The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

( -"-Ea NT 7 - MARKET AND COMMEIiCIAL INT.ELLTGEN( E. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. with cotton Market at Liverpool closed yesterday t a l i t , ll ", hea'rY appearance, but the prices were main ,seu. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, ""41Priaing 100 Bahia at 6d. to 64d., Egyptian a g t e 61 . to Ai_ 4 4 Walla ad, 700 Surat at 3d. to 4.1., and 80 at 1 0id. per lb. Railway Shares were 'lt ' l l ,' with a downward tendency in value. h al Th e business done this week in Colonial produce not been on a lam) scale, although importers each been willing sellers. Coffee and sugar have ii. b eC°4l.o flatter - within the last two days, and 4 7 1 11 . as been the article most in favour, owing . to the t e , 7 3 1383 from China as to the disorganisation of be-", arising from the disturbances. Tallow has 1 8.4 uctuatinn-, having been better under specu stive via Purcha ses, and since down again. Hemp eett n fl ,, 4l , h ave impro ve d i n va l ue s i nce T ues d ay. It 4 bas be en fi rmer. Most spices are cheaper. ii, h as not 41 ent e risen upon the taking of the Govern taloutract. Saltpetre has been dull, and rice er quiet. In iron there is not much doing. kj. rv iewing the produce markets, Messrs. 11. , etresbury and Co state : then tire commencement of the year there has been 1 4. 04. 1 °re hUsiness doing in the foreign a b nd t. c e ol c o o n rn ia! Par4imarkety, caused in a great measure . y h in kipti e Y lo p price s now ruling for most articles of con .the de:' and the smallness of stocks in the bands of g etly irs• Importers have supplied the markets very tethisin4a4d although, owing to the large quantity of L r - C„ ° Sed, a great portion has been bought into ,7111 ) , - ,Y,uceg, still the prevailing feeling generally has 1 1, 4 4 1 , - "‘t'r than at the date of our last. The iFsportat te been large, and the stocks are, in m?s 'lghti 4 7) iti excess of last year ; still the deliveries h ' 41 ' i t) , lerY satisfactory for home use,. and s ow ecti,,me for expert. Dyes and dying . materials l. kited' without alteration, the demand being id ittlitike°ehineal is again rather easier, but the goo tie; ° f Safliower have brought better prices. es VI kil-breroins without alteration. For . indigo prices ni ~,t h, .° Came , the demand being limited to actual , -4/ 4111— '. From the continental produce market, ova ka.t erim le report a fair business doing, without Man- Fre w 41 'e rtion in prices. The accounts from -4t°rel)°r t 4 dull market, the announcement n 1, th ri f' 4 l failures have caused eerie uneasiness. -.thip the - ,woollen districts the accounts state, that fair b ußi Met week trade had rather improved, and . a , / ,, t° th e I lleB4 had been done for export, probably owing ' 4 O n , --res Goverent contracts for woollen goods. ottpi3/474.1karket has been considerably firmer since ) 8 4 17 ' to 'll3 s 1 per present quotations are for first-class t , other bills and securities 5 to 814 A cen ' Aeco rate, an, money on call 4to 41 per cent. teel 4 ug to letters from Liverpool an uneasy b rife uponrevails there, and rumour appears to 8 , 4 (1; 1 t he subject - of commercial embarrassment, (I tt r e - : 41 7 upon insufficient cause. The follow- Pati v .rks are sent to us from the outport by a I to ,- ,, 11 „ 44 has opportunities of judging, and we teto ttei ' . ll l to the judgment of those most in -1,, -.---. N ed ti.s credit and trade of Liverpool are at present di k7;e1.4111,,„? two distinct phases. Those who have been 411)piil--rg t hemselves in connexion with ships for, an •e ‘t - 5 'O, Australian trade and the trade proper of tl tpot Pert, a The former is Undergoing the convulsive 4114 ,'-‘ ,ll eid a e4 PZe ; the latter is characterised by health 4 L ti e . e it i n 3 ",° be feared that other houses must follow the f:th r ; -"Tt r ' B ere long • but should this unfortunately to i tl e", we trust that better judgment will prevail ` 0 41, pine up such estates than is manifest in reference 1%4 e stoppage, What is the fact ? Here is a silliPs; th e aleets of whch consist of a fleet of nearly 100 , l e stlthf"ted of these assets being realised through -1 1 tie of`uharY processes of the Court of Bankruptcy, Pell t t - t, Pri nciPal creditors interested in similar pro bettir Igetneelves elected as trustees, and then they Speti t ,,, Y u4 te their attention turned to the necessity of • Pet tie.sv't their ow property before Oliver's ship . is ti l,t vii etit , ,y ri ° etfloa,r_ket.' I Theresttlt is obvious, the shipping elia se , i 'n 0.2 0 "equenee, has its wants fully supplied, eonim f t4 4ll, l Per Cent. fall in prices,. no further pur rm.- ' 3 4 'lea?". The realisation of the estate has .-ue 1, 0 ,4- Jeck, ,, 4.3 „. giTell b ° Ar e il Wices of United States Securities, Me .44(1.1. :-- y 48 . D. Bell, Son, and Co., are as 17 ,,sited R,. upi t ...i Stat es 6 ~, Redeemable. Per Cent. tra' - ' 1 Stat es 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... 93 99 i i.... te4 state s I :. °l ' Cent. Bonds ) "Jek ° Per Cent. Inscribed 1868...105 106 l' %ial lYlva . * 1.867--1868-101 105_ ip2 l 4Byi vail l a a g, Per 6,;, :i i •.• 7 a 77 ,rl.434chusett &P e r Cent. Bonds 1877... 80 82 Va 8 ') Per Cent• (Sterl. Bonds 1868...101 103 41 4 4 t l 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 89 91 Alsb:° 4 5 Per Cent 1863... 82 Vltititit:444.sspl;C°'en'tt.: .((.S4t.t.;.eirfin-ig;BB. o .ci n ;) d . s l ) .r . i3 1 ° 6 6 8 6 8 . . 1 881 rn rla 6 per Cent. 1886... 84 89 , tI4 Y 6 per t ßonds.-,,, 1865... 88 At om 4 ~,real ex „ " LOANS OF orrins. Do. o de Per Cent 411 3 6 per Cent. Bonds 185 71893.... 78 80 1874.- 78 do. do. N I , RAILROAD BONDS. i. 180 86 67 4 -Itylv atia ... tsv York ' a R. , Uett. Ist Mort ***** ;;.• * Erie 7 per .......... JB6B-1869-100 101 v!ag.b, e,,,,,,,net-triaip. Cent., 2d M0rt 1859... 84 86 1 1: 5.t i o : : :k .::: „ .. ri.. .FA .. e e. 7 . . p .. „ . r .. v .. ,e . vat ..... 3 . c . i ....... r . t . .... ~,,,, ... 75 77 gage ((lo the i.P • We ... .t .. 1; . t . f: 166'5 Terre Il a 8 en B ea • . 1868 *** 75 Mort- Mort ute and A1t0................... . g a ge ....... 11 7 per Cent. Ist 1867... 75 A ccounts f ................................ lit ate that rola Qi... "it , • Petersburg of the 19th inst. 19 , ,,„ at another issue of paper, amounting to T uu lle v)oo_ 0 silver roubles, had been ordered. 221/4 tor : Lt . ight have been expected, tl o , _ .1-Inglish Funds have been less depressed Neat' litt le , Inn that has seeing the . political 1 ° ( arisen, but there is very 10_0 : , 14 th at doing. It is remarked upon as singu- 25 ''. cii rte a t Lord John Russell's resignation was 100 ti ke 4tly Mentioned yesterday at Paris some lti t before it was known here. Console too Ire b e tv 't abe 9 1 to 91i for transfer, and 90'i to 91} 20_ N l t' s ee l c illt, being now 91 to i. The New 3 per 1 g 51 to - i ll 'aVe been at 91l to -, and the Reduced at 20 kel a - ' l ' Bank Stock keeps firm at 210 to 212. a 11044equer Bills are 4s. to 7s. premium, and India 2 * oi t ehr 123 . premium. Exchequer Bonds have 100 til e . - 9i F o ,, q , U • 4 Der s ,-, 411 Securities have been depressed. Spanish 100 100 100 Ni e ` 34 ts• have been as low as 36 to 361, and the 11 ,e4 t rx.ecl 4 t 17i to i. Mexican Bonds have been 20 ' 44 '4;b 4t 21 . Brazilian at 100. Turkish Bonds 10( Th eau 76 to i. 2 1 / 4 4t otit : following are the nominal prices of foreign 4.11), ,;---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mex Ott '''-i- to 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 1 , 1 t o (1 : 8 •) 4 9 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., „ . `litt o ....,• Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; qp iid, ' o' ur.a n d Hlf per Cents., 89 to 91 ; 14 , 1 , 11 -- ' hi .. l\l evir D a- fered, 17-i to 18 ; ditto Three Mto % K') 3 61 to e 36i. ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 5,1; Tht, Rail e, 41 , to Oft. 1144 1 (14 -ail waY Share market has been flat, but the 1'111 41 4 1 .44 iroportant. The Foreign lines ar t° 1 -alir er, and Great Luxemburg are down i t he f‘. 7 111 Joi n t ei gn. and Colonial Mines are nominal ;. . : 4 Yza,, Stock Banks steady, though quiet , 4411 h - 4la •ce firm ;and North British Australa ea a . trifle higher. ititr tls 4 11-11 rDs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. t a t attl k att. (Prom the Oiicial List.) Business done Pelt e elii k ' 2lO 12 kt Pe_r %tn. ItZ.4;ied .i . .l;;;;litiL.B 9ll 1 a 1 401 7 3 per •cilssois Annuities i r) ! keiltdt'llt• Annuities Ott 30 Y e asxpire sth Jan., 1860 / tti to 3 0 i.ur, Expire . 10th Oct., 1859_ 4l I 4 40 1 :0 4 1 i 8 4 0 xpiro sth Jan., 1860. 12 bug,ou iii Fb ' 91 90 1 11 iti or 15,,, f 1 9 luau .z.lOO s 2d. ~ 7 Q5OO .......................... ~ 1,,,,_ , Rkan.:. ...................................... : 7 ..4 titlet ..011i13 ...... ........... . 6 .... ..... 91 p t . itt o 8,3 i per en,, li rAzti 9 oi' Fol"9' '' 99. bi an t on ,,_ _REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO - 11 i.. ba,it3ll) for th7.4o,,poorCent - 100 I,bittel3°Ms. 1805'113 Cent ''ex - - Per Cen't. , perB3 i hktu i rl i i %, 3 Per Cent b t ! 'lolaci s 3 • L, ‘ _ ~o 11, 4 , .rte_Per Cent 361 6 4.lZi'lli,(l°lllralti:Zd' 3 per Cent l7} i 1).4 t e , dB, 6 13e :2rt e . o t f Coup. not fun 4l ' • fsor the .4,ceonrin 1. 1 1 t z u e 'r(i n e ned us on the abeye payable in Lond ,.. T. , N 4 I)4Z. Conti l ( p :l er tr e , rit. 12 Gull I 3 C)aanb 3 . eat" .. HALF-PST TWO. ie. ............... ...................... 90/ 11 itte, Esbruary Acconnt, p o. 20 -,--......................—_,!..--se---"" The . --- - - the advices f rom Australia to arrive by the present 50 by " vices 'be four weeks later than those brought 20 0 reeti:Great Britain. The letters by the Great Britain hve 4 " bee n 7. 4 by the various banks and commercial firms t l e.. 1 00 bated "Ild generally more favourable than. was an I 10 th ere ' hand have created an improved feeling, although o _ 5 t ernit t " b een some d isappointment as to the amount f oil Nat:lces. It is still doubtful whether any of the gold 2255 I,?nt ta l i ', occasion will be taken for remittance to France, • 4 4 p' 444r°1344.bi1.ity that a portion of it will be sent thero ... SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. raid.l 8 RAILWATe. Abcr4een .. Ambg. Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Junet Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire ;)unet Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and ,4:25 Cons., Do., £20... Myth & Tyn 5 origina 125 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, di Pas; Cornwall Cricff Junction - Dub' indillelfastJune, Dundee Perth&Aber (teen Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., N©w A. ..... , East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prt,ll IS; Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Western l Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Easterr Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksli Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Uri Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westu Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B Do. Eighths London audS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk • V(auch.She".& Lind h, Do. Shares, No. 1 )0., Man. & Ifidland )o. Birmn ! . r %Derks Aidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmkt. Bury Exten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfel INewry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk iorthn.Counties Un. North British._ North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred 'Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York NTorth London Do. Now .£lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp-i and City Jn North Staffordshim North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. )xford, Worcester, &I Wolverhampton Portsmouth 4cottish Central Scottishilidland ilirewsby. (St Herefd Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern south Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Our Do qaines, Wok &Wo . . Stockton & Darling itc.?,kton. & Hartlepl raT Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 rharnes Haven Dock and -v. ay Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limeria West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West Loudon ,ledn&Croydoi FOREIGN. all Nutwerpialtotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central lndia,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Oerneraia 14 aij o n and Besancon 10 ')utch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all Fast Indian 6 Do. &tem; on all Do. 4A p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. e , '59, do , 12. j Gd. Tk o adajk. is Do. St. Lawrence t Atlantic do. all - Do. Cert. of Debon con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Centra' of France all Gt. Indian Peninsulr 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares ) all Do. Obligations all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares all Do.'ids., payab' e's 7, with 0p . ...0n till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all De. do., '76, p. '6O all De. do., '73, without option I all Hamilton & Toronto, all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. 10 Ipre' Lyons and Geneva.. 12 Lyons & Moditerran. Aad.ras 5 Do. Now 31A i4aria Antonia )11 Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D o .20/. Shs.lato Char leroi and Erquelinos guar. 33 p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3p. s Bds. (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 RoyalSwedisl , all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 14 Southeyn of France 16 It. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 16 Western of France Pi West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand 20 —20 a 4i - 13 - 12 16 17 8 Id 94 - 96 61i -61 i 13 - 14 9 - 11 3.4 23 - - 7i 14 - 15 104 —11 i 29 - 31 20 - 22 73 75 56 58 2d par 19:j 68 - 70 I 89i - 9 0 4 72 - 74 125 -127 90 - 92 66 -66 i 60 - 62 74 78 r - 7 9 74/ 714 4 i I ...d 71 8} LOG - 107 LOO 101 d - p 83k 846 84 7i 8 7 25 - 25: 7h - ii" 69g 691 41 - 43 d 11 9 2.1 49 ail 3a 2k 31 ... 314 8 10 64 -- 7i 75i -- 761 1 6i -- sid 4/ -- 3$ 12$ -- 13/ 53A -- 541 52 -- 54 par -- ip P 6 -- 6i id—iP 31 - 32 oa 98 1 61 - 62 8 - 9 [) i 45 -47 ' 12 - 14 584 59 281 - 291 35 - 87 3 - 3i 16 17 3 - 4i 21 - :3 5i - 6 -7" JOINT-STOP all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 C/hartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. link. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 18 lEnglish Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. o: Austral' 5 Ditto New 20 London aLd County 1 10 London Joint Stock—, 20 Lond. &d. cstaninsterl 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 221'; National or Ireland all 'Now South Wales— all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Irelane all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union ..)f 2 Do. Now XD Union Q bodon 1„, Cliostng Prices yesterdly. Bumf nese done this day. 25 St. 20 St all all 100 100 100 100 3/ 2E' 100' all all all too all 20 20 10 10 18; Wt) i(Y) 211 all all all 18 3 all 141 s. St. 10 St. 46 10 5 20 20 20 20 20 33 40 20 20 20 20 50 50 100 1.00 89i 90 x n 1001 1 69 i i i Si 75i 13i 14 - 1 - 14 par i p P 31 —2l . 32a _ 32i —6% 1 7,„ --- .•• 8 ,1 si 7i 11 10d 89 91 1 k lap par ip k d kp 21 2a 2i 154 -16 i .57 1 - fool 93 - 95 2 i par 97 100 ... 4is i d lip I ••• '' w T - 7 A -- A 12t 12 iii - 9* 211 - 21ip 46 48 41 43 Pm 22 23 2i 1d 8i ••• '''." ... Pin •.• - 31 - d :7 8 y ••• ..... iii -= is BANKS. 21. a int. 79 -- 61 i'd :- i'l - 2ii 21i - 22 36 - ii 37 - 39 39 - 41 66 - 6$ 7 - 9 le, :LI IA THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 'AVENING, JANUARY 26, 1855 LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. This matter came before the court in a special case. The luestion which it waste decide was whether the regis trar of the society had properly enrolled two gentlemen, named Murdock and Abrahams, who had been in busi ness as chemists before the society obtained their act of incorporation. The question was argued at great length last term, and the court this morning gave judgment, pronouncing in favour of the registrar, who they held had acted properly in the discharge of his duty. The judgment in this case determines the positions of several hundred gentlemen similarly circumstanced. EXCHEQUER. BOYLE V. WISE MAN. The facts of this case will be familiar to the reader. It was an action far libel arising out of a letter written by Cardinal Wiseman to L'Universc and L' Alai de Reli gion, two Paris papers, and afterwards copied into the Catholic Standard. The letter, it was allegs,l, reflected most severely and unjustly upon the character of the plaintiff, who is a Roman C ttholic priest ; but at the trial, which took place at the last Croydon aks:zes, it turned out that the Abbe Cunyers, who had charge of the original letter, refused to produce it ; and the Abbe being beyond the jurisdiction of the court, there was no legal authority to compel him to produce it. It was therefore proposed to put in secondary evidence of the contents and authorship of the letter, but the Lord Chief Baron, who tried the case, refused to receive it. This secondary evidence failing, it was next proposed to call the Cardinal himself; but this also the Chief Baron refused, upon the recognised rule of law that a man cannot criminate himself. At the trial it was contended that it would be time enough to set up that objection after the Cardinal had been sworn, and an improper question put to him ; but the Chief Baron con tinued resolute in his determination not to let the Cardinal be sworn ; and there being, conse quently, no sufficient evidence of the authorship or contents of the letter, the plaintiff was non-suited. This being the state of matters last term, Mr. James, Q.C., moved for and obtained a rule, calling upon the defendant to show cause why a new trial should not be had, en the ground that the Lord Chief Baron was wrong in rejecting the secondary evidence, and not al lowing the Cardinal to be sworn. The rule came on for argument before the full Court on Tuesday, and Mr. Serjeant Shee, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Badderly were beard at some length against it, while Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Lush argued in support of the rule. The Court gave judgment this morning, making the rule absolute on both points. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Guildhall before Mr. Justice Crowder.) CORSICLLAS V. TURNER.--A QUIET-TO•RIDE MARE. This was an action to recover the sum of 281., paid by the plaintiff as purchase money for a mare, with whom a warranty had been given. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Robinson were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Giffard for the defendant. The plaintiff in the case is a solicitor, living at Wandsworth, and the defendant an innkeeper and horse dealer at Kingston, and about the latter end of October last plaintiff bought of de fendant a mare, which was warranted a quiet-to ride mare, and fit for a lady. As soon as they got it hope, plaintiff put it into the hands of his groom, who found that it was very tricky, and given to biting, cross ing the road, and finally, when checked, would come to a dead standstill, but the moment she turned towards home would return at the speed of an express train. She had also a peculiar distaste to facing a rising ground, and it would appear that her character was well known to nearly all the people in the neighbourhood. As soon as Mrs. Corsellas tried to ride her she experienced the tricks complained of. Mr. Corsellas, who it appeared was not a very experienced horseman, tried the mare, and she bolted with him. He then returned the mare to de fendant, after keeping it three weeks, and de fendant was to get plaintiff another one, but it would seem did not do so for some time, and plaintiff bought another one. The defendant went upon two occasions to plaintiff's upon the mare, when she went through all the bad habits complained of. Ultimately the defendant offered to return 241., but plaintiff refus ing to accede to that, the mare was taken to plaintiff's and there tied up and left. Plaintiff upon that sent it to the pound, and from there it was sent to Smithfield and sold for 141. For the defence it was shown that the mare was all that was requisite, and that the conduct complained of was occasioned solely by the extreme incapability of the plaintiff and his wife to rid. or Leafage a hor.e. The case was proceeding when we went to press, and will occupy the entire day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sbr• Pald• itAnpvAna Compare. g, y orgl y rice, :rasa ay. 50 all Bedford and London Metaley „. N. West St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 9 99 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. laledon 9 i 100 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & dud. and Hal. E, C . •.• ••• • Si - . 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 133 135 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New. Do •• ••• 25 all Glstr.dt Dn. 1) Gt. West) .. • .00 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & llerw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM , 105 107 25 all Do. Shares. Do •.• ••• 124 all Do. d Shares. Do . ••• 12i all Lon.isGreenv S. Easton 124 13 20 all Do.Preferenc, Do 224 234 10 all Lon., Til., &S Peto &Co. 10 114 St. WO Lowestoft gr 4 per cent. Norfolk ... ..• St. WO Do. 6 per et 54 all Mauch. Bxtu L.& N. \‘' and Matlocl & Midld 2 t 3 —2/ 50 all Iliddlevbro' & itekton 8 Redear . Darliugt. 01 all nlld.Bradfl 'Midland. 92 94 93 50 all Northern an Easternsp.e 1 1 :. Count. 57 59 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do •• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyr• G. & N.W. &Ln&Yk 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do — St. 1.00 Roystn. k Hit CA Northi , 135 25 I.fq Shef.Roth.anr. Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 94 S. Staffordsh. A.MCIeaL 24 —2 d 50 all Wear Valleygi Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 3l 32 St. 100 Wilts&Bomrst ltWestn 9l 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. It. 100 t. [OO ',5 30 Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 5 0/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. N.. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsp.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 s p. c. St. Eastern Union, Gar. 99 - 101 -92 It. 100 .5 I all 95 - 97 1 all 641 all Lif - 64 all - 4 - 4 P ' 12i - 13 6i all LO all !,0 all S all [0 all rt. all per cent Do. 51. , 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p. ets East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &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. prem Do. /4 p.O Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. dtWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St Gt. Wostn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. o) Do. con. red. 4. p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. S Ds. do. 5 p. e. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Cl.es. Gua. Sh Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. • •• .... - 5 - rall 5$ -62 1 1 114 .-- lie ft. 100 ft. 100 109 - 111 100 - 102 t. 100 2i all 11 all 6,1 all !O 8 ►o 6 6 -- 64 93 -- 95 88 -- E 0 90 -- 91 9/ -- 104 15i -- 16. 9/ -- lut 71 -- 73 18i -19 i 94 -- 91 131 -- 144 1 -- id 135 -- 137 •• • .... *et. 2i- 6 p .2i .111 .• all Shares Londy. & Ennis. Man., Shef., & Lin , New, £lO Do. ,£6 Niarypt.&Carl.4 p Do. 4,i per cent Do 6 4. L2l all 12. all L 2 106 '4.1 too it. too .6i 115 LO 10 4t. 100 3t. 100 Bt. too 3t. 100 3t. 00 It. 100 l 7 5 !Co 13 2t 9 5 10 Consol.6 p.e.St. Do. Canso'. Bristol & Biro. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4? 2 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock Jo. 5 p. e. Eat F... 54 per Gt. pr o f Do. \fay. Val. 5 p. c 'N'orth British sr. E. Bevy/. 4 . p.e. P Do. dlo . - do Do. Locds 6 p.e Do. do. Quarters 4S Di0.Y0...1( H.& Prr. North Staffordshire 3xford, Worcester, Sz i Wolverh. -415, 6 n.e.l Scot. Cent. , Now Pre;! 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Invest li 2 1 1 Ditto New . 25 all South Austral. Land 35 —36 35 1 all Submar. Telegraph 4 1 1 all Do. R;)criFterod 20 5 Tr -st & Loan Co. of U p per Canada .... „. ... ... 100 28i YeaDia:Ands Load U. = X 2 ________ ____ PARISIAN RrThVURS. Thereare a variety of rumours afeat concerning Prince Napoleon, his report to the Efeperor of the way in which the war is being conducted, and the probable consequences of his representations. Some people profess to know for certain that General Canrobert will be superseded by General Pelissier, who was to have left Algiers on the 18th to Oka the command of a division in the Crimea. General Canrobert is of all the soldiers who took s leading part in army, his military genius and exalted personal the ooup d'etat perhaps the west popular in the c haracter being admitted by officers whose political sympathies are altogether adverse to the present regime. It was known long age that the Emperor looked to him as the man likely to illustrate the French arms under his reign. The high command he now wields is a confir mation of all that has been said about the Emperor's con fidence in him, and I do not believe that confidence is at this moment in any degree forfeLed. But this much is true :—There is at the Palais Boyd a species of tolerated opposition to the Tuileries. Prince Napoleon, as youhave seen by the article in the Presse, hes put himself upon the country as a censor of the actual commander of the army before Sebastopol. That he mar have made a report against General Canrobert is very likely. It is possible that for reasons of 'tete an apparent importance may be allowed to be attached to this report in certain court circle?. But there is small likef.hood it will be acted upon. It is said M. 3lagne will shortly be appointed Minister of Finance in the pace of M. Bineau, whose health is in a desperate state. M. Rouher is spoken of as likely to le the new Minister of Public Works. M. Magna wishes to keep the latter portfolio until the affair of the Grand Central Railway, in which he takes a great interest, is settled. The general meeting, which it was Uptight would have been postponed, was held yesterday. The management asked for full powers to continue their negotiations with Go vernment for the Nevers and several other branch lines. These powers were granted unanimously. No fresh call was spoken of, but it was agreed that special bonds should be created for the execution of the Nevers line. People pretend that the article—in Wednesday's Moni teur on the success of the loan was written by the Emperor. THE TRADE AND PORT OF LONDON VERSUS THE DOCK' COMPANIAS. Yesterday afternoon a most influential meeting of the principal wharfingers, granarymen, up-town warehouse men,. wntermen, and lightertnen interested in the port and trade of London, was held at the Ship Tavern, Water-lane, Lower Thames-street, for the purpose of considering and adopting measures to oppose the bills at present before Parliament to increase the powers of the East and West India Dock Companies, as also the Lon don and St. Katharine's Docks, to increase their powers to tax the merchants, traders, wharfingers, warehouse keepers, lightermen, and granarymen of London and the metropolitan districts. Mr. T. W. Hall, of the Custom-house and Wool Quays, was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. BE/LEY, of the Legal and Sufferance Quays Asso ciation, having briefly adverted to the objects for which the meeting had been convened, Mr. SIDNBT SMITE, the Secretary to the promoters of the movement, read a very lengthened, ingenious, and elaborate statement of the evils of the proposed enact ments by the Dock Companies' Bills to all persons con nected with the navigation of the river Thames or the port of London. The statement was received and adopted by the meet• ing with great applause. Mr. Pillew, Mr. Curling, and several other gentlemen, having addressed the meeting, resolutions were agreed te, and a committee formed for the purpose of organ ising a general opposition to the measure before Parlia ment, and to induce the Government from assenting to their support to the proposed measure ; and after some general observations, a subscription was entered into to a large amount to carry into effect . the objects of the meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. coußr CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 25. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Mary Seymonr, the Rev. Frederick Anson, and Captain Mercer (officer commanding the 94th Regiment). The band of the Royal Rase Guards played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived last evening, had an audience of her Majesty, and afterwards returned to London. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds ad joining, the Castle this morning. A Cabinet Council Council was 'held yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. The Earl of Aberdeen left London after the Cabinet Council for Windsor Castle, to have. an audience of her Majesty. Deapatchee wwre received yesterday at -the Colonial office from the Governor-Genernl of Australia. Apritos i guLtga..***six...4i I. sra.—A matri monial alliance is :arranged to talc e b e 5,„,„.„ 2 the Earl of Portsmouth and the .Lady Evelyn Eferbert, sister to the Earl of Carnarvon. Up to the Ist of December the Admiralty had ex pended 6,793/. in the maintenance of Russian prisoners of war. We believe that Captain Sir Richard Grant will com plete his time of service as flag-captain of the Victory. The departure of the Iberia steamer for the Peninsular ports is delayed from the 27th to the 29th inst. The M oniteur of yesterday publishes the bill adopted by the Legislative Corps for calling out 140,000 men of the class of 1854, THE NEW SCOTTISH JUDGE.—Some rumours being in circulation to the effect that the vacant seat on the bench is likely to be taken by the Lord Advocate, we can state, on sufficient authority, that as such arrangement is in the least probable.—Scotsman. The merchant ship Duke, belonging to Liverpool, Captain J. Atkinson, with 12,000 bags of sugar, from Mauritius the 29th of October, bound for London, was off Plymouth on Wednesday—all well. BURLINGTON-11017SE.—The first house erected in Pic cadilly was the mansion built by Lord Burlington, then in the midst of fields and lanes. It is said that when the King asked the owner why he preferred living so far from London, e replied that he wished for solitude and repose, and felt certain th a t he had found a place where ne one could build n ear him. --s s e The Rev. Henry H . Hardy, A.M., has been collated by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the "Vicarage of Preston, in the Deanery of the Forest, county of Gloucester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Chas. Bryan. We have to report to-day the death of Sir John Boyd, which took place at Boulogne, on the 14th inst., after a short illness. He was the son of the second baronet, by the daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Harley, grand -daughter of the third Earl of Oxford. He was oh i his 68th year. sHr e B :nsBonn b o rn in the yea r 1786, an d married in 181 8 , and is suc ceeded Augustus, born in 1818. The da s AND SHIP AND C USTOM -110130 AGENTS' B E NEVOLENT CIETY MEETING.—The se c ond annual general of this Society was held yesterday at eoeibdnyß l baronetoe h xe i ti s Rs, heir was John the Haell s urg Coffee-hous e; W, Phillips, Esq., in the chair. Two more pensioners, J. Woolcomhe, aged 67, nearly 30 years a shipbroker, and J. M. Parish, aged 63, a Custom -house agent from 1827 to 1846, at 201. per annu m, were unanimously elected. The receipts during the pftstyear had exceeded the expenditure byll6/.185.5d., after payment of the pensions. The total amount of stock invested in the name of the society is 1,0001. A resolu tion to admit widows as recepients of the funds of the society was carried. More than 2001. was collected at the close of the proceedings. NOTTINGHAM TEADE.—Lace business exhibits this week a shade of improvement upon last week, but it must be observed that last we e k was per h aps th e d u ll es t of our whole season's dulness. For January, the hosiery trade is also comparatively dull, for business is still sus tained by one market alone—the home one—and our manu f ac t ur ers believe that they must aw a it p a tiently the turn of two or three months' events before foreign —Nottinghamshire STATE 07 TEAD E. _Business is evidently decreasing week by week, not only inLendon transactionssuardian. again become active. , but throughout the United Kingdom , and with the failures of the last few days promises to become still worse. The advices from abroad are generally the reverse of favourable. The German posts are now closed by ice, and the only operators at present in our markets for Manufactured goods are the Greek houses in the Levant trade. The e e grraatpeleno•of any meat in the import trade. The numerous Union must failures throughout the unquestionably pro eismfproromvenew York give no tangible h ope advises distrust sooner or later, and check business. The latest accounts give the names of no less than eight banking and commercial firms which had suspended in hie e x o h accounts a nge , from oal . the course of three ar four days. China yesterday, . which reach to the 12th of December, t r o ise th: tel in th o fromunt culated to increase the shipments of silver from thi there ei export up to the corresponding country. By the previous mail the quotation at Canton was 4e. Bd., and it is new 45 . 8 1d. ; while at Shanghai I:: . s -- b --- e A e r :c s o , CHINA.--According slightd ing it has advanced from 65. sd. to 6s. 6id. The export of ts from Foo-chow-foo and tea to date was 44,000,0001 b., and, as the total, which lately showed a deficiency, has thus reaechreedcoamniiaimg e p x e a ri c o t d ly o e f qu la al st to lyethare, a ndno supplies Shang hai must have been u nexpectedly active. Of silk the export was 26,600 bales, against 28,000 last year, and the stock at Shanghai was only 1,500 beles of in- Canton, the shipments in ferior quality. Political affairs in the south were in a position more critical than ever, and the Canton autho rities had applied officially for assistance to the English and American Consuls, with what result is not stated, although it is to be presumed all interference will be avoided. No prcduce had arrived from the interior, and the trade of the port was completely suspended. The long-vexed question as to the payment of the arrears of export duties on tea at Shanghai, claimed by the Impe rial Government, in the absence of all power on their part to collect them, is stated to have been settled, as far as the Americans aro concerned, by an agreement to pay up ono-third STATE OF A.F.F14117S IN CITA CO TV. A letter from Cracow, 20th, in the Constitution ne/2 says " On lately returning to this city I was surprised at the changes which had taken place in the course of the last year in the ancient capital of old Poland. Cra cow has been transformed into a formidable fortress, which in the event of a war between Austria and Rus sia would certainly become the principal centre of military operations. When I speak of military opera tions, I must tell you that I made the journey from War saw by the old road of Radom, the iron mines of Kielic, Michalowitz, and Barun, and that I everywhere met with nothing but indications of war. The aspect of Warsaw itself is little calculated to give hopes of Peace, the Alex ander citadel, the cavalry barracks of Ujasdoff near La sienky, and Micowsky, being quite full of troops. The Sapeiha barracks have been demolished, as well as that of the Sappers. The former and some hundreds of houses with it were sacrificed, in order to gain ground for the establishment of the hornwork of the citadel and of the two recently constructed towers. Dur ing the last few days there has been a very sharp frost at Warsaw, which has been a great blessing for the inhabitants ; for, since the demolition of the bridge across the Vistula, the price of provisions has consider ably increased, and it is to be presumed that a reduction will take place when the river can be crossed over the ice. The hereditary Grand Duke, in his quality of com mander-in-chief of the Guards and Grenadiers, will have under his orders General do Grabbe, who has just been appointed to succeed General de Berg, in the command of the troops of Revel sad Esthonia. It is already known at St. Petersburg that Prussia will, boa gra mal grJ, decide on joining Austria as soon as the latter power shall have assumed the offensive ; and it is on this account that, according to general opinion, the for mation of the corps of the Baltic under the orders of General Sievers was decided on." RESIGNATION OF THE " TIMES."-RUIN OE THE NATION. Yesterday the Times formally placed in the hands of the public the resignation of its office of chief adviser. It will no longer be responsible for the national welfare. "We will take no further part in such an affair. We wipe our hands of the war." Its commands are not obeyed, and it retires. Like other prime ministers, on quitting office it gives a last advice to withdraw the troops from the Crimea, break off the alliance with France, let Turkey fight against Austria and Russia, hold out the hand to the Czar, and ask for his mercy and forgiveness. Does the Times, which assumes that its advice has guided the war, hope to escape impeachment by now running away when difficulties come ? Does it hope for honour and reward from the conquerors, by being foremost to counsel submission ! Poor public, what will become of you, now you are forsaken by your great leader 7 What can you do but follow his advice ? Withdraw from the Crimea, allow the Turks and the Russians to settle their own quarrels in their own way, and carry on your trade under the protection of the mighty Czar as you best can. Perhaps you may suspect treachery in the advice previously given—treachery in first having belied our army and under stated our national resources —and then treachery in deserting to the enemy— treachery all through. And if you harbour such a suspicion, you will not regret but rejoice at the resignation of the Times, and regard it as the surest means of preserving your power, saving y(T.r honour, and giving the law to the Czar. —Daily ' News. a YEW GENERAL MAP OF EUROPE. The Messrs. Blackwood have just issued a General Map of Europe-3i ft. by 41, mounted—in their usual superior style. The map has been constructed from the best authorities by ,A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., ct7c., Geographer to the Queen, and comprises the latest additions and rec tifications, of the accuracy of which Mr. Johnston's name is a sufficient guarantee. Sea and railway routes, with the distances of th• former, are dis tinctly laid down—heights and distances are given in English feet and miles fortified towns are boldly marked, and the dates of important battles, up to the latest period, are presented in immediate contact with the localities in which they were fought. The map is an exceedingly valuable one, and, in the present complex state of our foreign relations, may be consulted with advantage by all, and is therefore likely to meet, as it deserves, with 1 a large rountuarative pale. .RUMOUBS CONCERNING TEE MINISTRY. Yesterday was the high festival of Rumour. In the afternoon—some time before Mr. lisyter made an offi cial announcement of the fact in the House of Commons —it had become tolerably well known that Lord John Russell no longer held office in the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. The public expected to hear that Govern ment had been defeated in an attempt to oppose Mr. Roebuck's motion for a committee of inquiryintothe don duct of the war, and they were obliged to be content, at least for a few hours, with the sacrifice of one Minister. And after all it was neither the Duke of Newcastlenoe Mr. Sidney Herbert, but Lord John Russell who had offered himself as the victim to public indignation. Were matters to remain thus the Peelites would be undisturbed in the honours and emoluments of office, and. tide Whig,: section of the Cabinet alone would be made to fe'l that " Eng land does not like a Coalition." But can the movement stop here Or are we to hoar of fresh resignations ? Is one Minister after the other to flinch from inquiry until Lord Aberdeen is left, in solitary and unenviable grandeur, to look upon the desolation ho has caused ? Or is 'Lord John Russell the only one who has the honesty to confess that, in almost every respect, the Crimean expedition I as been shamefully mismanaged that the best thin , * ' is to make a clean breast of it, and to give up the task into the bands of men better quali iied to meet a great eirierg;ncy ? To none of these p i ,. *ions can any reliable answer be returned, beyond what will be found stated in the preceding article. While waiting till Lord John shall tell his own tale in Parliament, it may be interesting to give, in as few words at possible, the passing rumours of yesterday. In sonic quarters it was believed, early in the forenoon, that the whole Ministry had resolved upon resigning. The ordeal, it was said, was too severe. Da what they would, it was equally impossible to contradict the facts, and to withstand the sarcasm of Mr. Roebuck. The time had gone by for promises and equivocations. The British nation wanted to know what had become of the thousands of brave man who had lately left these shores in the pride of life and strength. From every lip, in every palace and every cottage, the stern inquiry had come. It was a terrible thing to face the organ of a nation, roused beyond endurance by the spectacle of calamities which might have been avoided. It might be that other men would have been quite as inexperienced, quite as unprepared for war, quite as unable to over come the enormous difficulties of the crisis. But be that as it might, Ministers could not but know that they at least had failed, and the only possible course was to resign. Another rumour soon succeeded—that two members only were to be sacrificed. The Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert were responsible, in the eyes of the public, for the confessed mismanagement of the Crimean expedition. Why should the whole Cabinet suffer for the sins of two men ? Why not fling away the leaven which went far to corrupt the whole mass ? This was no time to think of private friendship and family connexions. Public men must rise above such petty considerations. How has that powerful Coalition Ministry earned nothing but con tempt, inspiring no confidence, declining in reputation, but because two out of the whole number had shown themselves unequal to their task ? There could be no doubt about the matter. The sinning members must be cut off. In other words, the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert must resign. At last these rumours evaporated, and the real truth came out that Lord John Russell alone had resigned, and that political oracles had been consulted in vain. But the question remained, how the event came to pass ? According to some accounts, the whole proceeding is a con spiracy, got up by Lord J. Russell and Lord Palmerston, for the entire destruction of the Peelites. It was all very well, so long as the Whigs were weak, to coalesce with the followers of Sir Robert Peel, but what was the case now ? It was the Peelites who had drawn down upon the Cabinet the indignation of the public, and they must perish in the storm which their own conduct had raised. Besides, the whole force of public opinion pointed in that direction. It was Lord Grey who had pointed out the necessity for a War Minister, and no one was so well fitted as he was to undertake the arduous duties of that post. With Lord John Russell as Premier, Lord Palmerston as leader of the House of Commons, and Lord Grey as War Minister, the whole aspect of affairs would presently be changed. The wand of the magician would wave over the snow-clad steppes of the Crimea, Sebastopol would fall, and the memory of the dread and sorrowful past would quickly fade away. But this was not the only form that busy rumour took. Lord John Russell's esoteric reasons for assum ing the position he did were revealed by certain mes meric sages. Suppose, after all, that he saw reasons to doubt the sincerity of Austria, and, in opposition to the other members of the Cabinet, would gladly see an end to the conferences at Vienna. Suppose that the ex- Minister bad resolved that he, at least, would be no party to an easy peace, and that his resignation was, in fact, a censure on colleagues too ready to sacrifice the 1 honour of their country— - around the board Thus Lara's vassals prattled •f their lord. But, as already said, all that is really known of Lord ohn Russell's resignation, and the reason he has assigned for it, will be found stated in the preceding article. For what he himself may be disposed to tell ?re must wait till this evening, In the meantime, it seems not uninteresting to chronicle the various shapes that rumour successively assumed in the course of yes terday—to stamp on the canvas these " Cynthias of the minute"—to encase in amber these flies of the order of the ephemerm.—Da,42l News. TITHE CCAIMUTATION SEPTENNIAL AVERAGES. TO TIIR EDITOR OF TETE RUN. Sir,—On the Sth inst., I communicated to you the result of the septennial averages to C!,ristmas, 1851, ac deduced from the return published in the London Gazett, of the sth inst. : P. d. Wheat 6 Oi per imperial bushel. Barley Oats 2 6 and that each 1001. of the tithe rent charge for the year 1855 would amount to 891. 15s. 81d. Several communications having been addressed to me expressing surprise that the value of the rent charge should have gradually decreased since the year 1849, while the price of wheat has gradually increased during the same period, in order to show that this may be ex plained, I must draw attention to the mode in which the question of tithes was settled in 1836. It was enacted, by the 57th clause of the Tithe Com mutation Act (6 and 7 Was. IV., c. 71), " that the amount of the rent charge, as awarded or agreed upon, should be divided into three portions, and that every tithe rent charge should be deemed to be of the value of such number of imperial bushels, aid decimal parts of an imperial bushel of wheat, barley, and oats, as the same would have purchased at the average prices for seven years ending Thusday before Christmas-day, 1835, in case one-third part of each rent charge had been invested in the purchase of wheat, one third part thereof in the purchase of barley, and the remaining one-third part in the purchase of oats." In conformity with the above, we find that 1001. ex pended in wheat, barley, and oats, would purchase the following quantities, at the average prices for seven years to Christmas, 1835, as fixed in the London Gazette of Dec. 9, 1856 : Per Imp. Bushel. 8. d. One-third, or £33 6 Bin wheat, at 7 0 1 4 is equivalent to 94.955489 One-third, or 33 G Bin barley, at 3 111 168.421052 One third, or 33 68 iu oats, at 2 9 I/ 242.424242 Imp. Bushels £lOO 0 0 It is, therefore, clear that the rent charge was not a fixed money payment of 1001., but only such a sum as the above quantities of wheat, barley, and oats are equi valent to, according to the average prices for seven years to each preceding Christmas. The septennial averages, as published in the London Gazette, may be shown to be correct by the following statement of the anival averages : Wheat per Imp. Qr. Barley per Imp. Qr. Oats per Imp. Qr. IL d. e. d. s. d. 1848 BO 6 ... 31 6 ... 20 6 1849 44 3 ... 27 9 ... 17 6 1850 4O 3 ... 23 6 ... 16 5 1851 3B 6 ... 24 9 ... 18 7 1852 4O 9 ... 28 6 ... 19 1 1853 53 3 ... 33 2 ... 21 0 1854 72 5 ... 36 0 ... 27 11 3)339 11 T)205 2 7)141 0 8)48 6 8)29 3 8)20 1 Average p. imp. bus. 6 01 _ was, of high prices, par and- The year 1847, which in theabcocvneseqauccecoucnet of is the re placed by the year 1854, in scarcity which then existed , ando ar ena l et e : ve 4 4 .i 2:127 . Oats, 28 8 ticularly so as too.badr.ley 1847.... Wheat, 69 9 ... On comparing these amounts, which are excluded f ro m the seven ye ars, with those of 1854, which are added, it will be evident that the septennial average must ne cessarily be less than the p rece di ng year, al though the price of wheat was a little more in 1854 than in 1847. We have seen that the 1001. rent charge was, from the passing of the act, to be represented by a certain number of bushels of wheat, barley, and oats ; there fore, if we value these numbers of bushels by the septen nial average prices, as fixed in the London Gazette of the sth inst., we shall find the value of 1001. of tithe rent charge for the year 1855 as follows ?-- Per Imp. Bushel. s. d. 91.955589 bushels of wheat, at 6 01 ... £2B 15 8 168.421052 f I at 3 7i ... 30 14 Of 242.424242 Pi at 2 6 30 6 0,1 £B9 15 Si I hope the explanation I have given will enable any one to satisfy himself, at any future time, as to the ac curacy of the valuation of the tithe rent charge, as well as of the septennial average prices of wheat, barley, and oats. It may be of some use to the owners of tithe rent charge to be aware that, by the 20th section of 3 Vic., c. 15, the half-yearly rent charge which becomes due on the Ist of January, is to be regulated by the averages publised in the month of January in the preceding year, not by the averages-published a few days af ter the said Ist of January.—l remain, &c., CILLIMES M. Virthmou, a Actuary unive rs ity Life Office. Suffolk-street s kali-ILA Jan, Oa, 180. THE SICK OP THE HIMALAYA. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAT NIGHT. At a meeting of tie guardians of the poor of the Port sea Island Union, held in the Poor-house, Kingston, Portsmouth, this evening, at which were prasent—Mr. Alderman Levy, vice-chairman, president, the following members of the town-council :—Messr3. J. A. H. Howell, Hannam, Newlyn, R. F. Jolliffe, Palmer, Daw, Wdl, White, and Dore ; Messrs. King and T. Batche lor, guardians ; and Mr. Devereux, solicitor, clerk to the board, the case of John Williams, the distressed British seaman, landed from the Himalaya on the 3d, and who died in the Poor-house on the evening of the 4th, of alleged exhaustion and neglect both on board and after landing, was re-opened by the chairman, who read the following letters which had been received since the last meeting of the guardians, held this day fortnight : "13, Cannon-row, Westminster, Jan. 12. " Gentlemen,—l have road the report of your pro ceedings at your meeting on the 10th inst., as given in Tic SIM of this date, and with ;reference to that part - of the certificate and declaration of Mr. Bull, the sur aeon of the niiion, wherein he states that the seaman Williams died in consequence of ' neglect while on board the Himalaya,' I think it right to forward you a copy of a communication which I have sent to Lord Palmer ston, in the hope that his lordship will do me the justice to take measures to relieve me of the most unjust im putation cast on me. —T am, gentlemen, yours obediently, " JAMES M'CANN, M. D., " Late Surgeo❑ in charge of Himalaya." "To the Guardians of the Poor of the Portsea Island Union." The following is the statement alluded to in the above letter:— " On the arrival of the Himalaya at Spithead, on the 2d inst., one of her Majesty's tenders, with a naval cap tain in charge, came alongside and received the naval invalids, 11 in number, put on board at Malta. By order of Captain Russell, of the Himalaya, I made over the invalids, with their papers, for the purpose, as I bo- Hove, of being taken to the hospital. The complaint under which the seaman Williams laboured was chronic disease of the liver, accompanied by hcensorrhoid. The man Williams, during the 14 days he was on board the Himalaya, received every attention, professional aad otherwise. He was seen twice a day by me, and Dr. Manifold, medical officer in charge of military invalids on board the ship, saw him with me. I declare that Williams received every kind of attention, with imitable diet, and six ounces of port wine daily, and that that part of the report of Mr. Bull, surgeon of the Portsea Island Union, 'that Williams died of neglect while CU board of the Himalaya' is entirely incorrect." A letter was also read from Mr. W. J. Cooper, the coroner, in which he explained the motives which had induced him to decliae to hold the inquest. Mr.Coeper stated that he thought it unnecessary to have an inquiry in the Absence of evidence to sustain the shadow of a doubt that the death of 'Williams had arisen from disease engendered by exposure to the morbific influence of climate. " If," said Mr. Cooper, "I had held an in quest on the body of Williams, I must, in consistency, do so on the bodies of all the invalided soldiers of the Himalaya, who may die within my jurisdiction." Mr. Howell said, he was not satisfied with the answer of the coroner, and he had therefore a resolution on the subject to submit. No one could deny that all the officers of the union who had had to do with the case, including the relieving officer, the governor, and the medical officer, bad done their duty. He was per fectly sure of this ; the public, however, were not Baths ' fied as to the way the case stood at preseit, and a very strong opinion had been expressed in this borough. Re ferring to the way in which the maa Williams had been carried from place to place, and the refusal of the Sailors' Home to receive him, Mr. Howell observed that he should naturally have expected that a committee of gentlemen who managed a sailors' home, would have been in waiting at the dockyard to receive and take care of invalids, in place of denying admittance to one who was taken to their very doors. Mr. Howell concluded by moving the following resolution : " That this board having maturely considered the reply of Mr. William Cooper, the coroner of this borough, in reference to his not holding an inquest on the body of John Williams, a seaman, who was landed from the [Himalaya, and who, in the recorded opinion of the me dical officer of the board, died from exhaustion and ne glect on his passage in that vessel from the Black Sea ; resolve, that in the opinion of this board the said coro ner of this borough ought to have held an inquest on the body of the said John Williams, which they regret was not done, to satisfy the public mind." Mr. DonE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN iMr. Levy) considered the reso lution a very mild one, and one for which he was quite prepared to vote. He did not, however, agree in all that had been said by Mr. Howell. It was in the dockyard where the first lapse had taken place : the man had come home in one of her Ma jesty's ships ; the Government thought proper to take charge of the invalid sailors and soldiers, and yet the parties present in helMajesty's dockyard had left this unfortunate creature without attending is his case ; it was the officials at the dockyard who were to blame more than any other party. Now, was it right, he asked, on the part of the Government officials to suffer John Williams, a shipwrecked sailor, who had come home and landed in her Majesty's dockyard, to lie is the dockyard, so long suffering under piles, because that was the complaint under which be was suffering l The poor fellow had first of all been taken to the Military Liospital, and there he was refused adreissien because he did not belong to her Majesty's service ; be was then conveyed to the Sailors' Home —a home fJr sailors with money in their pockets—and bad he bad money in his pocket he would have been received ; then be was taken to the local hospital, and there he was refused admission because he had no order. (Cry of Shame.") Sir It. F. JOLLIFFE regretted that any misunderstand ing should have occuired with the coroner, and was of opinion that it would he proved the man had not been neglected in the Himalaya ; the neglect bad been in the dockyard and in the man being hawked about. (Hear.) It was a great shanfe that a hospital (the local) to which they ail subscribed should have acted as they had done in this case. It was most disgraceful that the man should have been brought to their gates and then turned adrift. (Efear, hear.) Mr. PILMEi defended the medical officer of the union- house. He had no doubt that before their medical offi cer had made such a statement as to the man's treatment on board of the Himalaya he had some foundation for it. (Hear.) Mr. HANNAN( said he should vote for Mr. Howell's motion ; the man bad been treated most cruelly by the Government authorities, the gentlemen at the Sailor's Home, at the Military Hospital, and lastly at the Royal Hospital (the local hospital, styled " The Royal Ports• month, Portsea, and Gosport Hospital"). The motion was then unanimously agreed to. Mr. Howsu, then moved— " That a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and also to the town-clerk of this borough, to be by him laid before the town•council." Vv The resolution was rgreed to unanimously. The board then discussed what ought to be done in reference to the letter from the surgeon of the Himalaya. Mr. PALMER moved that a copy of that letter be for warded to Mr. Bull, the medical officer of the union house, and that he be requested to report to the guar dians thereon. He thought Mr. Bull must have had good grounds for what he had stated in his certificate, and that it was but right to give him an opportunity of justifying himself. (Hear.) The motion was unanimously agreed to. THE GREAT NORTHERN PIG AND POULTRY SHOW. The third annual exhibition of the Great Northern. Pig and Poultry Association, open to all England, took place at Doncaster en Wednesday and Thursday (yester day). The principal features of the poultry department were the game, the Spanish, and the coloured Dorking classes. The game birds were allowed to be the finest; collection of that variety of fowls ever shown. The , strongest competition was in the classes of black-bpasted. and other reds, of which there were 90 pens against 6L last year. Mr. Mellowes, of Carbaston, near Worksop, obtained the first prize for the birds-above one year old p Mr. Frith, of Tarne-wood, Anston, the second prize; Mr. Mellowes the first prize for the chickens of the same variety ; and Mr. Chaloner, of Steetly, near Work sop, the second prize. It way be remarked that the game fowl is a favourite breed in North Notts. The classes of Spanish were well filled, and comprised some remarkable specimens. The first and second prizes both for fowls and chickens were obtained by Dr. Pierson, of Burlington-quay. The coloured Dorkings were of fine quality, and produced a smart contest, especially for the chicken prizes, the first of which was carried if by Mr. James Brown, of Rossington-hall, near Don caster, and the second by Mr. Edward Akroyd, Den ton-park, Otley. The first prize for the fowls of the same breed was obtained by Mr. G. Hustler, Appleton, Tadcaster ; and the second by Mr. Joseph Braddock, York. The Shanghai or Cochin-China classes showed a marked falling off in numbers, as compared with the exhibition of last year, and no visible improvement in quality. The first prize for cinnamon and buff variety was won by Mr. Staley, North Collingham, near Newark. The first prize for chickens of the tame breed was awarded to Mr. G. Hustler, Appleton, Tadcaster ; and the second to Mr. J. H. Smith. S' - .elton-grange, York shire. There was an excellent 'mow of all the varieties of Hamburg fowls, which appear fully to maintain their ground in the public estimation. Poland fowls were brought forward in diminished numbers, and, as a fancy breed, evidently do not increase in popularity. Tbe" was a pretty good show of pigeons and rabbits. Turkrnys, geese, and ducks were but scantily represented, a most likely, to the lateness of the season. a same remark also applies to the show . of ge ever, included some splendid speciimi o f exhibitedwt. the p rc b n y e species. The Godfrey,The opfriTzehofarntep,igexocf.itaccsinuinaq__ e a r tifie ' d admiration. private itmt. a DEATH FROU ITYDBOPEro_a tain Duncan B Charles Miller, belonging t u orae Guards (Blue), died eveningfroaniiiiilt";6- acldijuesday. in the hospital at Royal been bitten y Scotch dog about a troop dysryoinpdh so e ob f ri .a the oH r e year ago, but the wound was speeily healed, and no thing more was thoug 'natter until within two months, when deceased was taken into the hospital in a state bordering upon delirium, but exhibited no re markable symptoms until Thursday (last week), when on a basin of broth being ordered by the surgeon, the poor fellow drew back from it with horror, and after. wards rejected everything in a liquid shape. The syrup. d th o a g t l p it b oti een had tomw of hydrophobia increased daily the sufferer bowled like a dog, and soon became raving mad. 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