The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-07 00:00:00

2110NEY MAR [CBI AND CITY NE It S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 4th January, shows some very important changes. The bullion, owing to the increased demand for the continent, has been diminished to a considerable extent. In the reserve of notes there is a falling off of upwards of a million and a quarter sterling ; but the other securities, owing to the augmented in quiry for money and the advances made by the authorities on Government stock, owing to the shutting of the transfer books, have been increased to a like amount. The public deposits, in conse quence of the usual quarterly disbursements, shows a large diminution, but an addition has been made to the private deposits ; and the active circulation has been augmented by nearly one million sterling The various items, and the changes they present are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation • • • • Increase .• • • Bullion Decrease .. • • .• Rest Increase .. • • " Public Deposits Decrease .. Other Deposits • • • • Increase .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase .. Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase .. .. £21,825,095 .. 996,620 .. 16,460,824 .. 349,230 .. 3,209,942 • • 53,369 .. 9,159,556 .. 645,174 .. 13,409,327 .. 337,917 .. 795,595 • . 91,992 .. 10,923,782 • • 1,375 .. 21,092,909 1,185,329 Not* Unemployed 8, 46 5 ,590 Decrease 1,315,390 A-small amount of gold--viz., about £B,OOO, was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. . Me for e i gn exchanges, yesterday afternoon, ex hibited a slight advance in the rates on Vienna and Trieste. The half -yearly dividend of 155., and a bonus of £4 per share have been advertised for payment on the Consolidated Shares of the Alliance Marine In surance Company. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were without any materiel change. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £658,016, and the exports £281,976, e xclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold coin, Boulogne . 160 ozs. Gold Belgium 4,125 2,690 „ bars, d o . 7,100 Gibra Silver coin, Rambre'ltar &c 1,440 „ Boul ogne Rotterdam 4 8 0 6 00 it The transacti ons in the market for English secu rmoirees fi t r o m -d nss ay h ave been very limited, but rather has been apparent, probably in con sequence of th e upward tendency of the Rentes, Which im have b een telegraphed at a further provement to-day. Consols have risen to 951 for the 10th inst., and to 951 1 for February next. The New Threes are 951 1; the Reduced, 95: ; India New Loan Stock is 1041 Z-; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 97 1 ; ditto 51 per Cent. ditto, 1 031 ; Ba n k S tock is firmer, at 228 to 229 ; and Exchequer Bills remain at 295. to 325. prem. A moderate degree of activity prevails in the market for Foreign Securities, but prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 to 791 ; ditto New, 65 1 to 661; Mexican has receded to 221 ; Brazi lian 5 per Cents, to 102 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 98 ; ditto 3 per Cents. are steady, at 66a ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. are firm at 65t. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are to 11 prom.; the Universal ditto, dis. to par ; the San Paulo Railway, y die. to par ; the New Lank of Turkey is "pro o m 2; ; 3 prem. a and the New Cana dian Loan has improved t In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been on a very limited scale ; in several in stances, however, advanced prices have been realised. Great Western improved 10s. ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, South Western, Midland and South Eastern, ss. Great Northern declined 55., and Eastern Counties, 10s. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Mar kets were unimportant. Lombardo-Venetian im- P6roved about s s. ; and B ahia and San Francisco, s ; East I n di an, Great Indian Peninsula, Grand Trunk of Canada, and G reat w estern o f C ana d a each brought f ormer pri ces . Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive at about previous rates. BRITISH - FU NDS--CLOSING PRICES. lank Stock . . 228/ 8 9 3 _ Cent. _ • 00000000000000000000000 per Reduced Annuities 9 9 5 51 i I 3 per Cont, Consols Annuities 14 "vr 3 per C 95i 1 Lo A 6nt • An nuities Ditntgo fernii3Oni y ties, expire sth Jan., 1860.... India Stock o e sth April, ........ . 171 13-16 Ditto S'per Cent .. **************** 10 Di per flfac ed paper, 5 per cent .. 97 4 k _ Ditto 61 per Cent Consols fo 951 119 r Aocount (Jan. 10) 99 32 flat P er 'Min, £1,009 lid ** - 4 mall, 1/ / 1 * ' 'aril el:-..attooTifilue_rriter'4eut. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES..— D' ' C.bilian, 6l P Pe e r r r e C u e e e t i l l t .t . * ********************* 9 1 1 0 0 4 32 maexisa n 3 Ditto Aceo lit ' 221 r • ant ***************** wirnan 41- per Ce ***** ittitte Account ** nt . .. • .. 94 sian 1 822, £ St . , 5 per Cent I.) it tto 41 per Cent: P ~ to, 3 er Cent., 1859 ** D 66k 46Paniith Co p m. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l i Turkish 6 per Cent — 1113i i t t t4 to N A. e nn we in o t an 66/ 5i Litt Acco Lunt Dividends on the above payable in Lo_n_ aux. Bin h Exehalsizo, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent 6,31 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) 95! Ditto, Fob BANK OF ENGLAND. ca ll Account, p ursuant to the Act 7th and Bth V i ctor i a, I V ; 32 , for t I h 6 e 0 week endi ng on W e d nes d ay, th e 4th d a y alluary, 8:-- Notes i 'sailed ...... 2380110E90 DEPArM - ,6551 G-ov e r E n N ment Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 I Gold Coin & Bullion 15,815,683 Silver Bullion .... - probrieto ' 430,290,655 tal 11 CaPi- DANKING D. lt,mt .............. X 14,553.0001 l'ubi l iii; . ..... 3,209,942 cluding,ll'lXtZ: guer, Savin,,,s' Banks, Commis niissioners of risia tional Debt, and Divid d en Othe Ac- Severcou D nts) ... 7 Depcsli;i:; 9,159,556 .. 13,409,32' othe a Y and r Bills ..... D ated Jan. 5,1860. 130,290,683 , EPARTMENT. Government Secu- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,923,782 Other Securities 21,09 e,909 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 645,130 795,595 £11,127,420 ... M. 1 £41,127,420 RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. T h AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR. b -e A Yef3 Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coin i,r;cl from R e t urns ma d e in th e wee k ending the 3d day ta a n., 860 o'neclu s ive of the duties of Customs ai or riYtaa jublethere,x on the importation thereof into Great From the Per e/rt. British possessions in America 26s 111 possessi 'IINE-,, . --1 - ) uring the %largo amount of business has been transacted, week, in the Share r t e hi N na la a r l k ao e k t Gramber and°(;3?_.ant and well, with prices generally better. St. Aubyn, 60 to 621 ; at the meeting accounts showed fi the two months of 1-, , ._.. and u. ti a pro t on on 3 8 e the tvloteral of £972, or £2 per share declared, reaucTinhbe 07.4 previmis balance then hand to 11 2 / 6 16s 2d. £4z l 4 23.s: b etl e ited . . in , a account realised . ilie su a m mbe o r f , ' 12s 3d •and the ores sold in Dec ti ro ~.0 credited next account, sold for 11,248 Ils. 6d. vadn a ',, - _ ; usols, 5 to 51; Buller and Basset, la . to li ; Ca ll to ii''' lli to 151 • Carooll 12 to 13 ; Camborne Vean, 321 to"3s?a,th.erine and Jane, 12s to 13s ; Craddock Moor, 328 6d ; 1 3 advanced to Din Deng, 14 to 15 • Drake Walls, 30s to 23, 25. ileoath, 420 to 420. New 'Seton have a Lake and sast Wlast sale of tn, the - -°ll.t h Bedf 'd2lto n . Wheal Lewis, 3to 31- , month. Nort Basset advanced to 13,5, 140. East Gunn . is . the - is said to yield a profit ofab_o o u n t r, l ,a 3 l o . o on u Prances ti} to 6.—. in ning J XTENSIVE fl o n ' - G _Mr T.Pateman, farmer, of TT '" ItSE rOISONIN . . . loss' '"ington near Stamford, has sustained a serious * His teaiii of six horses has been invariably admired. from Okeen th eili in condition alterative powders were given time to time. A mash containing, as was thought, horses usual quantity of powder, was given to the working I on ' l'hursday night, the 29th ult., but on the con .ents of the bucket being again offered to them next morn ; t hem, they refused to partake of what had been prepared . fo o. and it soon becam e apparent that they were suffering ?rfrom illness. An investigation proved that arsenic by .iistalte had been used with the mash instead of the altera tive powder. Mr. Swan, veterinary-surgeon, was sent for, atid he aPplied thenecessary remedies, but it is feared that tnot one of the ' team and three young horses that par took of the pois s o i n w ill recover from its effects—two died on ; .l indaY, ono on Tuesday, and another on Wednesday. - "e Tnash given on Friday, and not eaten by the horses, was thrown away ; some of this was partaken of by a beast, Which is also suffering from its effects. Not one of the Work ing' horses was worth less than £45. In addition to this serious loss several of Mr. Pateman's sheep died dur iitg the sum mer from a prevalent disease. The arsenic had be en in the cupboard about two years.—star ford Mercury. sHAR_e MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Paid. ND STOCKS. Closing I Basineas Price. ORDINARY SHA Railways. Amberf.r.., Notting. Bost and Eastern Junction :leltast and Ballymena Wol., and I•7:tr. Val Birk , a., and Ch. J une Blackburn B!yth and Tyne Bost. Slefd.& Mid. Coun tristoi and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passagt Cornwall A Do.• (A rcves no div Do untilip.c.per an • hasbeen Dublin andßeltast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds' East Suffolt Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee & Clyde Junction Purness Glasgow& South Westn Gr'reat North of Scotland 'li-eat Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock r4t. South.& Wstn.(lreld) fireat Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. on.,Brizh ton &S. Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Colerair e L'derry & Enniskillen. )Tan., Shef., & Lincoln Aetropolitan Aidland Do. Binning. & Derby Aid. Gt. West.(lreland% Do. Shares Mid Rent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd, Newry & Armagh (icf.) Newry, Warpt., & Kos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Eail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div fip.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Benvie': Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1 Do. Leeds • Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer 'South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 : ThamesllayenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath 'Victoria Station & Pim 'Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 8} 6i 8 fli 76 77 111 12} 64 7 103 105 olt 65?, 6i 7 B; 144 15; 574 68; 39 41 27 29 82. 43, 3O 31 99i 100 [O7 108 96 96. 133 135 [l2 114 704 71 60 t* tG9 212 18 19 I, 18 19 p 1021 103 654 664 115 116 13 t 4 99f DOI 9t4 99 Si 9a 39 394 114 111 87 89 101 11k 59 81 3i 11e, 63} 631 94f 95} 1i 1 d 48& 49 781 79} [O7 109 3 3# d 8 g& 35 364 7 84 14 16 116 .118 281 87291 85 47 49 4 3d 43} fll 85 85 7 2 74 67 70 6 8 364 37i 551 561 24 3i p i d * p 63 65 12.'30 41 41 - d 1 21 24 11 d 4 41d 25 26 2, 21p1 2,11 361 361 — r 9 10 361 351 54 56 11 1 d 15 17 ,4 .1194 9 t 8 221 23 SECIIK 113 115 112 114 112 114 - 1081 1091 -- 99 100 99 100 99 100 108 109 110 112 lini iiii 1 14 15 170 200 334 E 44 41 51 35 37 19 21 13 15 120 125 8 9 231 241 11 11 51 q 101 104 107 109 p 2 1 21 I 1 1 1 d i 1 d lt II 11 2; 4 5 i I. d I 1 d par 51 53 77 74 32 14 P 22 23 6 7 52 54 1130 140 35 37 11 L3O 12 14 BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 41 51 20 British Iron Clifford — 305 315 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 1324 1374 East Caradon E: WI Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 124 13 13 Gam.&St.Aubyn(G wen.) 541 02 65 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 14 141 G. Wheal Alfd.(Pitillack) 12.4.2 1 4 11 —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 1 4 Grenville 5 31 4 •-• Herod's-Foot 8 21 22 Ilingaton Downs 4.3.6 ,:',, 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (uny Lelant) 9l 49 52 North Downs North Frances (41log - an) 10 5 54 N.Wh'l Basset (11logan) 5 61 61 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 i 94 10 Par Consols (St. Bl az y). 14 111 121 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 44 46 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s i I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 250 260 South C. Brea( Illog - an). 2 21 21 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9175 185 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 31 31 10 I, Tin Croft 9 4 51 , Vale of Towev (Carm ) 12s 8d I i West Basset (Mogan). 1/ 18 19 --W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 73 71 ' West Seton . ..... 474 395 405 -.-Wheal Basset . ( l llloganj. 51 180 190 -- Wheal Buller( edruth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cats.) 6 11 11 Wheal K itty (U. Lelant) 1.7 . 2 111 12 1 Wh '1 Mary Ann (Me uhe) 8 31 33 Vial Trelawney (Lick.) 44 30 32 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. FOREIGN MINES Railwayff. p a id . Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. • 7l 1 ; zu Australian ... 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s 1 d 1 p , I Bedford and Bletehley all Ln& N.W 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ 5 p.) 27 4 ..._ .. .. Buckinghamshire.... 100 Lr & N.W, 99 101 20 Do.St.Johndelßey , Lim. 15 20 5 2 1 1 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. • 501 511 5 Do.L and and Mining C o. all ...„,' • Do. do. 55 p. et .... 100 Do. all 48 49 501 Do. do. sp. et 100 'Do. 1114 116 40 Cobra Copper .......... C E 1(1 ne Colc hester, se o cl a i n l e s Jhsiutrnoe Stour I . oin pal, . : 16 75 8i Copiapo 1 1 : 0 00 1i F i 1 I C . 14 16 0 11 1 2 7 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all f i all 3 85 I C Gm a .tu l .N e . l o o:in 103 105 2 Fortuna all 25 26 E Union,Harwich Its. all ', E.Counts.! 41 41 20 General Do. Woodbridge ... 100 1 Gli.Barr.&Nells,Dret., 100 , Caledonin, 3 Linares all 4 P 101 111 Do. New 110 Do. 5 Lnsitanian Gloster& Dean Foreatj all Gt. West. 1 Mariquita all 1 ITartlpool.Dck.&ltail. , all IYk.N.&Br 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L les. par p I Hull and Selby Do.. Shares all Do. Do. 1 Shares I all I Do. London&Greenwich .I 100 S. East... e 5 67 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10s 3 d 4 p Do. Preference llO Do. 115 120 28.2.81 United Mexican all l4 2 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend.l 100 IPeto &Co 97 99 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et.' 100 I Norfolk . _. _ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ _ I Buxtn & Matk. , all LN W&M 2f 21 3 anc., . • Share Joint-Stock Banks. 'Paid. Closing Business Prloe. Done. Do. 6 per cent........ lOO IDo 3lid.Bradford Prefer- ; , I . , 100 !Midland go lot enee Stoc k ....... Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 '5. 5. 6.'E.Counts i i p 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 gnarantcel sp. C. 40 Australasia I all 82 84 Nortian.& Eastn. 5 p.c , all Do. 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 231 Do. do. 6 per cent.... , all Do. 100 Pank of London 5O 51 53 :521 Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. 40 Brit. Col. Bk. a Loan Co. all North Western all 3lidland 144 1.15 50 British North American all L & N W 1 Preston and Wyre. 1 all & L yk . ij 20 Chtd. Bank of India. &e 18 195 204 66 Do. Shares A. all Do. — 25 Cli.3ler.of In. Lon.&Cli. all 291 301 1 , 100 Cit Roystn,llitch.,& Shep 100 !Gt.North. 137 139 100 Col o nial Mir:weary& Hereford 100 ;T Brasse) , 101 106 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all Dr). Do. 1 i .... par 1 p 100 Commercial of Landon 2O 20 21 201 South Staffordshire .. all .'Clean . 101 11 20 lEng Scot., & Aus. Ch all 171 171 Wilts and Somerset—l 100 Gt. West 93 95 20 Gen ilk. of Switzerland all Wimblcsion& Croydn.i all L.&Brrrtn 71 85 2O ILon.Char.Bk.ofAustraL all 221 23 DOCKS. 50 50 ILondon and County London Joint Stock re) London & Westminster , 20 56 Share Docks. I P a i d Closing Businall 1 i Prim Dose. 00 Nat. Prov. of England. 33 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 Stork • Commercial lOO 20 INew South Wales StocklDo 4 perCent.Prc f.Min. 100 25 !Orient .11k. Corporation all 1391 404 Sto, k East and West India... 100 20 Ottoman Bank all 171 181 16 Sto. k: London . lOO 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 75 77 3to(klSt. Katharine lOO 10 'Do. New - 9 to( k Southampton lOO 25 South Australia St nr kl Victoria . ...: /00 101 106 . 25 Union of Australia...„ all %0 PO New ...........! 2 E 1 50 Union of London l2 29 30 100 unity Mutual \6O = .... li 100 all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paid.'A Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris ; & Exeyp.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shires _ _ _ stock Caledon £10.4} per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. O Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. Dun. Perth,& Aber Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spt Stock Do. do. Class 13 6 pc.... Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc.... Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. i;tock Eclin.&G las. 5 pc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock . Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 Pc.' Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock Gla9. &S West. r a. 5Pc.l Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct.; Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock i Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Itedm. 2 sJsc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotid,lsi pf. Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable pct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeeir able, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Lon.& Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. ,5p.0 No. 2 Do. gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 4i per cent )o. do. 41 per c. shares I Do. 7 per cent Pref. St. D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.deftil'6s) Loud. Chat. and Doverl Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she Londondy.& Ennis sh 31an.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 3.; per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Niaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent .. .• • • Do - nid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 4,1 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 I Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber, &C. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norflk ip.c. Ex.Stk,lB46 I Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1D0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Sth.Dev.ltail.&Dgk.Co. N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. I I Do. Berwick, 4 p. e. Pref. Do. do. do. . 4 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 eM. York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d g-ua I Do. Irredeem., 2d gua Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Ccutral, new p icottisli North-Eastern 31 per c. pret. stock Do. Aberdeen. zua.6 pc Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Readik, Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent watrfd Kilkny, 96 98 102 104 gig 6 1 102 112 116 105 107 114 118 113 115 127 12) 84 86 111 113 90 92 77i 7/4 115 117 119 121 112 114 106 108 86 88 98 100 99 101 89 91 91 93 103 104 10 NI 17 18 10 10f 75 76 20 21 10 1011 15 15i 140 192 118 120 118 120 140 150 118 120 156 160 130 140 65 68 21i 224 118 120 10 11 125 130 i i 88 7 0 I IP 140 142 102 104 95 96 10 104 11 12} 111 113 109 111 93 95 98 99 1 it) D IP 23 24 125 126 125 130 117 120 75 77 121 123 125 130 10f 1 241 241 103 105 103 105 84 87 24 204 33 34 344 334 56 59 10 stock 60 Stock) Stock. Stock Stock Stock 134 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock Stock! Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock StoCk Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Sionkl 613 9 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, ,TANUARY 7, 1860 BRITISH POSSESSIONS Share, l Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence I b Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake,Tiuron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 16 p. et. bds. 1 Aug . ., 1872 t Do. do. 1 ,inly, 1873 IDo. do. 1 June, 18741 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. l. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.)' Cape Town & Dock Script Central Oude (Limited): Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4 p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 ,Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds 1 ' Grand Trunk of Canada 'Do. 6 per cent. Pref. . Do. 6 per cent. Dcbentr. Do. 7 per cent. If.' IDo. do. 7 Do. do. 1872. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.—, guaranteed 5 per cent.; Gt.W. of Canada Shares 20f 20. 10 100 i 17i 20 Stock too Stock 20 Sto. Stock! 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Stock Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde . ta., . • Dm New Do. Puniaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. tic,: t " St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN '3s. Od AU: Paid c p lo r s k in e. g l'Susiness done 88 89 100 10: 17i 18 id id 41 bid all all all 100 10111 100 1. 3 0. a 6} par i p 1f Idl id par 1041 104 i 1 IP 1 00 4 10 LP 1011 10241 19 21 43 45 95 97 74 76 85 87 76 78 75 77 102 1021 i d par 4 Id 124 13 8 71 d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 93 95 101 102 02 26 id par - -d 88 ! it 101 1004 41 10 104} 32 ti - --d 102} 44j j 87454 j 8 6i 77 76j 102* 1 20 20i Id 1 p idpj id ip i l f I AYS. 201 41 f Antwerp & Rotterdam Ard.nnet4 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction 'Beziers to Graissessac ICarmeaux Mine & Rai' ;Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . lEuphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar p.c Great Central France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance: Sr Balr Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... , _. 'Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia ,Do. do. New Namur and Liefre Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares 'Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans ...... ;Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riva and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish IRoyal Swedish 7 per cent. Pref. , Sambre and Meuse. I Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France —I Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVER: Can. Gov. 6 p.c. J a. & July Do. 6 p.c.lb. &Aug. Do. 6p. c. Mr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1878 Do. 6 per cent. 1880 N. 11.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.o.Ap. & Oot. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB ai.cl up NovaSco friaGov. 6 p.c. S. 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Inv.(Lim )1 South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip , Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of 1./pr. Can Van Diemen 'a Land LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TUIS DAY.) • COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) THE EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE, IN RE ALLEN. This bankrupt was described as of Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter, broker, &c., and to-day was appointed for his adjourned examination. The bankrupt was prosecuted at the instance of the Bank of England, convicted, and sen tenced to 10 years' penal servitude. The bankrupt was brought up in custody, but no examination occurred in public. The bankrupt was permitted an interview with his friends in a private room. Messrs. Paul and Turner were appointed by the Court accountants to the estate, and Mr. Paul now reported that he had ascertained that the liabilities amounted to ,N about £87,000, the assets realised about £1,200, and outstanding debts on the underwriters' account of be tween £3,000 and £4,000. Under the circumstances, it was agrecd that an adjournment should be taken sine die, as Messrs. Paul and Turner could not carry their inquiries ftu ther from any information to be obtained from the bankrupt. _ _ _ Through the exertions of Messrs. Paul and Turner, it is probable that an addition will be made to the assets, but at present £1,200 must represent proofs to the amount of be_ tween £30,000 and £40,000 proved debts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.) MANSION •HOUSE. Thomas Topham, a discharged soldier from the Bengal Artillery, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with being a deserter from the 7th Dragoon Guards, under the name of Samuel Seekers. Sergeant Cotterill, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, said he knew the prisoner, and gave him into custody last night as a deserter from that regiment. The prisoner denied the charge. He said his name was not Samuel Seekers, and that he was not a deserter from the 7th Dragoon Giards. He had been in India four and a half years, and before he went away he was taken up as a deserter under the same name from the same regiment and discharged. The prisoner was remanded for further evidence. William M'Donald was charged with fraudulently ob taining X2O on a cheque on Messrs. Glyn and Company's bank from Mr. Alexander B. Manuel, merchant, Fenchurch street, with the intention of defrauding Mr. E. Walter Sim mons, Tottenham-court-road, his master. The sum of £lO 10s. lid. was found on the prisoner when taken into custody. He said he was going to America. The charge was clearly proved, and the Lord Mayor committed the prisoner for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CORROBORATING EVIDENCE.—SRAMEFUL TREATMENT OF AN ORPHAN Comp.—William Rutledge, a marine store-dealer and boot-closer, of Crown-street, Soho, was charged with the following disgraceful conduct to an intelligent orphan girl, 11 years of age, named Mar garet Collins : The child said she lived with the prisoner and his wife as an assistant to the children, and about two that morning she was in her •wn bed, in the prisoner's room, his wife being out at the time. The prisoner told her to get into his bed, but she declined to do so, telling him that there was "no room, and that Mrs. Rutledge would soon be in. He again asked her, but she refused, and after a bit she did. (The evidence of the girl was here unfit for publication, but it tended to show that the more serious offence had not been committed.) She was then crying out, but he told her not to do so. Thomas Dodsworth, C division, said his attention was ealled to the house by the prisoner's wife, who said he had assaulted her, but she would not give him in charge. A short time after, on passing the house, and hearing a noise, he looked through the window, the blind not being down, and saw the prisoner force the girl into his bed. On seeing the wife in the street, he asked her who was in bed with her husband. She replied, "No one." He then took the prisoner on the wife's charge of assault, and the girl told him what had occurred. The divisional surgeon had seen the girl, but said nothing serious had taken place. The prisoner partly denied the charge and partly asserted that the girl was willing. Mr. Bingham said, as far as he could understand the prisoner, he meant him to understand that the girl was not unwilling to comply with his desires. If under twelve, whether she consented or not made no difference in point of law. It was to be supposed that any one who had a heart would protect such a child. That he should violate the confidence between master and servant in such a way was abominable. He should fine him £5, or two months ; and the girl, being an orphan and in deep distress, had better be taken at present to the workhouse, as she would, being very intelligent, and having given her evidence in a proper man ner, ultimately become a good servant. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT nv CLERKS.—John Branscombe, aged 22, and Thomas Rutter, aged 46, of No. 11, West-lane, Bermondsey, clerks, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with feloniously embezzling various sums of money they had received for and on account of their employers. The first case was taken against Branscombc. Mr. Warrand, a solicitor, said the prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Burdett and Parish, linendrapers, of Nos. 1,2, and 3, York-place, Commercial-road East, and it was his duty to receive money from the porters, enter every sum so received in a book, and account for the same to his employers. The prisoner had at various times re ceived £2B which he had not accounted for, and had appro priated to his own use. The prisoner received £2 4s. 10d. of George Turner, a porter, on the 15th of December, and a £5 note on the 29th of the same month, and had not accounted for either of these sums. The £5 note was traced to a dancing shop, where the prisoner had changed it and spent the money. The firm of Messrs. Burdett and Co., while feeling it their duty to prefer this charge, wished the prisoner to bo leniently dealt with. The case having been clearly made out by the evidence of Mr. Farish and George Turner, Mr. Selfe said he had only one duty to perform. He would not deal with the case summarily but must commi t the prisoner for trial. The case of Thomas Rutter was next gone into. His defalcations amounted to £45. He had been for some time as clerk, and enjoying a good salary in the employ of Richd. Clay and others, extensive wharfingers, of Free Trade Wharf, Rateliff, and also of Sunderland. From the evidence of Mr. Edger Buffet, a partner in the firm, it appeared that the prisoner had obtained the entire confidence of his employers by his good conduct and appa rent honesty. He was for some time at the Ratcliff wharf, and was promoted to a better situation at the establishment in Sunderland. Mr. Buffet lately discovered that the prisoner had received various sums, amounting in the aggregate to £45, of various customers, and had not ac counted for the same. Mr. Buffet wrote to Sunderland, and the prisoner came to London, and was taxed with his defal cations, which he at once admitted. The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor three years. Mr. Robert Fairbairn, agent to Scott and Co., earthen ware merchants, Wapping, said he paid the prisoner £8 for his employers, as per bill delivered, on the 20th of Octo ber laA, and took his receipt for the same. Mr. Buffet said the prisoner had not accounted to his em ployers for the sum of £B, and that he had illegally appro priated it to his own uso. The prisoner, who was greatly agitated, said he knew he was guilty. He admitted everything to Mr. Buffet, and he would throw no impediment in the way of the prosecution. He must suffer for the crime he had committed. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon, Light breeze from South-West ; fine weather, with frost. The glass has gone up considerably, viz., from "much rain" to " fair." RAMSGATE, Jan. 6.—Wind, N.—Arrived—Jacominia, from Aux Cayes for Cuxhaven, leaky and with her pumps choked. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind, N. to N.N. W.—Sailed —Waterloo, for Plymouth and Sydney, N.S.W. ; York shire, for Melbourne ; Antelope, for Bombay; Eliza Sharp, for St. Kitt's. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind, N. N. W. Arrived — Owen, from Moulmain for Sheerness, with loss of sails. Sailed—Pho3be (s.), for the Cape of Good Hope ; Ocean Pearl, for New Orleans. HULL, Jan. 6.—Arrived—Lyna, from Miramichi. GRIMSBY, Jan. 6.—Sailed—Argo, for Zanzibar. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 6.—Wind, N.W.—Sailed—Portia, for Havana, after repairing. , (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. ; frosty. Arrived—Aurora, steamer, from Dublin ; Havre, steamer, from Havre; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Couri..r, steamer, for Jersey; Aurora, steamer, for London ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre._ Wind, N.W. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 6—Ellen Grant, from Bonny ; Albert, from Savannah, for Fleetwood ; Victoria, from Bombay; Tell tale, from St. Mi c h ae l' s. Off the Port.—lnvincible and John Parker. Sailed—Africa, screw steamer, for New York ; Neptune, for New Orleans; Eclipse, for Rio Janeiro. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISR TELEGRAPR.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind, N.N.W.; tide, three hour's' flood ; weather lino and frosty. Arrived, Jan. 6.—Providence, from Zan: Don C. Thelan, from Sulina. Sailed, Jan. 7—Hoang Ho, for Hong Kong; Dever Castle, for Melbourne; Queen of Sheba, for Tobago. Dnit.to p Saturday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; moderate. Passed—Waverley, for Point de Galle ; Niagara, for Lisbon; Queen, for Venice—all from Shields ; Geluera, from Sunderland, for Hong Kong; Dispatch, for Trinidad ; Hers, for Cardiff—both from London. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. THE PREMIER AND THE POPE. The effort of the Papal party to keep up steam shows no signs of relaxation. The Mail of this evening brings to light a curious document, which is in course of signature, and not intended for pub lication until presented. It is in the form of a cir cular letter, addrersed to the Roman Catholic gentry, and enclosing a private address to Lord Palmerston. It is already signed by. Lords Dun• raven, Southwell, Bellew, and Killeen, eight mem bers of Parliament, 15 marquises, four baronets, and several mercantile men—in all 47. The address is as follows: " To VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. "My Lord,—The undersigned Catholics of Ireland, deeply attached to the Crown and constitution of these realms, deem it right at this important crisis to express to your Lordship, as the head of her Majesty's Government, our opinion respecting the attempt now made to subvert or weaken the temporal authority of the Pope. We be lieve it expedient for the general interests of Europe that the head of our Church, which comprises the great ma jority of the Christian world, should by his position as an indpendent Sovereign be free to exercise his spiritual authority over Catholics of all nations, unfettered by dependence on any particular State. The wisdom of this policy has been acknowledged by Sovereigns and states men of various creeds. It has been solemnly sanctioned by treaty, and we deprecate a departure from it at the present time. Let it not be supposed that in our desire to preserve to the Pope his temporal possessions we are indfferent to the interest of his people. We value too highly the bless ings of good government not to desire that they should be extensively enjoyed. We, feel persuaded that his Holiness has a heart to carry further the reforms in the States of the Church which he had commenced, and it is our earnest wish that they may be soon completed. We deplore the causes by which they have been hitherto impeded, but we deem it unjust to hold the Sovereign Pontiff responsible for the misgovernment of which he has been accused. We appeal with satisfaction to the acts of his Holiness on his accession to the Papacy, by which he proved his earnest attachment to the cause of nationality and improvement, although his efforts were, unhappily, frustrated by the machination of foreign adventurers, who worked by terror and intrigue on the feelings of a volatile population, and employed the reforms already effected by his Holiness as instruments for the subversion of his throne. In our anxiety to maintain unimpaired the temporal authority of the Pope we advocate opinions in accordance with the interests of the British Empire, which contains so many millions who venerate his Holiness as the spiritual head of their Church, and whose contentment is not unworthy of the serious at tention of the British statesman We think it right, there fore, frankly to declare these our opinions to your lordship, in the hope that they may exercise a just influence on the policy of her Majesty's Government and induce them to promote or concur in such a settlement of the affairs of Italy as, while it provides for the liberties of the Italian people, will secure the integrity, independence, and neu trality of the dominions of the Holy See." THIS DAYS MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables are season ably good, and most descriptions command a fair sale, as follows : FRUIT, s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 7 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Crapes, per lb 60to 10 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 1 Fibs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 1 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 1 oto 2 0 ' Gooseberries hl sv 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per doz 4 oto 6 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100 4 oto 10 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Greengages, pr do, 0 oto 0 0 Apricots. per doz 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 4 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 tot 3 Horseradish, pbu 1 6to 2 6 Savoy do., pr do. 0 10 to 1 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 4 oto 8 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bit oloto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Old potatoes,p ton 100 to 130 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, per ton 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 8 0 Peas, per 1 sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 3to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 5 oto G 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 2 6to 4 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf eve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 1 oto 1 9 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h. s 2 6to 3 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New do., hi. rsv 1 oto 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, }Ls. 2 0 tot 6 Asparagus, pr do. 6 otolo 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 S Beaker., per pun. 1 3 to 2 3 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 48 Od to 188 Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, is 9d to 2s 94 ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, 8d to is Od each; large Surrey fowls, Gs Od to 10s Od ; chickens, 48 Od to 5s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Od to 2s 9d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; pheasants, 2s Od N 2s 6d; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 9d to 3s Od; snipes, Os 64 to is Od ; teal, Os 9d to is Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 54 per lb; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od ; French do., 108 Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 9d to 2s 3d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 40 4d ; lamb, OA Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 2s 10(1 to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 48 2d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 4d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 3s 6d to 4s Od; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to le ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd pea lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 21s ; cod, 2s 6d to los Od ; brills, 3s 6d to 12s Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is to is 6d ; crabs, is to 2s Od ; plaice and gtunets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 2s Gd per pair; common oysters, I6s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 6s to 18s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s Gd per dozen; mackerel, —s; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, Ss to —s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD The prices of wheaten bread in the m e t ro p o li s are from 7d to 7id , of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 41{1 ; 641 b to 721 b, 4id to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 41d ; 801 b to 881 b, 42d to sd; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 51d; 961 b to 1041 b, 51d to 5f d. Hors" hides, Bs6d to 106 Od ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 4s Od; do. full, 8s Od to —s Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od to 108 Od ; half-breds, Od to 8. Od; Downs, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; 'headings, Os Od to Os Od . HAY MARKETS. £4 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 LO 4s ; clover, £3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Supplies short, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 49; clover, £3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per lead. A steady demand. WurrEculPEL.-31eadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clove/, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to 11 10s per load. Trade firm. COAL MARIi (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Burnhope 14 0 w. Carr's Hartley l5 9 Hough Hall 18 0 Tanfield Moor Butes ..14 9 South Durham ll 6 Gordon Walls End. Belmont l7 8 Whitworth 16 0 South Kelloe lB 8 Braddyll'a Hetton 18 9 Ships at market, 10—Sold, 13. [CET—JAN. 6. the close of the market.) Walla End. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— YESTRRDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 14} 11 15; Antwerp Brussels — 25 201 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles _3 . 2_1 Frankfort on Maine — 25 27} 25 27 1 13 5t 25 15 2.5 3.5 25 _ Vienna Trieste 1161 f ' 12 75 12' 75 1171' 12 85 12 85 Petersburgh Madrid 344- 49a 49a 30 25 25__42i 36 491 50 30 30 25_41 Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars „ 0 5 Silver in Bars (Standard) 66 0 6 2 South American Doublons 401 121 1211 521 521 401- 1211 121 5' 53 LETTERS FOR THE ITALIAN STATES. Information has been received from the Prussian Pest oflice that an alteration has taken place in the postage of letters, forwarded through Belgium and Prussia, from the United Kingdom to the several States of Italy. In future the following will be the rates of postage to which letters for the Italian States will be liable when spe cially directed to be sent "via Belgium," viz. : Sardinia, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany—Not exceeding an ounce, ls. 2d. ; above I an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounce, 2s. 4d. ; above 1 ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces, 4s. Bd. ; every ounce after the first, 2s. 4d. Papal States— Not exceeding an ounce, ls. 4d. ; above }an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounce, 2s. Bd. ; above 1 ounce, and not ex ceeding 2 ounces, ss. 4d. ; every ounce after the first, 2s. Bd. Two Sicilies—Not exceeding I an ounce, ls. 6d ; above an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounce, 3s. ; above 1 ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces, 6s. ; every ounce after the first, 3s. Letters for Sardinia, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany by the above route may be posted either paid or unpaid at the option of the senders. But the postage of letters addressed to the Papal States and to the Two Sicilies, by the same route, must, in all cases, be prepaid. REGISTERED LETTERS.—Lettors for Sardinia, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany, sent via Belgium, may be registered, if the senders desire it, and they will be liable to a registra tion fee of—British, 6d.; foreign, 7d.—total, ls. ld., in ad dition to the ordinary postage. Letters for the Papal States and the Two Sicilies sent by way of Belgium cannot be registered.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Jan. 6, 1860. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA.—The public will be glad to know that Mr. Albert Smith proposes to re commence his entertainment on Tuesday, the 10th inst. 58} n s 701 1 701 P P 103 21- 39 1 871 110.3 I} 051 41 a Stock 100 Stock 1121 1171 18 /IEOIJS. :TIES. 1121 I 111 e t 1 1 3 IS CANCER INCURABLE? With reference to recent statements of the sup. posed discovery of a cure for cancer used by the Rev. Mr. Reed, Mr. Weeden Cooke, one of the sur geons of the Cancer Hospital, writes : " Mr. Reed's refusal to accept Dr. Ross's proposed commitree of inquiry exhibits want offaith in his owl powers, and with your permission I will endeavoui to show that he is wise in shrouding himself in the mystery peculiar to his newly-adopted calling. The patient of his who came under my observation in the Cancer Hospital, travelled from the country to place himself under his treatment. She was in poor circumstances, but having all confidence in the recommendation she had received, she was willing for so great a boon as was held out to her to spend some of her savings. She accordingly paid her railway fares and the usual honorarium (X 1 ls.) to her new clerical doctor. Subsequently, however. upon her representation that her purse would not bear these depletions, the rev. doctor was kind enough to reduce them to a smaller amount. He will think it uncharitable of me to mention these small matters, but in affairs of this sort the public should know the whole facts. According to Mrs. H.'s statement to the hospital nurse when she first went to the rev, gentleman her breast had a cancerous tumour in it, but the skin was entire. After using some ointment _he gave her to apply, the of the whole breast was in flamed and ulcerated, and the cancerous tumour remained as before. She was in tolerable strength when she began the treatment, and she left off be• cause she was so weakened that she feared she would not he able to return to her family. She then came to the Cancer Hospital, unable to walk. Fortunately, we were enabled to heal the large ul cerated surface which had been produced, and her general health was again so much improved that she could walk some distance, and ultimately re turned to her friends. Upon inquiry since we hear that she remained tolerably well for six weeks aftet her return home, and then died very suddenly. Of course, gross neglect on the part of the patient, or want of faith in the ultimate cure by these infallible remedies will, in the reverend gentleman's opinion, account for the miscarriage of his specific in this instance. " Sir, it would be well for the public if you would allow me, as briefly as possible, to give you a short history of the pretenders to infallibility in the treat ment of this dreadful disease who have arisen dur ing the last 10 years. "My earliest experience brought me in contact with Dr. Vries, a swarthy West Indian, be-chained and be-frilled, confident in his means of curing cancer, and especially those diseases which most puzzle the regular practitioner. I watched his treatment in six cases of eancer for three months, and none were in the slightest degree benefited. London did not appreciate him, but Paris did. There he found accomplices as well as dupes, and for a time his reign was triumphant. In that treacherous weak moment which comes to even great men at times, he accepted a challenge to treat patients at the Hotel Dien, under the astute eye of M. Velpeau, the author of an important work on cancer. His failure was, as you may imagine, com plete, and very shortly afterwards we fi n d M. Vries sold up, his salons de consultation closed, his carriage and horses put up to auction, and the be nefactor of his species in prison, charged with fraud and homicide. " There is another' cancer-curer' residing still, I believe, in London, whose whereabouts was indi cated to me not long since, by the inquiry of the registrar of deaths. ' Can you tell me,' said the re gistrar, how it is that I register so many deaths from cancer in my district of late ?' Of course, the sad disclosure was accounted for by the discovery that the cancer-curer' above referred to lived and thrived within his district. Not long since, sir, your own columns gave world-wide 'fame to an American importation which was to supersede all old world British notions. In the prairies of the States grew a beautiful white flower, which was much affected by the lovely squaws of the Dela "ware country. It was said to have remarkable effects in dispersing their tumours. A doctor, more cunning than their own medicine man, brought it to this couutry—setting aside for a time the claims of his own native land—and here he turned his white flowers into many golden guineas. He era dicated cancerous tumours at 100 guineas each, The skin was first burnt off by aquafortis. Having thus established a raw surface ; the white flowers, as was supposed, but as subsequently appeared a strong caustic—chloride of zinc—was spread over the surface ; this destroyed with much suffering, a portion of the tumour. It was then scored with a scalpel, and the zinc and white flowers put into the crevices thus made. More scoring and sad suffer ing followed for five or six weeks, when the tumour, which might have been removed under chloroform, and therefore without pain, by the knife in two minutes, was brought away. There was then the healing of a large surface to be effected, and the recovery of health, wasted by so long and dreadful an operation, to be brought about. Because it was vaunted as new, many poor crea tures submitted to all this torture more than once, and the disease returned as ruthlessly and more so than it does when the benignant chloroform and the quick scalpel•do the work without any suffer• ing. Will these warnings be of any avail to the sufferers from this malady ? Do you, sir, assure them, as you may with earnest sincerity, that there is no royal road to the discovery so anxiously sought for. I believe it will be made in time by careful induction, by the study of large numbers of cases, by the readiness to weigh all suggestions which may be made, from whatever quarter they may come, and, above all, by watching and assisting the actions of nature herself—helping her in her salu tary movements, and putting away from the patient all those lowering, depressing agents which society and circumstances, and medical theory uninformed by experience, gather round the object of our soli citude." VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, 4c. Foreign Department.—The post of Erst paid attaché at Constantinople has become vacant by the promotion of Mr. George Ellis. General Register office.—A vacancy for a clerkship has been caused by the death of Mr. Charles Philpot, senior clerk. General Post-office.—Mr. James Knipe has been appointed a clerk at Whitehaven, and passed his examination. The Admiralty.—Mr. G. Lane has been appointed assistant to the master-attendant at the Royal Victoria Victualling-yard, Deptford. War-office.—Mr. James King has been appointed to a temporary clerkship, and passed his examina tion ; Mr. J. G. Hearder has been appointed to a temporary clerkship, and passed his examination. Customs.—Mr. George D. Ham has been appointed a gauger in London ; Mr. George Rowden, clerk in the Jerquer's-office, has been appointed a gauger in London ; Mr. James Sharp, tide-surveyor at Passage, in the port of Waterford, has been pro moted to be third-class tide-surveyor at Liverpool. Inland Revenue Department (Stamps and Taxes Branch)—Mr. Frederick Jeffries Crowder, third class clerk in the Legacy Duty Department, has been promoted to the second class ; Mr. Charles Gross, surveyor of tfrxes, has been promoted from East Brixton first division to the Tower first divi sion ; Mr. William Tennant, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from Chester to East Brixton first division ; Mr. Charles Bond, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from Windsor to Chester ; Mr. T. F. Loney, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from Maidstone to Windsor;. Mr. George Godwin, sur veyor of taxes, has been promoted from Stafford to Maidstone ; Mr. William Smith, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from Stow-on-the-Wold to Staf ford ; Mr. Henry L. Groves, supernumerary sur veyor of taxes, has been appointed Surveyor at Stow-on-the-Wold. The following gentlemen have been appointed supernumerary surveyors of taxes, and passed the required examination : Mr. Robeit Davidson, jun., Mr. John William Charles M'Cance, Mr. Hugh M'Dowell, jun., Mr. Mugnus Work. Excise Branch—Mr. Thomas Dobson, supervisor of Glasgow second district, Glasgow collection, has been appointed supervisor of Leith district, Edin burgh collection ; Mr. William Sheriff, supervisor of Belturbet district, Drogheda collection, has been appointed supervisor of Glasgow second district, Glasgow collection ; Mr. Thomas Thompson, exa miner, has been appointed supervisor of Belturbet district, Drogheda collection. Mr. John Bentsen, supervisor of Wishaw district; Linlithgow collec tion, has been appointed supervisor of Falkirk dis trict, Linlithgow collection. Mr. Charles Motter shaw Morgan, examiner, has been appointed super visor of Wishaw district, Linlithgow collection. Scotland—Mr. Wm. Browne has been appointed to a temporary clerkship in tits Lunacy Board, Edin burgh, and passed his examination. East Indies—. Mr. C. U. Aitchison has been appointed to officiate as Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, during the absence of Mr. crimson ; Mr. F. Fitzherbert has been appointed a temporary assistant overseer in the Public Works Depart ment, and posted to Pegu; Mr. A. S. Warden has been appointed a temporary overseer in the Public Works Department, and posted to the North West Provinces ; Capt. W. H. Crichton has been appointed a Deputy-Commissioner of the third class i n the Nagpore commission ; Mr. J H. Master has been appointed an Assistant Commis: Toner of the first class in the Nagpore commission.—Civil Ser vice Gazette. RECOVERY OF TREASURE FROM TIIE ROYAL CHARTER.-A further parcel of gold has been recovered from the wreck, amounting in value to £11,082115., includ ing 12 ingots and three pieces, £2,815 lOs in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, 10 rupees, one shilling, and 21b. 9oz. of gold dust. THE VICTORIA BELL AT THE LEEDS TOWN HALL. The Victoria Bell, cast for the Leeds Town-hall by the well-known firm of Messrs. Warner and Sons, of the Crescent Foundry, Cripplegate, London, has this week been permanently fixed in the tower, and can now be rung, tolled, or chimed,on special and festive occasions, and applied to denote the hour to the inhabitants of the borough, so soon as the clock shall have been fixed by Mr. Dent. The instruction to Messrs. Warner by the town hall committee was to provide a bell of 4 tons, and they have produced one almost exactly that weight, viz., 4 tons 1 cwt. 11b. The design for the Victoria Bell was prepared by Mr. Boswell, the fore man of the establishment, under whose superinten dence it was cast. Its composition was three of copper to one of tin ; the note produced, B natural, is rich, full, and sonorous, and the tone has been acknow ledged by competent judges to be perhaps the bust and purest of its kind in the country. The diameter of the bell is 6 feet 2 inches, height 5 feet, thick ness of sound bow 6 inches, and weight of the clapper (which is of wrought iron) 1 cwt. 'Upon one side of the waist of the bell there is a profile of her Majesty, and upon the other the royal coat of arms and Messrs. Warner's patent. The bell was brought down to Leeds in the last week of August, and successfully raised and fixed temporarily for trial on the 30th of that month, the framework on which it rested weigh ing between .three and four tons. It was deemed advisable to raise the whole of the framework six feetfrom the ground to allow of the expansion of the sound and its ready escape from the tower, but beyond this and the first trial nothing further was done until the present week, when the bell was per ' manently hung upon a wheel, and provided with the apparatus by which it may be rung upon all festive occasions. The wheel is ten feet in dameter, or thirty feet in circumference, having two grooves for a couple of ropes, by means of which the bell May be effectually rung. All .the prelirninarieS having been concluded, the trial ringing took place on . Monday and Tuesday evenings. Six or eight ringers from the parish church were engaged, and it took them three minutes to raise or set the bell, or, popularly speaking, to reverse the position, the mouth upwards. The bell having thus attained its full swing, it was rung on both evenings for an hour and a half or two hours, the quality of tone emitted being pure, clear, and powerful, and it was tried both "right and wrong," to rest its powers of bearing the weight of the clapper, with the most successful result. On Tuesday the night was considered favourable for the experi ment, and the rich and mellow sound was heard fora considerable distance with a favourable wind, the breeze blowing in the direction of Woodhouse moor and Headingley. It is believed that the bell when rung will be heard a distance of about six miles, and when tolled or chimed flute or four miles. The Victoria Bell, by comparison, is far from being a large one, but it has the advantage, which the more unwieldy bells•do not possess, of being perfectly under control, and of presenting no impediment to its constant employment. The Great Peter of York Minister, which, excepting Big Ben, of Westminster, is the largest and heaviest in the United Kingdom (weighing 27,0001b5., or nearly three times the Victoria Bell, and having a diameter of 7 feet 7 inches), is practically rendered almost value less, owing to its ponderous weight, and can only be tolled, not rung. Great Tom of Oxford was re hung in 1834, by Messrs. Boswell and Son, but it was only rung three parts up, when the wheel gave wv, and since then the bell has been chained down by order of the church authorities, though occa sionally tolled, like the Great Peter, with a ham mer. Great Tom of Lincoln, which'wcighs 12,0001b5., and the great bell of St. Paul's, London, which weighs l 1,5001b5., and bas a diameter . of 9 feet, and a circumference of 2S feet, are in the same undigni fied condition, and simply strike the hours. All the fittings and framework of the Victoria Bell, which are composed of English oak, arc of so substantial a character that they remove all cause of anxiety for the safety of the tower. They were erected under the direction of Mr. Boswell, to whom great Ptaisejs due for the great care and workmanlike ability with which he has superintended the com pletion of his difficult task. The cost of the bell and fittings we understand will be about £l,OOO. When used simply in connection with the clock the bell will he struck upon the outside, with a hammer weighing about two hundredweights,. and which will be raised about nine inches from the sound bow. A suggestion has also been made as to the desirability of a hammer being provided, by which an alarm might be given in case of fire. This prin ciple is adopted pretty extensively by our trans- Atlantic brethren, some of the signals being so complete, that it is said they will indicate in what part.of the city the fire has occurred. We have no doubt the suggestion 'will receive every considera tion from the proper quarters.—Leeds Mercury. FATAL SHIPWRECKS ON THE COAST OF WEXFOR,D. It is again our melancholy duty to have to record a disastrous wreck, or rather wrecks, which have taken place near here during the last few days, in the one case involving a great amount of suffering and the loss of one lite, in addition to the destruc tion of a large amount of exceedingly valuable pro perty. The first of these disasters which we have to notice occurred at an early hour on Sunday morn ing in the neighbourhood of Bannow, where the Arethusa, of Glasgow, from the Havannahs, was driven ashore, and became a total wreck. The Arethusa, which was a vessel of 322 tons burden, built at Greenock in 1828, belonged to Messrs. R. Dunlop and Co., of that place, and was commanded by '1 Martin, in addition to whom there was a crew of 15, including the chief mate and all hands. The vessel had a valuable cargo of tobacco, ma hogany, and lancewood, consigned to Messrs. Hall and C 0 .5 Liverpool, which she shipped at the port of Zarza, in the island of Cuba, which place she left on her return voyage on the 10th Oct. last. I Soon after leaving Zarza the ship grounded on a bank, but came of without apparent damage, and proceeded on her voyage, encountering, however, very rough weather for the whole distance. On the 19th Nov. she commenced making water very fast, the crew being obliged to keep the pumps con stantly going; and to add t. their misfortune, in consequence of their lengthened passage, the pro visions ran short. This continued up to Friday last, the 30th ult., the captain in the meantime twice ob taining a supply of provisions from other vessels. At 2 a.m. on that day, finding that he could not wea ther the Hook, his sails being all blown away, and some of his crew sick, while the others were com pletely knocked up by fatigue and want of nourish ment, the captain let gothe starboard anchor in the Bay of Fethard, off Begenbon, and hoisted his flag for a pilot. The Coastguards and sonic fishermen put off and boarded her, afterwards supplying him with water and provisions; but none of the latter could be induced to stay on board, as asked by the captain, giving as a reason that she would not hold to her anchors where she was. On Saturday morn ing the captain went ashore, in order to proceed to Waterford to obtain the assistance of a steamer, leaving the chief mate in charge, who, finding that she was drag g ing , paid out more chain and let go the port anchor, afterwards paying out all the cable, which for a time had the effect of staying her. At midnight, however, she commenced drag ging again, and at about 4 a.m. she struck heavily. At about 7 o'clock the port cable broke, and she went on the rocks. At very great risk to themselves the fishermen and country people on shore, aided by the coastguards, succeeded in forming a commu nication with the wreck, and by means of lines res cued, with one exception, every soul on board. One of the, seamen, named John McClean, not being able to swim, lashed himself to a log of mahogany, in the hopes of being washed ashore, but unfor tunately was drowned. In the course of Sun day and the following night the ship broke up, the shore being s trewed , with portions of the wreck and cargo. The tobacco, which was of the finest leaf, consisted of more than 200 bales, the duty on which alone is estimated at over £7,000, but none of it was saved, except that which was washed shore. We understand that the oppor tunity was too tempting to some of the inhabitants of that district, who are likely to get into trouble for their over-partiality for the " weed," the reve nue officers having detcoted several parties taking it away with them, even by car-loads. The second wreck which we have to record took place at ilmore, on Friday night, when the barque Lady Rebow, of London, was run ashore near St. Patrick's-bridge, Kilmore, in consequence of the state of the weather precluding the captain getting a sight of any of the coast lights. The Lady Rebow, of 86 tons burden, was bound from St. Michael's with oranges, and hopes are entertained of her' being recovered, although the greatest por tion of her cargo will be lost. Fortunately no lies were lost in this occurrence.— Wexford Constitu tion. SINGULAR DEATH.—At an inquest on the body of Edward Marsh, of Wigan, who died suddenly on Mon day last, held before the Wigan borough coroner on Wed nesday, the jury ieturned a verdict that "Deceased died from suffocation, by eating black pudding and bread whilst in a stata of intoxication." BODY OF I MAN UNKNOWN FOUND AT Bow.— The body of a respectably-attired man, about 33 years of age, was found on Thursday morning in the river Lea, at Bow, He was attired in a black reefing jacket, black cloth vest with fancy brass buttons, pilot trousers, shirt marked "A. H., 6," flannel shirt marked "T. Hearndon," with grey stockings and blucher boots. Has dark curly hair, with tuft of hair under his chin. 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