3,000 souls. Here not more than 40 lives had been lost. The city, however, bad been much shaken. Nearly half the houses were destroyed, and one-half were not fit to live in, were cracked, and standine , out of the perpendicular. Auletta is in habited'principally by Government officials. A large palazzo belonging to Marchesee —, and rented by the Government, was prostrate, only the outside walls standing. That was my room,' said a priest, I had time to escape in my shirt, together with my brother, when the whole fell in.' A gendarme saved himself by jumping out of win dow.' Outside the town a few huts had been erected, but some still clung to their falling houses. Here, as elsewhere, we experienced the greatest civility from this suffering people. At about four miles distant from Auletta, on the top of a hill, we could perceive Caggiano, where man houses had been destroyed, and people had been already dug out ; indeed, throughout the countfy, prostrate houses everywhere visible, and each had lost its two, three or four tenants. The last point we stopped at was that at which we slept on the first night of our trip, Tiperno. But I have omitted to mention that on leaving Pertosa, we went into some ruined houses, and on the walls discovered fohr pictures of the Madonna and sain t s stil l remaining. One I tore off and took with me, as a great curiosity, for it re cords the visitation of Polio, by earthquakes two several times, and is engraved in honour of a cele brated image of the Madonna, placed in the very church on the ruins of which we were standing when we felt the shock of earthquake. In Tiperno the people were too' much alarmed to sleep in their houses, but we risked it, and had it all to ourselves. During our trip we heard, amongst other extra ordinary caprices of the earthquake, that a tree had been thrown out with its roots in the air, and the top part planted in the ground—houses had been similarly treated, and some had been swallowed up in the gaps which had been opened. Our guide at Polls had lost his wife and two children ; a gend arme had been dug up alive, but had died ; a child of sliteen months had been dug up alive, and was recovering." From other sources we learn that children had been taken out alive with portions of their bodies , oured Aga. yp LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) CHARLTON V. THE HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY 00M- PANT, AND DOLMAN V. THE HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The parties in these causes, both plaintiffs and defendants, claimed a right of property in the D lot of land upon which a wall has been built by the company to the east of the railway, No. 1, Wellington-road. His Honour, the Vice Chancellor, in delivering judgment this morning, said that he had not sufficient evidence before him to enable him to determine at present to whom the plot of ground in question belonged, either in law or equity. His Honour, therefore, remitted the plans and documents produced to a surveyor to inspect the ground in dispute and report to which of the parties the ground belongs. His Honour made the same order in Dolman's ease mutatis mutandus, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, and Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.) CHURCH RATE--EX PARTE FOSTER. The Solicitor-General applied for a prohibition against the Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely, to restrain him from further proceedings in a suit instituted before him by the churchwardens of Little Shilford, Cambridgeshire, for the recovery of a church rate. It appeared that in 1854 the churchwardens and rector made an alteration in that part of the church where the nave is divided from the chancel, the expense of which they defrayed by a rate of ls. in the pound made on all the rateable property in the parish. The church did not need any ordinary repair, and it was contended that the notice calling the vestry was illegal. The real question was whether the terms of the notice were in accordance with the Vestry Act. 71 70 Rule granted. COURT OF EXCIIIRQUER. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Watson, and Mr. Baron Channel.) ATTACHMENT OF A COUNTY COURT JUDGE. Mr. Griffith applied for a rule calling upon the judge of the Clerkenwell County Court—calling upon him to show cause why he refused to ob.f.y an order of Mr. Baron Watson to sign a special case for the opinion of this court. Rule granted. FRANKLYN Y. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. This was an action tried before Mr. Baron Bramwell last term, arising out of the fatal accident at Lewisham in June last, whereby the plaintiff's don was killed. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 75i. Application was to-day made for a new trial on the ground of misdirection. Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Byles, and a Common Jury.) Mr. Justice Byles took his seat at Pries, for the first time, this morning. No case of interest had occurred up to the time of our dispatch leaving. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ilolroyd.) 1113 COLLINS—A PAWNBROKER'S BANKRUPTCY. This was an Examination meeting of Frederick Collins, of No. 116 and 117, Drury-lane, and of Aldersgate street, pawnbroker. _ . The accounts entered from July, 1855, to October, 1857, showing :—Creditors, 3,4951. ; creditors partially secured, less value of securities, 1,093/, ; liabilities, 1,0831.; profits, 2,1671., including 1,8811. interest re ceived on pledges: surplus; 4461. ; assets, 2,2001. Sur plus property held by creditors fully secured, 418/ ; expenses, 3,0941., including 1,4051. paid for interest and discount ; losses, 4301. The examination was adjourned until the 29th of this month. RE MOBLEY AND MOSLEY.-FAILURE OT NEWS-AGENTS. The bankrupts were large newspaper publishers and news-agents, of Catherine -street, Strand. This was a n examination meeting. M r. Rogerson, for the assignees, asked for an adjournment, Messrs. Hail not having cxnpleted the accounts. Mr. Lawrance supported, and said the accounts were complicated, and he was afraid he must also plead guilty to the charge of negligent book-keeping. The Commissioner said there had. already been one ad journment. Mr. Lawrance undertook this should be the last. The younger bankrupt, who was in a situation, did not require assistance, but the assignees consented to the continuance of the allowance of 30.3. per week to the elder bankrupt. The examination was adjourned to the 23d of Feb ruary, at one o'clock, with enlarged protection to the bankrupts, R (Before Mr. Commissioner Eva ns.) cas e of T. Reach, mining agent, Broad-street Chambers. Debts, 7 30 / , ; BEACH. Assignees were chosen 1 assets, nil. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (Tills Day, - - " VEILY SII SPICIO W IIS E . S "— T tI i O N MS:9BLRifand, a rough- 1 ook ing Irishman, was stances charged under the following circ um Police-constable 39 B said—At three o'clock this morning his attention was called by another constable to No. 17, P'lh am - creseent. I went t h er e, and on exuain iug the railings, I found that there wa s a q uantit y of mud on "'ern, as if so me one had recently climbed over. I got over th e ra i l i ngs and went i n t o on e of the collars, and there fou n d the prisoner preten ding to be asleep. I asked him wh a t he was doing t h ere , and he made no answer. I th en told him to some sweetmeat s get u p, which he did. I searched the sp o t, b ut only furt h er search we found found a bott l e of rum and ; and on another bottl e o f rum. He said he h a d been to s ee a female servant, w h o lived there, a fr i en d of his. I caused the inmates to b e aroused ; they came d o wn an d said they knew nothi ng a b out him. I als o asked the female servant, particularly, twice w hether she knew the a ccused, and A n e p osit i vely denied all knowle d ge o f him. Some flower-pots h a d b een removed from t h e kitchen window and placed in th e area. The accused said th a t th e servant was part i a l t o him. He was going back to Ireland, and went to see her an d to " trate" her before he went. He went at 11 o'clock and rang the bell, and supposing that no one was up he went and lay down in the cellar. flippant manner. Sh e said that she ha d k no wn Th e servant, on being ca l led, gave her ev id ence in a very him, but had not seen him for nine months. Last time she saw him she told him she did not want to see him. Last eight, whet she went out for the beer, she saw hi m , and told him "she wa n t e d no one cra wling after her."and she thought he was gone. Mr. Arnold told Mr. Bay; He then went away., the proprietor of 17, Pel ham-crescent, that he th ought the way i n w hi c h hi s servan t had conducted hers e lf was very b a d, as s h e h a d positively denied all knowledge of the prisoner on the previous evening, and he (the worthy magistrate) had no doubt it was at her suggestion that the man went into the cellar. He should reman d th e accuse d, a nd take one surety in 51. for his future appearance. mt man,RT L whoßy 0 A 1 t i IdOe H -STREET. Usci7ibed himself as an account- AOCOUNTANT.—Wre. Follett, ant and collector of . debts, was charged before Mr. Bing ham with embezzling several sums of money received for, and on account of, his employer, John Edmunds, 40, Smith-street, Stepney. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, who is a retired tradesman, employed the prisoner in December last to collect several debts due to him, for a well-dressed dlrtijsleMlfd which he (defendant) was to receive a commission of 10 per cent, upon all moneys collected. The prisoner also entered into an agreement t o pay i n all moneys as soo n a s received. This he had neglected to do, and had failed t o account for the sum o f 4 / 03 4d which he had received from a Mr. Royston. There were numerous other sums which he had neglected to account for, but at present the witnesses were not in attend ance . Prosecutor's wife, Sarli. Edmunds, proved that she made the agreement with the prisoner, and he then engaged to render an account to her of all monies he received. The prisoner said it was his instention to render an account of the cash he had received as soon as he had an opportunity of discoveringwhat his solicitoesexpeuses were. Mr. Bingham remanded him for a week. THE LATE CRISIS IN 17AMBEIRO. (From the Times City Article.) The following description of the proceedings re sorted to at Hamburg for the liquidation of the estates of the firms that have suspended during the recent crisis furnishes some useful materials to aid the discussion as to the reformed processes required on this side " Sir,—l beg to forward a slight sketch, which at the present moment may be instructive, of the measure adopted by the Hamburg authorities on the 2d Deo. last for the winding up of estates during the recent crisis. " The Senate, seeing that many houses of solvent means were unfortunately, in consequence of the sudden pressure upon them, obliged to suspend payment passed a decree stating that if any firm should find itself in such a predicament it should he empowered within three days of the suspension of payment to summon a meeting of creditors at the Tribunal of Commerce. The member of the firm applying is, however, required to take an oath, swearing that he believes his estate will be sufficiently solvent to satisfy his creditors, and that the method of winding up under inspection wilr be more conducive to their interest than a declaration of bankruptcy. The judge of the Tribunal of Commerce (Handels-Gericht) is then to convene a meeting of the creditors, who shall elect either administrators to wind up the estate without the intervention of the bankrupt or co-administrators to carry on the business with his assistance for the benefit of the creditors. It is provided under the law that these proceedings mast take piece within three days of the suspension of payment, or the estate ipso facto subsides into the jurisdiction of the ordinary bankruptcy tribunals. The administrators or co-administrators shall within four weeks of their appointment call a meeting of the creditors and lay before them a detailed statement of the liabilities and assets of the insolvent estate, and sha.l declare upon their honour as citizens that they honestly believe their valuation of the assets of the estate to be a true and fair one, and that they anticipate the estate will realise as much as it is valued at in the account they present. " I may here point out the advantage of this proceed. ing over the method employed under the English system of inspection. The accountant here prepares a state ment of assets, and in it he includes bills ' considered good.' Now, ask the inspectors, if they be such men as have been chosen in Hamburg, men of the standing of Solomon Heine, L. Behrens and Co., Ferdinand Jacobson, J. C. Sohle, &c., whether they could upon their honour as citizens declare that they believe such bills good,'ask the creditors who have signed the deed under the anticipation that they would receive les to 15s in the pound, whether a month afterwards they did not find that the accountant's estimate was far above the real value. It is difficult to blame the accountant—it is his business to make things pleasant;lif he did not do so he would lose his occupation ; but it would be very desirable if in future creditors abstained from signing until the statement of the accountant were confirmed by the inspectors ; for the accountant, not being in business, must necessarily rely on the bankrupt for much of his information. " But t o re t urn to the Hamburg proceedings. The In the present state of our information respee,ting creditors, a f ter th e cons ideration of the report of the our forces at Cawnpore every scrap of news is N alu . - administrators, decide whether tine estate is to be wound I able. The following brief extracts—written,.as whenwill up under inspection or be thrown into bankruptcy. If I they choose the former method, the administrators or be seen, on the eve of going into action, and the artillery was roaring its hoarse prelude—though co-administrators have all the p ower of curatores bona- brief, have this recomm endation, that they are rum (official assignees) in disposing of the assets, be- written by one of the best officers in the Indian sides having the power o f sellin g things by private army, and by one whose position affords him access contract (not enjoyed by assignees) should they think to the best intelligence. The letter is dated Camp, fit. The administrators have also the light to use the lidwnpore, Dec. 2 : staff and officers of the Tribunal Gf Commerce for the 4i We have got back in time to stahvraeetbCe rebels, writ d ie (widow of the service of the estate. The bankrupt enjoys immunity , in v, t_o ith th th e e h ß an ai d z s a Of i the. ' .. ore scoundrelnr3T he from arrest, but cannot leave the city. As under this f G rom i all its fo s rces, Mahara'ah)hat their head, unitedand are and a the attackedpre method of inspection the system of classification does wa s' i o a r ll f i o n r g ce not obtain, the a dministrators must declare whether the late ssionofone bankrupt pay 40, 60, 80, or 100 per cent. If he do nut Nana Sahib, j wit the cantonments . five day one-half. They 40 per cent., the estate must be banded over to the Pay sent moment in . • ago, P just opened a cannonade, Pjsse ordinary bankruptcy administration. The law also have provides that the names of those firms who wind u ': under this Act shall be published in the Hamburg om. to move ; and ere long, • and we are under orders cial paper, in order that notaries shall be able to draw dec'sive happen. in all probability, something up protests of security. will rotests of scan- of Him whom we "Lastly, perhaps, a few words about p serve, and who is able to give the victor city may be serviceable and interesting to many of your yto the man— yor the few. It is a solemn rea d er s, as in my opinion the y are the mos l t f powerful moment." c heck upon accommoda tion paper possible . A takes Of th e p rev i ous operations of a bill of B upon a h ouse C, and h the _have accomplished the relief of the garrison oils e fails,writer or refuses C o li n, th e to accept, the holder of the bill, A • can compel th e "W e ha merely says : drawer or the endor ser of whom he bought the bill, B , of -.- Lack now, and brought off all the ladies,women, to lodge in the Tr ibunal of Commerce, in their j oint and children to this place leaving a strong force in names , security to the amount of the bill. Of course this proceeding is not an entire check up on amoramoda. position near that city. We had some very hard lion paper. If one commercial house give blank credits fighting ; and Sir Colin allows that even Crimean to another, no law in the l world can prevent it; but heroes will acknowledge it some of the very heaviest among the numerous inso vencies in Hamburg there no t been a single ca se of one m an drawing upon porter s praise of the Bengal Artille r y. " and charwomen, paying for their acceptacceptance atel muc h The following few words afford. a glimpse into the e to believe that state of the Doab : Hamburg traders are so far honesty ? Not one whit ! sup erior to British in "My last intelligence from Kr..--,.. ,itt 'was dated Under the syst em of protests 9th November : ain:D - that our communications for security such bills and such houses could not exist. with the provinces above have been interrupted." dev , THE ENGLISH ARMY AT CA EVNPORE. DIP°. IJIRY. MAIDSTONE, JAN.' 13. This afternoon au adjourned inquest was held at the Old English Gentleman Inn, Tovil, near Maid stone, before Mr. T: Kipping, the coroner for the borough, upon the body of Betsy Brooker, the wife ofalauouring man residing at Tovil, whose death was suspected to have been occasioned by the im proper use of instruments by the medical gentlemen who were called into assist the deceased in the cfmtse of a premature delivery. M. J. Gorham, surgeon, Tonbridge, who made a post mortem examination by direction of the coro ner, deposed that he saw no appearances to induce him to think that, with proper treatment, things would not have taken a natural course, and that - death had been occasioned by a severe internal rup ture, or wound, the result of some extern a al d, m i e- n me chanical violence. An instrument such as had been used would be likely to cause the injury, n his opinion, it was most unjustifiable and cruel, as well as unnecessary, to have made use of such an instrument in a case like the present. He also said he considered that the use of such an instrument, under any circumstances, would be very dangerous and almost necessarily cause the death of the patient. Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Ayerst, the surgeons 'who had attended the deceased, and who were both present during the proceedings, put some questions to Mr. Gorham, in answer to which he stateuh(mas of course unable to say what the condition of the deceased was when they were called in, or whether the injury existed at that time. Mr. Fry, a surgeon, of Maidstone, said that he was passing through Tovil on the afternoon of the 28th, and saw the deceased standing by the fire. He had previously sent her a bottle of medicine, and she said that she felt better since she had taken it, and did not at that time appear to be in very great pain, and he did not think that the rupture could have then existed. The witness then pro ceeded to state that he assisted at the post-mortem examination, and he concurred in the opinion ex 'messed by Mr. Gorham as to the cause of death, and that the rupture was the result of external violence. _ _ The Coroner, at this stage of the case, said, that from the turn of the evidence he thought that Messrs. Ayerst and Baldwin ought to have an op portunity of consi'leriug what course they should take, and of bringing evidence before the jury if they thought proper to do so, and the inquiry was consequently adjourned until half-past three o'clock to-day for that purpose. The jury having answered to their flatnes s the proceedings of the inquest were resumed. Mr. Blundell, the superintendent of the Maid stone borough police, who has been actively en gaged in producing the necessary testimony, was in attendance, and Messrs. Ayerst and Baldwin were also present. The former is a very aged. man, and is stated to be between 80 and 90 years old. He has been in practice in the county for nearly half a century. A. professional gentleman named King, from Maidstone, was present during the latter part of the proceedings, to watch the case on - his behalf. Mr. Baldwin had no professional adviser. The Coroner then read over the evidence that had been given on the former occasion, and the witnesses were re-called ; and, in answer to ques tions suggested by Mr. Baldwin, Mrs. Weller and the sister of:the deceased stated that a number of instruments were produced by Mr. Baldwin, but only two of them were used. They also stated that Mr. Baldwin said from the commencement that it was a very difficult case, and he refused to act unless he had the assistance of some experienced medical practitioner ; and •all that was done ap peared to be with the sanction of Mr. Ayerst. In answer to a question put by the Coroner, Mr, Blundell said the jury were now in posses sion of all the evidence that it was in his power to lay before them, and there were no more witnesses to be examined. The Coroner was then about to sum up, when Mr. King made an application for the postpone ment of the inquest, to give him an opportunity of laying additional evidence before the jury. He was, of course, he said, unable to gay what view the jtiry might take of the matter, but it appeared to him that there was little or no evidence to support any cr i m i na l c harge, and he was anxious to show by conclusive testimony that there was no founda tion for suggesting that he had acted in any other manner than as a man of skill and humanity. The,Coroner said that the application was an un expected one, as every facility was given to Mr. Ayerst and to Mr. Baldwin to obtain legal assist ance, and to produce evidence on the former occa sion, and the inquest was adjourned for that pur pose. In so important an inquiry, however, if the application for a postponement was made upon the understanding that the object was to adduce addi tional evidence, lie did not think it cught to be refused. The inquest was accordingly adjourned for a week. SUICIDE OE A BANK MANAGER AT BOLTON. +Obb. A painful sensation was created at Bolton, on Monday, by the intelligence that Mr. R. S. Bar. low, of Snow-hill, manager of the bank of Messrs. Hardcastle, Cross, and Co., Bolton, and a gentle. man highly respezted in the neighbourhood, had committed suicide. It appears that Mr. Hard. castle bad arisen early in the morning and gone into his bath-room, where he had blown out his brains by discharging a gun at his head. He had fixed the gun between his knees and moved the trigger, it is supposed, with one of his toes. The probable motive of the unfortunate gentleman was disclosed in the following evidence, given at an in ' quest held. by Mr. W. S. Rutter, county coroner, on Tuesday. Mr. Thos. Lever Rushton said he was connected with the deceased as a partner in the banking firm of Hardcastle, Cross, and Co., of Bolton. Mr. Bar low was managing partner, and had been so since the death of his father, in 1819. A few weeks ago the deceased came to his (Mr. Rushton's) office in a state of great agitation, and said that he had come to tell him of his unfortunate involve ment with a person to whom he had lent a large sum of money. He also said that he had mentioned it to one of the other partners. This led the com pany to investigate the general affairs of the bank. The partners had a meeting on Saturday last, and they bad a conference with Mr. Barlow as to what he proposed to do with the account in question. The deceased expressed great regret at the state of the account, and said that he had been led into it little by little, and that nobody could tell the misery he had endured in consequence of it. This led his partners to ask how lie stood in his own personal affairs ; and he told them that he had bor rowed a few thousands from a friend, which had to he paid back on the 15th January. He was told that he would not be allowed to pay this mony out of the bank, and that he ought to make good the other loss, as it had been shown to them that he had been warned against the party alluded to. He said that if there was a loss he would take it upon himself. He said, however, that he could not pay it then. He was asked if he had any proposal to make but he said he had not. He was in a state of extreme agitation and distress of mind. This was on Saturday after noon, between two and five o'clock. No conclusion was come to at the meeting. When it was broken up Mr. Hardcastle and witness had an interview with the deceased immediately after. Witness said to him it was a pity he had not made some pro posalth in g to thep thearmtneeeretio required q a u s t i d he h e a d wouldoffered llietiwie I haveos to su dohltadod done i l nab a e n y now, n Lim I would leave leniently dealt w ith, as it was a matter of great said,thoughthba' i f w doneß i u n st yourso oßushton) would r se eg ; reit thtoougahltl. He I had told l that communicate it to them. He said, " Oh, t • cer ' I will leave my so self entirely in th e i r h an d s. " h myself d i e entirely n ( t r Witness said he was glad of it, for lie was sure they would be lenient with him. This appeared to soothe him, for up to that time he had been quite hysterical. Mr. Hardcastle and witness then shook hands with him, and in parting witness made an arrangement with him to meet the party who owed the money to transfer some propertywhich he held as security to the bank. They were ta meet witness at his office at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. This was to transfer the property to the bank, that they might make the best of the account. Mr. Rutter—Did he mention the person's name I Mr. Rushton—Oh, yes, the matter is well known, and I don't see any reason for concealment ; the person Mr. Joseph Holden, the builder. I don't think it was so much the loss of the money that affected the deceased as the feeling that he had lost the confidence of his partners. He was a man of a high sense of honour. (Mr. Rushton was much affected in speaking of the character of his friend.) He had the means of meeting the loss ultimately, but not then available. The loss on the account would be about 15,0001. ; but be felt, more than this, that he had lost the confidence of his partners. I never saw him after that evening. The jury found a verdict of " TemprasY insanity." .--- - -.------ An application under the reeent Lunacy Ack u ri i! presented to the Sheriff on Saturday by a retospec iv: looking man, for auth,,rity, in terms into and detain his wife in a lunatic, otiern'aii as abso• described by th e certifyiog 0 ~n; / r e ar, To the statutory lutely frantic, and a dangetW the supposed cause of her query in the ecbec'ule bass le answer was—" The failure of insanity, the remart _tavow Daily Mail. the WeeterF 23Ank I u ° amy l thle;tl she being