The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-06 00:00:00

{O 4lll , repor t to t ntlist is ro 00 '0 1,11 ttee bag beg e t ,tions fr °lll 6 111° ) t s that tbe i on t for o urli f j rta kes to P e r u ji. 7s from sl c o l) v e us 11 ,e",,r they ha' ed." 1 e (P t journa h - e lares t of Sweden ce w ith "'" English 01; Fed llll _ Gene ra 1 f l j, Lich he accer 1 11 _ ~dTR~~ . .7121, .V 194 Po o re o , big eta ent in -009 on We 009 137 On the Oil sion WAS $ 6l O even in g . 11°r • decei ed W I a de' s" # A na ture i t le w Asree e t cr 0wa...40,1.1, , s ing 187 a He ed ' ju ba rel TO pl o° s the 1 01/ . 01 14_ 4 0 t besv the. A o tkel a. • , c OP. - to r f 3 00t 1 1:6 1) 1 1 1$ Wb ef e W ee vil/ '0 e r ipti 0 00 4 , ' bee 60 Y Cli itri 4 l° l lll 'c j i; tl l, ,0 411. . ~irisl ,ci. , p, e civg F r opt° 00V coil ° 130 5 , 4 ArldstA e re pco • ; 4kI NI-4 .1 V RK ET 11 4 14 e°l t CITY, TN'i 0 o'CLOCK. ip,ihtl , :ra, eyfesrorti toanre:larket at Liverpool yesterday was 4 411 7 , T he sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. were dull, at barely previous rates. tie a t P. n g to the condition of the dried fruit ktkte, mverpool, Messrs. Houghton and Levy I,ll° currants, that -7 arrivals since our last reach 220 tons, making the 154' I MPort of th. te e , to the 1854 crop about 1700 tons, against 1 4P rtiv ale toule same period last season ; in London Araitee, to the Bth ultimo consist of 1550 tons, against e same date in 1854 ; thus, although the T ye total here e i ota' are larger this season, there is a deficiency I,eoeti4,,_!uiPorts to this country. The clearances t0 ' , 4 4 ; thitiulM favourable contrast to the two preceding te, l lllt4 Pti en aBt Month they reached 130 tons for home b e ! le j ito !_ against 50 tons in January, 1854, and 80 Tieg3stot:arY, 1853 ; the imports are also larger, 44 1 act, t °, against 20 in the same month in 1854. ez es 'getlt t: e b it, on account of the variety of packages, 01 ,,e416 00, e arrived at, but we should say does not 11;, 54 2 e1ad ,`°2 B , more than one-half of which consists % o , 443 fr -uee, tut ; in London, the stock on the '" lauer Was about 4500 tons, only one-half of the ty th 41 14 1853.0 PrOn Slot s die s 4-° sed act (for England) to facilitate d et 4 ) the It Bills of Exchange and Promissory Doti 4 % to a Prevention of frivolous or fictitious d o one ooril etioxs thereon, it is provided that, in 1114. 1)t obtal„ e i n ced under this act, if the defendant def,„',the pi;: t 've of the court or a judge to ap lizite'rat) sh oal . may sign judgment ; but the 'cave t o ° ''' r uig a defence upon the merits, is to l ifee jli(l igoei:PPear. The judge may, before or tei:ce be tot),tive leave to appear, although a Partie s , 134 , 0 '0rn, if reasonable ground be laid. 4otico,PloNcjesiding abroad, if due diligence has b ° 4 l4 - 1;' will b e t serve them with the requisite T h derw,liable, on non-appearance, to judg- S "te kile 44 rf . yip; .oth „,, ra ‘-' l Yde and Ganges, from Constanti ko,:tet, aEL-rred at Marseilles on the 4th and hei r mails are expected in London to )4;1417411t8 fromeitiiv Madrid state that the new litafroro aster had succeeded in obtaining .ad h' ! i e local capitalists, who had promised 144 e aoco _ en required. 114 94 from New York state that there oeo,, _ . L'lo 4 :qttv an I q3nry fer exchange, and that on to6f . 2o ced to 8i to 9 per cent., and on exp ect e ° , and sf. 14ic. ou best bills. There gto44l,,oloiation that before long there would be 1/14 tik,were l l, 1T Y specie shipments to England. L 1 44 o.,,,ll°Yaist, money on call being easily A ss amount of specie held by the City • Zei;5127(14.er than ever before known, viz., 4 et bl itly 4 14171 ) and the loans, according to the 14 ‘,Z 1 loiti t e ‘Urn, had increased ,471,917 dollars. L iwy*••• g U pon the subject is from a local It ol!lie e ,„ 84 -- b a se in loans is no more than anticipated, t l l4l l _ l ‘,Thei ao 4 OrTeie basis should have . been much 'eet t "eat e 0 , do not yet feel that it is safe to . put 11.e r "P " j rne. There is no disposition exhibited INte"heref long business paper, and demand Pok it n iooi °re Preferred. The danger of foreign ex k6ll4llLt.atiy k ll n g r apidly up to specie shipping points Th i nleg 10;1aq Market is too great to permit the 1'4144041y ire e ued at once to any extent. Ne i s the ant failure noticed in these ac ,St'.t,f Pitt°ll, • Messrs. Kramer and Ramm, the auto u rgh, making the sixth stoppage t e ll e itetr u ,cuitt 4 11. t wo months. 46 Stunt sPecie imports over exports in the li> k rt; vl , B ) B B.3 ll ,l l3 l e r high tariffs, since 1820, has 1 3 1122 6,5 4 6 4 . 6 4 , er 1, 3 ; C:44 :2 While the specie , imports over oh o qollarc, tariffs, since 1820, amount to 44 11 nseti it • •'• The importation of specie in ei ,, c) Dtee.t th,Pqiee be included in the calcula t,°‘'itb,i,lll Ig4 w „ tariffs, for the protective tariff sPe'elli:.eo-to4llNtiOuliad not, in 1843, been long by th e jaer, th ,. to produce any visible effect tariff pr,1111:14-: isYstern. The importation of 't o "; t ue claimed with equal justice - v e tat• 443 AS the effect of the high /earionup to the close of the -•`° move as we do not intend to ttee ei"4ents of specie depend in the , Wil liiii}; • the tariff, whether high - or 'V eat „, -4 3; should have the full belie w• '''aice out of that large specie 111 ) rts and Yu seen that in our classifica i!lss e „exports of specie under the ' J aye taken but two years' present .B Pecie sb act, 1847 and 1848. The lid the ,co the discovery of gold in bade 11°t re•ous annual production, tut j e at iaden t. of previous causes, that Period, it being independent : " - rse of trade. California has been a r „ ; _ dr of foreign !manufacture's, the oc . )n- L '', lg up so suddenly and being carried l ueyond our u.sual means of payment ,„' a product of that State was the only brkation, and for a time it became as Ftei'Dtirh, e xport as cotton or corn from the hav e ' the country. The shipments of tu ral ...A4l . b. ext,4t--..ore been carried to an artificial ' l7 t4b lerZZliati c i' ll oci it may be some years before_ ° 'et table the :legitimate operations of • eel th e o '' '' c Aiti t ren above we prepared for the por ted u ell4t rY - F at lo.w - tariffs have not quite - eort - PA •IT 1 141 o n ] 4 rds o f .er 16 years of low tariffs w d e e r to ,"`Y . abo ut 4. ei ghty millions of specie, an lit Y-two earn of b.'wenty-three ; while ktt eN, d sh_ W " and a to riffs we imported only . ti, 4l ereT ll t .Million; of specie, and ex ‘,73 • bee,, • millions. t,si t '` ,. te k . e . ly qe b la Y a is,„ l"ea .YY . market for . public seculs: 1 / 4 1. 41 Intii ; •-rn ung an administration being int -e 'al to the monied as well as the 1 1 rall sfe "es t. C been 91 1 to t o y , r, a n d , onsols have 8 to ttl The IN- 1 4 to for Account, being no w kt. -p`i, „ e w Three per Cents. have realised 4,1 1 41 1 k 'le Reduced Three per Cents. 91i l' s ta '4 ' l°llo '3°4 has been supported at 211 to B ills are is. better, being 7s. to perdast India Bonds have been at 15 s. ireh as es have been effected in the ii or e i ge ents. at 77 to 781. ) 1 4 lona, curities there have been very few Ch ili P a rrish Threes have been firmer at ° lit " l a 6;7 Bonds are 1032, and Equador 4. Per o --411 Stock has been at par. Dutch ••)ci tit •on ow are 03,-, t o \ 2i \- Gr e l u ri g,are the nominal prices of foreign t l 'Q„to 211,"4 Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Men -49%; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three Portuguese Four per Cents., Mu ss Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ti: •4 1\l • 'a-•Ralf p - er Cents., 88 to 90 ; Ntqlte.,Zlbeferred, 17i to 17 7 g ; ditto Three Ole t i a 'siv e t° ; ditto Certificates, 4.1 to ; P k t° 4. $ O - ‘ , 11 4.\ 41 41 w l- ',„ a ilway Shares hare been generally Vt4.p .,, V 4 eate th ' b u a diminished business. The d lte Ste h "?, So uth -Western, Caledonian, an 1: 11 are r - Lav e b maintained. French da tk i '4e ••titliet been best n i s f • Madras have been Is. re rk td. e at in the foreign mines, and the Land C ompanies are at barely yester sl 48 Itt isi ,- k4k -1- m Tlll5 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. a a St N'sit the 05c iat List.) kt'er 4 t, v rtivineas done pt i;olu et 4. 2ll 12 qt2Per Annuities p er ; 41 utie s "'es, .I\f k Mmitie s Yeer;..l)tre sth J an ., 1600 . 5-10 1)1Ld1,4.14 10th Oct., 1859 t. Q~l°, i Su, Jan., 1860..• Netae°r sk cht •• A ee ' lO OO ... . .... 15 - 1141, 11 2 t, Bth ......... ...... 91i 4d. t • 'la 185:8 • , .... . per ce . a't Oti 1859 2 - • 01 ,11i t 'L L, 411 0112 ° R , EICI'V r FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' - 'l ) °r Cent ‘ ‘ 44 (i t ' °ll,l B .... .............. ......... 100 bti eh 444 Per Cent . 1031 ttlloll3 ........... .. ....... ...." 4 blt. tt e Per Cen t th e ver red, per Cent toy o,k, Be nda 14, A eue lage : an the abeye payahl a in London. Der 004? C 1 t 1n., t . e 12 Gull 1) it HALF-PA S7' TWO. 1) 14: 1 ' .... v().‘ .............. Iruary A cconnt . (1 4 4 t t i /t y which has lt, tl Dim 431 :43 CA BE _A. remarkable case,day for the hit tc'rtiiitri,ll,e,lrleh Court of Chancery every speeches, is, it thltiqth,J, and in which nearly all the leading is Cl i4 tht, 41;11',./1 bar have made 14114110, i ' l ' n t . to lie settled by E.l . coun ltt•liciit f "Ing Postponed gillng ' p arties an °P I P , , r P ity of or the purpose of giving th e f Liandcoc , qa Ilttan ' W 11 d t the case 0 D t qo ging. ea u e o , long speeches, n t t h i7 Tu n e r s - - Jen of 1 N ° Part l't beburgo, in which indepen, Irish no b e Y that i '. character of an ei: v vi , l lo 48 4 I T: stake, iliilgte,rld, iainvolvden.inCost prominentelfor the petitioner ha es / *l ''' kith e t ."n8 in the most serious char. en I lt Ilst t ,, z reale latitude who, it has be thechdr' place in the p v o e li . ti: u oki h, me noblems.n in question, ielltilt i'litt4eted, , is the , fa.ther of the . respondent, a alleged to have been _ lita.,,i, oil!, a tha cause be P i ar n l ikjetirti e ,_ e el i c, who was se a minor, cadent g a t a e d o a h,'*tl a a t_ h is part of the res under a deed that hin g h7uas was 1 i . 4 % t 4 i Ch Qtl,neis Parentage, but he claimeddtohim, Mr. andall 144 tfatcliacoeTZ°P6ltY Was. secured da„ghters, . brothert nofot being all th . _ , a ztd ,i_ la y with their . t° ouch their ter hving, it israllec,'.d, , suffered greatly Weir death 1 mother's neglect for D ome time previous be ill of course, 4 kti y d;• The lovers of scandal w , 444 il,44PPointed by any arrangemen ""eitidg , - uunecessary. Judgment ()I the court t which would e'tlwfelore pr.. `4 . ii „it •is jo,, k rzous i 213 1 * sea r t: T t th at 3 : ( is RUPP ° OOI k7Otest a art W e a a tr o 1 l it lf ) tr e ell a frow 0 1 ~ Of are II a c otsP o ,l S o all th ay 0 11 °0 t 1 . 14 tt tio e the 11° 9 . itit °f ' il • dWs it e t : 111 1 Po eceife . 0 0 ) , lit j .ack sP I o et w i ti o „ taril and pro,P, 0,1 0 , t i ., 1 4 , Of ti with P i ot/. tifo r tfi of rn to 00 1 ,10 d 0 1: 4 4 eath i°,o 441.411 ) an 1 0° OP VII I hi B °i lk if ieo o s ° ,ii, s %ft 0 ow li° bis lict: 18 41 I 01 0 e ,abg A coh t , co tiollw low % ti o -411.4 AD Olt 1 o k 4 el , s a to a 1380 , 14 4 Q44 4 ,ef , ki y e fin u il , s t 4h e A rt kt be c°°l a kt io , of kille :iog ie °- $10 9 :, big Atl it g a A l p pt. ur k ti4;_ —.W. SB.A:PEM (7 IT I S E'aid.l RAMTATE. Aberdeen. 100 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Blyth & Tyn ori gin& £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen alio]. Car /0 0 / 0 all .00 digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Cr;eff Junction DublindzßelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ......, ....... . Do., B Stock I Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh dr Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edin. PAL & Dundee', Forth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) ;rent Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish Sonth-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle' Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do Fifths Dl., Wst. Riding Un. Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S. est. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh. ,M&8...( Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do. Shaus, No. 1 Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Jo. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf(l Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un. North British...... North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 _ _ A Deferred )0., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do. do. G.N.E. Purch. DO. Leeds Do. York North London .. Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.,..... N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ Oxford, Worcester, &, Wolverhampton .... Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsby. & Herefcl. Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dut Do itaines,Wok &Wok Stockton & Dal.lin, Stockton (Ss Hartlopl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. Maraca Rayon Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriei West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon ARKETS. T) A 7. Mr (:losing Prices yesterday. Basins.% dons this day. 20 - 21 4 - 81 - 8:1 12 -11 i6i ---- 94 7 - 96 61i - 621 124 - 1.3 - 2i 6 - 7 14 - 15 11i -11 i 29 - 31 19 - 21 73 -- 75 55 -- 57 2d -- par 191 -- 201 70 - 72 89 -90 i 72 - 74 128 - 128 90 - 92 66 -66} ' 60 - 62 74 - 78 7 - 90 7 - 9 74 1 75 fih - 7g 88 LOO 102 [OOA 101 cl— id d I 85 —8 6 d 8 7 7A 61 I •• - 21k - 71- 8;1. 69a 69i 41 43 d r 11 9 11 50 - 52 3i 34 30. ... 316 8 10 - .6i 75 76 - 77 6 5Ad 4 4 121 —13 i 534 -- 54 51 53 par —4) id. 4 4 3 ; 6 ••:1 —ip 304 - 314 98 - 100 62 - 63 8 - 8:3? 45 - 47 12 - 14 58i 59i 28,i - 293 38 - 40 3 - 16 17 3 - 41 23 - 5 - 6 - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do. '59, do Gd Tk of C. iiadabis Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic a O . Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fiance; Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. This., 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. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterrnn. NI:1(11.as Do. New Vtaria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl, interest) Do. (ex interest) gort.hcrn of France D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 22. y. d.ur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds. (finy.B.& Ams.Shs. lgorwegianTruukPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen._ rarisCaen Chcrbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 55 p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5} per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STO I all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. Amorican 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 18 English Scottish and' Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto Ne !O I London lCounty LO London J.)int Stock.. ?,0 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22A National of Ireland all Now South Wales• ' all Oriental Bank of Corporation 15 Provincial of Ireland Xll Do. New 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg g L .Gold Imp Co ill South Australia al Union of Australia 21 iln New . 1.0 Union of London „„ 6,i 6i 1 li 34 2b par p 2 -2 P 32? , -32 i - 64 ' 1 - 41, 8 i 71 9A 8A 11 —10 d 88 00 21 3 par ip par ip 2i - 3 28 - '2l 16 -17 ioo ' 93 95 2 d par 97 -- 100 di li -- 2ip is i d i 2 G 1 - 71 iii = 34 12i 12 8i -- 9A 213 -211 p, ••• 47 49 42 44 . Pro 22 2`,3 t(1 2i P 7i B.f ••• - ••• ... - PM 31 1 d 7i lip 3i - ••• '''' • 14i BANKS. 80 -- 82 i'd 17- Id 3 2d 21i -21 i k - IP 37 - - ... 38 -- 40 ••• 65 - 67 7 - 9 100 100 100 103 14 all all 100 100 100 4.2 8/ 26 100 100 all 22A 3 !00 all al 1 100 all 3 ls 20 20 10 10 all 16 100 tot) ' 21 10 5 20 20 20i 100 20 20 20 20 20 (T r1,.'~.1~ I 1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1855. L'N RS LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. SPORTING NOTES. MAEKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) Compat s Inoltif Priem F!'”9:l7e",t .tRy. ITA.Y MARKETS. TJE I odious one ugh may be instituted between the Ilanclie,y for the Cilesti,k Cap and that for the Me tropolitan Stakes. For the former event the weights were distributed in accordance with the popular notion, and care was evidently taken to command a large accep tance ; whilst, for the latter, the imposts were allotted on the old and effete system, which was seemingly adopted to exclude first-class horses, to enlarge the for feit list, and to diminish the number of competitors. On the very day the Handicap was published I indicated how destructive the "pet theory" on which it was formed would prove to the character of the race, and my opinion has been confirmed by the insignificant show which the list of acceptances makes in juxtaposition with that for the Chester Cup. Mr. Dorling should rouse himself to sustain the perceptibly diminishing popularity of the Metropolitan Stakes, and not allow a long series of un interrupted successes to lull him into a false sense of se curity, for unless he take heed for the future the race which was established with so much energy, and ad vanced to so high a pitch of popularity, will gradually dwindle into an affair of second or third rate importance. The " Bonus " is not now subscribed to with that readiness and liberality which were formerly displayed, and indeed Mr. Dorling seems to lack the in clination to canvass personally for support, or is unable to solicit aid with that tact and urbanity which were so eminently displayed by , the late worthy founder of the race. Poor Sam Becton thou art sorely missed by thy peers and associates already is thy loss felt and deeply deplored ! - Speculation on the Metropolitan Stakes will, perhaps, lee unusually limited in its range, and at present it is con. ducted with little activity or determination. The lead arrifFIELD.-I,lcadow hay, 2/ 12s to 1! ; ditto, 31 Os to 4: 7 . 153; and straw, 11 3s to 1/ I.OA per lo u t. A. full ay..irage supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 183 to 41 16s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 12s ; and straw, 114 s to 1/ lls per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2118 s to 41 15s; clover ditto, 3/ 03 to Si 16s; and straw, it 3s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade rather dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—There is very little inquiry—common congou is aid to 10d per lb. SUGAR.—East India descriptions are in request at full rates. Refined is firm, 42s Gd being paid for brown lumps, and 43s to 49s for grocery. There was none landed last week at the East and West India Docks, bet there were taken for home consumption, 1,371 hhds 92 trs and 221 brls. The stock in these places is 10,532 hhds 1,950 trs and 1,491 brls. Yellow Havannah is 31s 6d to 36s Gd, and Manilla. 27s to 29s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon is 45s 9d to 46s for good ord, and 46s Gd for real good ord. Fine Costa Rica brought 628 6d per cwt. RICE.—Tke market is quiet. A French Government contract has been taken, but the price is not divulged. RllM.—West India is inactive at 2s 9d to 3s 4d for Lee wards and Demerara proof . There were taken for home use from the abovenamed establishments 297 puns and 27 hhds ; the exports comprised 281 puns and 96 hhds. The stock is 3,073 puns and 112 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction 1,403 bags realised 22s 6d to 27s for low to fine Bengal, 11 to 2i per cent. refraction. Bombay, 92 bags brought 21s for 11i per cent., there being rather more inquiry. COTTON.—This article is rather dull. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 56s 6d per cwt on the spot, being firmer. CASTOR OIL.—A good demand has been experienced, but business has been prevented owing to the further slight advance asked. &MS.—The market remains quiet without change in price. TlN.—The market keeps dull, Banca is now nominal at 1083 to 109 s and Straits 1063 per cwt. SPELTEB remains flat, and there are ready sellers at 251. on the spot. IRON—Scotch pig is quiet at 65s 6d for cash or mixed Nos. _ _ . ing favourite is Pharsalus, an animal in W. Day's stable, and whose pretensions to the position to which he has been advanced in the betting are somewhat 1113. certain. If my memory serves me aright he only ran once as a two years old, when he was called Farsa, and was unplaced ; last season he figured only once, and that in a somewhat questionable shape at Shrewsbury Autumn Meeting. Fandango, the next in demand to Pharsalus, is certainly worthy of the support which she has received ; her run. ning is sufficiently good to justify some confidence in her chance. Could I calculate with certainty upon Wild Huntsman's starting, and his party's intentions, I should unhesitatingly place some faith in his ability to carry off the race. He is marked on my list " danger- - ous." Winkfield, Joshua, Paletob, High Priest, and Matilda, seem, in my opinion, to be the only other notice able names in the list of acceptances. OILS.— Linseed is less in request to-day, and the price is now 36s on the spot, and 37s for forward delivery. Rape is also dull, brown 51s for immediate cash, 50s 14 days, and 48s 6d one month, and refined iis3s. Cocoa Nut with out change. Palm is steady at 44s to 45s for good and fine. Andover's upward tendency in the betting on th e Chester Cup is well sustained, and, should th e D er b y victor be the trusted animal of his party, h e w ill indubitably become a most formidable an t agon i st. The two Johns Day have certainly a m os t "dan gerous lot," and nothing is more probable than that the interest of the Findon and Danobury stables will be amalgamated. Those stables are represented in the list by Virago 9st 61b, Andover Bst 121 b, Little Harry, Bst 21b, Scythian 7st 41b, Star of Surrey Get 101 b, Marc Anthony 6st 61b, St. Stephen sst 81b, and Sailor, sst 71b ; of these animals—Andover, Little Harry, Scythian, and Marc Anthony are unquestion ably leniently handicapped. For the two last mentioned, in particular, I entertain a well-founded partiality. The Reiver is now scarcely mentioned in the turf-market ; that he is well in I readily admit, but a brute of so vicious a temper few would be inclined to trust on a course like the Roodee. What jockey will be able to keep him straight, or from flying open-mouthed at other horses in the race in such a scrimmage as annually occurs for the Chester Cup ? According to his St. Leger running and his performance with Der vish at Goodwood, Arthur Wellesley is favourably han dicapped, but he is after all merely a moderate horse, with very doubtful staying qualities. Notwithstanding the " quiet tone" of the market with reference to ROTHERHAM, I am prepared to see this horse become a m great favourite ; he possesses unquestionable racing with a good turn of speed, and "Dangerous Daw son" well knows how to use a horse intended for the Chester Cup. To extend my notes to the other acceptors would occupy too much space. I shall take an early opportunity of again expressing my opinion as to the relative merits of the probable competitors for the Cos trian Prize. The " lot " which I should at pre sent stand on comprises Andover, Knight of St. George, Indian Warrior, Kaffir, Scythian, Early Bird, Llauforda, Weathercock, Palmeria, .Rotherham, General , Picton ' atml Atherstone. Those pri n t e d in italics stand foremost in my, estimation. By the way, Tonathass Wild, the winger of the Goodwood . Stakes in 1846, is entered for ,this race, and weighted at sst. 81b. He is now in his twelfth year. His name was almost forgotten until the publication of the nomina tions. Bell's Life announces that he is in "harness," and driven about the streets of London, and that he was only entered to win a bet about his starting. The Oundle Steeplechases are announced to take place to-morrow and Thursday. Doubts are, however, even now entertained, whether it will be practicable to celebrate the sport. After the recent severe frost, snow, and rain I should have scarcely deemed the ground in prim fit" e promoter "running gco of the ndition:U Mr. N ewcome M ason , th e undertaking, is exerting himself most energetically to insure the success of the gathering. I fear his efforts will not be commensurately rewarded. Feb. C. A. FRESH MAN. Owing to the contraction of trade and the consequent extent to which mercantile engagements are now running off without being renewed, the demand for money yes- 1 terday in the discount market showed a considerable diminution, and in the Stock Exchange the supply was abundant. FMK AT PECKHAM, AND SUPPOSED LOSS OF LIFE.— yesterday morning afire broke out on the premises,No.l, used as a linendraper s shoones, a scripture reader, who by a gentleman, Npe,vbut Peckham,recently purchasedformerly i M nt i e le n - d te e r l a t c ooi P n an t r h ka e ni-r n oe i da a 'd s j, a place of worship for the poor in the neighbourhood. The premises, which had a con siderable frontage, were completely gutted, owing to the w Company was very scanty, while th e S ou th w a r k mains were also nearly three hours lat e. W e regre t to add that an t o f :ar. . water, Jones a is s the s y furnished by the Kent up p s o u s p e p a l to have perished in the fl a mes. The other inmates had gone i nto th e coun try, but Mx. Jones was seen in th e neighbourhoo d as l a t e as nine o'clock on Sunday night ; an d as h e h as no t since been heard of, great fears are expressed with respect to his probable fate. A.s soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled, the firemen made an examination of the saree, but though the body had not been discovered up to eight o'clock last night, as nothing had been heard of Mr. Jones in any other quarter, little doubt remains that the unfortunate gentleman lies in the lower part of the ruins. _ _ • _ - T - Hil MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON ' Feb s.—The Peninsu 1r and ty u, r Company'syesterda Steam shipy with th e I n di a Chi na , and has on board 127 fi rs t-class and 40 Indus, Captain .3. : esd oiwral Orientalhliecawhich left le ft mails, second-class passengers. Among her first-class pas n-Mine the Hon. Mrs. Forbes, , Archd e a c on Messurier, Major and Mrs. Taylor, ca_ sg b e e r s s , are Generalt he Hon. Sewell, ‘v Judgeell Captains Waterman, On slow, Galway and Lady, and Miller, and Archdeacon closnevx4ecttleiedPineninsular mails of the 7th Chuck-erbutty. The Indus had n freight specie value 209,065/. ss. 11d. for India and China, the course e steam-ship f -s t h o i - p m o s r o r l o a w n t . C he h m in e a wa a r n d d p 2 o O rt o i o o l n . ss. 11d., and a ' full sYt'Blndia and Mexican forgeneral Alexandriacargo. h. t o e : w. a iT l lit , :hal 2 u l ctsh l ,o , oll7 o ll 6 : l l o ni n pa th n e y 9th inst. The Theo fth 1 L t a b d o r v i d e mail,will to despatch her inst. (cap ta T in he je t c y h a o l ), mails, has net yet arrived. She is anxiously looked for a w s ith it th is e new s teant-ship Tyne left Blackwall for Southampton this morning. In consequence of there being no dock tmhoentiinotyenßtraznii?lafn tinhaeilc,so for her at Blackwall, one . w!ll be prepa re d at this port, for the - purpose of ascertaining the damage she sustained by getting ashore on the Girdles in h er passage to this port on i Wednesday last. It is stated th a t th e T yne i s intended to convey the West Indi▪ a mail of the 17th inst. ; but, in case of t he non-arri▪ val of the Solent, we presume she will be selec ted to su pply the vacuum ' on the Brazilian station. The Plata, steam -ship, next home from the West Indies, is expected about the 15th inst. By dint of exertion she may be turned roun d and de spatched again with the mails of the 1 7th, to p reven t an y deficiency on that line. The U.S. mail steam-ship Her mann, Capt. Higgins, with dates from New York to the 27th Jan., is expected to arrive, en route to Bremen, about Friday or Saturday next. Iu consequence of no mail steamer having been des patche dfrom Southampton to the :Brazils in December, there will be no i ncom i ng homeward-bound steamer during the present month from those parts of the world. AMENDMENT or MR LAW SOCIETY.---LIMITED LIABI LITY IN PARTNERSHIP.--A: meeting of this society was held last evening at their rooms, 21, Regent -street ; Lord 13rougham in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confi rme d , M r. D . Power opened the proceedings .bydiscussing a t some length the question of l i mited liability in partnership. Ho concluded by moving a series of resolutions for carrying out that object, as recommended by the com mittee. Mr. P. Hill seconded the reso l ut i ons . He considered that such an alteration as would admit of the formation of partnerships upon the commandite prin ciple would be a great i mprovement. Mr. Elliot ob jected to any alteration in the e exi▪ sting law on the sub ject of liability, as endangering the security of mercan tile operations, and 'increasing to a very great extent the amount of fraud in commercial affairs. Considerable discussion then took place on the resolutions, in which the Chairman, Mr. Commissioner Fane, Mr. Field, Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Webster, and other gentlemen took part, and the further consideration of the subject was adjourned until the next meeting. ) The proceedings i then terminated. P , (2: 1 '2,i1,1 Bietohley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fi Dk. Railway Hall & Selby Do. Shares. Do. f Shares. Lon.&Greenm Do. Preference Lon.,Til., & S., Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. a Shares. Ftoystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth.and Gooleg.s p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst, rs)u , lon N. Went. L.&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. 1 Gt. Nrthn. leak.lonian Do Gt. Wes:r Vk. New. erw. V. &NM: Do Do IS. Easton 'Do Peto & Co. 'Norfolk & N. W. & Midlil Stekton Darling '„ Midland.. E. Count Do L. &N.W, &Ln&Yl Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. (. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 10tWestn. 132 - 135 - • - 31 - 32 91 - 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c BlythandTyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent.., Do. do. Pref. No. 2., Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. Now 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr. Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta East and West York shire June. Fifths Ediub 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. 41 p. c. Do, 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Soutl in. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pr4f. St Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 4 Do con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 P. c•P•g• D. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do De. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e 'Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St., Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Western Con. Thirds 'Londonderry& Coler 99 - 101 90 - 92 92 - - U 96 : 97 5i - 6.1 i- 1 1 12 - 13 59 -62 114 - 116 tO9 - 111 101 - 103 b ir 6 6 95 97 87 —8) 88 90 9 -10 f 16f 1i 9i 1, 6 4 70 72 19 19; 9i 9i 14 —14 i 1 id [33 - 135 •e• '. .. 2-- 3 p Shares - Londy. & Ennis. Sh. Shef., & Lin., Now, £lO Do. X 6... 12 —12 A a Nlarypt Carl. 4 p c per cent 100 Aid. Consol .6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & BiKm. 6 per cent Do. 'Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. o. Eat Do. 5i per ct. Do. War. Val. 5 p. c North British 133 135 11 1d t - d -15 104 - 106 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. elo. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c ;No.l Do. do. Quarters 48 Do.YorkL&S. NI% North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c. Scot. Cont. ,New Prof South Devon D®. fixed, 42 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. S. Wales Gila. 4 p. c a l Do : de. 4i . p. c 101 - 102 90 - 92 S - 3i .• ••• .."" 113 - 115 12 14 par, S. Yorksh.4p.c.G ua f-1 Stockton and 'Dar lington, 6 por cent. Do. do. do.l Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 23 - 24 ii = 18• ••• —• ••• id -- ip MINES. 1 all A.gua Fria ........ k 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian --: 11 a a A . 11 ti s Australianr aa n Cordillera . : - 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) 50 all Blaanarvon Iron and Coal.. 20 13.5 British Iron 3 5 35 254 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm ll 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culab' 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 28 —SO 1 t Carsons's Crecdc 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica hd par 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O —55 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent, par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo ...... 16 18 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg (`Ao 1A 2 2 1 Fortuna —ha 20 all General.. l4' 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVoinßeg. ?J • 4 all Great Polgooth. . ••• 1 all Liberty • - ••. 3 all Linares G 74 7 5 1 Lusitanian — id 1 all Mariquita A 1 all Now Granada .. 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co— 1 all Nouveau Monde a 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 13.; 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 11/ Santiago de Cuba..... 4 44 4/ 1 all South Australian..... 14 1i 10 74 Tin Croft.., 1 2 284 all United Mexican 1 all Wailer 21 —2/ 1 all West Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1. all Yuba ••• ••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 171 Australian Agricult. 31A 324 x d 20 ... Australsn•Pcific.Mail 10 all Aus`zaln. Royal Mail 41 10 54 Berlin Water Works 3 • 2 . 0 50 40 Brit. American Land 60 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. • and Reduction Co.. 100 324 Canada llB W I . St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July lO7. 108 5 all Crystal Palace 3ll 3g 4 all Crystal Pal. of France " 1 Duston Iron Oro 20 5 Eastern Steam •• •• 25 21 ElectricTelegraph(A) 15i 161 1 all Electric 'Meg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 alt General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mcxicau&S.Amerien. 6 6 i. 1 ' all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Nethorlancls 1 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian 2 5 0 , a 11 124 N pe r e t l h. rt o r f . E L u a ro . p s6 e m St i e n a r ra L 3 .... 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 all Do. Do. ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co li 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Inve st 1 - 2 1 1 Ditto New. 25 all South Austral. Land 34 i —35 i 1 all Submar. 1 1 all D.), ite,ri.t , • ,,,, 1 •-•••• 1 20 5 Trnst & Loan Co. of Upper Canada 100 28h Van Dienland s lian(l)2 -- 13 , £6 - 98 :9 - 101 133 - 135 1 . 05 -- lOi 12 -- 13 224 -- 23 104 -- 11 62 x d Ili f i an 73 2 an an St. 20 St. 15 100 5 100 all 8 100 i 100 x a looi i i LOO LOO all all 451 581 98 all 10010° 113 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 16i 10 St. St. St. 20 20 20 25 89 10. ]6l din LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 6.—Wind and weather this day at noon, Northerly breeze, and dull hazy weather. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Solent (s.), from the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Feb. s. —Wind, S.E.— Sailed—Stag, for Swan River. SWANSEA, Feb. s.—Sailed—John Hillman, for the Cape de Verdes ; Waverley, for Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, Feb. s.—The schooner Leo, of Cork, was fallen in with, yesterday morning, dismasted and aban doned, and brought in. GUERNSEY, Feb. 2.—The brig British Queen, of this port, from Newcastle to St. Halo, struck on a sunken rock, north of the islet of Heron on the 30th Jan., and foundered in 12 fathoms ; crew saved. ABERDOVEY, Feb. 4.—The sloop Priscilla and schooner Aquila, which grounded en the bar, have got off. CAGLIARI, Jan. 31.—The Cupido, for London, put into Carloforte, 22d Jan., under average, and must partly dis charge to repair. DANZIg, Feb. 3.—The Harmonie, from Memel to Ap pledore, which was on shore on Hela on the 15th Jan., has been got off and arrived here with a small part of cargo overboard, the remainder landed at Hela. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N. Arrived.--beta, from Havre ; Sonora, from Charles ton ; Vryhandee, from Amsterdam. Sailed.—Maha Ra nee, for Calcutta ; Guatemala packet, for Guatemala. WATBRFORD, Feb. 4. Wind, S.E. Arrived.—Crimea, from Prince Edward's Island. KINGSTOWN, Feb. 5. The Victoria, from Glasgow to Lisbon, ran pu the rock at the oast side of Dalkoy Island, on Saturday morning, during a heavy snew storm. The vessel has gone to pieces; the crew saved, with the exception of master and olle man. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. ; tide, four hours ebb ; hazy. Arrived.—Johanna, from Stettin. Sailed.—lmogene, for Constantinople; Panther (s.), for Boulogne; Gravina, for Shanghai ; General do Stures, for Sydney ; Maas, fer Melbourne • Yolanda, for Bordeaux ; Romance of the Seas, for Bong Kong. MILL, Tuesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind, calm ; thick fog. Nothieg whatever to be observed. The General Screw Company's steamer Harbinger anived at Southampton last night. Amongst her pas sengers is Sir Thomas Troubridge, one of the most dis tinguished heroes of Inkerman, who rendered essential service towards the defeat of the enemy after both his legs were shot off. ROLTEIC—The letters from Ronen this week state that the market for manufactures was active at a slight iM preeventent, general operations having been on a more extended scale. DEPARTURES FROM THE PORT OF LONDON.—The de parturcs for the Australian coleniei during the week have comprised 12 vessels—four to Sydney, with an ag gregate burden of 1,010 tons; two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,206 tons ; one to Portland Bay, of 432 tons ; one to Swan River, of 446 tons ; one to Moreton Bay, of 694 tons ; aid one to New Zealand, of 574 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 8,019 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no recovery from their late depression. THa INVENTOR OF THE SCREW-PROPELLER.—The In dependence Beige states that M. Sewage, of Havre, whom the French represent as the inventor of the screw propeller, has become insane. He derived no pecu niary advantage from the adoption of the invention in France, and in 1846 was so poor that King Louis Phi lippe settled a pension on him. When recently his mind became affected, the pension was fond insufficient ; but the Emperor having been informed of his position, un dertook to provide for him. The poor man is now in the Asylum Picpus, and occupies himself in taking care of a number of birds, and in playing on the violin. ST. PAUL AND ST. BARNABAS, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—Mr. Charles Westerton, the churchwarden of St. Paul, Knightsbridge, proceeded in the Consistory Court against the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, the incum bent of St. Paul and St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, for the purpose of restraining him from certain Tractarian observances in those churches. The allegations are that a " high altar " had been set up, that candlesticks and crosses vs ere placed thereupon, and that a marble ere dentia,' or preparatory altar, had been erected. Tho episcopal monition directs that all these articles shall be forthwith removed, and that there shall be substituted in lieu and stead thereof a decent communion-table for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or tha, Mr. Liddell shall show cause to the contrary in the Consis tory f Court. WEATHER IN THE ' , TORT!! OF SCOTLAND.—The Scotland was visited with a heavy fall of snow last we ek, but there being no wind the railways we r e a ll kept open. HE . So intense was the frost on Friday th a t northToesoe the mercury fell 10 degrees below the freezing point. On Saturday the wind changei to the east, and soon after the snow disappeared. In the Highland district the storm has been very severe, and not a few sheep have died. WRECK AND LOBS OF LIFE IN DUBLIN BAY,—The Victoria, rchooner, from Glasgow for Lisbon, laden with pig iron, ran right on the rock at the north-east side of Dalkey Island, early yesterday morning, during a violent snow-storm. Four of the crew were saved ; the other two, including, it is supposed, the master, were unfortunately drowned. The vessel immediately became a total wreck. A tremendous sea was running at the time of the sad catastrophe. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURUEONS.—The following gentle men, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 21 instant : —Messrs. George Hayward, Sheffield ; William Randall, Mackley, Bradford, Yorkshire ; George Raymond Tre -1 vor, Hon. East India Company's Service, Madras ; Robert Rawlinson Harris, Tottington, near Bury, Lan cashire ; Augustus Brabbins Webb Great-Rex, Lang port, Somerset ; William Downes, Mount-street, Gros venor-square ; John Moore, May, county of Tyrone ; Henry Charles Andrews, Brabeurne, near Ashford, Kent • Henry Colgate Holman, East Hothley, Sussex. At the same meeting of the court, Mr. Joseph King passed his examination for naval assistant surgeon. A SOLDIER FROZEN TO DEATH IN ENGLAND.—On Thus sday morning, about five o'clock, a soldier named John Lindsey, a private in the 89th Foot, who has for some time been on the recruiting service in this city, was found dead in Old Elvet. It appears that the unfor tunate deceased had been billetted at a public-house in Hallg arth-street, and that on Wednesday evening he had attended the theatre. It is not yet correctly ascer tained how he spent his time after leaving the theatre, but it is certain he must have been drinking in some public-house in the city. About 5 o'clock yesterday morning, as two men were passing Taylor's public-house, opposite the Waterloo Hotel, they found the deceased in the street sitting upon his knees, with his face upon the ground, and a pipe in his mouth, quit e dead. Sergeant Rutherford, of the city police, was soon a fterwards upon the spot, and Mr. Shaw, surgeon , was immediately called up ; but the unfortunate man was beyond the reach of medical aid, having perished by exposure to the severity of the weather. About 3 o'clock two members of the city police . force pass ed the Waterloo Hotel, but they did n o t observe the decea sed, although it is possible that he might have been in the street. Two hours afterwards he was found dead, as already described. An inquest will be held to-day, when every effort will be made to ascertain the manner in which the deceased had spent the night after leaving the theatre.—Durham A dvertiser. A library, consisting of nearly 300 volumes of books, has been fitted up on board the hospital ship Severn, which is about to proceed to the Black Sea. This library is intended for the invalids on the passage be tween Balaklava and Scutari. The idea of this library originated with Messrs. Forbes and Marshall, the book sellers of Southampton, who gave a number of books towards it. The rest of the books were given by the ladies and gentlemen of Southampton and its neigh bourhood. The library is under lock and key, and Mr. Pitcher, the purser of the Severn, will act as librarian. The library consists of light and seriously-written books in different languages. LITERATURE. 2 the l'erritorieg 'antler the or tl,r East India Company, and , ! 1 the Siat,,i tit , of India. By Edward Thornton, Esq., author of the History of " The British Empire in India." William H. Allen and Co. A Gazetteer of India ! It is impossible to take up these four volumes without a feeling of unusual interest, or to lay them down without some degree of emotion. The vast barbaric Ind, the dazzling region of boyish romance actually sub jected to the links and scale of the geographer; the groping researches and the patient investigations of the naturalist ; the relentless inquisition of the political economist, and the rack of the historian. India ! associated with all that is gorgeous in pomp, wild and grand in dim distant obscurity, and terrible in rapine, perfidy and bloodshed. India ! world of enchantment, conjuring to the youthful imagination dreams more fanciful and glowing than any recorded in the Arabian Nights. India ! far off land, overhung by a ceru lean canopy of the rarest azure, lit by the unshorn radiance of a meridian sun, streaming a celestial glory on verdant plains, crystal waters, wide-spread banians, graceful palm forests garbed in glo rious green, and mountains stretching upward to the very rack of Heaven. India ! region of the elephant, ponderous and docile, now swaying be neath the burden of princes in howdahs, castellated and golden, and anon the fatal minister of their wrath ; home of the lion, tawny and deep-throated, calling in thunder to his math—of the tiger, striped and insidious—the leopard, spotted and crafty, and all incarnations of subtlety and force. India ! land of moguls, nizams, nabobs, rajahs, and obse quious courtiers, sweltering in processional march 'neath the glittering load of priceless gems ; arena and market of mailed horsemen, turbaned and sci , mitared hosts, and long-suffering, but subtle and re vengeful, Hincloos; land of the Veda, of Brahminical temples and priests, of Juggernaut, the Suttee, and the invidious and unalterable law of caste, of palaces, black holes, palanquins, western nabobs, and every species of the genus adventurer Europe could supply. India, forsooth, "put into" base "cir cumscription and. confine" by a Gazetteer 1 Age of boyish illusion surely it is fled never more to return! It is true—we live in a plodding, matter-of-fact age; a truce, therefore, to rhapsody ! though the agency by which the volumes before us were compiled is sufficiently in keeping with the romance evoked by the subject to tempt further indulgence. That such a Gazetteer of India as this should be the fruit of one man's labours is really surprising. The care, study, and patient research required to achieve such a result must have been immense, and at the first blush it would seem well for the com piler that his previous reputation for a profound acquaintance with the history and condition of this vast territory is at hand to stand sponsor for the correctness of his work. True, it is not the first which has appeared with a similar object ; but, thanks to the liberality of the East India Company, his own conscientious ness and good fortune, the author has been enabled to avail himself of a vast mass of official information, to which none before him, it would appear, had asked for, or been permitted to have access. Aud of this he has made such ample yet discreet use, that the work is almost as new as it is valuable and judiciously ample and concise. The authorities which are invariably given in the margin, for reference, and as a test of accuracy, not only add a new feature of great value to the work, but from their number supply a tolerably correct idea of the vast amount of labour expended over it, and call to one's recollection the labours of our national lexicographer, Dr. Johnson, who, unaided and alone, compiled his great work, while a commission of the principal literati across the Channel was there deemed necessary to accomplish a corresponding task. Turning carefully over the pages of the " Ga zetteer," and tasking to the utmost our recollection of important places in India, whether in territories under the immediate or indirect sway of the East India Company, or ruled by native potentates, we are unable to discover any omission. Each and all are described with a fullness or a brevity proportioned to their rank. The past history of the states absorbed in our Indian empire—the succession of events—the conflicts and the agencies by which one after another they fell into the reluctant hands of the Company, is told with an historic fidelity. In appropriate pages will be found the early history of the East India Company, its struggles and re verses, and the utter ruin apparently impending over it some century ago, when the genius of Clive, bursting through the trammels of official routine and indolence, rose in its might, and, overturning all before it, laid on, we trust, indestructible foundations, the basis of that mighty empire, to the consolidation and stability of which the administrative genius and commanding talents of Warren Hastings,. Wellesley, and more modern statesmen, have so effectively contributed. The successors of the little band of merchant adven turers, who probably would have been content with toleration in their scattered settlements along the coast, are shown at the present day to be the governors or suzerains of by far the greater part of ludia, and the arbiters, possibly, of her future destiny. Nearly one half of the country, we are told, is strictly British. The greatness of our In dian dominion will be appreciated if we look at the boundless resources of that portion of Southern Asia. Already some hundred and seven millions 1 of people, scattered over an area of 695,905 square miles, patiently bear our yoke, and some fifty-four millions in addition more or less directly own or stand in awe of our authority. With such a popu lation, with immense tracts of waste or ill-culti vated country, susceptible in many parts of the highest degree of cultivation, and capable of pro ducing all the cotton, coffee, tobacco, indigo, flax, hemp, rice, sugar, spices, &c., we can consume what is mainly needed for the development of India's greatness is the con struction of roads, bridges, and other aids and appliances of agriculture and commerce, the education of the people, and the placing on a satisfactory basis of the relation between the com pany and the holders or tillers of the soil—in one word, capital and good government. While speak ing of the capitalists of India, it may not be out of place to quote from the article " Bombay." The area of this territory, exclusive of Scinde and the territories administered by or on behalf of Native Princes, is 67,945 miles, and its sea coast extending from south to north, a distance of 480 miles, besides, a sea coast along the western side of the Gulf of Cambay of 80 miles, offers numerous havens, the principal of which, and the safest, is Bombay. Here we are told several line-of-battle ships have been built, and it is stated on authority two ships of the line, or one ship and two frigates, can now be produced to the British navy every eighteen months, while the existing docks are capable of holding ships of any size—both con siderations of importance at the present time, and iu connection with the future. Strange to tell, while it is calculated that every ship in the navy of Great Britain is renewed every twelve years, the teakwood ships built here and elsewhere are known to last fifty years. Bombay, it is gratifying to add, is in an adequate condition effectually to resist attack from any quarter. Nor is this the case with Bombay alone. It may be well to add that under present arrangements the existing military resources of the Native Princes of India comprise a' force of little loss than 400,090 men, an amount exceeding by nearly 100,000 the numerical strength of the British army in India, inclusive of the contingent troops commanded by British officers. Consider able portions of the troops of Native States, how ever, are described in the official returns as fitted rather for police purposes than for regular military duties. Considerable efforts, it would appear, indeed it is well known, are being ma de to promote educa tion in India. Railways, roads, and brid ges too are on the increase , and there is every p ro b a bili ty of most of onr stap le articles of commerce both for household and manufacturing purposes being before long produced in p rofusion, so as t o ren d er us who lly, or in a great measure, independent of China, Russia, and Americ a . I n fact, so varied is th e climate of India and the character of the soil, that there is scarcely any produce peculiar to either zone that may not be obtained from it. The romance of India is for ever dissipated, but we are mistaken if the future reality proves not confessedly more magnificent and glorious. For her we believe is reserved a great destiny. Stories of blue-coated and brass-buttoned nabobs, shivering in nankeens, and the consciousness of ill gotten wealth, and partly imaginary details of bar baric pomp and splendour may no longer faseinato the fancy of youth with awe or wonder. Clive may be regarded as a myth, and Hastings as one of eld, but her steps will still be ',Award. We have been, or are, sowing justice over her broad plains —scantily, it is true, but not vainly, for ere long we shall see the fruit. Huge stumbling-blocks to improvements have already been removed—anti quated prejudices have been dispersed by the breath of reason—party has narrowed its exclusiveness, and we dwell now more than we used to do on the future. We can both work and wait. Already the scheme of that astute statesman, Fox, which in his day set the nation about his ears, is being practi cally adopted. The patronage of East India di rectors, est snort, talent and character; are the highways to preferment in India. The result needs no unusual inspiration to predict that there will be a healthy infusion of energy and honesty into it. Gross abuses will not be permitted the old lease of life. The press will be app ea l e d to, and the interest thus excited will increase as the middle elas, , es more and more contribut^ to the official staff in India. Our rule will he and more firmly established the deeper we base it it, justice. it may be our destiny to supplant the Veda and the Koran with the Bible—to Chris tianise India's dusky tribes ; at all events, good government cannot but add stability to our rule, and aid in frustrating the ambitious designs of Russia, against which we will do well to be perpetually on our guard. A useful map, showing the purely British, the protected, and the independent States, with the dates of each accession of territory, and other particulars, is given in the first volume, and au abundance of statistical information is scattered throughout the work. Here and there the opi nions advanced savour a little of Leadenhall. street, but, despite a few defects, the " Gazetteer" is highly creditable both to the author's industry, good sense, and judgment, and deserves, what we trust it will have, as extensive circulation. iscellaneous Poems. By J. T. B. Edward _ West. The outpourings of a sensitive and religiously disposed mind, resorting in the desolation of blighted prospects, bereavement, aid penury, to " verse making" for consolation, are ever regarded in this country with more or less interest and re spect. The author of these poems possesses such a mind, has been unfortunate in worldly matters, and has had to mourn over the " shattering of his household gods." His unpretending poems, there fore, have a presumptive claim to attention—a claim which. their modest merit tends to strengthen. They are not productions of a high order—their main value, ii fact, consisting in the natural an d mostly plaintive expression of feelings and senti ments with which the cares and vicissitudes of life have rendered the majority of us in some degree, familiar ; while, however, a melancholy vein runs through a large portion of them, several of the poems are of a cheerful and hopeful nature. The greater part, we are told, were preserved for the amusement of the author's children, and among them, un doubtedly, are some which young people will road with pleasure, as well as old, and feel disposed to get off by heart— a sure proof of the author's suc cess. The poems are divided into " Sacred" (mainly metrical paraphrases of psalms), " Do mestic and Miscellaneous," " Fables," and " Songs." Some of the latter are pitched in the true lyric key, and will be read with pleasure. So will the pieces from the French. Need we commend this unpretending volume, which, by the way, is very tastefully got up, to the patronage of the benevolent and sympathising t Lectures OM Respiration. By Thomas Hopley. John Churchill. The author, a zealous sanitarian, has, he informs us, for some years been engaged in preparing for delivery in London a series of plain and simple lec tures on the education of man—his object being : First, to urge upon the serious consideration of the upper and middle classes the fearful effects of certain errors (and these susceptible of eradication) in the systems under which their children are for the most part trained ' • and, secondly, to poi n t out the deplorable physical and moral condition of the national poor, and the absolute necessity of the cordial co-operation of large bodies of philanthropic men and women to rescue them from the sin and misery which have been forced on them. The lec ture before us is the sixth of the course (none of which, somewhat strange to say, have been deli vered), and the reason why it has been published first is the paramount importance of the subject. For proof of which Mr. Hopley quotes Sir James Clark. "Nothing," says that eminent authority, " contributes more effectually to strengthen the constitution and render it capable of bearing the vicissitudes of climate than the constant respira tion of pure air. On the other hand, nothing tends more certainly to weaken and relax the sys tem and render it susceptible of the impression of a cold and humid atmosphere than breathing im pure air." In dealing with this vital subject the authorexhibits most or the qualifications of a popular lecturer. His style is unusually forcible and lucid, the matter is well arranged, he is thoroughly verged in his subject, and he is unmistakeably in earnest. The important part the lungs play in the vital eco nomy, the quantity of air they inspire, the neces sity of its being pure in order to revivify the " dead blood " traversing their network, the need of perfect ventilation in the school-room and the dormitory, the evils resulting from overcrowding, the helpless condition of the poor in relation to sanitary natters, and the steps already taken and which ought to be taken to improve their condi tion—these subjects and others are dwelt on with great ability and vigour. It is stated on authority that one hundred thousand persons die annually in this country of preventible diseases—i.e., diseases engendered ley neglect ! and that, though the existing ventilation of courts and alleys prevents the pestilential gases having their origin there from being immediately fatal, those gases are mingled with the atmosphere, w i e s b a r s ea b t y he h d er b m y e t a h n e est Qu s e u e b n . uponwbic , h e t r i iu t s h r l o o n a e d c a d s , ject. Determined to drive the truth home, if pos sible, to the inhabitants of the West -end of Lon don, he demands—. " Why in your families do you see such pallid faces Why even in your healthiest districts is the rose of health unknown Why do you rarely behold in your town-nursed children that gushing overflow of life, so beautiful, to notice in the innocent, healthy, h appy young " I address myself to anxious and judicious parents. You have taken care that your children should constantly obey the laws of exercise and diet ; you have clothed them judiciously ; you have thought on the importance of cleanliness ; you have sent them early to rest, have taught them to rise early, have ventilated their dormitories and schoolrooms, and in every way have studied their health and happiness. Then, why are they so pale ? why so easily affected by morbific in fluences ? why so liable to headaches, stomach pains, and other causes of unhappiness ! Look for your answer 'to the atmosphere. Look to the various plague-spots of the metropolis. Look to the neighbourhoods inha bited by your poor. Think that God is just, as well as wise and loving • and will nut have his poor the only sufferers, but bids his laws to spread the poisons gene rated in vile districts, even into parks and palaces. Look, then, to your atmosphere for the cause of pallid faces. Think of the foggy vapours constantly arising from this vast ill-drained, cesspooled area. Think that every particle of floating moisture is capable of holding in suspension many times its own volume of gaseous poison, and see the cause of paleness and general debi lity in the forced infringement of the law of respiration." The lecture is enriched by valuable statistical information, and the reader will not be surprised to learn has reached a second edition. Mr. Hop ley promises to be a more than usually effective lecturer. We sincerely wish him God-speed. The Young Lady's First French Book. By R. Aliva. Hope and Co. One of the best, if not the best Elementary French Book for young ladies. We have seen the object of the author, which is to make the rules, idiom, and pronunciation of the French language readily intelligible, interesting, and easy to be acquired by the learner, being achieved to admirL flon by a method at once natural and ingenious, if not wholly new. The method, in fact, is precisely that by which, as the author remarks, little chil dren have since the beginning of creation learned how to speak ; the same through which the children of many eminent families, by being placed under French nurses, can speak Fren c h uncommonly well before they are able to read English." In brief, it may be described as one which substitutes careful but not over -exacting viva you tuition ; the ex ample of the you ng l a d y ' s f e ll ow-pup i ls, and les sons judiciously adapt e d t o h or compre h ens i on for wearying routine and a practic a lly unintelligible argon. By this plan it is hardly possible for lady pupils to fail in acquiring what so few hithert o have a cqu i re d f rom b e f o re the times of Chaucer even to the present day—viz., a correct knowledge of the idiom of the " language, and a pure pro nunciation, as well as a ready flow of words and a graceful utterance. A vocabulary of the French and English, and of the English and French of all the words used in the book is appended. Helps Towards the Physical, Intellectual, and Moral Elevation of all Classes of Society. By Thomas Hopley. John Churchill. These consist mainly of extracts from the pre ceding lecture, and aro designed for general circula tion, being printed on thin paper, to go by post, and published at a cheap rate. BANQUET IN HONOUR OF THE MARQUIS OF WEST. MINSTER.—A public banquet in honour of the Marquis of Westminster, and in celebration of the erection of the New Market-house, Shaftesbury, which ha s b een erected entirely at his l i ordsh , s expense, t oo k th a e n l d ead ri rn t g y agriculturists persons sat place on Thursday last, n tde buildin g referred t d o o . wn U t i o . d va in r n d e s r, of eo t m w pri hundredo nngal l of the district, and many connected by trade and profes sion with the town of Shaftesbury. The chair was taken of Langto n -h ouse . O n hi s 1 4 j t. J. lreftahre"Mhaarrqs°u% Esq., of S'r E. B. liftker, Bart., K. Seymer, Esq., M.P., John Du Boulay, Esq., Rev. H. Boucher, Rev. H. T. Glyn, Robert Graves, Esq. ; and on hi e l e f t t h e li on. W. H . B . Port man, M.P., Sir John D'Oyley, the Rev. H. F. Yeat man, John Floyer ' Eski M.P. John Hussey, Esq., Rev. Harry Bower, H. Esq,, Esq., H. P. Cain bridge, E sq., Rev. H. Blackmore, J. R. Lyon, Esq., W. Batton Esq., &c. After the dinner the health o f the noble marquis was proposed and drunk with much enthusiasm, and the proceedings generally were of a very friendly and harmonious character,--Salisbury JoUrAgl. -~.- all 141 s. 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 59 16i I 31i i all all 851 / 64 i 16 fi 19 i 154 i