The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-03 00:00:00

4 -T - MiCiwapz,st4,o, - u.x.J•0w5,.,... k T 1-1 4 M A KE k CO2V2YIE RC D lAL T IN TELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. i l l() cotton market at Liverpool yesterday ruled Brazili an y , with a fair demand for Surat and c ,00 „ 1411 at previous rates. The sales comprised , ail "to '7,000 bales. Railway Shares were gene j, at a slight improvement. tilj rail tatto amount of business done by the Bank of a nd during the week to the 27th ultimo was li e er lar ger, but owing to an increase of the pub ; wa deposits the reserve of notes in the Bank " till Ir e :, ,augillented. The bullion was not further wi t i eue d Pon, but the addition is slight compared Australiaa the large amounts lately come to hand from ine, „_ e , u 1 E which ought to occasion a further P uc e in the precious met a l s . C o mpared with Act Previous week the c h anges were as f o ll ows : . . 've circulati on £10,782,975 1.) , . Bullion ''el eas° 262,645 1') . 354 680 ..' I , Ler *************************** 192,185 ite4 ease 3,268,316 P4l3lie 11.11:17.oasistes 8,779 . 2,897,554 Offer Ineroa se 640,427 Deposits D ee 143,970 fieven., "0 rease fi and other Bill s •-toyr. acreme .......... . tqfirrient Securities Other SlC7urireta:B° . Laereasc 36,473 11,528,652 109,069 14,320,311 qta....... ,I n Z 4 Ploy ed... '123,402 5,888,590 424,995 du r l' i h ti e r,tottal:Loir e culatiou of the United. Kingdom 41 foil,ws : 48 f our weeks to the dates mentioned was I , Nov 25, 1854. Dec. 23, 1854. rie,tra,4.l ............. £27,198,783 Irei,ll`,;q•• ............. 4,451,908 renter `i ............ 6,658,312 6,722,649 14:1 10*i. 4a7 afternoon there was no alteration of I' 4 - ~,. '7, ll ce hi the rates for foreign bills of exchange. '4ll' uu daYs Ivae 25 32i to 35, Amter . r' 3e t : 18, lian%burgh 13 5-i to si, and s Tries a t m e .12 42. 4 14. f• kte 414 of the entire quantity of guano hypothe -401 11)37. th e Peruvian Government to the holders 4 4 e foreign debt not having been appropriated, l Quell forth a p ,s p . rotest from the chairman of tie `ite e eruNlan Bondholders' Committee, in which sat 48e .'every clearly explained. The subject is at4t°f tittest to the creditors generally of foreign o e4 b ) 4141 subjoined are the principal details . 2,6' oo i a,s tl .le Year 1853 a Peruvian 44 per cent. loan . 1.' 4 4 1 '"?ol. sterling- was negotiated in England, with lekistubJecte bExcellency General Don Manuel c ' rt, o4: t r e , hi ;irt y ue of ewers conferred on him . b t y the as kge,;--I.°i.filthe Republic P of Peru, and in th c e on s f t o k rm e ; conformity b. -ar lo w -an Act of Congress dated . 4 ee8, 1 - 1 52 l th ataccording to the prospectus issued by °. t e r% C. D e m. t and Company, and Messieurs G ee ' ti arei3l.o a d urr a the agents of his Excellency 4(1/'eb411):"n Manuel A o l n e , ndiburn, and dated the 26th da y 4 °011 4 . " 3 , it was stipulated and agreed . by the con tract forma. iti4,4:4,?ther thing-8) as follows :—` Beside the formal the 4 0 : 6- of the Republic of Peru, with a (14 e.11.17 t nruent to hypothecates as securityli its s r r the loan 11t4eirliiiof the net produce of the exports of guano 41lektee4,/kill.gdorn. It furtheritself to by pledges for this '4 ,if Aecessary, as additional security . , Its ,„ tl te l e, te no l a ch ore of the proceeds of the available exports 1 f i rdnl ent ‘ , 41 , u 3, be hereafter madee And . i. ti e r lit r d ani4 " re i ittlite: former loan.' by the tile wearer -. th e 4 heNir t hat , at, in confi dent faith of thi republic of Peru, fre kid ~I )P olkter and t° . k eid„ )til tuitt ee b h of the contract in t represented by the . a ll 'itri tl/a llect... d d , . :n pa ti r i t e le f g ai the - h t . °P.ti i t , 47`,± delivered up certain ne b w onds of the for four-and-a-half 441:i. inat;:ueeription to the said Ner t ° l4 , l 44 sub that . provisional certificates upon such ,or t ~.°f M I , IT'sori.ption were ued signed by the 43• .I.,i;44.Ni,ortivian Governm i e s n s t, ' which certificates 4 ,, e ~Igisi---0.t19 exchanged for bonds w d• dated the 10th (i .A ili t 14 4P 1e(1 and sealed by his Ex a cell m en e cz ra D . Doan .)r) )riet4kt‘ll.4, and countersigned by 1 bro and and ',..; 14(1 t4e)' ( -0 , and Messrs. C. 411 ' 1 each t t herZ y hn . the Government of . P ir e a ro m became l the said 0 L th e ,40leeluty pledged and . engaged that all 1(4 4 „ " the a 4141itions contained in th contract for ith°4l4 be faithfully observed and of :, 11 , 411 ° to PPeater furth declared that the exports the We i ,. the U4 ited 'I.- had largely increased, f '''e ~ atiil • Xrugdorn was tbe I/ ,• t prod lee reasin g , and that the one-half o ko l. r lted Xiogd il o ce of the exports as aforesaid, guano tto 0 tha 41, hypothecate `• ktrl 4 , - t ie l e errilng tcittteenof forthtehe principal of o a f ft. t t_ h h o s int l i e rr t, t 4"4k1 ,r epublic tel i T a l ?: th e said c a o r n d t i r n a r c t th e But that solemn 111°1° of engagement is I ' ' r lc :E t ai l d .e , g had, to the rieyons tti r/ °I the holders, W the said Bonds, not appropriated raeno lils44ldge (o "'an " remaining . a l fter 4t h n e .p p til of the l 'ktt ae:ll,ing dividend. '' f ' the 4 " 3ll lSaid) for the a a n c d eolnt tl o'f, and re as the prop( rty for the due payment d 411 OlL' ai 'l bondholders, as security 4 n 4 sl in4 te redemption of tue whole o i f t t l h re a sa re li s l id b u o a n e s r , alae'e withdrawn and appropria e l '`'Ll ' f ' uf Mt half of the net produce the of sp t i h ri e t said ex t>,'` other purposes contrary to _ __ entered n 'tkl. It ( I, T • i ''' o otrat' when the same Iv " t o the .Z oalt , f t , , b,arc....y s no ti "‘ t °" 4 tlion a: ,- 4.1 stated (among other things) of the exports of guano ri ty for toll;ted x i sl: zi l l iet produce cry of the I (i d i l • tiX t l a iB hollid hypothecated as seTi csapital as well as the in v€lllMeo,-4113t" i n Pl• ' T th h e ereet " the Peruvian Go t4rgo mire.'.' of-.err-, th l oa n `uo half where right of paying off at pa th e ex • -..e a 4 , 5 u ld not have been redeemed - aet.' A l) 4 ll ‘,,tioa of t should from the date of the con Il ialati n — "ae end Otti years Which period the surplus stem : t4eatedle aluing frou r th one-half net produce, hypo °° t he th en as aforesaid, would lie equal to the amount 1 Tile I..redeented bonds." logto::Pi. eilts of the precious metals direct from ni , ur ibg the week to Thursday last comprised to boie lleeB of silver and 50 ounces of gold, all T he 'gee. Ee 1 . • 1 44 qt 8 18 L 1 Funds continue very firm, bee t , ,rie,rnelY limited business doing. Consois t. havebut with Not 91 11 9 i for Transfer, and 91 to a for Accoiin itt° 4 . a tild ing the money sales a few days since 3 p tz . e l- licw said to be scarce again. The New 51i Cents have been 92 to i, and the Reduced_ . tactt-,t. lank Stock has been firin at 212 -"ldia Stock has been done at 222 to 223. lie Por qUer B ills are Bs. premium. per Fore.' Securities are quite neglected. Spanish l' ittle p e , en ta• have been dealt in at 36k, being again N. -- le ' we r. The Turkish Bonds are heavy at 9 2, . zeio thekazilian Old Stock has been quoted i„. Tile .olio'e 93. kt oeit4 w;_ m-ig are tile nominal prices o 6 f , foreign NI, 2,'Orena.da Deferred Bonds, 5 to Nt cent 2ll. Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto . MTherxeie -1 t,, ) 40 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,__ 2; ilit to '. o ` ) ; Ituasian Five per Cents., 100 to ",„, _ W I,- %%It-mid-a-Half per Cents., 89 to ul i I)er cent:,4-evr Deferred, 171 to 18 ; ditto Three 4a ; 4itt °l" 44 .' 3 % to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4to I, ot l i v i e, 4to 4L ' T - I'. 1 3 1 a ll tk a r ,": L w aY Shares there is but little inquiry. i. ° ferei,,°' values, however, are generally firm. "Qtir hal o glues Nes are supported, and Groat Luxem- Te Col o 41 Rlitly improved. 4 4 ; 1 ' 1 th e ll ial lines are nominal, the banks quiet, ' e -all ' a da C n's shares have risen 2/. to i. gai ti. ompa y . '43 b e T he advance in this security tn la b t e e l ly a 1e .'11464e1l teillark bl but is evidently due a e, jl / 1 1 1t8„ ki ll Sk Rt_ 34 FUND THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOJK. (Prom the (Vick/ List.) Realness done " - ‘ 4 4 ' . 212 Det ... 4 ,,Pe t c , C ellt. R„i'•e•e.... 91 mev, --eat, 00 u d Atmpitios I v , 4 p er _ rtSols 4 nnuities 91.3 $ toql4toozuent. Annuities 222 3 k icialeff,c't -eZe"Co-t;lii.; ..... ................. 9l g 3 :,.,;p , Ein e , 21,. 8 iE .. ........................ • -...••••••••••• 8 rtn4l 11;l'1,11.!,Z, il ". 0 1 .. .... li.E .. i ..... . F... • " 4 " . ttiol: 3l :l P s, ° s Per Cent . FUNDS AT ONA O'CLOCK. I T ' 4111 "O II" ° ' 18 52, 4A per Cent 93 qt kiel -k°'4`4,3 Per C'ent bit ' --° u( 1 8 6 per cent t° fur tl ' • le A ccount 76a IliVide nds on the above payable in London. Lo _ K. TWO 0 C C .attols, . 91a 4.. ............. 1 bitto, 1 : 1 ;:i . u .. ..i . r . y . . X ..... o ' nn .. t - l'tr ........_ I 'll -. PC ----- br ------- „ 1853.—Sir 13. Hall's s k , EtLIC .I.EALTII izsILL OF l 'Y tb 1' trle '«trodno~•ai of public nuisances has been f l o t l e l r ow ti e i d e l'sbli: jritroduction of 1, bill to amend and alter the ba,444 Real% ..pct of 1.13, which is endorsed 1 Nt r , t , e l f th,, ;mete h ot ,`,'' .. It contains 163 clauses. As our , hon. baronet and of Viscount neee s he details of j'..iniit a regular and minute description hitit`i',' measure, it may be br.efly stated, for . Iltr at -Lel the public., that it continues the erns i k, years P w a i i l 1 af t , r theard of lielth, which is to endure for two y of t th t e ni i , h ) f ,,,, e r ,..: N l4 kliv 1! r aB sing et the act. The act may be a • teu i c ,",,,,,-Y a majority of the ratepayers , who are farther of the ered to elect local boards of hea ' lth. The duties the Nlt t boards are very multifari3us, and include 111 1 4 4 9 and management of sewers and drains, tle re v4iti itng of 14 ' 114 e% the supervision of cellars, provisions i ti,t, epmect to st'rests the supply of water, the Tegu ,tl - 11ghter-houses the establishment of markets et i tt l .t r, the providi i ri ses, le• rounds, the purchas h e tett,t,ttu) 0o• The e b g v` I P e s as o u f r local boards of healt Ivili t , ° "nfirm a b - e h - "7 " of State . The act Illy apply e yt e Secretary ~. ~; --____ SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Paidl St. 100 12i S 3 RAILWAYS. Aterdeen. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Bel fast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lanesh. 6 Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... }Myth & Tyn origina £25 °aid. at £45 Bristol and Exeter.. Ca1ed0nian............ Carmarthen and Ca-. dig,an Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dr Pas, C3rnwall, CriefT Junction Dublin&Belfa.AJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber ;leen Junction Do. New ...... ILA Anglian.., Eastern Counties..... &stern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do Now A. _ . East - , Lancashire Edinburgh Si Gilasgov. Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr tb & D nude, ,Worth & Clyde June Furness IDo. Extension.. Glasgow &S. Weston. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sell. &West. (Ire ; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gaa. Stk.. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds. Do. New Thirds lAncash. andYorkst Do., yifths. Do., Wst. Riding Tin. Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Wostn. Do. Fifths Do.101.811.,M&B Do. Eighths Loudon and S. Wean Do., £59 Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine' Lndndrzy. & Ennisk. i.Tameli.Shef.& Li nelr Do. Shares, No. I Do., Man. & Lin. Un tidland Birmng. &Derb3 Itidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares , Te,vveastle & ‘Te winkt.Bury Exton. Niwpt.Aberg. &Hrfil `Jewry & le wry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor NTorfolk ,iorthn.Countic,s , Torth British North Devon, No. I 00., No. 2 )0., 4 A Deferred 13.GuaranLeEd NT.Eastern—Berwiel Do. do. Extension oo.do.G.N.E.Pureli Do. Leeds Do. York Forth London Do. New £lO stead, and City Jn.. gorth Staffordshire.. lorth Western ....... Si. & S. Westrn. June luncaton, Hinckley and Leicester....... . )ilord, Worcester,b Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central icottishMidland. Throwsby. 6c Deref 1 iluropshire Union south Devon ;oath Eastern south Wales 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui to nos, Wok. At W itockton Darlin lty:kton St llaitlep? eaff vale )o. £lO shares. it,. Pref., No. 1 rinmes Haven Doe , . son 4 R tilway Wale of Nea.th ‘Vaterfd. & Kilkenn , vsiaterfordaLimerlei West Cornwall West End of Loudon anti Crystal Palace. Nest Loudon. Wimbledn k Croydm lillosing Prices yesterday. 20 - 21 4i 81 -8/ 12 —lld 163 - 17? - 94 - 96 - 13,) G - 7 14 - 15 11L ng 29 - 19 - 21 73 73 2d par 19 2O ,70 - 72 89i -90 i 72 - 74 126 - 128 90 - 92 66 -661' GO - 62 -••- •• 74 - 78 7 - 9 7 - 9 74i 1- 75 5i - 7h 8A I 101 103 1001 1001 ad -2 dl d par 84 85 84 • Ili 8 7el .•. 241 -24 i; - - si 70 41 43 d 11 9. 1 49 - 51 301 ... 31 1 8' 10 6 75 A -- 764 61 -- 41 -- 3i 12i -- 131 53A -- 54, 51 -- 53 par -- 4R - 4. - 6 -- 6i d 31 - 32 98 - 100 61i - 62:1 8 - 9 45 - 47. '2 - 14 581 • 591 28A - 29 37 - 39 3 3A In 17 41 23 - 5 5 : ;1 i 7- FOREIGN. all 10 2s. Antwerp&Rottertlana Belgian Eastn. Juno. nozi en, to a raissossa , Bombay, Baroda, anti Cent;llllndia,Sc Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4A, p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do 1 Gd. Tk of CanadAA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till 'd Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt.We stern of Cana& Shares . Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O • Do. do., '73, without option Ramilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. _ Lako bond. k Bask Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. all 16 all all 5 20 10 20 prof _ . Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Ntadras Do. New &aria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wits interest) Do. (ex interest) all all 2 10 Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueline guar. 3 a p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. o Bds (fmy.B. & Ams. Shs.) IsTorwegianTrunkPre? Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and 11avre..... Royal Danish Royal Swod ish Sambre and Mouse... Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.. it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do bi per e. Prof Western of France Teat. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ....... 7.ealand JOINT-STOC: Australasia British colonial Banl. and Limn Compan; British N. Americas Chart& Bank of Asir Chrtd. Bnk. of India. Australia, & CLiur Colonial Commercial of Lona EngliEh Scottish air . Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. c Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Load. & 'Wectininstc , !National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland blow South Wales: Oriental Bank 01 Corporation.. Provinektl of Irelane Do. New Royal Au strain. Bk g Sz," Gold Imp Co Sonth Australia Union of Do. New Union of Loudon - Gif - par h P - p 3 -2? 32A -32 i 1 - - -- 74' 9i 11 - 101 88 -- 90 21— 31. par -- ip par -- tp 2 -- 21 -- 2i 16 -- 17 97 2- - joG 93 951 2 d pal 97 100 - 21 - 2ip ••,•1 G 1 - 7} - 3 121 12i 84 9A 211 21ap 47 49 42 44 Pr° 22 23 ltl par 21 7i 8,1 Gee ""... ... ••• '''''' pm 3i - d- 7 - 7D)' ii:2, -- iii 'a BANKS: 80 -- 82 •• ••• 1 • d -- .)_; d 3 - 2il 211 -21 i ii ::: () 37 - 39 38 - 40 G 5 - 67 7 -- 9 Maiimps done this day. 25 St, 20 St !l 2f 54 21t all LOO 9 LOU all all 20 20 10 10 17? All' all 1 WO . l 9 too TI all all all 18 3 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 G3} d 103 a d 100 E 1 i i zo 0 N PP Itir. L 1 N LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. St.r. VE,id. RAILWAY{ Leasing losing Pricer nosiness Ocnapam. yesterday. this day. •••••••••••••••11711 50 all 3edford and London Blotchley N. West. ... St. [OO Backghamsh. L.&N.W 7 99 . St. 100 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon ' 9 101 25 24 Col.StourVy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr 6 per ccnt. Gt.Nrthn. 133 135 131 St. all GLas. Barr. & Oaldonian. Neils. Direci ••• •••• St. all Do. New. Do ••• •.. 25 all Mar.& Dn. Fl Gt. Wes :r 100 all flrtlpl. Dk. ,S; Yk. New Railway & terw. f— -50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 105 107 25 all Do. a Shares. Do: 121 all Do. X .Shares. Do 12/ all Lon.&tireenn S. Easton 12 —l3 20 . all Do. Pr^ferene -Do 22. —23 i 10 all Lon., Til., &S Peto &Co. 104 —ll St. 100 Lowestoft gr 4 per cent. , Torfolk — St. 1.00 6 per ct. 5,i all Maneh. Bxtn L.& N. W and Matlocl & Midld 2 -2j 50 all Ifiddle2bro' A nekton >i - Redcar Darlingt. 10C all llidhl.Bradfd Aidland.. 92 94 50 all Northern an. Easternsp.c. O. Count. 57 59 53 50 all Do. ,6 per ct. D 0,.. 50 all Do. Fixeds p• Do 25 all ['rest. & Wyr. L. &N.W StLu&Yl 12i all Do. A Shares Do St. 100 aoyan.&.Hit ItNort'l 132 135 25 18$ Shef. Roth an. Lancashb Goolcm.s p.c. Yorksh. —• l2 9i S. Sta(Tordsh. ILMCleal 2i 2 d 50 all 'Near Valleygi itockt 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 3l 32 St. 100 WiltskOomrst GtWeatn 9l 93 • PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c iilyth andTyno I.oper o. pref. (issd. at 500 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares' Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent Do. do. I'ref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons,l'p.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 09 - 101 90 - 92 96* - 97 5i - 6i Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 5g., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sli- Do. do. 4 per cent.,. East Laneash.6 p. a.% East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Pith. &Dundee 4 per-cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4i p.c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Soutlin. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Wostn. (Burks & Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. e. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S De. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gila. Sh Do. do. do 1 1 - 1 12i - 13 5 10 St. St. 5 Do. do. do.. Lan. &York. F. £2( Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighter , Guaranteed 5 p. a . Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. 411 Nuneaton 5 p, et London '& S. Western Con. Thirds r,ondontlerry& Color Sharon fJondy,&Enuis,ASl) Shot, & Lin., New, 1:10 IDo. Niarypt. & Qtrl.4 p Do. 41 percent Do pm pm 121 711 i d Aid. Consol .6 p.c.St. Do. Consul. Bristol & Bin.n. 6 per cent Do;Pref. 4i per ceu• iorfolk Dolieuturc Do. Pref. 4 p. c. 00. 5 p Est ' Farr Jo. WtiV. Val. 5 p. 0 1 \Tort?: British Y. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do • Do. Leeds 6 p. e .N 0.1 Do. do. Quarters 4F f)e.York 11. & Per. North Staffordshire Word, Worcester, & W.-Avoid'. £l5, 6 :Lc. loot. Cent., New Prei - loath Devon 0.4. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. S Wales Cua. 4p. C. Do. do. p. c 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Cuarl Stockton and Dar - - lington, 5 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and rfarta e po ol guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856' 135 1.1 dig 111 59 - 62 • se 14 - 116 109 - 111 100 - 102 - ip 6 63 95 97 88 88 90 9/ 101 16k 16 9/ —li 71 73 19 —l9i 9i —9/ 141 141 1 Fd 136 138 ••• .. Mt. ••• - ••• 24 - 3 12 - 123 - ir 136 133 14 ld S 6 -89 !04 - 106 101 - 103 00 - 92 3 - 3 1 - 113 - 115 12 - 14 - 23 - 24 ..• ••• 15 -18 ••• ••• MINES. ---- • 1 all kgua Fria ...• i ••• • i 1 all iinglo Austrin. Gold ... .. 10s. all A. t iglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 1 1 all kustralian Cordillera . _ 1 all Australian Freehold. i 1 1 all Ave Maria ., _ .._ 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) 4 i 50 all Blamarvon Iron and ' Coal . ~.._ 5 7 20 13.5 British Iron 5l 6i 35 25i Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm ll 21 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiaba 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 28 20 0 1 4 Carson's Ci•e.iir I i 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica id par 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold # St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 511 55 25 all Do. Pref. 7A p. cent. par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo . _ l6 18 I 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co• 1 2 2 # Fortuna # —id 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt•NuggetVeinneg. i i 4 all Great Polgooth ••• -- ••• 1 all Liberty • • . - ••• 3 all Linares 7 8 5 1 Lusita.nian gd id 1 all Mariquita. ....... ..• a i 1 all New Granada d i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ••• ••• 1 all Nouveau Monde i -= 4 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 13i 141 5 1 Port Philip * 0 t 1 all Quartz Rock — 4 50 all Ithymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. Now 5 7 30 11i Santiagb de Cuba__ 4 4 i 1 all South Australian..,,. 1 li 10 7A rin Croft.. 281 all United Mexican 2l 8 1 all Wailer — 1 all West Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ••• ••• MISCEILANEOUS 25 171 Australian Agricult. 32 —33 321 x d 20 ... Australsu .Pciffc.Maif 10 all. Aus':,raln. Royal I.laU ••• ••• 10 51 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg and Reduction Co 100 321 Canada ••• ••• 115 117 19 x d St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. Jan. and July lO7l —108 A all. Crystal Palace 2/ 3,1 4 all Crystal Pal. of France o . • •• 1 Doston Tron Or 20 5 Eastern Steam ••• • 25 21 ElectricTolegraph(A) is IGI 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. • 20 all General Screw Steam— -* 20 10 Irish Beetioot Sugal .** 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Nlediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Ameri , in. 6i 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue 10 5 Netherlands 2 1 N.S. W. Coal jr Inter. 1 1. Steam Nvi i , rat. Co 2 1 2 a 1 .1 1 1 2 11 N P N o r . e t 1 1 1 loArf . Ld.la m S i t a i e n I n a n . l. 2 3... 50 all NainsularS6 Orienta. Do. ...p 5 " x d 1005 all 0 1 Pitoolyil:ltplai.dalilrosnteCaom..::: 60 2} 6.2 1. all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 -- 2 1 Ditto Now... . . ........ 25 all South Austral•Lan,' 344 —35 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. * 1. 1 all Do. It •;:.lAtered — 1 20 5 Tr •st & Loan Co. of - Upper Canada..... .. 100 284 Van Diemand s Land -_-, 124 ' s •• 100 LOO 100 all all 124 124 10 - 6 1241 12.,1 1211 St. St. 4i , all all 101, 100 r 100 100 P4j ilf4) [OO 100 100 20 20 20 25 an all all all oATURDAY FIVNING9 FEBRUARY 6, I STATE OF TRADE. MANCITESTET:, Jan. 30.--rhe market! conties dull and spiritless, and prices a:e 'drooping and igular. German houses are doing next to nothing, owi to the frost.. India goods are extremely fiat. Hot trade buyers only purchase fronts land to mouth. Agether a very mr , atisfactory market. Feb. I.—There s been a very quiet market to-day; few business trarctions being effected either in cloth or yarn, and priceemain unaltered from the quotations of Tuesday. The mand for the shipping trade is dull, buyers for the Mtterra nean market being the principal purchasers. NOTTINGHAIL—TiIe general position of - the conerce of this town, a 3 regards both lace and hosieuis far from being in a state upon which we can repot any thing favourable, but from this condition a reacti will naturally, occur as warm weather approaches. It sup posed that the present severe weather is eletrimtal to the lace and some portion of the hosiery trade We think differently, as under existing circutwtencehop keepers aro enabled to vend their stock of Nvinter iods, enabling them thereby to make room for a more:ten sive assortment of such goods as are suitable for ring and summer wear. It is douLtless fortunate f. th 3 commercial world that a chaege in the Minist did not come later in the season, as such changes gettally are attended by temporary derangements of merotile affairs, but which.a.t this season will not b 3 neat' SO much fell; as if it had taken place a month or two lace. —Nottingham Journal. LEICES-THlL—Except in Government orders, rery . branch of our manufacture is extremely flat. The ;tne rican demand for Canadian orders, usual at this a eon; has fallen off. Australia-is glutted up, and g o od ara being re-shipped fof England. Our union poor-bises are filled with paupe rs , an d i ns t ea d o f b e i ng now by In producing for the spring demand, manufacturers cern paralysed. Yarns and wools maintain their prO. Leicester Jou, nal. WOOLLEN TRADE. LEEDS, Feb. 2.--There is no change in the statel of the woollen trade. Th e mar k e t s h ave b een s l u g. gish this week, and only an indifferent business has been done. Both on Saturday and on Tuesday There was a slender attendance of merchants in the cloth-balls, and no disposition was shown to pur chase, except where some inducement was offered is the price. Several of the mills in the surrounding district aro running short time, and the manufacturers are in many instances curtailing their operations. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 3 0 . —The market still remains very quiescent. We are not able t; state the slightest improvement upon our last. The dulness extends both to the Cloth-hall and the warel uses. ROCHDALE, Jan. 29.—W00l has been more than usually flat, there being no demand for it ; and the dealers would have been willit g to take a small reduc tion in price. lfauFax, Jan. 27.—We have but little doing in the piece market, beyond a few small transactions in low goods. We cannot vary our last week's report of the yarn trade. Id A BEE T NEWS--(THIS DAL) COVENT GARDEN. Owing to the severe weather, very limited supplies of vegetables were on sale to-day. The demand for them ruled apricots, Os O i l to Os each steady, on higher terms. Fruit W&S a dull inquiry. • Os Od to Os per dozen ; FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 8, to 1N per lb; Os to Os per doz. ; hot-housa grapes, Os Od to 12s Od per lb ; pears, 2s Od to green gages Os to ; B's Orleans O p e p r l plums bushel;an perches, , di o t s to od l t O o d os to . n i e s eta Bd ri ; ne s s n , e Os Od per punnet • ditto, Oa to Os Od, and common plums, G ap s POldesp'er4healOftslievtoe 3s 0 to Os Oct per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, Gd to is per doz.; orange; 3s Gd to 105 per 100; fil berts, 95s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 28 Gd per lb, VEGETABLEb.—Savoy cabbages, 10d to is Gd per dozen; red ditto. 2s to 4s Od per dozen ;French beans, Os 0.1 1 to Os per half sieve ; brocoli, is 64 to. 2s per bundle ; potatoes, 95s to 130 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 4d to 5d per bunch ; carrots, 80. to 10d per bunch ; cucumbers, is 6d to 2s Gcl each ; garlic, 6d to Os Od per pound ; spinach, 3s Oa to 3s Gd per sieve ; onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto ' is to 3a per doz. ; leeks, 4 d to 5 d per b unc h ; shallots, 6(1 to 8d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 5d to 6d per bunch ; celery, is 3d to 2s 01 per bunch; endive, 2s Gd to Os per score; beet, is Gd to 2s Per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen • small salad, 3d to 4d per punn et ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2;6c1 per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Os per doz. ; cabbage lettu ces , i s Gd to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s Od per half move • c hillies, 18 to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, 'Zs Od to is Od per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHA.LL. Turkeys, 4s 0,1 to Ss 0,1; Geese, 5s Od to Gs Gd each; Ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame l ' bits Os Od to Os Od; wild do , is to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 83 to 9s per doz. ; largo Surrey Fowl,, Os 0,1 to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s 011 • Chickens, is 9cl to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s Gil to 4s GA; hares 3s Od to 3s Gd ; Grouie, 2s 0(1 to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 0(1; Pheasants, 2s 9,1 to 3s 6d; Leveret-, 2s OLI to 2s 6(1 each. Ostend fresh butter, 128 Od to 14s Od, and English 13s 0,1 to lfis (ld per dozen lbs. per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 41; veld, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 3:4 Od ta 4s Gd par 81bs. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, 3s 0:1 to 4s 41 • mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6.1; veal, 13 21 to 15s 41; pork, Ss 01 to 48 41 per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 158 ; Brills , l3 Od. to 7s each; Salmon, 33 to 4s Od per lb; Cod Fish, 4s Od to 12s each ; Solos, 3d to is 9d per pair; Fels, 841 to Is 01 per lb; Lobsters, 3d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 8d to 2s 6d; Whitings, 4s to 63. per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 168 ; Natives, 40s to 603 per belt; Mackerel, 503 per 100 Smelts, is Od to 3sod per doz.; Skate, 6d to Os per lb; Shrimps, 18 6d to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, 18 Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od to y 2; Scotchso to 7s do.. Gd; Sprats, 3s 6d to 5s Od per bushel eacll ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 2 s Gd to 3s. per 100. ore BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front 101 to lid; of household ditto, 8:11 to Did per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, aid to Od ; 641 b to 721 h, 34d to 3Ad ; 721bt0 . 801b, 3id to 34(1 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3/d to 4d ; 831 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b t o 1041 b, 4,fd to Od; 191 t.O 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; HOll.O hides, 5s 6d. to Os Oct ; calf skins, I tht, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Oil ; polled snoop, Gs 3d to 7s 3d ; Kents, 5s to 53 Od ; Lambs, Os Od t o 0, 3 od. 3d to 6s ed ; Downs, 4s Od 3d to 6s . Od ; Half - broils, 5s HAY MARKETS. ditto, 31 5s to 5/ 153; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 123 per load. Sciht::: :cif jeawedaodwolvhayh--a, hay, A short supply, and a steady trade. 3/ 03 to 42 15s Od ; clover 3/ Os to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto. 3 7 103 to 5 / 153 ; and straw. 114 s to 11 123 per load. s u pply limited, and trade t o l era bl y firm. h ay, 21 18 s t o 41 15 s; c l ove r ditto, 3/ 5s :to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1112 s per load. B o th hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices. • --_______ LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 3 . —Wind and weather this day at noon, east, light breeze and dull hazy weather. There has been a sharp frost during the night, but it is now thawing. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2.—Wind, _parana, (s.), for the West I n di es. PORTSMOUTH, from PORTSM OUTH, Feb. 2.--'rind, E. by N., a gale.— Ar rived— New York forE.S.E., strong. Sailed Antwerp ; Mauritius, (s.s. transport), from the Crimea and Scutari. Sailed — Feb. 2.—Some portions of a wreck have Snowdon OA. transport No. 190), for the Crimea. shoals of the Grays Rocks, Jan. 30. supposed from a dismasted I L v m EHom, Feb. 2. Wind E, strong.--Put back—The SWANSEA, Feb. 2.—Wind, E. St. Anthony, thosho Sailed—Opo to and Ro bert Bright, for the Cape de Verd e . ; Elizabeth, with damage to bows, from collision. LEITH, Feb. 2.—Sailed—Alma, for Melbourne. come ve r w ss A e l wrecked ashorellTilc't BREST, Jan. 29.—Accounts from Con elbow state that the Irene, from Sunderland to Bordeaux, was driven on I shore at laces ; the Glenan I slands, and went to . reve nue cruizer. pCrow picked up by a 22 'Ph which Jan. .—......e A rnot d a l e ttransport), which was driven on shore near Gallipoli, on the 11th, has been condemned and will be sold. The weather is again fine and mild • _ _ A BELFAST, Feb. 2.—(rer Elec. Tel.)—The Alamne (ano ther report says Atumne), schooner, of Workington, is on and is ex expected to become a wreck. VESSJLS SPOKEN- WITH. The Flora, from Shanghan to Loudon, Oct. 3, off south west end of Timore. The Comoro, from Padang to Boston with part of crew DEC.ick and short of pr ovisions, supplied, -.! 23, lat. 3t N., long. GG W. The Cambria, of Liverpool, Jan. 23, lat. 50 N., long. 11 W. from Liverpool t o N ew Y or k, The Hendrick Hud son, Jan. 14, lat. 50 N. long. 20 W, The Mersey, from Callao to Q ueenstown, Nov. '2_o, off Caps Horn. The Susan G. Owen, bound to C a lif o r n i a, Dec. 24, off the Falkland Isles. AllN in Land scroll ; TELEGRAPH.) GRAVEBEND,. Saturday; 0.5 r; a.m. Wind, N.E. ; titl e, first hour's flood ; frosty. (BY Ii S. by E.; frcslt, with rain. from Plains; Albion (s.), from' iloulo gne. • DEAL, Saturday, 9,33 a . m . til i7 r E cci A ; No arrivals. The Rev. William Nixon, 8.A., has been instituted to the vicarage of Sutt on, in Suffolk, on the presentation I of the trustees under the in the will of John Nixon, late of London.field4, hackn e y , County of Middlesex, gentleman ; also, the Rev. Robert J ames Cl er k has been instituted to the vicarag e of Übbeston, in Suffolk, on the presentation of the Rev. Edmund Holland, of Ben hall-lodge, in the said cou nt y ,. cler k. The fatler of Mr. Savage, senior wrangler at Cam bridge, was once a Baptist minist er ; he is now a Uni tarian, but does not preach. Others of his suns have distinguished themselves at King's and University colleges. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the proprie tors of this company was held at their banking-house in the Strand, to receive the report and abstract balance sheet of the batik for the year ended on the 31st Decem ber last, a declaration of dividend for the last half-year, and to appoint auditors and directors fcr the ensuing year. Mr. Charles Walton, the governor for the past year, occupied the chair. PADDISON, the solicitor of the bank, in the ab sence, from illness, of Mr. Cameron, the general mana ger, read the report of the directors for the last year and accompanYing statement of accounts. Mr. GILLOTT, in moving the adoption of the report,. congratulated the meeting on the removal of the impe diments which had long been thrown in the way of their obtaining a supplemental charter, by which they would ho enabled to increase their commencing capital front 100,0001., as fixed by the otiginal charter, to 600,0001. Some of the shareholders might have thought that larger dividend would have been allotted to them tide year ; but, fur his part, he thought that small dividends were the safest to declare at the outset of an important tia.ling concern, as they might now consider this to be. (Hear, hear.) The motion for the adoption of the report, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The meeting then proceeded to fill up the vacancy caused in the direction by the death of Mr. Ruston, on whom the chairman passed an eulogium for his ability and integrity, and the great services be had rendered to the bank from tune to time. On the motion of Mfr. W. S. OWEN, M - r. Alderman Kennedy way unanimously elected a member of the board of directors in the place of Mr. Ruston. Mr. Archibald Spens way the-n. unanimoutly elected a director in the place of Mr. James Baring, who retired by rotation, as was also M. Owen, in the stead of Mr. Charles Walton, who retired in the same. way. On the motion of Mr. GILLOTT, the usual allowance of 2,0001. was unanimously voted to the court of directors for their• services during the past year. Mr. Thomas Chandler and Mr. Thomas Page were re elected auditors. _ • _ _ _ -... . Some conversation, originating with Mr. C. B. Kel ham, ensued, as to the desirability of obtaining more eligible bead-quarters for the bank than the present riuilding in Tokenhouse-yard, the result being that the meeting was of opinion that at present it would not be, 'rodent to remove from that locality.' A dividend of 6 per cent., free of income tax, was de ilared ; as was also interest at the same rate on the ;erip for the new shares. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro eedings. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. The general meeting of the shareholders of this corn- Tany was held on Wednesday, at the terminus in the late d'Anisterdam—Baron de l'Espcie in the chair. The seeting was unusually numerous. The report stated fiat up to the 30th June last 'the account of the con ttructions and establishments amounted to 75,338,902 f. isc. Since then there had been added, for various pay alents, including 4,350 f,, as part of the subvention of 16 millions to the Cherbourg Company, a total of 5,123,218 f. s7c., which carried the whole account to the sum of 89,462,121 f. 12c. The receipts for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1854, have amounted to 6,439,646 f. 55e., and the expenses to 3,219, 082 f. 52 c., leaving a net profit of 3.220,614 f. 3c. As the profit of first half-year was 2163,889 f. 79c., Me profit for the whole year was 5,384,503 f. 82c., from which sum must be taken for sink kg fund, projector's shares, payment to the Dieppe Com pany, &c., &e., 702,925 f. 57c. ; total, 4,681,578 f. 25c., or 65f. per share, for the whole year. But, as a sum of 27f. 50c. bad been paid per share for the first half year, the dividend now remaining to be paid was 37f. 50c. per share. As in that amount a sum cf 121. 50c. was in cluded for interest, the dividend for each joussanee share would be 25f., or, with what had been already paid, 40f. per share for the whole year. The dividend would be paid at the office of the company on and after the sth of February. The report then refers to the amalgamation which the board of directors had signed only the day before, in virtue of the powers conferred on it in 1853 for the purpose by the shareholders. The following appear to be the principal points of arrangement : There are to be in the amalgamated company 300,000 shares ; of which Rouen takes 114,000 ; Havre, 34,286 ; Western, 70,000 ; Cherbourg, 51,428 ; and St. German, 27,000 ; leaving 3,286 over, which are to lie sold at the Bourse for the profit of the company. The companies undertake to execute the branch lines from Argent/in to Granville ; from Serquign7 to Rouen, from a poict on the line from Mezidon to Lo Mans to the line from Mantes to Cherbourg ; from Rennes to Brut ; from St. Malo to Redon, from Le Mans to Angers, and from Lisieux to Honflear. The Govern ment is to give a subvention of 37 millions towards the execution of these lines, to grant a prolongation of the concession of all the lines to 99 years from 1858, to guarantee 4 per cent. on the bonds of the new company, to give up its claim to one-half of profits after 8 per cent., to give 18 millions to the new company to execute the line from Caen to Cherbourg, and to allow a part of that sum to be paid from the money due to the state by the Havre and \Vestein eompanieq. Such are the con ditions agreed on ; and iu conseutirg to them, the bead considered, the report declare, that it had acted best fur the interests of the shareholders. The accounts and dividend were agreed ta, and a vote of thanks was passed to the board of director=, and the rrnnee.lingsi terminated. PROMOTIONg, (f:c., IN THE CIVIL SER.VICE. BOARD Or TnADE.—Mr. H. Lack, senior supplemen t try clerk, has been appointed junior clerk, Messrs. E. W. Par ley, T. Gray and W. PaUrickson, junior supplementary clerks, have h; en appointed senior sep plcmentary clerks. Alc.sr3. N. Lee, NV. W. LeaLer, J. Walsh, T. ff. Babington, U. JGI:CF, it. Town end, C. L. Bell, 11, D. M. Spence, and A. Stoneham, have been appointed jollier supplementary citrks. Messrs. J. W. Willes, C. Beach, A. Carr, and Swine, have been ap pointed fourth,-class 'clerks in the office of the RegiArar• General of Seamen ut;der tho Board of Trade. CUSTOMS.—StNeraI clerkships will be vacant, it is ex pected, immediately, in the Examiner's, Comptroller- General's, and Reeeiver•Generars offices, owing to daily expected orders from the Treasury to enlarge these de partments. Mr. C. H. Saunders has been appointed clerk to the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports in London. Mr. J. E, Tindall has been appointed clerk at the London Decks. Mr. F. Sa-nons has been ap pointed principal coast officer at Preston. Mr. P. Tux ford, searcher, fourth class, has been promoted to the third class, in London. CHARITY COMMISSION.—The appointment of Paid Comrnissiener for Charities in England and Wales is vacant, caused by the death of the Reverend Professor Richard Jones; 1,2001. per annum till March, 1857, when the act states that the irimber of paid commis sioners shall be reduced from three to t QVC). POOR-LAW BOARD.-- , --Mr. Charles Grey Retallick, S.C.L,, Cambridge, has been appointed private secretary to Mr. Alfre I Austin, hanister-at-law, one of the in spectors under the commission. CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—Air. Donald Grant has been appointed third-class clerk in the Chatham dockyard, vice Skellett, superannated. Mr. J. Butterer has Leen nominated to the new appointment'of assistant school master at C4thatn dockyard.—Civil Service Gazette. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 2. BRASENOSE COLLEGE. This afternoon Mr. Samuel Harvey Reynolds, B. A., scholar of Exeter College, was elected Fellow of this college, on the Frankland foundation ; and at the same time Mr. Charley James Wood, B. A., of this college, was elected llulmes Exhibitioner, on the original foun dation. The former gentleman wa3 awarded the Newdi gate prize in 1853, "The Ruins of Egyptian Thebes," and in the Easter term of last year obtained a first class " In Literis llumanioribus," in the second public examination. The latter, in Michaelmas term, 1853, obtained a first class "In Literis Humanioribus," and a second "In Jurisprudentia et Kist. Mod.," also in the second public examination. MIL THE MINISTERIAL CiiISIS. ( &ow, the 1 3 1-C33 of this day.) We have reason to believe that the Earl of Derby did not decline to form an Administration when graciously consulted on that subject by her Majesty. On the con trary, we are assured that his lordship pledged himself that under no circumstances should her Majesty bo left without a Ministry, and that he and his friends were perfectly prepared to form one if all efforts failed to con struct a strong Government, which the interests of the country required. With this view we hear that the Earl of Derby advised her Majesty to have recourse to several combinati ons b e f ore the Q ueen should appeal to a party which, tho ug h s i ng l y the most numerous in the House of Commons, cannot command an absolute majority in that House, and had already been defeated by the com bined I, ertionp. The application by the Earl of Derby to Lord Pal merston to join the intended Adminiqration and take the lead of the House of Commons, was one of these combinations, and was an arrangement, we Lave reason to believe, pressed upon the noble earl by Mr. Disraeli, with whose pretensions to that post it might seem to conflict. Thera was only one feeling in the Conservative party, namely, to merge all individual c:aitus for the sake of giving the country the advantage at this critical period of a strong Government. There were no sacrifices which the Conservative leaders were not prepared to make, so long as the arrangements they led to were consistent with personal honour and the essential prir.- ciplee of the Conservative party. Wit have understood that the application of Lord Derby wag mot favoerably received by Lord Palmers ton, the noble lord expressing his readiness to serve under Lord Derby, and his sense of duty, which ought to influence public men at this moment iu rallying round their Sovereign. His lordship, we are assured, stated, as was anticipated, his difficulty in joining the Adminis tration alone, and the names of two of his friends, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Herbert, were mentioned as those of persons ho wished to accompany him. No obstacles were urged to such an alliance, both these right honour able gentlemen having been originally, and for a long period, members of the Conservative party. The inter view with Lord Palmerston was so satisfactory, and promised to be so conclusive, that the Earl of Derby, it appears felt himself justified in returning im mediately _to the palace and informing her Majesty of the prospect of a result anxiously desired at this critical moment by her Majesty, viz , the formation of a strong Conservative Government. About midnight, after a suspicious delay of ten hours, a communication from Lord Palmerston was received by the Earl of Derby, closing in a very unsatisfactory manner the negotiations, and forwarding communications from Mr. Herbert and Mr. Gladstone in the same spirit. Lord La esdewne was yesterday morning summoned to the Queen at Windsor Castle, and had an interview with her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert afterwards came to town in a special train, together with the Noble Marquis, who subsequently, it is stated, had interviews with Lord Palmerston and Lord John Rowell. Eight e " clock - 17.:-=-Tt is reported that Lord John Russell has been "sent for," and is engaged in forming a Government. Assuming the truth of this rumour, it would seem that a reconstruction of the Coalition is despaired of. Had such been the intention, either Lord Palmerston or Cla rendon would have been called in. It is probable that Lord John will attempt a union with those friends from whom he separated himself in joining Lord Aberdeen. Neither Lord Palmerston nor Mr. Gladstone are likely in that case to take any office in a Cabinet which would be composeti of purely Whig elements. We do not regret the failure of Lord Derby's attempt to construct a Government by union with Lord Pal merton. That attempt was dictated by a sense of public duty, and was made in compliance with the wish of a considerable number of Conservative members of the Legislature. Through the refusal of Lord Palmerston the formation of that great neces sity of the time, a strong Government, is, we fear, wholly impracticable. We do not understand the mor tification which this abortive result must eccasion to the party which acknowledge Lord Derby as their leader. But it is only right that the extent of his failure should be defined. He hat failed to effect a junction with Lord Palmerston—nothing more ; and a failure on this ground is infinitely more consolatory to us than if it had arisen from dissensions or jealousies among his own party, or from the inordiea,te pretensions of any members of it. While that party remains united and true to itself, we shall never despair of the security of our constitutional system, or of its inherent power to eventually overcome all obstacles which may exist- to the formation of a firm and truly national Govern ment. But should that party, from any circumstances whatever—from the weakness or selfishness of indi viduals, or from any such dereliction of principle as re cent times have presented us with too many examples of—be broken up, we shall regard the future course of events with the gravest apprehension. The Conserva tive party of late years, though it has had little part in directing the actual administration of affairs, has had great influence in preventing crude changes, and in checking that systematic corruption of which so many disgraceful examples heve lately been made public. Were this party to be dissolved, its salutary con trolling power would be lost, and with the utter wreck of all political principle, and the disruption of all party ties, Parliamentary con tests would sink into vulgar strife for place, and the Lcgir,l,tints ~ .0u4.1 lose the respect of the people and the met- authority which now attaches to its decisions. When Lord Aberdeen placed the resignation of him self and colleagues in the lisivis of the Queen, her Ma jesty had simply to consider whether she should call to m o i v ii t o r i t i l t : y rel o v f t i b 4 e B, late Ministry or a representative her councils representitive of the majority of 305, of the which supported it. As a con stitutional Svvereign, the course to be pursued waq too plain to be mistaken, anti, unsatisfact,,ry as t'io result has' proved, we heartily rejoice that this course was taken by the Queen, as It will serve to dis,tel a conception which has lately gone abroad, that there was ass influence at Court adverse to the fur:nation of a truly, independent Ministry. In sending for Lord Derby, the Queen walked in the straight, broad path of the Constitution, and fulfilled, we will venture to say, the hopes and ex pectations of a great majority of her people. In the Peers, Lord Derby could have had no expecta tion that he would meet with serious, or at all events with inconvenient, hostility. his decision must have been regulated by the fact that his party was in a minority in the Commons, and that it was liable to be outvoted unless ho could increase its strength by the adhesion of some statesman with a considerable personal following. For our own part, we should have viewed the presence of Lord Palmerston and his friends in a Derby Cabinet with great distrust. 'We are not insen sible to the weight of experience which must attach to an Administrative. Parliamentary career of forty years, in the course of which his lordship has filled many offices, and joined Ministers of every shade of political opinion ; but we should have thought it very questionable whether his lordship's peculiar talents and experience, even when added to the votes of his friends, would have made amends fur the uneasiness with which this fusion must have been regarded, and the division which it might have intro duced into the Cabinet. Lord Palmerston's proceedings in counection with the late Government have not tended to raise his character. No intelligible explanation has ever been given of his sudden retirement from the Aber deen Cabinet a year ago, and his equally sudden return to it. 'We have witnessed him for some months past a constant defender of all the acts of that Ministry. He was satisfied with its construction and measures up to the period of its dissolution. In a word, we think that Lord Derby's Government would have been essentially stronger without Lord Pahnerston and his friends than with them ; for the real strength of a Government at the present crisis would depend much more on the unity of its councils and the complete confi dence felt by its mamb, r in each other than on individual reputations, or on calculations of the few votes they can command. Undoubtedly the Derby party is in a considerable minority in the House of Commons ; and while a chande remains that a Government can be constructed likely to command the support of the majority, opposite as the elements of which it is composed may be, and widely as its objects and opinions may differ, his lordship acts wisely in declining to assume the powers of Government. A minority can only conduct the business of the country by the forbearance of its opponents, or of that class known as independent members ; and the result of the ex periment of 1852 shows how little that forbear ance can be relied on, with the House of Com mons constituted as it is at present. Should it be found that no other Administration is possi ble, the Legislature would he bound to refrain from any active opposition to it, and it would be in a position to carry whatever measures it deemed essential for rescuing the country from its difficulties, and carrying it triumphantly through the contest in which it is engaged. In the temporary failure of Lord Derby to effect such an arrangement as would insure the ministry he might form a majority in the Commons, we see no ground for discouragement. The Conservative party remains united, and in this union consists its virtue and its strength. If it suffers itself on any pretence to be divided, its power is gone, and the only solid security left us for the honest, legitimate, and effective working of our constitutional system will be lost. The patty must by thie time perceive its deficiencies. It has not ap pealed to the country with sufficient boldness, nor been nearly so active as it ought to have been in orgaeising its forces and in testing the opinion of con stituencies. It is ne t t rue that ° "the battle of the constitution is to be fought in the registeation courts," though the regist:•atiou demands much more attention nail the party has given to it ; but it is true ghat the battle is to be fought on the busting'. The con test in the Legislature conies too late ; votes, not rea sons, then bear sway. With forty or fifty more sup porters in the Commons, Lord Derby's task would have been an easy one, and if his pasty really hopes to bear an active part in the Got/eminent of the nat on, it must shako off its lethargy, a'k itself hew it is that for so many years past it has been playing a loafing game, and resolve to devote itself heartily to the work of increasing by every constitutional means, its influence in the coun try, and its strength in the Legislature. Pubic spi: it is the first, the second, the third requisite necessary to convert what, at worst, is just now but a check into a cettain victory. The present policy of the party is, strict reserve on the political combinations which may be attempted, and the disicterested support of measures by whatever men proposed, which are necessary t it i o s rescue the army from the miserable state ion hos flop it p ought to hold as a great European Power, and, military, 1!_ spite dp : plunged, and restore the country to t he high w of all that waxy said to the contra r y , a g reat military nation." LINCOLN COLLEGE. There will be an election in this college on Friday, the 23d of March no.),t, to two 'I acabt Fellowships, open to natives of the couuty of Lincoln. Candidates are required to call upon the rector on or before Monday, the 19th, bringing with them testimo nials of good conduct, and also satisfactory evidence of the place of their birth. PREACHERS AT ST. DIARY'S. Rev. T. D. Bernard, Exeter College—Sunday morn• ing. Rev. W. Giffard, University College—Sunday after noon. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 2. SMITH'S PRIZES. These prizes have been this day adjudged as follows : Savage, St. John s Equal. Courtney, St. John's OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT- OARED RACE. A challenge has, we understand, been received by the Secretary of the Oxford University Boat Club, from the Captain of the Cambridge C rew, and it is most likely that a inat , di will be made to co me off on the Thameq. over the old course from Mortlake to Putney, where the last gallant contest took place between the two Universities, or at the Henley-, n-Thames Pegatia. The 02:onians a re anxious it sho uld come ctf at the latter place, as the services of the gentleman who pulled No. 1 upon the last oceagion would be again secured. It is confidently stated that Oxfurd will lie al...de to produce a good crew, and then) is no doubt the event will cause as much in terest as the memorable struggle of Ain il la-it, when the Oxonians were victorious by five lengths. Trig WEATHER.—We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth that snow has been failing in the counties of Devon and Cornwall for several days, and strong gales from the eastward have prevailed. Last night the gale was on the increase at Plymouth. • A large fleet of mer chant vessels are at anchor in the Sound. Yest er d ay there was a heavy gale of wind at Sheerness from N.B. to S.E. varying in force. Nearly 100 sail of vessels have ' aken shelter in the liar hour. LAW OF PARTArEISIin). It is to be hoped that, as seon as the .Ministerial boureLsque has blown over, Mr. ClirdwelLs Bill to Amend the Law of Partnership will receive the attars th nof the Legislature. It is high time that the modie fication of that important branch of commercial law, so long and so urgently desiderated by the country, will be been of accomplished. Few social questions have of late years more earnestly and searchingly discussed, or have elicited a stronger conflict of opinion among experienced and thinking men than that which relate: to the expediency of legalising partnerships with • limited liability. Notwithstanding this, the reason and the strength of the argument is, we venture to assert, with those who affirm the proposition. The most striking obj ec tio n s u r ged by the opponents of the projected change in our law of partnership ma'y' be thus stated. They say, firstly, " that there is no want of capital in this country, ready to be embarked in any promising enterprise," and that, therefore, farther facilities for uniting the capital of many individuals and applying it to speculative concerns should not be afforel.ed ; secondly, that te give those facilities will increase the tsndeney to iali seeculatien and f rau d ; an d l a stly, that it is not just to allow parties to receive an unlimited amount of profit with a limited responsibility for lose. Let us look closely into the force of these objections bc. fore we advance the reasons which in our judgment are conelusivo that the affirmative is the safe side of this avowedly difficult question. Upon the first of these points we join issue with the object srs, and say that, though there may be no absolute deficiency of capital iu the Country ready to be embarked in certain promising undertakings, there are many branches of trade and industry languishing for want of capital, to which it might be applied with benefit tott'l panics concerned, arid, of consequence, with benefit to the common weal. This position is supported by the able lteport of the Society for Promotingthe Amendment' of the Law, on the Law of Partnership, which expressly states, "that there are numerous cases in which a great and injurious difficulty in procuring capital exists in Great Britain." It is only where a narrow view of this question is taken that the objection appears formidable. The eco nomist, who limits his observation to our mineral works to our manufactures of textile fabrics and hardware, to our shipbuilding, and to some other important branches of productive industry, will find no deficiency of capital, and therefore be disposed to assent to the objection. But a more extended and a closer survey of the country will disclose to him numerous fields for the profitable employ ment of capital from which it is now withheld by the operation of the existing law of partnership. "Not only," says Mr. Edgar, "are there many small towns advantageously situated for manufactures and trade which merely vegetate from generation to generation net only are there many works of public utility, which might be ultimately profitable to their promoters, left unatteinpted throughout the country, but a large pro. portion of land capable of being profitably cultivated remains unimproved, while a very considerable propor tion of that which is cultivated yields only half returns in consequence of the want of capital on the part of landowners and farmers." This, we think, effectually disposes of the first objection, and changes the denial into an affirmation that further facilities for uniting the contributions of small capitalists and directing it into new channels should be afforded by a change in the existing law. The next objection, that partnerships with limited line bility will open a door to rash speculation and fraud, is based upon an assumption, and may or may not be true, as the event alone can determine. But that the proba. bilities against it are as strong as those in its favour may be easily established. There would seem to be no reason why reckless and fraudulent trading should prevail more' under a law of limited liability than under the existing law, the effect of which is to restrain cautious and sub. stantial persons from entering joint-stock companies, and to leave these enterprises in the hands of Mere specu lative and less prudent and trustworthy individuals. As regards third partieS and the public, at least the same protection against fraud would be afforded as at present; for the new law will necessarily provide means for in forming parties dealing with a partnership formed under it of the extent of its resources ; and it will be their duty to inform themselves, as they do at present when Bailing with private individuals of the respectabi- Lty of the ostensible and responsible managers of the companies or partnerships with which they propose to deal. The state of popular education, the superior in formation, and the vigilance of the press, form, at the present day, the surest safeguard against specula. lative delusion.. We shall have no more South Sea bubbles and Mississippi schemes ; never again see peers and pedlars j astling each other in the thronged thorough. fares of Change-alley; duchesses quitting 100 and lane. quenet to join a rabble of noisy speculators ; or ladies of the bed-chamber openly pawning their jewels that they may participate in the popular enthusiasm for American stock. If these scenes were ever to be revived, they would probably have been re-enacted a short time ago on the realisation of the dreams of Raleigh and Pizarro, by the discovery of the gold fields of California and Australia. There are some indeed who assert, and with great show of probability, that the excitement and panic of 1824, 1825, 1836, 1845, 1816, and 1847, were largely due to the existing a.v of partnership. "Unless there had been," says the writer above quoted, "an immense amount of capital in the country which was not profitably employed, the opportunity would not have been afforded for the schemes which caused the panic and excitement of those periods ; end the best preventive of their recurrence seems to Le to afford convenient Means for the profitable invest. Inuit of capital by a system of limited liability, which by equalising' the pressure will render it wholesome and benetica , ." When, in 1807, Regnaud br.mght before the French Council of State the articles of the Code of Com -1 merce that provide' for the rogulati:m of partnerships ea . c,»itniandite, in which the liability of the shareholders other luau the gcrants or managers is limited to the amount of sub, erip tt t l i ii, o ele n : o spoke r themeslf commerce, r , i l i t , i d t t i e , d a every..., community n w u n t e ti r . t. of y of n capitalterets interests -_i tcc' r ii‘ e e their ul a a: t s : I ji o la n cr , lie l!.'ns and I t t h a e n s i o if e a i c a t l u t r i e e r s , b t e h t e we ca en p t l d r e lo r d t tl: highest persons in the State and the lowest traders.". Subsequently, when a decision of the French courts re, lazed the restrictions upon the system bypermitting the un. limited transferability of the shares of such companies, nit apprehension was felt sinii!neeto that urged in the objection we are now considering, that rash speculations and fraud, would be encouraged by the limitation of liability ; but itt.,,liii.eluannadeciti.ioprr jeptzlelddedfood to M. Troplong, wr,ting in 1843, speaks of that fear as as having died away, from the experience that the anti. cipated evil had not arisen ; and he deduces from it this wholesome inference, that it would therefore be inad visable to alter the system of limited liability at the in. stance either " of pretended friends of progress or °pixy• nents of every new element." To the last objection, that it is unjust to allow parties to receive an unlimited amount of profit whilst they beer a limited responsibility for loss, the answer is that there is nothing in such a state of things inconsistent with sound principles of jurisprudence or opposed to those of natural justice. It should be with the creditors as with the buyer of a horse—caveat emptor. Under the existing law, creditors, assured of the unlimited liability of every member of the company or 1 lotterytr7jei h e partnership with which they trade, are careless and in different, and enter into contracts, with a reckless haste and not unfrequently a dishonest purpose. The new law will make them more circumspect. Even now, notice to creditors, or express stipulation, will limit the liability of partders as well as of all other contracting parties. The new law will therefore only enact by statute that which has always been a principle of our common law. It will afford to creditors the fullest opportunity of as• suring themselves, before they enter into contracts, of the means and responsibility of the concern with which they intend to trade, and will treat these facilities for infer. illation as a presumption of notice in the manner of a special contract such as we have above alluded to. This third objection, though specious, is clearly fallacious. .• These appear to be sufficient answers to the main ob. jectione urged against the proposal to permit in thi s * country the formation of partnerships with limited liability. There is, however, another, equally plausible but less forcible than these, which has unduly preju• diced against the proposed change minds of a timid and conservative nature. They say that as the country lasts attained to an unexampled height of grandeur and ope. lence under the old law , it ' would be hazardous and unwise to repeal it and introduce an innovation. The supporters of the proposed change confidently answer. True, the country has become a great and'opulent min. try under the old law, but had it not been fettered by still iv gerehaatveer a e n l d te s n t d il e l d ri t c h h e e s r e th r a e n m i a t r i k io s w in is. the unwise restriction s o f th at l aw, i t would have beea . . answer to the reasons urged by the opponents of a modification. of our law of partnership by admitting the principle of limited liability, to the full extent of our limits on the present occasion. In a future article we pro pose to advance some reason in favour of the proposed change, and to review the evidence in support of it. In the meantime we may rest assured that a principle which has been found to work well in Austria, Prussia, France, and America—which has been affirmed by a resolution of the House of Commons, and been supported by Lord Ashburton and Mr. F. Baring (who have witnessed its operation in the United States), Mr. G. W. Norman, Mr. Senior, and Mr. Bellenden Ker—will have due cone .sideration in Parliament, and will run small chance of defeat from the endeavours of capitalists, whose wish and purpose is to retain monopolies which the existing law has too long enabled them to enjoy.—Daily News. THE PATRIOTIC FUND AND THE FENIALE ORPHAN Akira LUM, LAMBETH.— Yesterday a special general zneetir.g of the guardians of this charity was held to consider an application from the Committee of the Patriotic, Pend. The chairman stated that some' time ago they Puu had placed at the disposal of the Duk e of Catnbrid ge , : at present its their presidei.t, five prpresentt itions for the or p han chit. dren of those gallant nnn serving in the Crimea. They laaodmatalol Committee received to an take the care of the latter. The secretary said th a t C apta i u Fishbourne, in his interview with tile guardia ns , s tate that there had be en 9,000 or 10,000 deaths in the British fifteen Pi'i i orphan cati n ldren, d cc. ,n 1 the ;Arioticr army, and that on an average 60 soldier s w e re dying daily, consequewly there would be a great marty orphans to provide fur. The asylum was intended to accommodate 160, but at present it contained 163, index pendent of the 5 to be presented by the Duke of Cam"' bridge. After some conversation, in which Mr. L. Red. bead, Mr. Freeman, Mr. H. Maudslay, Mr. Holland, and other guardians took part, Mr. Forrest moved it resolution to the effect that the guardians deeply deplore that the bye-l aws compe ll e d them to decline the offer of the committee of the Patriotic Fund to provide a tem porary home for the orphan children of our soldiers who i have fallen in defence of their country in the East. 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