The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

• - . SHARE MARKETS-:ThiS Day). ( LLN E'. LEA aI 2 4D AT TIXE , I la ENTALS. CONEY Id A. RICEi T RAILWAYS. • --- i Shr. Paid Ram Leasin; Closing Price- Rothe Is...TD Mr. Pa , d T3artwars. WATB ' Companies ~3' ester lay this d Closter Pr c, linair , ess dome I-- --- ------- --- - ---- '' r " - --.."-- yesterday. this day. St. 100 IBuckghamsh Ln.&N.W. 95 - 98 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. St. 100 iClydesdale Jc. Cal edon ... ... - 123 1C Ambg. Nottng. Boat - ----25 all Col•Stour Vi. E.UaltE.o 13 - 15 . [.Lin. 100 E..n. g. 6 p. , Gt. Northr. 135 - 140 . & Eastn. June-- 5 4 - 4 CITY, Two o'CeoeK. 50 all Belfast & 'Ballymena 8 t - 8 5 all E. Lin. H. Sh, E. Count. 4 - 44 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 133 all filrmng. Wolvorh. & Neils. Direct. with less animation, and prices were unaltered. St o ur Valley 72 - 74 St 100 Do. New Do ••• - ••• St. 100 Bakenlid. Lancsb. & The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, 1 000 of which n all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. ... Cheshire Junct ••• - ... • 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 109 - 111 Were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share 25 all 'Blackburn 9 - 91 25 all Do. 1 Shares Do Market man if es t e d a 25 all myth & Tyne original 121 all Do. i Shares. Do - ••• quiet appearancP, and few i £25 (iss. at £45)... - - ... 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 12 - 13 transactions took place at about previous rates. St. 100 'Bristol & Exeter,,.... 92 - 9i 20 1 all Do. Preference Do 231 - 241 The Board of Trade returns for 1857 have not St. 100 Caledonian.. ...... ....• 931941 3i St, XlOO Lon. Tll., &S. Peto &Co. 97 - 100 St 100 Chester & Holyhead 37 -- 39 37 10 1 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do „ - ••• Yet been published, although upwards of a month 50 all Cork and Bandon._ 10 - 12 51' all Manclaßxton. &N, W. has elapsed since the date to which they will be 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. - - ... 4 - 5 and Matlock & Midld. 2/ - 21 20 all Cornwall St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland... 96 - 93 Completed. 10 all D. A a. - -. si 51 Newmarket Since the date of the last Bank of England return 10 all Do. B - •• • BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. 1 - 1p 50 all Dublin&BelfastJune ... - „ a d an addition of about 280,000/. has been made to 50 all NakEst.s p.e. Do 56 - 58 25 all Dun. P. &Aber • Junc. 8 - 9 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... - ... the general stock of bullion, and the total probably St. 1(x) East Anglian ......... 181 - 19 1 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c 'lO - •• BOW exceeds 15,700,000 1 ., which is a larger amount St. 100 Eastern Counties-- 6 1 - 62 St. 1 00 EasternUnion,A•stk. 48 - 50 25 , all Prest. &Wyre . &N. W. ... - ... than has been deposited there since 1855. About St. ,100 Do do. B - 34 124' all Do. 3 Shrs. ADo - ••• ~ Bt. 'lOO RoystnakHit. Gt.Northnl3l - 138 &IMO/. was sent in yesterday, and as there 25 81 Do, New A -a.- .... - - ... 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 71 - 8 25 all East Kent . 15 - 17 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 10 - 11 101 is a fair supply on laud' et undisposed. of, a farther St. 100 East ' Lancashire 90 -92 913 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. ~. - augmentation will no doubt take place during the 20 all East Suffolk - ••• 25 all ;Do Do 34 - 26 10 all Do - ... St. I Wilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn. 90 -92( 91 2 next few days. At present there is l it t l e pro s pec t o f et., too the movement receiving any material check, con- 0 , . Edinburgh dr Glasgow 67 - 68 671 all Edinb. and Peebles,,. -.-- ~. PREFERENCE SHARES. _ aiderable remittances being ea route from Aust ra li a, A.llOO Edinb.PrthatDundee 31 - 32 311 st o 1 1 7 )0 11 iForthand Clyde June. ... - ••• 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. while the American receipts will form an im- c.pref.(issd.at 5010 ... - ... 1 Furness ... _ ...... - ••• . portant item in the specie importations for some St. 100 F Glasg,ow dtS.Westorn 91 - 96 St. 100 Bris. &Ex. , ' p.c. St. 90 - 92 time to come. A few parcels of gold have been 10 all } Great N. of Sc o t l a nd 91 - 10 . , 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ... St. 100 IGreat Northern lO 5l - 1061 1051 651 St, 100 Caledn. £ lO 4 1 p. C. 100 -- 102 despatched to France within the last few days, st. 1100 Do. A. Stock ..... 91 - 93 92 4 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... - ... which has led to some discussion as to the proba- e•t.11.00 1D0., , .B. Stock . 130 - 132 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... - ... 6i all Cork &Bandons3p.e. ... - ... bility of a renewed efflux in that direction. Of St. : 100 Gt. Sth &West (Ire) 104 - 106 St. 1100 Gre • atWestern. * '... :: 61 i - . 62i 61/ 3211 2 64 all Dun • Perth.&Abcr.J. 6- 61 St. 00 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. ... - - Course, no definite opinion can yet be arrived at St. 'lOO Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 58 - 62 St. 100 Do. do. els. B 6p. c. 105 ••••, 110 upon this point, but even in the event of a re- - 12 all Irish South-Eastern. ... - ... St. ,100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114 aumption of shipments thither, the imports would 5C !all , Lancaster &Carlisle. 80 - 85 163, 1431 Lancaster Thirsts , 10 -12 a St. 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 109 - 112 be large e nough, not only to supply that demand, 16-3 15 Do. New Thirds , 10 - 12 ; 26 St. 100 Do. No. 2 lO7 - 110 St, 100 Do, New 6 pr. c, St 127 - 130 St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 93 - 931 but also to ensure a continuous accumulation of the LG' 6 Do., do. F £1.6 ... i - 4 d 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. ... - ... precious metals in Threadneedle-street. 3 i Do., Wst. Ridiug Un. - - •• • 5 all Do. 51., 1 0 per cent. ... - ... 20 all Do, qoutbpurt -.- -. 10 1 all Do.lo. Debentr•Sh. ••• - ... At the annual meeting, to-day, of the London 11. o. ' • "'"' 64 - 6i 64 St. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ ... - ... 3 all London & Blackwell and County Banking Company, Mr. Jones in the St. 100 Lond•Bright.&S.Cst ,106 - 107 106 4 i St. 100 East Laucash.6 p.cts. ... - ... St. 100 Loudon &N. W es t er ,. 5 all EaStW. York. J. Slim ... - - chair, a dividend was declared of 6 per cent. for 1011 - 102 101 a 10 9 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... -- ... the half-year, free of income-tax, which, with 5 per 20 all Do. I.‘ifths - ••• St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 73 - 75 75 10 all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 - - ••• cent, already paid for the six months ending the 124 5 Do. Eighths i - ir! St. 100 Furness, sp. c ..... .. ... - ... St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.e. ... -- ... 30th June last, will be 11 per cent. for the year St. 100 London & &Western 28,P - 99. 99 5 ; all Lnandrry.&Colera.ne ... - .. St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 117 - 119 1857. The balance of 7,3941. lls. 4d. was carried 25 all Lndudrry. & Ennisk.l • - •.• St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. St. 100 Manch.ShefakLinela. 40 - 404 401 40 at 10 p. c. prem.... 110 - 112 forward to profit and loss new account. St. 100 Do. 41 per cent ... ~ 102 - 104 10 ll Metropolitan ....„ ~ ... -.- 10 ; 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo' 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 ---,a_ 1 arrangement ..... ••• - ;:,;, , 4 , 3 3 p. c. prem. - €l5 63 544 10 all Gt.N.ofScoalstPia - 106 ALTERATION IN THE BANK RATE St' 100 Midland -............ 95 - a • ''a 0 4 20 18 ! Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... - .., St. 100 Do. BirmingalrDerb 66 - 68 20 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... - ... OF DISCOUNT. 50 all Midland G.Westar. ••• - ••• 50 a Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc 51 - 6 25 , all Do. 1 Shares ......... ••• - ••• 1 2 0 5 0 all Newcastle &Carlisle. ••• - ••• t 1 1 00 00 ID D o o.. con. con. re red d.. 4 4 1 p. P.C. c. 91 83 -___ 9 8 3 5 A. further relaxation has been made in the all Newpt•Abergakllrfd 13 4 - 14,, Mi nimum rate of discount, and it is now fixed 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ... - .. St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 84 - 86 100 1 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pact 99 - 101 ' ilt $i per cent. This is the lowest point attained 20 . all 'Newry, Warrenpoin• 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh lO - 161 Bin & Restrevor ... - ... f -4 ° September, 1855, and there is every pro- St. 10U Norfolk - 65 10 all De. Chester Sp.c.P.S. 16 - 17 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do. ... 10 - 101 bability of another reduction before many weeks 50 31 Nortlaa Counties Ur 31 - 3 1 „ , St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 72 - 74 St. 100 North British . 51 -55 o sl ha ve elapsed, The state of the money market, St. 100 North Devon, Rail, A • 26i all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh, 19 - 20 and the influx of gold, fully prepared the public Dock Stock ...... .. - ••• 1:3• 1 4 all Do. do. do 9l -10 St. 100 Do., A Stock ........ a. - ••• 20 . al Do. do. do. l4 - 15 for this modification, and as there is still a differ- st. 100 Lan,& York. 6pc.St. 135 - 137 st. 100 Do , B Stock - •• „ ° ace of i per cent. between the newly adjusted St. 100 N. i a.stern , - Berwick 97 - 98 414 al4 St St,. 1 1 00 00 D Lo o n .:p & . l3 ,s •G p ..s c. p s c t:N N o o :2 l ...... ....- ...... quotation and the terms current in the open market, 25 I all Do. do. Extension ... - - ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. ... - .., it Would create no sur p r i se if another i per cent. 25 10: 1 D D o o do, e G cis N.E.Purch. 51 14 :.- 5 ) 2 St. 100 Do, do. sp. c , , N 0 .4 ... - ... ! St. ' lOO 4 Were subtracted next week. St 100 D o . * Y or k B3 -- St 8 3 / i st. 1 100 Lon: & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton sr. et... ... - ... The Joint-Stock Banks and discount houses are St. 100 North Loudon ...... _ 96 - 98 St. Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. expected to reduce their rate o f i n t eres t t o 2 10 3/.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp- late 3d Shares ... 155 - 180 per I stead, and City Jn. ... - •• • 121 cent., in which cas e a further large aggregate -20 1 173 North Staffordshire 3l - 3 4 143 121 all Londy.& Color. iSh. ... - ... all Londy.&Ennis. 1 Sh. ... - .. amount of deposits will no doubt be withdraw n 20 all North Western.. • - -. St. 100 al., S.,&L. 6la Cent. 117 - 119 1 from those establishments f or investment elsewhere, 10 all N& S. Weston, June 81 - -9 4 st. 100 * Worcester & 6 41110. do. do. £6 ... .. 6 - Oxfordi 54 St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cont. 65 - 70 Money being plentiful, the preparations that Wolverhampton..: 32 - 33 have been made for the payments to-day, the 4th 20 18 Portsmouth - 5 d 121 all Marypt.A.Carl.4 p.c. ... - ... 121 all Do. 44 per cent ..• - ••• 10 10 Ithymney • - ••• of the month, have made scarcely any impression St. 100 Scottish Central lO7 - 109 124 101 Do. do. - ••• St. 100 Aid.Consol.6 p.c. St ... - .• upon the market. The demand for the moment St. tOO , Scat. N.E. Abrdn. St 254 - 253 St. 100 Do.Con.Baßir.6 p.c. 134 - 136 St. 'lOO phropshire Union ... 48 - 50 il as rather increased, but this will subside in a St. 8 ISiti ngbourne &Sheer. 34 - 21- St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Prof. St. 101 - 103 103 St. 100 Do. L. &11, Pref. St. 91 - 93 92 few d ays. 50 100 South Devon. ...... ... 36 - 38 36 4 , The St. 100 South Eastern 74 -75 75 10 all New . , Aber., &c., p r. ... ... Funds are not so buoyant as might haves p.c.red. sp.c.pm. - 10 all !Do. 44 per e. Shares ... - ... De en expected. Temporarily, however, the settle- St. 100 , South Wa1e5.....,..... 831 - 833 x d 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. 11 1 - 11 4 11 1 10 all Norf k.Deb.4 p.c . Sh. ... - ... 20 all ;S. Yorksh. RiverDnn 13 -15 anent occupies chief attention , and influences quo- 20 LO )Do.. ... ..... - .... -.._. 7 - 5 d St. 1 0 0 Do. s p. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ... tations. Thus far the arrangements have progressed 20 all IStaines,Wok &W 9- 11 aok • . 38 371 St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 .. - St. 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ... . . ... 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 97 - kat isfactorily. •25 171 Do. do., 1854 - •.• St. 100 North British lO6 - 108 Consols for money have been 954 ,1, and for ac- 25 5 , Do. do., 1855 - ... 731 Do. 71. Preference ...1 ... - ... St. 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Pral 95 - 98 16A.',Stockton & Hartlepl. ... -- ... - 0-flat, March 4th, 95 1 j. a. The present quotations z: SU 100 'Taff Vale l7 83 Do. do. do 4 i d 20 13 Do, Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 ... - ... The 95 4 i and 954 i respectively, being higher. st. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ... -a. 12,1- 9 Do. do, Qrs., 1848_ ••• - ... 4:he New Threes are 951 4 ; the Reduced, 951 - a ; 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. ... - ... 25 10 Do• York ilait S. Pur, i - i ! 20 all Vale of Neath lOO - 105 20 all North Staffordshire.. 211 - a2l and Bank Stock, 227. Exchequer Bills are 255. to i - St. we IWaterfd. & Kilkenny _ - ... St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 30s . prem. ; ditto Bonds, 1005 i ; India Stock, 50 all Waterford&Limerick ••• - ... p.c., Ist guar. „•...120 - 122 1211 20 all !West Coinwall „.. ,„ 20 ; and ditto Bonds, 21s. prem. St. ;100 Do. 6la c. 2d guar... 106 - 108 10 all IWest End of London . 1 11 the Foreign Stock Market there is very little activity, , and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 St. Do. do. Debeatr. St. ... - ... 81 all Scot. Ceut.New Pref. a . - ... and prices remain without alteration. 5 all ' Do. A - 31 5 all , Do. B - 61 St. 100 - .N.E•Alser.g.6p.e. ~. - ... Turkish 6 per Cents. are 981 99, and. the 4 per St. 100 Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 101 - 112 20 all 'West London Cents, nomi na l. B raz ili an 5 per C en t s. aro 103 ; 10 all Do. First Class •• - ••• St. 100 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St. 71 -73 20 all Do, Second Class ... - ... 25 all South Devon lOl - 1( i Equador New Consolidated 14 ; Portuguese 3 per 10 all ;Wmbledon&Croydoa ... - ... 10 all Do. fixed 41 pr cent. ... - ... Cents., 454 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 112 ; Ditto 44 ----- L 0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading per Cents., 993 100 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 896 ; BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Ann,) of £1 Os. 6d 100 244 - 251 St. 100 Do. 44 per mg 95 - 100 Spanish 3 per Cents., 424 ; ditto Deferred, 26 ; 100 all !Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... - ... S t. 100 D o . Fi xe d 41 p .e. Sh 95 - 100 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and St. 100 Do. New 4j pr. cent ... - ... and ditto Passive, 5. Cen.lnd,guar. sp. c. 3 - I . St. 100 ••••• Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... 18 all Do The following are the nominal prices of Foreign st. 100 Do, do. 44 p. c •• ••• all ,Buffalo & Lake Hur. 14 - 15 20 all '.Yorksh.4 p.e.Guar ... - .., Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 4 6; Mexican, 100 100 !Butt , Brut& Godeli 1 a 85 - 90 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. C. 28 - 29 204 21; Peruvian 45 per Cents., 79 81 ; ditto 3 100 100 '6 p.c.bds., 1 Ang., 1 72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 83 - 87 25 19 Do. do, do, - ••• St. 108 Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc _ - , per cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 445 100 100 Do. do., 1 Jun.?. '74 1 80 - 85 45 1 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 112 ; ditto 45 per 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 4 - 1 i BRITISH MINES. - C ents 99 101 •; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41/ 42 1 •• .)20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... - ... 4. ; 20 I(ai Ceylon A shares 1 11 - 13 p ditte Deferred, 254 26i 20 1 Do, B. do. „ ... - ... 20 14 British Iron ... 2/ 121 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 1.! .2 7 15 ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 - 30 ' 171 all Demerara . - ••• 10 1 De`v.Gt. Ovals. (Tax.) 450 - 470 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 2s. Eastern; Bengal to thin day, are in round figures as under :- St. 100 !East Indian ;108 - 109 109 17s Great South Tolgus_ 15 - 16 Great Western lB3B. 1857. 20 15 ' Do. C Shares la - 1 3 , 100 all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 a. - ... ••• a. • 17 7 5 Ort.W. Alfrd.(Philk.) 31 - 44 £25,647 £24,200 100 all Do. do. do. '59, do. ... - ... ... 73 Gra W. Vor (Helstn.) Ilg - 13 1 - li Nor th - Western 8 N, Frances (Mogan) 10 - 11 Bonth-Western ... N.W.Basset (Mogan) 15 - 16 Brighton 10,949 10,371 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 46 -48 48 7 4 ::: 6115 North Wheal Crotty 4 - 5 Midland Muth- Eastern IGreat Northern. - 16,171 16,059 20 all Gt. In. Pen, g. 5 pare. 211 - 211 ••• 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5 22,944 21,916 20 4 i llo. New. guar. 5 p.c., i -1p 23 ••• 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1/ - 13 ...ancashire and Yorkshire 19,545 21,741 204 all ,Gt. Wostn. of Canada, 201 -21 21 1 ••• ... 21 S. Camden (St. Cleer) 350 - 3GO Bristol and Exeter 5,199 5,279 201 13 1 Do, New 1 id - - par 134 13 ••• 2S. Cern Brea (Illogn.) 5 - 54 19 9. W, Frauces(lllogn.) 220 - 240 ' 220 East Lancashire 5,195 5,894 100 all Do. Bds., payable '571 ... - ... ••• Lancaster and Carlisle - 115 5 44 ram. S. &L. Min. Co. i - 14 5, 371 , 5 5, ' 31 a ° 100 all Do. do * . , '73, do. ..1105 - 110 41 - 41 10 9 Tin Croft M anchester, She ffi eld, & Lincoln... 9, 1 77 v , u" 100 all Do. do., '73, without) No rth• Eastern - 115 ... 40 ... 12se V. of Towcy (Calmar. 1 - 11 North London 11 W. Basset (Illogan).. 241 - 25/ North Stafford - 213 ••• thaMines (Gwenuap ... - .., ••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,730 3,818 20 10 I Do. 41 p. c. Exten. 1 - par West Hartlepool 2,781 2,721 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. - IP ... 2504 Wh. Basset a ß r a a s d s o e n t ( cli ll i o sk ga rd n . ). ) 10 8 5 0 - 2 11 00 5 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrath). 320 - 350 Waterford and Limerick - P ••• 51 Wh, Edward(Calstek) 73 - 8 7 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 20 ss. ', Oude (Limited) . 4,812 4,863 20 5 'Scinde, guar. 5 per c' 1 - l ip ..... 117- Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 111 - 124 Glasgow and Sou b-Western Scottish N ort h - E astern 3 , 625 3 , 877 - Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 8,440 9,162 10 I all lAntwrP &Rotterdam 61 - 61 63 4 20 71 lA us t ra li an - I ' In the Railway Sh are M ar k e t this morning the 20 all Ardennes ..., - .- 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) hd-ip d ealings were very limited, the settlement of the 5 all Belgian East. Junct 1 - 11 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued account on the English Stock Market absorbing the 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... - ... at £5 pm) - 21 6 all Carmeaux& Toulouse 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada .. - ... chief attention of the dealers. Prices in most in- Coal Mines and By. 33 - 4 • 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 111 - 121 stances have tended downwards. Great Western, 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 3,0 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. 20 all Eastern of Franco 28 - 281 Co. of Jamaica...... ... ••••• •••d North Western, S ou th Western, Manchester, Shef- 20 a ll D o. N ew -••-- ••• 40 all Cobro Copper ' 39 -41 field, and Lincoln, Midland, and North Eastern 20 2s. Euphrates Valley - ... ... 16 Copiapo (Berwick), each declined ss. ; and Great Northern, 2 , 0 all Gt. Central of France ... - ... 1. all Dun Mountain Cop -20 all Great Luxembourg 7' - 74 and South Devon, 10s. Caledonian, Brighton, and 10per Mining Co. 6 Italian Junction *** 11 a. - -. 2 all Fortuna - id South Eastern advanced ss. ; and North British 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~. - ... 20 all General - 18 164 4 . los. , 20 all Lierre and Turnhout • , - ...d 3 all Linares 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 -51 p 5 13 Lusitanian - id In the Foreign lines no business was reported, 5 all Lucca & Pi s t.sp. c .p. ... -.. 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 28 - 29 1 all Mariquita -- i ll and prices are quite nominal. The Colonial under- 1 all New Granada 20 all Lyons & Meditenan takings are ashade firmer. G ran d T run k o f Canada 334 all Maria Anteula * -. - "' 1 all Novean Monde - ••• ••• 20 all Pont.Sil•Ldal.&Smlt 5 - 6 advanced 10s. ; Great Western ' 20 all Namur & Liege of Canada, ss, • 10 all Do. New •81 - - ••• 9 5 1 Port Philip ... - ••• and East Indian 10s. • 20 a ll D o , d o. 6 p. c. P re f . 20i - 204 30 163 Santiago de Cuba - - 24 .. 381 - 353 all United Mexican 141 43 Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8i - 9 been quiet, but at s teady qu o t a ti ons. Bank o f 20 a ll P ar i s an d L yons 3 44 -35 MISCELLANEOUS. Egypt advanced 55.; Australian Agricultural, ss. ; 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... - ... 20 9 Recife & San Frau , 25 19 !Australian Agricult. 271 - 281 273 8 Electric Telegraph, 11. Peninsular and Oriental (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c i •-• 11p 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 23 'we 23 Steam, and Royal Mail Steam brought former quo- 10 all Rome and Frascati ... - ... 10 all 'Berlin Water Works.. 4 - 5 tatione. 20 all [loyal Danish l6 - 18 / 10 2 .Do. Now am. at 51. d ... - .., 5 all Royal Swedish A - 4 ( a 50 40 , Brit. American Land 35 --40 _ il" 20 all Sambre and Meuse - 8 100 324 Canada - ••• SILITISS FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 - 8 / St. 100 Do•Go. 6 pc.Jan&Jtily 1121 - 1131 1131 4 120 all Southern of France.. 214 - 22 4 St. all 'Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 ( From the Offietal Lis):) 8$ all West Flanders 4l - 44 25 all ;Do, Pref. 76 p. cent. 23 - 25 Business done. 10 all Do. 51 Prof 9- 91 5 all !Crystal Palace ll -1/ genk Stock 20 I all WAIN. of France 27 - 28 5 all jDo. Preference - 43 44 i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - ••• 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France ... - .., 3 per Cent. Co nso ls An nu iti es 951 3 i i 20 all I Weat. of Switzerland ... - ••• 20 all 'Eastern Steam ..... ... 51 - 5 1 51 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 95- 4 4 6 all W Lest aden 6 India Stock - ... Ind a Bonds. Ximuo -•-• Ditto, under £lOOO 2O i Ail 'Zealand - 5 all En.drAust.Cop.SmCo 13 - 13 18 p 10 10s. Eur. & Ind,Jctn, Tel. „. _ .. Coasols for Account M arc h 4 Exchequer Bills, 24d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 2O all Gen. Ir • Sc • Col.(lim.) a . _ ... £lOOO . 25 30 p 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - Smell . 1 8 5 1 7 2 d 174 1 20 5 ,London Discount ... 11 111 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cont lOO p A 1 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 - 31 Ditto. 1359 1-rt°oo all ILElLlB lli nins i i;:ke i s :a- b ooli-alf: N l3L:: . koagn* A Tl&d m ln e n r * i c C a ° *III 48518 i "I: 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. „.. _ ... PR, 'CPS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. .. - - 10 all Mediteran. Elec.. Tel, ... _ ... liralidi,n 5 per Cent. - ....' 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. .., - ... E qUadOr NCR Consolidated l4 100 50 City 6l - 63 10 1 all Mexican& S.Americn ... _ . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- 100 25 Colonial - 1.1 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent,,...... - CO 20 jorinnercial of Lond. ... -- - 10 6 Netherlands Land._ 1 -ii Ditto Account - 191 10 all Do. Do. - 31 Red:Dlitaton,l 4 le A nds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.... 112 20 all ' Lon. Ch. Bk.of A..a-t. 184 -19 i 5 all 'Do.Bp.c.Paiss.at ld 33 - 31 per Cent. - 1 d dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 50 20 Loudon and County a . - ... 302 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 17 - 20 Spanish Bonds 3 Cent. - ... 4 , • per Ditto New Deferred 3per Cent. - 96 951 26 50 10 London joint Stock. „. ...... ... Oat, Passive ' - ... 453 i Sp ;fish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. „ - .., 4 - 11 Turkish I. Bonds, 6 per cent 99 20 10 Do. New 1 10s. Do New Shares p a 1P Ditto A.cconnt 983 50 25 National Bank - 4.. e 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Miurl. 21 : 21 20 all New South Wales..,, 44 -46 20 1 1 all Orie n tal '' I'l I:'Bh°AfuEGsutalliPelasSi"a% it. = Dividends on the above payable in London.so all Peninsular & Oriental 78 - 80 80 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 34 - 36 , 50 10 Do. New 7 - 8 p TWO O'CLOCK, 20 20 Ottoman Bank - 204 193 ' 22 -24 1 - .11 50 all Rhymney Iron C°Colinse l i ll ' fra n c e c y ount - ... . 95i 4 10 all Do. New 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 - 13 --- 5 1 R.Ans.B.&G.L.n.Co. ... - •• St. 100 Salus, Gov• 6 p.abds. 104 - 106 108 SACRED HARMONIC] SOCIETY, EXETER•IIALL.-Men- 25 all South Australia 35 - 37 35 25 a 1 124 U p u o. io N n e o w t Australia.- 46 - 48 4 7 25 all South Austral. Land 36 - 38 Pebru y delssob ar ni a. .. E la cippalavimotear,lieNtsi: pr tiah- •is announced for Friday next, sth ... 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip / - 11 184 • 19 4 1 all Do. Registered - 1 h Miss Dolb vocalist s- Madame Clara Novelle, 50 10 Union of London.- 23 - 25 24 20 5 Trus.Lu,Co,Up.Can .. . __ -t ..! St aialey. Y ' 111386 Sims Reeves, and Mr. 100 50 Unity Mutual 1 .„, - ... 6 . 1% 284 Van DieMede baud,. 10 .7. 12 . , 10 A 11Y 0 Ptr4 13 1k of - m a Loud, 311 ./ .. .. • -- "[Amin.; Closing Price- liminess Shr. Paid liaiLwATs Companies ,3 ester iay this day St.loo IBuckghamsb Ln.&N.W. 95 98 St. 100 ' Clydesdale Jc. Cal kdon 25 all Col.Stour V 7. E.U.4E.0 13 15 St. 100 E.Lm. g. 6 p Gt.Northri 135 140 5 all E. Lin. H. Sh E. Count. 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ..• ••• St. 100 Do. Now Do n all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn ••• 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lO9 111 25 all Do. Shares. Do 124 all Do. Shares. Do • ••• 12 1 all Lon.&Greenw S.Easteru l2 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23i —24 i St. 100 Lou. Til. &S. Peto &Co 97 100 10 10 Do. Bark. , Sh. Do — •.• 6i all Manch.Baton. ~&N.W and Matlock & Midld 24 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 9O 93 6 5.} Newmarket BnryE.G.spc. E. Count - 50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 56 58 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp.c o 25 all Prest. &Wyre . &A. W — 124 all Do. 4 Shrs. A Do St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 134 138 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 74 8 12 all S. Stallordsh.. M. MClean 10 11 104 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. , 25 all ,Do Do 34 St. .100 IWilts&Sonarst Gt.Westn 9O 92 (91 2 CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron Bramwell.) THE LATE FATAL BULL ACCIDENT IN STONECUTTER-STREET. A livery-stable keeper, named Child, surrendered to answer a charge of manslaughter. It will be remembered that on the 18th December a white bull ran from a herd of 40 that were being driver) from the New Cattle Market in the direction of Farring don-street, and became infuriated by being pursued by several persons. The bull having at length run into the ride of the defendant's premises, and the parties there becoming alarmed, it was knocked down, and they afterwards endeavoured to turn it out. A policeman came up, and the drover, who, finding the bull in a quiet state, requested the defendant to allow the bull to remain in the yard ; but he refused, and insisted upon its being driven out. It ran up several streets, and knocked several persons down, amongst whom was the unfortunate deceased, who had six of his ribs broken. He was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he did on the 3d of last month. The bull was not secured until he had ran as far as White friars-dock. At the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution, Mr. Robinson said the evidence that had been adduced did not in the slightest degree affect Mr. Child. He had done nothing more than he was justified i■ doing to protect the lives of his servants and the valuable property at that moment on his premises. Suppose, for instance, a bull ran into a china-shop, would not not the propreitor be justified in expelling the trespasser ? He thought he would. Baron Bramwell—Suppose a tiger came into your drawing-room, where you were sitting, were you bound to keep him there, or drive the creature out, knowing it to be by nature a dangerous animal / Mr. Robinson submitted that you were positively justified, in self-defence, in turning the animal out. Baron Bramwell—lf the tiger Game into the drawing room and, while I was taking means to secure it, eat my child up. Butthere is a question whetherl bad a right to turn him out knowing he could do no mischief. What I submit to the jury is, did the defendant turn out the bull knowing at the time he was a dangerous animal and likely to do mischief ? It is like two men struggling for a plank—is the one bound to want for the other I Mr. Robinson said there was no evidence that the defendant knew the bull was likely to do mischief. Baron Bramwell—l think there is ; but should the jury convict the defendant I shall reserve the point for the decision of the judges. Mr. Robinson then addressed the jury for the prisoner and contended that the defendant was justified in doing as he had done finding that the bull was destroying his property. A. nntnber of witnerses were called to show that the defendant merely ordered the bull to be driven out— that he was not beaten by sticks but that he eventually quitted the yard of his own accord. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) LIBEL. —James Cowan, convicted of libel, was this morning brought up for judgment, and being called upon in the usual manner, entered into a lengthened state ment that he did not consider he ought to be subjected to any punishment. He had not been actuated by animosity in what he had done, but had merely been actuated by a desire to benefit the public. The Recorder, after referring to the chizracter of the libel, sentenced the defendant to twelve months' impri sonment, and at the end of that time to find two securities, and to enter into his own recognisances in 2401., to be of good behaviour for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. --'(This Day.) MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE POLIO& —William Welch, aged 29 ; Michael Larkin, 29 ; Thomas Johnson, 21 ; Patrick Mack, 25 ; and Mary Larkin, were charged, the wale prisoners with assaulting several police-constables, and the female with exciting the mob to rescue the others from custody. Police-constable C 74 said he saw the prisoners, who were drunk, creating much disturbance in Charles-street, Soho, at about 12 o'clock last night. They had been turned out of a public-house, which appeared to have provoked them, and hence their disorderly conduct. Sergeant Silverton said he came up to the assistance of 74, and saw Larkin strike the latter a severe blow in the face, and as be laid bold of him threw him down. All the male prisoners took part in the assault, and their language was very bad. LI 89 and others came up and were likewise assaulted. On their way to the station, when taken into custody, they kicked repeatedly the policemen ; the female, by her language, endeavouring to excite the mob to the rescue Of the others. Larkin fined 403. or 14 days ; the rest of the male prisoners 20s. or 7 days ; and the female discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 4 .—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.; moderato breeze, a n d hazy , with much rain at times. SWANSEA, Feb. 3. —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Bella Donna and Margaretta, for Coquimbo. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 3.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—La bang, from Callao; R. M. Mills, from Callao, with stern and cutwater spru ng , an d leaky a b ou t the boira ; Jesus Ramos, from Guay aqu il. CORY, Feb. 2.—Wi n d S.W.— S a ll s d—Nithsdale, for Sydney. QUEENSTOV i rN, Feb. I.—Wind S.S,W. — Arrived — Georgiana, trom B e li ze ; Ruscue, Savannah. Feb. 2. Arrived—St. Vincent, from Mauritius ; John Philip, Mauritius. BRIDLINGTON, Feb. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Spec, from London for Hartlepool, with stern stove in and other damage. . DARTMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind—WindS.W.—Arrived—Ted° (s), from Rotterd am f or Japan. PLYMOUTH, F e b. 2.—Wi nd S. W.—Arriveel —Pearce, from Moulm e i n . HULL, Feb. 3 . — Wind S.W Monte Vid eo , FALMOUTH, Feb. 2 . —Wi nd W. —A rr ived—Steidricht, from Par a ib a; Glenroy, Akyab. Feb. _A rr ived —Glory, from 3.--Arrived Kimigunde from Rio G ran d e; Th e il a Harmer, Havana; Preciosa, PernambuCo. CARDIFF, F e b. 2 . — Wind S.W.—Sa il e d—Silistria, for Callao. F e b. 3. —Sailed—liontisqueen, from Buenos Ayres. OFF FALMOUT H , Feb. 2.--Arrived--Map, kok for H am b urg. WHI TSTABLE, Feb. 2.—The Sarah (brig) , bo und to Wales, sa n k i n the Prince's Channel yesterday , in nine fathom water, from Bank. CORK, Feb. L—The Expert, Shields to Con stantino p l e , which put in here Jan. 26, leaky, has been surveyed and ordered to dis c h arge part of car o. brig), Matanzas to o. VIGO, Jan. 3 ).—T he Renedo ( London, put i n J an. 28, to repair serious damage sus t a i ne d at sea, and ma ki ng a considerable quantity of water . MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Dec. 15.—The Auchne a g h, Clarke, arrived h ere Dec. 12, reports hav i ng sighted seve ral large i ce b ergs, Nov. 15, in lat. 49 S. , day passed part o f the hull of a large s h i p which appeared to be in cont ac t w i th ice, being much chafe d ( t h e sever it y of the weathe r prevented further informat i on b e i ng ob tained, and on th e 30th about "0 feet of ship's rail, with si parsed , x stanchions and bulwarks attached, painted stone colour.long 45 E.; same RIR JANEIRO, Dee. 31.—The Boliva (brig), of and from Bremen, has been totally lost near Rio Grande ; crew and passengers saved. (131' ELECTRIC TICLEGIRAM) Wind W.S.W. LitsarooL, Thursday Morning. Arrived—James Simpson, from Paraiba; Prinee Phil• lipe, from Ostend. Off--Imperial, Westbo urn*, Thessalia, Glengaliff, Bar month. 3.—Divers have been down to the Albert, and oleared the wreck of the span, ri gg i ng , ; they hive also sent up about 12 packages of cargo. The wind coming from the S.W., they wore obliged to leave her. Wind N. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2. ......._ _.. Arrived—St. Vincent, and John Phillips, from the Mauritius; Speedwell, from Marianople. Wind S.E. DUBLIN, Feb. 3. John's, N.B. ; Anne Hall, OdAosrsraiv:edATvAe;tbount,aAs'lfor nd B ri t. s. Wind S.S.W. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 3. from Liverp oo l , Dordt ; Nigro, L i ver . pool, Oporto. . iIT U n B e M , AI nNcI AND R RITISH TELEGRAPH. Wind S.W. , tide four hour s ' e b b, cloudy. Arrived--Firret, and Prov idence, from Gravelines ; Charlo tte Ve sta, steamer, Oport o ; Earl of Auckland, Rot- Thursday Morning. ABnAnlGa; AJva BEtcsßes"B'ro mi. Odessa ; Minna, Sl iiled—Plot (s), for Antwerp ; P anther ( s ) , Boulogne ; Hanover ( s), Ostend ; ut 11 ch— man, Constantinople. DEAL, Thursday Morning. t C e u r d e s e! in ; . Wind S.W., fresh. Passed—.A.lFanco, from Marianpole, for Hull. The Alhambra, with the Peninsular mail, has brought 8 500/. MEETING AT GATESHEAD.—On Monday night a pub. lie meeting of the in habita nts of Gateshead was convened by the mayor (B. J. Prockter, E. g. ) , for the purpose o f petitioning Parliam e n t in favour of a comprehensive o f electoral re f orm.measure The meeting was well attended, and themayor presided. Th e f o ll ow i ng reso lutions were carried unanim o usly :—" That in the opi nion of this meeting the present restrictive franchise de prives a large number of our fell ow - countrymen o f th e i r just electoral rig hts, entails on the nation class legisla don, financial extravagance, and an irresponsible foreign policy, and demands a comprehensive and radical reform in the representation of the people in Parliament. That any mea,ure of electoral reform to be satisfactory to the people, must include among its provisions m anhood suffrage, vote by ballot, aLd the abolition of the present property qualification of members of the How of Commons." ENGLLS I II PAS,SPORTF. We are requested to publish the following Hee ; " Foreign-office, Feb. 3. The Ambassador of his Majesty the Emperor of the French having notified to the Eall. of Clarcodon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the Consul-General and other consular officers of his imperial Majesty in the United Kingdom will no longer grant passports to other than subjects of hs Imperial Majesty, notice is hereby given that, in order to facili tate the obtaining of passports by British wabjecta desir ing to proceed to the continent, the conditions of the fifth regulation, under which such passports have hitherto been issued at the Foreign-office, will 'be extended as hereinafter described. "According to that regulation passpnts have hitherto been granted 'to British-born subjects, or to lonians, or to such foreigners as have become naturalised either by act of Parliament or by a certificate of naturalisation granted by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment,' who were either known to the, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or recommended to him by some persoa who was known to him, or upon the application of any banking firm established in London, or in any other part of the United Kingdom ; but henceforth pass ports will also be granted on the recommendation of the mayor or chief magistrate of any corporate town in the United Kingdom, and also on the recommendation of auy magistrate or justice of the peace, such recommen dation to be addressed, upon the cover, to Her Ma jesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Passport Office, Downing-street, London,' and forwarded by post from the country; and such recommendation should be made in the following form, signed and sealed by the person giving the recommendation : " (Date of place and day of the month•) " ' The undersigned, Mayer of Chief Magistrate of Magistrate for Justice of Peace for , recommends A. B. (Christian and surname to be written at length), British subject for a passport to enable him to a naturalised subject proceed to , accompanied, as the case to travel on the Continent may be, by his wife and children, with their tutor, named C. D. (Christian and surname to be written at length), a British subject and governess and ma d a naturalised British subject servant (or servants) and man-servant (orservants) named E. F. a British subject (or subjects). a naturalised British subject (or subjects). " Signature (Christian and surname to be written at length). (Seal)? " If any person so recommended be a naturalised Bri tish sulject, his certifieate of naturalisation, with his signature subscribed to the oath printed on the third page of his certificate, must be forwarded with the ap plication for his passport. " The passport so applied for will be transmitted by return of post, if possible, to the mayor, chief magic trate, magistrate, or justice of the peace who may have given the recommendation, to be delivered by him to the party, and if the passport should be required for a natu rali.ed British subject, his certificate will be returned with the passport; but the mayor, chief magistrate, ma gistrate, or justice of the peace, on whose application a passport is granted to a naturalised subject, not being a servant included in his employer's passport, will require such naturalised British subject to sign the passport in his presence. " The charge on the issue of each passport, whatever number of persons may be named in it, is G ; and tha 4 sum must be forwarded with the application for the pass port; and if the remittance be by Post-office order such order is to be made payable to the Chief Clerk of the Foreign-office,' at the Post-office, Charing-cross. "If, however, a person recommended from tke coun try for a passport prefers it, he may obtain his passport at the Foreign-office on the day following the receipt of the application, and pay the charges on the passport bring delivered to him ; but in this case the worth Passport will be applied for at the Foreign-office' must be added to the letter of recommendation. "The form of application heretofore adopted by banking firms will continue to be used by them. "The general regulations for passports as now amended are as follows : " 1. Applications for Foreign-office passports must be made in writing, and addressed upon the cover to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Passport-office, Downing-street, London." "2. The charge on the issue of a passport, whatever number of persons may be named in it, is as-, which sum includes ss. stamp-duty. "3. Foreign-office passports are granted only to British born subjects, or to lonians, or to such foreigners as have become naturalised either by Act of Parliament or by a certificate of naturalisation granted by the S e cretary ut State for the Home Department. When the party is a `naturalized British subject,' he will be so designated in hie passport ; and if his certificate of naturalization be dated subsequently to the 24th August, 1850, his pass• port will be marked as good for one year only ; but this regulation will not preclude any person whom it affects from obtaining, at any future period, on his producin, his old passport, a fresh passport for a further limited period of one year, without being required to psy a fresh charge. "4. Passports are issued between the hours of 11 and I 4 on the day following that on iivhich the application for the passport has been received at the Foreign-office. "5. Passports are granted to persons who are either known to the Secretary of State, or recommended to bin) by some person who is known to him ; or upon the application of any banking firm established in London or in any other part of the United Kingdom, or upon the recommendation of the mayor or chief magistrate of any corporate town in the United Kingdom, or of any magistrate or justice of the peace. " 6. Passports cannot be sent by the Foreign-office to a person already abroad ; such person should apply to the nearest British Mission or Consulate. " 7. Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission in London, or at some Consulate in the United Kingdom of the Government of the country which the bearer of the passport intends to visit.* "8. A Foreign-office passport granted for one journey to a British-born subject or to an lonian, or to a natu• ralised British subject' whose certificate of naturalisation is dated previously to August 24, 1850, may be used for any subsequent journey if countersigned afresh by the Ministers or Consuls of the countries which the bearer intends to visit ; bat a passport granted for one journey to a `naturalised British subject, whose certificate is datto subsequently to the 24th August, 1850, can only be used for a subsequent journey undertaken within the period for which the passport has been originally granted. " Lint of the Principal Foreign Passpor'-offices in Lon• 4.1 don where Foreign-office Passports are to be vised. Austrian Legation—Chandos-house, Cavendish-sq. " Bavarian Legation— 3, Hill-street, Berkeley-aquare. " Belgian Consulate-53, Gracechurch-street. " French Consnlate-36, King William-street, City. " Netherlands Consalate-201, Great St. Helen's. " Portuguese Coasulate-5, Jeffrey-square. " Russian Consulate-32, Great Winchester-street. " Sicilian Consulate-15, Cambridge-street, Edgware read. " Spanish Legation-17, Hereford street, Park-lane, " Turkish Embassy-1, Bryanston-square. "Foreign-office, Febraary, 1858." * It is requisite that the bearer of every passport granted by the Foreign-office should sign his passport before ho sends it to be vised at any foreign Mission or Consulate in England. Without such signature either the visa may be refused or the validity of the passport questioned abroad. And travellers who may have any intention of visiting the Austrian States at any time in the course of their travels on the continent are particularly and earnestly advised not to quit England without having their passports ♦iced at the Austrian Mission in London ; but there isno necessity for the visa to a Foreign-office passport of either the Prus sian or Sardinian authorities in the United Kingdom. TIIE REFUGEE QUESTION. s r u i e A in t u e s c d o e o r f , r „ e y s ee p se e in n etr d rd e i bae n y t , t ei signin g ls a ref v e e r r e y ne a e bl t e e arti cle eentsotitthue tional and legal aspects of the refugee question. With regard to the demands made on us by the French Government, to alter our laws for their special benefit, the writer of the communication expresses himself as follows : " Of course, sir, I cannot supply you either from the o r a methodsnt ici p o a f t i P n u g i 1 a i Chtisnwg h c i r c i h m h e s a v b e e f n o r o e t t y h e e t y b a e r e e n c c o o tn n n o c e i i t v t e e d d ~ statute-book or the fountains of the common law with such methods are strangers to our law in all its depart ments, and please God, shall long remain so.. I do not expect that Lord Palmerston is about to lay before Par liament a leis des suspects. If he did I should not ask for a place in your columns to state an ergutnent against it, for before such a proposition could even be entertained the Tinier must have ceased to exist. But it will be said, why not pa , s an act to satisfy public opinion in France and to gratify a friendly Government? In the first place, I do not think it is a very desirable thing that the English criminal law should be moulded to meet the temporary excitement and clamour of foreign nations, This would be a valid objection, even if the demand had been preferred in the mast delicate and reasonable manner. But it seems to me, that in existing circumstances, unless we are ;under some clear moral obligation to malts provision for a proved wrong, we are not in a position to indulge in b me re complimentary legislation. It would indeed be us to notice the inveterate swagger of the French soldiery, who seem to think that they can trample on the liberties of England with the same faci lity as those of their own nation. Tim serious featu" of the transacq , n is the 1 übiication of these speeches in the Moniteur. It is thus which converts this silly bravado of military swashbucklers into public t i o ns tn ul e t and a national men ace. Now, sir, it seems circum stances is very much the same as for an individual. If your neighbour asks you in a quiet, reasonable, that the proper course for a nation in such gentlemanlike manner to oblige him, you may o more for him than is necessary or even prudent ; but if French Government. he comes to demand of you a thing vehic'a you are neither morally nor legally bound to do, with insulting words 2 ; B m o u f st and menacing gestures, and threatens to kick you if you do not comply—if you are a man of ordinary spirit or common firmness, you coolly tell him to eeek his remedy. Until the insults in the Moniteur are retracted as pub. licly as they have been offered, it seems to me that this the be i 0 Government. If they are to come as suitors to the bar can be heard, purge their contempt." is s f thever very High much Court oar o f positron Parliament, they e These are noble as well as legally sound senti ments. We commend tliellltO the speci a l attention of Lord Fob:4o4on, PROSTITUTION IN THE METROPoLIS. The followiN 1% , ,tt , .1: has lx.len acidtelqd to th editor of the Tunes : Sir,—Cert peri:i.ms have, as you kaow, com menced a crusade a2:ainst London prostitutes, and, if one of that abandoned ssterliood may presume to address you, grant me your attention. The precept and example set me by parents, now, thank God, in their graves; the education likewise " thrown away" upon me, and my subsequent ex perience as a governess in a highly respectable family, were not necessary ito the conviction that the class among which I may be numbered con sists of outcasts whose undisguised pursuit is an offence to the laws of God and man. I know that we are cut off from the moral, social, and religious worlds. lam conscious that there is nothing iu common between us and other women but sheer mortality. lam aware that we are beings whom men should shun and women must c,.ndenin. We need not be told of our ruin and degradation, because we never " fall" without being alive to the fact. A woman seduced may forgive her wrongs and outlive her sense and shame. Her conscience may harden and her very memory may sleep, but she never need be reminded of her real condition. It is impossible for her to forget what she is ; society will not permit her to do so. lam speaking row of lost mortals like myself, and not of those whose sin ful life Fortune seems to gild. Do not suppose, then, that I would attempt to defend what transpires nightly in the Haymarket, in Coventry-street, or wherever women of nay caste congregate. I do not, ask you to countenance anything of the kind. No, Sir, give " Vice its own image," and do your duty But, you yourself refrain from going a step too far, pray give a warning word to others. It is one thing to put down. a nuisance ; it is another to per ecute individuals. I will anticipate much that may fairly be said, and admit that if I live avowedly in defiance of those regulati , ms which the com triunity has established as indispensable to its well being —(" I waive the quantum o' the sin," the body's pollution, and the soul's perdition ; that is my private business, and God help me ! mine alone, I hope)—if I parade my iniquitous trade so as to commit a public outrage, I must expect to be checked in such openly vicious courses, for I believe the liberty of the subject should end whore injury to others begins. But pray tell those good gentle men who are bent upon " putting us down," that their's is not only a delicate, but a difficult under taking, and they should be careful lest they have more to answer for than they dream of in their philo sophy. One Horace,—au authority whom you gentlemen quote,—has said, I believe,— " Let the wise man be considered a fool, and the just man as unjust, if his rigorous adherence even to virtue herself carries him beyond the proper bounds." I hope these wortPy gentlemen are not attempting to cure an evil by driving it in wards. There is a scandalous eyesore and annoyance existing; remove it ! But if those excellent men imagine that by clearing the thoroughfares of professed wri.tches like me they will advance one step in the cause of virtue they are gravely mistaken. Wives and daughters and sisters should be spared disgusting scenes of all kinds, and fathers and sons and bro thers should be tempted as little as possible. I can yet admit that I But London is, for it size, the most moral town in Europe—perhaps the civi lised world—and I once had a friend who could prove it. Leaving continental cities, with all their recognised and even legalised enormities, out of the question—go, for example, to the quiet, orderly, religious, and apparently sleeping village of Dol golly, in North Wales, "where a seraph might dwell," and where you find all serene, and the number of bastard children on the parish books will astound you. The vice of Loudon, sir, is Bien to float on its surface ; let it pass as the weed on its way to the ocean. If it accumulate so as to become offensive, disperse it. If it otherwise annoy and cannot convenieetly be avoided, deal with it as cordingly. But have we not our uses ? 1 believe and hope that I am a warning to every woman I meet. I fancy, too, that even men sometimes pause in their worst designs when they look upon me, or feel a pang should - those designs have been accom plished. Do you think that when I have laughed boldly (as we never do when sober) in the face of a virtuous girl, and as much as to say, "See what one of our sex can come to 1" my maniac conduct has not whispered "Thank God, and take heed ?" I have seen the half-starved milliner and humble orange-girl hurry past me with a shudder, and the poor servant, snatching a moment to gaze about her, go to her work rejoicing that "she has not come to that !" And then your sex. Hea ven grant me patience that I may content myself with observing that no good man ever noticed me in :he street, save with pity, indifference, or con tempt ; and there is no seclusion which the vicious will not penetrate. As for temptation, iu which shape is it the more dangerous, that of a notorious street-walker, or a modest maiden going on an errand ? However numerous be the Maria Mil moods, depend upon it George Barnwells are scarce. Do you think I could not make myself understood without shocking the looker-on, or openly display ing my purpose ? Can I not even add to my "snares" and "attractions" by disguising myself as a domestic, a young Quakeresi, a dressmaker, or even lady—aye, and acting the part too ? My reason for not resorting to those stratagems is there is no necessity for so doing. Yet you, of course, but little know how many of us appear in those characters, and without exciting the slightest sus picion among the public in general. I know a de signing and disreputable girl who has been passing herself off for a long time upon a city banker as a parson's wife ; and another who pretends to have her "Sunday out," that she may walk abroad with a gentleman of Somerset-house; and serve them right I Then there are unfortunates who live in style ; some appear in carriages, some on foot. Your sex may know them, but mine mistake them for decent women (I am still alluding to the profes sional courtezan). These are the pitfalls for the males of good families. But in respect to the more common of my class—not by any means no worst —now under censure, pr ay Fay a word in time, and before she be committedto the tender mercies of the police. Ho is not the man to " take her up tenderly." Consider, sir, she is "me of Eve's family," as your mother was, and as your wife and daughter are I—aye, and as even your Queen is. She has no other claim to your forbearance. "Alas for the rarity " Of Christian Charity "Under the sun ! " Oh, it is pitiful, " Near a whole city full, " Home has sho none." Appoint commissioners who are fitted for the ofhpe, intelligent, respectable, and ! responsible gefitlemen, and make it worth their while to devote themselves entirely to the reduction of the scandal complained of. Empower these officials to have us taken up and punished for riot or impropriety of any kind. But let not the "pelting petty officer," the ignorant officer of a few shillings a-week, and it may be an unfeeling and unthinking brute, inter fere with us as he will. Recollect it was man who made us what we are. It is man who pays for the finery, the rouge, and the gin. It is for man that we are yet as, as well as what, we are. It is max who, when we apply ourselves to industry and honesty, employs us upon starving wages ; and if man had his way, and woman's nature not superior to his, there would be no virtue extant. Say, then, is it for man to persecute even the most profligate among ns ? What is he better than the worst of us ? In the next place, why begin with the most ab ject and unprotected ? Why (as you threaten to do) pounce upon, not only the most conspicuous brawler, but the thinly-clad and silent " lost one" walking the streets like a trespasser, even when the weather would make one hesitate to turn a dog out into it ? Why should the virtuous indignation of the present day be all expended upon —if I may bo allowed so to mention her—the poor cteature without a friend, while her more foe tunate sister, whom I will call harlot, stares im pudently from out her luxurious brougham, throw ing more discredit upon what I understand as our "social system" than it suffers from a score of le,s pampered strumpets? I do not allude to the un obtrusive victim, "hiding her diminished head" behind silk curtains, nor even the more "ex perienced," making "the b est of a bad bargain." (As to the latter it is wonderful what dragons of virtue " notorious women" among them become at ma turity !) But Ido say, sir, that the community more than tolerates those who find fools to set them up where good women should be, while it sets its face against oqier3 who are only poorer, and less lucky, to say nothing of the honesty that is to be found even among the lowest. Pray, sir, think of this, and tell those gentlemen whose speeches I read to act upon it. be husbands and father s (~e -They may e -n t who visit us), and I can a(lrlocll%ri any of all deg rees Christians they will for their parent a l solicitude. But if they be imitate one who sail, Go h and sin no more " and not " move on," 4 ny w ere, anywhere out of the world." Your humble servant ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. P.S. I cannot give you my name, having so dis• graced it, nor my address, as it is disreputable. MARTIAL BAKERS.—" The entry of Prince Frederick William of Prussia with his bride into Berlin," says a letter from that city, " has raised several discussions among the different trading corporations of the capit.d. The bakers, among others, have claimed the right to wear swords, which the magistrate disputed. The per son's interested having addressed a petition on the sub ject to the Prince of Prussia, the head of the Govern ment, his Royal Highness wrote on the margin : The bakers may wear swords, or even carry cannon if they wish it,' ", Tales. LIITRATURE. The to ck ), s. Charlo,9 Dickens. 2 vols, Chapaiat4 and Ll4ll, and Bradbury and Evans. It is with greaf, sltisfae,t'on that we se) a new and complete library edition of Mr. Dickens' works is now a , ,out to b) offered t.t the public. The former edition was necessarily incomplete, as it was : publishe I some years since, and it could not come pare to the present, whose size and type leave..., nothing to be desired. The series is worthily - inaugurated under the auspices of the immortal Kr. Pickwick, and will, of course, embrace the whole of those delightful fictions that have moved 4, the tears or provoked the laughter of so many English hearts. Not the least attractive part of -) the work is lo,vin th g e pr iut ea r i e o s e h tig in a vvh eco ich the h account a t u h t er o i r se g a iv n ea cv: progress of the "Pickwick Club" "I have seen vari)us acc3unts in print, of the origin of these Pickwick Papers ; which have, at all events possessed for me—the charm of perfect novelty. As may infer, from the oceatienal appearance of such hi e . tering, that my readers have an interest in the matter, X will relate how they came into existence. "I was a young man of three and twenty, when the present publishers, attracted by some pieces I was at that time writing in the Morning Chron;ele newspaper (of whieh one series had lately been collected and pub lished in two volumes, illultrateil by my esteemed friend Mr. George Cruikshank), waited upon me to propose something that should be published in shilling numbers —then only known to me, or, I believe, to anybody else, by a dim recollection of certain interminable novels in that form, which used to be carried about the country by pedlars, and over some of which I remember to have shed innumerable tears, Were I had served my appren ticeship to Life. " When I opened my door in Farnival's Inn to the managing partner who represented the erns, I recog nise] in him the person from whose hands I had bought, two or three years previously, add whom I bad never seen before or since, my first copy of the Magazine in which my first effusion—dropped stealthily one evening at twilight, with fear and trembling, into a dark letter• box, in a dark office, up a dark court in Fleet-street— appeared in all the glory of print ; on which memorable occasion—how well I recollect it walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half-an-hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as a good omen ; and so fell to business. " The idea propounded to ma was, that the menthly something should be a vehicle for certain plates to be exe cuted by Mr. Seymour ; and there was a notion, either on the part of that admirable humorous artist, or of my aisitor (I forget which), that a ' Nimrod Club,' the members of which were to go out shooting, fishing, and so forth, and getting themselves into difficulties through • their want of dexterity, would be the best means of in troducing these. I objected, on consideration, that although born and partly bred in the country, I was no great sportsman, except in regard of all kinds of locomo tion ; that the idea was not novel, and had been already much used : that it would be infinitely better fer the plates to arise naturally out of the text ; and that I should like to take my own way, with a freer range of English scenes and people, and was afraid I should ultimately do so in any case, whatever course I might prescribe to myself at starting. My views being deferred to, I thought of Mr. Pickwick, and wrote the first number ; from the proof-sheeta of which Mr. Seymour made his drawing of the club, and that happy portrait of its founder, by which he is always recognised, and which may be said to have made him a reality. I connected Mr. Pickwick with a club, because of the original suggestion, and I put in Mr. Winkle expressly for the use of Mr. Seymour. We started with a number of 24 pages instead of 32, and boar illustrations in lieu of a couple. Mr. Seymour's sudden and lamented death before the second number was published, brought about a quick decision upon a point already in agitation; the number became one of 32 pages with 2 illustrations, and remained so to the end. My friends told me it was a low, cheap form of publication, by which I should ruia all my rising hopes • and how right my friends turned out to be, everybo dy new knows. " ' Buz," my signature in the Morning Chronicle, appended to the monthly cover of this book, and re. mined long afterwards, was the nickname of a pet child, a younger brother, whom I had dubbed Moses, in hosour of the Vicar of Wakefield ; which being facetiously pronounced through the nose, became BMION, and being shortened, became Boz. ' Boz ' was a very familiar household word to me, long before I was an author, and so I came to adopt it. "It has been observed of Mr. Pickwick, that there is a decided change in his oharaoter, as these pages pro ceed, and that he becomes more good and more sensible. I do not think this change will appear forced or unna tural to my readers, if they will reflect that in real life the peculiarities and oddities of a man who has anything whimsical about him, generally impress us first, and that it is not until we are better acquainted with him that we usually begin to look below these superficial trait?, and to know the better part of him." In a frank and genial dedication, the series is inscribed to Mr. John Forster, as the friend of the author during his " whole literary life." The work before us has passed beyond the need of critical approbation, or analysis. It only remains to commend to the general public what the author himself styles " the best edition of my books." Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and Annotated by Sa - muel Lovor. Houlston and Wright. The Lyrics of Ireland are synonymous with mirth, melody, pathos, and patriotism, and Mr. Samuel Lover may be safely trusted as a guide and collector among their embarras de richesses. The present volume is handsomely bound and well printed, with numerous illustrations. It is ade lightful volume for all who prize the simple and natural ballad, the spirit-stirring martial strain, or the humorous and laughter-moving songs for which Ireland has always been conspicuous. One who is himself not unknown in a path which so many of till great and gifted have trod before him is the fitting editor for this collection. Some of them do honour to writers of our own day, some trace back their origin till the authorship is for- gotten, many more are from the pens of poets of a past generation, but their lyrics remain to us un changed. In the words of the beautiful poem, en titled " Songs of Our Land," with which the volume concludes,— - " The bards may go down to the . place of their slumbers, The lyre of the charmer be ]inched in the grave ; But far in the future the power of their numbers Shall kindle the hearts of the faithful and brave." Bothwell : a Poem,. By W. E. Aytoun, author of "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers." Third edition, revised. Blackwood. We have before criticised this poem at length, and therefore have only to say that it is published in a commodious form, revised and corrected by the author. By Professor Wilson. Blackwood and Sons. This is the eleventh ♦olume of the excellent series of the works of Professor Wilson which Messrs. Blackwood are now issuing, edited by Professor Ferrier, his son-in-law. The beautiful tales in this volume are well known to English as well as Scottish readers, and have delighted both. Many will be glad of the present opportunity of securing them in a complete and connected form. The next and concluding volume of the series will contain the poetical works of Professor Wilson, affording another evidence of the versatility of his powers. Uncle Jack the Fault Killer. Willie's Birthday, and How he Enjoyed it. Willie's Best ; a Sunday Story. By the author of " Round the Fire," &o. Smith and Elder. These are three charmin g ter to whom such little littlestoriesfor very young readers, by a wr it er people are already much indebted. They are clear and simple and within the comprehension of chil dren, while they contrive to convey i nd i rectly a good deal of information, and to impress ideas on the mind in a new and str i king way, Th e y are valuable contributions to the juvenile library, suited for an earlier age tha n most story b oo k s , an d b e i ng p r ettily bound and i llustrated and in largo clear type, they offer great attractions for birthdays and festivals. The three larTgeheplAatretsjo°furtlhtal. i n l CI ronf the " present number a Spanish Letter Wr?ter, by J. Phillip; Kl.; oyal Collection at Ly Os G bOrn H e . ; andF r p_ Thep_ , bothwou Wounded d th a e t Scutari, a beautiful engraving, from the sculpture by J, Pliyffers. The small woo ]cuts and illustra. tions scattered throughout the work are numerouF, and oecas'onally very pleasing. The second paper on Paul Veronese opan3 the number, and there are many subjects of artistic interest treated of in its contents. The Book of the Thames, by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, is continued ; and there are papers on Art in Scotland, in the Provinces, and in Con tinental States ; on the Tombs of English Artists, Botany adapted to Art, Colours obtained from the Animal Kingdom, &c. The thirty-third number of the series of papers on British Artists is de voted to J. F. Lewis, from whose works soma illustrations are given. A CHILD ATTACHED BY A FBIIRKT.—On Friday left, at Redditcb, a woman, named Aston, who was entrusted with the care of a child a few months old, locked up her house and went out, leaving the child in bed in an up. stairs room, and a ferret loose in a room on the ground floor: During her absence the neighbours, hearing the e did crying, burst open the iioor, and on getting . 4 ? stars they found that the ferret had ascended the 8 n t a t i r h s e , and then mounted the bed, and made b o t h aata KPo helpless infant. It was in a sad statee—, had commenced face being eaten away, and . the fieerreupp (eed, defended upon the head. The child, 1 sid u es of the arms are both bitten itself as well as it could, t h e for ,, e ll as out be expected.-- severely. It is going " " TVOIVC1:401/1/4Q/1 Chron i c le. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, VS 'SS