The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET 3.TD COMMERCIAL INTETJ.TGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have exhibited consider able activity, the superior descriptions of sugar, coffee, rice, and spices having in most instances realised advanced rates. Tea has been quiet, at a decline of about id. per lb. Plantation Ceylen coffee has advanced is. to 2s. per cwt., and for the finer qualities of Jamaica rum there is an active inquiry. Saltpetre has been firm, and at public sale higher rates were obtained. For cochineal and drugs there has been a rather better demand, and improved rates have in some instances been realised. Oils have slightly receded, as also tallow. P.Y.C., on the spot, are now quoted 545. to 545. 3d. ; January to March delivery, 545. ; and last three months, 51s. 6d. per cwt. The imports &c., of sugar last year were as follows : 1857. 1856. 1855. 1854. Imported 221,109 224,437 20!,221 24 7 ,212 Delivered 204,761 222,400 233,907 221,125 Stock, Dec, 31 57,483 41,912 39,964 76,650 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a dull appearance, and prices were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the exporters. In the Railway Share Market a better feeling was exhibited, and ♦alues of all the leading stocks were fully sup ported. The amount of gold taken into the bank yester day was about 80,0001. per the Teviot. The Joint Stock Banks have made a further re duction of 1 per cent. in the rate of interest allowed for deposits, viz., to 3 per cent. The discount firms are giving 3i per cent. There is still a quiet demand for money in Lombard-street, although the terms charged there are, on the average, to 1 per cent. below the new minimum. The improvement in the Bank's resources will therefore continue, probably upon the same rapid scale as of late, and most persons consequently anticipate a further reduction in the official charge. The Bank of France return just issued is con sidered favourable, but the demand for money has evidently increa s ed. The half-yearly meeting of the London Discount Company has j ust been held—Mr. Alderman Phillips in the chair. The report stated that the earnings of the half-year had been 14,2161, equal to about 2i per cent., but the directors recommended this balance to be carried over to the next half-year's account, the capital of the proprietors remaining -intact. After some discussion, the report was adopted. . At the meeting of the Unity Bank held to-day, Mr. M echi in the chair, a report was presented, showing a profit of 8,0381. 11s. 10d. since the last meeting, yet this sum was not available, being exceeded by the current expenses ; but the directors hoped that the improved management would have • a surplus profit by the next half year. There was a balance of cash in hand of 50,0001. out of the paid up capital of 150,0001. The report was adopted. Owing to the news from Paris, recording the . attempt made upon the life of Louis Napoleon, the Funds at the commencement of business were heavy, but there has since been a rally, in conse quence of a purchase of 200,000/. stock by a leading broker. The business transacted has been rather limited. Consols for money have been 941 and 941 ; for account they have been 941 and 941 95. The present quoations are 941 1 and 941 respectively, being flatter. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 941 95, and the Reduced 94 I. Exchequer Bills are 20s. premium, and the Bonds 100. Bank Stock is 222 to 224. India Bonds are 10s. to 15s. premium. Foreign Securities have not bee* dealt in to any 20 material extent, but there is no particular variation 20 in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 981 being 00 heavy, and the 4 per Cents. 1044. Brazilian p_ 5 per Cents., 1011 ; Austrian 5 per Cents. , 914 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 96 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 201 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44f ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i ; ditto Passive, 51 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. 991. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Greuada Deferred Bonds, 51 6; Mexican, 2011; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 771 84 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 4/ per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41± 411; Ditto New Deferred, 251 26 ; Ditto Certificates, —; ditto Passive, —. Messrs. D. Bell and Son give the following as the prices of American Securities : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Cent United States 6 per Ce n t s . 1867-1868... Per 104 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...102 105 STATE SECURITIES. ... 78 - 18 ...88 90 20 ...36 96 100 100 Alabama 5 per Cent Maryland 5 ner Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42 Mississippi b per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 2 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds '877... 79. Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virgin'a 6 pe: Cent. Bonds 1886... 79 81 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 80 82 LOANS OF CITIES. Boston 41 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 83 Ca blontmeal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... --- RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 82 £4 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 82 84 Illinois Central 7 per Cen:;. Freeland Bonds 1860... 82 84 Central (Tiares), $3O paid ... 7 d 5 d Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., Convert 1860... Do, do. clo. ....... 1869... 88 SO Now York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 90 93 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 83 85 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 73 75 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 40 42 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 15 CO Panama 7 per Cent., let Mortgage 1865... -- Pennsylvania Central. 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 84 86 The transactions in the Railway Share Marko to-day have been numerous, and in several of the leading lines an advance of about per cent. has taken place in values. East Anglian, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great Western, and Lanca shire and Yorkshire improved ss. to 10s. Great Northern and North-Western, 11., and Brighton, 1/. 10s. ; Caledonian, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern were rather lower. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, and prices are steady. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are in rather better re quest. City Bank improved 11., London Joint- Stock 11., and South Australia 1/. The Miscellaneous Market is inactive, no change of any importance having taken place in quotations. FENDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOUK ( From the Official List;) Bush-lees done. Hank Stock 3 u ,er . out. Eteduced AntiultI6E 3 per ileut klonoobi , knnuntiot , 94.;', 4 New 3 per Cont. Annuities ... 944 5 4i 5 Lod; Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 1-16 ladia clouds, 1:10od .., ....... ......... - • litto, und er £lOOO 5 15 p GIILSOIs for account, Er:hecttzer I , IIIN z Id. 41000. 2O p ~ Z .dt, S usil 1 Exchequer clouds, 1655, :t per Cent lOO iOitto, 1859 PR ()ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Al ONE O'CLOCK tanstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. B Cal- Ilan o per Cala. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 96 ti per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 18b 3, 3 p er Cent Bp Insh co..its, .; 41i per cent. Ditt,. Passive Tarkieh Bonds, 6 per cen t - Ditto Account thtto Guaranteed,. 981 4 i 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2: i t por Cent., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ......... TWO O'CLOCK. Console, money Consols for account ........................ 94g i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A tolerable number of snbscribers were present, but the object of their visit was evidently rathe r to enjoy a lounge and a quiet chat than to transact business. 4 to 1 (taken to 2001.) about Clydesdale for the Two Thousand, and 6 to 1, to a small amount, about " Mr, Howard's lot" for the Derby, were the only investments that came under our observation during the afternoon, STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILFORD HAVEN AND TEIII SOUTH OF IRELAND.—The p o werful steamboat. Of Mes,r.Fo r d an d Jackson, Cannon-street, are br in g in g inimenoe number. of c a ttle, pigs, &c., across to Milfor R aven, and a trade is springing up there of a most satisfactory d escr i ption. The route is also becoming a favourite one with passengers, so that Neyland, t h e terminus of the South Wales Railway, is rapidly growing inta importance, SHAR,E MARKETS— , This Day). RAILWAYS. ttAiLwATt, Closing Pr:c, yesterday. 10 1 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.— all Belfast & Ballymen , all &rung. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... 100 Birkenhd. Lance). & Cheshire Junct all Blackburn ............ all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... 100 • ristol & Exeter...... 100 aledonian.. ..... 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Do. A all Do. B all Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 100 East Anglian ..... 100 Eastern Counties..... 100 Easternljnion,A.stk. 100 Do. ' do. B 8 i Do, New A,........... all East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk all Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. andPeebles 100 ' Edinb. Prth . &Dundee all Forth and ClydeJunc. 1 00 Furness 100 Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scot l and 100 (Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock .. 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str.V. R gua.S* all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster &Carlisle. l4i Do., Thirds 15 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Sontbpurt. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.di S.Cst 100 London Sz N. Wester', all Do. Fifths .......... all 1—D0T,161.5h.,31&8...C, 5 Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Weatern all Landrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ,100 Manch.Shef.dtLineln. 1?, Metropolitan ...... 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's] arrangement 100 Midland ,100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland ei.West. (Ir. ) all Do. shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all °wry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor 100 Norfolk.. 32, Northn. Counties Ern 100 North British ...... 100 !North Devon, Rail. Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock .... 100 N. Eastern Berwick all Do. do. Extension 16i Do do. G. N.E.Purch 105 Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 1.71 North Staffordshire all North Western I all N. &S. Westrn. June 1100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 18 Portsmouth 10 'Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N. E. Abrdn .St 100 jShropshire Union ... 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 4i per c. Shares) 100 South Wales... all 8. Yorksh. River Dim 10 Do.. .. all Staines,Wok..,&Vgi: all Stockton & Darling.. 17i Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames flay. D. &R all Vale of Neath 103 Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Coinwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class .0 all IWmbledon &Croydon Business done this day, 72 ‘i 90 / i i 90 1 38 lli 19i 62f a 3i 32f 3} I lO3 21 4 St. 90 89 St. e 4. 611 2 11 2} 94 i i i 61 1101 11 10 100 991 1001 99i 9 40a 40 St. too 94* 5 BRITISH all ',Atian. and St. Law. 9 I Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all Do. — all Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff. , Brat. & God eh. 100 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lira.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. d 0..... all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all I Do. all Do. all ,Geelc 4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 do. do., '59, do. )ng & Melbourne r. 5 per cent 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben I alt Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wostn. of Canada 13 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable 's7 } all Do. do., "76, p.'6o all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per c• 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3clEx., g. sp.c. 5 , Do. 4th Exi, 108. thide (Limited) 5 IScinde, guar. 5 per c all Do O all O all 5 all . ) ,0 all 6 all I Antwrp & Rotterdam 'Ardennes Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New ... Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg , }ltalian Junction Lake Coust. & Bale ILierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. G p. c. Pref. Northern of France NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons O 13 1:1 all 0 all !O i all !O all !O 6 5 all !CI all ail all .0i all all ji a 6 3 all l IParis and Orleans... Recife dx San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Roma and Frunti-. .0 al all 5 , all Royal Danish Royal Swedish !O all .0 I all !O ; all Si I all LO all all 30 6 N) all 6 all Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders IDo. 5 per c. Prof W.& N. W. of France Western of Austria , Wtht. of Switzerland' W iesl aden 6 ! all i Do. Bp. cont. prof. O 1 all IZealand ......... .. ... JOINT-S! lAnotralasia !Bank of Egypt Bank of London I Bri.Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American IC : Bk.of Ind. Au.&Cl , ICity Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cin Lon. Ch. Bk.of A ,t, Ditto New j London and County Lnd .&E.Bukng.Coi !London Joint Stock. !Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eug. `Do. New 1 National Bank ,New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp !Ottoman Bank 'Provincial of Irelan Do. New R.Aus.l3.lLG.Im.(;o South A uStralia Union of Australia 1110. New Union of London Unity 3ifutual .Vi r ofitnaßk of Load .~ •: , Q . 20 20 10 St. 5 - 5i 81 - 8i 70 - 72 ••• - ....• gt - gi 91 -- 90 -- 38 ~ 11 - • . •• ...".. 4 - 5 8i - 18i - 62,i - 46 -- 32 - 17 - 92 - a*.ia e 4, 32b 33. 92 - 94 94 - 10; 102 - 103 88 - 90 126 - 121 100 - 102 61f - 53 - 62 79 83 ' 8 —lO p 8 10 p 94i 95 i— i d 61 - 61 108 - 110 991 - 10,i; i i 98i -99 i 46 4 = 941 - 9 4 66 - 68 ... ... ••• - ••• 13 - 14 62 - 64 3i - 3 i 55 - 56 6 : iiio! 2d pa' 54 55 87 88 93 97 3 - 8i : 32 33 9 & d, ,06 - 108 25 - 26 48 - 50 3A - 22 34 - 36 TSA - 76 81a 82 13 15 d 7 5 d 9 11 36 38 19i - 20 20 - 26 a e• ''''' • ••• .' 7 - 9 3 -3, 6 -6: ••• .... • • • • .... • ••• ".". • ,SESSIONS. li - 2 14 - 15 185 - 90 83 - 87 80 - 85 - Ipl - llli -- 11 lp 4 - 2ip 20 - 21 52 - 54 85 - 87 22 - 22} i 4 - 201- 21; IP - P 1105 - 110 1105 - 110 103 105 19i 20 21 22 d ip pl 1 p, 2 - 2,ip; Gi - 7 lee ''''' ego. 1 1 31 - 4i 3i - 31 • 27i - 281 -- .•. ..ii = g. - 6p 28 - 29 4 - g 204 -21 i - 39 83 - 9 351 -35 i 55 - 57 1 - 16 - 18 A - - 8. 8 - ;2i - - 2`2 5 - - 9i 28 8i- 27 - BANKS. 86 88 3} 2id , 48 52 d l 60 -- 6 is i 9 18 -18 i 93 91 40 13 46 -- 48 31 -- 33 181 -- 194 et* -- .• 35 - 37 49 - 51 •••• ••0 3 = CI Eta 1,11 THE s L ONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 185 S LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) that he was indebted to the defendant for 11. 12- , . for work done to the frames. The defendant's setoff, if it might be called so, when no right of action existed, was that there was a set-off for warehousr, room, the property baying been left for two yen -A, and he (Mr. Buchanan) considered there was a right of claim for the warehouseman ; and, further, that the plaintiff was not the legal possessor of the property which had been bought at a sale, and alLbou;;h. the pictures had been bought in plaintiff's name, they were in fact paid fir by another party. Evidence to this effect was given. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. yesterday this day - St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 92 94 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon _ 94 -- 96 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 12 14 slt. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt.Nortiu , 132 136 5 1-I.Sh. E. Count. 3i 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New 28 all OlstrADn.Fr. e t.Westn — 50 all Hull dz Selby. T. & N.M O7 108 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12 all Do. I Shares. Aso IA all Lon.dtGreenw ••:.Eastern l2 13 20 all Do.Preferenc• Do 23 —24 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. 'eto &Co lOO 102 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 5 all Manch.Baton. La.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2i 2i St. ,100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 92 94 6i 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count — ip 50 all N.&Est.s p.e. Do 56 58 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W. 12i all Do. Shrs. 4Do St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn• 132 135 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7i 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 9i 50 all WearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. 31 32 25 all Do Do , St. 100 iWilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 185 87 COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood,) VANSITART V. VA.NSITABT. This was a demurrer to the plaintiff's bill. Mrs. Vansitart filed her bill for specifio performance of an agreement entered into by her and her husband for an *dollen', to her of 3001. per annum and the custo4 and education of several of her sons and daughters. TM,. agreement was entered into between them with consent of counsel and agents (but without the consent of the husband's attorney) pending a divorce for adultery in the Arches Court. Mr. Tansitart now objected to the plaintiff's bill, that she being a married woman coal not enter into this agreement; that agreement was invalid, and oontrary to public policy. Moreover it was invalid, and could not be enforced, as she contracted for the education and maintenance of her children, and being a fern covert, she could not legally enter into this agreement without the consent of her next friend, which she had not obtained. His Honour, in delivering judgment, said that the law was now well settl e d, th a t when a married w oman entered into an agre e m en t a s to matters concern in g her self personally, she was en titl e d to do so, and m ust be considered a fen t sol e , as was found i n the case of Walker v. R o b er t s , H o p e v . Hope, Aitkinson v. Ross (House of Lords' c auses ), Wilford v. Wilford , S tran g e t v. Straog't. But where she entered into an agreement for the education, custody, and separate maintenance of her chiliren, which she would not be entitled to under the divorce, the agreement was one that could not be enforced ; the demurrer, therefore, most be allowed, 1 and the plaintiffs bill diinissed, but without costs. Demurrer allowed, and bill dismissed without costs. Mr. Buchanan then argued in the question of tender, and quoted several cases, particularly those in Roscoe, p. 347, which involve the great legal principle that a tender must be unconditional. In thie case the money, 1/. 6d., had been laid dawn, but the plaintiff kept his hand upon it, so that the defendant ebould not take it except he had the plc tares delivered up to him. Mr. Buchanan contended that this was not a tender under the causes laid down by Roscoe and other eminent authorities, and that de fendant had a lien upon the property until his charge, were paid. His Honour, however, held that the tender was good, and gave judgment for is. as nominal damages for the detention—restitution of the property on the payment of 11. 12e. 6d. PREFERENCE SHARES. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c 100 Ches. (St Ho. 51 p. c 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork & Bandon 5 ip.o all Dun.Perth.&Abet.J 100 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Ols. B 6p. e 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. e 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 Do. No. 2 100 Do. New 6 pr. C. St all East Un., G. 6 p. C all Do. 51., 0 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash.6 p.cts all E.&W. York. J. sths 9 ,Edin. dr Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c THAMES. iio = 92 DISORDERLY PAUPERS.—John Cooper and William Watts, two able-bodied men, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with tearing up their clothes in Ratc liff Workhouse. - ''.7 - 6 .61i Riwatd Snelling, porter at the Ratcliff Workhouse. /said the pris,mers were admitted there last night at- casual pauper 4, and received proper relief. Thi, morning they remained iu bed after the other paup , rs had risen. He aNked them why they did not get up, t. which they replied that they had no clothes, and he discovered that they had torn up the whole of their clothes in which they came to the workhouse last night. H e was compelled to provide them with other garments to enable them to come to that court. The prisoner Cooper said his clothes were very filthy and dirty, and he could not bear them any longer. He could have obtained work the day before yesterday if he bad been proviied with suitable apparel. Mr. Salfe—That is no reason you should have de stroyed your clothes. This system must be stopped. What have you to say, Watts I Wattsi—l could endure myself no longer. My el , thes were covered with vermin. What could Ido ? I was almost distracted. Mr. Selfe—This is not to be tolerated. You are sen tenced to 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. 105 - 110 110 - 114 107 - 110 105 - 103 125 - 128 73 ::: li 115 18 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 1.00 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem 1100 Do. 44 per cent ... 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pre 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4i P.C. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per tent. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. a. P. S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do al Do. do. do 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc.St 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c. St. No. 2 1001 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 1001 Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r. ct 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. Sh. all Londy.&Ennis. Sh. 100 S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. 4i Do. do. do. £6 ... 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent 10i Do. do. 100 Mid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &11. Pref. St all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. sp.c.pm all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norflr.Deb.4 p. a. Sh 100 Do. 6p. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 100 V.5p. .,1847 100 North British 3i Do. 71. Preference 100 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf.j 81 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York 11.& S. Pur all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., let guar. 100 p. c. 2d guar._ 100 'Do, do. Debentr. St. i all Scot. Cent:New Pref. 100 Sc.N.E.Alaer.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St all uth Devon all Do. fixed 4i pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading 108 - 110 ,100 - 102 62 - 10 - 10.1 - 91. - 93 83 - 85 82 - P 4 9$ - 100 9i - 10 16 - 17 91- - 104 70 - 72 18 1 - 19! -9; 14 - 15 135 - 140 5 - 118 1155 - 160 115 - 120 64 - C 8 133 - 135 - 88 - 90 11 :: iii 11 . 97 - iii 6 97 - 99 i - i - I 22 I - 23 115 - 120 103 - 105 105 - 110 71 - 73 10 - 10 Ann.) of Li Os. 6d. 1 100 Do. 4i per cent 100 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 100 Do. Now 4i pr. cent, 100 •S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c 100 Do. do. sti p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar all iStock. &Dar., sp. 0 19 IDo. do. do. 100 IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc 23 - 24 95 - 98 94 - 98 2d 28 6 7 _ _ 55 BRITISH 2/ 12 1 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambria.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 271 East Basset (IPogan) fis Great South Tolgus 17 , 5 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (11elstn.) 17s Lady Bertha 8 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Cam Brea (Mop.) 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 4. Pans. A. &L. Min. Cn 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap] 1256 V. of Towey ( Camar., 16 W. Basset (Illogan) 20 11V. Caradon (Liskrd 5h ;Wii. Basset (Mogan). 5 W k h. Buller ( Rdr nth). 56 NVIL Edward(Calstek)l 1.17 s kWh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 hVii. Ma. Ann (Menlit. ) 4. Wh. Trelawney(Lis.) MINES. 12a -- 131 6 -- 7 75 -- 85 420 -- 440 90 -- 95 194 .4i -15 a 4 5 la -- 1i lla -- 12? 13 -- 15 4 -- 5 17 -- 19 4 -- 5 11 -- 340 -- 4a -- 53 1210 -- 220 3 -- 4 - 1 24 - 26 100 - 110 145 - 155 2EO - 280 11 - 13 44 46 26 - 28 MINES. ' - 1 2 i d- iP 11 --• 2i if = ii 41 - 43 12 - 13 tad id 16 18 86 9 16 ? ) (1 t - 4i - 5i - 21 - 40 FOREIGN IA , Austraitan 10s. 'Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all po. Cocaos dr Cuiadv 15 Do. St. John Del Roy, Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica all Cobro Copper 16 Copiapo all Dun Mount'n Cop• per Mining C. all Fortuna all General all Linares /Lusitanian all Mariquita all Now Granada all Noveau Mondo all Pont.Sil.LdM.dx Smit 1 Port Philip 16'i Santiago de Cuba all United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. 00 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) :5 19 Australian Agricult. all' 'Australn. Royal Mail 0 all Berlin Water Works.. LO 2 New iss. at 51. d 50 40 !Brit. American Land. 10 32 Canada It. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July, it. all Copper Min. of Eng., 15 all IDo. Pref. 7§ p. cent 5 all Crystal Palace all 'DO. Preference all'Crystal Pal, of France all Eastern Steam 100 !Electric Telegraph ~ all Electric! Tel: of Irel, 5 all iEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo l O lOs. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. 9 all ; Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 1.11 I Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) .5 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. lO 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus . ) ,0 10 ; Magdalena St. Navig. LO all iMediteran. Elec. Tel. LO all iDo. Extension Teleg LO all Mexican&S.Americn 115 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 10 6 INetherlands Land.... LO all Do. Do. 5 all Do. 8 p.c.Pf. iss. at Id. 5 2 ;Do. Do. po 80 New r 3. &N. S. Land, , 1 100 1 all :0 all 1 all 1 108. 5 all 50 all N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. N. B. Australasian._ Nrth . of EuropoSteam Oriental Gas Do New Shares Ld. & Minrl i Peninsular di Oriental it) 10 i 0 all )0 60 1 all it. 100 all 1 all 1 all !O , 5 Do. New Rhymney Iron itoyai Ylail Steam `;cot. Austral. Invest S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c. bds South Austral. Laud Submarine Tel. Scrip. Do. Registered ,Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can LOO) 28& Van:Diomou's Land. ,••• • 26 -- ii es• •• 4 - • 5 ii 7 :16 110 111 27 32 23 25 ld 4i 4i - 5i 104 - 108 ••• id 4 p 5 - 6 ••• • d 3i 3i ••• '-' ••• 1 3 1 3, 31 —3?; 1 d 17 2U 93 95 1 - 1} P IP 2i 73 - - 75 5 i - 6 AP 21 2t 51 - 56 la 34 - 36 lh 11 - 13 ~ ... s.L^:Y COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sitings in Banco before Llrd Chief B•tron Polmk, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Watson, and Mr. Baron Channell.) CUMMINGS Y. BIRSETT. Mr. Milwood applied for a rule to show cause why an order of reference made by Mr. Baron Watson at cham bers should not be get aside, or why the cause should not be referred to one of the officers of the court. Toe plaintiff is a clergyman and incumbent of a parish at Colchester, in Essex, and the action was brought against the late rector for dilapidations. Under the Common Law Procedure Act the ma`ter was referred by him to the Judge of the County Court of Eiser, on .he ground of saving expense, the sot giving him the power of referring it either to a County Court Judge or one of the masters of the Court.. The Court held that they could not interfere a; asked Mr. Milwood then moved a rule in the nature of a mandamus, to compel him to hear the case. The plaintiff would rather have a new referee than one who might he considered hostile. JOHNSON V. SUMNER. Mr. E. James, Q.C., moved for a new trial in this case, which was an action tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at the late Westminster sittings. His lordship directed a verdict for the dsfendant, with leave to the plaintiff to tender a bill of exceptions or elect to be ■on suited. He moved on the ground of misdirection. The action was brought by the plaintiff, a milliner, to recover ] 661., the value of articles of dress, supplied to the defendant's wife. The defendant is the son of a gentleman of property, residing near Guildford, married in 1849 a daughter of the Countess Valsomacchii (widow of the late Bishop Heber) whom he left in Berlin in 1861, on account of incompatibility of temper, and in 1855 he obtained a divorce a Vinculo. In 1851 Mrs. Sumner introduced by her mother was supplied with certain articles of dress, and in 1851 and 1852 incurred the above bill. On the trial it was shown by the husband that when he left his wife at Berlin she had between 601. and 701. in money and he left her her property, about 2001. a year, to live upon. On the trial it was shown that when she called on the plaintiff she was destitute of clothes, having only a travelling dress on. The learned judge, on the trial, directed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the sum of 2001. a year was sufficient for the wife, even if the husband's income had been 10,000 L a year. The Chief Baron said he laid down that there was no evidence of pledging the husband's credit. Mr. James said the learned Judge, in laying down that it was not for the jury to say whether the amount allowed to the wife was suficient, laid down new law in Westminster Hall, which took every one by surprise. Mr. Baron Martin-2001. a-year might be sufficient for the wife, but L apprenend the question should have been left to the jury. The Lord Chief Baron—l think not. Rule granted. COURT OVCOMMON PLEAS. ,Sittinge at Nitl Prins, We4trnineter. Before Mr, Justice Byles, and a Common Jury.) EUXLEY V. AUSTIN.-BITRAOEDINARY CASE. The plaintiff is a young widow of the tender age of 49. and the defendant, a youthful looking Lothario of 27, carrying on business at 5, Furnival'e Inn, Holborn , to recover the nun o f 3401 . l ent by the plaint to the defendant in various sums in 1352-3, The defendant pleaded never indebted. Mr. Serjeant Shee and Mr. Hawkins appeared in r the plaintiff; and Mr. Montague Coainbers for defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, in the year 1852, being of the blo om i ng age of 44, b egan t o be tired of her widowh oo d, an d meeting the defen d an t, a mt-re stripling of 21, b ecame enamoured with hit n, and t he y oun g gen tleman fi n di ng s h e had money, became suddenly smitten with h er c h arms, and paid the most assiduousattention to h er, taking her t o a ll sorts of places, amusements, the vari ous theatres in the metro p olis, but m ore particularly the Flora Gsrders, Camberwell, in the n e i g hb ourhood of which t h e l a dy lived, each hal their ow n p oc k et money, the lady sometim es p a y in g and the gentl eman at others, th ese pleasant amusemen t s were followed by "P P e rs the devoted, loving , affectionate, and amorou s con ile, filling up the night by sleeping together as tuau and wife some nights a t tne g a y y oun g widow's w, house, and sometimes at her young Lothario's, In June, 1852, the widow opened her heart by telling the defend an t i f 2001. would b e useful to him in his business, she would lend it him. The defendant at once jumped at the goiden hint, and accepted it. The lady sold out stock to the amount of 200/., and lent him th e money, receiving his promissory nute for the amount. I n the following Septem b er the defendant obtained a f urther sum of 50/. ; 70/. i n D e cember, and 201. in April, 1853. All this time they wer e in the habit of fro m t i me to time sleeping toge ther. The plain tiff's case was that the moneys were lent, and that the defendant had paid the interest, but sho did so under a promise of marriame and she had slept with him in the belief she would be his wife, a promise which he never fulfilled. O a th e part of the defendan t, w h o was call e d, the 2001. wa s not denied' but it was conte nded that the other sums were gifts, and that he ne ver p romi sed marriage. A number of letters were read from the plaintiff to the defendant, in which she breathed the most amorous effusions. In one to her " Dear William," she st.ited the previous night was the happiest she had had for some weeks, caused by dreaming of him, and that when she awoke she regretted to find " that Jane was sleeping with her," and not her dear William, concluding by hoping t) see him on the Wednesday, if only for a few minutes, from his affectionate wife. In others she calls the defendant her dear husband, and sends him thousands of kisses, she loving him dearer than life, &C. The learned judge, having summed up, let it to the jury to say whether the sums were gifts ; no doubt gross immorality bad been disclosed. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 3401., refusing 801. claimed for interest. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RR COLICIIIN. This bankrupt was described as of Brompton, draper, and to-day came up on the luestion of certificate. Au allegation was made that the bankrupt had fraudulently contracted a debt which would bring him under the tore asked by th e assi gnee. and an adjournrueut was there penal clause of the act, Mr. Beard, from Mr. Buchanan's, said be would at once consent to an adjournment, being confi,ient the bankrupt would exonerate himself. An adjournment took pl ace. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE HINKLEY. This bankrupt was described as of Brentwood, corn factor, and to-day was appointed for his examination. The balance-sheet prepared by Messrs Butler and Can nigs showed the debts 1,2961. ; assets, 560/. CITY SHERIF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Prenderga , t, Q.C.) TUCKER V. TOZER. This was an Actium in trov.. r , to recover the !UR Of 151., the alleged ♦alue of two pictures, left in defendant's care. Mr. W. R. Buchanan, Baeinghall street, appeared for the defendant, and urged, on several points, that the plaintiff could not recover. It bad been admitted, on the part of the plaintiff, MAST NEWS.—(Thm Day.) CORN EXCEIANGE. Since Monday, and fresh up to-day, the arrivals of Eng lish wheat, coastwise and by railway, have been ♦ery mo derate. Notwithstanding that the show of samples here to-day was limited, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and a few forced sales were effected at a decline of fully is per quarter. Over 10,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Good awl fine qualities sold on former terms, but inferior parcels wero lower to purchase. Barley, except the finest samples, sold heavily, at bareiy stationary prices. Not less than 16,870 quarters of foreign barley have come in this week. We experienced a slow inquiry for malt, on former terms. The supply of oats was limited, and the demand ruled steady, at an advance of 6d per quarter. Beans and peas supported previous rates, but flour mot a ♦ery dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. Flour, 1,120' 630 390 I 510 1,170 400 2,760 sks 8,660 4,070br1s English.. Irish „... Foreign 110,120 I 16,870 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, nevertheless, all breeds meta very dull inquiry, and ilionday's prices were with difficulty supported. The show of sheep was limited, yet the mutton trade ruled heavy, at barely previous quotations. Calves were in short supply, and steady request, at au improvement in value of 4d per 8 lbs. Pigs and mach cows were very dull, at nominal currencies. _ _ _ Per Bibs to sink the oftels. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. Interior Beests....3 2to 3 4lPrimeSouthdown 410 5 4 6ecend quality.... 3 6 3 10,Laxge one. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 410 5 4 Prime Soots, dm 4 4 4 61Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 B,Small porkers Second quality ...3 10 4 O'Suckliug calves-20 0 26 0 crime erse.-wlled.4 2 4 B,Quarter old pigs.l9 0 25 0 SOUL SUPPLY: TORSION SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves lBO Calves 9B Pigs 2OO Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADEN RAU— The supplies of meat were extensive, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows :-- Per 81be by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 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 6 4 0 Mutton, Inferior 3 Do., middling 3 Do., prime ,4 Veal... Pork, small ...... ..4 4. s. 4 3 6 8 4 2 4 4 8 8 4 8 2 4 10 80 - ROUGH HO?. We continue to have a good demand for all good and fine hops at very full prices. Inferior kinds , ho wever, move off slowly. The show of samples is seasonably extensive. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 75s to 116 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 60s to 82s; Sussex ditto, 568 to 725; Year ling& and Olds, 218 to 40s per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market 18 quiet, and prices have slightly receded, for common congon being 13 1 2 4. per lb. Large quantities are announced for public sale to-day. Si:MAlL—Superior grainy descriptions continue in active demand and rather higher rates are current. Other quali ties are at steady quotations. In the refined market more business has been reported although the supply still continues scanty. Previous rates are fully supported. COFFEE.---The demand for Plantation Ceylon continues good, and the late advance has been fully maintained. Native Ceylon met a moderate inquiry, at 51s to 53s per cwt. RICIE.—A very limited business has been transacted, at almost former quotations. Rum.— West India descriptions continue in fair demand, and at full rates. Jamaica realised 4s to 4s 2d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—A rather large amount of business has been transacted ; prices, however, have again ex hibited no material change. COSHINttAL.—The demand is active, and higher prices are current. Honduras silvers sold at 3s 2d to 3s 9d per lb. TALLOW.— The market is quiet, and prices have receded. P. Y.C. ou the spot, 54s to 54s 3d; January to March, 545; March delivery, 51s ; and last three months, 57s Gd per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--{This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 15.-Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and hazy. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14.-Wind N. N. W. -Arrived-Saxon, from Rio Grande ; Nelson, ditto. Sailed-Maria, for Coast of Africa ; Centipede, for St. Michael's ; Herman, Messina. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 14.-Wind S.W.-Sailed-Kate Kearney, for Singapore. CARDIFF, Jan. 13.-Wind N.W.-Sailed-Maid of Athens, for Valparaiso. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 14.-Wind W.S.W. -Arrived -Jamie Wilson, from Nova Scotia for Cardiff. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 13.--Wind N.W. -Arrived- Empire, from Jamaica ; Jessie, St. John's, Newfoundland; Sea Snake, Manritius. Sailed-Western Sea, for Mes sina. BELFAST, Jan. 13.-Wind from Porto Rico. MARYFORT, Jan. 14.-Arrived-Dykes, from Belfast for Savannah, with cargo stripped and loss of bulwark and foresail. WATERFORD, Jan. 13.-Sailed-Martha Pope, for Gib raltar. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 14.-Wind W.N.W.-Arrived - Sir George Pollock, from London for Jamaica and Bar badoss. Sailed- Uncouth, for San Francisco; Voyager, for Aspinwall. C 1.2 DE, Jan. 13.-Wind S.W.-Sailed-Amelia, for Bombay. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind E. ; frost. Arrived—Alhambra, steamer, from Gibraltar; Sisters, Shoreham. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg ;J. and S. Martin, Guernsey ; Gleaner, Cardiff; South-Western, steamer, Weymouth ; Brothers, Falmouth. Livzgron, Friday Morning. Wind N. W.; fresh. Arrived—Eaio, f rom Constantinople. Sailed—Foam, for St, Michael's; Balkan, Lima, Mirza• pore, Havannah. The Royal Charter , scre w steamer, from Liverpool, for Melbourne, was off the Salteese at 3 a.m. on the Jant. 13h inst. QIEENSTOWN, 13. Wind S.W. Arrived.—Sea Snake, from Mauritius; G ran d Trianon, Callao. WATMOBD, Jan. 13 Wind W. to W.N.W. Arrived—Harst, and Augusta, from Odessa. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide one hour and a half'e flood ; cloudy. Arrived—Lanza, from Wieeroar. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ; light. Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Indnstrygrom River, for Rio Janeiro. IRONUABTICIS' M E ETING.—BIRMINGHAM, Thu rs d a y Evening.—The chie f quart_erl y . meeting of the i ron - Ne sters of the South Sta ffo rdshire district was :n tb Town - bal l of Birininghtan yesterday. We announced a fortnight ago that a reduction of 20s. per ton had taken place, and that th ere was no pro bability of any alteration for the ensu i ng quarter. The expectation was fully justified tc-day. Although reduced prices were sustained there wets better hopes for the future. 99; 9 54a 87 6 I St. 12 12a 12a St. St. 82/ 2 i d 8 St. St. St. 25 St. St. St. St. 24 120 1091 10 • • • I ... 35i i i 35{ 6i 474 191 20/ 1001 P ii..IIENTARY RE-ORGANISATION OF A REFORM PARTY IN MANCHESTER. Effor have been making for some months past in Manchester to re-organise a reform party ; and on Tuesday these efforts ltd to the assembling of a very inflnen.tinl holly of the old loaders of the liberal party at the Anion N. P.Aillip ., , EA . . ; .rd.P., pti3sid , ;-,1. The gm- tlemen on the late election committ , e of Messrs. Bright and Gibson were not present. A rather I.)ng and a'iimated discussion took place, in the course of which the importance of such a movement being made at the present time, and carried ut with vigour was dwelt, upon and fully udmitted. A hope was express, d that it might lead to a re-union of the who]." of the reformers of the city ; and uld mately a resolution was unanimously agreed to appointing a deputation of some of the most influen tial gentlemen present to wait upon Mr. George Wilson, late chairman of the Ant i-Coru Law League, to req nest him to assist in carrying out the obj-et of the meeting. It is understood that the deputation had aninterview with Mr. Wilson on Wednesday, when In-I agreed to join the movement. Tie want of union and co-operation amongst reformers in Man chester was never more lamentably felt, and there is reason to believe that the present effort will result in an organisation having the elements of greater strength and unanimity iu it than any that has existed in Manchester for genetal political purposes during many years past. LISKEARD. A public meeting, convened by a placard headed "No New Reform Bill without the Ballot," was held in the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening. The hall was filled with a large and respectable audi ence. Mr. Bernard Austin occupied the chair. Mr. WHITEHURST said, that he was sent there by the Ballot Society to look after the electors ~f Ips keard, whom they looked on as wandering sheep. Lis and had sent one of the most eminent advocates of the ballot in the person of Charle4 Buller ; they had sent a neutral in the person of Mr. Crowder, and now they si.nt an opponent in Mr. Grey. He hoped, however, that Liskeard would be " in at the death" of open voting. Mr. Whitehurst concluded a long speech by some severe remarks on Lord Palmerston, as the " Tory head of the Radical party," and denouncing the liberal members fur their truckling and subserviency to the ministry. The CHAIRMAN put to the meeting the following resolution :—Resolved, "That this meting desires to express its satisfaction at the announcement in the Queen's speech to Parliament, that the attention of the legislature will be called to the laws which regulate the representation of the people, with a view to consider what amendments may he safely and beneficially made therein ; and this meeting, at the same time, desires to record its conviction that no extension of the franchise will be satisfactory unless accompanied by the vote by ballot." _ _ _ This revolution having been carried by acclama tion, the Chairman then proposed, "That copies of the resolution be fo' warded by the chairmau to Lord Paiiivirst , m, to R. W. Grey, Esq., the mem ber for the borough, and to T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq., and N. Kendall, Esq., membt;rd for this divi sion of the county." Mr. Is..tAc proposed, as an amendment, to omit the name of Mr. Grey, as being unworthy the con fidence of the borough ; and this amendment being carried, the resolution as amended was unani tuouily agreed to. BODMIN. A public meeting of the electors and other inhabi tants of Bothnia was held on Thursday, the Gth inst., to promote the cause of the ballot and re form. The Guildhall was filled shortly after seven o'clock, a majority of the electors of the borough being pre,ent. Captaiu Sargent was unanimous y called to the chair. _ _ Mr. CHAS. COLEMAN proposed a resolution to the effect " that the meeting desired to express i s satis faction at the announcement in the Queen's speech that the attention of Parliament would be called to the laws which regulate the representation of the people, with a view to consider what amendments may safely and beneficially made aerein ; and this melting desires at the same time to rEcord its con viction that no extension of the franchise will be satisfactory unless accompanied by the vote by ballot." _ _ Mr. IRELAND (chairman of the Bodmin Reform Association) seconded the resolution. Mr. WRITEHURST, who attended as a deputa tion from the Ballot Society, supported the reso lution, which was next putt ) the meeting, and car oled unanimously. It was resolved that the chairman forward copies of the proceeedings to Lord Palmerston, an d t o ftyr the borough and for last Cornwall. PENRYN. A public meeting to promote the adoption of the ballot in the new Reform Bill, was held in the Town-hall, Penryn ' on Friday evening, the Bth inst. Mr. James B. Read (mayor of Penryn) took the chair. When several speeches had been de livered, it was resolved unanimously, " That, while the meeting was gratified by the announce ment of a Reform Bill in the Queen's Speech, they at the same time desired to record their conviction that no extension of the franchise will be satisfactory unless accompanied by the vote by ballot." Copies of the resolution were ordered to be sent to Lord Palmerston and to the borough and county members. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST The Secretary of this company states that the accounts for the past half-year having been sub. nsi tted yesterday to the directors, they have decided upon recommending the payment of a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st Dee. of 3.1. 10s. per cent. on the consolidated stock of the compauy— making the total dividend for the year 1857 amount to 6 per cont. GAWLER AND KAPUNDA. It appears that the South Australian House of Assembly has authorised a loan of 180,000/. for the construction of a line between Gawler Town and Kipunda. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. The directors of this company hale just issued their report. It states that the accounts of the half year show a total revenue of 310,7191. from all sources, a total expenditure of 154,2331., and a ba lance of net profit of 156,4851., which, with balance of 1,046 1 . from the pr evious half-year, gives a total sum of 157,531/. available for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest oharges against the half-year amount to 65,6751., the canal annuities to 13,7341., the dividend on debentin e stock to 350/., the dividend on the 6/ . p re ference s hares to 23,6861., the dividend on the 34 per cent. preference stock to 5,9591., and the dividend on the 6 per cent. preference stock to 26,1601., making a total charge against the above net balance of 157,5311. of 135,5641., leaving 21,9671. available for dividend on the ordinary stock of the company. The directors recommend the proprietors to pay, after providing for the whole preference dividends and charges, a dividend of 10s. per 1001. on the or dinary stock of the company, or at the rate of 11. per cent per annum ; and to carry forward a balance of 2,4651. The debenture debt of the company falling due on the Ist Jan., 1858, has been paid off or re newed under circumstances, upon favourable terms, though the directors have been compelled to renew loans falling due at 3i or 4 per cent., at rates of 4 and 5 per cent. The comp an y 's traffic receipts show an increase for the half year of 22,1481. The local rec,:ipts of the company for passenger traffic have wen 69,9001 , as against 64,844/. in the oorrespond ing half year of 1856. The receipts for foreign pas senger traffic have been 26,239/. as ruainst 16,ing 0401. in the corresponding half- y ear of 1856, show a total increase to the passenger traffic of 15,345/. Time increase on the goods traffic has been*itt,Blo/., shovr and a upon the mine ral traffic 1,020/net increaseworkin of g 3 expenses 6/. of The t herail way 189 maintenance and renewal of working stock cost 28,3421., against 22,186/. in corresponding and completed half of 1856. Daring the half-year the contractor fo; the permanent way has taken up the whole of the way between Ma h ng l t i h n we es, with the exception of three the fishing of otfortdrih,eo blocksonpermanentbo tohn expenses of the canals uc ester and Ret miles of single line. The showing an increase of 2,7281. The amounted to 22,802/. against 20,0741., increase of 35,789/ , of whichcapitalaccount exhibits an 29,8461. is for land and works sanctioned at tdate of the last half yearly meeting, and 5,943/. e for new works ordered during the half-year. The works . in progress are the graving dock at G • rimsby, which is expected to be completed by Feb. 1, upon which 25,112/. has been expended ; a new hoist, at Manchester, estimated to cost about 3,850/. ; extension of sidings at Ard wick, estimated coat 2,000/. ; which are expected to be completed by the end of February. A new warehouse has just been completed at Ardwick, at a cost of 1,900/. The latter works in pro gress have been rendered necessary in consequence of the obstruction dieted to this company's working by the London and North-Western Company. The short branch to Hyde is in course of completion, and is estimated to most about 6,5001. The curve at Lincoln, to connect the Mid land and Great Northern lines, is also in vrogress, and will involve a forth r chargq o cai 2,5C0/. Considering the de-p int.rost which the allied crray . s (Great Nur:,ll rn, and M , uchester, and Linco'nshil e) whose lines amount to 456 k olil together, have in uninterrupted access to Liverpool forinterchange of traffic, and bearing in mind the obstructions which have been put in the way of the tra,dic or tnese companies, the directors of the Great iN,:nthrrn, c•:-or er , tfo; with those • the t.! ,ny, ; d j 'et 70 s .ne tion of the pt opt,etors, to take a lease of the War rington and Stockport Railway. They also propote to prosecute a short extension from Garston to Par liament-street, in Liverpool. Th- oldigat ions of the lease are not in themselves large, and the corst of the ex , en4i , n to Gars - o•, is 140,0001. The tom ' parry's relations with surrounding and independent companies, except the London and North sathtaitti: Western, continue of the most friendly end factory character ; and the directors hop e as time goes on, the competition begun by the London and North-Wes' ern Company, l ea di ng to reduction of rates, in which the directors of this company have endeavoured merely to follow, and not to set the example or to lead, will cease, en d that by the exercise of mutua,l forbearance and mutual concession further damage to the general interests of railway property will be avoided. Not. withstanding the small amount of dividend pro ! posed 'o be declared this half-year, arising from e:x., ceptional causes, it will be satisfactory to remind the proprietors that the net profit of the year end ing the 30th of June, 1853, was 175,0811., while that of the year just ended is 395,8311., shwing an increase of 130,7471. The capital account short that 8,923,9121.5 had been received, and 8,883,306/. expended, leaving a balance of 40,1061. The re venue account for the half-year ending Dec. 31. shows that 310,7191. had been received, including 31 0941. for the canals, 5,566/. rents, 8,1721. re ceipts from the South Junction line. The expendi ture in working the railway amounted to 131,4311., or 49 . 99 per cent., and the canals to 22,8021., or 66'87 per cent., making together 154,2331., and. leaving a not profit, as above, on the working of 156,485/. LIEUTENAAT-OOLONEL SIR H . 01Y THE GOVERNMENT 014 INDIA. REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE. Among the numerous candidates for the represent►. tion of the borough of Reigate, vacant by the death of Mr. W. Hachblock, are Sir H. Rawlinson, the Hon. J. W. Monson, Mr. Wilkinson (the late member for Lam beth), and Mr. Doulton (Doulton and Watts, Lambeth). On Wednesday evening Sir Henry Rawlinson addressed the electors at the Reigate Town-hall; and, after dig. cussing the various topics incidental to the address of a liberal candidate referred to the all-absorbing subject of India. Sir HENRY said that having gone through the various public questions in a brief manner, he now came to what he considered to be the great topic of the day. (Applause ) It was such a va=t and important question that be could not undertake on that °cession to examine it in detail. He could not go into the question of the origin of the present mutiny, or of the means which had been taken to suppress it. He could not discuss the present state or future prospects of the country. It was a far more serious que3tion than any our rulers ever disposed of. He had been fully imprt seed with that opinion from the commencement, and had done everything he could to induce others to adopt that opinion. It was evident to him that the outbreak never was what is called a military mutiny ; it deserved more the name of a national movement. It must be remembered that a military mutiny was a mutiny for military purposes ; but the sepoys had been acting for others, and had been used as instruments for carrying out the designs of those parties, the object being no doubt to drive us from the country. That was the real state of thing.. It was no mutiny of a few soldiers, but a far graver question—that of the security of our Indian (.napire. Now the electors were aware that is bill was about to be brought into Parliament with aview of providing for this Brea, difficulty which now stared us bathe face, by transferring the government of India from the East India Company to the crown. The East Indian government was carried on, as they were aware, by what was called a double government. No one could be more sensible than himself of the evils of the double govern.. ment—(heal)—afthough he was one of the directors, but placed there by Government, and not by the share. holders. He assured the meeting that if any proposed change oould be shown to be to the advantage of India, not one of the directors would raise his voice against it. <Cheers.) The object of thedirectors was to improve India for the benefit of England, and if that object could be wetter a'tained by the crown, then, in God's name, let the Crown have it. But he doubted very much if the people of England had as yet begun to realise the importance of the step which was about to be proposed. He doubted if the taxpayers of England were aware that in taking that liability upon them they took upon themselves the liability of 100 millions sterling. There would be a difficulty, too, in trans. ferring East India establishments to the Crown, because they were on a different system. But the great danger was from the increase it would give to the power of the Crown—a point upon which Englishmen were ever most jealous. When the bill was proposed in the last century t ...s proposed entirely on the consideration that it was of the utmost danger to place an overwhelming influence in the hands of the Crown. (Cheers.) He was quite ready to admit that means must be devised for pre venting that evil, and for throwing open the pa tronage to the country at large ; and in that case he . . would' go hand-in-hand with the Government in carrying through the measure. It had been said that it would make no difference to the people at large whether the Crown or the company bad the patron a g e , b ecause the military services would be recruited from the ranks of the middle classes, as they were at present. That was the opinion stated in an article of the Times—an article intended to support the Government measure, but it omitted a most important question. The hard-working people would no doubt be of the middle class ; but the sugar plums would be reserved for the upper class. The great benefit of the present system was that, after a man entered the Indian service, he arrived gradually to th e t ,p ; but in the other system he might work for twenty or twenty-five years, and then have the sugar-plum taken from his mouth, and put into that of some titled favourite of the Horse Guards. (Cheers.) That was really an important considera'ion. As he had before observe.), he was by no means an advocate for the present system of double government. He knew all its evils, and wished to do everything in his power tO simplify it. It was only those who bad been mixed up with the system who c.aild thoroughly appreciate the great evils which arose from that system, by which even in an emergency, on the receipt of a despatch, it took two months to get an answer to send out to India. Suek a system was destructive to everything like vigour in administration, but that was the system which Parliament inaugurated in the first instance, and which had been kept up ever since by the acquiescence and approval of Parliament Their eyes were at last opened, and he hoped they would in their wisdom—the wisdom of Parliament being, as the meeting was aware, omnipotent—be hoped t he y would devise s ,, tne means of making the governmen t of Ind ia more efficient without placing the power in the hands of the Crown which would be looked upon as so dangerous to the rights of Englishmen. (Cheers.) There were many other points relating to India, not merely in reference to the present mutiny and the prospect of quelling it, but in reference to the development of the resources of the country, upon which he would not then dilate. He would refer, however, to the gr e at q ues tio n of introducing Christianity into that country. It was n point of extreme di ffi culty, because feeling was on one side, and what bad been hitherto supposed to be the interest of England on the other. No Englishman could hesitate about making Christians of the Hindoos if possible ; but when it was found that a belief on their part that such was our intention brought about the mutiny of the army—because the pretext which was made use of by the Mahommedans to induce them to rise was, that the British government w as endeavourin g to subvert their religion—it was evident how dangerous it must be for the government to lay itself open to proselytise the Hindoes. Anything that could be done without the direct influence of government should be one who h a o nd ha n d e a bad doubt dthoeubdtirewcotiuolnd obleaficlaolprze,inand England would promote it ; but he strongly condemned the inauguration of any great measure for that object being supported by the state. (Cheers.) The rest of Sir Henry Rawlinson's address turned upon general topics. DESTRUCTION OV BARON Nieitoutoins PIOTUEZ.—. Most of our readers have, no doubt, become familiar with a very clever painting, which has for some time been exhibited in a glass case at the corner of Welling. ton-street North, p our t ray i ng t h e features o f nearly every known pu blic character. Shortly a ft er t en o ' c l oc k this morning a quantity of smoke was observed within the case, and very shortly afterwards it was discovered that the timbers in one of the flues of the house, on the outer wall of which the picture was fixed, had taken fire, and that the flames were rapidly making their way to wards the picture. In a very short time a crowd was collected, and for some time no person appeared to think of the necessity of destroying the glass to save the picture until too late. Before the glass was removed the painting had received great damage, and on its being exposed to the air the canvas caught fire, and ere the flames could be extinguished the picture was nearly wholly destroyed. Mr. Barou Nicholson valued the painting at 300 guineas, THE LEVlATHAN.—Yesterday, a short time before the tide had reached its highest, three of the hydraulic machines art and three forward were set to work to move the vessel nearer down the ways. She moved in quick, short slips with the utmost ease, the gauges of the few hydraulic machines in use seldom averaging more than 10 cwt. to the inch, and each slip taking place at short intervals and with an almost total absence of vibration. In a comparatively short time a distance of 13 feet aft and 3 feet 5 inches forward was accom plished, the after part showing such a tendoncy to slide away on the least pressure that it was impossible to regulate the ship's movements with the same relative accuracy as heretof , re. The tide of this day (Friday) will now give about 12 feet water under her_ for e , andd aft—the amount required to fl oat her bell* !_t t fr,,a g inches. It is, therefore, not intended Past. aaove till the spring now at baud far down the ways, or eves emend her and thus lef t to the hydraulic machines; r n eat spriagi r a the 31st just. Most probably on Monday the certain est* n ly attbreeseTdwiiollf bt:epwnehayeds! iyipsts all 18i 50 all all FOR ItIN. 501 21i i 11 I 61 i 31 30 46} 110 i 3i 4 3k 3 i a