The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-09 00:00:00

L under ?rable— nvning: . will Instrous oh it is ring to it. At ►. The ral, not Leasure, ng th© Urbin ry she bring 3s 3d ; Ls, 38e s Ild ; 38s 8d; 18,867; peas, ) -day' sale, et 2actBVi dente, 8d per le veal re were COWIN I. a. d. 0b I Di 4 5 1 I 10 1 4 111 120 600 70 r meat a fol. ta 6d i 38 1041 of fat d pm 3i 556 d; over • load. ITT - NE WS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Small quantities of gold continue to be with drawn from the Bank of England for exportation, £12,000 having been taken for that purpose yes terday. The dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer have been. disposed of at 5s 2d per oz., be ing an advance of Id. compared with the price realised for the previous supply. The steamer which leaves to-day for the Brazils will take out £6,813 in gold, and £9,000 in silver. An active demand for money still prevails in the general discount market, while at the Bank of Eng land the applications are numerous in consequence of the high terms required for accommodation elsewhere. It is still imagined in some quarters that the minimum will ultimately reach 5 per cent , and those who are in want of money obtain it at once, thereby imparting additional activity to the market. At the Stock Exchange the demand has been brisk, owing to the liquidation of the account in the English market. The directors of the English and Australian Cop per Company have issued a very favourable report, which states that a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share may be safely declared ; but it is supposed that the shareholders, in consideration [of the satisfactory position of the undertaking, will advocate a larger distribution. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a moderate degree of activity prevailed, and 7,000 bales were sold. The Railway Share Market closed with rather more animation, and prices exhibited a slight improvement. The English Stock market still presents a dull and heavy appearance. Sales preponderate owing to the unfavorable position of monetary affairs, the postponement of the Budget, and the political ad vices from the Continent. Business, however, is very quiet. Consols are 941 to 941 for money, and 941 to f for the account, being per cent. higher than they were earlier in the day. The New Threes are fiat at 942 1, and the Reduced at 941 I. Long Annuities (1886) are firm at 171 1. India New Loan is heavy at 1021 ; ditto 5 per . Cent. Enfaced Paper at 98 ; and the Debentures have improved to 971 1, and Exchequer Bills to 255. and 265. prem. Only a small amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 to 781 ; ditto New, 651 to 66, and the 4 per Cents. have receded to 102, and Russian 3 per Cents, to 641 65 ; ditto 4; per Cents. are steady, at 97f ; Spanish Deferred is firm, at 331; but ditto Passive is heavy, at 111. The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 21 pm.; the Universal ditto, 1 to f prem.; and the Canadian Loan is 21 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1860. 1859. ' Great Western .. - £27,954 $26,931 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South. Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,619 5,411 Manchester, She ffi eld, and Linc o l n North-Eastern West Hartlepool lidinburgh and Gla sgow 6,641 5,362 Glasgow and South- Western 6,186 5,9,50 Scottish North-Eastern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 32,235 33,953 These returns show a continued improvement in most of the principal lines in the United Kingdom. , On the Great Western the increase amounts to £1,023 ; the North-Western, £5,946 f the South- Western, £1,091 ; the Brighton, £545 ; the Mid- land, £2,204; the South-Eastern, £1,377; the si Great Northern, £1,137 ; the Lancashire and York- a shire, £3,074 ; the North-Eastern, £1,740. On sty the Grand Trunk of Canada there is an increase of at, £2,288; and on the Great Western of Canada of n: £BO7. The Lombardo-Venetian and South Aus- st. sto trian, however, show a d ecrease o f £1,718 . st, • In the Railway Share Market the transactions gt t : have been to a fair extent, and in some instances s i t c , prices have show n an u p war d movemen t . G reat :Westerns have improved £1 to £1 ss. ; London et and Blackwall, 15s. ; South Eastern, 10s., and a North Eastern, Berwick, and North Eastern, York, et, 65.; Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined 55.; South Western, 10s., and South Wales, 15s. Sti The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have I been inactive. Lombardo-Venetian have declined s l to 111, 11: ; Paris and Ly ons , an d S am b re and 2 Meuse realised about former rates; Gland Trunk ; of Canada have declined 10s., and Great Indian g t t: Peninsula, 5 8 . st, Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have g been dealt in to a fair extent at about former values. St, KititIODOK FVXDO TEll DAY AT ONE 011 LOOK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 943 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities dew 3 per Cent. Annuities Anns. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l I India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. .. 1023 3 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 6 per Cent. 9B Ditto Debentures, 1858 971 3 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Console for Account (March) . xehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d 26 6 Ditto £5OO 26 3 Ditto Small, 11d Pate/DI OF FOREIGN FINDS AT OWE O'OLOOX. Kquador New Consolidated ltuesian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per cent., 1859 Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 65 41 $p finish 3 per Cent Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Passive .. 113 Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per C e nt. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 943 I • Ditto Account Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston bad a grand dinner last evening, in complimeat to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. His Royal Highness, attended by Count Bylandt aid the gentlemen of kis retinue, arrived at Sight o'clock. There were present to meet the illustrious Prince, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess of Elgin, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscountess Jocelyn, Mrs. W. Cooper, and Col. Seymour, the Queen's Equerry in Waiting on the Prince of Orange. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, attended by Col. Clifton, honoured Lady Palmer ston's reception by his presence. ♦ very brilliant company assembled after dinner. Telegrams from St. Petersburg announce that the exchange on London, which a week ago stood at 350., has experienced a movement decidedly adverse to Russia, being now quoted only 35kd., in consequence of the temporary Withdrawal of the artificial support hitherto given to it by the government. THE CATTLE TRADE. SALISBURY, Feb. 7. Beasts were in increased supply to-day, and there was a fair 1 4 '5portion of good qualities, but a clearance was not effected Until nearly the close of the market. Late rates, however, Were fully maintained, best oxen realising 118.6 d. to 12s. 6d., 411 d heifers 10s. to I Is. per score. Sheep were rather short and sold at the extreme prices of last market—best Down mutton, 81d. per lb. THE ALPACAS.—We have been informed that the C olonial Government of Sydney have remitted to Messrs. Graham, Tobias, and Co., of Lond on , th e fi rs t produce of Mr. Ledger's flock of alpacas, with instructions to gather ° Pinions from merchants, manufacturers, and other con• e arners as to the comparative value of this new and im 13,°rtant product of tho colony with that from Peru and Bo b'tieo Samples will also be sent to Manchester, Leeds, Br R ant and other towns. A telegram from Amsterdam yesterday afternoon announces the rejection of the gr o at D u t c h R a il way Bill b y t he First Chamber. What effect this will have upon the P°eition of the Ministry is not stated. Dutch stock have bot been affected in price, the political be ar i ng o f th e even t e ,ng perhaps neutralis e d by th e c i rcums t ance t h at a sum Shout £300,000 per annum, which it was proposed to use a subvention in aid of the railway works, will remain, as r e r etofore, applicable to the sinkin g f un d o f th e nat i ona l bt• Austrian stock rose k per cent., but is still about 6 Per cent. lower than on the Ist January. REPRESENTATION OF GREAT YARMOUTH. ~mours have obtained publicity of a compromise in the re re4eutation of this borough, so as to avoid the necessity of tr'eubling the select committee to be chosen on the 21st inst. ,‘° determine the petition presented against the return of the V2e.ser.t Conservative sitting members, Sir Henry St raeoy a nd Sir Edmund Lacen. The terms of compromise are re torted to be as follows :—Sir E. Lacon to give way to Mr. Watkin, of Manchester, one of the defeated Liberal :!Il_sdidates and Sir H. Stracey to continue in undisturbed esion of tho second seat till a dissolution, when he is to , _i s 'e in favour of Sir Edm un d, an d try his fortune at Nor iiu The tactics of Yarmouth politicians are generally, 2weyrer, of so determined and obstinate a character that it C c o u_ot a very probable that such arrangements as these could rried through successfully. Blythe and Tyne li. perl e. pref. (issued at £5O) ,tk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock !O Do. do. do. Shares ock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent !.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 6-1 Dun. Perthat Aber. Jun Awk E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Lock Do. do. Class B 6 p a ... : tockiDo. do. Class C 7 pa • • • • bock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l tow: Do. do N 0.2 Lock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock took Eastern Union, 4 per et. ,ock Edin.&Glas. Spa shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.l T.& rock, Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. rock Furness, 5 per cent .... :ock, Glas. &S West. ,, a. 5 pc. ,ock !Great Northern, 5 p. et. ock I Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm `ock I Do. 41 p. C. do. do. 00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,spc. pin 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Lock'f Gt. Sn.& W (Ir e l an d) 4 / p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct ock I Do. Redeemable, 41 p et ock, Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct ock I Do. Irredeemable, do ock Do. sp. ot. Rede em . P re t 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Lock Do, Binning. guar. stock 263 Do. Chester guar.shares 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ,ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpe' Lock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) ock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l ock Do. , 5 p. a. No. 2 ,ock Do. gua., 6 p. ct. oek Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lock Do. Do. 41 per cent 5 Do. do. 41 per c. shares took, Do. 7 per cent. Pref. St. tock D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) took D 0.4 p.c S.(div.dettil'6s) 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover took Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Rock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.et. stock, 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 ohs. 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. 3tock Ntan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. at. 6 Do. fa Stock Do. 31 per cent. 10 I Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 121 illaryport & Car., 4 p.c. 121 Do. 4} per cent .. f Do. Stock ltid. Con. 6 p. e. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Stock Do. 41 p. a. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 10 i p. c. redeem, at 5 p.o. n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 12 10 Do., till 1869 Stock Norflk 5 p. e. Ex.Stk,lB46 Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock D 0.5 Way Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 percent lock Do. New, ena, 5 per cent ock Nth.Dev.ltail.& ock N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 26 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 12i Do. do. Quarters, 1848 25 T.o. York, IL& S. Purch. 20 North Stiffordshire ,ock Ox. Wr. Rc Wol. 6pc.lst g ock Do. Redeem.,2d ;1:c !Do. frrerteein., 10 lithimney Guaranteed. 8} jScottiah Central, new took Scottish North-Eastern took 31 per c. pref. stock tock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pC took Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100. South Devon, Ann. lOs i 10 Do. Fixed 4i percent. .0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) took Do .4 per cent took Do. Fixed 41 p.e. Ist is tock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lock Do. 41 per cent bock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent. .ock Watrfd do Kllkny, ep.c. i 1 10i 92 84 ~,• '4l\ MONEY MARKET AND C S' HA li.E M. - 7115 DAY.) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock I Stock Stock' Stock Stook Stock 124, Stock 1 Stock 124 10 S took S took Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock' 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock Eitockl ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Paid./ Cl o s ing Business Price. Done. 95 97 'lO2 101 54 6 99 101 112 116 105 107 114 116 113 115 127 120 82 84 111 113 90 02 774 784 116 118 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 89 - -- - - - ---- -- - --- --- -- li Share Hallways. paid. Closing Bumia ! Prioe. ---.....-.-......... 12.10 Amberg., Notting - . Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 ei- 61 5 0 jP.clfast and Ballymena.. all - 13.14 Bir., Wol., and ~tr. Val. all 8 ei Stock; Birk., La., and Ch. June lOO 75 76 25 Blackburn 25 ; wyth and Tyne all --.- 10 i itost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun all 64 7 Stock Bristol and Exeter ..., 100 104 105 1054 Stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cornwall all 64 7 10 Do. Do BA 1 A roves, no div • `all 10- - until6p.e.per an. ''''' .ii hasbeen p&toB. - 50 Dublin andßelfastJunc. all - - 2 5 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June all 74 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 134 144 stock Eastern Counties lOO 56 67 ;took Eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29 25 Do.Ntv.A.(ite.E.U3ds) 84 - - 20 East Suffolk all - - 10 Do - - 4ock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 804 914 Mock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 29 291 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - Stock Furness - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 100 102 10 Great North of Scotland all - - ' took Great Northern lOO 1074 1074 took Do. do. A Stock lOO 96 98 tock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 took Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114 took Great Western took Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all - - took Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 1004 001 100 ,ock London and Blackwall. 100 66 57 964 74 ,ock Lon.,Brigliton&S.Coast 100 111 112 111 i t 25 Lond. Chat, and Dover all 12 13 S S Lock London & North Westni 100 081 981 981 11 1 124 Do. Eighths ock London& South-Westn lOO 954 154 98} 8 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 8 10 ock Man., Shef., .°r. Linnoln lOO 374 384 S 10 Maryport and Carlisle ,24 Do. do. 4 Shares.... all - 0 Metropolitan 3 -.-- d ock Midland ock Do. firming. & Derby., 100 86 88 0 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all - - 5 Do. 4 Shares all - - 5 3T1.1 Kent all - - 0 1)o. (Cray Line) all - - 0 Newcastle and Carlisle a ll - - , 5 New., Aber., & Herefd; all 94 104 . I Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - 1 / Newry, Warpt., & Roe all - - 1 Kok Norfolk lOO 57 59 58 - North. Counties Union 34 34 1 d ck North British lOO 61 611 -- 1 ck Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dlk. Stk. 100 - - 2 ck Do.A Stk.-Arec.nodiv. 2 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - ck Do. B Stock lOO - - , ck'North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 95 951 951 41 1 2 I Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 1 d 10i ck Do. Leeds lOO 481 48/ 481 !k Do. York lOO 794 791 7ei OSi 11 21 ;lc North London lOO 107 109 North Staffordshire 174 31 34 d 134 2( No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 94 2( IklOxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 3.5 37 2( Peebles all 71 81 2( Portsmouth all 14 16 2( Rhymney lO - - 2 ( I kScottish Central lOO 113 115 2 C k I Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 271 284 274 20 k 'Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 ze k'Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 47 1 20 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d 83 k South Devon lOO 43 15 10 k South-Eastern lOO 844 88 64i 541 64 20 k!South Wales clSouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 70 72 16 , Staines, Wok., & Wek all 6 8 20 Stockton & Darlington all 37 4 881 20 10 Do. do. Stockton & ilartlepool 164 - ---• 20 :,' Taff Vale lOO - - 20 Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - n ThamesavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 'Ulster Do. Do 2O 24 31 p 1 d 20 5 :i Vale of Neath lO Ol 1 60 6. p 4 20 !Victoria Station & Pim 94 104 11 IliVaterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 West Cornwall , 10 West London - - Do. Ist Class all -. 20 - 20 Do. 2d Class all -- - 98 100 97 99 89 90 80 91 100 102 10 191 17 18 161 101 75 77 20 21 10 101 15 151 L 39 141 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 153 157 133 136 66 68 21 22 1117 119 [24 127 I P 66 6 8 I lip 139 141 104 105 91 9•1 10 104 111 I 2 par il3 [ll 113 [O9 111 91 93 974 984 1 4d 1 id 23 24 124 126 125 130 117 120 76 78 t 22 • 124 125 130 11 14 24 244 103 105 103 105 92 94 101 103 85 88 181 29 33 341 32 33 60 55 LINES LEASED AT IMED RENTALS. Bedford arid Bletchley all Ln& N.W Buckinghamshire 100 Ln& N.W 99 101 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. soi .51 Do. do. 54 p. ct , 100 Do. 127 129 Do. do. sp. et. Cl y des dale Junction. ' 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C' 16 17 E.Llncolnshire, ,, .6p.c lOO Gt.North.'l4o 142 E Union,HarwicliSlis all E.Counts.l 44 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 i G l 9.Barr.&Neils,Dra . . , 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest' all Gt. West. Hartipool.Dek.&Raii:i all IYk.N.&Br, Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. Do. Shares all IDo. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s pm. 100 'Ln &N , W; London&Greenwich .1 100. S. East ! Do. Preference I 100 D 0....... Lon.,7llby.&Soutend 1 100 Peto &Co.' Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct , 100 Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. Manc.,lluxtn.& Matk , all ILN D 0....,. Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx 15, 5. 6. guaranteed 5 p. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c all Do. do. 6 per cent ; all 'Do... Do. 'Fixed 5 per cent 1 all D 0... North Western ll & L.Y Preston and Wye*. alla r5,lldN. lawn: k, Do. 4 Shares A .I all Do. Iloystn,Hitch.,&Shep 100 'Gt.lsTorth Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy , Do. Do. 1 1 ' South Staffordshire .. all M`Clean . Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn.l all L.&Bradn 32idland E.Counts Do. 138 140 106 108 10f 90 78 DOCKS. I Paid 1 Closing Business Price. , Dose. R a il ways. p aid. I Leasing Closing Business Price. Bane. Share Dooka. , StockiCommercial lOO ..... Stock, Do4perCent.Pref .Min lOO ... S toelci Eaet and Wost India—, 100 StocleLondon lOO •-• Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock l Southampton lOO --. Stock,Victurla ‘ a -Zpo Neva l/LitillellilleGa! b all 71 104, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. THE SUN,7IONDOIki, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1860. LYTTTC,Tr LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILIV.4 HALF-YEARLY MEETING —THIS DAY. The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the share holders in this company was held this day, at the offices of the company at the Waterloo Station. The chair was occupied by Mr. Mangles, chair. man of the board of directors. The usual routine business having been trans• acted, and the directors' half -yearly report, which has already appeared in the Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said, with an increased dividend experience had shown that there was no difficulty in the directors of such a company in carrying a meeting with them. This company, he was happy to say, was not an excep tion to that rule, and if the shareholders would listen to him for a short time he would prove to them that the prospects of the South-Western Rail way were good, and the property of the share. holders wore safe. The hon, gentleman then pro ceeded to touch upon the financial position of the company, and remarked that as the com petition with the Brighton Company had ceased, the directors had fair reason to anticipate that the year 18(30 would show a large increase over that of 1859. He had great satisfaction in stating the satisfactory progress of peaceful arrangements with the Bristol and Exeter and the South Devon lines, and it was but due on his part to state that through the negotiations the directors of the South Western had been met in a most fair and honourable man ner, and had the pleasure to state that the plans with those companies had been agreed ul.on. While he was on that point he was anxious that the public and the Great Western Rail way might be informed, through the press, that the directors of the South-Western were ready at any moment to enter into peaceful arrangements with them for an interchange of traffic. The present year bids fair to be most prosperous for the com pany, for, comparing the receipts for the first five weeks with those of the corresponding weeks of 1859—after deducting the expenses—show an in crease of £l,OOO per week. (Hear, hear.) The attention of the directors having been called to the additional wear and tear of the line, in consequence of the increased traffic, they have resolved at once to relay all such part■ of the line were necessary with additional sleepers and fish-joint rails. The repairs to the rolling stock had been fully maintained during the past year at the expense of revenue, and much of the older por tion of it has been converted from first to second or third-class carriages, the result had proved the wisdom of the steF. The heavy works at Gilling ham tunnel had delayed the further opening of the Shrewsbury and Yeovil line to Yeovil, but the di rectors now confidently expect that the line would be opened throughout in the month of April next. The traffic over that part of the line already finished was perfectly satisfactory, and he felt that it would be still more remunerative. Before he would resume his seat he would just allude to the Government duty, rates, and taxes on railway property, which were gradually increasing. He thought it a great hardship and injustice that railway property should be subjected to such unjust demands ; and if those gentlemen present, who happened to be members of Parliament, would turn their attention and give a serious thought to those increasing demands on rail way property, with a view to ascertain whether they could not be stopped or greatly reduced, they would render a great service to all holders of railway property. Notwithstanding the slightly diminished dividend ho thought on the whole their position was satisfactory, and that the company s tood in a good and wholesome position. (Hear, hoar.) The motion of the chairman having been seconded a desultory discussion followed. Share Railways. Paid, Closing Buda° , dont Price lAtlantic & St Lawrence '1 a Leased at 6 per cent I 1",; oru.,Baroda&Cent.lnd I ii gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B 1' 'Buffalo and Lake Huron al Do. New a Do. Preference a] I Bullido,Brant.&Godrich 1 1/ 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 j Do. do. 1 July, 1373 IC Do.do. 1 June, 1874 11 ... iss so 96 1 i LOG 196& 971 18 204 204 10 100 l 100 100 LI Id .11 4i• 4 Xll - - ,1 5} 8 161 ,Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.l.iin, 20 iCape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 21 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3 , 20 Central Oude (Limited) 35.1 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7; 17/ Demerara 20 'Eastern Bengal.g - u.sp.c Stook,' East Indian, gu. sp. c it 20 ! Do. F Shares Ext 1 20 Do. Jubbulpore I 100 ; Do . . 41 p. c. Debentra al Stock' Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 1 10 20 ,Geelong& Melbourne .4 al sto. f Geelong Corporation 6 1 11 ( per cent. Bonds Stock 'Grand Trunk of Canada 10 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref . al 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr, al 100 IDo. 7 per cent. 1862 .... al 100 ,Do. do. 1867.... al 100 'Do. do. 1872 .... a l tock ,GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 10 20 ,Do. New, gua.s per cent. i to f Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— 1 ~, ( I guaranteed 5 per cent ' 01 'Gt.W. of Canada Shares al 4 Do. New f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 a ( ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O al Do. do. 'V3 without opt al , Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77 do A 'Madras, guar. 4f p. e lO At ;Do. do. ,guar., cent. 10 e c k k i 11 3 0 0 .. , 4 1, 1 1 l p. e. i rd .Fi.:xte Ex. gu n a s . 5 i Extension., 11: ,0 Do. Fourth do. it Melb. !I) Do. Corp.r : c ll . i p d i d6 , ( ai o L t P n . i i . i m e ts . 11 . 11 ) i n ro .. n 6 e . . p d . : . c . '. lao l a New Bru ns wick&Cand a. .., do . Do Cl . tlYa.;"'iAj 1 10 1)o. do. B. Capital do. 1 . Do. do. Laud d 0... j ' 10 Onde (Limited) 10 Scinde 0 4 a 10 Do. New L's ,r' 11 10 Do. Punjaub 10 Do. Indus. St. Flo 4"' a' :0 St. Andrews & Quebec A 11 0 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip I 0.1 par }p !s. ;s 1i 1 i is 5 I Id J d )0 101 1011 10 par fp 10 par ip ,11 1100_ 1004 iOoioi 11 20 22 36 364 11 94 96 Lll 74 76 ill 86 88 al 76 78 al 75 77 )0 98 984 6 d 1d 10 1 id 121 124 18 71 74 Xll 98 102 ill 98 102 ai 98 102 11 90 93 * 87 90 * 964 974 • 90 92 lid 6 d ►l9l. 19f 5 I 1 1 ld 111 id 1 I Id IP raWAYS. 41 d ll I d 1 2} 21 I}}d . 9 5 di - pl 8 1 45i ltpl 111 8 9 19 15 36 9 IA P S 34 3 SS lid I llk 13 15 8} 8 51 19 2$ 9 5 9t 54 12 23 100 Stk SECURITIES. COLONIAL GOVERNME: Cat; so (l . ov.3.. c cltit l lu ng ly 100 0 4 1 1 IN 1 1110 i • Do. 6 p.e.3lr. & Sep. 100 112 114 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 109 Do. 6 per cent. 1883 100 N.8.G0v.4p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1 Do. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 D0.6p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 NovaSeobiaGov.6p.o. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 i S.Aue.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July 100 b Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 • Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1: 113 h 100 110 99 100 lO9. 99 100 991 99 100 On II 10i 111 i 1104 MTSCELLAIIEOth 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 15 25 Australian Agricultural 19 3 10 Australian 11oya1 Mail. all - 19 Berlin Water Works all 50 British American Land 40 ' - 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 3 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 2 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land 324 11 10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) all Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smlig all - 26 Do. Preference 7} per et all 2 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do, Preference Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb. 100 10 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 10 25 1)o. New 5 English & Aust. Copper all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 London District Telegr 2 20 London Discount 5 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all SO Madras Irr. and Canal 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 25 National Discount Co 5 10 Netherlands Land all 6 ,Do 8 p.c. Pref.,iss.at ldis all 100 'N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - I N. B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A.. 6 - 10 Ditto B 6 - 10 Ditto C 2s. - Stock Peel River Land & 31in lOO 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 7 50 Do. New l5 1 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 5 Kock Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) 100 12 25 South Australian Land all 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 1 Do. do Registered all 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can 5 100 Van Dienmi's Land BRITISH AI 121 12 131 Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.16 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 East Bassett (Mogan) 6O East Caradon . .. 2.7.0 E. WI Russl (iavistk.) 7.4.0 Gam.&St.Aubyn (Gwen.) 541 Great South Tolgus.— 17s G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack.) 12.4.2 G. Wheal Vor(flelston) 9 Grenville 5 If erod' s- Foot 8 Kingston Downs 4.3.6 - Lady Bertha - Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 9l - North MUMS .... 24 - North Frances ... llogan) 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 - North Wheal Crofty.. 7.9.4 10 Par Consols (St . Bl azy), ... Providence (Uny Leiat) 10.6.7 - Sortridp.•,e Cons. Min. Co. 10s - SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 14 - Sorth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 - Stray l'ark .... . . $ Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 [0 Tin Croft ....... . ..... - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 5d - West Basset (Mogan). 14 - W. Caradon (Liskeard).. 10 - West Seton . .. 474 - Wheal Basset*Oogkini. 51 - Wheal Buller ( edruth) 5 - Wheal Edward (Cal 5.).. 6 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 _ Wh '1 Mary Ann (Mexhe 8 Trelawney ( Lick. ) 44 29 FOREIGN M. YO Australian n 1 Ben AccordCopper,Lim. lso 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27f 20 Do.St.Johndclßey,Lim. 15 2; 5 Do. Land and MinmgCo. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min• Co. ; _ 10 Cobra Coppur all 4( Copiapo l6 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo all 2 Fortuna CO General all 2 , 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 h 3 Linares all 11 5 Lusitan fan 1 Mariquita all 1 N.lthineCop.of S.Auti.l los. 10 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining. and Smelt all 5 Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... lr 2.8 f United Mexican - 1 ---- 1: cl par :1 22 - Ixi d 16 48 7 8 3 :41 2s l d p 101 11 ld par i I d p 4 6 I I d I p, 21 21 I 211 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharer Joint-Sto c k B an k s. /PClosing I Business l ai, Price. I Done. 100 ' OO l AuAgstralasra&UnitedServiceßkl a 25 'Bank of Egypt 100 Hank of London 40 Brit. Col. 13k. & LoanCo 50 'British North American! 20 I Chtd. Bank of India. &c 25 Cli.iller.of In. Lon.&Ch , 100 'City 100 'Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of L ndon I 20 n , Scot., 20 !G E en g Bk. of Switzerland 20 Lon. Ch ar. Bk. of Aus traL 60 (London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 ,Na & Westminster" 100 at. Prov. ofEngland. England.' 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 INew South Wales 26 Orient .Bk. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 DO, Neer . . .... 25 !South Australia 25(Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 'Unity Mutual ........ • 73 75 79 81 24 25 51 52 30 201 320, 6.5 ad 39 90 194 201 166 i 16 22 224 33 35 701 $ 791 16 iiii 341 31 i 55 . 40 41 19 20 77 79 621 1 191 19 2t 46 j 27i 284 = iii Paid. LA TV INTE. %—(This Lay.) Lord Justice Knight Bruce observed that if the clerk registrar would receive them after the expiry of the seven days a fresh order would not be necessary. Counsel agreed to do nothing fur a week. Lord Justice Knight Bruce—We give no direction or directions that will prevent the lady to apply to have them restored after they have been deposited. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN ItE ItALDWIN-TP- , 01INING HERALD. To-day was appoint - 1 .er a dividend meeting under the estate of Mr. E. Baldwin, formerly proprietor of the Morn -44 Herald newspaper. The debts proved amount to 180,000. A dividend of 2s. in the pound has already been paid. The present dividend will be twopence. IN RH DF.VIDSON, PFAHL, AND CO. The bankrupts had carried on business in Cammomile , street, City, as foreign and fancy merchants. An applica tion was now made for enlarged protection, the examination having been adjourned to anable the accountants, Messrs. Robinson, Nichols, and Co., of Old Jewry Chambers, to complete the accounts. The delay has been occasioned through the differences between the parties. Protection was granted, and it was stated that the balance sheet would be filed in the course of next week. POLICE INT ELLIGENOR-(7711S D.ll'. MAR LBOROUGH-STREET. DEFRAUDING A COLONEL —NOTORIOUS IMPOSTERS.— Frederick Marshall, alias Sullivan, a woolcomber, and Wil liam George Johnson, a typefounder, and both of whom itrA notorious imposters and bogging-letter writers, the former hating recently left prison after an incarceration of 9 months, were charged with obtaining, by false pretences, the sum of 4s. from Colonel DanieLls, of 54, Grosvenor square. From the evidence of the Colonel it appeared that yester day morning they called at the residence of the Colonel, but were informed by the butler that his master would not be disengaged till one o'clock. At that time the prisoners called again and sent up a petition or card bearing several influential names. Acting under the advice of Alullord 339 A, the colonel marked two florins and gave them to the prisoners, who at the time represented that they had been shipwrecked on the Devonshire coast, and lost all their property. They were afterwards taken into custody, and the marked florins found on them. They then admitted the signatures to the petition to be forgeries. It further ap peared that, previous to being taken into custody, they had thrown a second petition into the fire, but it was rescued from the flames. The prisoners were recognised by llorsford, Fryer, and Turner, officers of the Mendicity Society, as skilled begging letter writers ; and, on leaving for the van, ono remarked to the other that their friends would not got on without them. The prisoners were committed for three months each, with hard labour. CAUGHT IN TIME.—ATTEMPT TO ENTER A. JEWELLER'S SROP.—James Connors and Mary Morlaid, both deter mined-looking persons, were charged as follows : Mr. Joseph Robins, jeweller, of No. 7, Church-street, Soho, said that about 12 the previous night he was return ing home. When he got to his shop door ho saw the male prisoner stooping down and trying to open the door with a key. He seized hold of him and had a severe struggle, when the female prisoner camoup and tried to get the man away by striking him (prosecutor), and scratching his face, and behaving in the most violent manner. William Parr, 139 C, said the prisoner, when taken into custody, gave no account of himself. Sergeant Joy said the prisoner had been frequently charged with being concerned in burglaries, but had been very lucky in escaping conviction. He know him to be th• companion of housebreakers, and ho also knew the female as the companion of thieves. The female said she did not know the male prisoner, and did not know why she interfered in the matter. The prisoners were remanded for a week by Mr. Bing ham. COURT OF CHANCERY.' (Before the Lords Justices.) DAILEY V. CASS.-APPEAL MOTION. This was an appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, directing the appellant to produce the writings admitted to be in her possession, and deposit them with the clerk-registrar within coven days in terms of the order. Their lordships declined to disturb or alter the order, with costs. THAMES. ASSAULT IN A TnHATan.—Janlo3 Warren, a powerful man, described as a cabinetmaker, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with violently assaulting Mr. Isaac Costa, a constable in nightly attendance at the Effingham Saloon Theatre, in the Whitechapel-road. The complainant is a stout, jolly man, and a great favourite with the frequenters of the Effiingham Saloon Theatre on accaunt of his general good humour and con ciliatory disposition. Last night the prisoner was about to force his way into the theatre, and he was asked for his check. Ho said he had not got one, and that he had been in the theatre before, and did not receive a check on leav ing. The check-taker assured him that a check was given to every one up till half-past ton o'clock, and refused to allow the prisoner to enter the theatre unless he paid for admission. Tho pri-. soner on this became very ♦iolent and noisy, and on being remonstrated with by the complainant, he used the most filthy language and threats, and threatened to gouge Mr. Costa's eyes out, in the American fashion. Expostu lations and remonstrances were in vain, and Mr. Costa en deavoured to remove the prisoner, and put his hands quietly upon him. The prisoner immediately struck him a violent blow with his fist on the right eye, and knocked him backwards. Kelly, a police-constable, No. 130 H, on duty in front of the theatre, was then called, and after a determined resistance on the part of the prisoner, took him into custody. The prisoner used the most horrible lan guage and threats towards :qr. Abrahams, the proprietor and manager of the theatre, and also towards the complain ant, who appeared in court suffering great pain with his right eye swollen and quite closed. Tho prisoner said ho was very sorry for having struck the constable. He was intoxicated when he did so, and much excited when ho was refused admission to the theatre. Ho had paid for admission in the early part of the even ing, and went out for a few minutes, the check-taker on his leaving said, " I shall know you again," but gave him no chock. Mr. Yardley said he had been once served in that way at a theatre, and if managers countenanced such conduct, and allowed their servants to charge a second time for admis sion on the same night, it was highly discreditable. Mr. Costa said a check was offered to every person on leaving the theatre until half-past la o'clock at night, and the proprietor gave out a thoUand checks every night for that purpose. Kelly confirmed this statement, and said he had been upon duty at the Effingham Saloon Theatre four years, and an occurronoe of this kind had never happened before. It was the most quiet, orderly, and well-conducted theatre in the metropolis, and the average number of visitors was two thcusand nightly. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had acted with groat vio lence, and he ought to be quite ashamed of himself to use such language as ho had done. Ho fined the prisoner 405., which was paid. DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Virind this day at noon, N.N.W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. CARDIFF, Feb. 7.—The Charlotte, of and for Gibraltar, has put back to Penarth-roads, leaky, and must discharge in dock. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind, W. to W.N.W.—Ar rived—Henrietta Mary, from Havre, for New Orleans—. Northumberland, from London for Kurrachee. COWES, Feb. B.—Wind, W.S.W.—D. L. Choate, from Havre for Mobile. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. `Wind, N.E. Arrived, Feb. B—Chase, from Dublin; Prince of Wales, from Port Madoc ; Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Char lotte Ann, from Ab er d ov y. Arrived, Fob. 9—Delta, steamer, from Alexandria. Sailed, F o b . B—Derwent and Rachel, steamers, for Car. dill ; La Poule, for Cherbourg; Havre, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N. Arrived, Feb. B.—Ellon Radford, from Caldera ; Agla Sofia, screw steamer, from Alexandria. (By SITIMARINE AND BRITISR TELEGRA.II.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning , Wind, W.5.T.., tide low water weather cloudy. Arrived, Feb. B—Mary Ann, from Ostend. Arrived, Fob. 9—Jessie GI - big, from Mauritius • Parrock. hill, from St . K itt ' s. ; DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.N.E. fresh. Passed —Wilh elm, from London, for Newport; England, from London, for Bordeaux ; her M a j esty ' s steamers Dee and Vesuvius, from the West, for the River. S ailed—Nearly all th e ou t war d b ound. Remainder pre parin. Mr. Wadd e ll, in his lecture on the Genius of Burns, says William Wallace I liken to Samson and. be was a no bl er man withal I David H ume was ourunbe lieving, deep -sighted, metaphysical, distracted Job ; John Knox is our Elijah, and with much of Elijah's fiery humour in him ; Burns is our natural, and if you will have it so, our sinful, erring David ; Th omas C ar l yle is our moral John the Baptist ; and other names, both in England and in Scotland, shall yet be added, when men c ome t o appre h end and believe." TWO BOATS CAPSIZED, THREE MEN DROWNED IN TUB MERSEY.—On Tuesday afternoon a boat (No. 11) was out in the Rock channel on " speculation," and in an endeavour to hook on to a Bremen it capsized, and three boatmen who were in it at the time were thrown out into the water. The New Brighton ferry steamer rescued two, but the third, a fine young man, was drowned. In the early part of the day another boat, while crossing from the ship building yard of Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead, came into contact with the hawser of the ship Vocalist, lying in the Mersey, and capsized. Two men who were sailing the boat at the time, after a vain atlempt to right it, were swept down tho river with the tide and drowned. None of the bodies have as yet been recovered. . _ 111.. A SIICIIAFT moved an amendment to the erect, that the meeting do not approve of that part of the report relating to the narrow guage on the Exeter, and Crediton and Bideford Railway. Mr. PUNCHER expressed his dissent to many subjects mentioned in the report. Mr. TITE, M.P., said he had taken great pains to prevent the expenditure on the Direct Ports mouth and Exeter Railway, but he was not sup ported, and hence the failure with the proprietors. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to explain that it arose from no difficulty on the part of the directors that their dividends were less than they ought to be. It arose entirely from the opposition and rivalry that had taken place. As chairman of the North Devon Railway, he contended that the con duct of the directors was entirely free from the aspersions that had been made against them. Their adoption of the narrow guage was a wise one, and he thought they had exercised a sound judgment, and although he should have been delighted to have received a larger dividend, he must express his satisfaction that, under the difficulties the directors had to contend with, they should have been enabled to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. He defended the directors in all their proceedings, and urged that they ought to be freed from attacks that had been made upon them. He had great pleasure in support ing the report of the directors. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER hoped the directors would pause before they commenced operations at the foot of Kingston bridge. The station at Hampton Wick, he contended, answered all purposes. The report, after a lengthened discussion, was carried. Rosolutions for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report and the election of re tiring directors were then agreed to, and the meeting separated. RACING FIXTL FEklti Lincoln Spring 15 Nottinghtint Spring 2l RES FOR 1860. JARY. Durby Spring MI Liverpool Spring 6 Shrewsbury Spring 7 Coventry l3 Newmarket C. AP: Catterick Bridge 11 Thirsk 'Wars6.l Spriag 20 Northampton 27 30 Croxton Park Tork Spring l7 Epsom Spring 20 Newmarket F S 23 Chester 1 Doncaster spring 8 Salisbury lO Bath Ju Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l Ascot Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham Bibury Club 20 Ju Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Liverpool Abingdon .. 12 Au( Brightoi Brighton Club 3 Wolverhampton Reading S Plymouth 14 Oxford l5 Nottingham 17 Stamford l9 Marlborough Goodwood 24 Egham 21 York 22 Stockton 23 Lich&ltl 27 Derby SETT; Warwick Doncaster 11 Leicester l9 MBER. Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn.. 2l Nowmarket F.O. .. 25 OCTOBER. Bedford 3 I Newmarket N 22 Nowmarket 8 0 NOTIMBIit. Heroford Liverpool Autumn 7 IRELAND. Aram. - Curragh 24 MAY. Howth and Baldoylo Summer 8 JUNE. Wicklow p... 6 I Curragh 26 JULY. Bellowstown ..11 I Down Royal Cup ..24 _ - AUGUST. Heath of Maryboro' ~.. 7 I Roscommon 21 Galway ...14 SEPTEMBER. Curragh, Traznore ... 4 I Jenkintown Park ..18 ......11 Cashel ..25 Londonde OCTOBER. rry ... 2 Royal Down Corporation.. 24 Curragh ..16 Strabane 3O At Hamburg the rate of discount is as low as 16 per cent. From a return just obtained it appears that the total amount of Rupee paper received in this country up to the 31st December last was £4,098,657. Of this, however, oonsiderablo portion belonged to permanent holders, who have merely transferrt # the stock from one side to the other. all 1100 1111 113 207 212 I et ets ;115 120 j 93 05 - - 2f 3 98 100 P 57 59 144 15 Stock Stool FOREIGN RAI. to Antwerp & Rotterdam a, 10 Ardennes al 10 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c ' 5 Belgian East. Junction al Xi Beziers to Graissessac al 6 ICarmeaux Mine & Rail all 10 , Copiabo .0 I Ditto Extension 10 iDutch Rhenish 10 Eastern of France 18 'Euphrates Valley 29. 10 ,Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c 6 10 Great Central of France all 10 I Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 10 Italian Junc tion . ..... all 10 Lake Constance & Bale all 10 Lierre and Turnhout .. all !a Lombardo Venetian.... 10 10 Lyons and Geneva .... all 134 Maria Antonia all [0 Do. do. New 10 Namur and Liege 10 Do. do. 6p. C. Pref all [6 Northern of France all 10 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all N Paris,Lyons, and Medit all Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) ) 13 gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg lO 10 Rome and Frascati ..,.. all 10 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 10 Sambre and Meuse all [0 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 0 Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France all Western of Austria Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 'Zealand...... all 14 15 i 0 180 124 134 [1:34 41 5} 14 15 7 122 ?31 241 11 14 11 5 51 )1 103 17 109 lar 2 2} 2j 21 1 d 11 1 It 2 3 1 f d 1 I 'lt par 60 52 12 14 fp 151 a 23 6 7 i 2 54 :0 130 35 36 1 1 1 r 1•h Closing 811111111111 I Price. Dose. 4 44011ei 2e , 3 30 14 340 440 450 120 125 5/ Be 114 12 55 57 14 144 1 1 . 3 34 27 2 9 41 1 49 51 1 i 5, bi 61 84 12 1 4FI 50 49 25! 260 21 21 75 185 25 26 I 211 22 3 5 5} I 19 2 0 80 824 410 420 180 190 100 105 14 14 15 14 • 1 32 35 1 4; 941 5 741 981 8 UST. 1111PERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YEsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the case of several bills. The following bills were read a second time :--Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway ; Caine Railway ; Cardiff Water; Land Loan and Improvement Company; London and Blackwall Railway; London and North-Western (No. 1) ; Oxford, Worcester, and ,Wolverhampton, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, and Worcester and Hereford Railways; St. Helen's Canal and Railway and London and North-Western Railway Companies; Sudbury, Mel ford and Clare, and Bury St. Edmund's Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from various parts of the country against the unconditional abolition of church rates; which proceeding occupied the house 40 minutes. INCOME TAX. Mr. FORSTER moved for a return showing the number of persons charged to the income tax for the year ending the sth day of April, 1859, under Schedule D, distinguish.. ing the number charged in each of the following classes, viz., under £lOO a year, £lOO and under £l5O a year, £l5O and under £2OO a year, and other incomes to £60,000 and upwards; also a similar return under Schedule E, showing the net amount of property and income tax for the same year, classed under the severa l S c h edules - (in continuation of the Parliamentary Paper of Session 1859). And similar return for Ireland. Ordered. SUGAR. - Mr. C. FORSTER moved the following returns, which were ordered :—Tabular return showing the quantities of sugar of the several sorts imported into the United King • doui, and the quantities retained for home consumpti on ; together with the ra t es o f d u t y charged thereon, and the net revenue accruing therefrom in each year, from 1800 to 1859 inclusive ; foll owe d b y a comparative statement of the ave rage prices of British plantation and foreign sugar (ordinary yellow Havannah) for the same series of years : Account of the imports into the United Kingdom of sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, cocoa, and cotton, from the West Indies, Bri tish Guiana, the Mauritius, and British possessiOns in India, for the years 1831 to 1859 inclusive; distinguishing the quan tities from each colony and each possession in each year : Similar account of the quantities of foreign sugar imported, stating from whence, and the quantities from each place or country : And account of the quantity of refined sugar and sugar candy imported into the United Kingdom in the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 18.51, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1859 respectively, stating the quantity retained for home consumption, the rates of duty paid, and the quantity exported : Return of the quantity of foreign sugar entered for home consumption during each year, from 1831 to 1859 inclusive, distinguishing refined from unrefined ; and also the several places from whence such sugar was imported. MILITARY ORGANISATION COMMITTEE. In reply to Colonel DUNNE, Mr. S. HERBERT said he would give notice of the intention of Government with regard to the reappointment of this committee. NEW . On the motion o f M r . LAING WRlTS writs were ordered for Hereford in the room of Mr. Cowper, vacant by his accept ance of the office of Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works ; and for Gateshead, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Butt as Vice President of the Board of Trade. CURCH-RATES ABOLITION BI On. the H order of the day fo r th e seco LITIO d i reading LL. of this bill, Mr. HENLEY presented a petition signed by seventy archdeacons of the United Kingdom against the abolition of church-rates, which he mo ve d s h ou ld be read before pro ceeding with the orders of the day. This motion was agreed to, and the petition was accord ingly read at the table of the house. Sir J. TRELAWNY then rose to move the second reading of the bill. The hon. baronet, after some intro ductory observations, said that there was universal autho rity it favour of the settlement of this question, and that circumstances had recently arisen which rendered such a settlement extremely desirable. It was more than twenty years ago that Sir Robert Peel said that six months • should not bo permitted to elapse before the question was finally arranged, and about the same Deriod, he believed, Lord Derby said that the Dissenters had a serious and substantial grievance to complain of In the existence of church rates. The commissioners ap pointed in 1859 said that the law in regard to church rates was in a most inconsistent and unsatisfactory condition, and Dr. Lushington, as well as other high legal autho rities, had expressed themselves to the same effect. In fact, he had the whole authority of the house, including every member of the opposition, as to the necessity of a settlement of the question. Moreover, the late Govern • ment had introduced a measure abolishing Ministers' money, thereby affirming the principle for which he con • tended, and adoptin,, , s in Ireland the system which he was desirous of establishing in England. (Hear, hear.) He was not desirous of introducing any disagreeable element into the present discussion, and he would merely advert to certain disturbances which had taken place in the metropo lis in reference to the mode of petbrming the Church service. Those disturbances formed a ground for the settlement of the question, for as there was no efficient synodical action, or other means of putting an end to the dissensions between congregations and their ministers, he thought the laity should be armed with additional powers. It was also proved that the existence of the rate formed a ground of great in con%enience to thp magistrates throughout the country. The principle of taxation without representation was op posed to the constitution of the country, and to the feelings of the community. (Hear, hear.) He alluded to the re cent disturbances in Edinburgh to show that the people of that city were determined to resist the p a y men t o f t h ese rates. As a further proof of the feelings of hostility enter tained towards the impost, he would draw the :attention of the house to the fact that very lately :there were no less than 500 summonses issued in that city against defaulters with respect to this rate, all of which were dismissed by the magistrate before whom they were heard. He con tended also that the amount raised by these rates was too limited to justify the house in perpetuating them in the face of the difficulties and opposition wide which their collection was r attended. That amount was £263,709 14s. 2d., which was subject to deductions that reduced it considerably. In the first place, there was the debt with which it was encuin bored, amounting to £318,200, the interest on which was no less than £15,000 a-year ; and, if they got rid of the illegal items in these rates, the sum total would be further diminished. The opposition to the bill, so far as the Dissenters were concerned, was, he understood, to be abandoned by hon. memb ers on th e ot h er side of the house, and the conduct of Dissenters in those cases where the rate was nct imposed was such as to justify the members of the Church of England in feeling confidence that they would not suffer from the adoption of the voluntary principle. He alluded to his own borough (Tavistock), in which the church rate had been abolished, and where the Dissenters had subsequently come forward and contributed towards the building and decoration of a church for the use of the members of the State establishment. The Dissenters in Leeds had also proved that there was no ground of appre hension from the operation of the voluntary principle, for they had come forward nobly and liberally to support the Church since its adoption in that neighbourhood. (Hear, hear.) Ho contended also that the great excite ment which the imposition and collection of this rate produced was, in itself, a very powerful argument against its continuance. The hon. baronet concluded by urging briefly, but effectively, the ordinary arguments in support of his motion, and calling on the house to adopt a measure that would terminate an impost which was obnoisi ous, and therefore impolitic. (Hear, hear.) Sir C. DOUGLAS seconded the motion. He had been a member of the committee of 1851, and the evidence he had heard on that occasion convinced him that the only means of settling this question was by the adoption of the volun tary principle. With respect to the petitions that had been presented against the bill, it was well knownhow these could be got up, and numerous as they were in the 29 present instance they did not average more thansig natures each. The hon. member then adverted i n de tail to the attempts that had been made by Governments and individuals in Parliament to show that all attempts to legislate on this subject on the principle of conipro • mise had failed, and therefore it could only be dealt with efficiently by abolishing the impost altogether. Lord MONTAGUE moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He said that the subject had been so frequently and fully discussed, that he would not trespass on the attention of the house at any considerable length. Ile cont ended that the question had passed into a new phase since the committee of 1851, for it was now regarded as a political and not a religious subject. It was a fact that more than half of the Dissenters of the United Kingdom were in favour of the continuance of church rates. With re spect to accommodation for persons desirous of frequent ing a place of worship it was not provided for, so far as the poor were concerned, by Dissenters, in whose chapels the seats were paid for. It was also found that Dissenters flourished only in rich districts, for when a neighbourhood became poor, Dissenters deserted and their chapels were put up to sale. As regarded the annuity tax question in Edinbur g h, they had it on record that the agitation was not to cease with the abolition of that tax, and indeed agita tion was not terminated by victory. The opposition to church rates originated with those: whose exponent was the Church Liberation Society, and who desired to sever the connection between Church and State, and made the pre sent question merely a stalking horse to accomplish that object. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches.) He quoted largely from the evidence before the com mittee of the House of Lords last year to support his state ments, and in support of his views asserted that in several cases where a church rate was not collected, the parish church had to be closed up from want of funds. Mr. R. LONG seconded the amendment in a maiden speech, in the course of which he said that the party who concurred with him in opinion were de termined to offer the present bill all constitutional opposition in their power. He alluded to the number of the petitions against, and the smallness of the number in favour of the bill, to show that the feeling of the country was adverse to the change which it proposed. Those who advocated the measure were not acting equitably, or on that principle which regulated the country, namely, compensating those whom they deprived of incomes which they derived from legitimate sources , for, in the present in stance, they proposed to deprive the clergy of an amount which, if capitalised, would realise no less than £9,000,000, without any equivalent whatever. The hon. member then followed in the footsteps of the noble lord who had preceded him Sir G. LEWIS said that he was net one of those who considered that the fabric of the Church throughout the kingdom would be suffered to fall into decay by the aboli tion of this rate, and he had arrived at the conclusion that a compromise could not settle the question ; so that he was prepared to vote for the bill of the hon. baronet as the only satisfactory adjustment at which they could arrive. The fact was, that clergymen in towns were sup ported, not out of tithes, but virtually by the operation of the voluntary principle, so that the arguments of hon. members opposite were fallacious, so far as that point was concerned. Having :argued that there was no ground for supposing that the poor would be unprovided for in th e event of the abolition of the compensation impost,lonf .w e heirecerhgth. traced to a spurious sentimen t, the ri g ht hon. g entl eman then contended that there was no p oint of analo gy i nregard to the question of chu rch rates, in which had been granted f or the abolitio n o ffi c es or sources of emolume nt. to such compensatio ns the house p roce eded on the p rin ci ple caeal o f that they wer e dealing with vested rights as in th the ecclesiastical court, where th e proctors were entitled' to compensation, because they possessed certain professional emo l ume nts, of which they were deprived by e th a e ltera altera tions that it had been deemed expedient t o mak eht in con stitution of that court. 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Gray, William Morgan, C. 0. S. Yorke, H0n..31. Grey dcWilton,Lord Morgan, Major TELLER, .. Griffith, C. D. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Montagu, Lot d it . Grogan, Sir Edward Mure David Long, R. p. : incidents than the present impost. In his opinion the nib' stitution of a pew rent would meet the circumstances of the case, as in rural districts, and be enti re l y f ree from the ob jections that exist e d t o the present rate. He concluded by' calling on the house to settle this long -agitated question, and adopting the bill now submitted tot hem. (Hear.) Mr. K. SEYMER supported the amendment, and co plained of the course adopted by successive go vernments since Sir R. Peel's Administration to the present time, in not bringing fsrward a statesmanlike measure, instead of leav -fag it to private individuals to deal with this question, who were animated by a desire to abolish church rates alto gether. He believed such a sweeping. and one-sided bill would not satisfactorily effect the object contended for by the hon, member who had supported it on the present oc casion, and previously when the question was debated in that house. He contended that it was clear this bill origi nated, as had been stated by a preceding speaker, with those who had a desire to do away 'with the Church Establishment. Those per sons, he thought, should, through their representatives in this house, have openly declared their views. However, that party preferred to proceed by sapping and mining until they succeeded in blowing up the Established Church, which was exactly what he wanted them not to accomplish. (Laughter.) He hoped that all who were favourable to the connection between Church and State would vote against the bill. Mr. BRISTOWE supported the motion as a Churchman, and said that a large number of his co-religionists were opposed to a compulsory rate, while the number of those in favour of their continuance had been diminishing con siderably of late years. Mr. DISRAELI opposed the bill in consequence of its centralising character, which would, interfere with the pa rochial constitution of this country, which was not less Im portant than even its political constitution. They were called on to sanction a measure which proposed to alter * system which, for centuries, had waked beneficially, which was approved by the nrtjority, and not complained of by the minority. (Hear, hear, fro m th e Opposition.) It was to be regre tt e d , no doubt, that the custom which prevailed in one part of this country for the preservation of the fabric of the Church should have fallen into disuetude in another. However, that was not ground sufficient to justify their adopting the plan proposed by this bill, which was founded on a mere speculative theory, and not calculated to eff e ct a satisfactory settlement of the question. It should be remembered that when the subject on former cccasions was discussed the argument was chiefly that the existing system was felt to b e a gr i evance to Dissenters, but thero was no such argument in the present instance. There was no agitation forcing this question on their consideration, and if they adopted the bill they would be introducing a principle which would probably extend to further alterations in reference to the State establishment of a charact3 r which they never contemplated. The effect of the bill would be to revolu tionise the parochial constitution of the country, and he called on the house to reject a measure so uncalled for and so dangerous. (Opposition cheers.) Lord FERMOY supported the bill, and alluded to the beneficial results that had attended the abolition of shinid lar rate in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. Packe and Mr. Hubbard against, and Mr. Thompson in favour of the bill, Sir J. TRELAWNY replied briefly. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading 263 Against The announcement was received with loud cheers by the Opposition, as it exhibited a considerable reduction on the majority of last year. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BILL. On the motion of Mr. SLANE; this bill was read a se• cond time and ordered to be committed. 0 ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS BILL. Mr. J. LOCKE moved the second reading of this bill. He stated that the object of the measure was to afford facilities to articled clerks to enter the profession, and to en able clerks who have served for ten years without being articled to have the same privileg es , on conditio n o f their serving th ree years as articled clrks. The learned gentleman explained some of the provisions of the bill, which he had done at its previous stage. Mr. BOVILL asked the house to postpone the measure, in order that the profession generally might have time to consider its details. The discussion was interrupted at a quarter to 6 o'clock. WAKEFIELD AND GLOUCESTER ELECTIONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion on the sub ject till to-morrow night. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to six o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FEB. 8. - CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question :"—The house divided ; ayes 263, noes 234. AYES -263. c od at 1i 40 sa , k 1 in% each; lover, load• overt load.