The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation remains inactive, and the rates for the best bills are nego tiable at I per cent. less than the official minimum. The prospect of monetary affairs is, from external appearances, therefore cheering; but there is, never theless, no great belief in anything like a permanent easy condition. It is stated that the drawing to determine which of the fifteen series of the Italian Domain Loan is to be paid off iu April next will take place at Turin on the 30th inst. The Master of the Rolls has ordered the petition of the Great Northern Copper Mining Company of South Australia (Limited) to stand over until after the annual general meeting, and that the officers of the company should not be entitled to any salary until the further order of the Court. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received, per Estrama dura, the following report, dated Morro Velho, 16th December, 1865 :--Produce for November, 42,427 oitavas ; from 4,776 tons stone, yield 8.419 ; cost for, £10,217 ; profit for, £6,134; produce, 11 days of December, 17,095 oitavas; yield - 9.717 oitavas per ton. In the manufacturing districts during the past Week there has been more activity. At Manches ter a large business has been done in cloths and Yarns, chiefly for exportation. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has been more animated owing to operations for the spring demands. In the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham the demand for most de scriptions of goods has been good ; while at Bir mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton operations in most branches have been done, on a greater Scale than usual at this period of the year. Two O'CLOCK. The Australasian, from New York, has arrived, with £225,700. Very little business is reported in the silver market. When the English market opened this morning there was an appearance of dulness, and the subse quent transactions having comprised a preponder ance of sales, prices have receded * per cent..; for honey they are now 86k 87, and for the account 87* -I. There is nothing of a special character with regard to money and commerce to cause this d epression, but it cannot be disguised that politics are not viewed with an ordinary degree of con fidence. The approaching session is looked for ward to with some anxiety, and a, part of the pre vailing heaviness of the Funds may be attributed to this circumstance. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86* 87 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1024 ; ditto Bonds, 15s. prem. Sales have chiely prevailed in the Foreign Stock Market, and quotations are generally lower. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 391 ; Mexican, 21* 1 ; ditto New, 18/ 191 ; Greek, 14 1 ; Spanish Passive, 254 s; the Certificates, 131 * ; Italian, 61/ 62 ; the Confederate Loan, 5* 6*; Brazilian Scrip, / Prem. ; the Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip, I prem. United States Government 5.20 Bond: are 66 i k ; Erie Bonds, 571 58 ; and Illinois, 75i 76. A retrograde movement has taken place in the Railway Share Market, and it will be seen by the official list that South Eastern, Great Northern A, Great Western, North Western, Midland, and Great Eastern have been principally depressed. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibited little Change of importance. English and American Bank shares are quoted 1 8 prem. ; B r iti s h C onven ti on B on d s o f M ex i co, 6 72 ; London Steam Towing Company, 1} 2 1)re lli• ; Charles Lafitte and Co., 21 2/ prem. ; and Galatz Candle Company, i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT F UNDS . 0 ▪ Der Cent. Consols - Do. A ccount, Feb. 8 B7l t 0 Per Cent. Reduced B6l 7 ew 3 per Cent B7 61 , New 22 per Cent. Jan. 1894 GBI A D o. 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 ...• inaui ties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — ,Do (R e d Sea 'elegraph), Aug., 1908 - -r, xchequ er Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 1 dis 4 Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. L▪ i lian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — 1 -0 Accou n t DO . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D o. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Po. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — DO ., 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ''',,°. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — "0. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l5 pm , o. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazili an •A.ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — D 0 Account 7 1 De. Scrip, £25 pa id B uenos Ayres 6 per C en t 12 6 0. Account C , Dian 1 pe per r Cent. (Deferred 3 per C en t ) Cent Do. 41 per Cent — C olombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 D an Do. ub an 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Principalities Do Account 72 kki u a dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — DO., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 92i Do., Second Issue _ Do £lOO Bonds 93 Do. 1864 9ll 1 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons ttu E ba o tooe.:inA A Caoc c l uc c a o o pSu u o n u n, t t s 14} per Cent. itaL,P'lio°:.:lBBs63l(P and 1850 — per Cent, 1865 Do. Account O. klaremmana Railway — Do o • r, S c ri p, £671 paid — .x4 o :: xic s au pe 3 r p C e e r n c t. e , n l t B64 — "0. Account i Do 1864 l9l 19 } ''')° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — x. )1)0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — :nentevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid — NPorish I mper i al 5 per Cent 97 eW Granada D o 2 per Cent - Do Deferred D 11)0 Land 'Warrants (Hectares) °,-,* 6 Per Cent, 1864 — B O "0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — , 111- I r ian 5 per Cent — . 1 ' 0. Account p. 3 1862 'Jo 1 }per C Ce en nt t. ~ (Uribarren) 1, Do A ccount °.'tt i guese 3 per Cent, 1853 ' 0 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 1) 0. Ac count 451 1 5 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9, Do4l per Cent. 1850 11 per Cent, 1860 D o 3 per Cont. 1859 1) „ 0 5 per Cont. 1862 -1! Sardinian ° 5 Per Cent. 5 per Cent 1861 93i Do £lllO Bands — o. 1} per Cent — 'Panish 3 per Cent Ditto account Do New D e f erred 41 }351 Do A ccount DO Passive — r , Do Ac coun t 251 iallartish Cert. of Coup not funded — t .. 0o Acco un t 'Wedisli 4 per Cent. er Cent. 864 Turkish 6 p per Cent. l 1854 B9l Do Account B9/ Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Acco un t 691 701 o £lOO Bonds A , 1)0 6 per Cent. 1862 1,0 Account 6Bl 8 Do £lOO Bonds Do , 0 5 per Cont. 1865 „„,-,-, Scri £35 aid Do Account P v,, Do. 4 per lent. G uaranteed — DO , Jilezu e l a 3 per Cent. _ Account 13/0 6 per Cent., 1864 1),. Dividends on the above payablo in London. th 21 per Cl.nt Ex. 12 G ail 6ll o per' " t Ita • peent. Certificates 961 Italian 5 Cent 1861 E 2"f Du Account " ' x. a • Co THREE O'CLOCK. usoi , ) s for mom_ y , T p o. Acco un t 8(31- 7 .................................... 87 1 i Share: Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ••••• Cork and Bandon -- :Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b. Junc. l Sl.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s; k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. • Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A 5t0ck...... Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pre GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. 'Hereford Lanc.ald re & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwalf Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. North Western Lon. dz South Western Man., Shelf., d; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do du. do. Do. and St. John'alV'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share _ Do, LBirmin.. & Derby %l id Kent North British Do. Ed., rth , Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do. G.N•E purchab( Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlible Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. &S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock [Jo. Scot, Mid. st..)ck Shropshire Union South Devon -outh IL stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen. In. . _ gu. 5 per cent.. Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. .872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., lirn Jape Town & Dock, gu I Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pl East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do: 2dll,2f7lOncie: Do. do. deterred ... Do. 3d Pref. stook... Do.do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c .o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South of India gun. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada 1 Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. 13d8. pay. 187.3 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth 1 4 :xteunion Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. AL Hudson's tray N. Rl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub Do.lndua St. Flo COLONIAL GO PER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 . ... Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.dz July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 , Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9 Do. s . per cent. 15 April and Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. I)o. 1878, dC) Mauritius, A p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1•78 Do. 1882, Mayis, Nov. ,1 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug atal '4ov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.1u13 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t- Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling", 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-'J Do. 18:8 & upwards Vic,Grov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lina Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea Last Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk GRIM& StAubyn(G wen. Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .e Grenville lierod's Foot •••• Uingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley llwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Incl.:Tan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr,vidence Uny Loa n t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. killog9.a Stray Park Tin Croft Vig - ra and Clcgan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton IWheal Trelawney (Lis rliEleEltEN (11C Ski/kJ:Mb. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, Ditto, 6 per cent. pi., 1 6 Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 1071 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., 994 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. red., 031 South Devon, Anus., 10s., 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Northern and Eastern, 6 per cent.. 62 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11 Bahia and San Francisco 11. n.) gin. 7 per mut.. 151- Recite and San Francisco (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 11 West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINE?. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3/ 4 3 Don Pedro, North Del Rey, par Fortuna (lim.), P rontino and holiVia Gold, lira., lg Port Philip, 11 St. John ael hey, lim., 46 Washoe Gold, lim., DOCKS. London and St. Katharine. 76 BAN Km. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 564 6 Alliance, 11w., 28 75 I Anglo Austrian, 62 Anglo Egyptian, hm.," 13 5 Australasia, 7.5 1 Bank of New Zealand, 174 18 Chartered ter, of India, London, and China, 465 52 Consolidated Bank, lim., 105 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 205 Hindustan, China, and Japan,jlm., 17 Ditto, issuedlat 2 pm., 17 Ditto. new, 17 Imperial Bank, lira., 282 Imperial Ottoman. 135 Ditto, new, 12 London and Brazilian (lim.), 46 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 34 London and County, 80/ 11 t 0 Midland Bank, lim., 205 Oriental Bans. Corporation. 51 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Aim., 6 South Australia, 55 Union of Australia, 51 50 Union of London, 52 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 164 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 24 Australian Murt. Land and Finance, lint., 54 Ceylon Company, 9, City Offices, lim., 64 Continental Union Gas, lim., 94 Credit Foncler and Mobilier of .in.:ngland, 82 4 Crystal Palace, 445 East India Irrigation and Canal. 8 Kbhw Vale, 84 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lint., 114 Gen. Credit and Finance of Llnaon, lim., 6 Hudson's Bay, 113 t, 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Also., lint., 75 International Financial society, Lim., 5/ Joint Stock Discount, lim., 72 London Financial Association, lim 4182 London General Omnibus Company, lint, 35 National Discount Company,:l6 tk National Provincial Marine, 14 Overeud, Gurney, and Co., lira., 205 Scottish Australian Investment, lint., 128 Thames and Mersey , Marine) Insurance, lira., 74 Union Marine, Liverpool, lint., 34 Universal alarlnv, InsurauGe,llw., 34 4 SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid./ Closing Business Price. done. 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 41 54 68 70 70 72 112 114 39 W 7 S !27 128 Ili 145 91 93 51 59) 39 41 31 37 101 103 123 121: 1,9 Al 101 103 36 38 is t 0 12 62 9 r 95 43 61 135 136 4. 31p 1 lap 100 102 121 125 13 If i 93 95 57 58 7 28 111 112 72 73 105 106 36 37 10 It p 123 126 2 2 iP 2 2hp 76 77 11 12 145 148 66 68 112 114 55 57 74 75 8 9 145 150 3 p' 101 103 49 61 74 1 I I ;SIONS. 56 60 03 10) id I 6i 0 p lu 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 1(0 102 31 36 87 89 67 69 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 34 36 33 35 100 102 2 P 9s 100 91 93 10 IN 4i 4}4 92 .4 81 86 1 ad 93 100 90 92 86 88 84 ( 1 6 8 • 82 98 99 98 99 I - id 98 99 T SECU ,ITIES. 93 95 93 96 93 95 79 S 1 73 90 101 103 104 106 104 105 101 103 00 02 101 103 104 I‘7 101 111 10t 104 102 104 103 105 99 101 92 I+4 1 0 102 92 93 87 88 100 102 81 84 97 99 99i 10(4 103 105 104 106 9 10 20 21 57d 590 1 i 18 20 8i 9i 5} 5; 3 . St 1 12 14 3 3i 5 7 20 21 14 2 3i 31 n 34 3f 40 4z 5} 51 5 7 4 4i 211 lod 40 50 13 15 i 1 :17 30 410 93J 2 11 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 80 83 190 200 95 lr 0 27 33 3 5 2'6 223 17 18 OSSE II MINES. 4O i 391 i 128 7 111 i 6 59 I 1231 3 8) 101/ 1 2 37 1251 83 911 / 135 k st/ 71 10}f 1241 I 10!1 1 1 86 1 :1 61 6 THE SUN, LUND MARKETS,---This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets, held on Saturday, ruled steady. For all good and fine dry samples there was a steady demand, at full prices, but damp produce was a dull inquiry. Spring corn was in but moderate request, at late rates. Tho flour trade was quiet, on former terms. On the continent the wheat trade is veriquiet, yet no material change has taken place in prices. Oats arc in re quest for export, but other articles are a slow sale. The trade for wheat and flour at Now York is very dull, and scarcely any business is doing for export to Great Britain. Fresh up to our market to-day the receipts of English wheat, both from Essex and Kent, were but moderate. The small supply of good and fine dry produce on offer was disposed of at the full prices of Monday last ; but (lamp qualities were very unsaleable, a large proportion being left unsold at the close of the market. Tho supply of foroign wheat on sale was moderately good. In most descriptions a fair business was transacted, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request at full quotations. The demand for malt was in a sluggish state at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. Tho trade, nevertheless, was by no means active, yet the prices of Monday last were stoadiiy supported. CURRENCY PER IM?. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 468 Do., old 46s 518 Do., whits, old s2s 5 8 Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B —8 Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 33s 40s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2OB 26c Cork, white 22s 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26s Beans—Tick --- 468 50s Pigeons .... Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, par barrel 26s 315 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a moderate supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-day. Among it were 360 Spanish and Por tuguese beasts, and 200 shorn sheep from Holland. The quality generally was very middling, and sales progressed slowly at depressed currencies. The arrival of boasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, was seasonably good. The quality of the English breeds exhibited a decided improvement compared with several previous weeks. The Scotch beasts were remarkably prime. The order prohi biting the removal of beasts into the country districts for the purpose of slaughter had a depressing influence upon the trade, which ruled heavy at a decline in the quotations of 2d to 4d per 81b. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised 4s 10d, but the general top figure was 4s 81b per 81b. The Lincolnshire graziers are still sending forward half-fat animals. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,800 Scots, crosses, eze.; from other parts of England, 1,200 short horns, Devons, Herefords, ecc.; from Scotland, 800 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 200 oxen and heifers. Although the total supply of sheep was limited, tho sale for all broods was heavy, and the quotations gave way 2d to 4d per 81b. The best Downs and half-breds wore disposed of at Gs 2d to Gs Gd. per 81b. The few calves on offer sold readily on higher terms— viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per 81b. Pigs were a dull inquiry at drooping prices. The supply was moderate. Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d d s d Crse. tit inf. beasts... 3 2 3 6 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 6 0 Second quality do ..3 8 4 0 Prime s'thdown a 0.6 2 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 2 4 6 Large coarse calves.l 6 5 2 Prime Scots, dzc.... 4 6 4 8 Prime small d0......5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 8 Large hogs .3 1 4 Second quality do ..4 8 5 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 it Lamb....os Od to 04 Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 213 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 27t to 3t.3 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,970 Beasts Cows. — Cows. ghcep Calves 166 Ca ves l6, rigs 325 Wigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 8,928 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, wo received 5,695 ; in 1864, 1,722 ; in 1863, 2,696; in 1862, 797 ; and in 1861, 598. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LIST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Antwerp Boulogne; 97 Bremen lO7 Copenhagen ... Cadiz Calais.. Dordt. Dunkirk ... ... ... Gothenburg 256 17 ... Hamburg 33 493 ... 19 Harlingen 507 ... 405 ... 37 Oporto 7B ... ... ... ... -- Ostend l6 ... 499 9 Rotterdam. 404 ... 2776 ... 305 377 Totaling 1871 ... - 641 ... - ... - ... 20 ::: ::. ... 10 Total 1,498 6,653 ... ... 305 472 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 579 711 382 ... 1863 661 654 ... 381 ... 50 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 23, 1865, and this day, Monday, Jan. 22, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. -- --- -- Jan. 23, Jan. 22, /865. 1866. ed s d lid s d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 4 2 3 2to 3 6 Second quality do. Prime largo oxen 5 0 5 2 4 2 4 G Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woollcd do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 2 6 6 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 0 4 6 4 6 410 Beasts 4,680 4,340 Sheep 15,930 20,130 Calves Pigs ►SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 25, 1864.—Beasts, 4,270 — sheep, 14,030—calves, 96—pigs, 330. - -- Jai). 26,1863—80a5t5, 4,lso—sheep, 16,180—calves, 177 —pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale at these markets are largo. The trade is very dull, on easier terms. Per 81b by the carcase. d s d Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime large 6 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 6 4 2 ed e d Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 Middling mutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 4 b 4 Small pork. 4 4 4 10 Lamb, Os Od to Oa id. BOROUGH 1101'. The demand for all kinds of hops riles quietly, but without leading to any material changes in prices from last week. The imports into London last week amDunted to 83 bales from Antwerp, 62 Bremen, 63 Hamburg, 55 Boulogne, and 36 bales from Dunkirk. New Mid and East Emits Bos to 190 s per cwt. Now Weald of Keats New Sussex Yearlings loos to 140 s 17 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are tolerably large. The trade is dull, and prices somewhat easier. The supplies are almost entirely confined to home grown produce. There was no import into London last week. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 80s 77 Flukes 77 77 R oc k s 40s to 60a 71 SEEDS. Tho demand for linseed and rapeseed has somewhat im proved, but the transactions in thorn have been by no means extensive. As regards prices, the market may be considered firm. In agricultural seeds very little business was passing. Cakes were in steady request, at full quotations. WOOL. The demand for home-grown wool has somewhat im proved, but the actual business doing is very moderate. Prices, however, are steadily supported. In colonial wool, by private contract, a limited business has been transacted, at late rates. Last week's imports into London were about 2,000 bale; the bulk of which was from the Cape of Good Hope. t Current prices of English wool per lb. sd e d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 8 110 Half-bred do 1 11 2 0 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wothers 1 74 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady, and prices are rather on the advance. P.Y.C. is now quoted at 47s 9d per cwt. on tho AN, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1866. spot. Town tallow, 46s 6d per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 2s 5d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 52,218 66,221 53,229 47,406 Price of Y.C. —s Od —s Od 42s Od —s Od Delivery last week 2,407 2,568 2,417 2,313 Ditto from June 1 56,352 49,421 62,464 74,903 Arrival last week BO5 990 464 2,200 Ditto from June 1 70,291 77,895 70,669 89,826 Price of Town women assembled were as bad as• the male savages, and one of them seized the constable by the hair of his head. Curley made his escape, and came to the court this morn ing to look after his brother, who was concerned in another row. Police-sergeant Gamble, No. 49 K, said that when Dixon was brought into the station-house he made use of such horrible language that he told him he should charge him under the police act with using bad language in a station-house. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to two months' impri sonment and hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day CITY BETTING—This Day. THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 100 to 6 agst Janitor (offered, 20 to 1 wanted) 100 to 6 agst Itedan (offered, 20 to 1 wanted) WATERLOO CUP. 25 to 1 Lord Sefton's nomination (taken). 25 to 1 Mr. Bland's nomination (taken). RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST. The report or the directors of this company states that the amount received on capital account to the 31st of December, 1865, was £13,823,182, and that it consisted of £5,342,933 ordinary stock and shares £5,026,615 preference stock, £2,156,285 mortgage debt, and £1,297,349 debenture stock. The amount of capital expended during the half year had been £687,078. The gross revenue for the past half year' had been £619,741, showing an increase of £37,112 over the corresponding half of 1864, and Making the gross revenue of 1865 £1,116,199 or £67,269 in excess of that for the previous year. Besides carry ing forward a balance of £8,267, the highest rate of dividend ever paid by the company had been reached within a fraction, notwithstanding that the traffic of the lines recently opened, particu larly the Horsham and Guildford, the Bognor and Seaford, as well as the Littlehampton steam boat service was by no means developed. The in crease of the revenue had been uniform at almost all the 117 stations, not being confined to parti cular points. The great reduction of fares in August, 1863, reduced the receipts from the traffic between London and Brighton from £222,130 in 1862 to £213,420 in 1863 ; it rose again to £217,384 in 1864, and to £228,177 iu 1865. Those figures included the gross traffic of every description be tween London and Brighton. As compared with the corresponding half-year revenue was debited with interest on the cost of plant prepared for the South London traffic, on the capital of the Ban stead and Epsom Downs and the Horsham and Guildford lines, and other outlay on cogapleted lines, amounting in all to £550,095. The total receipts for the past half year amounted to £609,281, against £571,758, showing an increase of £37,523 ; and the working expenses and renewals to £304,169, or 49 per cent., against £292,498, or 51 per cent., show ing an increase of £11,671. The expenses were 2s. 9d. per train mile, against 2s. 11d. per train mile in the corresponding half of 1864. The large additions made in 1865 to the train service, particularly to Portsmouth, and the more recent separation of the London-bridge and the Victoria expresses, avoiding the stoppage at Croydon, had, with other similar measures, resulted in affording great convenience to the public and in contributing towards the increased traffic. The express trains now performed the journey between London and Brighton in 65 minutes, and with greater facility and regularity than they formerly did in 75 minutes. The line from Horsham ' to Guildford was opened for public traffic on the 2d of October. Its proper development had been im peded by the inability of the London and South- Western Company to furnish sufficient accommoda tion at their Guildford station, which this company had the power to use. They believed that an im portant traffic from Brighton and the south coast to Guildford and the west of England would be ob tained. The line to South Croydon was opened on the Ist of September, and the station in the southern part of that town would afford great accommoda tion to a neighbourhood where building was at presentrapidly increasing, and would no doubt still further increase by reason of the new railway ac commodation. The new station in the centre of Croydon would shortly be ready for traffic. The directors had applied to Parliament for the neces sary powers to carry out the arrangements with the Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway Company. The works had been let to eminent contractors, who were already proceeding with energy, and the direc tors looked forward to important results from the construction and completion of the undertaking, which, under favourable circumstances, would be ready within two years, and complete a third com munication between London and Brighton. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account was £181,515, out of which the directors recom mended payment of a dividend of 3+ per cent. for the half-year, payable on the 12th of February, amounting to £173,248, leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of £8,267, and making the dividend for the year 1865 amount to 51 per cent. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The report of the directors states that the total revenue for the past half-year from all sources amounted to £546,638, and the total expenditure to £238,935, leaving a net profit of £307,703, which, with the balance of £2,063 from the previous half year, gave a total sum of £309,766 available for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest chargeable against the revenue of the half year amounted to £70,715, the canal annuities to £14,142, the dividends on the various classes of preference stock and shares to £95,156, and the South Yorkshire interest and dividends to £58,979, making a total charge against the above net balance of £154,137, leaving a balance of £70,771, out of which the directors recommended that a dividend be paid at the rate of £3 10s. per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, leaving a balance of £2,170 for next account. Consolidated Discount Company. (THIS DAY.) At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the Consoli dated Discount Company the report presented stated that in again meeting the shareholders, the directors regret that they are unable to exhibit a more favour able balance-sheet ; but they would remind them that they have had to contend against the frequent and sudden alterations of the Bank rate, and the movements being nearly all of an adverse character, have seriously interfered with discount transactions ; whilst the uncertainty of the market, by:restricting operations, has materially diminished profits. The Fenian TrialF. DUBLIN, Saturday Evening. Francis Cleary, who pleaded guilty on Thursday, was to-day admitted to bail on his own recogni sauces in £5OO, and two securities in £2OO each. The trial of Dennis Dowling Mulcahy was pro ceeded with, and' to-day he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. On being called on to say why sentence should not be passed upon him Mulcahy made a violent speech, which the judge repeatedly interrupted. Two persons, named O'Brien and Dunne, were arrested in Belfast last night for Fenianism. They were brought before the magistrates this day and remanded. An active search for arms was made by the police last night, which resulted in the arrest of two men. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market unchanged. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. MR. GIBSON, THE SCULPTOR.---We are glad to learn, by letters from Rome of the 19th inst., that this eminent sculptor is gradually recovering from his late at tack, and that hopes are entertained of his restoration to health.— Times. rv ,The following paragraph appears in a French provincial paper :—"Dr. Pusey, ono of the most eminent professors of Oxford, and one of the most remarkable men of the Anglican Church, has lately arrived at Bor deaux. After several interviews with his Eminence the Cardinal on question■ relating to the reunion of the Churches, he visited the convent of the Dominican Fathers, in the midst of which he spent the entire Sun day." LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.) WILLIAMS V. LOVELL. This was an application by the plaintiff for a rule to dis charge an order made by Mr. Justice Blackburn last No vember. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., appeared in support of the rule, and from the learned gentleman's statement the following facts of the case, which is rather complicated, were de veloped :—The plaintiff is a solicitor, and had been engaged by a lady named Cass in some legal proceedings in 1860. The defendant, a barrister, was also retained by the lady, and she agreed to be responsible to him for his fees, in stead of the solicitor. The plaintiff then delivered some papers in the proceedings in question to the defendant. Mrs. Cass being desirous of changing her solicitor, applied to him for her papers, which were in the possession of the defendant, who refused to part with them until the whole of his fees had been paid. Mrs. Cass then applied to the Master of the Rolls, who consi dered that the plaintiff had no right to give the papers out of his custody merely as a security to the defendant for his fees, and made an order directing him to return them to Mrs. Cass. However the defendant still retained the papers, and Mr. Cass then obtained an attachment against the plaintiff for non-compliance with the order of the court, and he was taken into custody. The decree of the Master of the Rolls was reversed in an appeal to the Lords Justices, and the plaintiff was released from custody after three mouths' imprisonment. The plaintiff's case came before Mr. Justice Blackburn in Chambers, and his lord ship, having required the attendance of all the parties con cerned, decided that the defendant should be discharged from all liabilities to the plaintiff, who had commenced an action against him. It was to set aside this order that the present rule was applied for, which was unanimously refused by their lordships. COURT OF RXCHEQUER. (Before the Lcrd Chief Baron andfßarona Martin, Channel], and Pigott. BAXANDALE Y. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. Bovill was engaged this morning in further arguing this case. It related to the terms upon which the plaintiffs were entitled to carry goods in connection with the South- Western Railway Company. The case was entirely devoid of interest. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Baron Bramwell.) PROCTER V. HOLLINGSWORTH. This was an action to recover the amount of a bill of exchange for £5OO, which it was alleged was accepted by the defendant. The defendant denied the liability, and pleaded never indebted. Mr. Iluddleston, in stating the case, said the plain tiff in the action, and for whom he appeared, was formerly in partnership with Mr. Moore, who was the drawer of the bill. The defendant, according to the state ment of the learned counsel, was formerly a gardener, em ployed at Winchmore, and an intimacy having sprung up between him and Mr. Moore he eventually asked him to oblige him with the loan of £5. The sum was lent by Mr. Moore, he being informed that although the position of the defendant was not much there, his father was a man of property, and that at his death the defendant would in herit a largo amount of property. Various other money transactions took place between defendant and Mr. Moore, when the transaction arose which gave rise to the present action. The defendant, wishing to purchase a farm, ap plied to Mr. Moore to lend him £4OO. This Mr. Moore agreed to do, and the bill in dispute was then drawn up for £5OO at nine months,which was to cover all the former small loans and the £4OO. Mr. Moore then, at the dissolu tion of the partnership with Mr. Procter, passed the bill to him, but payment was refused, and the present action was instituted. The defendant denied his liability on the ground that no value had been received for the bill. The case is being tried by a special jury, and is expected to last over the whole day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justice Erie and Justices Smith, Willes, and Keating.) HARVEY V. MARTIN. Mr. Quain moved for a new trial in this case, in a verdict which had been given for plaintiff for .£39. The plaintiff sold defendant a quantity of fish manure, and when pay ment was applied for it was stated that the defendant had bought the manure from a limited liability company with which ho was connected, and not in is private capacity, and therefore he was not liable for the value of the pro perty. Their lordships postponed their decision. CHURCHILL V. -- This was an application calling upon tho plaintiff to give security for costs. He was a seafaring man, for merly serving on board the ship Queen, and he brought this action for balance of wages and wrongful dismissal. As the plaintiff was now in America, but proposed to be in Lon don when the action was tried, it was thought he ought under tho circumstances to give security for the costs of the action, supposing the verdict went against him. The Court granted a rule nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. s --- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BAKERS' INSTITUTE.—James M`Lean, a baker, of No. 17, Rupert street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting "William Ruddle, superintendent of the Baker's House of Call and Institute, Rupert-street. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, said he was instructed by the committee of an institute, called the Bakers' House of Call and Institute, an institution formed by a number of highly respectable persons—bakers, millers, the clergy, and others, Lord Ebony being a patron, and the prisoner was charged with assaulting the superin tendent of the institute. Although an institute it was not a union or club from which respectable journeymen were excluded, but the prisoner was one of a class who was anxious to prevent respectable men resorting to a place where they could meet together and have harmless recrea tion, and was in the habit of going to the place and in sulting the members and causing a disturbance. On Saturday night the prisoner went in a state of intoxication, interfered with a member who was entering the place, and wanted him to fight, and on the superintendent going out to quell the disturbance the prisoner behaved in a dis orderly manner, and was then given into custody, and while on the way to the station the prisoner gave the superintendent a blow on the back of the head and nearly knocked him down. It was wished that the prisoner should be taught that if a respectable class of persons chose to meet together they were not to be interfered with by a person like him. The Superintendent said that while on the way to the station on Saturday, after giving the prisoner into custody for creating a disturbance, the prisoner said, "Take that you —," and gave him a blow on the back of his head, nearly knocking him down. Police-constable 214 C corroborated the complainant. The prisoner called a witness, who said the prisoner was first struck by the superintendent. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 10s. or 7 days. THAMES. THE DANGERS or TOWSR-RlLL.—Robert Jackson and David Don, well dressed men, represented as clerks in City houses, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with . being drunk and incapable of taking care of themselves. Joseph llemsley, a constable of the City of London Police Farce, No. 579, stated that at half-past 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon he was sent for by the landlord of the Crooked Billet public-house on Tower-hill, to remove two gentlemen who were intoxicated and unable to take care of themselves. He found the prisoners there helplessly drunk and surrounded by a great number of thieves. They would have stripped the prisoners of all the property they had about them if he bad not appeared among them. He saw several of the most desperate ruffians that ever disgraced society about the prisoners, and they were greatly enraged at being deprived of their prey. He took the prisoners into custody and lodged them in the station house. Jackson, who had a large shade over his loft eye, said that ho was drunk. Don—So was I, dead drunk, 1 believe. Mr. Paget—This is a most disgraceful position for per sons of your station to be in, and I hope you are ashamed of yourselves. You are fined ss. each for being drunk and incapable of taking care of yourselves. The fines were paid. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—T ITO rough-looking youths, named Luke Dixon and Bernard Curley, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with violently assaulting James Watts, police constable, No. 303 K. The complainant, who has sustained very serious in juries, and, it is feared, will be off duty for some time, saw the prisoner Dixon in Shadwell last evening soon after six o'clock, while the parishioners were on the way to church and chapel. The prisoner was intoxicated and making use of very disgusting language. The constable requested him to desist, which ho refused to do, and commenced the most dreadful abuse of the constable, who said I must take you into custody. The prisoner said lam stronger than you, you shall not take me, and knocked him down. He then kicked him with considerable violence about the head and face, and broke his helmet. Curley joined in this savage treatment, and also kicked the constable, while the Shadwoll blackguards and thieves called out kill the —, and his life certainly would have been sacrificed if aid had not arrived from the King David-lane station. The scene was ono of unmitigated ruffianism, and the THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TATTERSALLS'—This Evening TWO TIibITSAND. 3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) MB DERBY. . 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken freely) 15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Student (taken) 100 to 6 agst Redan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Auguste (offered—take 22 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Stabber (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken), 50 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 66 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Laneret (taken) 100 to 1 agst Messmate (taken) 100 to 1 agst Czar (taken) RACING FIXT RES FOR 1866. FEBR Lincoln 2O MAJ Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring - ARY. AP No wmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring MA Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 10 10 Y ir o a r rPe k Supderinng JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham . l2 Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Jul Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB I AUG Brighton ___ 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTI Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Ourragh NOVE Lincoln Liverpool I Nottingham Spring 27 ICH. Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B T hirSk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester 'Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l York August 2l Plymouth 23 Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O UST. ;MBER. IRichmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall ... 28 IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester :BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 The Opening of the French Legislature. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. PARIS, Monday, Jan. 22. The Session of the French Legislature was opened at one o'clock to-day by the Emperor, who delivered the following speech : Messieurs les Senateurs, Messieurs les Deputes, The opening of the Legislative Session enables me periodically to lay before you the condition of the empire, and to express to you my ideas. As in preceding years, I shall examine with you the principal questions which interest our country. At home peace appears to be everywhere assured, since in every direction the means are sought of amicably settling difficulties, instead of deciding them by arms. The meeting of the English and French fleets in the same ports has shown that relations formed upon fields of battle are not weakened. Time has only cemented the agreement of the two coun tries. With regard to Germany, my intention is to observe a policy of neutrality, without preventing us at times from sorrowing or rejoicing, leaves us nevertheless strangers to questions in which our in terests are not directly engaged. Italy, recognised by nearly all the Powers of Europe, has affirmed her unity by inaugurating her capital in the centre of the Peninsula. We have reason to rely upon the scrupulous execution of the treaty of the 15th September, and the indispensable maintenance of the power of the Holy Father. The bonds which attach us to Spain and Portugal are still further strengthened by my recent interviews with the sovereigns of both those kingdoms. You have shared with me the indignation pro duced by the assassination of President Lincoln, and recently the death of the King of the Belgians has caused unanimous regret. In Mexico the Govern ment, founded by the will of the people, is consoli dating itself. The dissidents, vanquished and dis persed, no longer have a chief. The national troops have shown valour, and the country has found the guarantees of order and security which have developed its resources and raised its trade with France alone from 21 to 77 millions francs. As, therefore, I expressed the hope last year, our expedition is approaching its close. lam making arrangements with the Emperor Maximilian to fix the period of the recall of our troops, •in order that their return may take place without compromising the French interests which we went to defend in that distant country. North America, issuing victorious from a for midable contest, has re-established the American Union, and solemnly proclaimed the abolition of slavery. France, who forgets no noble page of her history, sincerely desires the prosperity of the great American Republic, and for the maintenance of amicable relations now nearly a century old. The emotion produced in the United States by the pre sence of our army upon Mexican soil will be ap peased by the frankness of our declarations. The American people will understand that our expedi tion, in which we invited it to take part, was not opposed to its interests. Two nations equally jealous of their independence must avoid every step which would affect their dignity and their honour. At home the tranquillity which has not ceased to prevail has enabled me to visit Algeria, where my presence will not, I hope, have been without effect in securing interests and establishing a more friendly intercourse between races. My absence from France has besides proved that I could be re placed by an upright heart and an elevated mind. It is in the midst of satisfied and confiding popu lations that our institutio ns work. ThT Mayor The municipal elections have been accomp lished with the gr ea t est order and the most enti re libert y' being in the commune th e re p resenta tive of th e cen tral power, the constitution conf erred upon me the right of choosing him fro m amon g all the he citizens, but the election of intell i g ent a nd devoted men ha s almost everywhere allowed m e to select the Mayor from among the members of the Municipal Councils. The law upon coalitions, which gave rise to some apprehensions, has been carried out with great impartiality by the Government, and with moderation on the part of those interested. The working class, always intelligent, have understood that the greater the facilities accorded to them for the discussion of their interests the more they are bound to respect the liberty of individuals and the security of all. The inquiry into co-operative socie ties has shown how just were the basis of the bill which has been laid before you upon this important matter. This bill will permit the establishment of nu merous associations for the profit of labour and of benefit societies. To favour its development I have decided that the authorisation of meeting shall be granted to all who wish, apart from po litics, to deliberate as men of business upon their industrial interests. This faculty will only be limited by the guarantees required by public order. The state of our finances will show you on one hand that the revenue continues in its progressive increase, while on the other the expenditure tends to decrease, In the new budgets the incidental or A SILVER IDOL OF TIIE LATE PRINCE CONSORT, clad in armour like Christian in the Pilgrim's Pro to Prince say s the Spectator, has been presented by the Queen ince William, the eldest son of the Princess R oya l , as r to Prince Albert Victor, the elde s t son of the Prince of Wales. Both images are adorned by th e same verse s, said to bo from the hand of M rs . P rothero. The s t a t u es and statuettes to the good Prince Consort ar e dress, Hall a s multiplying a little more rapidly, we think, than would have suited his own taste. If he can soe us now, does he not think, as St. Paul of the Athenians, that we are "in these thinge too superstitious ?" Would he not say that we were giving ourselves to idolatry, and his "spirit bo stirred within him ?" MADLLE. RACHEL AND MADLLE. MARS.— Statues in white marble of the two great tragic actresses, Madlle. Mars and Madlle. Rachel, both represented as seated, have been placed in thefuyer of the Theatre Frangais. THE AGED FATHER OF THE LATE MADLLE. M FELIX announces that he is ready to undertake the instruc tion of pupils for the stage. Ile adds that he was the sole instructor of Rachel and his other daughter Lia, the star of the Gaite. The Bank of Egypt have issued their report in anticipation of the forthcoming meeting of share holders. It states that the net profits for the half year ending 30th December last, after providing for bad and doubtful debts, amount to £22,383 14s 3d, which, added to £4,466 18s. 3d., the balance broughtforward from the previous half-year, makes a total of £26,850 12s. Gd., availablefor appropria tion. The directors recommend £4,400 to be car ried to the reserve fund, which will then amount to £25,000 ; that a dividend be declared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the half-year (£12,500), and a bonus of 10s. per share (£5,000), both free of income tax, and together equal to 14 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £4,950 12s. 6d. to be carried forward. LEIGH HUNT'S BOOK OF THE SONNETS.—The Boston correspondent of the New York Round Table says, in reference to Leigh Hunt's " Book of the Sonnets," men tioned in The Reader some weeks ago—" I have seen at Roberts Brothers a manuscript of the late Leigh Hunt's, which came into their possession through the hands of Mr. S. Adams Lee, of Philadelphia, who edited with th poet's sanction the blue and gold' edition of Hunt's complete poems, published here in 1857, two years before their author's death. The present MS. is written on note paper, in a legible hand, and is entitled ' The Book of the Sonnets, with an Essay on Italian and English Sonnets and Sonnetteers," and is now to be given to the press for the first time." The half-yearly meeting of the London Financial forward to the next Association was held to-day , when a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with a bonus at the same rate, being 15 s . p er share, free of in come e £103,082, l eav i ng tax, was declared. T his p a y ment absorbs £ 30 , 00 0 o i, f6otlhoe7balanceos. id to b of the carriedyear, half-par. extraordinary sources of revenue have been replaced by normal and permanent resources. The law upon the redemption of the debt, which will be submitted to you, shows the establishment of certain revenues, and affords fresh guarantees to the creditors of the State. The equilibrium of the budget is secured by a surplus of revenue. In order to attain this result it was necessary to effect economies in the greater part of the public services, among others in the War Department. The army being upon a peace footing, there was only the alternative of reducing either the regimental cadres or the effective. The latter measure was impracticable, since the regiments hardly mustered their necessary strength of men. The welfare of the service even counselled an augmentation of the effective. By suppressing the cadres of 220 companies:4G squadrons, and 40 bat teries, but at the same time drafting the soldiers into the remaining companies and squadrons, we rather strengthened than weakened our regiments. As the natural guardian of the interests of the army, I should not have consented to these reduc tions if they would have affected our military orga nisation or ruin the prospects of men whose ser vices and devotion I can appreciate. All interests will thus find themselves guaranteed, and the coun try will not have shown herself ungrateful to those who shed their blood for her. The budget of Public Works and that of instruction have not suffered any diminution. It was useful to preserve to the great undertakings of the State their productive activity, and to maintain the energetic impulse of public instruction. For the last few months, thanks to the devotion of the founder, 13,000 new refuges (tours d'asile) have been opened in the communes of the Empire. Agriculture has made great progress since 1852. If at the present moment it suffers from the depre ciation of the price of cereals, that fact is the inevi table consequence of the superabundance of har vests, and not of the suppression of the sliding scale. Economical transformations develope general prosperity, but they cannot avert partial inconve niences. I have thought it would be useful to open a serious investigation into the condition and ne cessities of agriculture. It will confirm, lam con vinced, the principles of commercial liberty, will offer valuable information, and will facilitate the study of the proper means both to alleviate local suffering and realise fresh progress. The impulse of our intercourse has not slackened, and general commerce, which amounted last year to more than seven milliards of francs, has increased by 700 millions. • In the midst of this constantly increasing pros perity, unquiet minds, under the pretext of quick ening liberal measures on the part of the Govern ment, desired to prevent it from advancing, by de priving it of all force and power of initiative. They take possession of an expression borrowed by me from the Emperor Napoleon 1., and con found instability with progress. The EmperOr in declaring the necessity of successively perfect ing human institutions, wished to say that the only durable changes are those effected with time by the ameliorations of public morals. These ameliorations will result from the appeasement of passions, and not from intemperate changes in our fundamental laws. Of what advantage, in deed, can it be to recommence to-morrow that which was rejected yesterday? The Constitution of 1852, submitted to the ac ceptance of the people, has undertaken to found a national system, wisely based upon the just balance between the different powers and the State. It stands at an equal distance between two extreme positions, with an Elective Chamber controlling the Ministers, the executive power is without authority, and with out the feeling of sequence. It is without control if the elective chamber is not independent and in possession of legitimate prerogatives. Our consti tutional forms, which have a certain analogy with those of the United States, are not defective be cause they differ from those of England. Every people must have institutions suitable to its genius and its traditions. Certainly every Government has its defects, but in reviewing the past, I congratulate myself atj the end of 14 years upon seeing France respected abroad, tranquil at home, having no political offenders in her prisons, and no exiles beyond her frontiers. Has not the nation sufficiently discussed during the last 80 years the theories of Govern ment ? Is it not now more useful to seek practical means of improving the moral and material fate of the people ? Let us occupy our selves in spreading everywhere, together with enlightenment, healthy economical doctrines, the love of good and religious principles. Let us endeavour to solve by liberty in business affairs the difficult problem of the just partition of reproduc tive forces, and let us endeavour to ameliorate the conditions of labour in the field as well as in the workshop. When all Frenchmen now invested with political rights shall have been enlightened by education they will discern the truth without trouble, and will not allow themselves to be seduced by deceitful theories. When all those who live from hand to mouth shall see the benefits arising from assiduous labour increase, they will be the firm supporters of a society which guarantees their welfare and their dig nity. Lastly, when all shall have received from infancy those principles of faith and of morality which elevate man in his own eyes, they will know that above human intelligence, above the efforts of science and . ,reason, there exists a Su preme Will, which rules the destinies of individuals as well as the destinies of nations. of on ng oir ?,re Ale es, t en ral oct 110 be- At lb- isll ttlo len 206 • 206 100 100 20a 10 100 1 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 190 100 100 F 0 100 100 2.1.0 294 2.H.0 3} 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 72/ 1051 35 i 34 101 a B Si I MI i