The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CL)( The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly compared with Friday's rates, and prices of American under Sid. were /d. per lb. dearer ; from sd. to 6d., id. per lb. dearer. Surat, Brazil, and Egyptian were Id. per lb. higher. The Egyptian on speculation were all 6id. per lb. The sales were estimated at from 12,000 to 14,000 bales, consisting of 1,000 export and 1,000 on speculation (American), 300 Pernam and Maranham 6d. to 61d., 400 Bahia 51d. to 6id., 1,500 Egyptian 51d. to 9d. (1,000 on speculation), 2,000 Surats 31d. to sd. (500 on speculation). The total sales since Thurs day amount to 55,000 bales, 6,000 export and 9,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was firmer and quotations advanced fully per cent. The Board of Trade have received a copy of a French decree, which enacts that during the three years ensuing, flax, hemp, pig iron, and other arti cles used in ship-building, will be admitted duty free, on condition that proof is afforded within one year from the date of importation of their applica tion to the purpose in view. Reports have been recently published from the Consuls of the Netherlands in Russia, giving ac counts of the state of the crops in their provinces. In Livonia there has been a magnificent crop of rye, but the wheat is neither of good quality nor abundant, and the same may be said of barley and oats, while the potatoes are suffering from dis ease. In Courland the potatoes are also diseased, and barley and oats of good quality but middling quantity, with excellent rye crops. In Esthonia grain is generally poor, but the potatoes are excel lent, with no symptoms of disease. Altogether, commercial enterprise throughout these provinces was in a state of utter stagnation. The Netherlands State Bank has published its balance-sheet up to the 31st ult., showing its position at that date as follows :—Notes in circu lation, 97,402,625 florins (Dutch) ; balances on accounts current, 18,915,019 florins ; coin and valuable securities forming the assets of the Bank, 83,466,084 florins. From Bavaria recent accounts state that one of th 3 partners of the house of Rothschild is at pre sent in Munich, making application to the Minister of Finance for a concession of the projected lines of railway throughout that State. The Continental Stock Markets continue to re main in a state of inactivity. On the Vienna Bourse shares of the New Bank ruled at 950, and the Ex changes on London and Paris were respectively 11.05 florins and 1321 florins. The 3 per Cent. Rentes on the Paris Bourse yesterday declined from the previous quotations slightly, but were firm at the close of the day. At Berlin yesterday the Royal Bank of Prussia issued a notice, announcing that their rates of discount on Bills of Exchange was increased from 4 to 41 per cent., and the interest on Loans and Deposits raised from 5 to 5i per cent. Letters from Bogota, New Granada, have been received from the Foreign Minister of that R3pub lic by the Consul in London, from which it ap pears that contracts have been entered into for the sale of lands, in exchange for the Bonds of the Foreign Debt. An Anglo-French Company con sented to take 75,000,000 English acres, for which they were to pay at the rate of 1001. active bond for every 1,3331 acres, or 100 active and 100 deferred bond for every 2,000 acres. Exchanges for 500,000 hectaras with a Mr. Castello, and for 30,000 hec taras with a Mr. Mijuel Paz. Some important advantages are conceded to the settlers on the property, such as exemption from taxes for twenty years, and as a guarantee for good faith on the part of the Government Bonds, active and deferred were to be deposited. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as follow :- 1855. 1854. £24.095 £22,331 54,818 52,880 13,371 12,725 12,673 14,967 28,578 28,294 19,208 16,332 11,256 12,005 25,717 23,050 20,064 19,227 51,299 30,683 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern These returns are favourable, showing in most cases an increase last week as compared with the same period last year. The general aspect of the English Stock Market is quiet, as the Consol account is nearly adjusted; bat there is no heaviness in prices to notice. A " contango" of to 1 per cent. still exists. Con sols have been 881 to 881 for money, and 881 for December. Exchequer Bills are firmer again, being 6s. to 2s. discount ; and India Bonds aio ss. to 2s. discount. The New 3 per Cents. are 88 to k. Bank Stock is at 208. A steady but quiet market exists for Nreiga Stocks. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79/, and the New Scrip is 3to 21 discount. Spanish Deferred are 19k, and the Committee's Certificate is at 4i per cent. Belgian 41 per Cents. are 9CI. Dutch Bonds have advanced, the 4 per Cents. to 931 and 94, and the 21 per Cents. to 64. Grenada Active Bonds ore firm at 19g. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bowls, 6i to 7 ; Mexican, 19 to a ; Peruvian, 74 to t 6 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese pour per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,Bs to 88; Spanish New Deferred, log to ; ditto Three per Cents., 37i to 8 ; ditto Certificates, to 41- ; ditto Pas sive, 51 to A. Railway Shares are mostly rather firmer, but North-Western have advancel, and Great-Western receded. The Eastern Counties also are weak, owing to rumours of an unfavourable report being presented at the next meeting. Paris and Lyons and Eastern of France are supported. The colo nial lines are the same as yesterday. In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares, there is very little alteration to notice. The Bank of London shares have risen 10s., and Union of Australia about 1/. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL( „ (From the Official List.) Busbies% done Bank Stock . .. .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... B7. $ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BBi i New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under !11000 2 5 d Consols 2or Account (6th Dec.) .. 88a i Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO ••••• Smal. Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 98$ i Ditto 1859, ~ ... 98$ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO. IC, Grenada Bonds, li per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent l9i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto ;or +he accotint 19} sp a .n.h Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 44 p 0 Tur ki s h Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Ditto for the Account 791 Ditto New ::rip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3 21 d Dividends on the above payable in Lo: , on. Belgian Bonds, 21 per Cent. ex. 2 5 fr — Ditto iii per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 92i Ditch Exchange, 2. per Cent. 12 Guil 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. .. HA LP-.PAST T WO. Consols ........................................ 88 a Ditto for Account (December) BBi 40 50 25 20 ELISABITHGRAD.—This Own, late, scide:onoef,aosrthaes `2ois place to which the Emperor Alexander it is pronounced by the natives, iff in the 20 of Nicola e , Delisavetgrad (St. El'iza beth's Fort) is situated to the north , 50 midst of a fertile plain. At first it was only a 10r.t.00, 100 constructed on the frontier against the incursions of 50 Tartars f rom t h e C r i mea, and the Empress Elizabethloo sent ther e M o ld av i an, Servian, and HUDgarilll c olonists. 100 At present it is an important town, which stands on the 20 two banks of the Ingul to the east and north cf the 50 caadel. The streets,af the town are regular, and the 20 churches numerous, but the houses are plastered over 25 with a fine white clay, which is decked in such a way with quartz and mica as to dazzle and fatigue the eye. 100 To the east of the town is an important suburb, on a 1g height surmounted with w i n d m ill s ; b eyon d i s th e s t e pp e , and at intervals on the horizon may be seen some of the 101 hills so frequently found in this part of the world and 25 in the Crimea, in which the ancient Scythians were 25 accustomed to bury their heroes, and which resemble I the Celtic tombs of Ireland. 60 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAIL . "AYS. I{:io►lnst Prices yaterdsr. 23 •_. 24 31 - 4 1.0 ..... " • 7# - 16 - 15 13i •- 9- 8 • 85 - 87 57i - 583 11 Vi 5i --• 4i 5 - 6 83 - 8i 671 - 1586. 49 51 91 - 16 - 17 74 - 76 6 - 6. 85i F6:j 70 - 72 :18 --- 0 100 - 102 50/ - 51;:l CO --• 131 5 7 5 7r 75i •-- 753 64 - 96 93 - 94 2 - IPI - 14 - 84 - Et; 9 - 8 8 7 4d 611 64: 38 - LI - li 44 - 46 „. 26 63 69 d 5 1 1 A -- 12 44i 45A 92 97 i 81t - 74- 4t - 54 23 •-- 25 00 lot 73 75 -- 44 11 -- 12 57 58 31 32 5 3d 2d part 33 - 35 184 19::: 3 18 - 20 4.- 6 FOR SIGN. - 2 d i - 4 11 1 ' -- 354 9 - low 1 9i - 9 15 - 16 68 70 87 -8) 3 -' 34 5,1 51 par - ip 31 4 2 -• 3 f - 2 22) 4 1 - lip 99 - 101 105 - 110 106 - 111 IC2 21 - 22 105 - 110 5 - Ep 191 -19 i 6 1 7 9 PI 2 - 3 4i - 5 1 4t - 5 241 - 24, lii - 124 'l 4 - 14$ 42. - 44 ... —• pro 19i - 202 2i - 2 d 2t 2,i 8 - 82 SOO ...6 ••• i .... 1 P •" ... - pm 3i- 4 iii -8 0 q 18i - 196 BANXB. r 3 at i e this day. St ••••••••••••••• 34 tt.wt,T*. 00 A uerif ...... kmbg. Nottog. Bow 'nd Eatn. Junot., . all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birmlng : Wive:ll Stour Valley ..... . Birl e.rhd. Lanes)... Cheshire , Junct all Do. Chesil. dt Birk., £5O and 225 Cons, li4 Do., £20.......... .. , . all tb Zz,D Ty n original £25 (issd. at £45. IC3 Bristol and Exeter. 110 alicaonian. ........ . 161 s: Cam. and Cal digan tu.. Chester St Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, &Pas , 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 1i Cliatf Junction 45 OnolindrßelfastJnno all Dun. P. 41 Ah, . Jnc all Jo. 17 ,, , -,•••• 100 - East Auglan all Eastern Counti , s _„. 100 East. :Tnion, A 84 103 Ds., B. $l4, Do., New A. . 7.!; East Kent 100 I East. Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glassm , all Ediub. and Peebles. . Edin.Prth &Durdf,,,, 9 Forth & Clycle 'run% all Furness all (Glasgow Extension 90 IGlasgowkS. all ;Great N. of Scotlnd.! 100 IGreat Northern 1100 IDo., A. Stock.— . 1100 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &Wes .' rj 1100 Great Western. 1;)0 - DT;. Stour Val Raii Gua. Stk. . all Irish South-EsOiri all Lancaster & Carlisle 47 Do., Thirds 7 Do. Nev Thirds 100 Laucash.andYorks', !Da., Vat. Riding 1 7 n. all I Liv. era ny ,slSouthr all 'London & Biack n 100 Lond. Bright 8c S. C 1 00 'Lcrut and N. Nve , 16 II)o. Filtne 5i Do .Iot. i4n., gat 2 t irk). 'Eighths ..„ • 100 London andS. Wee: 47 Do., .C5Ui. , Ai Do., £4O all LndudiTy&Oolera all Ladudrr - . & Enr 00 Man f. 'Loch, all Do. f Shares, No, 2s. May . Tj‘, : , 1 NI etropo itan I 0(.1 Ori I ‘o. Binnug, & Per:. all Midi& G. West. (Li, all Po. Half Al Newcastle & rarlielc• all Nwpt.Aberg. &He'd 8. Newry & nll Newry Warrenpoin. and ilostrevor--• 'OO Norfolk 3. Northn.Connties Ern, 1 00 NTorth British..„.. all North Devon, No. I ail No. 2 10., 1 A Deferred all Do.,_ B Guarantee , ' 00 N. Eastern—Berwiel 20 Do. do. Extension 1.3 Do.do. G.N.E. "lurch all to. Leeds (10 Do. York ,100 North London . N.S t S.Wstrn.,ll saw - stead, and City Jn.. 17: North Staffordshire.. al , North W es t er n all 'I.& S. Westrn. Junc Nuneaton, Hinck le) ' ' And Leicester 00 ix, Wore., Wolv. S 'Nes:dont - a ash Central . 130 Scottish Midland (00 41iropshire Union a!1 Month Dovon 00 South Eastern all south Wales 1:: 9. Yrksh. 4 Riv. Dnr 5 00.. 11 itai nes, Wok. &Wol, to ekton & Darli , • itc Acton 4".4 10 raff Vale 11+ Do. Prof.,.No. ri,nrcies Hay. Tl.& R. ,Ulverstore Jr Lanes all Vale of Neath..., all Watertl. & Killecnn3 all Waterford4Limer ,- 1 all I West Cornwall..., 8 !West End of Londor - and Crystal Palace. all Do. A ..... 3 Do. _ll all West London all Wimbledn &Cr• don tal tw or':-Pt of t r. n, 49 Do. sp. c. Oblgs. con. iu Sh. a,t par till '64 10 Ardennes 4i, Belgian Eastn. June 10 Beziers to Oral se , sea 4i Bombay,Baroda,r,- Central India,Fic all Do. a ll Demerara . . 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. Now all East InEau, g. 5 p 10 Do. Ey`.ension., all Do. do. do., '59, do. 20 Gd. Tk of Canada A '‘ ell 1 bo. St. Lawrene. S. _ Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Debut. con. into Stk. till '6' all Do. Comp. 6p. c., (.; o 10 Gt. Ceutralof Fran all i Gt. Tndian Peninsuli guar. 5 per cent. 1 ►)o. Is'ew 5 per cent 2 no. Extensions 13 Gliea.t Luxembourt Constituted Share, all )o. Obligations....... all Ot.WesternoiCanad Chan , s ... ..... .. • 51 Do. New. ~.. . all )o. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Dc. do., '73, without option all Elanallton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Cond. & Basle all Lieire and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons k Mediterrar. all Madras 10 Do. New all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege ( viti interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D0.20/.Slls all Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B. da Ams.Shs. all NorweglauTrunkPre' 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Porten-- 1 F ?arisCaen dr Cuerbrg all Do 5 Rome and I'm L all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 5 RoyalEivre( all Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref ss. Scinde all Do all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's any Quebec (A). el West Flanders all Do 5 per c. Prot 18 Western of F ^nce all Do all Zealand JOINT-S' all 1 Australmir, 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col. BY .&Lr . C all British N. Americas 5 Cbartd. Bank of %iP 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of I Australia, & Ch 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lc • all En:.. cot & Ans. CI , all Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia .......... 5 Ditto Ne w .... ... .. 20 Tendon and Co 50 Lnd.&E. Drp 10 London Joint ' toel... 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Fro.of Eng. 10 Do. Now _ - - • National of Ireland_ all New South all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ 50 Royal British all South Australia all Union of Australia Do. New .....' d .... 10 Union V LOU 9 pp) 9i -- 93 55 - 57 .•. d par 57 - 151 - lg -y9 - 1 d par 2p •••• a's 7 37 - 41 52 - 54 •• • -- ... 39 - 41 73 - 75 8 9 2$ Sr 30 3 ?0 11> St. 10 10 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 20 lOU 20 311 10 20 20 20 20 10 581 7 I 20 I St. 85i 7 714 3 1013 1 51i 7E3 941 i 4 64i i 38 251 6 5i 954 5 35/ 221 1 16 THE SUN, LONDON THURSDA RAlLware, 74.11 Bedford r.n.l Blotchley !CO Buckgharash. 10 Clydesdale Jo. all Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. 100 E. !An. g. 6 pc. all E. Un. H. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. New all Glstr.& Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. 4 Shares. all Do. 4 Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Pre fererre 'lO ) Lon. , Til., &S. tOO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. i.OO Do. 6 Der ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar. !CO . Broil 54 Newmarket Bury Exten.. all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. all Do. Shr, A Roystu. & Hit. iBi Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. all Shrews.&Her. 9: S. Staffordsh. all I Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... 5 all IDo 100 iViltsilcrkmri. PREFF ttEN, Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Myth anciTyne 10pci c. pref. (issd. zt 50/ Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares rialedonian £lO Chester Sc Holyhe3.o Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork &Bandonslp.c Dun.Prth dr. Aber. J Anglian Cls. A Sh I Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c 1 Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No, I 00. No. 2. ')o. New 6 p. c. Vast Fn. G. 6 p. 1 )0. 51., 10 nor cent r)o. 1 f4 l. Deiientr.Sl , . no. do. 4 per cent.,. T Jancash. 6 p. cts P. &W. York. J..sthF 6 ',(1 Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furner4s ilas. &S.W. 0.5 P.C. 4reat Northn. 5 p. c )o. 5 0. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. 10. 41 p. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm„.• it. N. of Sea. Ist Pre S. !INV. (Ireland, Do. 4per c. Pref. it. Westn. (Berks giants Ex. 5 p. c) . Do. con. red. 4: 1 ) eon. red. 4 p. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... Do. Chester 8 p. Do, do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. St, Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do ....... Jo. do. do ........... Lan. & York. F. .*:2: Do. 6 p. c. Stack &Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. Si 1 )o. Now Guar.6 p. Do. do. 5 per cent... Lon.&N. W., Coy. guneat on 5 p. et. f..0n.& S. W. 7 per ct. ,oncly. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. :4; Shef., & Lin. tleW, £lo' Do. X 6 kil'arypt.&Carl.4p ')u. 4i per cent , )0 \Ed. Consoi.6 p.e.St Do. Consol. Bristol • , Birm. 6 per cent. po. 4i p. c. Pre. S , Pref. 4.i per eer IDo. 5/. Pr-f. 4r. ;Ditto L. & H. Pr, f. Si Norfolk De - Leah - we IDo.Pref. 4 p. c. `Do. 5 p.c. Ext iDo. 51 per ct. prof. Do. Way. Val. 5 c 'North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do .Leeds 6 p.c De. do. Quarters 4' Do. York H.& S. Pr r North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls. 6 p.,- Do R. Pref. 101. R. Scot. Cent.,New South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per een , S. Eastern (Rearlin Ann.) or £1 Os, Do. per cent Do. Flx•ed hz p c sh. 'S Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. 00. 4. p. c..., ( S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.&Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do (Stock. & Hard, g: July 1,'51' ,1V tcrfd.&Kilk.6pc. CompaUS L.-Alden N. Ww,t. L. &N. W. at - don... E. Un. irtan. E. Count. I Caldonian. Do Gt. NI es . ..a - Irk. New. "ierw. Y.& N M. Do. S. .E Iste Do ?etr. St Co No r 7olk Do L.& IC W & Midid iitckton & Darlingt: Midland En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do Gt Northy ancash & York sh. T. Brassey M.MClean S'tockt. & Darlingt ".W1 110 112 107 - 110 91 - 93 34 - k 15 - 16 4 : li 11 -t24- • • • 57 - 59 ..• •••' 112 - 114 108 - 108 100 102 -9/ r 6 £3 95 80 85 86 10 150— 16 91 10 68 —7O 161 —17 A 81 81 121 13* 4 id 131 133 ••• ...."' •.. 92 - 95 95 - 100 1131 - 125 •••• .".. • 105 i.i 13 ...xd U 5 120 2} 83 - :4 Ad - il) 56 - 58 iio := 13 - 3 - - POI £3 - 85 SHARES. - P - p losing erice, yester lay. ••• ''"" sl.k.• ••• •••!'l 121 -- 13 4 -- i 30 - 132 94 - 96 - 1 4 - 9G -98 E 3 -i0 3 - • = IC9 - 102 13 -14 id pa . - 22, 93 - 95 9f - 9i 16 -18 ~ ... 1 . 2 ~ _ 2~' MINES. all A.gay 1 all A.nglo Austria. Gold 3. all Anglo Californian 6 tustralian all mustralian Cordillera all Ave Maria all 'laden (Gd. Duchy of all Blionarvon Iron p.m' Coal 14 .3ritish Iron 26 3razilianlmp.(issue ,l at £5 pin.) all .)o. Cocaes & Cuiab 15 )o. St. Johr Del Re Clarendon Cons. Mt. Co. of Jamaica all Cobro Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copp or Min. of En: all Do. Prof. 7i p. con 1C Copiapo 1 ifortuua all General all ~ It.NuggetVeialleg. all Great Poliznoth all Gt Wheal Vor United all Liberty all Linares 1/ Lusitanian all all New Granada all Nouvca,u Monde all Poutgiband Load Min. & Smelt 1 I Port Philip all Quartz Th.. all 11,113,,nney all Do. New 12 . : Santiago de Cuba all south .6 •st*ali•.n all Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per ce - - :•a' 9 fin Croft.. .. all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12s Worthing Mining o Australia all Yuba 20 1 1 1 40 5 St. 25 5 17 .P all ki 8 z L 1 32A 3t. .00 5 all 5 5 4 4AI 1 ?A) 11 5 all ii . ••• 1 -i 1 i - .. 5 - 7 4i 54 2 24 3 -- 3 23 - 30 ia i 65 —6 9 1 ...xd 2d 19 21 par— I 13 —l5 g 2I 1 dis p t z 7/ 71 1 144 151 21 23 6 8 3 4 2 3 - 4 44 - 41 4 - i 4 - i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian A gricralt. tue,raln. Royll Mai; lerlin Water Works 3rit. American Lane Oanads... Oanacla Gov. 6 p. ct. l Jan. and Jaly lrystal Palace. Do. Preference rystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore F,astern Steam En. &Aus Cop Sm Co Electric Telegraph.. glectrie Teleg. of Ir Gen. Iron Sc Collier Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot 5 ., . - ,ga Magdalena St. Navig Vlediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S. Amerier Nat. Pat. Steam Fue Netherlands Land..., Do. Do. Do. BpePissatl d N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. New B. &N. S. Land N. B, Australasian Nrth. of EuropeSt aan, Oriental Gas Do. " New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & Mine. Peninsular & Orienta Do. New Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Ditto New South Austral.l - aan-1 Subma-2. Tel. Scrip . Registered. Prustdr L. Co.IJ. Can. Vi!in DOmme.a Land 25 - 27 ' i = 7i 35 - 140 - 108 - 4 - 4g - 7 - 18 •. •• 8 - 10 5/ - 64 1k 2 3 die— par .~. --- .. •• ••• a i - li = 1 -16 P ore , la I RR '4 3o ... 0 , 4 ... 18 -.. 1 3 .... _ it,?sulea, this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. • (Sittings in Banco.) TYRRELL AND ANOTHER V. TEE CONEMARA MINING COMPANY. Mr. Browne applied for a rule calling on the defen dants to show cause why the plaintiffs should not be at liberty to issue execution on a judgment obtained herein against four gentlemen, shareaolders in the company, which was registered under the Joint-stock Registration Act. The judgment was for 129/. obtained in August last, but the plaintiffs had been unable to obtain satis faction by an execution against the effects of the com pany. His application was for an execution against the four gentlemen named, who were shown to be share holders at the time the judgment was obtained. Lord Campbell said the practice was to proceed seria• am against shareholders because their position with re ference to the company might be different in each. One might not have been a shareholder at the time of the contraction of the debt whilst another was. Mr. Browne said he would consider whether he would take one rule including the four, or a rule against each of the four shareholders. THE QUEEN V. GILLING. Mr. Palmer applied for a certiorari against a magis trate of the Isle of Ely, for remanding under a warrant Thomas Gilling into the custody of the gaoler of Ely. The warrant was at present in the custody of the gaoler, and a question arose whether this warrant was of such a nature as required to be quashed before an action could be commenced against the magistrate under it. The circumstances of the case were these. Thomas G'llirg was an Irishman, and brought beasts from Ireland to Norwich. On the 22d September he took a ticket at the Trowbridge station for London. At Ely he produced his ticket, which the railway official declared was a false one, and that he was travelling without paying his fare. He detained him, and took him to the police station, where he remained from that time (Saturday night) till Monday morning, when he was taken before the magistrate, who remanded him, on a warrant, till the Thursday following, nn which day he was discharged, it having been shown that he was travelling with a true and proper ticket. The first ques tion was whether such a warrant wa,i the anhjeot of a. cer- tiorari, and, if so, whether under the Act for the Pro tection of Magistrates it was such a proceeding as would need to be quoshed. • _ . _ Lord Campbell—For what object ? Mr. Palmer said it was to prevent the railway com pany or the magistrate from setting up the authority of this warrant in an action for damages. .Lord Campbell considered the court should not set aside the warrant if it was available for any purpose. Mr. Palmer—The m?gistrate acted without authority. Application refused. _ _ _ IN RE AN ATTORNEY.—Mr. Bovill, Q.C., moved for a rule calling on certain attorneys of this court to an swer certain matters contained in affidavits. The appli cant, who was also an attorney, had a debt owing to him of 1,8151., and he instructed his agents in London, who were also the agents of the attorneys in question, to send a writ to them for execution against his debtor. The writ was forwarded on the 16th December last, arrived in the country on the 17th, and should have been served according to ordinary practice the same day. Instead of that, the attorneys, who were also bankers, sent for the debtor on the 19th, and, producing a mort gage deed, insisted on his executing it in their favour for 2001. they had advanced to him. The mortgage was executed, but afterwards found"to be for 3001. instead of 2001. They then served him with the writ, and wrote the agents saying the debtor had entered an appearance to the writ to obtain time. It turned out that the at torneys in question acted as the debtor's attorney, and entered the appearance. The result of these proceelings hal been to inflict a loss of 2001. on the attorney com plaining. A correspondence without prejudice had taken place between the parties, which accounted for the delay of the application. Lord Campbtll said he'thought it was more a question for an action than a penal proceeding. Mr. Bovill said a question arose here the same as in Cobb v. Beck, relative to the priority which made it doubtful whether civil proceedings could be adopted. Rele granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. — Daniel Sullivan, a labourer, of No. 28, Sidney-street, Commercial-road East, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with assaulting his wife, Mary Ann Sullivan. The complainant, a' thin, careworn young woman, stated that she had been married 4i years, and for the last three years her husband had been in the practice of beating her at intervals, and was in a state of intoxica. tion two or three times a week. On Tuesday night he came home drunk and turned her out of doors, and after wards threw all the things in the room into the street. She was admitted into her house again, and had to sleep on the stairs at night. Her husband did not work yester day, and came home sober in the evening and went to bed. She entered her room soon afterwards, and her husband got out of bed and threw a large bundle of slop work she had to make up at her head and knocked her down. He then seized her by the hair of her he..d and dragged her about the room until she became in sensible. Her husband beat her, kicked her, and nearly strangled her a few weeks ago, and she took out a sum mons against him which he never appeared to, and she forgave him. He was kind to her when sober and all she required was that he should be bound over to keep the peace towards her, rand keep a way from her. She could obtain her own living. Mrs. Elizabeth Dureidge, living in the same house as the complainant, said she heard screams of mur der, and saw the prisoner dragging his poor helpless wife about the room and knocking her with great violence against the door. The complainant was very much hurt, and bad been ill all night. A police-constable said he was called into the house, 23, Sidney-street, last night, and found Mrs. Sullivan lying upon the floor insensible, and she continued in that state for some time. The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done, and it would not have happened if he bad not been drunk, and should not happen again. He was willing to be bound over to keep the peace. Mr. Ingham said the longer he 15.4 t in a police-court the more he was convinced that nine-tenths of the crime in London was caused directly or indirectly by drunkenness. The prisoner had been in the practice of beating his wife at intervals for three years. He looked on the pesoner's drunkenness as an aggravation of the offence, and although the wife had begged that her husband should not be punished, he could not overlook the brutality of the prisoner, which had been exercised so often on his young and most unfortunate wife. Ile seetenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two months, and also to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 201. to keep th e p eace towards his wife and all her Majesty's subjects for the next twelve months. MARYLEBONE. BEGGING IMPOSTORS. Jaynes Perkins, a well known begging impostor, who gets his livelihood by imposing on the benevolent, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Long charged with obtaining alms under the following artful circumstances : Fryer, an active officer of the Mendicity Society, s?.id that the previous afternoon he was in Baker-street, when he observed the prisoner with a basket of water-. tresses onus arm. As he knew him to be a notorious on him, and saw that he ac beggar, he kept a watch up costed several ladies and gentlemen . He got up co close to him, that he bea rd him say, upon being refused by a lady, Do you think you can take your money into the other world when you refuse to let them have it in this world who are in want of it " Prisoner gets his livelihood by begging. Mr. Long—Has he ever been in custody before ? Fryer—Yes, sir. Se has been in custody many times, and has been, during the last two years, in pri son five times —on each occasion for one month. Mr. Long remarked that he (prisoner) seemed de sirous to live more by begging than by industry, and that by his habits he received the money that ought to be bestowed upon those who get their living by thei labour. The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for one month. MORE BEGGING IMPOSTORS. —Margaret Brown and Emily Sinith, the latter holding the hand of a little g irl, we re also placed at the bar for beggin g , they being charged by Horsford, jun., an active officer of the above society. The officer stated that he found them y e sterday after noon in Glouceste r -terrace, beg g in g of passengers. He has known Smit h, who was at Westminster Police-court in December la st, charged with begging. Brown s t a t e d 1 to him that she was selling memorandum-books. Smith said that she had not been in custody since December. Mr. Long, on discharging the prisoner, observed that if they wanted relief they must apply to the workhouse. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SELLING STAKES. Cineas Mary Ann TYRO STAKES Ceres Chere Petite Six ran. SEFTON HANDICAP. Speed the Plough Fanny Fern Twelve ran. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF AN ARTILLERYMAN. On Saturday afternoon last, at a quarter before two o'clock, the body of an artilleryman, named William John Plyman, was found drowned. The body was float ing past the Dockya-d when it was picked up by a police constable doing duty at the jetty at Woolwich Dock yard. The deceased was a very fine-looking man, and a man who was universally respected throughout tare re giment fur his general good disposition and his regularity of conduct, independent of the superior education which he had ; the non-commissioned officers of the detach ment to which he belonged bore testimony to his regular habits, and that this occasion was the first time he had ever been absent after the time allowed. It ap pears that the deceased went away from barracks in company with another artilleryman, in the afternoon part, and they continued together until half-past six o'clock on Friday evening, when they parted company —the deceased being then in his usual state, not in any way intoxicated, or appearing anything different than he usually did. He was afterwards in company with one of the Royal Artillery and one of the Royal Marines, who remained together all the evening, and were seen at different places until half-past two o'clock on Saturday morning, when he was last seen by the proprietor of a coffee and eating house, in Hog-lane, near the waterside. The coroner, Mr. Carter, held an inquest on the body on Monday afternoon, and from evidence which was given on that occasion, led the jury to suppose that he had not come by his death in a fair manner, nor that it was caused by self-destruction, as he was one who bore not the slightest sign of a man likely to commit suicide. The coroner, therefore, gave order for a post mortem examination to be made, and the jury adjowned until three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and in the mean time the police were to use every exertion to induce other witnesses to at tend, and likewise the artilleryman and marine who were with him at such a late hour. At three o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon the coroner and jury men assembled at the Castle Inn, Pours street, and the first person called upon was Mr. Samuel H. Hara han, Assistant surgeon of the Ordnance Medical De partment, who made the post mortem examination, and he stated he discovered a slight bruise on the left cheek, and the flesh on the little finger of the left band was also bruised. There was a slight bruise on the left groin and another on the leg near the foot, all of which were so slight that the surgeon stated might have been caused after drowning. It was his opinion that death was caused by suffocation from drowning. Other witnesses were then called, whose evidence did not throw any light on the subject in question. Henry Tripp, proprietor of a coffee-house, was then called upon for his statement, which went to show that he was slightly intoxicated at 3 o'clock on Saturday morn ing, when he last saw him, along with the other two soldiers ; but evinced no signs of insanity when he left his house. From evidence which was given on Monday, it appears that a disturhance was made, and a quarrel ensued, in which a female was concerned, and which occurred about half past 3 o'clock on the Saturday morning ; after which time the unfortunate man was never seen alive. The female and the two soldiers were not forthcoming at the inquiry this afternoon. The soldiers are not known, and cannot be brought forward ; but the female is known, and therefore the coroner has issued a summons for her attendance at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, until which time the inquest is ad journed ; as it is the opinion of the jury that he must have been thrown into the river as the quickest mode of ending the quarrel. APPREHENSION OF lioß. MARTI.NSON. Robert Martinson, the Newcastle-on-Tyne Bank cashier, who absconded, after stealing nearly 5,0001., was apprehended yesterday at Southampton, on board the United States mail steamer Washington, just as she was about to leave that port for New York. He has been advertised for the last week, and 100 guineas reward offered for whoever would give such information as would lead to his apprehension. A detective police offi cer has been in Southampton for some time on the out look for him. Martinson, it appears, arrived at South ampton on Friday last, and frequently passed the detec tive without being noticed. Mr. Hillier, a clerk to Messrs. Croskey and Co., the agents for the Washington steamers recognised him amongst the other passengers on board the Washington, and gave him into custody of the detective. The delinquent cashier had been living at an inn in the town very freely. Yesterday morning, two or three hours before the Washington sailed, he gave the landlord of the inn two 1001. Bank of England notes to get changed. The latter took them to a bank in the town, where some demur was made as to giving change for them. The presenter of the notes stated that they belonged to a gentleman who had put up at its house. This caused him to decline changing them, unless that gentleman could give a reference. When the landlord re turned to his house, he found the owner of the notes had gone on board the Washington to arrange about his berth, and he nen thought that he would take the notes to Messrs. Croskey and Co., to endeavour to obtain change for them there. Mr. Hillier, the clerk in the office, hearing the landlord mention the circumstance about the notes, and having read the advertisement about Martinson, went on board, taw him, and also saw that he answered the description given in the advertisement, and he then very quietly put himself cc rapport with the detective, and gave the robber into custody. In less than an hour afterwards, the latter was on his way to London, instead of to New York. 13 100 all lth; 100 100 20 St. qt. St. S. 100 12i, 76 ' , 43 I 6 100 100 all 100 1(X 10r! 'OO Oa ,11 al' St. 1 . 2 10 5 St. 10 St. St. 20 dis 2 12 5 4 1 100 all all all 5141 1 4; 155 2i 1301 29 (-,Z NOVEMBER 8, 1855. NEW GRENADA DEBT. The following letter has been addressed to a contsm porary Sir,--Your admirable remarks on the above subject, in your last number, elicited general approval. I hear that at No. 1, St. Swithin's-lane, a report of the commit tee is now out, and given gratis. Your attention is spe cially requested to the letters of Lord Clarendon, which, I hear, are quite decisive as to the course the committee and bondholders should follow on Monday next. Mr. M'lntosh is to keep his bonds. The New Grenada Go vernment opposes no difficulty to his retaining his 709,000 dollars. Why, then, are the bondholders to give back the 907,000 dollars which the committee have, and hold on their account ? The bondholders would do well to say " Divide and distribute " the sum, paltry, truly paltry, as it is, compared to the gigasitic claim of the duped creditors. Messrs. Baring are employed in this dirty business, and no house in London better knows how shamefully the holders of South American B ands are treated. Their own contract with Buenos Ayres is a sad illustration. A l'an to Buenos Ayres, in 1824, at 85 is worth now about 55, with, or including, only 1501. per cent, more overdue for about 26 years' of unpaid interest. The position in which Baring and Co. are placed, as honourable men, it is needless to mention. This affair of New Grenada, however, is one quite with out parallel, as your able correspondent will discover on inquiry. It is, in short, a " bill paid," and money wanted to be refunded ! This is my apology for again directing- your attention to it. At page 42 of Report, Lord Clarendon's letter is a settler of the case ; and it the committee of bondholders give up to Baring and Co., or give back the said bonds to Montoya, Sacrez, and Co., there is an end to Lord Clarendon's advocacy and interference in future. His lordship would assuredly consider committee and bondholders a parcel of absolute dolts, after procuring them the bonds. I remain, Mr. Editor, with sincere gratitude for your able advocacy of the rights of that miserably ill-treated class (whose trillions-20,000,0001. and more—were lent to South America for their independence and prosperity) —viz., holders of Spanish American Bonds.—Your obe dient servant, a constant reader, and City, Nov. 2. ONE OF THE DUES. THE ALLEGED DEATHS FROM STARVATION.—LIVER• roor, Wcdnesday.—We noticed yesterday the deaths of two children belonging to a man named Aspinall, in this town, who, it was alleged, bad died from the want of proper nourishment at the hands of their parents. Two bad died previously from that cause, and the pa rents are now awaiting their trial at the forthcoming assizes on the charge of wilful murder. The inquest has been held on one of the children who died on Sunday, and as it was evident that scarlatina had been the cause of death, a verdict to that effect was returned. DEFECT IN THE NEW ACT ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE.— The 171;;;;hav; discovered a great defect in the new act on bills of exchange and promissory notes. It seems that there is no provision to allow costs. The question arises, whether by the Common Law Procedure Act, which is incorporated with the new law, or by the judges framing rules, as they are empowered to do, a remedy can be found ? Vice Admiral Trehouart, now commander of the Me diterranean squadron, belongs to one of the oldest fami lies of the French navy. He was born in April, 1798, and embarked as midshipman on board the schooner Emulation in 1815. He attained the rank of lieutenant in 1829, captain In 1843, rear-admiral in 1846, and vice admiral in 1851. He was promoted to the rank of grand officer of the Legion of Honour in 1849. One of the most gallant achievements of the 'Admiral was his attack, when a captain, of the batteries of Obligado in the river of the Parana in 1845, where his conduct ex cited general admiration. It becoming known at Madrid that Espartero wee about to dispose of his house at Lagrono, the pality of Valladolid set on foot a project for erethe ct ing a palace by subscription, to be presented to distinguished General as a testim on y of the national esteem. Espartero, however, upon becoming aware of the movement, addressed a letter to one of its origina tors, stating that he fully appreciated the motives which ed for m, adding, had dictated it, but that h e bad come to the determina tion not to accept the honour he was intend resolved hi to provide that as the wants were few for them by ilia own exertions _ LITERATURE. Ballads : Romantic, Fantastical, and Humorous. By William Harrison Ainsworth. G. Routledgo and Co. Precisely the very volume we have long wished for—and to the which we are here enabled at last to accord the heartiest welcome imaginable. In this charming little volume will be found collected together for the first time, we believe, the nume rous lyrics scattered through the romances, novels, tales, and historiettes penned by Harrison Ains worth. The musical, comical, pathetic, humorous, legendary fragments of verso sprinkled up and down those wondrous stories of gloom, and mys tery, and adventure which have built up gradually , but perceptibly the fabric of our author's reputa tion. Here they all are at length strung together like "gems in one ample coronal. " Fantastical Ballads" from Old St. Paul's, that grim and ghastly tale of the fire and plague. " Romantic Ballads" from Crichton, that most romantic if not most chivalrous of adventurers. " Legendary Ballads" from the Flitch of Bacon, that quaintest memorial of the quaint old Custom of Dunmow. " Humorous Ballads" from Bookwood, still to our mind incomparably Mr. Ainsworth's masterpiece, and from Jack Sheppard, in many respects the most enthralling and animated of his motley com positions. Among these same "Humorous Ballads" those wonderful slang ditties which are far and away the very best things ever accomplished in this most curious branch of our popular literature. Here they all are at last collected together as they ought to have been long ago—classified under the distinctive heads already indicated, and embellished with eight graceful illustrations from the inex haustible fancy of John Gilbert. So—here we may listen to their strange melodies once more—apart from the long interruptions of the prose letterpress. Listen ! It is the old gravedigger chaunting again to the clank of his greasy mattock and spade— The Carrion Crow's a sexton bold, He raketh the dead from out the mould; He delveth the ground like a miser old, Stealthily hiding his store of gold. Caw I Cilo The Carrion Crow bath a coat of black, Silky and sleek, like a priest's to his back Like a lawyer he grubbeth—no matter what way— The fouler the offal, the richer his prey. C WI Caw! the Carrion Craw / Dig/ Dig 1 in the ground below 1 Or, hark ! again—lt is Manger the headsman croaking to the whir I of the wheel, sharpening the edge of his axe— " Salisbury's Countess, she would not die As a proud dame should—decorously. Lifting my axe, I split her skull, And the edge for a month it was notched and dull. Whir—whir—whir--whir !" Again I—lt is the witch-howl--- At the foot of the gibbet the mandrake springs Just where the croaking carcase swings ; Some have thought it engendered From the fat that drops from the bones of the dead; Some have thought it a human thing; But this is a vain imagining. ilia..anatha—Ana!liema ! Dretd is the curse of .31andragora! Euthanasy 1 Do we want a defter verse, or daintier tones of music ? Listen ! Marguerite, with early wiles — Marguerite On light Charins and D'Antragues smiles — Margot, Marguerite. Older grown, she favours then, Smooth Martigues, and bluff Turenne. The latter but a foolish pas, Margot, Marguerite en bas. Are we inflamed with a zest for the bacchanalian? Here are assuagements for our literary thirst plen tiful and appetising ! - - • " I'm sadly afraid of my Old Complaint— Dying of thirst.—Not a drop I've drunk For more than an hour : 'Tis too long to wait. Wonderful how my spirits have sunk ! Provocation enough it is for a saint To suffer so much from my Old Complaint !" Or—" a better song than t' ocher :" " The Toper who knows how to empty his can Is not half so afraid of a highwayman As he is of indifferent tipple : With the last a stout fellow may fight for his purse; Of the other the consequence certain is worse Down the throat if permitted to ripple." Or— " With my back to the fire and my paunch to the tablo Let me eat, let me drink as long as I am able ; Lit me eat, let me di ink whata'er I set my whims on, Until my nose is blue, and my jolly visage crimson." And that reminds one—best of all—of—what ? The gutteral voice of glorious Paul Bedford and the fiddles of poor Rodwell, rollicking off to the tune of— Jolly nose ! the bright rubies that garnish thy tip Are dug from the mines of canary : And to keep up their lustre I moisten my lip With hogsheads of claret and sherry. Jolly nose ! he who sees thee across a broad glass Beholds thee in all thy perfection ; And to the pale snout of a temperate ass Entertains the profoundest objection." Which iu its turns calls back to mind the chirrup ing tones of delightful Mrs. Keeley as that archest of arch-scamps, Jack Shepherd, trolling out the best slang song ever written :-- " In a box of a stone jug I was born, Of a hempen widow the kid forlorn, Fake awry. And my father, as I've heard say, Fake away, Was a merchant of capers gay, Who cut his last fling with great applause, Nix my dolly pals, fake away. Who cut his last fling with great applause, To the tune of a `hearty choke with caper sauce,' Fake away. The knucks in quod did my schoolmaster play, Fake awry, And put me up to the time of day, Until at last there was none so knowing, Nix my dolly pals, fake away. And so forth to the close of the song of the " regu lar rollicking Romany"—flashiest of flash chaunts, the pride of the aLX.9St, as it would have been of old the glory of Alsatia. ! A gladly welcome treat to every lover of genuine lyrical poetry this volume must prove beyond all questiop, from the earliest of the wild legends herein recounted to the latest of Mr. Ainsworth's animated and ingenious trans lations. The Martins of Cro' Martin. No. 12, Introduces us to Captain Martin about to make preparations for his journey, from which, however, he is deterred by an unworthy suspicion that after all he may only be the dupe of a designing woman anxious to try her power over him. Could he not send Fletcher instead, who would be back in a fortnight with the whole state or the case ? Before he has arrived at .a conclusion, Mr. Merle makes his appearance in apparent trouble and anxiety. Government has been carrying things with too high a hand, and mischief is brewing. Stocks are going rapidly down. He will be a loser of some thirteen thousand pounds, needs money, an . d must into i turn some of the Captain's Irish securities 1 cash ; which of them shall he select ? The Captain is indignant and imprudently sarcastic ; when he gave those securities, had ho not received a pledge that they should not be negotiated ? There is some sparring, and finally the Jew money-lender takes his departure with letters of introduction in his pocket to " Mademoiselle" and Mr. Scanlan—hav ing consented to undertake an inspection of the Cro' Martin estates. At night, the captain repairs to his club, in the magnificent salon of which he finds a number of haughty young bloods assem bled, who vote the infliction of a fine ou any member who alludes to the great question that is stirring the Parisian mind to its depths. Play follows, and Martin, after losing heavily, has a run of luck. Massingbred enters in great disorder, fresh from an unexpected conflict, in which he has barely escaped being shot by the military, and trodden down by the people. Paris is in arms. The revolution has commenced. Massingbred, with a duel in prospect, having its origin since his arrival at the club, and otherwise meditative, repairs home ward with Martin, under whose roof he c onsents to pass the night. On the same evening La r y_ Dorothea has a rout, during which Kate Rentdaeby son electrifies Villemart, and horrifies the t g : por traiture fierce retort to an unfair and depreciatory room is traiture of the great leaders of . ' 92 .,. _ rapidly cleared, and alone with .1-4 d aandy ordered to Dorothea, Kate is haughtily taken to at task once, ere she sit down and write an apology leaves a roof under which she ology, however, ncaanpbe no longer suf_ fered to abide. Instead pass signed "Jules O tt a her ladyship is presented with ad inte,im." Kat®, Lagrange, Minister. of .n thatounc of the it turns turns out, .is deep land ges immediate flight gents. Martin . enters e best of it. Finally, ". Lady The mob are gettinfied by her son and Massi Dorothea, accompa by Kate, issue into the street,nbred, and escorted A,. pass through the la "11 . eig bouring and are suffered top troops barricade just as _ arrive . An exciting d Lady Dorothea is borne ' scene follows, an . amid the rattle of balls intoan archway for safety by K a t e , who receives a . shot in the arm. Lady Do rothea is unable to withstand this proof of devo tion, and the number closes on her ladyship while ex pressing the strongest sympathy for her wounded preserver. Births, Deaths, and M arr i ages i n E ng l an d i n 1851. The Regitrar-Gener a r s Fourteenth Annual Report has just made its appearance, and will be welcomed by all who desire to become intimately acquainted with the vital statistics of the English portion of the United Kingdom. Starting with a return of the marriages, births, and deaths, and. their annual proportions to the population ill eac h of the years 1838-51, the Registrar-General 130 those ceeds to give more detailed abstracts thai! p re contained in the quarterly returns already th e seated to Parliament for 1851, clistuigulaw"6 particulars of each marriage, birth, and death which can be compared with the facts that the census of 1851 has placed at his disposal. In that year we find that 154,206 marriages were cele brated, so that 308,412 persons were married, or a number equal to four-fifths of the deaths and to one-half of the births. Of these marriages 130,958 were performed according to the rites of the Established Church, 6,570 of the Roman Cath o li c Church, and 9,540 of other Christian denomina tions, 6,813 being married in Superintendent-Re. gistrar's offices. Rather more than five per cent. of the men and fifteen per cent. of the women were, instances both would appear, minors, while in 36,186 both husband and wife signed with marks; in 73,141 both wrote their names, and in 44,879 one of the parties only signed with a mark. The pro portion of bachelors married was 58 per thousand. The births (615,865) were at the rate of 3.425 per cent. on the population. Of the entire number 42,000 were born out of wedlock, or nearly 7 per cent. (the proportion in London being the lowest, or 4 per cent.). The mortality of the population was at the rate of 2.199 per cent (the deaths wer• 395,396, the r e l a ti ve mortality of males and females being as 2.276 to if 2.124). Th e rea d er, i t i s to b e hoped, has by this time res o l ve d to o b ta i n the re turn, and he does so he will fi n d a multitudinous array of useful information on these important subjects, the labour, care, a n d j u d gment required to gather which up and tabulate it cannot but have been immense. Punch's Pocket-Book for 1856. This will be found as useful if not so lively a companion as some of its predecessors. As usual, it is divided into two parts—one devoted to the practical, and the other to the humorous and satirical—the whole being enlivened by whimsical or laughter-moving illustrations by Leech and Tenniel. The first part contains an almanac, a diary and memoranda for every day of the week, the names of court and public officers, and of Peers, Peeresses, and Commons, in connection with their respective functions, ranks, itc., besides a large amount of business information. Among the more noticeable contents of the second part are A Quiet Street "—a pandemonium of vocal and instrumental discord and dire confusion, felici tously depicted in a fly illustration. " The Ro mance of a Button "—showing that the insecure fastening of a button may lead to the most terrible events. " Plurality of Worlds"— settling the question by pointing out some half dozen whose existence is generally reccgnised. " The Boys in the Street "—posing and practical. "A Story of a Lamp "—a Moderateur, offered at 21., and requir ing, according to the modern trade fashion, some 31. more to set it a-going. And " The Language of Flowers "—in which the crabbed Grieco-Latin nomenclature in vogue among botanit.ts is plea santly satirised. On the whole, however, Part IL for '56 will, we are afraid, be considered a failure. The Farmer's Almanac Calendar for 1856. By C. W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S., and W. Shaw, Esq. The important class for which this annual is especially designed will End in it a vast amount of information, more or less necessary for their guid ance towards the profitable cultivation of the soil and the breeding of stock. A more useful com pendium of the kind we do not remember to have seen. The statistical tables will be found not the least useful of its contents. Sporting Intelligence. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, allowances if to be sold for less, &c. ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. Nine sub , . Mr. J. Henderson's Janet Pride, by lago, 4st Illb (201.) (Snowden) 1 Mr. Smith's Prince of Orange, 6st 91b (20/.)(J.Forster) 2 Mr. G. Morton's Meta, Gst 111 b (Bearpark) 3 The following also ran :—Ceres, Glendonna, and c by Surplice. Betting-5 to 4 agst Prince of Orange, 4to 1 each agst Glendonna and Ceres, 5 to 1 agst Janet Pride. Won by a head ; a length and a half between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 110 guineas. The Croxteth Welter Cup (in specie) of 40 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Certain winners extra. The second to save his stake. Gentle men riders ; jockeys 51b extra. One mile and a half. 16 subs. Mr. Morris's Eulogist, 5 yrs, lOst 61b (Captain Little) 1 Mr. Brown's Speed the Plough, 5 yrs, lost 81b (includ . 51b extra) • (G. Drewe) 2 Mr.Moseley'sAlonzo, aged, list 81b (inc. 51b extra) (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—Agis, liazlenut, Dear Me, Minerva, and Excitement. Betting --7 to 4 agst Eulogist, 4 to 1 agst Speed the Plough, sto 1 each agst Minerva and Alonzo. Won by a neck ; a head between the second and third ; Minerva was a bad fourth, Agis was fifth, Excitement sixth, and Dear Me seventh ; liazlenut broke down. The Knowsley Nursery Handicap Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; winners of any handicap after the publication of the weights 51b extra. T, Y.C. Forty-seven subs. Mr. Hine's Lance, by Launcelot, Gst 6113...(8u110ck) 1 Mr. Saxon's Pretty Girl, Gst 815 (Fordham) 2 Mr. R. Thompson's Baroness, 6st 61b (Ducker) 3 The following a , so ran :—Byrsa, Lady Florence, Prince's Mixture, Bobby Taft, _Mountain Breeze, Pem bedw, Pera, Chere Petite, Salmon, Napoleon 111., Staf fordshire Nan, Bright, Hippona, and Yule Cake. Betting-2 to 1 agst Staffordshire Nan, sto 1 each against Napoleon 111. and Lance, 7 to 1 agst Pembedw, 12 to 1 agst Byrsa, 100 to 6 agst Pretty Girl. Won easily by a length ; a neck between the second and thrd ; Mountain Breeza, Prince's Mixture, and Na poleon the Third were next, c'ose up. Lady Florence and Staffordshire Nan headed the rock ; the latter was one of the first beaten in the race. Pembedw and Pera did not gwt off. The All-Aged Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 3 0 added, for two-yr-ods and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 120 soya ; allowances if entered to be sold for less. T.Y.C. Nino subs. Mr. Pear e's The Sandboy, by Tadmor, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (201.) (Bates) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Cherry Brandy, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (201.) (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Daley's einem, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (201.) (Rook) 3 The following also ran :—Billingham, Shelah, Mary Anne, Miss Allen, John o'Bruges, and Novice. Betting-5 to 4 agst Cineas, 4to 1 agst Shelab, 7to 1 agst Mary Anne, MisrAllen, and Novice. Won by half a length, two lengths between the second and third. The winner was sold for 61 guineas. The Aintree Plate Handicap of 50 soya ; certain win ners extra. Oae mile. Twenty-five subs. Mr. Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 3 yrp, t 21b (Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Palmer's The Chicken, 3 yrs, 7st llb (includ ing 51b extra Mr. Ni3bolson's Berezina, 3 yrs, sst 11Ih (Withington) 3 The following also ran :—Victory, Eulogist, Master Slender, Ulster, Salmon, and Double Mixture. Betting--6 to 4 agat The Chicken, 3to 1 agst Mary► 7to 1 agst Berezina, 10 to 1 agst Eulogist. Won b y three lengths ; bad third. The start was disgraceful . between the hours SOME MORE LIVES SAVED BY TR FIRE Escare.—Yesterday morning, which was nearly of three and four o'clock, a fire,r than six lives, broke at tended with the loss of not fewtoe E ROYAL SOCIETY'S Mr. Brown, shell-fish out in the premises belongiong businws iii Biehopsgate warehouseman, carryinign_ st °street. The discovery was street-without, nea'-' Police-constable N o . 622 of the City force. made by Smoke which he Iv house a was on fire. He, therefore, alarm, and sent off for the aid th F e ire c , onductor of the Bishops gate'ee the escapes , and engines. In a very of more police , Royal attended, S a o n c d i e hadty for it the t a l: y a , it gaveva ther s n , p , belonging. to the esca " e of Life from Protection been for his briefywiintheeodupthe r id : o e l prompt and energetic exertions they© i 3 Co doubt entertained but six human beings would hares been hurried into eternity ; for when the con ductor arrived he found Mr. and Mrs. Brown, three children, and a brother of the proprietor, at the third floor, screaming piteously for help. The man imme diately raised his escape in front of the burning house, but the poor creatures were so anxious to effect a re treat that even the conductor himself had a narrow chance of losing his life, for they nearly overturned the machine in their anxiety to get from the window, at a time when the heated smoke was nearly stifling them. At the same moment, a female in the next house, named Tergen, could be heard crying for help, the smoke hav ing filled the building, and which had nearly suffocated her. Warren, with great coolness, seized hold of an infant, which he carried down in his arms, having pre'_ , viously put the mother into the canvas of the . e o snr e and both were by that means saved from a cap b m , and death. The conductor again ascended the egf:midest the brought down in safety other four persoene.re. Having cheers of those assembled to witness that and assisted accomplished that arduous task, h e a w ni e c , rae nt when she Mrs. Tergen out of the premises at the suffocating na. was in th act of falling a victim to jives of seven per ture of the smoke, thereby sa y . i s n h g an d London Brigade sons. The engines of the r i r a l up ply of the East London quickly attended, and . a good obtained, the firemen, Company's water having - - i . Fogo, the foreman, went to under the direction succeeded in extinguishing the work, and even tuallytil considerable damage was done, the flames, but not up the g house up to the first fi ' d' oor Inc n in l ow er part 0f bein consumed. The origin Of the disas g - the s t a ircase, It is understood that u k n own• the sufferer was t e r is u insur-Ad• The City police under M r . I nspector S cott , rendered great asAstance in preventing the spectators 1 from committing robberies. CONVICTION OF A SURGEON FOR UNLAWFULLY ANA . TOMISING A DEAD BODY.—Yesterday, at the Surrey Sessions, Robert 11. Parrott, a surgeon, residing at Walworth, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for unlawfully making an anatomical examination without proper authority, and for indecently exposing a portion of the same at a public house. ex d 20 1 1 91 90 121 i 4/ 1001 201- 1 1071 x d vT , ,S PM ad