The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

very •• r, with, w ho rrliout, undan t, ce 00 I st it Will r ill o o sic, and the 50 rieW) and 'r e ; a nercial P ( 1 1 r 's e world at 3 v, licted the e$ extenua do o n n ng f e eling re i: e xistingPd p people l e tt e s tates f o r thei r s ded, an ;11f, t o their 0 54, se nd the n ' t y it to realiseivie L ot be P er ex :ot. pO. tatioo 0 for it 15 ' i n the jl 5 req uir e mer io ' the art' ave foLe o4 ad di probib l.te of alone 311° 0 ;outll are to y aly c. 3penow-- .40 c irculate;l sPecting jol ta ke, is to v med. hi'" of alliancop_4o 3 fi calif op ocil ot the reP r Zt a t the 6 " itself Witt, 11 arms i 6 _ l : 4 , i 'vtl D f tranon L loan 0 , s e T oy th e 0 10, ute1y,,r5,1r,00,11 -040 , A on ' Le conol ci xo# the en d` Sardiolore # 1 of it Pt.-0i the P r6e itS debted ie oPer ilig P l ;he revre:isce , his atlld.ii - goal° r i ", - .1 7 u nt of t was °tail new °I;- 1 ,0 or ted t P taco, 03 0 ° erty 4, t b la ,ft) €l° saiaif 1" ; i 0 th e Cr ;oustudrtil very s ' ° o ll T s chi tion nded• goo l °livents . pa s , at aninl'3 0 )' • dALTA' to we e tie ong she •ning• o p r navY 06 1 e Roc" if e c ip an130 1113 . ,0 Oitt whore , t ip .off, the tow I ;eiTA ild b Iroirer" P tuffs i g' 00 e t Rig 'A a 12 ` a.re ngs no te a nd Ible s, ta „j, Eng ched 01 0 Ord dratl37 do 4 .241 1 ' r ip,- 1 itr r e f iey n i s s . pia - 7 1 yalsw,u et °'.(/ yres t .l o , 9 ,ntS 0 nt•S arge° t P A° Lieut enan nalei ° ~Coi stae. i• btlj 146, the • and 310 Spf e° W 15 9, ) .ar, th e 29, fr° l, the n ° l - 0 0 the Bt ' the 1/° 403 0' cre w ow eft. T roje; from 'cot' Bth 1 , , ith W b° .1? preP firA ti° l 4 ea as ' A eco de ale" to gi brse 1 10 811 w ho h sg ,,, tol e arl, 3 n pg 11 , for 11 'Brocif eg ov 0 st li L pSO 1 Is left f o or e j o ' t th Red soy$ 0y invent' f . cani b(ll °- unwel l " eyed t 0 t1):1; iered u b v itY ea, __-- AIO NEv itd Aa K T AL Lfr7ES( E. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were more estimat e d at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, in cluding. 1,000 American taken for export and on sp ec American The mark e t c l o sed with a hardening licieneY. Compared with Friday's rates prices of Q ui te eri cau Wer e ex t reme. O t h er ki n d s w i t h out k a rati ° ll . The sales comprised 300 Pernam and , r t ill iaro at Sid. to 6/d., 200 Egyptian at 5/d. at , u4 d.) 800 Surat at 2,c1. to 317 d. ; 60 Sea Island 1• 8 . tO 1 8. 07 ~ and the remainder American. "ai 10 lway Shares were firm. ke T lle failur e of Messrs. Aubertin, for 76,000/., ePs alive the anxiety felt in the mercantile world, ° :;' 4i° ned, as it i s , b y t h e stoppage o f M essrs . : lu Brothers, to whom the first named had 11'1112(1er acceptance, because it shows how in 44:1,,Gyeu are the operations of different houses, "Nl' are it is to tell who will be affected of m Bll4 suspension takes place. The acceptances ea} - e ' essr s• Aubertin, it is stated, will be to a large 41 0. 14 niet by the drawers, and a dividend of Bs. t roth Pound is looked for. The liabilities of Krohn I , ° 'ers are said to be under 20,000/. ot," Pressure upon the London money market i • ° tt ned by the French loan is not so great as it !kr-) e xtraordinary sum applied for—said to be tifi o , - , l , ti4l ea greater than has to be subscribed -1411-"Ilg reason for the conclusion that no 144 la rgo allotments will be made, to the mime o ugliah capitalists at least. The pre it WiV ti lis morning is 24 to 3 per cent. There sil►eris aPprehended, be continued exports of tr ot ?ehina, the rate of exchange coming higher tett. " 1141 ghai, though not quite so dear from Can ' i sok k r i vals of specie from Australia are early f . L ° l ', and will b e ver y ac ceptable. th cugh nglish Stock Market has been firmer, al- Co~o,Luo business doing is extremely limited. tfor k ll Ye been 91i to 92 for transfer, and 92 to , 14 e4 a ,,1 411 t. The New Three per Cents. have 92k to 4, and the Reduced 91H. Oleo', -Lo ck has improved again to 2104. Ex b,„ Th ooo 'uls remain at 4s. to 7s. premium. teeei l , ed luraittee of Spanish Americanßondholders e stop l ,; -ti ds morning letters from Mr. Giro, their 41,144'4)11er, dated Buenos Ayres, Ist and 2d t alt.. 1%1 that the Finance Minister had put f w l . 41 14 an additional article, of which the o o tlitslation :- 111;Aciditi°11 s1 Article.—The Government will apply to riati%!,44lrneeinutact the h dom l esti w c and foreign debt, by re hich may result of the pub ktlerslte"e ove'tthee s e u x r p p en u s s es stated in the budget and b. (11 4 „ - 1 4 the Legislative body may vote during the 6 Year:' • e Pr ..." 11 eipal deali ngs i n th e F ore i gn Market s t."t."in Russian Bonds, and the 44 per Cents. Al 4 ,teu to 90/ and 91. The Fives are at 100. 11 1e 16 7 3 per C en t s . are ra th er fi rmer , b e i ng 50k. k t A Yres rule at 53, and S ar di n i an 5 p er C e nts. n te lek;SPanish B on d s are d u ll . T ur ki s h S cr i p ' 3 i, L e . a t 764. Dutch 4 per Cents. are quoted Ipg per cent. higher. 4 4 4 ' °ll .oNrin g are the nominal prices of foreign . 8 8 4 lrenada l Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6; Men 'et,23- to 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; Ditto 3 per i 5 ,4 3; 1112 t° 51 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to - 7all 6 per Cents., 100 to 102 ; Ditto 44 per t° 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 4te., 6 14 0 , 3 per Cents., 37i to 38/ ; Ditto Certifi- TI; e „:: 6 4 ; Ditto Passive, 4i to 4i. kark„,;: l n ot much doing to-day in the Railway l alell 4 , 4 * l the t one i s dec id e dl y h eav i er, most o f er a 'ia ß d t / 11 414 ' 1 11 ar Th at lowe r va l ue s. The foreign un 'vs' -I"5 (11 111, b u t P ar i s an d Lyons are up In Mi nes Particular ' i i ! k ,, 4141 , and Land Shares there is no -116 bei ng % t --.41 ° 1 1 to notice, most of the quota -14118 111 111 3. 18 DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. the (*cia/ List. 1 1 7: 4 04 $ perrkilt.iedueed ........ . :ie.s ........ New i'at. Coughs A.nnaities to P e r ea t i t A . u .Annuities 92 1i 2 942 i i i 1144 sutnties Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 ettltAttaA, 4000 ......... 401 —.ecount, Bth February 02 A i 2 Iti(e)coier Bills, 24d. 7 4 7 aiall 7 1 k 506 .....,.” ................................ , hquer Bonds 1858 34 per Cont. 90 DAY. ..itt o 1859, ~ FUNDS THIS Y l 440,1qtICE OF FOREIGN "qati Lend s 5 per Cent....... raZ1111:1,11a,011 • t .1. r,' d s 1829 & 39, 974 V.ltto N,, 1843 5 per Cent. 53 4 KS Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent r 4,, or Bonds h' 'is. n Bonds, 44 per Cent. — 50i & . -4 103 per Cent Si ko';:to for the Account Nt..o Bond,, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lOO 904 i 90 1 901 I , 1 „. 11 pond s, 44 per Cent 85 iCSian Bonds, 5 per Cent O l d Loads, 3 per Cent — • 1 ,1i4 Neva Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB4 x d 761 b;„ Bonds i I r the A ccoun t 76 7i In London. Z 'Nth vtd ends on the above p ayable__uil ..... _ 1 . b lt e nange, 2 per Ceut. ' b 4 r Cent. 4 Certifieates . 2 .. G TER _ EE 93 i O'CLOCK. 0 0 ttois 91i 2 1 1 . ' b itte, F e b ruary A ccoun t ... 92 i IliN,t4lttiltlllits FROM THE PORT OF LONEON. 11 4 t1 1 . , ° q'era this port for the Austral ian— L ONDON.—The colonies h e d s 41 4 41‘,11 We ek have e v f e s 2 s , e o l 9 s — 5 t t e h e r s e e ; ala °l ' Slyb 'With an aggrega e for New Zealand, of 101.44,8;‘1, , of 427 tons 3 ,5 2 P4 i fe, for Moreton- ; bay, T , o h f ei 3 r 2 t s et t e o l n e s e ; pe a e n i d t on e e s , great teta ° wn, of 310 tons. . ..4t,r.eg a i . , edeh.' The rates of freight continuo to exhibit ratb`oart A u n• (, Ned 41 ' 14 /MICAH BONDHOLDERS. — The LDERS. h A e yr s e u s bLoined esi,,,Tli, 0 ani relates to the de b t O of Buenos —T liolj ec t till:tau:ate° of Spanish American Giro, their commis thaer. ~,„ korUing letters from Mr. B ondholders r.e tiojlts ii..°4 13 nenos Ayres, the let h an .s d h 9 u d dg u e lt can sta a t d i d n i g . 11 attellanee Minister had put tc? i translation : t he 44i i ° ' °F 'which the following is amen, will a pply t() . 414 Ak a *°1:1.11 A.rticle.—The Gover . n t t h ° N od tit of the domestic and foreign debt by re p d li e h er ve °tmotiLenas the4litrllesurplus wshoischstmatameydarsisu lt h of t Ns j 'ili ch th xPe•l' i 0 4 - 0 4, , h 0 legislativebody may vote denrib'nu h gd e gtehteaennt-1 . 114 t tr,,,6,..."-The advises from Lisbon yesterday exactstate 1414 - ,alinisterial budget exhibits an almostforlBss. Tho l itte r , or p ' the revenue and expenditure tiiii°°°tioi..)l4s Minister had accordingly in congratulated the t..(learieirjetliat the Government as w until now, the in; t i r it :t of „i le next finianeial and internal year debt, and all othe :(hattiq the external service." This phrase, ij i °Bll re ' aa aumption not to be passed without however,ex ei4iolB• Ports gal has not for several * 44 6op ° ' her credit honourably, nor y d e o a e ra s he now "cte ti es %4 int ention ors of doing so. She regularly titled:l 4 ° 13 th a t th andhe -I.,''Fi cent, th o ut o o ff f e r t sumsihneg the to sl i ght which est t p h l e e y a, are e u except r, egilu,l)l.4etiee is convenient. been ;LT"-, According to the telegraph accou t t e s re fr h o a m d C ant ligiell reach to the 27th of November, 'antobr.urther slight decline in the rate of oseba ß nge th a e t prat, and another advance at Shanghai. It i s „ " 4 )411 th 6 1 mow 48 ~ 6 quotation at Canton was h as as R D ' Scl. t r , „• 'id., while at Shanghai 4 s risen 8 d :7, from and -',470 n'Luo• 7d. The export of tea to date had been I'Lanclit'-'11)., against 39,000,0001 b, up to the corres %lea g ae asun of last year. Of silk there were important,22,oOO etvit,atgainet 25,401. The political news is : ki li 6 g (3 , 1 the Progress of the rebellien t and i f n t t e h a e w p e r r e e . ,I l lieet, l - `artn at Canton no further arrivals o Lltqat —: The Imperialists had sustained asevere 44 0 of a' andce called Fushan, with a considerable t hat thiaenjunks. From Shanghai it is mentioned /. , a t'Y ; 6 qUality of the silk brought in continued to be ~, L II e ol fe t r o l n t r il that there were indications of an approach -140 considers the crop, and that the ultimate total export . 411jp, d likely to be far short of the quantity 11° W r i" , . 4 las t Year. The attempted visit of Sir PekinJohn l 'ad j;" 4 a nd the other foreign plenipotentiariesto_ t ene t , teell BtOpped by Commissioners from the Imperial t ~‘°l,o prop...ed to meet at Shanghai in Dece n e Nvaiimiettas there a revision of the treaty. . ant-llllcitet-ICEEPEn FOR BALAKLAVA : —The immense troo It Y ot stores daily arriving at this 4 e P 8 have lost much. of their benefit from the want place for t tl e ie f ti4l4).Petent person being there to receive and warehouse °I a laog h la is now to be supplied by the appointment t° liae f. Ing waiter, Mr. Alfred Pratt, to act i l n o the above proceeds to tkl'3% belonging to the port of Londo i n t , h w him several ki,i4e.ast i n $ a few days, carrying w Vt r ti i ,`„ B ' W.. ../HaTER GENERAL LTING-IN HOSPITAL—Yes- Va . :, the annual court of thrs governors of this charity I`.V le ld at the institution, York-road, Lambeth T — . l\ll . . l ' l liti ' ) ''llers Cocks, M.P., in the chair. M : from Ith ich lt stereta rY, read the report of the . committee, Year aPpeared that the total receipts for the . pas e t t ° 1 "Intuited to 1,6481. 18s. ld., and the expenditur 51!,47/. 9.. 7d., leaviug a balance of 18s. 6d. on the Ditai'2"aring which there had been delivered in the hos bei., 22 inarried and 101 single warren—in all, 323 yeaur! a n increase of 4 9 on th e returns of: the previous to at ti. si r During the s ame period, 424 h a d b een attended o the lj ow n resid ence. The report was adopted, thl.rthe governing. officers for the year elected, when oceedings closed with a vote of thanks to ,the -*gout. SII ARE MAR KET S. (THISDAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYL kber(leou Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Jima_ Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct ,Do. Chegh. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., & 'Fyn, origins' £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digau Chester Zr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass, Cornwall Crieff Junction DublinezßelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock 1 . S B. D Stock e - Do., New A lfast Lancashire Edinburg]• & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ediu.Frth &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Groat 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. Crsby. & Sou thpt London & Blackvral Load. Bright & S. Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths D °JO/. Sh. M&B Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrrydt Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Kanch.Shet& Cinch Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midi& G. West. (Ire.,) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten. 'Nwpt.Aborg. & Ilrfd I Newry & Enniskillen INewry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor INorfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guarantee,. N. astern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Porch. Do. Leeds Do. York Niorth London Do. New £lO N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester • Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 3cottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsby. & Herefd Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per con South Devon 'South Eastern south Wales Yrksh. dt His. Dun Do 3tainos, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darlin itc *ton & Hartlepl raft' Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Prof., No. [lames Haven Doell and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & EllkenM Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimble du & Croydon Dosing Prices • this dep. 20 -20 i 4- - 8i 13 -12, 16 - 17 8 - 7 94 - P 6 62i -62 i 13i - 14 9 - 11 4 - 3 61 - 74 ••• ••• 14 154 10 114 28 - 32 20 - 22 72 -- 74 57 -- 59 2d -- par 19i -20 i 68 - 70 90i - 76 - 78 L 23 - 125 90 - 92 68 - 684 60 - 62 74 - 78 7' - 90 7 -9, 751 - 5 - 41 ••• •• •t 8i .07 108 Oti 1021 , d 1 d -- par, 83i —84 i 8 4 8 7 . i6i 70 70i 41j - 42. *d 1 1' 11. 9 14 49 51 3f ai 31i ... 32 8 10 11 1 1 I 6i ' 76 77 scl 4/ 3 13 13 53i -- 541 52 E 4 par ip r 4} 5t 32i - 3'4 96 - 98 CO 62 8- 9 p 45 - 47 12 - 14 59 - 601 28 - 29:11 35 - 37 ... ..." 3 - 31 16 17 - 4 20 - 51 - 61 = FOREIGN. Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension , Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay 1 '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do I Gd. Junct. of France' d. Tk of CanadaA. is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Behan., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canad A Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. 'GO Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca dt Pistoja 5 p.c pref Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations I 0 Lyons and Genova 12 Lyons cix Mediterran 16i, Madras 5 IDo. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with] interest) - Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. • MP (fmy.B. & Ams.Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPm Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen di Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S' Xl Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ill British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chine 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminste 35 National Proy-incia of England 10 Do. Now 22 A National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 Royal Atustraln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all l Union of Australia... 2! 'Do. New Ilea of Loudon.“. le i — lf id-ip - 31 - 3 1 P 31i - 32 - 6 - - so* ' ..m. ... 8- 7 i Si - 74 11 -10 d 89 91 lip iP 15} -16 j i , i : 1601 93 • 96 2 41 par 97 -- 100 ... di. 21 - 3i 2} - 3 Id- 1p Zia = ca 7 - 7i iii = 343 121 -- 13 i -9A 21i -21 k 46 48 39 41 —n, l ii 22 id OP 2i lid 8 —Bi ... ... pm ••• •••• 3/ - 5 1 - 6iPj •• 17 - 18 BANKS. 78 - - SO ld = 31 - *ll 21. - 21 A 37 - 39 • 39 -- - 41 66 - 63 8 - 10 ALIN 10. Business done this day. 8/ 28 St. 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 6:3 St. 10 St. 25 all 3i 8 2s. 3li all 2 all THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1855: LIT•TES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. LAW INTELLIGE.NCE.-(THIS DAY.) PROVIDENT CLERKS' muTuAL LIFE ASSUR ANCE ASSOOIA TIM AND BENEVOLENT FUND. COURT OF CHANCERY. LOCKHART V. REILLY-REILLY V. LOCKHART. The arguments in this appeal case, from an order made by Vice-Chancellor Stuart in May last, were re sumed this morning by Mr. Wigrarn, Q.C., Both par ties appealed. It appeared by the will of Thomas Reilly, dated in 1822, an estate called Westhorpe was settled on the Reillys, the father being tenant for life, with remain der to his first and other sons, and Lockhart and Ellis were appointed trustees with a power to sell. The estate, being encumbered with several mortgages, was, with the assent of Reilly, the tenant for life, sold to Sir Miles Nightingale, and after the discharge of the mortgages there remained a surplus of 8,324/. Of this balance the trustees, in August, 1834, advanced a sum of 5,842/. as a mortgage on an estate of Colonel Wastie, at Ludgerehall, and the remaining 1,9811. on the mort gage of Colonel hou -0 in Pall-mall, and it was stated the trustees were in deeneed in this disposition of the balance by the fact that Lockhart was the heir at-law of Wastie, and his natural son. After some time it became desirable to call in these mort gages, and a suit for that purpose was instituted against Mr. Hardy, the executor of Colonel Wastie. The suit was not prosecute 1, and it was stated that out of that circumstance all the difficulties and compli cations of the proceedings had arisen. Hardy entered into negotiations with the trustees under the pretence of saving expense, and without having any authority to do - so, he sold the estates of \\rustle, and on receiving a de posit of 1,4651., he let the purchasers into possession in Nov., 1839. Proceedings were taken after some time to legalise the sales, but before they were brought to a hear ing Ellis died, in March, 1845, leaving Lockhart, his co trustee, surviving. In the meantime the Reillys had neither principal nor interest, and, after much controversy, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce made an order for taking an account of the trust estate, which was followed up by the order of Vice-Chancellor Stuart declaring the repre sentatives of Lockhart and Ellis answerable for all the deficiencies of the fund, and directing them to pay the costs of the proceedings in moieties. The bill of Lock hart v. Reilly was filed by the trustees against the cest uiquie trusts for the direction of the Court on the subject of the trust after the death of Ellis. The bill of Reilly v. Lockhart was by the tenant in remainder, to make the trustees responsible for breaches of trust, and the Vice-Chancellor directed the trustees to be allowed all reasonable costs, charges, and expenses in the discharge of the trust, principally on the ground that Reilly the elder acquiesced, and that he filed is bill which he afterwards did not prosecute. The fourteenth annual general meeting, of the mem bers of the Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association was held last night at the London Tavern ; Mr. It. 11. Jones, chairman of the board of manage ment in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The SISCRETART (Mr. Vim. Thos. Linford) read the annual report, of which the following is an abstract : " The Board of Manao• ' oment present the fourteenth annual report, and refer to tho following details of the continued prosperity of the association :- 517 policies have been issued for £101,310 and 10 annuities for £193 7s. 3d. 2 proposals have born declined fen. 4,250 8t do. havo boon deferred or with drawn, or are under consideration 17,400 623 for 1122,970 . _ "The progress of the association has been as follows (luring the last five yoars 1850 301 policies for P,77,151 1851 1352 1853 491 „ 1854 and the total number of policies issued from the commence ment has been 4,225, for 875,455/. The annual income arising from premiums, & - c.,• now amounts to upwards of 20,0001. "The amount of claims during the year has been on 29 policies, for 6,3001. "The balance sheet shows a balance in favour of the association of 63,5571." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, addressed the meeting somewhat as follows :—Gentle men, I had not this pleasure on the last occasion of your meeting here, as a family affliction prevented my being present last year, for the first time since the commencement of this association. (Hear, bear.) I rejoice, however, to fiad that I am now amongst you again, because it is a real pleasure to tae to be able to meet you on these anniversaries. It is a pleasure to me to see old faces, and to congratulate you, which we are enabled to do on this occasion, upon the steady and successful progress of the association. (Hear, hear.) When I reflect and think of the origin of this asso ciation, when I recall the first year of its business, and remember that the first year's income was 'only 4781., and that now we can report to you that we have upwards of 20,0001., when I remember the few policies that were taken out in that year, and the struggle we had in the early part of the association to obtain business, and now see the progres sive strides that we are making, I feel great satisfaction at having been one of the humble instruments in the for mation of the association. (Hear, hear.) I also remem ber that we began without a shilling, though we certainly had high patronage; but in order that no member should suffer loss in the event of his death, you will remember, —at least some of you may, for you were present on the occasion—that we entered into a guarantee of 5,000/. to meet any possible contingencies that might arise from the want of funds. Fortunately that guarantee was never called into exercise. We never had occasion to resort to it, and we are now, I trust, in so safe and stable a position as to defy all reasonable expectations of there ever being any necessity for our resorting to anything of that sort. You have just heard the report read for the past!year. To my mind, and I hope it will be to yours, it is extremely satisfactory. If you take the rate of mortality, it has been extremely favourable to us through out our career, but in the past year particularly so, and I attribute that circumstance with very great pleasure and satisfaction to the skill and attention which your medical officers have devoted to the interest of the Asso ciation. (Hear, hear.) The success of the association in a great measure has depended upon their judgment, and to them we certainly do owe a deep debt of geatitude. (Hear, hear.) As regards the expenditure, gentlemen, I don't know there is anything to remark upon beyond the amount that we have expended on our new premises. Setting aside that item, I perceive, notwithstanding our increased business the expenditure has not exceeded that of last year, except in so far as must naturally arise from the increase in medical fees. (Hear, hear.) Beyond the expense of the premises, then, the expenditure of the association during the past year, notwithstanding the increase in the business, is the same, within a very few pounds, as it was in the previous year. (Hear, hear.) As regards our new premises, you must well remem ber how anxious you all wore that we should remove from our former offices ; there was a general approval of the desire to get out of what was termed our " hole-and-corner " premises ; and certainly there was great reason for doing so, inasmuch as the premises wore really of that character as to endanger the health of our clerks. Indeed one of our medical gentlemen, Dr. Jones, wrote to nee a formal letter to say that unless we got oue of the place he could not answer for the health of our clerks or the managers themselves, who passed a considerable portion of their time there ; and thereupon we determined to avail ourselves of :shy opportunity that might cffer for effecting a change. We devoted, I think, eighteen months in searching for new premises in ail parts of the City, or at least in all such parts of it as were suitable for our business ; but there are those pre sent who will bear me out when I say there was nothing that offered so cheap or so eligible as those we have ob tained. (Hear, hear.) No doubt there aro many gen tlemen present who have seen them ; and though we certainly have not been in a hurry to obtain them, I think they will agree with toe that they are respectable looking, and just such as an association progressing like this ought to have. (Hear, hear.) I am sure you are all aware of the necessity to have a fair outside show. Well, then, in what we had previously there was no ex ternal inducement for anybody to enter our offices; but now I think no one need be ashamed of the premises we have. I have only one other observation to make in connection with this subject, and that is this : the cost of these new premises will be provided for annually during the lease ; that is, I think, a fair way of meeting it, because the cost will go as a portion of the expendi ture of the year, as you now see it in the account before you. (Cheers.) I feel a little delicacy in this point, but I can assure you the managers—l am unfortunately obliged to include myself—deserve every possible credit for the trouble, labour, and anxiety they have shown in obtaining these premises. It is only due to them to say this much, and I sincerely hope there is no one present who will not approve of what has been done. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the report alludes to a special Act of Parliament which we have obtained. You are all aware how year after year we had been annoyed and vexed by the contineal interferences of the Legislature —not designedly directed against this association, but necessarily including it—as affecting friendly societies generally, and these interferences had been a source of great annoyance to us. Last session, however, Mr. Sotberon introduced another bill on the subject, but, with all his anxiety and desire to exclude us from its operation, he yet could not do so without making his bill a most complicated measure. And here again your managers have had, session after session, to look vigi lantly after the interest of the association. They have had to watch with no small anxiety and care the pro gress of legislation on friendly societies, or many bills would have slipt through without amendment or exami nation if they bad not kept their eyes upon them. Well, then, it being found impossible, during the last session, to provide exceptionally for the association in Mr. Sotheron's bill, your managers called a meeting of those parties who were especially interested in the mat ter, namely—Mr. Marsh, of the National Provident ; the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, of the Clergy Mutual ; and Mr. Ackroyd, of the Leeds Provident, who, with Mr. John Abel Smith, treasurer of the Provident Clerks' Association, attended the meeting, when it was de cided that the simplest way, if it were possible, would be to obtain a bill for ourselves. The time, however, for passing a private bill, and it was almost hopeless to expect to pais a public bill, but still I_ said there was nothing like trying, and I got their consent to prepare a bill. I am happy to say our own solicitor, Mr. Richardson, who site to my left, -had the pleasure of preparing that bill, 'which finally passed. (Hear, hear.) It puts us in an extremely satisfactory position as com pared with our former situation of annoyance. Under its provisions the association has the widest power of investing their funds ; of making every legal description of life assurance ; wee are relieved from the necessity of making onerous returns, or of submitting rules to the registrars, and we can now make our own rules without being questioned ; eve have the power of settling disputes ' with members extended, while we are not to be affected by any future legis.letion on friendly societies ; we have still the right of nomination as to policies effected before the act aboli shing that right, and the Limited lia bility of members remains unaltered. These are im portant concessioins to obtain, and yet we have all the powers of any ins urance ofliee in London as well. (Hear.) Gentlemen , here again I must do justice to my colleagues, because., but for their perseverance, I really can't say that this bill would have passed. I know I am speaking of myself in saying so, but it is really due to them to make this observation, because no gentleman can have an idea e.f the labour that has been endured during the last year on the part of the board of ma nagement. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, wo did our part in the business ; lent we could only go to a certain ex tent, and when we had prepared the bill, it became no . • 1 cessary to get setae ebody to undertake it in Parliament, At the time (2 o'clock) of our report leaving the learned gentleman had not concluded his argument. BEFORE THE LORDS JUSTICES. GREENSLIDS V. DARE. The arguments of the Sulieitor-General in this case occupied the court nearly the whole of the day. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) MONAT V. MONEY. The question in this rase ari , :cs on the marriage set tlement of Colonel and Mrs. Money. The object of this suit is to rectify that instrtment, in certain particulars, so to have it delivered up to be cancelled. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Lewin are for the plaintiff; Mr. Glasse, Mr. Swanston, Mr. Bagshawe, Mr. Baily, Mr. Anderson, Mr. G. L. Russell, Mr. J. V. Prior, Mr. Speed, Mr. Money, Mr. Bazalgette, Mr. Caillard, and Mr. Southgate are for the defendants and other parties interested. The further arguments in this case were proceeded with this morning. ' BOIY-STREET.-(TiIIS DAY.) SHOCKING DESTITIITION.—This morning a poor, miserable-looking woman, with an infaat at her breast, and two poor little things following her, were placed before Mr. Henry by an officer of the Strand Union. The poor creature seemed quite exhausted with hunger and disease. The parish officer, a well-fed-looking person, said the woman at the bar refused to pick the allotted quantity of oakum this morning, after having bad a night's lodging. She said she wanted to be taken before a magistrate. Mr. Henry—What office do you hold ?—The parish official laconically answered the worthy magistrate— labour master. The poor woman said she applied and received a medical order for comforts, and also an order for admission into the house, On being told this morning to pick the oakum, i• he said it was impossible to Bait, she had not strength. On producing her medical order it was torn in half and thrown at her. She had not tasted food since yester day. - kr. Henry, to the labour master—Why did you not take her to the doctor ?—Ths man said she did not tell him she was ill. t . • Mr. Henry-Not tell yonl Why her looks are suf ficient. Take her to the doctor immediately. As the poor creature was leaving the office, accom panied by the man, the ma z istrate called him back, and told him to tell the doctor to take great care of her, or he should have to make some strong remarks on his (the labour-master's) conduce in this affair. MARKET NEWS-(TIIIS DAY.) HAY MAR KETS. Surrnrumn.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 lOs Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 5112 s ; and straw, 11 2s to 1/ 8s per load ; Trade steady. CIIMBEBLAND.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 lOs ; and straw, 11 3s to 11 lO s p er l oa d. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. WHITEOHAP2L.—Meadow hay, 2t 15s to 41 10s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 15s; and straw, 11 2s to 119 s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly. In prices very little change took place. • But we were:not long in finding a gentleman, as you have heard by the report. Mr. John Abel Smith, with his• uniform kindness—which has shown itself from the very foundation of the society down to the present time— (hear)—undertook the bill, and we were present to see the pains and labour with which he followed it up until it was successfully handed over to the Lords, and there placed in the charge of my Lord Monteagle, to conduct it through that house. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I cannot say too much of the kinthiess of Mr. John Abel Smith. I deeply regret that he will not be here this evening, as he is detained in the coun try by the illness of a member of his - family ; because had he been present I am sure you would have felt that too much credit could not have* been given to him for what he has done, while I am sure you would have seized upon the occasion to convey to him in the mo: t marked manner the pleasure and gratitude you feel towards him for what he has done. .(Cheers.) Another subject which has occupied the attention of your direc tors during the past year has been that of Life A,inn ance in the Post office.. We found that a scheme was propounded by the VIA-erne° authei Ries for asser;res the lives of their ele.rk s si tel l ,e Niele t a h r a n t e i d t fwraogmeoitilrteenpnlitteel contemplated paper announcing the scheme by Government to pay a portion of the pre:nit:in iu order to induce the clrk to insure, but the f , chenle syss limited to offices of forty years standing, and, three fore, it excluded this association. We wondered why we should be excluded ; we felt that, although we had not been 40 years in existence, we had yet been 14, while we were in a position by which we could ju,t a; safely and as well effect insurances as any other office in London. Nor did we think 40 years' stand ieg afforded any particular guarantee of safety, and therefore we wrote to the Postmaster-General to know the reason for the exception. We received, I believe, a polite reply from his lordship or his secretary, not acceding, of course, to our proposition that the excep tion should be removed ; but we were not satisfied with the reply, and we addressed a letter to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject. In that letter we solicited an interview, requesting their lordships to re ceive a deputation ; and after some time had elapsed we received a letter from the Secretary to the Treasury, appointing a day to receive the deputation. We in formed Mr. John Abel Smith of the fact, and although he had been at home for several days ill, there he was at the appointed time and place to introduce us. We had an interview, which was extremely satisfactory, and we were told by the Secretary, who had previously read all our correspondence, that there was much justice in our claim ; but, although he could not then pledge himself to anything, he yet promised that the subject ehould have his best and serious attention.. We subsequently received a letter from him, informing us that the Post office insurances would be open to offices in general, and ' therefore doing away with the monopoly which it had been attempted to establish. How far this change may benefit us I know not ; but still there is a sympathy in the Post-office towards this association, and we were not wanting in our duty to prosecute the matter in the highest quarters. (Hear, hear.) This, gentlemen, affords another instance that, however humble this association may be in the eyes of some, it can yet command respect in high quarters. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, you are aware that many insurance offices have contributed to the Patriotic Fund, and your mana gers are unanimous in the opinion that it would be per haps advisable that this association should do so too, but we have deferred d o i ng anyt hi ng unt il we h a d had the pleasure of meeting you this evening. A small sum, no doubt, would meet the views of the members—perhaps 251.—but still we should prefer to have something like an expression of approval on the part of the meeting. Although we do not feel it necessary to call upon you for a formal approval, we have still thought it best, as we were about to meet, that you should just give us something like an approval, or otherwise, before we contributed to the fund, and if there is no dissent we shall carry out what I have mentioned. Now, gentlemen, in conclusion, let me . again remind you that we have shown a very satisfactory statement of our affairs, and what we (the directors) have done, I call upon you to do. (Hear, hear.) Scarcely any one present would credit what he can do if he will but try. If every one now present would exert himself to bring an additional member to the association during the next year an immense deal of good would be effected ; but if that were done throughout the length and breadth of the land, why there would be no end to our business. Nor am I ask ing you to accomplish too much, for surely amongst your friends and relatives you can find, I daresay one new member. Until we try we cannot tell what can be done ; but by perseverance all difficulties in the matter could be overcome, and depend upon it you would succeed even to a greater extent than I have ventured to anticipate. (Hear, hear.) I wish I could find language sufficiently strong to impress upon you what I feel myself upon the point, but I hope the warmth with which I speak will give you some indication of the feelings I have in my heart. (Loud Cheers.) You have, in your trustees, gen tlemen of the highest respectability. You have an., able board of management, heartily devoted to your in terest. You have an energetic and efficient ,secretary. You have a willing staff of clerks and officials, and you .1 have, finally, a set of premises that are worthy of the association. All then that is wanted now to complete the success of the society is your united co-operation. With that we shall accomplish everything ; without it our success can only be partial. But, I am sure, we. may rely upon your ail and assistance, and then next year, instead of 100,0001. we shall have a capital of 200,0001. to announce to you. (Hear, hear.) lam ex ceedingly obliged to you for the courtesy and attention with which you have listened to me ; but, before I sit down, give me leave to say, which I do with the most un feigned regret, that your deputy chairman, who was here last year, -is compelled to be absent to night. He has had a long and painful iliner-s, resulting from rheumatic fever, but from the letters I have received from him to-day I have no doubt Iris heart is with you, and that he is thinkin g of our pro ceedings at this pre sen t momen t. (Hear, hear.) The chairman Concluded by moving the adoption of the report. A good deal of discussion followed ; some members urged that the balance she e t should be printed and cir culated amongst them some time previous to the annual meeting ; but the secretary stated that this would cost about 401., there being 4,000 members. The chairths.n promised, however, that some method should be de vised of making the members acquainted with the ac counts before the annual meeting. It was also sug gested that this association should undertake to pro vide guarantees for its members, on the plan of the Times Association ; but the chairman answered that there was no power to do so. A question was asked about the costs of obtaining the Act of Parliament, and the chairman stated that those expenses would have been 1,0001. in the C 230 of a private bill, but the ex pense of the bill they had got would be under 1001. The exact amount was not settled, but it would be divided amongst five parties. Mr. J. R. LLOYD spoke of the premises taken by 013 managers, at No. 15, Moorgate street; the rent would be 600 guineas a year, and be did not think the accom modation was the best they could have got for tLe money. He suggested that they should not be treated as finality premises, but that a sub-committee should be appointed to consider the subject for the future. Mr. BELL said the value of the premises might be gathered from the fact that the managers had been offered 1,0001. for their bargain. (Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted unanimously. Mr. REYNOLDS moved a vote of thanks to the Board of Management for the able and efficient manner in which they had conducted the business of the association during the past year. Men more devoted to their work or of more practical or business like habits he did not know. Coupled with the vote was a proposition that the remuneration of the directors should be increased from five hundred guineas to seven hundred guineas. The resolution was seconded by Mr. MINTON and carried unanimously. The CHAIRBSAN, in acknowledging the compliment, said the directors felt more flattered by the kind express sions which had been used towards them than by the sum which had been voted to them. On the motion of Mr. JIM'S, seconded by Mr. LINTOTT, a vote of thanks was passed to the medical officers. Mr. SIEEN said, in the absence of his colleague, it devolved upon him to thank the meeting for the honour they had done them. He was happy to state that the mortality during the past year had been unprece dented!), low. It was a most extraordinary circum stance that the mortality of this year of death and epidemic— had actually not exceeded •7 per cent. apon the amount of the ages of this society, which was smaller than the calculations upon which . . ..._ the tables were founded. Connected as he was with an institution having the largest body of clerks in the world, he naturally looked with considerable interest upon the office he held in the society, and he had done all in his humble power to promote its prospe rity. When they spoke of the low mortality, they ought to look for the cause which had led to it, be cause it had been ascertained by the most eminent actuaries, that the lives of those to whom t h is associa tion peculiarly addressed itself were not of the longe s t. Well, then, he believed the secret of their success was attributable in many respects to the individual members themselves. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, there could be no question that those who were assured in this association were strictly temperat e i n th e i r h a b its, and he found by experience that temp erance was one o f those things which led most to lo ngev i ty. ( H ear, h ear. ) Secondly, those insured in th e assoc i at i on were men of careful as well as temperate habits, being well to do in the world, and it was du e t o no o th er cause b u t th o se that the mortality of the past year had been so low. The retiring directors, Mr. Alexander Dawson, Mr. Samuel Jepps, Mr. James Lintot, and Mr. R. Price, were re-elected. The auditors were also re-elected, and their remuneration fixed at 20 pines.. A vote of thanks was pissed to the Secretary. Mr. LINFORD, in returning thank=, said he had come amongst them to-night almost as a stranger, expecting to have no more than the routine duties of his ofEc! to pAorin, but he hoped the future w.mld :low that his utmost abilities should be devoted to serve and pro mote the interest% of the ins!i!mtion. (Ch eers ) Mr. REED said the name of Mr. John Abel Smith bad been frequently mentioned in the course of the evening, and it must bo dear to them all in connecti , m with this association. He thought it would only be a grateful act on the part of the meeting to testify its sense of the services which that gentleman had readered the institu tion, by passing a vote of thanks to him, and he begged, therefore, to move one accordingly. (Cheers.) Mr. GOSBELL had very great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution, said he should not have forgotten the name of Mr. John Abel Smith when they came to the next department ; but, perhaps, it was as well that the resolution had come here. The few observations he had already made were RAI:WATS . Tedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. N. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. St Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr,&Dn.Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby 80. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Aanch. Bxtn. and Matlock Nliddlesbro' & Rcdear. fidid.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. & Wyre Do. a Shares. Itoystn.&llit. Shef.Roth.and Gooleg.sp.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cetit Do Wilts&Comrst Lets!ng Compans London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... at.Nrthn. Caldoniar, Do Gt. Wee a, Yk. New. Ey Berw. Y. & N M Do Easton iDo 'Peto & Ca iTorfolk L.Sc N. W Midld. itekton & Darlingt. ,g. Count Do Do &N.W &Ln&Yl 'Do G' t Nor On; Unleash & Yorksh. tA.MCleait. ": , 3toekt. & Darlingt rartWestn Closing Prices this day. 97 - 99 91 - 100 133 - 135 105 - 107 124 -- 13 224 -- 23,1 10i -- 114 2i - 21 92 -7 94 - 57 - 59 fio : li - . - 31 - 32 90 - 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. 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 Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (.£3los) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension,s p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. c. St.l Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent, Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cont. Glasgow& &Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... D 0.4 p.c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Southn. &Westra. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westn. (Boas & Rants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. Elm. Prof. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Ds. do. 5 p. 4. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2o' Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brig„htoi, Guaranteed 5 p. s Do. Pref., s'p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. 4z Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. SL. Man., Shef., & Lin.. Shares, No.l. ... Do. New, £lO .... Do. £6 Aarypt.&Carl.4 p a Du. 4i per cent Do - Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol iti l3irm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cen Norfolk Debenture Do.Prsf. 4 p. c. Stool. Do. 5 p.c. Eat De. 54 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e Ncntit British V, E. Berw, 4 p.a. P Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.e Do. do. Quarters 4i4 D.. York R.& Pi•r. , North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester,S Wolverh.Cls, 61n.c scot. Cent. , Now Prei Do. 5 per cent ISouth Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gus. 4p. c Do. de. 4i p. c.... Stockton and Dar- lington, 6 per cent Po. do. do. Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 I Viatorfd. Sank .6p.0. 93 - 101 90 - 92 96 - 98 61 - 64 I- *1 4- i r 121 -12 i 58 - 62 -- -A 114 --116( 1109 - 111 1100 - 102 6 -- 6A 93 -- 95 88 -- !O 90 -- 91 9i -10 i 15A -16 A 91 - lu 71 -- 73 18i -- 19; 94 -- 91 14 -14 i lf -- id 135 - 137 ••• .... ••• 24 - 3 1, 121 -12 i i - ip 1 135 - 137 - - 90 tO4 - 106 100 -- 102 90 - 92 -- 3i I I - - - - id 114 - 116 12 14 id par 22i 23 97 99 15 18 is IP '" - "' 1 23 - 20 MINES. 1 all A.gua Fria......., 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold 108 all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 7.. - 1 all Australian Freehold. I I 1 all Avo Maria —-- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of; 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal _ 5 T 20 13.5 British Iron 55 64 35 45 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm —2/ 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiacia 1 15 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —s2 1 5 Carsons's Creek 4-i 1 3 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Id par 40 all Cobre Copper 49 51 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 50 —55 25 all Do. Pref. 75 p. cent, par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo l5 -- 17 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg Co 11 2 / Fortuna a —id 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.NuggetVeiußeg 3i 4 Groat Polgooth 1. all Liberty - ••• 3 all Linares. 75 ... 85 1 all Mariquita .. . ..... ••••• 10 9 Xexicau&S.Americn- 65 7 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Minin. and Smelting C 0.... 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 . 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min, & Smelt 14 15 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock - I 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 6 7 30 114 Santiago de Cuba 3 35 1 all South Australian 1 1# 14 10 75 Tin Croft. 284 all United Mexican 2. 3 1 all Waller , 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia — 1 all Yuba •.. MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron .• 25 175 Australian Agricult. 325 535 335 25 20 4 A.ustralsn.Pcific.Mai 10 all Austrain. Royal Mai : 10 55 Berlin Water Works 2 . 1 50 40 Brit. American Land .•• 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ••• ••• 100 325 Canada lO4 106 105 x St. 100 Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July 1( 65 1075 1071 x d 5 all Crystal Palace 24 3 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc, 20 5 Eastern Steam 25 21 ElectricTelegraph(A 17 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Sloan 20 10 'lrish Beetroot Saga, 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all 4editeran. Elec. Tel. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuu 10 5 Netherlands Land — I.} 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 20 125 Nrth.ofEuropeStuan , all Peel Rr. La. & Miurl. 25 21 50 all Peninsutar& Oriental d 50 all Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 2 2i 100 60 Royal Marl Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll— 2 25 all South Austral•Lanc 25 —36 1 all .übmar. Telegraph. / 1 1 all O. Registered. — 1 100 28. Pea Dienities 1,03 c 115 - 125 , Basins. thla day. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been fairly supplied, and yes terday prices were generally maintained ; brown lumps 42s 6d, and grocery 43s to 49s per cwt. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,205 hhds., 120 tierces, 383 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,316 hhds., 101 tierces, 627 barrels ; the stock in the same places is 14,705 hhdq., 2,274 tierces, 2,545 barrels. Several public sales are in progress. COFFEE. — Few inquiries after Native Ceylon, bntholders were firm at 45s 6d to 46s 6d, according to quality. RICE,--Late last week there was an extensive deniand for parcels afloat, and about 1,000 tons were reported at late rates. At auction 2,127 bags Java sold at 15s Gti. to 17s Gd for mid and good. At present less is doing. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 170 puns 50 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 235 puns 15 hhds, and ex ported 47 puns 34 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,829 puns 2,917 hhds. SALTPETRE. — There has been rather more inquiry for the middling kinds at full prices. At auction 1,224 bags Bengal partly sold at 29s to 29s Gd fez good 3 to 3i per cent. refraction. SPlCES.—Pepper - 184 bags Batavia sold at 4id for good. Mace-7 packages Batavia realised is 9d to 2s ld, and 16 casks of Nutmegs were taken at is 6d to 2s for limed. TEA.—The public sales ure going on, but dealers are awaiting their letters by the overland mail. IRON.—Scotch pig is dull, and sellers at 66s 6d cash for mixed Nos. . _ _.--- SPELTEIt has slightly improved in price and demand ; about 300 tons have been sold to-day chiefly with two mouths prompt at 25/. 7s 6d, and throe months prompt at 251. 10s per ton. OILS.- • Linseed is a shade firmer, and more in demand ; on the spot sales made at 36s 9d to 37e cash ; Feb., March and April 37s Gd, and March, April and May 37s 9d to 38s. Rape is dull at 51s for brown, and 53s 6d to 54s for pale. Cocoa Nut without change, Ceylon 46. 6d to 375, and Cochin 47s 6d to 48s 6d. Palm dull at 44s to 45s for fine. Olive steady at 571 lOs per ton. TALLOW.—The market continues dull, and there are few buyers at the late reduced rates. P.Y.C. on the spot is 58s 91 to 595, and for delivery up to March 53s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Jan. 16.—Wind this day at Noon, light north-westerly breeze, and fine weather. There was a fall of snow early this morning. PORTSMOUTH, JaU. 15.—Wind, N. Sailed—Cariolanus, for the Crimea; Enniskillen, do. FALMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind, E.N.E. Ar r i ve d_sk ag . man, from Batavia, for Amsterdam. SHIELDS, Jan. 15.—Wind, W. Arri ve d—L u d w i g , from Schiedam ; Stephen and Sarah, Rio Grande. NEWPORT, Jan. 15.—Sailed—Ardent, for St. Thomas. JERSEY, Jan. 14.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Ariel, for Bahia ; Souvener, Barbadoes. swjiteirrY and Elizabeth, and a f o reign roundhouse on dock, oun WATERFORD, Jan. 14, — Wind, S.E. Arri ve d—D evon , from St. John's, Newfoundland. unknown,ri g M L D 0 N brig, Jan. u a ml5O The b. are en shore on the Black Tail ; sever a l vesse l s an d b oa t s are in attendance. WEXFORD, Jan. 14. The Holooko, which got on T us k ar Rocks, 11th inst., has been got off and Placed ashore, near Carnsoro Point ; several pieces of her bottom are floating about ; cargo expected to be saved. ( tEu E LECTRIC THLEGII.A.PII.) LlVElirooL, Tu es d ay, 11 . 15 a.m. Wind, N.E.E. Arrived—Trinmfrom phant,' Paler mo ; Vi ana, St. Do mingoQUEENSTOWN, J an . 11. Wind, E. lt i ; o Gabriel,Gra nd o ; 8 1:1 a t : T V e e ciu r ; Flora, St. C a th er i ne ; Con dor,ia d a . Arrived—Marina, from Marseilles ; Volante, Gallipoli. raining. 'Wind, W . El . U: t il id A e it: l N as li Gt , hß iN oAu D VlE, B ss il rfi r No T oD l: ll ;T T n E e L sd E a G y n , A 9 P . l. 2 ) a . m Arrived, Jan. IG—Elizabeth, from Dunkirk. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; light, thick fog. Anchored—Royal Family, from London, for Calcutta. Nothing further is known of the vessel reported on the Goodwin Sand yesterday morning, as the weather has con tinued very thick, and the boats that went to her assist ance not having returned. 50 25 12 12i 20 95i 62 911 1 i xn 68 I 8 i I 75 4 d I i 14a 101 i 2i 151 25i i i ni l i i i 2$ 2i 64 64 1.00 86 all 12i 12i 25 12 12 12. St. s9i 60 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 ligg 20 124 25 20 St., 1.0.6 St. 20 20 20 25 100 all all all all 21 ex int. 61 80 79i all all all all 711 a d AZ:WE ~~ mss, -,.---.) -7---7-_,_ ~:_-: ~....4 7, ,_ , sufficient to show the tenting tab h 4 regard to Mr. John Abel Smith,AM*, litiV ;;;.'-gir The resolution was carried bli4clalpikaow..__7t.' :?:'-. ti. 4 .,: - Thanks were given to the staff of 'CleiksiNdalltieblAT 4 noes of this department ended in‘c.464llitiOiligitipil to the Patriotic Fund. *-:.:1- $‘ .. —\ •:1, , BENEVOLENT DEPARW EN A 4 S • The annual meeting of the subscribers and Menai to the benevolent department of the association was held immediately afterwards. The SECRETARY (Mr. Wm. T. Irinford) rid the report, of which the following is an abstract :=.-- Received from 353 old subscribers... £462 0 0 ~ 13 n w „ SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM ASSURERS. 1,973 at 53. Od T 493 5 0 30 at. 10s. Od, l5 0 0 2at 10s. Od 1 1 0 7at 20s. Od Two dowtt ions 5.:478 16 0 516 6 0 21 0 0 . , ;21,013 2 0 Gratuities amounting to 13 - 61..55. have been presented to distressed members, their widows - or orphan children. Loans to the extent of 2,505/. 10s. have been granted to 111 members, making a total since the commencement of the association of 17,5:21. les. On the 17th Hay, IQ;5t, three clerks and four widows were elected to annuities as follows :- 3 clerks t) annuities of £2s each. 1 widow to annuty of '2o -„ 3 widows to annnities of - 15 „ —the total number of annuitants on this fund being 40, at an annual charge of 7:1. 'Clie of balancethis departmentsh eet, hit of 1 v read;b-.1 ,8 0n 431. favour The CHAIRMAN' briefly commended the object of this fund, which was simply to relieve those who were in dis trei:s. It was gratifying that they had now 30 widows and ten clerks, receiving 6401.• a year between them, be sides 1381. ;iven last year' us gratuities. The amount which the managers now proposed to bestow in annuities was rather leSs than that of last year, for they had found they must not go on too fast, so that the annuities should be permanently and securely continued. He believed, however, that one or two vacancies, perhaps more, were likely to occur during the year, in addition to the annuities now to be granted. After some fur ther eiplanations, the chairman moved the adoption o the 'report. • Mr. HATTON suggested that the association should make itself better known by advertising, and especially that the clerks in Government offices should be made acquainted with its claims. Mr. Li.017.n repeated an argument which he had ad vanced at some former meetings against the system of granting annuities out of the " casual " income derived from subscriptions and donations. He earnestly advised that'a large proportion of the casual income should be expended in gratuities and special grants to distressed persons, by which the subscribers would be made to feel more interest in it ; and he moved an amendment de claring that no further annuities should be granted until the interest from the funded or. vested property of the association should be sufficient to iirovide for the an nuities already granted. Mr. MINTON seconded this amendment, expressinghis anxiety lest the association should become more en tangled in a wrong and imprudent system. Mr. JEPPS reviewed the history of this department, admitted that annuities bad been granted to an extent beyond what was quite justified by the funds ; but the meeting might leave it to the managers now to use their discretion, and to propose annuities, perhaps, for this year, to the amount of 701. or 80L, instead of 1101. as they intended. They 'had Leen gradually reducing the amount for some years past. Tho CHAIRISIANaISO prornisfid that the managers would give their best consideration t, the views of Mr. Lloyd. Mr. WARWICK addressed the !meeting in reply to that gentleman's argument, and ultimately the amendment was put to the vote and negatived, only 20 hands being held up for it. A stp,i.rate resolution, instructing the managers on the 16th May, or on such other day as they might ap point, to grant annuities to the amount of 1101., the re cipients being elected by the members, was then moved by Mr. Coleman. It was opposed by Mr. Lloyd, who moved his amendment again , but without success, and the resolution was passed. DEATH OF MISS MITFORD. After a long period of decline and helpless suffering, cheerfully borne, the author of " Our Village -" died at Swallowfield Cottage, near Reading, on Wednesday last aged—as a memorandum furnished by herself Bona) years ago assures us-66 years. She was born in 1769 at Alresford, in Hampshire. Her mother wps an Ikeirese, and the daughter of Dr. Russell, of Ashe, in Hampshiie a man of scholarship and letters. Her father, belonging to,the Mitfords of. Northumberland, was, as her own "Reminiscences " have told us, a sanguine, cheerful and speculative man, who tried physic, playedat whist, spent every one's money, and something more, and madeevery living creature about hi m love him, lend to him, and forgive him. To this love and to his extravagance his daughter's life was sa,crificed. EVery fortune that came in hid way, includinga2o,oool. prize won in tlie lottery, was waste , l, gaily and plausibly, by Dr. Mitford, and while yet a gM, with all the impulses of a poetess, but with all the re:lerve of an old fashioned gentlewoman strong within her, his daughter was p'aced in the position of one who ha 1 to " stave cif" want and sorrow from the parent to whom she was devoted, by turning her choict• and pe culiar gifts to account in nuthorship. Educiated :a a London boarding-:shoot—which seems to have had the pecalicr gift of " bringing out" poetesses—Miss 3,lritfoid first presented herself to the public in three volumes of poetry—one a South S-a romance, after the fashion of Scott. It was by clianc3 that she afterwards fell on the veins of a country ii 4 e, scenery, and manners, oir the one hand—and on the other, of high tragic pa- son °don, which " Our Village" and her plays in verbs severally represent. Ti:o story of these has been told too. frequently and too minutely by herself in lets publications which have passed through our lands for it to be necessary to dwell more minutely on them now, or to enumerate the works that made a labourer's cottage with a duchess's " flower garden," three miles of Reading, a place of pilgrimage to some of the highest and most accomplished persons in Eu rope. But we must add, that Miss Mitford's works did not represent all her gifts, produced as they were under sharp pressure, and at moments when it was fitter that the body of a delicate woman should have been at rest, rather than that her fancy should have been goaded into exertion. Her letters were charming ; her c ,nversa,don was shrewd, racy, and elegant, full of pertinence in its allusions, full of anecdote in its recol• lections. She was a faithful and cheering friend to those she loved. She bore up against the trials of a hard and ill-understood life with a sweetness and vivacity such as could have made strangers imagine that there was no thing to bear. She was well read in English and French literature, Not long after her father's death, her own health, which had been shaken by the dutiful attendance on him Logan to fail ; and the illness which carried her away 'was slow, painful, and dispiriting. But her sweetness of temper and her brightness of mind never failed her to tlae last, since only a few hours before the news of her dece.sse reached her friends, they had received from her greoting and tokens in her own hand writing—showing, no,, merely that the old kind heart was sot soured by suiVoring, but that her sympathies had not been contracte ti by narrow fortunes, age, and pain. There are few of whom surviving friends will long think so affectionately and so cheerfully as of Mary Russell Mitford. Her a tune has an honoured place in the library of healthy ani). real English literature. ST. JAMES' 8 THEATRE. Ihe success that attended the roduction of the I ntigon of Sophocles, with the music 0. imposed for it by Men delssohn, at Covent Garden Th, has induced Mrs. Seymour to bring before the put the Alcestis of Euri pides ; but with this difference--ii.l. the former all modern stage decorations were discarded, in the latter the most has been made of them. To add t. the effect selections from the magnificent compositions o f Gluck are given, and the direction of the music has t men confided to Sir H. Bishop. The bill also informs us t the chorus has been increased to sixty voices, and this orchestra consi derably strengthened, Mr. Spicer's ve,-sion of Alcestis is cleverly put together, and contains 801 n e truly poetical passages, in which the spirit of Euripid'e s is faithfully though freely rendered. The faithful small heroic wife, who devotes herself to death to save the of her hus band, presents a picture which must move 'very heart, and its effect is increased by the beauty witlx which the tale is told. The heroine was finely personate dby Miss Vanden hoff, who felicitously combined the claissi c ideality of the character with the warmth of real and iio,ttlal life. The part of Admetus was well represented by .Mr. B. Sullivan, and justice was done to the character ,f Her cules by that sterling actor, Stuart. Altogether . the ex periment must be said to have succeeded, although there are portions to which we beg lea v e t o tak e exe,,pt ion. Attraction, without doubt, has been the point sou,ght after ; but we think a ?LCW play, from the pen of Air. Spicer, would have been of greater service to the =At' agement. Vier° was considerable applause at the cloiw of the play, and the principal performers, of course,• were called for. We have frequently bad to compliment the fair lessee upon her management behind the curtain; Lit us hope she will look to it before it. THE FRENCH LOAM—The subscriptions to the French loan of 20,000,000 t. wore closed on Saturday, and are supposed to reach nearly 80,000,0001.—a very remark ali, result, in the face of an actual deyosit of 10 per cant. being required of every applicant' on the full amount asked. As alio itiet:ts to sub-criners for sr a 1 totals are to, be made with,,ut dcdu3tion, the share ap-- porti,uted to the larger capitalists must he !united, and, under these circumstances, the sun to be prrrnanently drawn from England is li'cely to be small. Hence the rate of exchange at Paris already shows an improve ine and it is believed that no further remittances of gold were made yesterday. Corr SLR AND EATING DO USE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. --Yost ;relay evening the JoOa half-yearly meeting of the members of this society WhA Meld at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street. Mr. Yates, president of the so.3iety, occupied the chair. Mr. Rogers read the report of the committee, which stated that since the last half-yearly meeting a sum of 2001. had been added to the invested stock, making a total, including interest to the 20th of November, to amount to 3,102/. 18s. Bd., the interest on which was not sufficient to cover the ex penf,es, as there was on the accounts of the years balance of It7/.los. due to the treasury. This report was adopted, if.. per month was voted to the children of a deceased member, and the widow of a nother placed on the funds. TILe procetaings then terminated, • 20 40 20 20 'Paid. 100 19 11i all all 100 100 2i' 100 42i 34 all 100 all 4 Li fFI 17 all all 1 all 111 s. 20 lt) 20 20 13i i