The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AOD ..';OIYIMERCTAL INT'ELLIGENCB, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with an improving ten dency, and prices cf all descriptions were fully -id. per lb. higher. The sales were estimated at from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market presented a very quiet appearance, and quotations were without any an Aerial change. Occasional failures are still reported, and if the new s of the late crisis, when it arrives out, causes a panic in Melbourne, some further embarrassments May be occasioned here. The recent advices were far from /satisfactory, inasmuch as they showed a tendency towards a panic, although at that period the revulsion in this country had not been made , kll() Pin. It is stated that Messrs. Clapperton, „, incllay, and Co., of Glasgow, are in difficulties, and their liabilities are presumed to be oensider able. They had an establishment at Melbourne, and the late accounts have induced them to seek the indulgence of their creditors. About 5,000/. in gold was sent into the Bank yesterday, and as the daily influx, since the date of the last return, has amounted to upwards of half a the balance-sheet, which will appear in the Gazette to-morrow, is expected to shows further im- Portant augmentation in the bullion. The reserve of notes is also likely to exhibit a large increase, and the Payments made on the 4th of the month have no doubt caused a further diminution of the other Securities. Some uneasiness is expressed regard ing several small amounts of gold which have been remitted to France, but they are merely for the Payment of silver, and the Bank of France return, to be published to-morrow, will, it is imagined, pre sent satisfactory features, including an accumulation of bullion which has been secured without pur chases of the precious metals abroad. Judging from the tone of recent advices, there is very little probability of an inameliate resumption of the drain from this side on account of that estab lishment. This day a meeting of the Ill;nois Central Ita;1- road Company was held, at which Mr. Fisher was elected auditor, and several resolutions were passed in respect t. the management of the company's affairs. It was agreed at the me3tiug of the Fort Bowen New Company, held to day, to authorise the direc tors to wind up the company, as the report of the surveyor stated that the move was not worth fur ther expenditure. ALTERATION OF THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. Another reduction of per cent. has been made in the otficill rate of discount. It was generally Presumed that this measure would be adopted, and when it was announced that the minimum bad been fixed at 3 per cent. no surprise was therefore created, and the funds underwent little change. The Money Market, in its present plethoric state is not governed by the official quo tation, and even now the current terms in Lom bard -street vary from 21 to 2i per cent. It is highly probably that a further relaxation will speedily fol -1") owing to the immense accumulation of notes an d gold now experienced. The inquiry is still 71. °rY quiet fur commercial purposes, and specula tion being almost inactive, there is only a limited e mployment for capital. The Funds have been firmer, but there is an absence of speculative activity, and the al!eration In the terms of discount has not exercised the slightest influence. Business was seldom quieter, but the settlement in Shares and Foreign Stocks, 11 ° doubt, tends to divert attention. Consols for transfer have been 96 to 961 and 961 # ; fur ac count, 961 1. The New Three per Cents. are 96± the Reduced, 961 ; and Exchequer Bills, 31s. t° 3 3a. prem. Bank Stock is 2251 to 227. In *the Foreign Stock Market a very limited business has been transaoted, and prices exhibit an Upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. ar© 99,t 1001 ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 1031 104 i; Brazilian 5 per Cents, have advanced to 1031 104 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. to 100 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 80i ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. to 451 ; 11113- Sian 41 per Cents. 100 f ; Spanish Deferred are 26} ; and Dutch 2i per Cents. 651. Tt.e following are the nomintl prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada D. ferred Bonds, 51 6; Mexican, 2O 20& ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 80 81 ; ditto 3 Per cents., 55 36 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111. 113 ; ditto 41 per Ce nts., 99 101 ; Sp finish 3 per Cents., 431 44 ; Ditto Now Deferred, 26 26k. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this' day, are in round figures as under : 1858. 1857. Great Western £24,930 £24,348 N orth-Western Xe nthMeetern Itrighto n 10,207 10,561 Midland South -Eastern - 14,400 13,570 Great N ort h ern te ' n etothire and Yorkshire 19,924 21,303 Bristol and Exeter 5,228 5,138 dhaiter and Holyhead East Lancashire 5,29 i 5,722 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 9,053 8,863 North Stafford North London North-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverb... 3,703 3,708 West Hartlepool 2,851 2,875 Belfast and Ballymena ........... 1,057 1.113 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sou h-Western So 'Web North-Eastern. ........ . Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada Business in the Railway Share Market to-day has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into have, in most instances, had ref , rence to the settlement of the ateJotin', the arrangements La which are now in progress. In some of the chef linos a alight advance may be quoted. Great Westerns and Midlands improved ss. ; Eastern Countie", Lancashire and Yorkshire, North we..tern, and South-Western, 10s. ; Caledonian, 1/. South Easterna cleaned 5s , Brightens 10s., North British, 1/. The Foreign and C.ilouial lines are inactive, and there is little variation to report in prices. Notthern of France, Eastern of France, and Great Luxembourg, brought former rates ; Grand Trunk of Canada ruled at steady rates, and Great Western of Canada improved ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are flat ; London and Westminster declined 10s. ; Oriental Bank, sg. ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, ss. ; and Eastern Steam improved about 58. BR crisn FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DA Y, (From the Official Ligti) Bank Stook per Lent. Red uce d Annuities 227 5 3 per Cent. Oonsola Annuities,~,~ 5 per Cent. Annuities. Ludg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 -16 Ditto 3u Yeare, expire sth April, 1 885 lBi Ctsols ‘ceoni-t .... .... 961 Es W. 81000 • -,- 33 31 p goo 32 33 31 I p bitto Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FITNDS — THIS DAY. lirar..mn 6 per Cent. .• IP lO3 4 tDitto 1852 , 4i per Ceut 100 ieuos A yresßond • s, 6 per Cellt • ...exican 4 per Cent r. . Dit to account (F e bruary 20). ..... Pecuvian Bonds 801 4 per Coat Ditto A ccount Date 3 p er C ent • 55a 6 Di tto Account Ponnguese Bonds, 6 per C en t . , Con. 184 1 45 1 _ _ D itto 1853, 3 p er Cent 4 IlussianSt., Bonds, 1522 , L 5 per Cent --- 10 Ditto, 4i per Cent. Stn % ttokds, :4 per , ant. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per cent, Taritiela , sends, fs per cent .. illuittc, Account . . ...... 100 'Onto Guarauteo;d ........ .C.eni. ........ Dutch E 1014 3 /I 4 i 4 ..... ondon. xcha nge.% per Cen.`... 12 Guilders 65 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates O'CLOCK. 2 13 ..." C °I 110 16 ) money ..... fizt- 3 26i i ... (3 246911 A. 9191141... (Muth i) asp MARKETS—;This Day). RAILWAYS. Pr'e t 45:.; Businees len* this day. RAILWAT 4 . 12a Ambg. Nottnr.BEst Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballyinen Btrmng. Wolvorh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. Cheshire Junct Blackburn Myth & Tyne origina' £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter-- Caledonian. .. 'Theater do Ffolyhee ;Cork a►nd Bandon... Cork, Black. S.; Pass. 20 all Cornwall 1 10 all 1'). A 10 all D o . D 50 all Dublln&BelfastJunc 25 I all Dun. P. &Aber.Jcuac St. 1100 East Anglian St. 100 Eastern Counties St. 100 EasternUuion,A.etk St. 100 Do., do. B 25 81 Do. New A ..... 25 all East Kent ....... St.lloo East Lancashire 20 all East Suffolk ........ 10 ; all Do. St. 100 lEdinbnrgh& Glasgow 0 all ,Edinb. and Peebles `t. 1100 Edinh.Prth.&Dundoe 0 ; all Forth and Clydanne.l St. 1100 Furness St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 10 all ,Groat N. of Scotland St. 1100 ;Great Northern St. 1100 po., A. Stock St. 400 ,Do., B. Stock St. 1 100 iGt. Sth.&West.(lre) St. 1100 'Great:Western. St. 1100 Do. Str.V.R. gna.St 12 I all llrish South-Eastern. 5C all Lancaster & Carlisle. 141 'Do. , 161 15'Do. Now Thirds St. 100 , T.Ancash. &Yorkshire 16 1 6 Do., do. F A:l6 3 1 Do., Wet. Riding Un 20 all Do. Sontlipot. 11i all London & Blackwsll St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. St. 100 , London &N. Weston, I 20 all 1 Do. ksifths 10 all D0.,102.5h.,M&8...0 12A 5 Do. Eighths St. 100 London & S. Ws tern 5 all ILndndrry.&Coleraine 25 all L.ndndrry. & Ennisk, qt. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 10 I iltfetropolitan 10 1 Do. J. L Ricardo's' arrangement it. 100 Midland t. 'lOO Do. Birming. & Derby 1 all Midland G. West(lr.) all Do. Shares . all Newcastle & Carlisle.. all Newpt. A berg. Wirt& 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & RPstrovor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Us North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London . ... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central . E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union ... ISitingbourne &Shoor South Devon South Eastern I Do. 4. per c. S hares South Wa1e5...... S. Yorksh. ItiverDun 20 20 10 it. St. St. St. St. 100 3 100 100 20 I 11 .......... I Stainos,Wok.,hWok Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1834 Do. do., 1855 Stockton do Hartlepl (Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames hay. D. &R. ! Val: of Neath ...... Waterfd. ds Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limeriek s l West Cm n wall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B 'West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon 161 100 100 5 1 - !ii 8f -8/ 71 - 73 ..i = -64 94 - 06 94 - 911 35 37 • 0.0 ..• ... 4 --- 5 004 ...... ... 8 - 18 - 19 6' ; ? t - 62 48 - 53 33 - 35 15 - 17 90i - 91, : io 31 A - 96 9i 104 105 106 83 91 131 133' 1 103 105 59i tso 60 63 84 - 87 10 - 12 p 10 - 12 93} - 931 1 - 6k - 6i 1.06 - 108 11001 - 101 - 98 .1 -99 i 39 ,io 971 - 971 69 - 70 13 - 14 62 - 64 3i - 3i 523 - 5.33 96i -97 i li 52 - Z 3 82 - 83 96 - 99 3i- i',l iq - -oi 32 33 9 5 d 108 - 110 26 - 27 49 - FO - 2A 35 - 37 74 - 744 83} —84 i 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 37 38 100 - 103 7 - 9 31 - 31 61 - 6$ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atiart. and SL Law. 1 Bombay, Baroda, and; Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. I i - I Do. ,Buffalo di. Lake Bur. !Buff. ' Brut. 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 Calcutta and S. Emit, ICentral Oude (Lim.) 'Ceylon A sbaree Do. B. i Domerara !Eastern Bongal !East Indian Do, C Shares 1 14 15 }B7 92 83 87 80 85 Par ip ii : fi - 3 106 - 1141 Do. 4} p.c. Buds. , '57 Do. do. do., '59, do Geelong et Melbourne' guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben 1 Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 1 Westn. of Canaria' Do. Now 191 201 48 $2 1 83 F 5 211 211 211 —21 g 'par tp Bds., payable '57, d0.,'76, p.'60...' do., '73, d0....' do., '73, without: ;110 - 115 , 110 - 115 (option Madras, guar. 4A p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do :Oudc (Limited) Sc . nle guar. 5 per c 105 - 110 194 - 20 21 - 21' - Ai - f - ii Do FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam' 61 —6/ 20 all Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junet 1 20 all BezierstoGraissossac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulonsc Coal Mines and Ry. 3i 4 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 23 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates - Valley 20 all Ot. Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg 74 8 • 8 10 6 Italian Junction .. ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .. 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ••A 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.i — 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. 33i all Maria Antessla 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 81 1 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 20 21 2t 16 all Northern of France 3Bl 331 381 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8f —9/ 20 all Paris and Lyons 3ll 341 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 57 20 9 Recife & San Fran , . (Pernam.) g. 7P. e. 4 lip 10 all Rome and Frascati.. 20 all Royal Danish l5 18 5 all Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7i 10 all )o. 56 per cent. pref 74 20 all Southern of France 22 22 8i all West Flanders 9 l. 10 all Do. 54 per c • Prd 20 all W.& N. W. of France 27 28 20 6 Western of Austria 20 all We• t. of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all I k :eel mien 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. ... 20 xll 'Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 'Australasia 18illiank of Egypt 50 Bank of London ..... all Bri. Co]. Bk.& Ln. Co. all ißritish N. Aniericai 10 ;C.Bk.of Ind.Au.d/Cl+l 50 City 25 Colot:ial 20 I Comincreiall of Loud all Eng.Seot.Saus.thit all I Lon.Cli. Bk.of A all :Ditto New 81 - 86 231 -23 i 43 - 56 ... ".'" .. 6 2 a - - I 19 - 56 18? - 19 20 :London and County 50 Lnd.drE.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock. 20 I Lond.andWestminst, 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do. New 25 National Bank all 'New South Wales 511 'Oriental Bank Corp 20 Ottoman Bank 15 'Provincial of Ireland' i all iDo. New L5Ol ,R. A us. B. &G. Im.Co all South Australia all 'Union of A us t ra li a 2 t i Do. Now 10 t.Ttion of London Unity Mutual Wilt/10k at Loud/ _._ all all lOU 100 2eid LOs St. 20 100 100 20 all all Xll all 2) 1):) 100 if 0 20 20 Do. Do. I Do . i Do. 44 - 46 38 - 40 191 -- 201 ... --.. ... --44 46 26 --- 28 2;? '26 ct lfPu L[NES LEA.SED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. l Paid RAILWAYS. ! Leasing I (Urdu Priem ne -- I atness Companies. Ale day this day - St. 100 Bnckghamsh. i Ln.lac.W. 941 98 3t. 10r.Y Cly.l s•lair T, , tri,lvinn ... 101 103 1021 25 all Col. Stour Vy IE. U.& E. C 13 .5 St. 100 E.Lis.g.6 p.viGt.Northn 135 140 5 all E. Un. lI.Sh.E. Count. 4 4j St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Noils.Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do 2ii i all Olstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn .. ... 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. .St N.M 110 111 25 all Do. i Shares. Do 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do • ••• 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l2i 13. 20 all Do.Preferenee Do 23. —24 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 97 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 5i all Manch.Bxten. Lin.&N.W and Matlock & Midid 2i 21 St. 100 Mdld. Bradt& Midland._ 97 99 64! 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count f ir.. 50 all N.&Est.sp.c. so 50 1 all Do. 6 per ct.. (Do ... 50 ; all Do.Fixoclsp.c o •• ••• 25 ; all Prest. & Wyre L. &is . W ... •.. 1.4 all Do. i Shrs. 4 Do 11) • ••• St. 100 Roystu.& Hit. Gt.Northn.l37 139 10 all I Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7i 8 1 12 all .S.Staflordsh.. 11.31C 1 ean 10f 101 50 all I W ear VaLg6pc'Stk.&Dar. ... ... 25 all IDo IDo 33 35 St. 100 ;Wilts&Somrst l Gt.Westn ' 91 93 1 PREFERENCE SIIA_RES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.prof.(issd.at 50i.) Brits. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4. p. c. Ches. dt Ho. 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 por cent... Cork kßandon 5 p.c. 90 - 92 WI - 103 6 - 64 Drin.ferth.,kAbei.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do. els. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,Sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 1106 - li2 110 - 114 109 - 112 107 - 110 127 - 130 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. (East 11n. ' G. 6 p. c. Do. W. 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent._ East Lancash .6 p.ots. E.&W. York. J. sthr. adin. di Gl. 5 p. a. Sh. 'Ed. Prth.kDun. 4p.c., Furness, 5 p. c 'Glas. do 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c !Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4i per cent i Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 Ii - iti 119 -- .21 111 - 114 103 - 105 10 20 20 50 1 p. c. prem. Gt.N . o f Scot. lit Pll Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. Gt. W.( B. & 11. Ex.spc I Do. eon. rod. 4i P.C. I Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per wit. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 'Do. Chester Sp. e. P.S. O ' do, 5 P d c a. .do D. B Stk 1)o. Chesil. Gua, Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pa. St Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct Lon. & S, W. 7 perct 84 - f 6 103 - 11 2611 20 St. j late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy.&Fanuis. Sh. Ls_ S.,&L. 6p. Cent. ". ". 5i -- 6 91 -- 93 84 -- FG 86 -- F 8 9J -101 10 -14 i , 16 -- 17 10 -10 A 73 -- 75 19 -- 20 9i -- 10 14 -- 15 137 -- 139 , do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cont. Niarypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. 160 —lea Yid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. r. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &IL Prof. St. New., Aber., Scc., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpot. 6 pr. at. Norfk. Dob.4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 'Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do, • do, do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. &S. Pur INorth Staffordshire l Ox., Wor, & Wolv. 6 p.c., let guar. ,Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar , 'Do, do. Deheotr. St 1 "Scot. Cent. Now Pref E. iber.g.6p.c 'Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.3,1 p.c. pf. St South Devon • Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 43 pr. cent Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4} p. 0 .S.Yorksh .4 p.c.Guar ' r Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C [Do, do, do. N‘Taterfthitliilk. 6 pc 120 - 122 6, _-_-_ A 138 101 103 92 is 4 rif ::: iii 20 12 25 20 St. 1.1.77 -109 97 98 d 25 10 L 0.6, gt. St. St. 20 25 1100 11 iloo 'too lioo all , all BRITISH 21 12 20 1 274 17s 17:5 I st 151 40 I.2sP 20 5a 1.17 P i - i 22 - u 3 121 - 121 ,107 - 100 10 3 - 112 71 - 73 10 - 1t 25 -25 i 99 - 101 9$ - 100 ••• .... ••• 1 03 k 97 8 ii = ii Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Comb's.) Doi. Gt. Cnsls. (ray.), EAst Basset (Il'ogan) Great South Tolgus LGrt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Mogan) N.W.Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Bloxy) Po:kerns U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Clear) S. Carn Brea (Wog%) W. Fra nees(lllogn. ) ram. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennoo V. of Towoy (Camar., W. Basset (Mogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). Wh. Eclward(Calstoki 'Wh. Kitty (U. Liant Wh. M a. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trolawney (Lis.) MINES. 11 12 5 - 7 80 - r iO 4go - 470 971 -102 i - 17 - I 1t 1 -1; 10 - 11 10 - 17 4 - 5 20 - 21 4 - 5 11 0 -- 310 - 5 - 310 - 763 1 - 3i 4} - ••• - ••• - ] 24t - 284 105 - 115 220 - - 2 6 0 320 360 7i - 8i 1 - 14 r 4 44 - 48 2$ - 24 MINED. 1 -:=-1- id-iP 11 - 2i .., - ..• 12 - 13 ••• -- -0 39 - 41 12 - 14 id —1) A la lid 81 Pi 3(1 5 a 2 - 2i I 41 - FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian I mp.(issued at £5 pin) Do. Cocaes 4 Cniada Do. St. John Dol Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co , bre Copper ICopiapo tDun I+l,lu.t Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna 'General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada,. Noveau Monde Pont.Sii.LdM.4l &lit Port Philip r Santiago do Cuba ... United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... ... 25 19 !Australian Agrioult 27 28 10 all . !Andraln. Royal Mail 21 - 21 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 il 10 2 Do. New iss. at Si. d ... . . 50 40 !Brit. Aynerioan Land 35 40 100 326 Canada St. 100 ,Do.Go.6pc.Jan.tJuly 114 114 1.136 1 1 / 11 - St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 25 all 'Do. Prof. 76 p. cent. 24 26 11 5 all 'Crystal Palace ll 11 1 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France . 20 all !Eastern Steam . i 5i 41 St. 100 lElectricTolegraph 1 all ,Electric Tel. of Irol ... _ ... 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmOo 11 lk 10 10s. Eur. & Ind... Tan. Tel. 9 all Enr.&Am.Stm.(lim ) 4 —46 20 .ill Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... _ ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. , . ... 214 20 5 London Discount ,ll 1i 1 4 4 all; Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 3 1 20 110 : Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 10 all M e diteran. Elec. Tel. 8 ..._ 9 10 all [ Do. Extension Teleg. ... _ ... 10 all Mexican & S.Amorieu .. . 25 5 'Nat. Discount Co ll i,i 10 6 Netherlands Land i -- 11 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.PLiss.at Id. 21 34 31 71 5 3 Do. Do. 11)0 80 , New B. &N. S. Land 17 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 91 28 95 6ii 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 -- 1 20 all NAIL of Europe Steam ... ... 1 all 'Oriental Gas 1 103, Do New Shares p IP 5 all Peellir. Ld. & Minrl 2l 26 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 791 801 791 50 10 Do, New 50 all .Rhymnoy Iron 100 60 loyal Mail Steam C3 65 64 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest .ll 1 St. 100 S, Auk Gov. 6 p. c.bds lO6 108 108 25 all South Austral. Lan 371 ni l 38 1 8 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 11 1 1 all Do b Registered - 1 20 5 True. Ln.Co. tip. Can .4,2 - ••• t•_, 10(i 28VMPPlertge J_ And: nd: • 10 ^ l3 61 i 100 i I 52i I i 83 74} 3i 4 1031 9 8k 301 30 45 4 i 45 271 I LAW INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Wensleydale, and other peers.) AITYAL-BARLOW v , OSIOEN AND ANOTHER, IX PARTE AS TO CilitTAIN Tnis appeal was appointed for hearing this day at half past ten o'clock. This is the first appeal taken by their lordships this session. This case arose out of the sale by tender of the estate of Pirchden and Hammel, county of Sussex, for 36,500/. This was an appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, affirming the certificate of his chief clerk, and an order of the Lords Justices on appeal affirming the order of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, ordering certain payments to be made to the Bank of Esgland, and parties interested in the sale of the estate, costs, charges, and expenses within a week from the date of the order, 231 Feb., 1856, or in default the sal. became null and void. The Attorney-General was being beard for the appel lant in support of the appeal. The appellant alleges that he bas complied with all the ordinary rues and regoll tions in Chancery in the sale of such estates, but in the sale of this estate the court bas gone out of the ordinary course of sale. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) TILE QUEEN V. A.RURTRONG-LUNACY. The further hearing of this case was resumed this morning. The case for the Crown closed last night, and this morning counsel was heard on the part of the alleged lunatic. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.O , in addressing the jury, flu plored them not to find a verdict for the Crown, for if they did no person would be safe. The evidence relied on o consign this unhappy woman to perpetual restraint, was merely that of opinion and conjecture; and be thought he was justified in saying that very often medical men and others who took strong and decided views on certain points wire in the language of the medical profession, contrasted " mono-manaical impressions, and saw every thing tinged with the yellow of their own jaundiced eyes." This unhappy lady ought never to have been subject to restraint. She was the only child of indul gent parents, by whom she had been spoilt, and from her refusing to remain at school might be said to be a very ignorant person, and it was therefore not to be surprised at that he showed forward and strange conduct, inconsistent with her position in life. Independent ef that, her marriage bad been an unfortunate one. At the age of 21 she ran away, and got married to her present husband, and as was to be expected, it was a matter ef much distress of mind to all parties, and it no doubt acted on an eccentric mind. She had lived apart from her husband, or been deserted by him for many years, and the terms of the father's will showed what an unhappy marriage this had been. In 1844 her son died, which was a source of great grief to her, and for consolation she hal recourse to drink, and was no doubt constantly intoxicated ; but that, he contended, was no proof of madness, or elect thousands for the same cause would be habit to be shut up in a lunatic asylum. It was an unfertunate and lamentable pro pensity, and no more. Just as much as was indulging in over-feasting at an annual sumptuous banquet that took place beyond Templ.:-bar. When not intoxicated she was able to take care of herself and property, and he complained that no witnesses bad been called to state what her conduct was when sober. He replied to the remarks that had been made against Mr. Shaw, who, he said, had acted the part of a friend, and was actuated towards her by the kindest motives. The learned gen tleman said he should submit the lady to the private inspection of his lordship and the jury before the verdict was given. The case is likely to occupy flail whol) of the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) BO W-STREE r. Comma HOME FROM A PARTY. —Anne Jones, a woman of bad character, was charged by Mr. G. Salisbury, a pipe maker at Nottingham, with robbing him of bis purse, containing 51. 14 , . The prosecutor said that about three o'clock this morn ing he was passing along the Strand, on his way home from an evening party, when tie prisoner accos:ei him. He refused to have anything to say to her, but she fol lowed him for some distance, an I then clung to him and detained him by main force. He became alarmed, and consented to treat her to some drink in order to get rid of her. They turned into a court, where they found a public-house open, and he gave her sortie gin. After leaving the pnqic-house they parted, but a few minutes afterwards missed hie purse, containing five sovereigns and about 144. in silver. He then went to the station house and gave information. He was perfectly sober. He had sot bison home to bed, this matter having occu pied him all the time. Servant Bevel], of the F division, maid that on re ceiving the int inflation, and description of the woman, he at once suspected the prisoner, whom be had seen "flashing about" some winner. He went in search of her, and found her in a coffee-house in Wych-street. She attempted to hand eomething to a companion, but he took it front her band and found it was a purse containing bl. Bs. He then apprehended her. The prosecutor identified the puree. The prisoner said she picked up the purse after she parted with the prosecutor. The prosecutor said he was sure he had not dropped it. Mr. Henry said the defence was very ingenious, and juries bad very little sympathy with prosecutors who went into back lanes with prostitutes. Prosecutor —It certaiely was very feolish on my part, and I mu s t own I am ashamed et being so weak and imprudent ; but I did it to get rid of her. Mr. Henry remanded her for inquiry into her character. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.: ILL -USAGE TO A. Wit's. —Arthur Brown, a metal founder, " r id: - of: at 6, Rose-street, St. Ann's, Villa charged before Mr. Bingham this morning, on warrant, with assaulting his wife, Maria Brown. The wife st a t e d that her hurband, on com i ng h ome to tea, whi c h s h e had got ready prepared f or hi m l ast Thursday ev en i ng, he, w ith out an y words having arisen between th em i n the way of quarrel, and without assign ing any reaso n , s t ruck her a very violent blow i n t h e r i g h t eye, wounling and m a ki ng i t i n t h e wa y s till frightfully visible. H e was very violent, and frequently so w i thout reason, and s h e was compelled 'to WIT to the magis trate of thi s court for protection, in consequence o f which a w arrant was issued ; which, when he f oun d , he came borne and instantly sold off all her furniture for the small sum of 4/. 10. , 1-suing her nothing bet a few articles of clothing for her four children. sent from her, In answ er t o M r. Bingham, she said if he s h ou ld b e assisting her. Prisoner said h e Was sorry. she could su pport herself, her frionds Mr. Bingham sentenced him to two months' hard labour. Gale, a msr THAMES. CONVICTION OT A MARINI STORI DRALlN. — Matthew ino-oor. d ea l er, of Rya-common was charged with being i n t h e unlawful possession 0 1 IGO lt. s . of lead, supposed t o b e stolen or unlaw f u ll y o bt a i ne d. Police-constable 401 K , stated t h at a b ou t 4 o'clock this morning he was on Bow-common, and saw the pri soner and tw o others com i ng towar d s him. As so mas they saw' him they ran away. He pursued them, but be also asleep. pretendedep . nit until he got to the prisoner's house, where be Thereo h e was aslee p. a saw a li ght on the first ffoor. The street door was open t p h u e r y , ra n the faster, and got away. He continued the and he went in. He found the prisoner in bod, and t n b n e tn r „ oom ihere were 160 . 1b5. of sheet lead on th e floor of the room, which he seized, and took the prisoners into custody. There was no entry of any sale of lead in the aroused both. prisoner's book.. pretending w t h o o noth ri er e The prisoner in defence said that a man whom he did not know left the lead in his house. Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 40d., which was paid. MEMING OF CONf'OOATION. theproCvionce t n m itn i h n ge ster, for th e transact i on o f y I ni ve o sof rtivocation of the of Canterbury as semble pre latesY e n s n t iedr clergyalta business. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided in the Upper House, which assembled in Qucen Anne's Bounty Office. His Grace was supported by the Bishops of London, St. David's, Hereford, Chi chester, Llandeff, Lincoln, Oxford, Winchester, Bath and Wells and S. Asaph. Immediately after the assembling of their lord ships a deputation waited upon them, consiiting of the v ery Rev. the Dean of Bristol (Prolocutor), Archdeacon liar , ison, Archdeacon Frere s Dr. Jtlf, and Canon Wordsworth. Tar ARCHBISHOP requested the Prolocutor, on the part of the Lower Housa, to take into consi deration the question of Church Missions, and said the Upper House would be happ y to receive any report on the subject. Mauy petitions were presen'ed having reference to the Matrimonial Bill, the buri a l o f th e d ea d, the ex tension of the episcopate in India, and kindred subject.. The Bishops of Lincoln, Oxf...rd, Winchester, St. David's, and o he's, deprecated any change in the Liturgy, and this was the unanimous feeling of the house. The Dean of Bristol presided over the Lower House, which was occupied in conkidering the vari- QUI brAinlaes of the Pitileiguar7 quextica• " THE MINISTER OF-FRANCE." (Prom the Freeman.) Whatever our opinions respecting the Imperial alliance, or respecting what our Legislature should do in the predicament in which it has been placed, there can, we imagine, be but one opinion respecting Lord Palmer sten f , r pettino ns in a false position. To him we ewe it that either Louis Napuleoe aed the ?Stapol - noi , fs of France may be, or pretend to be, affronted, or that England must be humiliated. Somehow, when Lord Palmerston was Foreign Minister, he obtained the reputation of being an Englishman —an Englishman to the backbone ; bnt since he became the Chief Home Minister he has well-nigh gained the reputation of hav ing become a foreigner. The man who was to enable every Englishman to parallel everywhere the old "Ciris Romanus sum," has himself become in turn the minister of Austria, or of Prussia, or of France, and the humble waiter, in behalf of our Cives Romani at Salerno, on the good providence of King Bombe. He reserves all his resistance to European despots for American presidents, or Cantonese viceroys. Unless the public are strangely mistaken, he has become as polite and deferential to the despots of the Continent-, as if he had himself married into one of the petty royal families of Germany. There can be no doubt that Lords Campbell and Brougham in the Lords, and Mr. Roebuck in the Com mons, have expressed the feeling of this country. As little doubt that Lord Palmerston has deeply mortified English men, and lowered the dignity of England. He had no occesion to put before us the alternative of rejecting a law proposed at the dictation of Frarce, or abasing ourselves before the Emperor of the coup cretat. In the most courtly phraseology he chose to select, he might have informed Persigay and Waleweki, that our laws did provide an appropriate punishment for conspiracy, if proved,—but that the English Parliament could never be induced by any consideration to legislate against persona merely suspected. There the matter most have ended. Walewski must have accepted as true the steement of the English Government about its own !awe, and the course of its own legislation. As the case now stands, every Englishman must feel that Lord Palmerston has made our legislature the foot ball cf France. Even granting that our criminal legislation might, in the Attorney-General's hands, have of itself reached the desired point before the end of the session, we yet cannot endure to be kicked to that point by the Emperor of the French, or rather by the unprin cipled minions and needy adventurers who constitute his Ministry. In 1802, Lord Hawkesbury could hold very different language to the first of the Cureican dynasty. He could tell him, on receipt of a similar application, in language which must compel our Liberal Ministry to blush, that our Government " never can consent to new model their laws or to change their constitution to gratify the wi-hes of any foreign power; and that it is not his Majesty's intention to inter fere in the manner in which the people or territories of France should be governed ; but he expects on the other hand that the French Government will not inter fere in the manner in which the government of his dominions is conducted, or call for a change in his laws with which his people are perfectly satisfied." Considering the whole question as dispassionately as we can, we must give our vote for the dignity of our country. We admit that it may be justly said that there is dignity in doing right, even if rigiA be insultingly demanded of us. It is dignified to hold on our way unmoved by bullying or by reproaches. But what we are asked to do is to go out of our way, and to go out of it just that our deviation may seem to be a concession to sycophant colonels eager for promotion, and to a brace or so of ministers whom Na poleon, in hie heart, must despise as much as all Europe does. Here, we have a Reform Bill anxiously expected, which we are now told must be postponed till after Easter; yet precious time must be spent in legislating at the bidding of the Wale wskis and the Persignys 1 We have criminal law reforms announced by the Attorney-General, and if the law of conspiracy wanted improvement it might naturally have been considered with the kindred measures. But no ; the Prime Minister as the proposer, and not the Attorney- General—an isolated short bill, and not one forming part of a promised series —are the selected means of showing that we go out of our way to bow to the empire and its tno!s. This cannot be dignity. It is not even self-respect. We were very busy on the weightiest matters—we stop in obedience to a rude demand. We were about amend ing a certain part of our laws—we select a fraction of that part, and amend it at once, if amendment it be, because a foreign Power hotly demands it. We certainly should not modify our course in the least degree for all the lecturing to which the Corporation of London submitted (let us hope, as Mr. Roebuck said, in a language they did not understand), nor for all the venal bul ying of utterly insignificant regimental colonel, nor for the rhodoneontade of a French Foreign Minister. At the same time, we must own that their case is utterly bad in point of argument, and the indignation of Mr. Roebuck more than justified, when he sees the house of which he is a member about to be hum bled at their feet. True, the bill is, as its ministerial advocates allege, the least thing that could possibly be done, a perfectly useless thing in itself, and if it were a penny to get rid of a beggar e e should say give him it—but it is, however small in itself—it is nothing more nor lies than a concession to get rid of a bragging bully ; it is of no more value than the earth and water demanded by Xerxes of the Greeks, but it means in the eyes of civilised Europe almost as much. For any practical utility in cases of conspiracy, it is not worth the parchment it is written on, but it is worth everything to the vanity of the Gascons who ask it. They know the use they will make of it. They know tk st each of the gallant colonels will read it on parade to his regiment as a proof of the terror they inspire ; they know that in every despotio court in Europe there will be ill-suppressed joy that Louis Napoleon has been strong enough to compel England t begin legislation against the victims of their tyranny. Napoleon, the warrior, they will say, could wrest nothing from England, but the Napoleon of peace has vanquished her by his colonels, his Monilitur, and his despatches. We refrain from ppeculesing on where the French Emperor would now be had there formerly been a law here making conspiracy against a foreign ruler punish able with penal servitude for life ; or where the murderer of scores of innocent men and women in the Boule vards, to secure a throne for himself, deserves to be. Those profound judges of law, and those enlightened moralists, the French Praetorians, have settled those points ; they have always, as Mr. Roebuck observed, been loyal to every ruling poser in France. Still, it is impossible not to feel that Lord Palneereton's quotation, applied so unjustly to Mr. Roebuck, might be applied with perfect truth to the Emperor of the French de manding laws against conspiracy— " Quis tuleiit Gracchos de seditione querentes ?" Let ail that pans. Let us put the best construc'ion on all the Emperor's act•.. Let us admit that having beard the infamous addresses of the colonels, he forgot to write acr• as them, "These not to appear in the Moniieur." Let us admit that Count de Morny, and Count de Persigny, and Count Wa'emil, all fl:4g rantly abused their master's confidence. Let us admit that he does not chuckle over, but really re• grate, the appearance of the mi:itary threats in the 111 one *cur. We still feel the same repugnacce against an alteration in our criminal law, so made that Louis Na poleon will have all the credit of suzerainty, and we all the humiliation of paying tribute. And what a tribute Better far pay him at once a million per annum than al low it to remain for heavy on the pages of history and on the sacred recordsof (=Legislation that " this law was en acted because demanded by the autocrat of France." We value as highly as any man can do the friendship of France. We would not say a word or do the least thing to imperil it. But honestly, we believe that Louis Napoleon is not France, still less are his present officials France. We wish to be allied to the intelligence, the patriotism, and the manliness which yet survive in France ; and, assuredly, by acting worthily of our native love of liberty, and of our self•respect, we shall cement the only alliance creditable to both nations. INCOMBUSTIBLE STUFFS.—PuIIic attection fer some time past, been dirt cted to various processes for rendering clothes, and especially female attire, incombus tible k and we some time ago gave an a-count of certain experiments made which were quite conclusive as regarded the possibility of the matter. But the process is not new, fur M. Wohler many years ago announced that if acetate of lime and chloride of calcium were dis solved in liquid ammonia, any stuff; steeped into the solution, and then allowed to dry, wool I become fire proof, that is, if txposed to a flame, they would not catch fire, but only glimmer and waste away into ashes. As such a contrivance is easily applicable to all kinds of dreese , , we cannot do better than inform our fair readers that they may effectually avoid the risk of catching fire, and of dying a horrible death, or at least being disfigured for life, by merely using the above solution with the starch to be ap plied to petticoats, curtains, &c. It might, perhaps, be difficult to do so to a silk gown without spoiling it ; but the under-garments are those chiefly to be defended ; for, if subjected to the preparation in question, the silk gown, if it catch fire, will burn away without commu nicating the flames to the petticoats ; and if the person in danger have but the presence of mind to lie down in order to prevent any injury to the face and arms, she will have suffioient time either to stifle the flames herself by using a rug, or to wait for assistance. CRYSTAL PALACE.--With a view to reduce the capital of this company, it appears the directors are now prep-tred to receive applications for tie surrender of shares in exchange for tickets of admission. For each original share surrendered a ticket be given au tboris i ing 60 admissions to the buildin g and grounds i on al ordinary (le.) days. The tic ket is not to remain n fcrce lurger than three years from its date. For each prefer ence share surrendered, two similar tickets of a 'mission. It is intended to charge a fee of 2 . 6d. on each s hare surr endered, to cover registrat ion and expense of issue of tic'tete. Tt.e direc tors have passed a resolut ion authorising almiesion by there tickets to the palace and grounds oa Sunday afternoons. DEATHS OB CENTENARIANS. --The Banfratire Journal records the death of Mrs. Mitchell, Midtown of Baden epink, Fordyce, at the age of 101 years. The deceased lady, it is stated, was accustomed to tell bow she reeol. lected when the wages of, a woman servant were about nine pounds Scats (15 , .), when eggs were sold at per dczan, and butter at 3d. per lb. In those days our northern farmers, from the want of roads, did not use carts, but the corn was brought from the fields on the backs of horses, on something like creels. Mrs. Mit c h e ll enjoyed the most of her faculties, both mental and phy sical, almost till the day of her death. The Nairn Telegraph announces the death of a woman named Janet Macdonald, at Gongs, pensh of Cawdor, in her 11211 71111;, rlityll WVition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloek. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 apt Clydesdale (taken) 100 to 8 agat Mentmore (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agat Lord of Lorn (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Princess Royal (taken) LINCOLN RACES.---(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE TRIAL STAKES. Commotion.. Odd Trick .. Queen Lily.. Eight ran. BROCKLESBY STAKES. ‘... 1 Arminius Joyeuse Basilisk Fourteen ran. SELLING STAKES Terpsichore filly Boxhill Nailer Four ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Honeytree Commotion Odd Trick Five rar. GRAND STEEPLECHASE. Old Dog Tray Magnet Cornet Thirteen ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at 5 o'clock. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday he would call the attention of the , r lordships to the unsound and unseaworthiness of the vesstli in which the troops were conveyed to India by the Overlard route, more especially the Alma, which conveyed the 69th Regiment. The Earl of SHAFTESBUItY presented a petition from Stirling, praying for the furtherance of Christianity in India. The Earl of HA.RDWICKE presented a petition complaining of the aggressive policy pursued towards the native princes of India, and praying for the restitu tion of Oude. PARLIAMENTARY REFORNI. The Earl of CARNARVON begged to ask the noble earl oppostte whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to introduce any measure having for its object parliamentary reform. (Hear, hear ) It was announced last session in another place that a bill on this subject was to be introduced, but they were now arrived at the 11th February, and yet no intimation of either the nature or properties of the promised measure. He con fessed he did not entertain any sanguine hopes with regard to the promised biii , bet at the same time he did think it was dstirable to have some indication of the nature of the lon,-promised measure, or else what was the concise reason of the delay. (Hear.) For his part he must Fay that at all events it Lad a very suspicious appearance. - Earl GRANVILLE could assure the noble earl that the Government bad not changed their intention vs ith respect to the bill for Parliamentary reform. Whatever bad been announced in the Speech from the Throne her Majesty's Ministers would have no hesitation in carrying out. Government must be allowed to exercise their own discretion as to the time at which the measure woull be brought forward as to the mode of taking the opinion of Parliament upon it. Due notice would be given when the hi 1 would bo brought forward. The Earl of DERBY said, coasid ring the bill had alrea , iy been twice announced, the noble earl had a right to know when the bill was to be brought forward. It it was not brought forward at an early period, it was his opinion the Government hal no real intention of passing the b I', a result which would not he unpleasant to certain members of the Cabitiet. (Rear, Lear.) THE EA.S r INDIA. COMPANY. Earl GREY rose t•o present a petition from the East India Company aotinst the proposed measure fur al►er ieg the Government of India, and explained to their lordships the reasons that had led to the preservation. Dario g the Christmas recess the directors received an intimation from her Majesty's Ministers that a bill would be presented to Parliament, having for its object the abolition of the company, and placing the govern. went of India direc►ly under the authority of the Crown. Upon the receipt of this in timation the directors wrote to th., noble lord at the head of the Government, asking for informa tion as to the ❑ature of the contemplated trill, but a•i answer of the most unsatisfactory nature was returned, and he might almost say the latter was ceu.Med in con temptuous terms. Immediately en the receipt of the communication the directors felt that, as the whole question sal to be laid b.ifore Parliament, it was their duty to come to Parliament and state their ►iews. The petition he had had the honour t) be entrusted with, was signed by 18 of the directors, several of whom were nominees of the Government. (Hear.) After a very long discussion the &cements had received the approval of the proprietors. The petitioners stated that it the Government of India had been improperly ad ministered, the fault lay nut with the Court of Directors but with the I.3Jard of C .ntrol. Anything further be tween that and the introduction of a tnea,ure for abolish ing the company at the present moment , aas most inopportune, and would produce the most unfavouraLle 'impression on the minds of the natives of India. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion for the second reading of the Royal Mail Steam Packet and Eiropean and Australian Royal Mail Company's Bill, Mr. MACARTNEY complained tiat the post-office service to Australia had been taken from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation, and givrn to the Euro peen and Au tralian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, at a greatly increased amount of contract, but which they bad been utterly unable to carry out, and wished other companies to take the contract off their bands, which they refused to do, although they had aided them by the loan of their vessels. Alter a few words from Mr. H. BERVELET, in confirmation, the bill wai read a second time. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. HAYTEE a new writ was granted for Wicklow (County) in the room of Lord Mil• ton, called to the Upper House as Lord Fitzsvilliam. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. T. BRIGHT presented a petition from Bir mingham praying for Parliamentary Reform. GOVERNMENT OFFICES. Mr. TILE asked the First Commissioner of Works what steps bad been taken with reference to the pro peed new Government offievs at Downing-street , Sir B. HALL said tau Givertanert - + - 1c li n;ted to the small site granted by the bill of 1855, between Downing-street on the no,th, and Crown-street on the south. A correspondence bad taken place on the sub ject between the Foreign-office and the Treasury, which Government would lay upon the tab e, if it were moved for. It was proper to erect a Foreign- )ffice there. Mr. TITE then moved for the correspondence, which was granted. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented relative to the pro posed change in the Government of India, SALARIES OF EXCISE OFFICERS. Mr. DIVETT asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether memorials had been received in his department from different classes of Excise officers for an improve ment in their position and salaries ; and what course the Government int ended to pursue with relation to the same? Mr. WILSON said that petitions bad been received by the Treasury from 2,049 officers of Inland Revenue for an increase of salary. Their complaints had been inquired into, and a Treasury minute bad been framed on it, on which the estimates would be framed. Be complained of the agitation that had taken place on the subject, and the mode in which it bad been adopted, Y th l e N U T u il de E r A Se ß c iS re i t Y ar ' y for War RTA a L sk l e l d ' especially of the Foot G uar d s, the tality of the army , whi‘altr.stLepAsAUlw°Rere IE to be taken to remedy the great mor . report of the eommssioners recently pres en t e d proving t b a t two-thirds of the deaths were from c onPumpt i on and other diseases in consequence of the crowded state of the barracks of the m-tropolis. Lord PALMERSTON said the comrnigtsi, , n of inquiry to which the subject was referred had made a most valuable report, but too recently for any steps to be adopted in reference to it. The matter was, however, far too important to the country to remain long without due attention from the Government. (Hear, hear.) Air. LAURIE asked when hon, members would 'oe supplied wi , h copies of the report? Lord PALMERSTON said shortly. It was in the hands of the printer. MINISTER OF JUSTICE. Mr. EWART inquired of the First Lord of the Treasury, whether any measure was in contemplation for the appointment of a Minister of Justice; or for the establishment of a system of public prosecution, in ac cordance with the recommendation of the late Committee of the mouse of Cothmon.-. Lord PAL M.ERSTON said the question of appointing Minister ofJustice was surrounded with much difficult: . The model on which it was propos...d to establish such au Utica performed functions and possessed power incompa• %ibis with the prinoirits of At liritiok QonstituttoLi stepe were being taken to carry into effect the establishmen of a public prosecutor. Mr. S. WARREN asked if the necessary steps had been taken to establish a department of justice. Lord PALMERSTON said the matter was under discussion, but it was surro un d e d w ith so many dif f i cel . ties that h e was unable to say when he would be able to submit a measure for the consideration of the house. Mr. MART asked if steps had been taken for the appointment of a department for the improvement of legal legislation L,rd PALMERSTOIsT said that he hoped shortly to make arrangements for the estatjisliment of a 7stem by which a more correct wording of bills passing through Parliament might be effected TURNPIKE BARS ROUND THE METROPOLIS. Mr. BYNG asked the First Lord of the Treasury, if any and what steps bad been taken, according to the pledge given last session, to inquire into the practioability of removing the turnpike gates and bars round the me. tropolis I Lord PALMERSTON said no steps had yet been taken, from the conflicting interests involved in the question. CHINA.. L' rd JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that be should, tc-morrow, on the motion of adjournment, ask the }First Lord of the Treasury what instructions were given to Lord Elgin previous to his departure for China. What the terms were it was said the noble lord had proposed to China, and if they had been refused. ARMY ESTIMATES. Sir J. RA MSDEN laid the army estimates on the table of the house, which were ordered to be printed. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Mr. HEADLAM moved for leave to introduCe a bill to abolish the distinction between joint stock banks and other joint stock companies, with reference to the liabi lity of their partners. The hen. and learned gentleman reviewed the laws relative to banking, and his speech to a great extent was a repetition of his former statements on this question. Übe practical result of their legislation on this sulject had teen that, during the late panic, although all kinds of theories had been put forward with respect to monetary affairs, he had not seen one sugges tion that we should retrace our steps, and again return to the principle of unlimited liability in opposi ton to that of limited liability. The principle that had worked so well with reference to joint-stock companies rnlght with propriety be extended to banks. He considered it unnecessary to send the subject to a committee before legislating on it, because all the facts in reference to it were patent to all, and generally and generally admitted, elicited principally under the partnership commission appointed about sin years since. It was desirab'e that these banks should publish their accounts, and the effect of his bill would be not to place restrictions on these banks, but give them facilities for conducting efficiently their business. If his views had been adopted in 1848, we should not have bad so mrny commercial disasters in 1857, and unless they adopted them now they would be repealed in ano ther crisis in 1868. His sole object in pressing this bill upon the house was the prevention of so many disasters as had just occurred when another crisis happened, which past experience showed them recurred at certain intervals. Mr. SLANEY seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this was the second time this subject bad been introduced to the notice of the house this session by the hon. and learned gentleman. Oa the first occasion the house re fused on a division to agree to the question, it being of a specific nature. Now the boo. gentleman had changed his mo ion, and asked lea►e only for the introduction of the bill, which he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would not oppose. The hen, and learned member did not appear to make a proper distinction of hanks of issue and banks of deposit. He thought the note-holder should be deprived of unlimited liability, but with re gard to deposits it was different because with the latter it was a matter of contract and it was the duty of the depositor to use proper caution before enterirg into it. The former might be said rit,t to have much practical choice in holding notes of issue, from his being called of.en to take country and other notes in ayment from debtors, and be accepted them on the faith that the credit of the bank was good. Mr. BAXTER expressed his sat.staction at the con• sent of the Government to the introduction of this bill. Undue confidence and caution had been placed in these banks, from the fact of the uelimited liability of the, shareholders, which induced many of them to carry on a larger busireas than their capital warranted. It had greatly contributed to the distress of the late commer cial crisis. Mr. HANKEY caid he considered the Chancellor of the Exchequer had acceded to the principle of the bill. After some further discussion, lea►e wai given t 9 in- troduce the bill. (Lsrr SITTING.) SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. DERBY SPRING MEETING. Acceptances for the Midland Steeplechase. three miles and a half. About Age tt lbi Aie et lb Weatherelck a 11 7 Forest glean.— a 10 111 Nirlaulas The C,:lonel Old 1.).)g Tray ... a 10 5 Battle The Huntsman... 5 10 0 Banjo The Fux 6 9 13 Vestige Westo❑ Whalt y Toe Comet 6 9 7 Acceptances fur the H Age at lb Weathercock a 11 7 Knightof theSture a 10 10 The Band Bey Teddealey Z•gzig Saws Culotte a 9 8 Little Yeoman a 9 8 [rdle Race. Two mike. ' Age at lb • 9 7 6 ga °d es j t Y er Eirthstoppor 6 9 6 flea im or rails St. Julian Lady flercnier... 4 9 4 Eagletnere 4 9 4 .41autia4 .. HEALTH Oft LONDON DURING TIM WEEK. (Front Ott Report of :h. Registrar General.) The total number of deaths in London, which in the previous week was 1,363, was in the week that ended last Saturday (Feb. 6), 1,314. In the 10 years 1848.57 the avenge Lumber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,211, but as the deaths of last week occurred iu an increased population the a should be compared with the ave rage, when the latter has been raised in proportion to the increase, in which case the comparison will show that the mortality of last week approximated very closely to that which former experience leads to expect in the first week of February. Of the 1,314 deaths in the present return, 1,303 are referred each to the fatal disease or injury with sufficient distinctness to admit of arrangement under the several heads in the nosological list. The special diseases and orders of dis eases ate classified under liv,3 general heads—viz., the zymotic class, which was Lail last week in 241 cases, the corrected average of corresponding weeks (in 1848-57) being 299 ; the constitutional, which was fatal in 248 cases, while the average was 263 ; the local, to which 622 deatt.s are placed, the ave rage being 557; the developmental fatal in 160 cases, the average 155 ; and violence, which caused 32 deaths, the average 27. Measles, in. the first class, carried off 57 children, and hooping-congh 51. With these exceptions the deaths referred to zymot:c complaints are comparatively few ; smallpox and diarrhoea, for example, number only 3 and 8 respec tively, cholera none, typhus (with continued fever) 32, its average being 58. Hence the comparatively favourable result, as shown above, under the head of zyrnotic diseases. In the " boo Al" class of diseases the case is reversed. Bronchitis, which belongs to this class, carried off last week 228 persons, while under the average mortality of the disease at this period the number would have been 145; and it is sue to tlle rrevalcnce of this disease that the wor t:4lD), from all causes is niaiut,,in d so near tLSe ave rage amount. It should be observed that bo,h phthisis and pneumonia were rather less fatal than life. h ebirths of 910 boys aidn9 L3l2,Bn4gdBi usual. Nine nonagenarians died last week, all of whom were women except two; one was 91 years of age, one 92, 4 were 95 , one 96, o ne 97, and one 28 . The disease " dipthexia" is recorded in two in ' stances, and it will be seen, unfortunately, iu the notes, that three lives St ere lost from want •f the necessaries weekaiie sel t rls, inn Tat The composition ten 842 correspondingchildren, of the w li se e lwr w :es a ek r9ts o eB ;r ib a f t s et s d by the the metropolitan year s nupplie the average number was ie , month water hof(l a January, o u n a t r p y a , n a ieswasfou :_ nr found by Dr. R. D. ThAnson, of St. ThOlilAi ,s follows Hospital, to be, aur tQUANTITY OF EITRANIOUOIATTRY IN MIRY GALLON OF W ATEZ. Companies. Chelsea► West Middlesex Grand Junction Lambeth' Southwark East London Kent Company Plumstead Total Organic Impurity. Impurity. Gra. (Ira. 21. t 6 1.08 . 20.88 2.03 . 20.72 1.60 . 19.84 2.40 . 2L 28 .92 . 23.04 1.76 . 28.48 4,a-6 20.16 2.28 There are slight differences, it will be observed. in the constitu ion of the waters from month to month, as might be anticipated. Plumstead wa'er, frc m the chalk, is most steady in its organic mat t,r, which appears to difftr from that of the other waters in Icing incapable of I/el-ruination. EAU INDIA COMPANY.—Yeeterday a Parliamentary return was issued giving as estimate of the receipts and disbursements of the Home Secretary of the East India Company from the Ist of January to the 30th of April, 1858, and from the let of May, 1858, to the 30th of April, 1859. The receipts between the let of January and the 30th of April in the present year are se: e r ro r:c o ll aof te:l at 5,156,0231, leaving a ba!ance over the disbar. of 859,9581. The estimated recei.lptslBfrso9o: s t m h ou t to text MHy to the 3 0 th of A p r il s ulal,laBnBc6e,oo2f67l:stBh7i,eoa6uBim. includAintog4niot eamtbtri:;:edarv.doer: etiaekirnell; hill, as 1 7,8 ` s ki 20 F s E bb c is o r 01202411p1 ePcriOnt 7 .4 t clot itisdosti :41 i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, ISSS I 101.1