The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET e3D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The return from the Bank of England for - the wee k en ding the 13th inst. is of a very satisfactory character. The stock of bullion now stands at over thirteen millions ; and in the reserve of notes there is an increase of nearly half a million, not withstanding the payment of the dividends. The other securities have run off to the extent of over a million and a half. In the public deposits there is a decline of about four millions, consequent upon the distribution of the dividends ; but this is in some measure balanced by the augmentation in the private deposits. The active circulation is larger by one hundred and seventy thousand, and in the Government Securities there is an increase of about one million and a half. The principal items and the changes they present are shown in the follow ing table : Active circulation Increase Bullion 172,725 13,357,107 Increase Rest 3,653,418 Increase Pablic deposits Decrease Other deposits 19,124,733 De crease Seven-day and other bills Increase Government securities Increase Other securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase These changes, which are more favourable than was anticipated, will prepare the public for another reduction of the rate of discount. It is prepos terous that the minimum should be maintained at Piper cent. when the Lombard-street firms are only charging 4, and in many cases 3i per cent. The Bank are now following the market, instead of lead ing it, and their quotation is merely nominal, since the increased facilities offered out of doors deprived them of business. A reduction to 4 per cent. is looked for next week, especially as the specie con tinues to flow in with unabated rapidity. A large amount of gold was taken into the Bank to-day, viz., about 160,0001., the greater part of which was brought by the Teviot. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were generally rather lower. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly at rather lower rates. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales. Railway shares presented a flat appearance and prices were without alteration. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about 518,0331., and the exports 60,000 exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent, during the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin Hambro 16 Om Boulogne ... 60 „ Silver Coin Hambro ... 75,000 „ ~ 1, A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Albert Pelly and Co. was held to-day, at which the state ment exhibited—claims, 36,3161. ; and assets, 85,7411. The surplus was 49,4251. The solicitor proposed, on the part of the firm, to pay 20s. in the pound, by four payments of ss. each, at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, with interest. It was agreed to accept the proposal, and no inspectors were deemed necessary. The market for English Securities has been very inactive to-day, but the quotations have been well maintained. Some support has been given by the favourable Bank return, and although the specula tors for a rise do not extend their engagements, operators are equally disinclined to effect sales. Consols for money have been 94 and for account 941 The New 3 per Cents. are 94i to 95, and the Reduced 944 4. Bank Stock is 222, and India Do. 224. Exchequer Bills are 21s. to 245. premium, and the Bonds 991 100. India Do., 15s. premium. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is very dull, and prices!remain without alteration. Turkish 43 per Cents, are 98 981, and the 4 per Cents. aominal ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 96 97 ; Gre nada Deferred, 54 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 205 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 774 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44i ; Russian Small Bonds, 991 ; Vene zuela 44 per Cents., 34 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 65 ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 991. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, 204 i; Peruvian, 78 80 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto 41 per .Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 41i ; Ditto Deferred, 25i 61. Business in the Railway Share Market this morning was very inactive, and the few transac tions entered into exhibited little variation of importance. Eastern Counties and South-Westerns improved ss. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 10s, ; and Brighton, 11. Midland declined 55., South Wales 10s., North British 155., and Great Western 1/. The Foreign and Colonial lines were in limited request. Grand Trunk of Canada have declined about 11. Great Western of Canada, East Indian, and Great Indian Peninsula realised former quo tations. Mining Shares were quiet. South Wheal Frances were dealt in at 200, and North Wheal Crofty at 13/ 14k. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were at steady quotations, but business was inactive. Union of Australia declined 10s. ; National Dis count Company, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, realised former quotations. BRITISH FUNDS. —.CLOSING} PRICES--THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List:) Ssnk Stock IS per Uent. Red uce d Annuities 9 4222 i 3 per Cent. Console Annuitie5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 948 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 95 4i 5 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 13.16 India Stock I dia Bonds, £lOOO Um. sole fer account, . EzTheoner Hills, z.td• 21000 . ....... 24 21 p t5OO Small • • 22 26 p 4. Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cent— - Ditto. 1359 99 100 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS--THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account, Jan. 29 96 7 Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent . Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent — Ditto Account Jan. 29 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841., --- Ditto 18b3, 3 per C en t — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1522, #: St., 5 per Cent - Ditto Small Tarkien Bonds, 6 per cent 9Bk Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent 5i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 65 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Consol s TWO O'CLOCK. Consols , for money . aecount 941 sellers. THE POLIO X COURTS. —No interest this mornin occurr e thing of the slight es t Courtsd at any of th e M e t ropo li ta n P olice g. The charges were nearly all con fined to drunkenness and petty theft. MINES —The demand for mining shares has increased during the week, so that great difficulty has been txpe rienced in getting stock to deliver. Purchasers seek to buy at quotations which they have been accustomed to see for a long time past, while holders are not anxious to sell, even at advanced ratcs. Banco ti n h as a d vance d to 11$/. per ton, and both copper and lead are firmer. Thus, with the cheapness of money, and the want of means to employ it, a greatly increasd amount of atten tion will b e di rec ted toward s mines , and a l ready the inquiries for good stock on the part of the public are Anpreeedented. Many mines are now being purchased to, pay 20 per cent , but such will not long be the case, from the general advance in prices, and a range of 10 to 15 per cent, on good mines is th e percentage likyly to be kept up.—Mining Journal of this day. EXECUTION AT PAISLEY.—The execution of John Thorn on, lately convicted of the murder, by poisoning with prussic acid, of a girl, named Agnes Montgomery, a mill-wcrker, in Eaglosham (a village about ten melee south of Glasgow), took place in Paisley on Thursday. In addition to Thomson's confession of guilt in connec tion with the Failleiham murder, we learn that, since bis trial, he stateu that, when only nine years of age, he drowned a boy in a quarry hole at Tarbert, into which he intentionally pushed him. THE SUN, 1A(/NDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1858 SHAItt MEIRIS.Ers—;This Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. do Eastn. Junc....... Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley ,Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct !Blackburn Bl yth & Tyne original _£2s (iss. at £45).... istoi & Caledonian. Cheater 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon..., Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Da. Do. B nblin&BelfastJnno Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian Eastern Counties BasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. 8..... ..... Do. New A East Kent ... , ' East Lancashire . East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. andPeebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundeo Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness Glasgow do S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. §th.SzWest.(lre). Great Western. ...... Do. Str. V. R. gua. St Irish Sonth-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds. ...... I Do: Now Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport.... London k Blackwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Celeraine ILudndrry. Sc Eunisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan . ..... Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. k Shares ......... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.lk berg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen 'tiewry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor N0rf01k...... Northn. Counties Un North British . ..... I North Devon, Rail. di 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. di S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Sc' t. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon Business dons this day. ISonth Eastern.., Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales... ...... S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Staines,Wok.,StWok.l Stockton Er Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton (Ss Hartlepl 'Taff Vale... Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath.... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall West End of London' and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmble don &Croydon BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. thiffalo & Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt.& Godch. 6 p.c.bds. , 1 Aug. , '72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. 'Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. all Demerara . all all 100 100 2s6d lOs 100 15 all all all all all all all Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares 1 Do.4i p.c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do. 's9:do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Gd. Trunk. of Canada, Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c ! Gt. Westn. of Canada' Do. New • 1 Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4A p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c ; Do 5 i - 81 - 70 - 72 ... - .... 9i - 9i 92 - 94 90 - 91 33 4- 40 11 - 13 ••• - ... 4 - 5 19 - 19. 62i - 63, 46 - 49' 32 - 34 17 - 18 92 - 93 64 = 6 32 - 33 92 - 94 9i - 10; 103 - 104 90 - 92 126 - 121 101 - 103 60 - 60 58 - 62 7 - 9 83 8 —lop 8 10 p, 94i —93 i d 6k - 6i 111 - 113 1001 - 101 i i d 99 100 46 = ii 67 - 68 13 - 14: 62 - 64 3/ -3, 55i - 56, 92i - 99,1 2d pail 51 55 86i 874, 93 971 *ii I - ii - • Si - .Oil 33 34 9 5 d, 106 108 25 26 48 50 3i 34 36 754 764 1 814 13 15 a 7 5 9 11 36 38 20 - 20 20 - ".6 7 - 9 3 - 3 1 5i- 61 ISSESSIONS. I - i 14 - 15 185 - 90 83 - 87 80 - 85 ••• ••• lip, 1081 -109 i, 11 -- lip, 20 21. 49 51 85 87 all —21 i; i IiP I 201. 21 id pail 105 110 1105 —no 103 105 19/ 191 204 —21 t d par P i -- iip FOREIGN. MINES. 14 5 -- 75 -- 65 420 -- 440 92i -9 7 i -- 5 14 4 i 15 t _ - 1 11i -32 i 13 - 15 4 - 5 17 - 19 4 - 5 - 340 - 350 , q - 5i 200 - 210 i - lk 3i - 4 - 1 24 - 26 - 110 115 - 155 260 - 280 7i - 8 10 - 12 45 - 47 26 - 28 L[NES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. I Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. i t Shares Do. Shares Lon. dtGreenw Do. Preference, Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Maid. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc.' N. diEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. dt Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Shrews . & Her, S. Staffordsh 1 WearVaLg6pc' Do. iWiltsdiSomrst Closing Prices this day 93 - 95 94 - 96 12 - 14 132 - 136 4 - 41 • •• ''''' 07 100 12 -- 13 23i -24 i 99 -- 101 2i - 21 93 - 95 56 - 58 132 - 135 1 7 . 4 - 8 9 - 9i 316 - 326 85 - 87 Leasing Companies. La. SN. W. Caledon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do Ut.Westn & N.M :Do Eastern.' Peto &Co 1 Do Ti. &N.W do Midld E. Count Do Do Do L. &IS . W Do at.Northn T. Brassey M. MClean Stk.&Dar Do Gt.Westn PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref.(issd.at 500 Bris.& Ex. 4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO p. c. Ches. & Ho. 51 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandonsip a. tin.Perth.AzAber.J. l E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Bx,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St.' East Un., G. 6 p. C. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. &M. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N . of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S Ix W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. Irma. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh 1 Do, do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D o. , P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. Now Guar. 613. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. i Sh. Londy.&Ennis. i Sh. . , S. , &L. 6 p. Cont. po". dO. do. Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. le Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Mid. Coosa 613. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dal. Pref. St. New., Aber., &C., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm.' Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k Deb. 4p. a. Sh. Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 1 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. t.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do, do. do IDo. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ Do. York a& S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar. ,Do. 6 p. e. 2d guar... Do, do. Debentr. St. o.cot. Cent. New Pref. c.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St uth Devon S. o. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of D. Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Qua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p. c *.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C Do. do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc 90 - 92 96 - 98 6 -. 61 105 -- 110 110 -- 114 107 -- 110 405 -10 i 125 -- 128 ••• • -- ••• 74 - 76 115 :: Ii• 108 - 110 ,100 - 102 62 - 64 10 - 104 90 - 92 81 - 83 82 - E 4 95 - 97 9i - 10 16 - 17 9i - 104 7- 73 181 - 19 91 - 92 14 - 15 1135 - 140 15 - 118 1155 - 180 115 - 120 61 - C 8 133 -- 135 99 -- 101 89 -- 91 iii 7_ iii Ilea 1. - thi 97 - 99 t - ••• - • I - 11 2 i -22 i .15 - 120 .03 - 105 105 - 110 71 - 73 10 -10 i 23 - 24 96 - 98 95 - 98 26 - 28 50 55 BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.), East Basset ( Illogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 'Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) I Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. MM. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S. W. Frances(lllogn. Pam. S. k L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un. Mince (Gwennap V. of Towoy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset ( Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth) Wh . Edward(Calstck pWh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. . Trelawney (Lis.' FOREIGN 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 6i 7 20 all Ardennes 2O 74 Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) 1 d ---i P 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 1i 20 al) Beziersto Graissessac ... ... 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issue d i 21 at .£5 p 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse 30 all Do. Cocaes m) & Cuiada .. ... Coal Mines and Ry. 3 / 1 41 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 . i 121 20 13 ; Dutch Rhenish 1 A Clarendon Con. Min. 20 all Eastern of France Co. of Jamaica.... ... ... a 20 all Do. New ••• 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 43 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... ... 16 Copiapo . 20 all Gt . Central of France ... ... .. 1 20 all Great Luxembourg... 7i 8 1. all un Mountain Cop -10 6 Italian Junction per Mining C 0.... id --i P i 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ... 2 all Fortuna ... 20 all Lierre and T ur nhout • ...d 20 all General i 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5i - 51 p 3 all Linares 5 14 Lusitanian 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... 1 all Mariquita 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 28 29 - i 1 all New Granada i 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 1 all Noveau Monde 33i all Maria Antonia - "•20 all Pont.Sil.LdMok Smlt 4 1 5 20 all Namur & Li ege 84 5 1 Port Philip • ... 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 201 21 28 all United Mexican 4 441 30 16f Santiago de Cüba 4 1 16 all Northern of France.. 38. 384 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 MISCELLANEOUS. 20 all Paris and Lyons 34 351 20 all Paris and Orleans - 20 9 Recife do San Fran , 25 19 Australian Agricult. % 27 (Perham.) g. 7p. n 1 -- liP 10 all Australn. Royal Mail • • ... 10 all Rome and Frascati...... . . 10 all BerlinWaterWorks.. .4 5 20 all Royal Danish l6 1 8 . 10 2 Do. New iss. at 51. d ... ... 5 all Royal Swedish 4 - 4 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 .20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 ai 100 321 Canada - *doe 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 8A St. 100 Do • Go.6pc.J an &J u ly 110 111 1104 4 20 all Southern of France.. 22 221 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 84 all West Flanders 44 5 25 all Do. Pref. 7 A p. cent. 23 25 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prat' 20 all IW. &N.W. of France 27 28 5 all Do. Preference 20 6 ;Western of Austria... ~ -- ••• 4 all Crystal Pal. of France .. ... 20 all I West. of Switzerlan ... ... 20 all Eastern Steam i 6 6 all ;Wiestaden 6 all I Do. Bp. cent. prof. ... ... 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. .. ... 20 all ;Zealand ... -- .- 5 all En.drAust • Cop•SmCo 14 14 10 10s.tur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. ifil 4 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 9 all jEur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 5 —, 6 20 all ;Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... ... 40 all Australasia B6 88 15 14 !Gen. Steam Navigat. ... 1 25 184 Bank of Egypt 60 50 Bank of London 4B —SZ 4 all ; Lond. Gen. Omnibus 34 —34 3f 40 all Bri.Col. Bk. dr Ln. Co ... .. 20 10 ,Magdalena St. Navig. ... —.... 50 all Briti s h N . American ... ... 58 10 all IMecliteran. Elec. Tel. ... -- „. 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Cb . . ...d 10 all ;Do. Extension Tele& ... ... IC co o ra lon m ia e l r 1 00, 50 ;City lO all ;Mexican& S.Americn ... .. tl. 63 Commercial of Lond. ::: --- —•• 1 i ro 20 25 25 5 ;Nat. Discount C 0.... 11 IiVA f 10 6 lNethorlands Land.... i 1 20 all Eng.Seot.drAus.Cnt. 19 191 19 10 all ;1 : : o. Do. 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.ofAast. 184 194 184 4 5 all 0.8 p.c.Pf. iss. at 1 d 34 3i 31 20 all Ditto New .... 5 2 Do. Do. - id ••• 50 20 London and County ... lOO 80 ew B. &N. S. Land 17 20 ... 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng•Corp ... ... St. 100 N .S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 93 95 941 31 50 10 London Joint Stock. ~, ~... : 1 all N. B. Australasian... i i ,00 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... ..... ..: 20 all Nrth.ofEuropoSteam ... ... 1 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas 20 10 Do. New ... ... 1 10s, Do New Shares p - 24 IP 50 25 National Bank ..... . ... .., 5 all Peellir. Ld. 4 Mimi * . i, 24 21 20 all New South Wales .... 44 46 50 ; all Peninsular & Orion 74 76 7 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 3 1 33 32 50 10 Do. New 20 20 'Ottoman Bank 00 .15 IProvincial of Ireland ... .4. , 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 55 57 10 all ; Do. New, .... . . .... ~.. ... ..: I all Scot. Austral.lnvest l4 11 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.lin.Co. ... ... St. 100 S. Allb, Gov. 6 p.c.bds ... ... WC/ 25 611 South Australia 35 —37 36 4 25 all South Austral. Land 34 —36 25 all Union of Australia 46 48 47 - 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri f If ... 22 ;Do. Now ... —' . 20 194 f 1 all Do. Registered ;0, 50 10 Union of London.... ... ... 24 20 5 fTrus. Ln • Co. Up • Can ... ... 050 Unity Mutual I ... -....- ...d 'a Land 10 —l2 . 10C 28a Van Bremen .. ____ _ 4 1)0 .31 %drift i of Lond ' ~. ,t-2 ...d Business this day lertirb Vbition SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. AUSTRIA. A letter just received from Vienna says : "Austria has not as yet taken any part in the ne gotiations to induce England to give up the island of Perim, and that from two motives : in the first place, her relation s w ith that Power are so intimate at present - , and both are so perfectly agreed on all the great European questions, that Austria will certainly not oppose England on this question. In the second place, it is known at Vienna, through Lord Radcliffe, that England will never consent to the opening of the canal of Suez unless the possession of the island be guaranteed to her. It is moreover certain that Austria is endeavouring t o p repare a mediation. he seeks, in fact, to induce the Porte to accept a pecuniary indemnity, which England is ready to give, and which probably would have already been accepted at Constantinople if M. de Thouveuel had not pre vented it." The same letter says :—" MM. Go lesco and Bratiano, members of the Divan of Wallachia, who have been here for some days, were received on the 11th by Count de Buol, to whom they were presented by Prince Kalimaki. They leave to-morrow for Paris, where they intend to solicit an audience of the Emperor." MARKET NEWS.--(This Day.) GARDEN. .e tolerably extensive, and the last week's currency. IT. Filberts,per 100 lb 30s to 50s Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Os Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to 00d Walnuts, per 100 Os to Os Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per pottle Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. h. sv. Os Od to Os Plums, per do. Os Oil to Os Od Green gages, per h. sv.Os to Os Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od 'ABLE B. Shallots, per lb 6d to 8d florseraddish, p. b. Is6d to 4s Parsley, per do. 2d to 3d Celery, per do is Od to Is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2h Od Parsnips, per do. 2d to Os 4d Small salad, p. pun. Od to Od Mushrooms, p. pt). 1 sOd tols 3d Artichokes, each 6d to 8d Lettuces, per scr. 1s 6d 2sod Endive, per Bor. is to is 6d Radishes, p.d.bun. is to 2sod Tomatoes, per hsv. Os to Os Od Walnuts per 100 ...0d to Od Chillies, per 1001 s 6d to 2s Od Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to Od Asparagus, per bund 4s to 8s Seakail,perpun.2s Od to 33 Od Turnip greens, per bush Os Od to Os Od COVENT The supplies generally wal trade ruled steady, at fully Fit Pine apples, per lb. 4s 6d to 6s Colonia I do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb 3s Od to lOs Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each Os Od to Os Od Peaches, p. doz. Os to Os Od Nectarines, do. ...Os to Os Od Apples, p. h. sv. ls Od to 2s 6d, Pears, per doz ...3s to 6s Od _ _ _ Oranges, per 100..5a Od to 15s Lemons, p. doz. la Od to 2s Od Apricots, p. doz. OsOd to Os Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od VEGET Greens, p. doz. bun. 35 to 450 d Cabbages, do. Os Od to Os Od Savoy do., p. do. Os 2d to Os 3d Cauliflowers, do.4sod to 6s Od Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to is 6d Potatoes, per ton 805 to 140 s New do., per cwt. 030 d to Os Peas, per h siev Os Od to Os Od Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Carrots, per bunch... 4d to 6d Cucumbers, each is to is 4d Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Spinach, p. d0...13 Od to 2s 6d Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s Od to 38 Od Onions, p. bush Os Od to Os Od New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, per half-sieve ..: 3s Od to 4s Od Leeks, per do 2d to 3d NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 15s Od ; Poulte, os oa to Os Od; Geese, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Goslings, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Duck lings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is ld ; Pigeons, 6d to is each ; large Surrey Fowls, 6s to 8s; barn-door d0.,48 Od to 6s Od; Chick ens, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple; Capons, Os Od to Os; Hares, 3s 01 to 4s Od ; Grouse, 3s Od to 3s 6d each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Woodcocks, 38 Od to 4s Od ; Snipes, is 9d ; .Teal, is 9d to 2s Od; Wild Ducks, 3s Od to 3s 61; Widgeons, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; Plovers, is to 1844 each ; Guinea Fowls, Os Od to Os ; Roasting pigs, 4s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., is 4d to is 6d per lb. ; English eggs, 13s Od to 14s Od; French do., 128 to 01 per 120; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s •1 each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 35 6tl ;to 45 6d; pork, 35 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs., by the carcase. WIIITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4a 2d ; mutton, as 6d to 4s 8d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; ♦eal, 3s 6d to 4s 61; pork, 3s Cd to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to lOs each; Salmon, Os 0,1 to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 0,1 to 108 each ; Soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair; Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d; Whitings, 2s Od to 10s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, 45s to 50s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to Fs Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, 4s Od to 6s Od per bushel; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s pet doz.; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d each; Plaice, 4d to is each; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is ; Carp, is to 53 ; Tench, is to 5s per brace ; Gurnets, 4d. to BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 8d ; of household ditto, s!d to 61d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to —d ; 641 b to 721 b, 34d to 36d ; 721 b to 801 b, 36d to 34 ; 801 b to 881 b, aid to 4d ; 8816 to 961 b, 4d to 44d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 4id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 9s Od to Oa —d ; Calf skins, light, 3s 0.1 to 4s 6d ; ditto full, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; Polled Sheep, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; Bents, 4s 9d to 5s 9d; Half-breds, 4s 9d to 5s 9d ; Downs, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lambs Os to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMIT HFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10a to 41 Os; clover, 3/ 12s to 5/ Os; and straw. 1/ 6s to 1/ 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLA.ND. —Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4 / 03 ; clover, 3/ 103 t o 5/ O s ; and straw. 11 63 to 11 103 per load. Both hay and straw realised full quotations. 31 WIT tHA s ritill a i n e c ls 13o:a straw, 11 tio to s 4 ll 1/00:13;erclolvoeard, The demand generally was far from active, at late rates. COAL MARKET. —JAN. 11. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market r. d, I Wallseucl, &l Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 6 Bell's Primrose l2 C Haswell Gas 13 0 Holywell ..... t)' Tanfield Moor Bute; l2 9 Newton Main Wylain l4 0 s d. Braddyll 2O 3 tfaswell 21 0 Cassop 21 0 Hartlepool 2O 0 fietton aussell's fietton 20 3 ionth Hartlepool l9 6 3teNvart's. 21 0 8 etton Lyons Main lB 0 WaEmend, &e, Northumberland l6 61 Hello°. 2l 0 Ships at market, „ 103—Sold, 75. Country filarketF. LIVERPOOL-JAN. 15. There was only a moderate amount of business doing in the last ! , Pr a i n ce d s .fininefewrhioerat2d7asndatEa s gyp l t ig ia h n t d 3d ec t li o n 4 e from 4d per 701 b below previo ' us rates. Flour neglected. Oats and oatmeal both dull, and the turn easier. Egyp tian beans Bold in quantity at 6d to is per 4801bs under Tuesday's rates. IA qr . — arley a slow sale. Indian corn d eclined 6 d per WAKEFIELD—JA.N. Wheat was generally held at fully 2s per qr. below last week's rates. Fine barley slightly in favour of buyers, but oth er sorts is lower. In oats, beans, and shelling not much change. I Averages for the week : Barley, 38 s 2i d Beans, 41 5 2id Beans, 415 2idd Rye, —s Od. O a ts, 30s 9d Peas, —s Od. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, p u rsuant to the Act 7th and B th Victoria , cap. 32, for the Week endi ng on Wednesday, the 13th day of Jan., 1858. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £ £ ....... . 27,212,405 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities .. .. 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,737,405 Silver bullion • • • • .... -- £27,212,405 X 27,212,405 I Dated tho 14th d a y of Jan. M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 1858. BANNING DEPARTMENT. X Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Hest. 3,653,418 Public deposits (In cluding Eachequer, Sav ings' 202 025 and Other deposits ... •• • 19,144,733 Seven Day and other c ' eb c : fu nth ) 2 , 9 86,9196853. C DBilin o iiagly m ltssitdo ni .ne l .nßa i s d. s a. i D o AnT: . . . ..... 883,878 X 41,202,025 Ar• MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. •...........ana• COURSE OF ExeRANGE.—YESTERDAI. Dated the 14th day of Jan., Government securities (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) •• 9,191,986 Other Securities • Kotes .... •• • • 7,540,675 Gold and Silver Coin 619,702 iitsterdara.... • • • • 11 ••-• Gibraltar •• •• •• •• . 11 1” Gen oa Genoa ..... ......... 25 77N Antwerp • •••••••••• • • • • 25 45 m an ,„ • • ...... • • B a mburgh ............ 13 Brussels •• " • "• • 25 45 Venice • • • •• - - go Di tter tto da , three months ~ 1 1 18% Le 53,e horn •• • - •••••••••••••• •• Altolse •• " ** ** • •,„,• ka Palermo 41> paris•• .• •• ••••••• •• •• •• ‘,. h ; Aleul na • et 123 Do. three months •• 25 57 14 Lisbon ...... 51 l< 3 Marseilles .• .. ••••••• • 26 60 Op or t o ..... • • 52% Bourdeaux litio Janeiro ••' 14 % 'Buenos Ayres ...... •• •• Berlin •• •• '• """ •• •• hTeNv York,6o days' sight Vienna • • 10 40 ;Ph il adelphia .• Trie5te.........• •• • • 1 0 42 F ra nkfort•on•Maine . PRICES OF BULLION, PEE oz: Petersburg ............ 3,4% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid • •••'•• 'A% IPortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ...... B arc elona •• •• •• New Dollars •• 0 0 0 seville•• ........ ••• • • • • • ; Silver in bars ......0 5 1,4 ' ... • • 49 %. Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 014 LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL JAN. 15. , STOCK EXCHANGE,—In the Liverpool Stock Exchange there was a good business doing to-day, but no particular feature to note. Trunks, 1 2B—Caledonians, 45—South Eastern, 24 i—Sheffields, 40$ —Midlands, 9423 —Great Western, 63 62 6—London and North Westerns, 100.; j —Great Luxembourg C?nstit., B—Eastern Counties, 12f Lancashire and Yorkshiie, 91i. The Courts of Chancery will be closed on the 25th instant. DREADFUL MURDER AT DABIVE3. Sometime on Wednesday afternoon a murder of the most shocking description was perpetrated at the large manufacturing village of Over Darwen, near Blackburn. The victim was an elderly man, named Robert Kershaw, and there is but too much reason to suppose that he met his death at the hands of his eldest son, with the knowledge and complicity, perhaps at the instigation—of his own wife. On Wednesday evening the body of deceased was found by the police, buried under a heap of coals in the cellar of his own house, his forehead gashed with repeated wounds, and still covered with blood. The scene of this dreadful occurrence is a cottage in Wood-street, where the deceased lived with his wife, two grown-up sons, and four daughters not so old. He had been a small farmer at a place called Tockholes, and having met with misfortunes, came some years ago to live at Over Darwen, where all the children found employment in the factories. The old man, who was in his 60th year, is known to have remained at home for some time past, and perhaps has done so ever .sinoe his removal, it being considered necessary that some one should always be in the house with Mrs. Kershaw. For some years she has been "flighty," if n' et insane, in her talk, though usually able to attend to her house hold duties. On Wednesday morning all the children went to their work as usual, but Thomas, the eldest, left Mr. Grimes's factory, where he was employed, at nine o'clock, saying he was going to Blackburn, and did not return during the day. All the family, except Thomas, were at home to dinner at noon, and when they returned to work their father and mother appeared well and com fortable. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon Thomas was seen to enter his father's house. One of the girls, a child about 12 years of age, was the first home from work in the ev e ni ng , an d came in be tween six and seven o'clock. She found her mother alone, and, on asking about her father, was told he had gone out. Soon afterwards Thomas came in, and (as the child says) at once went down to the cellar and "b3gan to shovel the coals." The other son, whose name isißobert, came home about seven o'clock, and not seeing his father made some in quiries, but says neither his mother nor Thomas would say anything about him at first. Afterwards when he again asked, because his father's absence was something so unusual as to give him great sur prise, Thomas replied that he knew nothing about his father except that "he went out long since." Robert's further statement is, that Thomas after wards pressed him very much to go to bed with him, and when he had slept a short time Thomas wakened him and said, " I've something horrible to tell thee ; but thee mustn't tell nobody about it." Robert asked what it was, and Thomas said, " When I came home I found father dead in the house. Mother did it ; but we'll all get taken up for it." Afterwards he added, " I took the body down stairs and buried it in the coals." Then he asked Robert, "Don't you think about four or five o'clock in the morning we could bury him in some place where he won't be discovered ? Then our best plan would be to make for Liverpool, and there we can find a ship to go to America." Robert jumped out of bed, saying, •‘ Stop where you are a bit," and ran down to the coal cellar, where he " found that the story was true." Instead of re turning to his brother, however, he says he slipped out at the back door, and ran to his uncle's, not far off, and knocked him up, asking him to send some one for the police. His uncle, whose name is Kearsley, sent his son to the police-office, where Mr. Inspector M'Donald, in charge of the police at Over Darwen, was alone. He states that it was ablaut half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday night when, hear ing a noise at the outside, be went to the door, Ho there found the youth Kearsley, who ex claimed, " My uncle is dead ; and his son, Thomas, has killed him." After answering a few questions, the lad, who was much excited, ran away : and Mr. M'Donald went to Kershaw's house. He found the sons and some other persons there. Thomas was leaning against the fire-place, pith nothing on him except his shirt and trousers. Looking round, Mr. M'Donald suspected he saw marks of blood on the floor, but, being alone, he sent a man to collect four or five constables, and then locked all the doors. His assistants having arrived, be took a candle and went to the coal cellar, o,Blling to Robert ' to come and show him the place. The young man followed with Sergeant Atkinson. Tue officer see ing something which appeared like the elbow of a man protruding from the heap of coals, Mr. M'Donald assisted him in an attempt to pull the body out. They were obliged, however, to shovel away about 2 cwts. of coal before the body could be removed. The old man's head presented a hor rible sight, for it was apparently one mass of blood and wounds, each of them deep enough to be fatal, and of course it was frightfully blackened with the coals. The body was taken upstairs and washed as soon as possible, Mr. S. H. Wraith, surgeon, being sent for to superintend and make an examination. In the meantime Mr. M'Donald observed that Thomas Kershaw appeared much agitated, and seemed watching for an opportunity to make his escape from the house. Mr. M‘Donald told him he should take him into custody on suspicion of being the murderer, on which the prisoner ex claimed, " Before I'll be charged with that, bang myself." Having secured him, Mr. M'Donald went upstairs, where he found Mrs. Kershaw in bed. On his asking her whether she knew anything of the death of her husband, she replied, " I've nothing to do with it." Being reminded that there could have been no one else iu the house but her self and Thomas, she said her husband and s. n had commenced " a scuffling ;" that she went out, was away for about twenty minutes, and when she came back saw no one, but heard a noise in the cellar, as of the moving of coals. She called out but could get no answer. To further questions she gave excited and incoherent replies, and mentioned that she had " seen some blood in the place." Mr. M'Donald ordered her also into custody, and both the prisoners were taken to the police-station. The struggle would appear to have taken place near the fire-place, which is the gable wall, the house being the end one of the row, and this may account for there being no noise heard by the neigh bours. The traces of blood are near the fire-place of the " house-part." The deceased was a stout heavy man, but the body appears nevertheless to have been carried across the floor, down a flight of 10 or 11 steps, and into the dark, small cellar, where it must have been almost doubled up to allow of its being covered with coals. A large heavy spade, found in the cellar, is the weapon presumed to have been used in the infliction of several of the wounds on the head. By one of them the skull is shat tered for several inches completely across the line of the right eyebrow, and that wound must have been instantly fatal. On the left part of the fore head there are three great wounds extending from the hair to the eyebrow, the skull appearing to be fractured in each instance. Under the right eye, and across the cheek bone, another deep gash was inflicted, and the eye was almost forced out and destroyed. No trace of blood has been found on the spade, which had, however, been used in shovelling the coals. Another heavy blow under the left side of the jawbone is supposed to have been dealt with a poker from the grate in the " house-part." The collar-bone is also broken on the right side ; there are contused wounds in the neck, and there are five or six other wounds on the face, sharply incised. It is possible that these were inflicted with a razor belonging to the old man, which was missing from its case on Thursday, and has not yet been found. The poker is stained with blood. Although the crime appears to have been com mitted in the " house-part," the floor had been washed before any of the family returned ; but near the fire-place , there are traces of large patches of blood. Several shirts and other wearing apparel were found on a clothes-horse by the police • they were still wet, but not properly washed, and one of the shirts belonging to Thomas Kershaw, has great stains of blood on the sleeves. These circum stances lead to the supposition that Mrs. Kershaw must at least have been engaged iu removing the traces of the murder. No adequate motive for the crime has been sug gested. Mrs. Kershaw is regarded as partially in sane, and the sons have also been considered sin gular in their habits and their talk. They wore, however, as well as the old man, sober, and quiet in their conduct. Mrs. Kershaw is said to have alleged that her husband ill-used her when they were alone, but the neighbours believed him to be a good, kind, husban d . She hasbeon complaining that her husband taunted her with not being pro perly married to him, but it is not known that there is any foundation for this, even supposing her statement to be true. Thomas is understood to have always taken the mother's part against all the other children, in believing her accounts of the deceased's ill-usage ; but it is not supposed that he was on bad terms with his father, or that there were any serious disagreements in the family. Thomas Kershaw himself, who is about 22 years of age, has borne a really.good character. He was neither turbulent nor dissipated. He , has been a member of the Over Darwen. Mechanics . Institute for a long time, and was c onsidered studious, hav ing books of his own. After his apprehen s i on h e was, or pretended to be, demented. He talked much rambling nonsense,. and . asked for pen ink, and Emperor Na paper, that he might write to th e Napoleon. On Thursday, h . e asked for• Robinson He _is kept et-woe," from amongst his books. H • Kershaw locked up in a cell, and watched. M rs. is also watched, but is placed in one of the rooms of the police-office. There is a strange look in her eye, and she is sometimes much excited. On Thursday she was asked by one of the offi cers , w h en she was seated by the fire," if she felt pretty com fortable," and replied, "Pretty well ; better than might be expected, I think." The corpse remains at the cottage in Wood -street. The inquest was to be opened yesterday, before Mr. Hargreaves, at the Greenways Arms, Over Dar wen. The neighbourhood has of course been in a state of excitement since the discovery ; on Wed nesday night the street was crowded with people, and many of the villagers who had left their beds on hearing of the occurrence remained up the whole night. THE LATE GENERA, NEILL. We learn from Madras that the community of that city have resolved to commemorate the gal lant Neill, and the honour he has done to the Madras army, by the erection of a monument. This will consist of a granite obelisk suitably in scribed, and bearing, besides the name and services of Neill, the names of the officers and men of the Madras Fusileers who have fallen in this conflict in Bengal. A public meeting on this subject, held at Madras on 6th Dec., was presided over by Lord Harris, who spoke i❑ especial praise of Neill's care of his men. The last words that officer addressed to him before leaving Madras, were commending the families of the soldiers to his lordship's care. Two of the speakers singled out another of Neill's quali ties for peculiar eulogy. This was his readiness in an emergency to undertake fur the public good heavy personal responsibility from which most men would have shrunk. The Hon. the Chief Justice of Mad ras said—l firmly believe that to the decided con duct, the unflinching energy, and the noble self devotion of the late Gen. Neill, not only the safety of Calcutta, but the peace of this and the sister Pre sidency of Bombay is mainly, if not wholly, owing. He was essentially the man for the occasion—equal to it, because he dared to take upon himself respon sibility, and, having dcne so, to act irrespective of the opinion of others. He was not the man to wait for orders in an emergency which required to be met at once with energy and decision, and in a mode fitted only to the extraordinary circumstances then occurring. I feel that in thus speaking I may be approaching dangerous ground ; but I beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of referring to or reflecting in the slightest degree on, the conduct of others. My object is to do honour to the gallant Neill, and to show to how large an extent his coun try, in my opinion, is indebted to him. Had a less determined or less energetic man appeared at Be flares at the important moment that he did, who can say to what places the conflagration, then raging and threatening to involve the whole of India in its flames, might not have reached We need not attempt to conceal the fact now. This was no partial disaffection and mutiny of a portion of an army, to be put down by ordinary means." The Attorney- General held language nearly similar, and said : "He believed he might safely say that with the single exception of the gallant Havelock, whose loss he feared they had also to lament, there was ❑o man on whose steps the country hung with such intense interest, or who so absorbed their admiration. From the time when the general took possession of the railway station at Calcutta, there, as so often afterwards, fearlessly assuming responsibilities from which ordinary men nervously shrink, to the time when he saved Allahabsd, and at Cawnpore in flicted righteous retribution on those high caste murderers, the Bengal Brahmin Sepoys, the fame of his deeds rang trumpet-tongued through the land, and in England, at all events, that retribution was not looked on as vengeance or revenge, but simply as that which the Commander-in-Chief of theßritish army, the Duke of Cambridge, had so lately said, amidst the cheers of all who heard him, he hoped and trusted would be rigidly carried out, namely justice—prompt and stern justice—on every sharer in those atrocitie." (Loud applause.) BENAffFS. The following is the extract of a letter from the Rev. Jas. Kennedy, dated Benares, Dec. 5 : " All is quiet at Jaanpore. The Oude rebels have not followed the Ghoorkaa, as it was supposed they would have done. They remain on the frontier. Tnis is rather strange, considering their strength, and the encourage went to advance by the retirement of the Gho,alcas. This backward move of our alien is said to have excited in our enemies the suspicion that we are laying a trap for them, and therdore thcy fear to come on. Long may their fear continue ! There are now at Juan pore 500 European soldiers, 500 Madras sepoys, and 2,000 Ghoorkas, with artillery—a force deemed sufficient. to meet any number coming from Oude. We have no rea son for apprehension at Benares. If you sec any sta'e ment to the contrary you may for once safely disbelieve it. I have seen in Calcutta newspapers statements about our danger, which have no foundation in fact, or rather no foundation equal to their support. The order for the formation of an army here is suspended, partly, I believe, because the authorities are satisfied that the danger of Benares being attacked from Oude has b-en generally overrated, and they deem the force at Juatipere quite sufficient for our defence (we always have here a garrison of 300 or 400 men) ; and partly because the demand for troops further up the country is very urgent. As English soldiers are passing through daily, in the event of any emergency a large body may be very soon cone; ntrated in this city." THE DACCA Of UTINEE.RS. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer of the '73(.1 Bengal N. I. : " Jelpigoree, Dec. 3. "Only time to tell you All's well at present,' and that we are in high feather and spirits, awaiting the Dacca mutineers, who are not far off, Our men have sworn to their native officers (not to u=) that they will do their duty, and our spie , , who have hitherto proved co trustworthy, declare that we may fully depend upon the regiment. Yesterday the teat commenced by our ordering accoutrements and ammunition to be served out. to onr 200 Ghoorkas. This was done cheerfully, and is a very good indication of the prevailing feeling. A strange scene it was, watching the sepoys doling out am munition to Ghoorkas to fight against their own (the sepoys') comrades, and it did one's heart good to see it ; we are all under arms, and very sanguine," RAIL IVAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened, 1857. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts 1856. 1,128 2,053 930 6.406 12,413 4,570 157 288 1,117 1,152 1,345 509 858 857 6,143 21,445 5,759 3,213 6,587 21,464 6,528 23,876 4,817 21,857 55,364 1,135 9,877 11,677 618 9,571 899 27,211 2,950 4,631 7,096 724 2,674 1,432 2,471 698 3,847 17,567 6,355 4,183 1,379 1,013 b 39 405 1,7b8 1,142 BRITIBII. Aberdeen .......... Belfast and Ballymena •....• Belfast and County Down.. •• ...• •••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 80l ton, Blackburn,end West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter •• Caledonian........ •• •• • .. •• •• •• •• •• Chester and Holyhead.•... • • .... • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon .................. Dublin and Belfast J unction • • • • •• • • Dublin and Drogheda•• •• • • ••••• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown .. • • • • ........ Dundee and Arbroath •• •' .• • • Dundee, Ferth, and Aberdeen Junctior Dundalk and Enniskillen • ....• East Anglian.... East Lancashire .• ...... • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk Eastern Union • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ...... Exeter and Credit0n.......... Furness Railway •• • ••..• • .• • • Glftsgow, and South-Western. • Great Northern. • • ...... •••• . • • . Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •••• • • • • •• .......... Irish South Eastern • • • • .• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • • • • • • • .. Leeds Northern .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport. • • • London and North Western ... • • • • • • London and Blackw all • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. ..... . Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shefileld,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • •• • • • • .. Midland .... • - ..... Midland Great Western (Irish) .. Monklands .• ................ • ..... Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • ...• ••• • • North British •... • • • • • • • • •• • • •" • " North Staffordshire .......• •• North-Western •• •• •• •• •• •• •• icOtlish Central .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • S co ttish Midland -•••••...... • • •• .. Sh re wsbury and Birmingham ...... Shrewsbury and Chester ............ S h ro p s hire Union .. • • • • • • • • •• • • • • .. .• •• • South DOVOD :. • • .• • • .• • • • • • .. .. . .... ....... South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •..... South Wales • • ••..•• • • • • .. .„ .. South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. .. • Taff Vale •••••••••••••••• .—...... 171ster• •••••••••• •••• ••....... ..• •• W a t e rford and Limerick • • • • •• •• West Cornwall ...... '• •• • Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. POILEIGN, Dutch Rhenish .............. Lyons and Mediterranean .• .... • • Montereau and Troyes • •• Namur and Liege .... ........ •—• Northern of France ••• • Orleans and Cent ra l ..• •• •••• • •• Paris and Lyons •• • • ••• • • •*8 Paris and Rouen. •• • ••• •• • • • • • •• Paris and Strasb urg h •• •• •• Rouen and itavre • • •••••• •• • • • X% est and North-West of France .... INFLICTION OF THE LASH.—For several months past, i❑ consequence of the large number of soldiers who have undergone the punishment of flogging at the riding-house, Woolwich, on each successive Monday, this day has bee❑ termed by the military " Black Monday." It is gratifying to state that for the future it is not probable that this punishment will be carried out except in extreme cases. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams has recently recommended the remission of the sentence of flogging passed by sentence of court-martial upon various delin quents, and such remission has been granted by her Majesty. It is, however, understood that in such cases the term of imprisonment will be proportionately in creased. . 20 10 10 50 all all 100 100 all all 100 all all 100 1.00 3i 100 100 17i all all 1100 6 3 / 1 21 31 103 i 4 31 90 61 i 601 94- 1 i 112 11 12i 100 k 41 99 i 40 i 94 i i i i 56 5 99i 9 54i 4 87 6i 14 a 82* z d i 1098 9 20 51 5 O i 1 49i 86i 6 20fi fi 32fi 2I 2 27A 17s 1715 16/151 40 12s( 20 97i 6lc 13j 141 264 118 198% 94 1 4 _B% 183 k 283 203% 465 25 90 286 161 637 514 183% 28931 173% 9% 3011( 171 108% 124 682 LITERATURE. The Journal of Agriculture. William Black wood. This quarterly has several articles on subjects of importance connected with the principles of agri culture and the practice of husbandry. An essay on the possession of land as an industrial occupa tion for the people, by the Rev. David Esdaile, treats of a subject whose interest is not oonfined to agricultural readers, but is fitted to engage the attention of legislators and philanthropists. A paper on Roman husbandry is equally suited to the antiquarian, while th e " F armer ' s N o t e B oo k," the "Agricultural Summary" for the quarter, the tables of the pric es o f gra i n, and the transactions of the "Highland Agricultural Society" are adapted to more practical reader s . It i s a s i gn of t h e diffu sion of education and intelligence that classes and professions formerly considered the most tedious and u n intellectual, now main tain serials and quarterlies entirely devoted to the consideration of their principles of action, and the various improve ments and alterations made from time to time. The one before us is no doubt a valuable assistant to the agricultural amateur and practical farmer. The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology. John Churchill, New Burlington- street. - This quarterly continues its useful and steady course. It is a valuable publication, collecting the statistics of insanity and its treatment, from all parts of the civilised world with the most successful methods adopted, and the variou scauses that are found to modify and influence the disease. It treats also of subj ects which i n t erest th e p s y c h o logist, as the qualities and characteristics of varying minds and temperaments. A paper iu the present number on "Intemperance as a form of Mental Disorder," reveals some startling facts to the intemperate. There are numerous articles which deserve the attention of all interested in the consideration, or engaged in the treatment of this terrible malady. FRENCH AND ENGLISH RAILWAYS. That there is a considerable difference between a French and an English Railway is what a good many of our readers will have discovered for themselves, and have drawn, perhaps, a certain moral from their conclusions; but there is one particular point of distinction on which ordinary passengers are not very likely to reflect. In France Railways are profitable to the proprietors as well as to the public ; in England the public comes off better than in France, but the proprietors far worse. Gene. rally speaking, these great speculations have proved remunerative across the Channel, but unremunerative in these islands ; and the question is under what circum stances such a contrast was established. The whole subject was admirably reviewed on Tuesday last at the Inetitution of Civil Engineers by Mr. Joseph Locke, president of that body, and we yesterday transferred to our own columns a complete report of the address. In some parts the investigation necessarily assumed rather a technical complexion, but its leading deductions can be readily understood. Railways are more profitable in France than in Eng land because the action of the State in the former country was exerted to prevent extravagant and calamitous out lay at the first period of construction. Government decided on the best line, adjudged it to the most promis• ing bidders, assisted the work in many cases from national funds, and protected the proprietary throughout train competition. The absence of rivalry enabled the managers of the lines to bestow great attention on their own interests, and trains accordingly were net very frequent, nor was the rate of speed maintained very greet. Every train, as a rule, was pretty well filled, and moderation of pace saved the wear and tear of stook. In England all these conditions were reversed. Govern ment not only did not protect railway enterprise from c tropetition, but it is said even to have encouraged the rivalry of contending projectors. Lauclowuers got enormous prices for land, Parliamentary contests occasioned immense sacrifices of money, the duplication of actual lines perpetuated the results of competition, trains wore multiplied, fares reduced, and the impatience of Englishmen gratified by express speed. Of course, with such item, on the respective sides of the account there is no great wonder about the nature of the balance as far as shareholders are concerned, nor is it at all surprising that the " Railway interest" should conceive itself somewhat aggrieved on this aide of the Channel. As a matter of fact, the average dividend upon our railway property is lower than its owners might justly expect, nor is any fair proportion discoverable between the advantages accruing to the public, and the remu neration of those at whose cost these advantages were created. We believe, however, that the French system would have been absolutely imprac ticable in this country— that the system pursued by our own Legislature is by no means answerable (or the whole of the evil experienced, and that the position of the shareholding body might be so improved try their own effects as to bring them very nearly to a levt I with their brethren in France. We must take leave to observe that there are two parties to transactions of this kind. The public is en titled to consideration as well as the proprietors, and this consideration iu France has evidently been concen trated upon the latter to the prejudice of the former. It is true enough that the French have got their railways, anti that such means of communication are vastly above those previously in use ; but they have not got all they mielet have got. " The service to the public," says Mr. Locke, "is still very limited." The aim of the French Government, in fact, was to secure itself and the contributors together, and the accomnaodmien to be provided was measured by these requirements. The principle has no doubt succeeded, but it has been at the public coat, for the railways in France are fewer, slower, ( t a h n i d . g d s ea m r, a r o, yaf i t itliwvhae,anryyptuhey property, naturallypmie r tgy interest. might t but appearl ia v it been. Ttnwiaa would itr,de iabfa T etb h hi l i eae s 8 F s st t or a se t on e t cht o hoe f a o ,w iv r (7c r a s t e o s f people were as restless and impatient in such matter as ourselves, and adopted the same vent for their emotions, it would be quite possible to get up at a puhlic meeting in that country and show by a con trast of railway , ervioe in France and England how very much Frenchmen had lost by the institution of monopolies instead of the action of competition. It will be asked, however, which of these two prin ciples is the proper one I No doubt the public gets a better bergein here than in Frauce ; but has it any right to such advantage at the expense of private con tributors ? Can any man reasonably require to be served at a loss to those by whom the service is per formed I This question obviously opens an infinite sphere of inquiry, but the results of ten years' experience appear to us to prove that the proprietors of English rail ways have really less complaint against the Legislature than against their own boards of management, and that, of the two systems, that adopted in this country was not only better adapted to our national habits, but better in ' principle too. We will take at once the strongest and most salient point in illustration of the argument—via., the sanction of more than one line to a particular ter minus. Nothing, at the outset, could seem more wanton than this, yet nothing, in the present day, can be clearer than that there really is room for more than one railway between two places. What would have been the condition of passengers or traffic in this country if the ccnamunication between north and south had been i limited to a single " arterial" line ? Even as it is, the I lines are all so gorged with work that the most fertile ( so urce of accidents is sought in the multiplicity of trai n s I rendered necessary, and one great company, notwith standing all competition is laying down a third line of rails on account of the positive insufficiency of the original way. Travelling of every description has been increased beyond conception, nor do we believe there is a single instance of any trunk line, whether with or without a direct rival, on which ie traffic has not surpassed the most sanguine estimates of the original project. It would be hard to prove that there are too many railways in England for the public service, nor can it be summarily asserted that there are too many for the interest of the proprietors. No doubt, the average value of the property is too low ; but is there nothing to be said on this point beyond appealing to the system of Sir R. Peel We think it plain from actual facts that more than one line may run from one terminus to another,_ and pick up a fair profit as it goes ; a nd the sanction, there. costs of construe jcorseti,fiaobfle.thesceaau s n i d d e a r r ta i a k g i n the g s in knownduplicatewas perfectly rion and the known expenses of working —expenses which Mr Locke tells us are less, notwithstanding our rate of travelling, in England than in France—it cannot be said that the accommodation actually fur. Dished to the public is great er than is merited by the prices might be reduced, remunerated,still nr i ie a me d ka e sr e y d o andfar e s shareholders ot, bfe p ; " d millstoneead Thata have t incidental awv ee übl been e nb e t d o tooeprirvi mucha v l e r d y an d of debt," this debt was incurred in a great measure from the costs tiot 8 maintaincporno t s e p n e t c i :an t hati i n s perfectly ort dh order rpthu ab that itc true,hseh pa t h uatl but ah of prudence might have been made smoother to specula tors. The evil was not so much in the opening given by the Legislature to competition as in the excess to which this competition was carried, and, we may add, is carried still. There was really pasture enough for many, but each wanted it all, and the truth of this proposition is to be found in the fact, which no one would controvert, England had been that successive e i e f e a iv ll ely th e e e n existing , railways being allowed to expend money upon objecting to each other, there would at this moment be excellent profits for every line among them. The lines are not one bit too numerous, but each cost too much to start with, owing to the jealousies of the rest. After all, too, it admits of very great doubt whether the disadvantages of the proprietaries in this country, ae compared with the advantages of the public, are not, to a most material extent, unreal and removable. It bas been more than once maintained by correspondents of great ability in these columns, that notwithstanding all the waste irretrievably incurred, railway property is, in truth, more valuable than it appears ; that its depres sion is not warrantable by fasts, and that publicity and certainty in accounts would rapidly improve it. Com panies, moreover, if they cut each other's throats to start o with,need not go on doing so now. If two lines choose t t lower their fares in malignant rivalry till both_ r u un their lobs, they can blame no system nor largeprincfpl b t so is the nation itself. Like the nat a l: h as e , hens: own. Railways are encumbered with t nate in their earnings, and are a w d. _C.,,, s hoo d amount of trade, nor do we s' . _g oi r n i: The public bet in also in despite of the:r oggadoss is " °°rnnu t a ldere et in most localities enjoyi! fuse, - and if mbar ° t b g it also pays pretty gagooa y e d _eb e tli fo , rt b a u . t travellers get iwis'.....rimsveffdo not denp—it is 130 emus. less than their due— 848 4,847 21,176 5,850 3,117 5,560 23,292 5,358 94,091 5,003 18,236 50,430 1,228 10,831 11,770 711 9,0111 869 27,236 2,823 4,580 5,688 809 2,375 1,375 2,295 731 2,891 18,136 6,050 2,366 1,303 1,025 554 360 2,1b9 20 I ul St. st. all all all all all all 18 204 100 100 20 20 20 20 25 50 25 124 12 20 St. 6 64 St. 26t 1 1.3 A 20 St. 1 St. 124 12 St. St. 12 12 12t 20 12i 25 20 St. St. St. 8i St. St. 25 10 1.0.6 St. St. lit. St. 20 25 25 St. 100 100 all 100 an 100 1.00 54 100 100 100 1005 1003 100 1 87 1105 6 104 5