The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-02 00:00:00

J' in St. O el aearly Tel ferry P aP ;f l t in l Ai r l ll V 1I rect‘if% A r e lane T . 'rl Lead-q4da te 't at the 0e :st Teta ° 5 Guarclo4 31antniis Li r assiag to - o' conseque ll i at the 0° Newcastie,cl .ham int ei3 gel t: lining 3 marquis • elect ea'olo I sere the left tes 44 o t near rt, to town 'tie I; esidence o og lay for Di ° A ct ,he Exeb e V ily, at Sir' ire. , sterdaY , mily reti r e ,' the D ll4 er r nts froal n the 1 11 ' 0 1 4 Ixpeeted 0 3wn on ftl; t:r, for )r the eau' and fa- e awaiting fur' o alteration the end of th° Money vis! )xcept for firgi for the WI sport o ffi ce A Y, 5 , 800 d °ll ' doll. Sage ditto, broo pipe. d in the batter late come " - 00 re. per " 200 barreo overnment 14 " iced for mil ice fabrics: t unburg sold Mail stesag er ambuco Pe 6 a Nov. 23. - it ° mud Lord i'P r AB. SOR, JAIL 1 ` ,he Royal 11 01 0 : at seven Del favourite aired , )oor were dis le this morning' poor persons If accompani ty ,dies and gen proceeded 0, 111 ess the distil, ntenience 0 1 district YIP .t, coals proper'il , s divided 0 10 lisped under rs , receiving AO II diti ona made N rent break Colonel F.:, 1 11 Bouverie Ig to the adir Herbertl? been invitea• tided her 1 1 1 Dyal Highp !ess Mary, !aroline Bar the Rigbb Phipps , and the , . G" bridge. :4- 13 played ti iv en in the el; % of nearlf: mpanied bl bridge, a u 'al chddrent; the ladies 1 hall about, ;ed. cantata, The Prai s °, Mendelogo" I Novell°, Ite band, nu the pri! r and the looted from a of the Ss Mr. Ande r ! nd ; Mr. co chapel, PP" to the ofr Downs'bit* I Ladies MU r Russell, loymour epd Mr. Cast/ Right 13_ 00 ', (14 s Right kol o y i ['torso all a idl Pod, the rr ° l oll live, *l. 6° ;Oil Lipps, imir o tioo ;wining, 00 Boc* n diog i (oorsllosel )21, MO' le Earl of A u ;; Downiogl Cape of . Wost Ind'". )olonial-offia" ap. IUGUSTO 1. $ O l Augustli i .x o ha, accelsreru) I by a I . ll Ace eninh: s. -ect to ised the Dib I Prinne BB 'o 4 to for Oar 8 ne. TEL MONEY MA lIK ET AND COMMERCIAL fINT ELL T E N(1 CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Yesterday was a holiday' at Liverpool. The Legislative Assembly in Jamaica, we learn from Messrs. De Cordova's circular, received yes terday, has increased the duties on certain articles, and. the following are the particulars "It will ba seen that the additional imposts on some articles, as dry goods, &c., are heavy. Brandy 6s. per gallon, gin ss. per gallon, cordials Bs. per gallon, whisky el* Per gallon, oil 4d. per gallon, wheat 6d. per bushel, IllaPawder 4d. per pound, except for blasting powder, , ogshead s h oo k s 6d . eac h, punc h eon di tto 6d . eac h, to - Pa cccirnanufactured 30 per cent. ad valorem, duty, and int lb., tobacco manufactured 15per cent. ad valorem d uty, and ld. p er lb., c i gars 20 p er cen t. a d va l o rem, an d o per lb. ; unenumeratel articles, except machinery, Prevery 1001. value, 121. 10s. • win e s, 101. pe r ton, and 10 er cent. ad valorem. And that the duties upon all the articles imported into this island shall be the same as are set forth in the schedule of the Act 7th Viet., chap. 1, eftnionly called the Import Duty Act." The letters from Melbourne by the steamer Lady Jocelyn are to the end of September, and describe the mercantile.markets rs being, exceedingly quiet. At the " diggins," however, some improvement j a demand was perceptible, and the average gold production was maintained. At Sydney commer • cial affairs were likewise reported to be very dull. The Mexican Bondholders' Committee have ac counts of the sth ult. from Vera Cr uz . Mr. 4 iekard s was endeavouring to introduce improve tlitete in the practical working of the decree of '`uug- Colonel Facio has received 72,000 dols. for the dividends from Vera Cruz, and 18,611 dols. f rere Tampico. From the republic of Ecuador, the agent of the •tiondholders has forwarded new, and, upon the *holeebt,, much more favourable proposals to settle the • Ecuador is to acknon ledge 1,824,0001. as its foreign debt, including arrears of interest. Be fore—is September neit bonds are to be issued for this am ount ; the precise form being d e t erm i ne d by th e bo ndholder s , and the amount being strictly limited above. The new bonds are to pay 1 per cent. b l / 6 _,r annum while the customs of Guayaquil only o l a Quce 400,000 dollars per annum, and k pei• cent. any increase thereon is to be paid to the i bond bel dera, who are also to receive benefits from cer -11 industrial undertakings, conformably with the d• ecree of September, 1852 ; but the total pay knent not to e xcee d 6 p er ce nt. p er annum . f,`ll"„a bondholders are to keep an agent at Guaya -1) but h e i s t o b e p a id by th e G overnmen t , an d h " Bee to the appropriation of the share of revenue Z a gned to the foreign debt. Various provisions made with regard to the making up of the ac -4,4 and the prevention of contraband. The in it,,,eet agreed upon is to begin from the Ist instant, 1; 1 . 0 . ' 4 is to be paid half-yearly. The Ecuadorian • Is v ißiolial Bonds are to be paid out of moneys re- Is Jed from Peru or with waste lands; and, if Peru yriljes 6 per Cent. Stock, proportionable allowances 1 10 ,,,f,ave to be made in receiving the same. The errolders here have 25 years to take po ss e ss i on p rob le,lands hypothecated to them ; oth erw i se th e eet,"4loual bonds representing them will b e can eb„,7. Other property can be acquired in ex (107,„ ge for the b on d s . Thi s agreemen t w ill, no eu 7t) be c ons id ere d sa ti s f ac t ory un d er th e cir .Btata does ces, as Ecuador is known to be a republic at T l , not possess great resources. C 011 4 1 4 e half-yearly meeting of the London Dock iu tr i ui, took place to-day; John Cattley, Esq., bal at, e chair. The r e p or t was f avoura bl e , th e th e a c ? e atanding to the credit of profit and loss on of wic t il of November being 261,1401. 4 s . 6d., ou t in teh the directors recommended a dividend of t ft. Per cent. f or th e h a lf-y ear , c l ear o f i ncome gi v The report was adopted, and power was fushe r sum of 200,000/. for new works and other purp oses, r eor P , s a b. Securities are very d e p resse d aga i n thi s W el :l i n t% but with little b us i ness d o i ng . C onso l s 1) 4 v l -3 and have since receded to 90i The felittecallrnoomwsbuaynidnath e French loan, each deter the just at present. Bank Stock rKed 208 to 2081, being flat. Exchequer bare reef, S. to 7 s . premium. The New 3 per Cents. si nce 9 01t0 9 01 to 91, and the Reduced 901 and The present speculative account is au l' pp o o r s eei dtest l'el7 Foreig n ocks ba s t re th d e epressed owing to the de , Zirge.in BConsoils, - sales made have not been 1, 0 w .• Ecuador Bonds are at 31, and Brazilian 'll,, at 91 i- Spanish Deferred Stock has realised .0 , ex dividend. Turkish Bonds are 74i to 75. 'ittch Four per Cents. bring 91i to I. The foll • , owing are the nominal prices of foreign n !eta :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6; Mexi ,,4o) 20i to 21 ; Pei avian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 per Z 2 et :t.,z B 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to -Kusaian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Ceuta.,ifi 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to oit f ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 36 to 371 ; Ditto Certifi ,eB) 4.1. to 51; Ditto P assive , 4 1 to 41. 1 0i 3:11 a railway meetings announced a re th e fol.. e ng G r , Company. Date. Place. q t ,,; t 7 uentral of France Jan. 23, Paris. 4 Luxembourg L05,1 °4 and Greenwich heft a, S. Coast Jan. 29, Bridge.house Hotel. Jan. , 3, Bruges. d e " Mark e t f or the E ng li s h R a il wa y s h as b een thewnearly per cent. in most instances ; and in s k i Present state of affairs, if parties do not press they abstain from purchases. The foreign are about the same, as well as the East Indian. FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the (*dal List.) lsn•iness done taw, 3 Eitc e i t . 208 k 8 4 •fl"" .... 90i i I 1447,7°11.. neduced Annuities 90, : i 1 90i Ong Per Cent. Annuities 1860 -16 Annues Expire sth Jan., 91 90i 1 3 Iltols for A ' 4000 ,,, 1t1ei. e ti O i n is n , t122.(10.th Janu7 .. 8,,,,,„ . • :I°4l ................................. 1 3ra z i r u lt a. I ll t 08' FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. t , bitt 1 1 . —°4 (1s, 5 p er Cent ' ° ew 18"' 4/ per Cent . . - 2 t i q u aor t on i o 04 2 -2 3i .sexican 3 --3 -- t itto f Per Cent. 204 - pertivi or the Account 70 flArdiniai' 8°44% -4 per Cent. pabithatijlonds, 5 per Cent.. ...... .... D itto — — " ,l ,F 3 3 per Cent 1,41.. N'evr Deferred, 3 per Cent l% x a T urki s h D Sc 'iP paid up in full ' l4 for the Account 75 41 1 b ri t, ' hi e vi dends on the above parable In London. Ditto 4 no 1 eilange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull r Gnat. Certifieatos..... Co nsols.. THREE O'CLOCIf. • Ditto, J anuary Account ________ __ __ __ ST. r, vitt3 vEOROR TILE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.—THE the GE C LERK.—A.n official inquiry, conducted . u t nd . er . direction of the Poor Law Board, by one o i s in 81)Peetators, into certain charges made against Mr. John ~,4 Y , the Vestry-clerk of this parish, has been going on t r i' Beveral day s. The case for the prosecutors was "ed su the last occasion, and the sitting was resumed nay'ester for the purpose of allowing Mr. Day to enter into defence. From a recapitulation of the evidence 41re ady tak en , w hi ch was given by the inspector, it sp ared that a sum o f 1/. is., balance o f cos t s i ncurre d 1 I the C ounty Court in an action against a man named 'lradlaury, for th e ma i ntenance of his wife, and 114 111 of 4/. 13 s . 10d . f or stationary, for which credit *44 claimed by Mr. Day, were disputed, on the ground that n Ino such sums were entered i n th e accoun t b oo k s o f t Par i sh. Mr. Day, however, produced certain papers " I , P t ° ,rting to be vouch er s f or th ose sums duly passed e th e parish officers and auditors. Tho different eaded , lire hwarden s an d overseers from 1849 to 1852 were a a Witnesses at the previous sittings of the inquiry, a nd their evidence went to the effect that they bad none c' ' th ete a*y knowledge whatever of the vouchers in clll"ti 2e, • The evidence of the auditor went to the ex laltiti,,°,`,mis deubtirrr the authenticity of the signature of ta lB , - "` t als is the eocuments. This is in substance the b a 4 , - , °' ...the parties bringing the charges against l‘ f l o r r . 4 1 * I A •Ivir. Duncan yesterday appeared as . counsel b haay, and it was proposed to call evidence on his t. tt'sfi-;" bu t some difficulty in getting the necessary °,?ta%-(14,14 documents together having occurred, after ,`Ake b - j'ay, it was arranged that an adjournment should d. 44 3'14 4 ,,. c ei and the inquiry to be resumed on We nes , 4 - S ', 4 „"'g, at ten o'clock. ` 44C rCriV 4 tIfENT, GRATIS, WITH THE WEEKLT DIS 11nexa t'i l ,t/tY WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.—The . East interest which attaches to every dent ""-"Mt ha With with the operations of the Allied armie in s c i i n D t t h s e . Pat c h ta3 determined the proprietors of the Week l y he Be : t dev ote a greater space to the intelligence from ar ze , it of war than the ordinary limits b o ff f oi t . h d is, an th d e , With eew.sPaper published, could pos d si f y its a re,eivetr view of giving the amplest e.a . , the , have gratis, u Pen the issue of a series of . supplements, eo nne w hich will include every particular of interest s eb eted with the Siege and decision of the contest at by fr ° P° l , and will be continued whenever demanded of thes e e Progress of the campaign. By the public ation l'eted 11.13Pletnents the portion of the paper usually de- Rill , b e e Incid ents of domestic and political importance N'trar reserve d intact, and the engrossing subject of the 4 :bctB S.: l : 7 1 e r r eceive the fullest and most varied illustration. at, uPplernent will be published on Sunday next (gratis), succeedinri week until further notice. The ills'tni Sunday, Ji b inuary ith, 1855, will be printed le a ,'" Pe, of an improved character, by which the iS: at '‘lre of reading will be enhanced. Published every t rain s morning, at four o'clock, in time for the first i n , and the moning mails. Another edition is printed thirT afternoon, for the post of that evening ; and a twhilf; i :t pentBetwltai:losnoytakes place on Sunday, bi ioging the importance, by extra editions, up to D i , , . of the same afternoon. The price of the ti e —__ en _ or . pence. Orders maybe given patch, is Six • en to all At w ti 7 ,( ain tovvn and country ; and to the publisher, ' 44814140.7.0fac0, 130, Fleet -Arcot, London. SiIAiRE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. IClosing Prices this dal-. RATLvraae. Aberdeen Ambg. Notteg. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... del fast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenlid. Lancsh & Cheshire Jnuct Do. Chesh. & Birk. ,1 L5O and £25 Cons. Do., ..... Rlyth &Tyn 3 origiva' £25 (issd. at £45; Bristoi and Exeter Caledonian 'Carmarthen and Car digan... ' Chester Holyhoad Cork and Bandon._ Cork, Black, dv P 8.39 Cornwall Orieff Junction Dublin&Belfasaunc Dundee Perth &Aber deco Junction Do. New Last Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ......... De., B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire 25 St. 20 St. all .00 all 00 Edinburgh& Glasgow Edibb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Dundee Forth & Clyde Juuc. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern 50 1.5 i 1.6 i St. 19i 100 194 FU all all 100 100 211 100 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock tlt Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un Liv. ersby. &Sonthpt London & Blackwal Load. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Wostn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B , Do. Eighths ' London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Ladiplrry& Col oraille Ludndrry. & Ennisk Aanch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 100 Do. Birrnng. &Derby all Midld. G. West. (Irt9 224 Do. Half Shares All Newcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryEaten , 2 t Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 1 8 Newry & Enniskiller all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 17? : all all Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 00., No. 2 )0., A Deferred Do., 2 B Guarantee' N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. E. Parch Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstra.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir... North Western N. & S. Westrn.Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley ' and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth icottish Central ScottisliMidland all 1119. Shrowsby. & Herefd. .ihropshire Union Do, A, B, C,& D,full: paid up at per e. 3: south Devon So ail.. Eastern 3outh Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do itaines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darlin itockton & Hartlop] Gaff Vale Do. £lO shares.. Do. Prof., No. 1. IThames Haven Dock and Rtilway Vale of Ncath Waterfd. & Kilkenny sh'aterford&Liraorick West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn&Croydon 20 -20 i 4i - 5 8 - 8i 13 12 d 16 - 17 8 - 7 92 - 94 604 -60 i -14 i 9 - 11-, 4 - 3. 6k- 74 14 - 15 101 - 11 28 - 30 20 - 22 70 - 72 54 - 56 19i -20 i 67 - 69 91i -92 i 79 - 80 L 23 - 124 89 - 91 68i 69 58 - 62 72 -- 77 6 -- 3- 6 -- 8 73 5i --4.1 .06 108 88 00 1 —101 i d— id d 1 d 83 —84 A 9 • 81 9 8d 243 - 25 63 - 68 41 - 42 $(1- 10 9d 2i 48 - 50 31 3 31 ... 32 8 10 - 64_ - 7i 74 75 44 4 64 121 —12 i 52 53 52 E 4 par a p Ad 43 - Of 30i -- 31; 96 - 98 61 - 63 '8 - Bip 45 - 47 12 - 14 58 - 594 284 -29 i i— i d 36 7- 28 161 1 3 71 4 - 4, 11 20- 5i - i' = 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central. India,Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besanc on _ _ _ ihitcb Rhenish Eastern of Francs Do. New iEast Indian Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France, pGd. Tk of Canacialia Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France (_-;rt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. t. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 De. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O De. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Cont.ir & Basic Lucca, & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations .1 Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (with interest) IDo. (ex interest) Northern of France., D0.20/.:;_las.late Char leroi and Erptelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 22V. dur. 88 yTs.l from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkProl Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Po.risCa.en &Cliorbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swodish Sambro and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Prof, 'Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland , Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-Si Australatiia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company Britiih N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia IChrtd. Bnk. of India,: Australia, & China' Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud.. Cliatt. Bk. of Australia London and County.. 'London Joint Stock.. Loud. & Wetstminstci National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland,. Now South Wales._ Or leutal Bank of Corpon , ti on l'rovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Am train. g Oold Imp Co youth Australia ,Union of Australia I Do. Now Prakol2 of LOUdOn..“, 6i - 61 1 - 11 ..• •••e id-ip . p 3i -- 31 d 30} -- 31 4 - CA - -- 1 r. ip 7 i - 6 i 8 - 7 9 - 7d 10 8i par A P d P 16 - 161 ••• •.• - ii :- ii, 2 d par 2 d par 2 d -- par dis 211 2 1 1 2i 2i d ip lid Ca 61j - 7 iii - 3~ 121 - 12 4 - 9A 1 18 1 - 1911) 44 -- 46 36 -- - pm 20i -- 21 par -- 1p 2 -- 1/d 7t -- 71 ..• - ••• ... - pm • • •• -- •• 3i 4 d •4 $ Bip 161- lii, BANES. 79 -- 81 .. .... ••• 1 . (1 - i d 3} 3 d 21i 22 ••• ....- ... ii = as 37 - 39 --39 42 67 - 69 . - 10 tt". Moslem done this day. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV ''ENING, JANUARY 2, 1855. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compass Oaring Prices OVA day. ItiIIMATI. Bedford and Bletehley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cont. Glas. Barr. &" Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.d; Dn. Fr Dk. Railway ! Hull & Solby Do. Shares. Do.. 1 Shares. Lou. & Greenw Do. Preferewe Eon., Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent. Do. 6 per et. Nfa,nch. Bxtu. and Matlock Aiddlosbro' & Red car Nfidld.Bradfd Northern sari Easternsp. e Do. S per et. Do. Fiy.cds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. itoys tn.& Hit. Shef. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. 'ear Valleygr 6 per cent Da Wiltskf;omrst PREFE: 95 - 100 98 - 100 130 -- 135 ••• -- ••• 104 - 106 12i - lik 23 - 24 11 -11 i 23 - 2i o'i = ii 57 - 59 130 : 135 24- - 2 30 - 31 91 - 93 1 Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. 0. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork & Bandons p. c Dundee Perth &A.ber deen Junction EastAnglian (X3lOB 6 per cent ' Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ...I Do. 51., 10 per ceno Do. 10/. Dolientr. Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p.cts.l Rest and West York-1 shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth. &Dundee 4 per cont. Glasgow &S.Westerul Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... p.c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Soutlin. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westu. (Bells & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4A p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. e Do. irred. 4p.0. Do. Bhm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Ds. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. do Do. do. Lan. &York. F. £D) Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Wady. & Ennis. Sly. Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 .. Nfarypt.St Carl. 4 p c Do. 4} per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Prof. 4i per cent gorfolk Debenture . Do. Prof. 4 p. 0. Stool Do. 5 p. e. Eat Do. 56 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. o North British V. E. Eerw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. d 0 .... Do. Leeds 6 p.c :14.1 Do. do. Quarters 4S Do. York H.&4. NI% North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6in.c. Scot. Cent., New Prei Do. 5 per cent South Devon D*. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d, Do. per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. p. c Stockton and Dar- lington, 5 per cent. Po. do. do. l Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, Watorfd.kKilk.6p.c. Um(lon at N. West. L. &N. W. Gt.Nrthn. 1 Caldonian.l Do Gt. Westn Irk. New. & I3erw. V. &Mild Do LS. Eastern Peto & Co. Norfolk L.& N. IV. & Midld. : - itekton &. DarlingL. Aidland.. E. Count ,Do N.W StLn&Yk I Do flt No rthn Lancash & Yorksh. MCloan "tockt. Darlingt Do ltWeatn ,ENCE SHARES. 97 - 100 89 - 91 94 - 96 5/ - 6i - P - iP 12,1 - 13 60 - 65 - 113 - 115 . 108 - 110 99 - 101 6 -- 6i 95 -- 97 90 -- 92 92 -- 94 91 -- 104 16 -- 17 10 -- lui 71 -- 73 18i -19 i 94 -9/ 13i -14 i It -- ia 136 -- 137 •• e .. elle •• • .... 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"'' ... ••• .... ••• i .... li i - 1 2h -- 2~ 61 - 63 if - 31 - 384 = ill 12i lissines. this day. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT- 47111 S DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry Kirkby, 45, artilleryman, xv: indicted for stealing some pieces of lead and brass, I kw property of our sovereign lady the Queen. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh prosecu tnd, and Mr. Robinson defended. It appeared that the prisoner, who be re a very high character in the regiment, had been ( tigaged in the proofing department of the Arsenal at ' Woolwich, and the property stolen was a telescope stand rtade of brass, and two pieces of lead used for covering t tie touch holes of the pieces of ordnance. The propert. r, which bore the usual Government mark much obliter. it• 3d, had been upon two occasions offered by the prisone r for sale to a store dealer in Woolwich. Upon the occa e . on of the pri soner's second visit, the sure dealer having sc ime suspicion detained the property, while he brought a sic I gave notice to the police. The prisoner, wh* did no t deny having taken the property to the dealers, gave an . u nsatisfactory account about it, etatin that au officer • for whom he had been doing some work had given it t him. Mr. Robinson, at some length, argue I I he itnproba bility of a man bearing so high a charact cr as prisoner committing such an offence. He had be in 23 years in the service, and would shortly have his I tal f-pay, which he would forfeit all claim to if convicted of this offence. It was most likely that he did not know th. At the property did belong to the Government, the m at. Ica being so effaced, and might have received the thin gs , which were of but slight value, as be had stated. Several officers of the regiment gave r fti loner a high character. The jury found prisoner guilty, reoomr ne; iding him to mercy on account of his character. The Recorder said he would take time to consider the sentence. Thomas Bailey, 26, tailor, was indic t 3d for cutting and wounding Henry liirnbly, with inten : t. It appeared that the prosecutor, who br rs the appear ance of a low-class pugilist, was upon thw s night of the 20th of November at the King's Arms , Market-hill, Shadwell, drinking with the prisoner, a) ac 1 that the pro secutor had attacked him first by thr ei ring some ale in his face, and then struck him several tir ni ,s, upon which prisoner drew his knife and stabbed hi) n in the lower part of the belly, from the effacts of w'fii oh he was con fined to his bed for three weeks in the h , as. pital. The jury found the prisoner guil'w of unlawfully wounding. The Recorder asked the prisoner who I e was ? The prisoner said an American by bb •t: ►h, and had bat just returned from Memel with a cargo of ' Russian tallow ; but since ho had been in prison his ship had sailed. The Coroner respited the sentence un tit next session. THE FOREIGN The chief president of the Grand ] )(why of Posen has, of course by orders of the G overnmen t , al ready entered the lists against the foreign legion, and it is natural to conclude that simila r no ti ces wi llbelssued by the regencies of ;all other pro vinces " POS LFIN, DEC. 28. "The Prussian Criminal Code, Art . 111, ordains_ He who enrols a Prussian fer service i n foreign States, or the recruiters who coitduc them, as lik ewise be who premeditatedly excites a Prussian sole ier to desert, or favours premeditatedly the de3ertion of tie same, shall be punished with imprisonment Tarying fr, sin three months to three years. All attampts at such l ea li ng ., shall be a p r u e ni t s o h b ed e i e n st a ab s l i is m b i e la d r in ma tb n e n Nhe er. tf As rl i a t o a d p pears that o f f i ces e sand Hanse (free) Towns, o for t hthe opportunity purpo purpose eof tob foreignrin bring t lie a b ove penalliaitment, I ava il myself enactment to memory, and rejoin as a. duty upon all police authorities of the prov,nce to am•el it forthwith all recruiters, and to deliver then over to the Attorney. General, to take from them their papers . . 9f legitimation (passports, &c.), and, if he be a foreign sir, to look to his expulsion, after he has undergone punis Eunent, or other expired imprisonment. I expect a report upon each case that shall come to notice. (Signed) " Vox PIITTIAMMER, Chief President of the Province of 'Posen." The Suabian Mercury states that in Spain, Holland, and Hamburg depots for receiving volunteers for the Foreign Legion whi c h England is about to raise are to be established under the direction of English officers. Each volunteer, it adds, is to receive 245 fr. on entering and 300 fr. when he shall have joined his regiment. He is also, it says, to receive as much tea, liquor, &c., as ho likes. NEW' SIEGE GUN. Government has instructed Mr. Nasmyth to make a cast-iron siege gun, and another engineer proposes to make one of cast steel. We have, however, seem the model of a gun, which, we believe, will supersede these and all others now in use. This gun is the inventio . n of Mr. Will lams, formerly of Everton, Liverpool, but now of Pembroke, and the con tractor for executing the Government works at Milford Ha y„„. Mr. Williams's gala oat. be' made either of wrought iron or cast steel, and of any size: Th. oost will not be great, the efficiency undoubted. But it has one most desirable advantage over all other guns. At Sebastopol siege guns were removed R ith great difficulty —in bad weather not at all. Mr. Williams's gun can be carried on men's shoulders ! It is made in piecei, which pieces can be put together in a few minutes by a mere labourer, acid when put to gether will be stronger than any gun cast or fabricated whole. The model will be laid before the Minister of War next seek. , MAIiKET NEWS (THIS DAY.) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 15s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to .5/ 153; attd straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. CIIMBEIILAND.—Meadqw h a y, 21 17 s t o 4/ 16 s ; c l over ditto, 3/ Os to 5/15s; ani straw, 11 33 to 1/ 105 per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPICL.—Moadow hay, 2115 s to 41145; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 18s; aid straw, 1/ 2s tot 1/ Os per load. Supply tolerably good, aid trade dull. COLONIAL. SI/GAIL—The sales by auction are numerous. Prices are supported by the firmness of the holders. In refined less is doing. Brown lumps are 435, and grocery 43s 6d to 495. The quantity of British Plaitation landed last week at the East and West I n di a D oc k s was 1,161 hhds, 1.0 there w ere t a k en f or b orne con ls. The 'st oc k ;num7 tierces, em Was, 2,442 tierces, 3,185 bar rels. t hptisoan 319 e place aschebd hhds, is a s le 15 1 0 : 8 ; ~ 5 tierc es 225 b arn COFFEE.—Native Ceylone are quiet at 45. e to 465, ac• cording to quality. RICE.—The market is d u l l, there are sellers of good white Ben ;al to arrive at 14a 9d per cw t . 355 pnns, 38 Mids. There w e r e taken for home consumption 151 putts, 13 hhds, and ex ported 7 puns, 15 hhds. The st oc k i n the ears() place is 118,654 puns, 3,010 hhds. TEA,— fair bus i ness has been d one . C ommon soun d i e t s U t m l . n — d 'illail oquantity laud e d last week at the East and W Docks Congou is 10d per lip. COTTON.—There are no sales to report to-day. Sand there are no transaction s reported. k NlTßA.TE OF SODA is stead), a t 1 813 d to 1 8s 9d, accord ing to quantity and quality, T ARTAR IC ACID is firmer. -A. small business has been IP ItII remain. quiet, ET done at is 7d to 11 74d per lb. on the spot. INDIGO.—Tie usual meeting of the trade took place to draw fin- selling; the next sales are fixed for the 13th February, prompt 12th May.r r -he quantity to be offered is likely to reach 14,000 to 15,000 chaste. TALLOW.—The market has been quiet, but prices are steady. P.Y.C. on the spot 64 s Zd to 64. 6d, and for the first three months 6413 d per cwt. The stock this day is 35,781 casks agabsit 42,256 cask., the deliveries last week were 832 casks against 2,057 casks, since Ist Juno 48,011 casks against 63,682 casks, the arrivals last week were 3,908 casks against 10 casks, and since Ist June 47,792 casks against 82,623 casks. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) • LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. light breeze, with dull, hazy weather. RAMSGATE, Jan. I.—The Hoary Metcalf, from Shields to Constantinople, has put in hare, having struck on the Kentish Knock. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I . —Wind, W.N.W. - Arrived Pearl, from Ceylon. SHEERNESS, Jan. I.—Wind, Arrived—mar. garetha Johanna, from New, r ,ca.stle, for Bat av i a , l ea k y . SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. I. — IN Ind, N.W. Arrived—Lady Jocelyn (s), from New South Wales. Sailed—Speedy, for Sydney. PLYMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind, ▪ Arrived—Thomas Mansell, and Manilla, from Corunna. FALMOUTM, Jan. I.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Wan at a, from Callao; Westerwick, Monte Video; Triton, Rio Ja neiro • Lucretia, Bordeaux, fo r Liverpool, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard. DovEn, Jan. I.—Wind, • Arrived-- Fanny, Copenhagen, for Rio Janeiro. BRISTOL, Jan. I.—Wind, IV. Sailod—Premier, for Canliff and Constantinople. TORBAY, Dec. 31.—Wind , N-IV. Arrived—Eliza Jane, from Newcastle, for Carthagena.; Star in the East, Sun derland, for Constantinople ; Comet, Southampt on , for Plymouth, slipped from an anchor and chain ; Tiryah, Newcastle, for Constantinople. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 2.--The Isabella of Poole, laden with pipe-clay, is on shore on Whitburn'Steet, and lies in a dangerous position. Mir,FonD, Dec. 30.—Arrived — Mariner, and Hume, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. W.N.W. Arrived— Chieftain, Queen. and Colonist, from Callao. Sailed— Sarah Sands (s), for Portland, N.S. A letter from Trieste states that a great many of the llmoden houses which have been made in Styria for the English army in the East were sent off from that port on the 27th ult. a"l Somel the are hastening The Brunswick, Gazette of the 28'11 ult., says: — expected in Prussia ; to c g h r i e e a fs t event may ü b s e sia h n or p t7 trty, Berlin, evidently obeying some mot orar," BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. And now for some of the fruits of experience. It is found out that in war it is necessary to have a good ' basis of operations, and, having one, to inake the best of it. At last we are sending a man to Constantinople to look to our hospitals, transports, supplies for the army, and so forth, as they ought to be looked to. General Jones—he of Domarsund—is going out there with full powers. Again, the sad incompetency of the staff, which has formed the subject of so many com plaints, public and private; and to which the mis management of the expedition has been mainly as. cribed, is at last recognised. Our authorities have slowly opened their eyes to the fact that the French understand the practice of war rather better than we do, and that one reason of their greater success is the rank and position they assign to those who have learnt their profession over those who have not learnt it. We are about to take a leaf--a very little leaf, out of their book. Engineer officers, who have, at least, had some professional education, are to bt. attached to the Quartermatcr-Gcneral's Whether they are to have rank enough to give them authority remains to be seen. This is something to have gained by the terrible sacrifices of the year. The gain, indeed, does not seem much in itself, but it is ieiuch when compared with the absence of it. We have hitherto officered our army, wid in fact conducted this arduous undertaking, as if there was no such thing as special talent, experience, skill, or education in mili tary affairs ; or, at least, as if half-a-dozen men with these recommendations were sufficient for the purpose, and all the rest of the officers might be left to the order of seniority and purchase. Great gain, indeed, it is to have discovered that this is not enough, and that, besides the halldozen chiefs, we must have at least a few other officers who have learnt more than can be picked up on parade or at mess. But more must be done, much more, in the improve ment of our military organisation before the nation will cheerfully see its best blood drained towards the Crimea —perhaps never to return—in the profusion perempto rily demanded. The cry is " More men ; more men." Lord Raglan, we are assured, has not half enough for his work. To do it with security would require at least 35,000 ; to do it efficiently 60,010. Had we the proper numbers, then our men would only pass one night in five in the trenches, instead of every othernight—nay, some times every night. We should have enough to spare for the protection of our flank, fir the better safety of Balaklava, for the making of roads, for the pre servation of order, and the assistance of all the departments. All this is true. But, even if we had the men to send at once, the British people would not see more men and more men for ever embarked for the East without some better assur ance than it now possesses that the life of a British sub ject is as precious in the Crimea as it is at home. Possi bly the common soldier has not quite the respect that he ought to have among us, but we have not got yet into the way of regarding him as mere food for powder, food for the cholera, food for famine—ia fact, to be thrown away as fast as he can be landed on the scene of action. But that is the inevitable working of the present system in our army. The common soldiers are deliberately and systematically exposed to trials that cost as much life and strength as the deadliest colli sions with the foe. They are so exposed simply and solely because it is thought better to leave the manage ment of these things, and the disposal of thousands of lives trembling in the balance, to gentlemen wholly ig norant of their profession, than to men of experience, but without money, rank, or Ministerial 'favour. As deliberate is the waste of life, or at least the peril of life, when many hundreds are committed to the mercies of the Euxine in unseaworthy vessel, distnasted, rudderless, leaky, and with difficulty reaching their destination in twice the proper time, and at twice the unavoidable cost of suffering—all because it is not thought worth while to have a single steamer regularly fitted up as an hospital transport, and employed in conveying the sick and wounded, not by thousands, but by a hundred or two at a time. It is mere and sheer waste of life, too, to leave the sick and wounded at Scutari in the wretched hands which, but for the " nurses," and but for us, would have been their only guardians. From the fund confided to our care 3,000/. worth of comforts for the sick and wounded have been distributed that would otherwise have been "done with out"—at the cost of how much life and permanent strength we forbear to guess. What are we to think of a system under which the " Purveyor" satisfies his ideas of official duty by piling up medical stores and comforts of all kinds, and refusing to give them out, even when for months together there is urgent demand for them ? Here for two months all Europe was crying slam() on the want of lint to dress the wounds of thousands of British soldiers lying at Scutari, and scarce a household in this country but was busily employed in supplying the want. It now appears that the lint was there all the time, only some brutal official thought it less trouble to say nothing about it than to give it out to the hospitals. What the fellow meant to do with his lint and other stores at the end of the war, should it ever arrive, it passes us to say. We cannot think better of the medi _ Cal officer at Scutari, who does all he can to thwart and neutralise the assistance not only of the nurses, and of the gentleman acting in our behalf, but of the British Ambassador and his lady. It is simply the case of a man who thinks his own dignity a great matter, and the lives and comfort of some thousand British soldiers a small one. But the simple contrast of the British and French hospitals, the British and French harbours in the Crimea, the British and French roads, the British and French camps, the British and French horses, the British and French men, is enough to show that a new organisation is wanted, and, till the British Government will grant it, we are persuaded that the British people will behold with great sorrow and grow ing reluctance the continual and increasing drain of its thousands to the seat of war.--Times. SIR DR LACY EVANS. A braver soldier than Sir De Lacy Evans, whol7as just returned from the Crimea, never sustained the honour of his country. There may exist doubts as to the capacity for command of other officers engaged, whatever may be their personal bravery, but in the case of the gallant soldier of whom we are now speaking, there Cali be no hesitation in saying that in the Crimea, as elsewhere, he was ever found equal to the occasion, and to the situation in which he was placed. His post was that of General of Division ; and, had every superior post in the army been as well filled by the officer who held it as was that of Sir De Lacy Evans, we should not now be reckoning up our unfortunate countrymen by slaughtered heca tombs. In his case there is no running sway from the stern calls of duty. It is not for the sake of a soft pillow and a brilliant Mayfair drawing-room that the brave old man has abandoned his brethren in arms. While human nature could hold out ho remained at his post, and it was not until repeated trials had convinced him that he was of no further use in the field that he resolved, sadly but wisely, to try for a time the effect of his native air and comparative tranquillity. 'We have heard of some 200 young officers who have applied for leave of absence because they were sickened and disgusted with the heavy service of the camp and the trenches—not because they shrank from conflict with the foe. They might have taken a lesson from this old soldier, now in his tiSth year and worn out with hard service in every quarter of the globe, through a period extending over half a century. He was confined by severe illness to his tent. He met with an accident on horseback, having Leen thrown upon his head, and his horse rolled over him. He was suffering from chronic disease, and swallowing the most powerful antidotes in order to fit himself for service whenever the hour of danger came. " During the occasional northerly winds," Sir De Lacy Evans writes to Lord Raglan, " I was obliged to have my tent fur twenty-four hours together wholly closed, and gave and received orders through my unopened tent doors. Some of your Lordship's staff will also remember how often in bringing me orders they found me in bed, or rather in my blankets, on the ground, when I ought rather to have been, if I could, on horseback." It] was not until the brave old man had convinced himself that the public service might receive detriment from his persistence in a post the duties of which he was no longer able to discharge that he re solved to apply for leave of absence, and to return to his native land. Let him be assured that there is no one among his countrymen who does not appreciate the value of his services, of his professional skill, and of his gal lantry in the field. It would be unpardonable if we were to pais ever without mention the incident connected with the battle of Inkerman which has done so much honour to this brave officer. To be sure, it is in everbody's mouth, but it would be difficult to speak of his return 'to Eng land without recurring to the fact of his having risen from a sick-bed on that bloody day, and caused himself to be conveyed to his own division, in order that he might share the perils of his men, and endeavour to as sist by his counsels his second in command. It will re main recorded among the brightest incidents of this sanguinary struggle that the chief refused to stand in the light of his subordinate,—that he would not resume a command which he saw was wisely used, but contented himself with sharing the danger, and leaving the glory to another man. The story is best told in his own simple and unassuming language :—" On hearing heavy firing on the morning 'of Sunday, the sth, though the weather was bad, and I had taken mercury, I proceeded as fast as I could to the point of attack, and remained there till the close of the battle, but felt neither jus- tified nor fit to take the command of the division from General Pennefather, which he had exercised , with so much ability in the previous part of the day. This was the old soldier's last effort ; he was conveyed from the field, "after the close of the battle," to a shi p in the harbour, and was compelled to resign himself to the conviction that at his advanced age the struggle against nature and the elements, against his own con stitutional disease, and the pestilence flying about the camp, was above his strength. Well and truly had he done his duty to the last, for but nine days before the battle of Inkerman he bad repelled a most determined attack upon the position of the division under his command. We have the authority of his Commander-in-Chief for stating that never in any former period of his career did the military ability of the gallant General display itself with greater lustre, and never was an effort attended with more complete success. And this was done by a man whose years were verging on the extreme limit ordina rily assigned to humanity—his body covered with the scars of many wounds—the most honourable insignia of many a well•fought day—and, in addition to this, his frame was attenuated and worn down by a consti tutional disease. The record of Sir De Lacy Evans's services reads like an epitome of well nigh all the wars in which this coffin• try has been engaged since the rupture of the Peace of Amiens. He has been fifty years in the army, sad has been present in fifty great battles. He has served in the East Indies, in the West Indies, and in the United States. Ho accompanied the Duke of Wel-.; lington through his career of conquest in the Spanish Peninsula, and there greatly distinguished himself, wherever distinction was to be carried by reckless exposure of himself or prudent care for others. It was he who, at the head ofla hundred men, forced the Rouse of Congress at Washington. He performed, besides, many important services in the same querter. He was at Waterloo, and showed himself to be among the bravest and most competent officers on that dreadful. day. It would be idle to recur to his more recent ser vices in Spain in behalf of a constitutional throne which scarcely deserved the support of such a. Paladin,Now that all the angry passions and jea lousies of th e d ay have subsided, few men will question that throughout the Spanish campaign Sir De Lacy Evans proved himself to be an excellent and successful officer, not unworthy of high command. We cannot but feel th at i n losing the benefit of his services in the Crimea we have lost the assistance of ore of the best officers in the army. In the existing condi tion of the Army List he cannot lightly be replaced. How did he obtain his ski!! ? Where did he serve his apprenticeship to the stern trade of war ? He was no creature of Horse Guards favour, he was not the protege of a high connexion, nor pushed forward by unfair in fluence. He fitted himself for command by constant service in the field. He was a good ()Meer, because be had seen military service in every form.--Times. ePOPTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER SALL'S—Mospir Speculation moved very slowly at first, but proceeded somewhat briskly towards'. the close. The transactions placed St. Hubert at the head of the list, for which 10 to 1 was the highest offer ventured against him, 11 and 12 to 1 against De Clare and Grm culus Esuriens were laid to some money. St. Hubert was not backed outright, but soon after the commence ment his real position was made manifest by 1,000 even and 500 even being betted that he beats Grmculus, and 1,000 even being offered that he and Lord of the Isles beat any other two. Oulston and Rifleman wero nomi nally at 15 to i each, but they had nevertheless staunch adherents who would have increased their investments had a point or two more been offered. Polydore again found ready takers of 1,000 to 35, and in two or three instances 1,000 to 40 was booked ; the higher odds were, however, again obtainable afterwards, The quotations against Wild Dayrell and Flatterer were only to small sums. Rambling Katie was backed feur or five times at 1,000 tols, and the same Qdds were laid against Clernentina colt. The prices at the close were asifollow 1— LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.. 15 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken) CHESTER CU?. 50 to 1 2.2.,0z Arthur Wellesley (taken) 10 to 1 agst St. Hubert (offered) 12 to 1 agst Do Clare (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grxcultis Esuriens (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles 15 to 1 agst Oulston 15 to 1 agst Rifiem to 22 to 1 agst Cruizer 25 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Polydore (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Aurifer (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rambling Katie (taken) 1000 to 15 . agst Clementina. colt MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES. MONDAY. THE STEE. , 7ORD STEEPLECHASE Of 3 sous. each, with ")5 added. About three miles and a half.—This race was off, the owners of Augean and Adlington, the only horses arrived for it having declined to run for the mere forfeits. THE MANCHESTER STEEPLEORASE of 5 sovs. each, with 45 added ; certain penalties for winners ; the second to save his stake. About three miles and a half. Mr. Minton's Garland, aged, 9st 31b (R. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Mosley's, jun., Rosa, aged, lOst 41b (carried lOst Gib) Mr. Hodge r a Columbine, aged, 105 t... (Weaver) 3 Mr. R. Marti a's Royal Blue, aged, 9st 31b (W. White) 4 Bettiug-5 to 2 each agst Rosa and Nom do Guerre, 4 to 1 agst Columbine, 5 to 1 agst Gradsley Las; 6 to 1 agst Garland. Won by 20 lengths ; four lengths be tween the second and third ; Nom de Guerre and Ivan hoe, fifth and sixth, walked in and did not pass the post ; GradeLey Lass and Enchantress were stopped at the back of the course. THE RAILWAY STAKES of 20 sovs., for 4-yr-olds and up wards. Option,ll selling weights, &c. About two miles. Mr. Martini's Royal Blue, aged (201.), list (including 71t, extra) (W. White) 1 Mr. France's Dunsandale, aged (20/.), lOst ilb (Sykes) 2 Mr. Wrio:ht's Inkermann (late Harkaway), aged (401.), 11Ht 71b (Maleham) 3 Betting, —Even on Royal Blue, 6 to 4 agst Augoan. Royal Mile made all the running and won by two lengths ; very bad third ; Augean and Parchment fell. The winner was sold for 51 sovs. CHESTER CUP The following are the entries at C yesterday : Bethgelert Caliph Cobnut Cockatoo c by St. George— Cairn Cosacy Dr. O'Toole Eulogist Exile of Erin Freddy Gamekeeper General Picton Hydrangea Imogene ' Indian Warrior Jonathan Wild Knight of St. George Larnprocles Legacy Little Davie Lord Alfred !Marc Antony Mary Master Johnny Master Tom Ncoptolemus Pitfall Poor Dick tester up to 8 p.m, ' Roscommon Royalist Seducer Ct. Mark St. Steplien The Reircr Virtuous Wanghao VVarerloy Jonathan Martin Saucebox Bright Phcebus b c by Surplice— ClementinA LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. The following are the entries at Chester up to 8 p.m yesterday : Boddicot Bourtoa Crabbs Cutaway Dangerous Labyrinth Pinworm Retail Rosa The Hero Tom Thumb Trout Warner The Greek Burnt Sienna Bastion Maurice Daley g by Buba9tes, (5 yrs The above lists are, of course, incomplete ; they will, doubtless, be considerably extended. Not until Thurs. day, however, will the entries in them entirely be placed before the public. Among the nominations for the Chester Cup are the names of many animals which have already been backed. The Steeplechase entries show new candidates fur jumping honours. Boddicot and Retail have, I believe, never been across the oountry in a race. The nominations for the Metropolitan Stakes and other Spring Handicaps, which de not close till to-night, at twelve o'clock, cannot possibly be published sinti Thursday at the earliest. January 2. A FRESH MAN. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, who came to town on Wednesday from Falloden, near A.lnwiek, remains in town. The Dulce and Duchess of Cloy*land's hospitable seat, Raby Castle, near Darlington, is full of visitants during the holidays. The festivities will continue until Twelfth Night. _ _ The Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain) re turned to Park-lane on Saturday from a ♦isit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, who have arrived at Grosvenor-house from Eaton-hall, near Chester, leave town to-day for Motcombe-house, near Shaftesbury, for the winter. Captain and Mrs. Lyon, and Mr. R. W; Grey, MT., have been visiting at Arundel Castle. _ _ Lord and Lady Cochrane have arrived at the residence of Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., in Hyde-park-place. Lord Francis Conyngham, lieutenant R.N., youngest son of the Marquis Conyngham, has been appointed to the Exmouth, screw steam-ship of the line. The Duke of Buocleuch's mansion, opposite Down ing -street, is shortly to be pulled down, and a handsome new edifice erected on its site. The noble duke has taken the late Earl of Brownlow's house, in Be'grave square, until his family residence is rebuilt. Lord aid Lady Edward Thynne have arrived at Havrnes-park, Bedford, on A visit to Lord John Thy nne , from Harewood-house. Viscount Carlingford has arrived at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Lord and Lady Naas, family, and suite have arrived from Palrnerstow n , coun ty at M err i on - s quare, Dublin, of Kildare. A. Canonry Residentiary in St. Aeaph Cathedral and the Rectory of Ysceifreg, near Mold (worth 1,0001. a-year), have become vacant by, the death of the Rev. Rowland Williams, B.D. Both appointments are in the gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The Horticul tural Society have issued their circular for meetings in the present year. Among the changes which take place, we observe that the garden meetings are to be held on Wedne , days instead of Saturdays. The Rev. Edward Girdlestone, A. 11.1., has been in stituted to the canonry founded is the cathedral church of Bristol, vacated by the death if the late Rev. Canon Harvey, on the presentation of her Majesty the Queen. Major-General Barnard, son of the gallant Sir Andrew Barnard (Governor of Chelsea College), leaves town to day for Plymouth, and sails in the St. Jean d'Acro for the army before Sebastopol on Wednesday. The gallant General visited Lad; Raglan yesterday, to take leave. The mortal remains of the late lamented and gallant Lieut.-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., late Commander of the Forces at Bombay, have been shipped at Alexandria, for iaterment in this country. Lady Augusta and the Hon. Miss Fitzclarence are accom panying the body to England. SCUTTLING A SHIP.—On Friday James Anderson, late master and part owner of the schooner Sir Howard Douglas, belonging to Lossiemoutli, was examined be fore the magistrates of Tynemouth ' and committed for trial, on the charge of scuttling that vessel, with the intention of defrauding the underwriters. THE FRENCH NATIONAL LOAN. . REGULATIONS OF THE ISSUE. The President" of the Council of State, ()barged provi sionally with the Ministry of Finance, orders; in'Otecu tion of the imperial decree of this day, as follows Art. 1. From the 3d to the 14th of January, 1855, inclusively, Sunday, the 7th, being comprehended therein, the piblio will be admitted to subscribe to the loan of five hundrel millions authorised by the law of December 31, 1854. The subscription offices will be :— , For Paris and the department of the Seine, at the central cash office of the treasury ; at the central receiving office of the Seine, Nouve des Mathurins St., No. 3d ; at the office of depo sits and consignations, Lille St., No. 2 • at the mayoral ties of the twelve wards. For other departments than that of the Seine, in all the chief places of every depart. ment and ward, at the respective offices of the general and in h-ale collectors of taxes. They will be opened on the 3d of January at 9 a.m. and will close oa the 14th of January at"; p.m. Art. 2. The subscribers will have the option between the rente of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. (created March 14, 1552) and the Three per Cents. Art. 3. The rente of Four-and-a-Half per Cent. will be issued at the rate of 92f., with interest from Sept. 22, 1854 ; that is to say, that in engaging to pay into the Treasury the sum of 92f. at the periods stipulated in the 6th article following, the subscriber will receive a rent. of 4f. 50c., which, notwithstanding the delays grant e d for the payment of the subscription, will commence run- Li . na without deduction from the 22d of Sept., 1854. Ice rente of Three per Cent. will be issued at the rate of 65 fr. 25 c., with interest dating from December 22, /851. Art. 4. No subscriptions will be admitted save for 10 francs of rente and the multiples of 10 francs. Art. 5. If the amount of the subscriptions exceeds the Film of five hundred million; they will be subjected to a proportional reduction. Nevertheless, those subscriptions not exceeding 500 francs of rente shall undergo no re daction, save in so far as they alone may exceed the sum of fire hundred millions. The subscribers whose de mand may be reduced will receive immediately after the liquidation the reimbursement of the corresponding part of their payment, unless they prefer, (but only in what concerns the discountable subscriptions, as shall be hereafter determined), leaving it as a prepayment, in which case they would be allowed on the sums so prepaid by anticipation, dating from the day of actual payment iu cash, discount at four per cent. Art. 0. The subscriptions will have to be raid in as follows :—One-tenth on subscribing and the reminder in 18 equal instalments, payable on the 7th of every mouth from March 7, 1855, to August 7, 1858, both days inclusive. The treasury will be bound to receive the prepayments when tendered with discount at 4 per cent, for all subscriptions not greater than 1,600 francs of rents ; the same right to have discount may be here after granted to subscription* above the sum last named. For the subscriptions of 1,000 francs of rente and under the prepayments may be made at the time of subscribing, with right of discount from the day of actual payment, but this discount will not be settled until the delivery of the loan certificates. The prepayment; for the same subscriptions, will ho then received, dating trona this last period. They cannot be made, save for the entire amount of one or more instalments. Art. 7. There will be delivered to the subscribers a provisional receipt, which, immediately after the closing of the subscription and the allotment of each person's share, will be changed for a loan certificate. This cer• tificate will be made out for the holder or bearer, as desired. Art. S. The loan certificates will be chanted for inscrip tion of rents as soon as the last instalment shall have been paid up. The holders of certificates exceeding the sum of I,ooof. of rente will be able to demand partial inscrip tions determined by the instalment of each term, and for the sum corresponding to each of such payments, the first tenth remaining always in reserve as a guaran tee to the treasury until the payment of the entire amount. Art. 9. In case of arrears with any instalment, the debtor will become responsible for interest to the trea sury at 5 per cent., to date from the eighth day after the instalment falls due, without any previous notice of the liability being necessary. In default of payment when a term expires, a month's grace being given, to date from the day when payment was due, the entire amount of the certificate may be called for, and the Minister of Finance may cause it to be sold to the high est bidder, for the benefit of the public treasury. Done at Paris the 31st of December, 1554. J. lii AB 0 car. Report of the President of the Senate, in the name of the Committee charged with examining the law authorising the Finance Minister to eon tract a loan of 500 millions. Gentlemen,—When, last year, the invasion of the Otterean territory occasioned the rupture of that peace which was SO dear to the interests of civilised nation!, France had not a moment's uneasiness about the supe riority of her arms ; but she did not expect that one campaign could conduct her to the end of a diffi cult and remote war. Victory, in fact, has shown her self true to the flag of Zurich and Moscow. Yet Rus sia, notwithstanding the reverses of her diplomatists arid armies, seems as if she wished to turn a deaf ear to the remonstrances of Europe, and to the warnings of Bornarsund, the Alma, and Inkerman. Gentlemen, you have heard the very firm words of the Emperor ; they have caused to vibrate the heart of the country, which thinks it has done nothing so long as anything remains to do. Great events, therefore, aro preparing for 1855. Time greatest of all would be doubtless, that aspe c ifi c so l u ti on might spring o u t o f this European movement, in which the idea of peace is dominant amid the din of combats. But, if there be a sure way of obtaining it, it Is by our strength being put forth on a par with our right, and by every one knowing.in the second as well as in the first hour that France can expect everything from her soldiers, her wealth, and her credit. In A few months our armies have already gained by conquest imperishabl e palms. They have survived the epidemic and the tempest, surmounted the fatigues and hardships, and braved the inequality of numbers. Their constancy has been sublime, and by their irresistible valour, they have struck with astonishment and almost admiration our very enemy himself. France is proud of such children ; she depends on her brave sons, who from their very first battle have shown themselves the rivals of the grand army, those veterans of a hundred fights. She depends also on her alliances. At the beginning of last session we congratulated ourselves on our union with England. This was only brought about by the wisdom of the two Govern ments, and the good sense of the two people. A. strong brotherly concord has been now formed in the East by the outpouring in common of most precious blood, and by sharing the same trials and the same glories. This is why—at the moment when the Emperor so nobly expressed at the Imperial sitting the national gratitude for the sentiments of the English Parliament, for the co-operation of the intrepid armies of Great Britain, and for the skill of their illustrious chiefs—unanimous acclamations burst forth with enthu siasm, and yours wore not the least fervid. Those ac clamations which we confirm here, in the maturity of our reflections, will resound on the other side of the Channel, they will be re-echoed also by the future, in order to mark the fundamental regeneration of modern policy, and one of the most ;striking characteristics of the Emperor's reign. Another alliance, equally memorable on account of its date Land spirit, has just been contracted with Aus tria, and by it the old league of the north is broken up. This alliance, foreseen since the opening of last session, and in a manner predicted by an august and profound thought, astonishes Russia and her partisans. The still surviving antipathies of 1815 do not comprehend bow a great power, long friendly, can cause its foreign policy' to be based on the free appreciation of its legitimate in terests, and no longer on a dread of the French Revolu tion. But it has not escaped the sagacity of the Empe ror of Austria that many things have been changed in the world by the accession of Napoleon the Third ; that the Imperial throne has risen again, not on the ruins of social principles', set for time triumph of those id eas th at render states stable and prosperous ; and that the moment had come for repudiating traditions henceforth captious and superannuated, and for coniding in a power that loyally maintains the equilibrium of Europe and the peace of nations. Everything is linked in policy ; the return to order through the 2d of December was destined irrevocably to bring after it in its train the return to truth in our international relations. Such, gentlemen, is the state of the foreign affairs of the country. In order to preserve its advantages, in order to meet the necessities of the war and shorter, its duration by the energy of the means, the Legislative Corps has voted a law authorising the Geeernment to contract a loan of 500 millions, and the lieuperor has in. dicated the mode to Which he ' gave the preference. Now, gentlemen the constitution only,reeui res o f y ou one thing, to wit ; if there is in this law anything that entrenched on the groat principles of which you are the guardians, enclosed in this nar row c i rc l e f rom w hi c h you might wish to issue in order to give freer expression to your sentiments, you will remember the limit of your attributes, and you will confine yourselves to answering with unanimity that nothing better could be done, whether for the honour of F rance , th a t i s destined to come forth victorious from this contest of justice against ambition, or fur the consolidation of the imperial throne, the basis of the constitution, or for the Emperor him self, to whom we are indebted for the power of weging a political and net a revolutionary war, for the alliance n of the two greatest civilised nations in Europe, d for bringing to the European concert the a l e t th f s o r tt ity ; lnratiits go vernment powerful from the principle, s sincerity. - I)sanction there will b e i n thi s ; This loan will have besides another resul t for the sta bility of the imperial institutions. Afte r the three elec. ti f o te n r s, fi t ie ha n t at h ia a o i n 'e l glorified subscription, a which n o t l ong since so and no assent will have been n patriotically f res ponded d t s o o l enn its t a want i ng to the political establishment that you have as sisted in founding, nor th e reiterated eoplesuf frages of the p , nor the continued support of those interests most at stake in the development of the pub. lio wealth. I consequenc e , your com m itte e p ro p ose to you t o decgrethattlSenate does not oppose the promulga tion of the law. 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