The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-18 00:00:00

- rse capture to tiro -frigate d 11,- Dan , a rrive eke in her e o f . tes by w i g )f her Caus c h e surveYl v i g Ho Wag re n ' 3 broken Brit Lnes a nd ° , n , had be eti or thy. rr , i o n to tke 04' iiie! dvices )3,. the the /01 10 7 0 Le Susqu ebs Lud the St. StA t46 : United v on the 6th'i., to be exP e ; I force had e I N (1 0 me afford sL, made bY: - Repu bil b o ati: tea oa ~ se ') Dec. A ' een the o f !LI on the o' tio l p o b li e oh A beeu e° ten tiarf), to Fr i ;hrcatee" , l ,o o notice °P ; r ote 4: I f tbe p i or . de F g Art] - uld he f d s ° ' l6l ' f a 2 0 /le f l ' l' ` f ,o i; a fel oife the ° c h i ob° l ' . o )nists 11-°,,botes The ' r ytel are 54 , 5 0 ,5 0 ,1: urneY e stahl l- 1 0 k,, r ) id No ii/7 tnd 50$' 16 ;;JO, r the Pico,?" !everal 1! 0 Repu b ' l itioo 'Y its P °5 ;110 / 0 but also 0 10 1 .0 e at Pilot FOI? ae, A. - de w a to) , T eriao„,oo) thos er ell e xtrew aodetookel" rlich r l os , r i g 10 to/ y, ° 'P 1 • DC 0 D d3bo o° l boyg' T 01" 0: frota.,"i tb as . s tl o or . d ,dr, ir for co otir aig 4 pp . uir° ifOrd S ' b jo 10 t 10% OnS e dP, bSt " Ic e (/` tot' 00 1f;d1 the 5, o{dl tea' ,ceol;f,a l roe „Art, t st ) ib i 13 wag t ° o' lll Ye ° o o9 to 1 , 0 l y ~.. 0 ct gaill e k t O • - 0 . der " i t jy t he c.. to je tbi tel'il 1 1: 0 ; 3 0 'it r I , I weso,v o o of , o'r 10 I • 1 0 - NT y MARKET 0 , 1 tali/WE-RC/A /4 INT ELL IG E. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. T ll 3 sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were Were estimated a t 10,000 bales, including 2,000 41e rican and ,2,000 Surat taken for export and on ,13eelllation. The -ma r k e t c l ose d w ith a h ar d en i ng lir L ende neY--compared with Friday's rates prices ero extreme . The sales comprised 6,3G0 Ameri ") 300 Bahi a at 50. to G a d., 300 Egyptian at 8-• ea .&s1 to 81d ., , 3,000 Surat at 3A-d. to 3id., and 70 e 41ili at ls. to ls. 9d. p e r lb. Railway Sha res n , r2 firtu, a t h igher prices. Indiafailur e o f M essrs. Lonergan, in the West .` ll 4 trad e, has excited much regret, the house oelt i ,Tof old standing. he following is from New York fitiri t h „al ,c ount of duti es p a id on i m p or t s i n t o thi s di s t r i c t tt aa wao m onth of December, 1854, was but little more . zho wa ga lf that paid in the same month last year.. This !kilo t,',.,.great decrease in the value of importations in the vp; s . The foreign trade of this port during the past CO ',,;;4Bcornpared present the annexed result of TIIE PORT OF NEW YORK—IMPORTS AND Exroars, Yo ket Dec, 3 1, 1853, 1853 AND 1854. 1854. 1854. Port s Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. ) ,`Allo rt „ ••• 181.593,6:6 170,408,589 Decrease_ 14,185_,0_27 ote ` 4 ofl •• •93 589998 101,728,072 Incr ea'r e— , ,537, 014 90 ,703,618 68,081,517 21,722,101 , s $ fo p e ; above table shows a difference in our favour on :`521 1. ,!' 1 , trade of this port for 1854, compared with 3, " I Port i Z ,lo l. Tim decrease iu imports and increase of k top t eajces that difference on the credit side of our L ', It is true th a t th e en ti re i ncrease i n exports has the shipments of merchandise having been 474 t1th')) tha n i n 1854 ; b u t it wen t to , pay our d e b t ; nci e "„ l4 fluenc e of shipments on our importation was to cut down th e ag g rega t e m ore th an 14 m illions ;at i ll belo w th at o f l ast year. Compared with last Ne,„, e ezhibit is highly favourable—much more than '44,,i,.lated--when our specie was going out at the ra t e dollars per week." l a‘ ll qtraordinary success of the French Loan L lSt e ral topic of conversation, the total sub- Itlci7o . bein g 2,175,000 francs, of whi c h th e ap krie44, it is said, amounted to 150,000,000 f rs . t osoo e smaller French annuitants asking for 10 f rok a ,ics of Rentes were promised a preference b 4, b ; outset, It is now ascertained that there ' 0 a - 11 0 allotments to other parties, save Rh o doubt the more important capitalists, 5, 1 , 11 t his, as in most cases, it is expedient to Ntit 4 - • There have been very high rates of pre- Nt i Paid for the loan, and it is difficult to say ` l4 t h,s price, now both Messrs. Baring Bro ;4, t r4 ii: n ct Messrs. Rothschild have announced st ,o h - , g is e re is no allotment to parties who applied n t horn, and that the deposits are returnable NteC ( ' At Paris as much as 6 an d 7 p rem i um i s At to have been given. 4,1, heeeting held this day, the thirty-fifth re th-e*,.London Joint Stock Bank was presented ,"T h `urectors, aud is as follows : geati,ile accounts which the directors have now the grafi 'et Pt (18,213 mittino• to the shareholders, show that the 14 2 1 ,:t4i realised by the Bank during the six . months end th`,69u 31st December last, together with the sum of . t 4 4- " t ° 1 4 11i % ~ lar ?: ( 3 . t1., carried forward . from the 30th June, * - ! 3,630 /. 2s. Bd., which enables the directors IT o la a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, 4, 5 1 . :: 8 11 3 of R. ls. 2d. per share, leaving a balance of , " to the credit of tho guarantee fund, now th Th e a g to 15 6,0321. 10s. lid. t s e llre, e „ e ,,tt in the Di rec ti on, w hi c h becomo vacant on -4,,," occasion, are t h ose o f Philip William Flower, ete — r .g e ,nolgate Foster, Esq., George Meek, Es q ., hee ° - LaYler, Esq., all of whom have given notice e candidates for re-election." LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. 10 ' P it al • T o •e 4 . Dr. k ilo ell P, viz., 60,000 shares at COO 0 0 uc t 4 •• . . ........... qil% t : 4 li t tt o. tit l it 3 of by u the The ° ,,,ia1 A .' 1 %1 4 d," 30th .itt o - '141, 4 ,••••• ...... £153,549 3 6 Per 4 : t t i-nterest 4 14 4 Per cent. To nndi v i d ...... ... 2,303 4 9 ac 111°44 : 4 l'tt ia owit t for the last half-year ........... to profit and loss 155,852 8 3 24,695 7 3 113,425 19 8 £7,055,12810 3 V t ill N u " 11' Cr. • 8 discolinels, India Bonds, &c £729,794 0 8 I \ tti lding, p ur e q, Loans, and Cash 6,291,609 9 7 kteed's °omit inces-Str:Tu'e, &c., and St. s, 0 -w- lu Pall 22g'n 0 0 ------ 33,725 0 0 PROFIT AND LOSS. 17,055,128 10 3 S er ,°lt expense a , ropor i tion of b u ildi ng c l .t bta -8 ! 8, directors' remuneration, bad Income tax, Sc -19 0,759 11 8 Tte,ohlint carried to p c. rofit and. loss, new -- I,s".abatetFtiti_b•ein,,rebate of interest on bills not yet due tran s f to cakra utee erred to the credit of the aanouae r, nod," in addition to the ) 41 ple n d 155,35D. Bs. 3d. C0 1 y, 4 alear' s d • for the payment of cent lvid e 4 , 1 40 tt „, inn p er nd, at the rate of 10g. D i kkr„ l "" of p a o annum upon 600,000/. . 1 114. ......... "'nip capital! upon 60,006 i t e4 for the .. ................. . 30,00 D 0 0 payment of .. . • of Per share 63,500 0 0 180 2 8 2 114 :1 t l Cr. th e 4 4. • i ltid ought down £113,425 19 8 kit h e .,„ . l . )rofit brought forward from " 1 year The e loPO Was adopted. £138,121 6 11 thek.,„nglish Stock Market has been quiet, but Fr e both in consequence of the succ es s o f 4 114 tt. 4 loan, and the renewed statement from k ti 7io eq 11 4 t the Ambassadors of the Allies have th e Powers to treat for peace. Although it V tis °4 4 ls 4 lll. Poses of some of the speculators, we tNqiiir eh that there is any general belief attached e rt : 4 %,,fer ) ': o rt• Consols have been 92 to 921 for uett; n cl 0 21 to -a for account. The New Three 4 4 4 4 ~l i i l ave been marked 922- to -g, and the t o -1 - 2r rees 92 to Bank Stock has im -14 Dre w and 211. Exchequer Bills are 4s. tk ii. th e t,o i ra. A er Market most securities have been vian realise and Mexican are 21g.111:!I '`Ccocli is slightly hi g h er , b e i ng 42. Sar -161121 ~ P 111 5 have b een d ea lt i n a t 85 to 853. 4111 Z Betts r Cents. are worth 61A, and Russian q ' 9 0. The Turkish bonds are well 4 k il at 77 to 77L It kr 4 ,:,, f ,?wiig are the nominal prides of foreign N . It G r enada Deferred Bonds , 5t06; Me Ai_ 4, 1 e ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; Ditto , - 2 ;_p t e o r .10N: ' l3 52 • Portuguese 4 per Cents, . 1 40 1,q3 Per Cents., 100 to 102 ; Vitto 4& per ea 4 to 91 -te l Itt • Spanish New Deferred, 18 3 , to t c , 1 3 3 Per ' Cents. 372 to 38 ; Ditto Certifi tl:4l4qt 5 1 . • Ditto P ' assive, 4 1 4 to, Q. . ( 1 / 4 Week's railway receipts ascertained up are in . round figures as under : Nt,, klo N t•ti ~!ith.wNte r. 4 £21,019 £19,545 I, l *.Tht tite 44,603 42,545 NI °II rti ab r i "... 11,189 9,942 . 9,980 9,061 4r j ' al, a,,„ e4 l aN,v,- £138,121 6 11 . 17,153 15,755 1, 4 4t 4 - .., ' 11,794 9,283 rti i ,,, r e 4 „ .. , : Yorkshire °lleklh;lttilet*r. '''''''''''''''''''''''' 16452 11,040 18,620 14,576 1 4 -E;4 4 ,44 ' 4 ll e 11l 9 3 707 20,632 kle h Nt4la:ket ' has '''' ' '' ' ' been ' fir . ; ******* most -' of the Eng- Nt,: e nak it a Y B ) but the transactions at the corn- N. k% th e of business were not at quite inch full '4,l'e, LaY have been subsequently. East La:,... tiot,i4-117.,:eakihire aud Yorkshire, Midland and f t tti:,, tl are r e : # 4 , have been in most request. Cale rot4'll)nrerer tdeavier. French Shares are still "IN tis' pa a ',..e' 7, having been made upon orders P, be o a , 4:he East Indian lines continue firm, ko w' the -.4 diall are about the same as previously. Atillitt(leddetp4Pcioreign and Colonial Mines there is ' l 44' ).4",,, • Business has been done in the Th 41 :ra il At e an, the Santiago, and one or two th e ,P, Jan '''Dulpanies 4 4. of , - • °II, l ideli a , t ) eic Banks are all very firm. In ) nor 1 111 7 6 ° 11 8 Shares there has not been much 4 there been any advance in them. ti t , kllatt tux? ---------------- 11 4 a 4 k R 438 TITIS DAY AT ONE O'cL0(11., rows the ONcial List. It' 6,7 t„ k . Bu=iness done Q t 4 t. 11 . 5 . d "„*"• ... .. ...................... ... 211 10 kllt I lit Qoxs-oced Annuititts Co 'ki t 4 1:11 , e eir. 18 &nullities . 92 i 92 i 2 tteoi •Etnluiti..."nnuities _ p i.1 % 1 t er 4.e-'cio pire sth Jan, 1860 : , 4 5.16 7-16 ,;, I P3/xe r iii f i rt ? Bth February .... . t/41 711 ) ' ....... ) "4. N, bht,_ ............................ . kb;ller.,, i tto li onc f B ;.. •,.._ ...................... 7 4 gt ' 6O B, 3?. per Cent. ...... ~.. 1859 I Ci l t‘ 4, lo l . o r . FoRD,' , P . .993 ),,:e 4 , 14 tortd, -L'IGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4111 1 1 1 i 4 ce vit: , 41 , 1 1 3 4 0 : 1 11r satIlebrie;.r. lei ..... .......................... :::: . 51 4' b t tl ll l l l,, t.ll ) l i o l e o a t. , :ii s ., ,, , i4teprecreenetn'i. -'011(1 8 4 .1 a Per Ce nt ii° /Pitt,,i h N'ea, 1 ; 3 Per Cent ........ ~1143:it4t0 p0° ,1 .§:. f . e . 1 , T . e . (1 . ' . 77 1) . 0... i: oen. t I 3P 3 u , i , _ ~„,i r t,h ez, . A3 eco_ b;: ,, E . , ll : tize „, t ` t h u e t nb .__.. ... . . ....... 1 N I . c, , , ..26 r ) ,,, ttv,e,. P!1-ablo.in Londor,. • ',-.. c,,tif,:+:.,„3l:i fit'' 4 "116 1 0 ......... ... ...................... 4.. ............ 1) 40 8 ' ••• ma i 4co93nt i , `~~ I SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS- Paid. RAILVIATS. !Closing Prices yesterday. Easiness done this day. 100 t , .ber3.cen. 3th)g. Noting. Bost and Eastn. Ilelfast - Wolverh. Stour Valley _ _ Birkenhd. lincsh. Cheshire Juliet Do. Cho3h. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... Rlyth &Tyn 5 origina £25 (issd,at. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian Carmarthen and Car din-an Chestee& Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, cSI Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction , Dublin&BelfastJunc, Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction Do. New East Anglian.. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock ... pe., B. Stock.. ew A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prtli &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. , Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & CarH&c Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Da., Ihrst. RidingTTn Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blaekwa) Lo id. Bright &S.C.st Loud. and N. Neste. Do. Fiftfis Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Danish Maneli.Shef.&, Linele Do., Man. & Lin. tin 'Midland )o. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire, )' Do. Half Shares Newcastle.. Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt. Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counti es Um North British North Devon, No. I.' Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred.: Do., ; Guaranteed 'N. Eastern—Berwiek Do. Ito. Extension D o • d o. G.N. E. I'nreh. Do. Leads i)o. York.. North London IDo. Ne'w £lO.. N.&S.Wstrn.,Flamp• stead, and City Ju., North StaffordshirQ., North Western ....... N. & S. Westrn. June, Nuneaton, llinck]ry and Leicester. . ...,,, Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth 'Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsby. & lierefd Shropshire Union Do_ A, B, C,& paid up at per eon South Devou South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. Riv. Dun Do.. Staines, Wok. & Wok 1 , tockton & Darlimr. Ste2kton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares Do Prof., No. 1 'Thames Faven Dock and Railway Vale of IsMath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Watedord&Limcrick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London ,Winabledn &Croydon! 20 -20 i 4i- 41 Si - 8.1 13 12 d 16 - 17 8 - 7 94 - 96 62i -63 i 13i 9 - 11 ... -- ... 4 - 3 6i - 74 144 - 151 11 - 114 28 - 32 20 - 22 73 75 57 59 2d par 19 —1:() 68 - 70 91 - 76 - 77 24 - 125 90 - 92 68j - 68/ 60 - 62 , 74 - 78 7 - 7 - 9 75t - 764 5 - 4t 8-80 107 108 tO2 -- 104 par -- pl par 6 p i 4 -- 83 64 isi i • 74.1 8 -- 7 "1 25 - 26 70; 71 41i - 42, 11 d 9 1 2 49 - 51 31 34 31; 32 8 10 6 -- 7i 77 78 5 -- sid 13 -- 134 54 -- 55 52 -- 54 par -- ip id *1) 4a 4.1-1 51 61, id—iPl 32 - 33 96 - 93 60 - 62 8- 9 p 45 - 47 12 - 14 0 - 60 28 - 29 ... 35 1 : 37 3 - 3i 16 17 - 4 20 - `2 54 - 64 6-7* FOREIGN. Antwem&Rotterdam I Belgian Eastn. June. Borders to Graisserle l Bombay, Baroda, and; Central I ndia,Se Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besar c ou Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertibl e ._ Do. do. do., '59, ( 1 0 Gd. Junct. of Fra nce Gd. Thor CanadaA. is. Do. do Do. St. La Nrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of De'oen., cor. . in:.o Sty, till '63 Do. Comp. r, p. c., do. Gt. Cent - e al of France Gt. Ir,dian Peninsula Do• New 5 per cent. `.Vestero. of Cana.d Shares Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62 p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 191.. do., '73, without option HaMilton & Toronto' Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca (It Pistoja 5 p.c • prof Great Luxembourg' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons cSG Moditerran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now . Melbourne Dk. dr Ry. Namur dr Liege (with _ interest) Do. (ex interest) I ( Northern of France. Do • 20/• • Shs late 0 - -.tar ' leroi and Err s&ines guar. 34 . - fa ' t . o 2 m 2:ll :ra d n itir. . e.l.BBBsyrs. 4 Do. 201. 3 p. a Bds. (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs ) NorwegianPrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronen ParisCaen & Cherbrg Ronen and Havre Royal Danish n~oyalSwedish,,, Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Qr ebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref._ Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbadon ...... Zealand A ustra tasia British Colonial • • • and Loa, - ' 5 ' 114 Brit& - ( iomPan.' N. American .arid, Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India) Australia, & China C010nia1,,,., ; ,,,,,, Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian • • .•-' ••, Lond. Chart. Bk. Australia London and County., London Joint Stock., Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England 'Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg & Inv) Co. 34 - 33 37 - 39 ...... Uaion of Australia... Do. New .............. ETIOon of Lond9u..„, 39 -- 41 66 - 68 8 - 10 ..... e .... to. JOINT-STOCK v --- ,ANKS. 78 so ••• •• ld—..i•cl 34 21 - 21 a 64 - - ••• id-ip ••• ••• 3i 3i P d 32 32; 6 6 = Ei - 7i 11 10d 89 91 1 3 / 4 lap - ip 154 - 164 97 ioo 93 -- 96 241 par 97 100, ... die 2 - 3i 2f 3 i a lip iia = ill 7 -, 71 "64i -- 341 12A - 13 8A -- 9A ' 21i -214 p 46 48 39 41 Pm 21 22 id 8 B id ••• - ••• ... - pm • • •• ....'. •• 31 - 44 - - ii - '6IP ••• ... 17 is all 3 8 2s. 10 5 20 20 THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18., 185 5, MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) one of them. He had known King two years, and during that time hehad often seen him indifferent clothes. He knew what a stall was; it was the duty of a stall to get in front of the person about to be robbed. He had seen King walk in front of people, and those persons were sometimes robbed; FORGERY UPON MESSRS. GURNEY ATD CO., THE BANKERS.—Duncan Maclean Wright, cescribed as a merchant, was brought up this day for !mat examina tion, upon the charge of haying forged a kill of exchange for 1571.25. 3d., with intent to defraud Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., the bankers. 97 - 99 98 - 100 Mr. Giffard asked the boy when he first spoke about what he had told them to-day ? 133 - 135 The prisoner was brought up yesterday from Liverpool, in custody of an officer fr)m that town, where he had originally been clerk to a nercantile firm, and also an agent. In November last the prosecutors received a letter, dated Nov. 3, Dawber-street, Liver pool, containing a bill for the amount oamecl, purport ing to be drawn by William Undersea and Co., and payable at Messrs. Glynn and Co., banker; signed John B. Moore and Co., Manchester, The writer re quested the bill might be discountei at a moderate rate of interest, and was signed "Duncsa Wright." The firm consequently wrote back to that direction, enclosing the bill, and stating that they did not do business with out an introduction, and received by post another letter, with the bill which had been returned, in which the writer, Duncan Wright, said that he had been acquainted with and transacted business with them for above 20 years, referring to having been cashier to some correspondent of theirs at Glasgow, but that he had been recently abroad for some years, and mentioned other transactions, which threw the firm off their guard, and they discounted the bill. Upon the 17th of this month another for the sum of 2941. 16s. 3d. came by post for discount, and some doubts being enter tained about the character of the transaction, a tele graphic message was forwarded to Messrs. Moore, who at once denied the bill being theirs, and it was then found that both bills were forgeries, upon which the prisoner was taken in custody. The depositions having been completed, Mr. Alder- SI a n Carden, who sat for the Lord Mayor, fully com mitted the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal ••• i I Court. The boy—About a fortnight ago, to the schoolmaster in the prison. Mr. Bodkin here applied for a remand: The depositions having been signed by the several witnesses, 105 - 107 The magistrate then remanded King till this day week, at twelve o'clock. 12? ; -- 13 224 -23 i 10/ -- 111 M.ARKET .NEWS-(TR - 13 DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 18, 1855, made up from the Returnsof the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Engiand and Wale.) per Imperial Quarter. • WIYEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. t PEAS. 73s 9a 34s 2d , 27s 41 , 451 Gd I 46s 5d 1 43 s 5d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WILEAT. BAELEY. OATS. RYE. t BEANS. t PEAS. 73s 3d 343 4d 27s lel 463 9d 1 47s 9d , 46s 83 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 99,928; Barley, 100,034 ; Oats, 22,015; Rye, 271 ; Beans, 4,565; Peas, 1,791 quarters. 221 - 2/1 ia = ii 57 - 59 iio W X 35 2i 2 d 31 - 32 91 - 93 BOW STREET.-(THIS DAY.) EXAMINATION OF KING, THE DETECTIVE POLICEMAN. This being the day appointed for the examination of King, the detective policeman, on the charge of receiv ing the proceeds of numerous robberies committed by boys under his direction, the Court, as on the occasion of his last appearance last Thursday, was densely crowded, the greater portion of those present being policemen. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Humphery, who acted as agent on the part of the Treasury, attended to prosecute by order of Lord Palmerston ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Giffard. On King being placed at the bar, he cast a look round the court, and seemed to recognise several of the policemen. He is a man rather above the middle height, and was dressed in a brown Taglioni coat. The manner in which the discovery of the system took place, and which has not been correctly laid before the public, was as follows : Captain Williams, the In spector of Prisons, in examining a number of boys at Tothill-street prison, in order to send them en condi: tional pardon to the reformatory establishment at Red hill, had the disclosures made to him ; he examined other boys, and having collected ill the facts relative to the case, laid the whole before Lord Palmerston, and present inquiry was the result. At five minutes past one the public were admitted into the Court. The prisoner having been placed at the bar, Mr. Bodkin, for the prosecution, said that from the time that had been allowed by the magistrate by the re mand last week had not been uselessly employed, and from the facts elicited they had every reason to be lieve that the charge was true. On the part of the Government, who had directed this prosecution, he was authorised to say that no effort woald be spared to probe this case to the bottom. Thanks to the publicity given by the press to the facts of this inquiry, it had been made known that a robbery had been committed near the Serpentine, and the purse had been deposited in a tree. The spot had been examined and the purse had been discovered. The various other statements made by the boy had also been inquired into and found to be sub stantially true. He had no doubt that he should be able to prove the ease. He should, after he had offered some further evidence, ask for a remnd. Benjamin Simm, a park-keeper, employed in Kea ,sington Gardens—•He remembered in the winter of 1853 a robbery near Serpentine-bridge. He noticed a party of five persons of suspicious appearance. He watched them, but did riot see them commit a robbery. He also thought he could identify two of those persons. The prisoner he could not recollect. He saw these parties go to a tree. About an hour after he went to the tree, and found a purse, which he produced (a portmonnaie). He found it in a hole in the roots of the tree. He had kept it ever since. He had since given it to Sergeant Jackson, after these proceedings were instituted. He did not know the boy Reeves. On finding the purse he communicated the fact to a policeman in plain clothes. He did not know the officer. He knew nothing of the boy Reeves er his family and his connections. It was about two o'clock when he saw the parties go to the tree. Police•consstable 76 C was near the Serpentine in 1853. His attention was called to a boy picking a pocket. At the time the boy was taken into custody he saw the prisoner (King) ; he was standing about three or four yards off. He asked him what the boy had been doing, and he told him he had been picking pockets. This took place on the 31st December. The prisoner then asked the witness some question, btit elicited nothing in his fatoiit. Serjeant Hubbersty was on duty near the Setven , tine in 1853 ; he saw the prisoner there about half-past two, on the north side, as he was proceeding towards the bridge. lie was in plain clothes, And he believed lit asked Ling if he was going to see the skating. He said yes, and passed on, Re also noticed some boys in front of King ) about a yard in advance of him. Mr. Giffard, the prisoner's counsel—When was your attention first directed to this affair ? Witness—About a fotinight since. Mr Bodkin—Wei% the boys you saw like gentlemen's sons ? Witness—Nob they *eh bdnirdon looking boys. Dolan Jong, livery-stabler, 6n, Hi g h -street , Bl ooms bury—Recollected a boy na me d R eeves keeping a pony in his stable. It was twelve months ago last December. The boy looked after the pony himself; He had seen the prisoner there At his premises since the cony bad left. He wanted to See a ihail Who lived in his house inkined Shatitn. lie never saw him with Reeves when he came to his house. He wanted to see Shanks, who afterwards told Elia his visit related to ntiones;, rti . Oters. Ediniind rrlefia Said he was 2U y ears old. lie ilia tecently been discharged from T'othill-fields Prison. He was there on suspicion of picking Oonkets. He knew Peeves ; also recollected being in the Park during the frost in 1853. Ho saw Reeves there in company with two other young men. He had seen the prisoner once in Hyde-park, a short distance before coining to the bridge. He did not speak to King, and he did not notice whether the other boy spoke to him. gi n g w as walking with his hands in his coat-pocket. He had no ticed King before in Leicester-square, that was the first place he saw him. He recollected a lady near the lPan theon. He took a purse from her pocket. T wo young men were near him when he did so. and A near eo iterget r ti s n a. getting the s tre purseet he e found he e went there was down Benheiru and six shillings .te a sovereign in silver in the purse. Mr. Bodkin—What did you do with the silver ? The bey hesitated, at last he said be gave it away. Mr. Bodkin—Who did you give it to ? The boy again hesitated, at last said Ki ng. Mr. Bodkin—What did you give it to him for ? Boy—Because I was frightened. Mr. Bodkin—Did you see Bing before you picked the lady's pocket Boy—Yes. -.n o — i n plain clothes I Boy—Yes; King Was Mr. bodkin—Did you kno w a policeman 7 Bop=Xes: rite my in answer to further questions Said fie sty King after he had committed the robbery. King having td go doim Blenheini-stepsie!ellowed and piit it into his and wiiiied awa y , ifitholit 646,4 anything. He had once before done the same thing with klirg. tie occasion alluded to was in Rathbone-place. 119 gave him a shilling which he got from a lady's pocket in Rathbene-plabe. Before he picked the pocket he saw King in Oxford-street ; the purse contained five shillings. King followed him and his tWo companion s up Gress an4 said . to him, "sling it ;" ray Companion said, "sling what ?" King said you have got it, and then the purse was given to him with all the money in it. King gave his (the boy) companion three shillings and kept the purse and the rest himself. The purse was a blue one with steel beads on it. The division took place in a public house in Stephen-street, Tottenham-court-road. They had some ale. He got a shilling for his share, and his compaiiions got the cao o. There is a place where people in trouble get up rallies for their defence, they LINES LEASED AT FIX.ED RENTALS. 'Paid, L 'sing Company, Closing Price, yesterday. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley Buckghainsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cant. Gins. Barr. & Direct Do. New...... Glstr.&Dn.Yr lirtipl. Dk. & Railway fiull& Selby po. a Shares.o. y Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. J 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middloebro' & Redear. Midld. &Mid Northern anal Easternsp. c. Do, 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre !Do. z Shares. • iher.noth.and Gooleg.sp.e. S.Stafordsh. Wear Valieygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gorrint PREFE berdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. Bly th and Tyne c. pref. (issd., Bris. &Ea. 4 p. Do. 4 p. c. Sha Caledonian £ll Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Prat. Na. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.e, Dundee Perth &Abor, deen Junction EastAnOian (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (E 7 17s) 7-p. c Eastern Counties Ex-, tension, 5 p. c. No. !Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip 6 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 Juno. Fifths Edinb Prth. S,LDund.:c 4 per cent. Glasgow&S.Westun , Guar. 5 per cent._ Great Northn. 5 p. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 .?; p. c. Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Southn.dtWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prsf. St Gt. Westn. Clerks & Hau Ls Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. . 4 p.c Do, con red 4 p c . . . . Do. irred. 4p.0. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh ! Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S D. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk ' Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct London. & S. Wester? - ' Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Condy. &Ennis.i Sh. Ran., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1... 1 0 . Now, £lO . )o. .£6.: 12i 12; 12i St. 41 all all 10! 100 100 161 10 St.i St. 11g, 100 100 100 1100 20 12i 25 20 St. ~: darypt.&Carl.4p c Do. 41 per cent Do 1.0.61 20 20 20 24 Nfld. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Cossol. Bristol Et Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Prof. 4. per cent Norfolk Debenture... Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stool; 00. 5 p. c. Eat....,., Do. 5i per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British Ni. E. Deny, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds 6 p.c '.Ne.l Do. do. Qua.l.te - ,1 48 DO. York 1 1, & Fur. North Sta2ordshire., Oxforrl, Worcester, W:olverh.£ls, 'Scot. Cent., New Prei Do, 5 per cent South Devon. Dm. fixed, 44 per cent 5. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent...... B.Yorlish.4p.c.Guar. 5. Wales Gua, 4 p. c. Do. ds. 4i p. c.... Stockton and Dar liugton, 5 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kiik.6p.c. MINES. ......_...... 1 all Agna Fria .... ..... a a 4 1 all Anglo Austrin. GC: ... ... ... 10 3 all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian / —l4 1 all , Australian Cordillera ... - ... 1 all Australian Freehold. A i 1 all A.ve Maria ., —.- 1 all Baden (Gd.ntehy of)1 4 i 5 . 5 all Blwmugoa. Iron and Coal ..,. 20 13.51 British Iron • bi 7- 61 35 , :,5 BrazilianlrarY,lssuod at 45 t.M 30 all Dc.. V)ocaes & Cuiada 1 1,1 20 15 6 1)o. St. John Del Rey 30 --$2 I. Cersons's Cre , dr 4 4 I t Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica .; id pm. 40 all Cobro Copper 49 51 5 1 Colonial Gold a— a i st . all , Copper Min. of Eng 5l —65 25 , all IDo. Prof. 7i p. cent, par 2 p 16 Copiapo...., ...... . 15 17 5 all English and Austin. popper Smeltg Co. t —ti 1 1 2 - ',l Fortuna • i— id 2c l , all General l5 —l7 1 all 1 Gt.Nuggetireiniteg i ..• • ••• I • "' •• i 4 ,Groat POlgooth — i: al Liberty 3 all Lina res . 7A ... 8 1 all Vfariquita i $ 10 9 Mexicau&S.A.merien 6l ? 1 all New Granada i 1 1 all New Linares Minin and Smelting C 0..: ~ .., 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 a 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 14 15 5 1 Port Philip it $ i 1 all Quartz R oc k i i 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 24 is all Do. New 5 V 30 111 Santiago de Cuba..„ 3 31 3i 1 all South Australian..,, 1 li 10 7, nu Croft ... ......... l— 2 284 all United M ex i can 2 3 25 1 all Waller ........... 1 all West Mariposa i-- 1 12s. WoAking Mining of Australia , 1 all Yuba.~ • . I ... ... ..--......._____ ist ~ ISCEI.LANEOUS 5 1 all A.ubin Coal and her .., ... gri nc. c m ul a t i . , 3 .. 3 . _.— 1 .. 4 . . 10 51 Berlin Water Works 21 ticl 20 1: 0 0 a 41.11470?: ,A .t Australian uuasir.aaii snn.. RI Aoc Royal Mail ... ...... Brit. American Land ... 5 1 . Brit. & Coln. Smelts -• , . and. Bvir.':;tion Co ' .. ... —„. 100 321 Can'sa a lO4 106 i A --. St. 100 iCanada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July 1013 itti lot Ii d 5 all Crystal Palace: 124 —37 4 . 4 all Crystal Palo; France .., 20 5 , Eastern Steam ' ... .. 25 21 ElectricTelegraph(A) 17 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... -- ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ..„ ... 20 all General S c r e w Steam ... ... 134 20 10 [rish Beetroot Sugal‘ ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ... ..._ 10 all Mecliteran. Elec. Ter ••• ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fe& ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land...; 4 1 4 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter) Steam Navigat. Co. ... -•°- -. I all N. B. Australasian... i 1 20 126 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina 24 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental .., ... x d 50 all Do. Do. ... ...p 2 all Portl an d I ron C 0...., 2 24 DO 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 60 62 1 • all 1 ,- .tot. Mistral. Invest. 14 2 all. Swith A ncrtf-1.1.7 ~r ' r -- .?.6 351 I ail ,z.iubmar. Tk.l , 4va-:1i..1 :-s i ; 1 all tOo. ) ;& - riq , : , !• ,,, i....:...4, ti 1 )0 ? 3 ,IVAU DietuvD'a 1.4. 1 ,u0 I .11i_ ... 191 1_ 50 50 2 .00 London & N. West. L. &N. W. Gt.NrthD. iCaldonian, Gt. WeS5l ffk. New. k ler w. Y. &NM, IS. Easton Do Peto & Co. 'Norfolk.. `L.& N. W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. IE. Count. Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do at Northu Lancash & Yo rksh. . MClean , 'tockt. & Dariingt IGtWesty ,ENCE SHARES. 93 - 101 90 - 92 96 - 98 Si - 6i R r 4 - 4 I> 12 -- 13 68 - 02 .. -- ...xd 114 -- 116 1109 - 111. 1100 - 102 6 -- 6A 93 -- 95 8S -- tO 90 -- 91 9 -- 101 153 -- 91 -- lof 71 -- 73 196 9f -- 94 14 -- 143 lf -- id 135 -- 137 .•• ... 2i - 8 p 121 - if - ZP 133 138 14 id $7 - 90 1104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 2 - 3 .• ---- ••• 1 id 114 - 116 12 14 id par 23 24 97 99 15 —lB id ::. ii; • 2j 2d ;10per at 500 . c. St. area ... Bustnew this day. MEAT MARKETS. NEWCILATE AND LEADENHALL.—Each kind of meat was in good request, at full prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 44 ; Veal, 3s Cd to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 17.—The supply of each kind of stock was seasonably good, whilst the general demand ruled very inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4,4 10d ; Veal, 4s Oil to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs, to sink the oflals. RompoßD, Jan. 17.—Our market has been dull. Prices are barely supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to os Od ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s Oil ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20e to 27s eack. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 10s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5' lOs ; and straw, 113 s to 1/ lOs per load ; A short supply and a steady trade. CIIMBERLA.NII.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 4! 15s; clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 51 lOs ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lls per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPP,L.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply but, moderate, and tracks firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, mode rate breeze from the northward, with frost, and fine clear weather. The Irene sailed from Rio Janeiro, 17th Aug. last, for the Channel. SOUTHAMPTON ' Jan. li.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed— Atrato, for the West Indies ; Enniskillen (s), Crimea ; Cariolanus, do. _ _ _ PLYMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Lady Peel, from Callao, for Leith ; Eugenia, Havannah, for Havre. Off Port—The Harriet Wade, from Hull, for Australia. _ The Arabella, arrived here, reports having, on th e Gth inst., spoken the Nautilus, of Dartmouth, from. Palermo to Dublin, off Cape de Gatt, with damage, and one man overboard, in a heavy gal?. DOVER: Jan. 17. - - - Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Eliza, for Rio Janeiro. RYE, Jan. 17.—Wind, E. Sailed—Arethusa, for Rio Grande. NEWPORT, Jan. 17.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Charle magne, from Havre, for St. Thomas ; Speed, Whitehaven, for do. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 17.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Robert and Betsy, from Rotterdam, for Newcastle, leaky, and with pumps choked. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 17.—The Andes, for Malta, has been got off Barbo, and proceeded. GALLE, Dec. 13.—The Hope, from Maulmain, for Fal mouth, which arrived here on the 18th Nov. leaky, has been twice surveyed, and will partly discharge. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 16.—. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Albert, from Mazagan. CLYDE, Jan. 16.—Sailed—Trade Wind, for Akyab. ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 6.—The Zion's Hope drifted foul of the Agamemnon, of Scarborough ; the latter sustained considerable damage. ' SClLLY.—Arrived—Rosherville, from London, for Ja maica, with pumps choked. (n ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—William Rennie, from Marseilles. Sailed—Clio, for St. Michael's ; .Exhibition, Havre ; Camoes, Gibraltar ; Fountain, Syra ; Umoo, Gib ra lt ar ; Jessie, St. Thomas; Asia, Bahia; Egbertus, Antwerp; Charles Buck, New Orleans. DUBLIN, Jan. 17. Arrived—Pohaene, from Caen. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GAAVESEND, Thursday, 9.48 a.m. Wind E.N.E, tide third hour flood, snowing. Arrived—Baron Osy, (s), from Antwerp ; Rainbow, Earl of Auckland, and Columbine, (s), Rotterdam. Sailed—Thames, (s), for Hamburg ; Epaminondas, Geelong. DEAL, Thursday, 9.25 a.m. Wind, E.S.E., strong, frosty. No arrivals. RACING FIXTURES FOR 185. MARCH. I Warwick Spring 2O Epsom Spring 9 2 INorthampton 27 Croxton Park 29 'BIL. Coventry Salisbury Doncaster 13 Thirsk l5 AP Newmarket C 9 Cat teriek Bridge 11 York Spring 17 Mal ton l9 Newmarket F S 23 M. Chester Spring 1 Newmarket S S 8 *Shrewsbury 10 Bath l5 Epsom 22 *Manchester 30 Ascot 5 Hampton l3 Bibury r 20 Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Newcastle 26 Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 5 *Lancaster . . 5 Liverpool ll *Stamford 17 Nottingham l9 Goodwood 31 AUGUST. North Staffordsh:re 7 I *Lewes l6 Brighton Brighton Club lO I *Egham 0 8 *Wolverhampton 13 I *Derby . 8 *Reading l4 JWarwick Doncaster *Leicester SEPTEMBER. 4 I Newmarket F 0 25 11 I *Northallerton , P• 19 I The Book of s :he Garden. By Charles M'lntosh. y o , l . 11. Blackwood. This is the secona Yoliimeporfotdlitiiestliioignhol)f oinnetrCotine: THE CRY STAL PALACE Co34i'ANY.—The following not tive and valuable work, the very intelligible paragraph is running She round of our versant with the subject, and eminently qualified canlerdporftries :—" At the approaching ineeSing of the to give information on it. The first portion of the Crystal Palace Company it will be announced tSTrt the work consisted of the structural department, and receipts have been suflicieut to give, if it were deemed related to the formation and la - yjng out of gardens, exPedient, adividend to the shareholders ; as, however, th e erection and ventilation of hot-houses, Jo. all the receipts have been appropriated to other pur- The present volume treats of the Theory and Prac poses, the directors wisely, abstain from paying a divi dend out of capital—a principle which, it is to be hoped, tics of Gardening in relation to Culture and-Man agement. It enters most thoroughly into the sub will riot be departed from either in this or any other prihlie ctimpany!'—Daily News. ject, and, from the minuteness of its details , it will , Coiiiit or SESSION.—At the meeting of the Court on serve as a guide to the most uninitiated—while, Tuesday, Mr. titeasfursl prevented the Queen's letter, from the completeness of its design and its va lue as appointing him a Judge In ream of Lord Rutherfurd. a work of reference, it will prove an acquisition to After the Usual probationary trials, he will take his seat the more scientific reader. The method on on the bench as liord Ardmillan. Mr. T. Maekenzie which it is arranged is somewhat uncom also presented his cdmmissien as Solicitor-General, and mon. Whereas, in works of a similar de was sworn into office. go arrangement, we believe, scription, it is usual to ' arrange them in a has as yet been made as to a successor to Lord Robert- calender form ; in the present work the sectional son.—Scotsman. or separate garden division is adopted. Each sub- A. WEAITHI BEGGIR.—The - Drindee parochial autho rities have advertised for the heirs of a travelling beggar ject is consequently treated per se, and the kitchen named John 111‘Kt.y, supposed to have belonged origi- garden, ' the hardy fruit garden;the, .forcingndpglaeradsuenre, molly to Caithness, who died lately in a lodging•house the flower garden, plant-houses; in the Hilltown of Dundee, and was buried at the ex- grounds, are each taken into consie erasion sepa_ p en ce of the parish. The parochial officers found in the rately. Every vegetable an d fruit is treated. of b y p ocket of a coat wlaich had been worn by the deceased a itself, its origin, and the best method of eultiva coarse leati7 .DOCkilt-book, containing six bank deposit tion, sowing, and planting, and its various Taro receipts for sums P,al.:‘"ting in the whole to 7001. pean names, which latter piece of information -all prove very useful in the receipt or purchase oi.' Edinburgh Courant. seeds from the coonfttihneent. technics t th terms c oncl e u m s i p o l n oy o e f d t h i e s CHOLERA IN CoLEILLIIit.....Thi, iwfnl scourge and much-dreaded pestilence broke out, it'a wa :k before last we k a glossary - -v 8, it • ''' -efixed to a copious index. Another peon in Killowen-street ; thd tip to this' date, " T work is the attention which has been ! „znua.., •,., o l ven pi.. . has carried off twelve ot thirteen individuals. -1;-'' riarit of this' ' stip°. insects, beetles, and similar ravages here, I understand, have been 6biefiy confined to ' -id to Y the devasts ° the abodes of misery and destitution, th ti is a fear of its P'''' 's. whose d t -, (:tive properties interfere so o g. atus victims are from amongst those who were in domfottsible . c re `'• es r t... , much with tiie gardener's F 2r o sp . e t c ttsh. mostlllustrations ig no f'se:t?, recognise . circumstances.—Cories . Pondmit of the Derry Sentiitet. SAVINGW-BANKS AND IrRiEPVIii SetrETrES' INVEST- of these insects are given, so tn..‘ - -. MEETS.— A bill to make further providdn for the invest- rant of entomology may be enalais.. q m i ent and security of the moneys received by' fhb Coin- and destroy their enemies. A sketch of .." history f in , o a m e i 0 n a e v rl n for , the Reduction of the National tier; ,61 culinary vegetables is affixed to the more Ime s g -banks and Friendly Societies has been s i roughs into the House of Commons by Mr. Bo ' uvene, dctiA eontents, which states the curious fact that , . although Ws have improved in culture, and pro •',.4, ..i the Excheesnet, and Mr. Wilson. It d d ''' the Chancellor ,`..'. provides that securities Reid by the' commiesioxere to uce superior varieties, we have not added much the amount of 21,736,8241. 14s. sd„ Three per Cent. to the number of specter extant in ancient history. Many of the crops cultivated at the present day were Aidlitkee, shall be cancelled.; that in place of such se-after the °lnge !- The onion, curitiei, an accennt, to be called the " State Deposit raised, it is said, soon cl ' Accounts, Ito. I,' shall be opened in the Exchequer, the cucumber, and the leek were in atensive wee to the credit of which shall be placed the sum of in Egypt long before the departure of the Israelites, 20,000,0001., chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund ; and herbs for seasoning were also in use at an sally that stidli sum, as well as all securities held by the date. Soon after the foundation of Rome,' " - we commissioners and not cancelled, shall be subject find the environs of that city' in a state of cultiva te the discharge of the legal claims of all savings- tion much like what exists round large towns and banks and friendly societies, and that interest at cities of our own time—namely, as market gardens, th% rate of 3 per cent. upon the account shall be in. which were cultivated many of the culinary Payable to the commissioners. Power is also given to vegetables the commissioners to invest the 'mo neys received by • suck gardens at pr esent p roduce. One important difference, however, may be remarked, them in Government securities, to provide for dell- I ciencies by increasing the amount of the account, or , The . culinary gardens . round ancient Rothe 'were issuing Exchequer bills or bends, with the sanction of cultivated by the the the Treasury, and to cancel s urplus assets by the reduc- proprietors, and they themselves wrought chief men, who were also the tion of the State Deposit Account to any sum not less ground with their own hands ; and hence several than two-thirds of the liabilities. The accounts are to 'of the most celebrated families —the risones, the be made up annually to the 20th of November, and to I Cicerones, the Fabii, the Lentuli, &c.—derived be laid before Parliament. 1 their patronymics from ancestors who had distin- GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Traffic re- guished themselves in the cultivation of culinary turn f:ta- the week ending Jan. 13, 1855 £t,.:'4 44 ' vegetables. Thus—Pismit, a pep. ; GicEr a chick :.)orrespondiug week last year 3,312 11 4 ' , , pea ; .1+ aye, a bean ; Lentulus, a lentil, Ze." The _globe ntietto)A is atat§cl by Yliny to have been tLe_ 1741 12 _ Il 90 68i i i CO 1066 76 1024 251 6 51 70i f f St. 20 St. 15 5 10 St :St. 5 12i 12A 25' £ll ex int. 38,E f 21i 30 72i 1i ad LIT EBATUBE. The Ra Tat Economy of England, Scotland, and Irela7 td. By Leonce de Lavergne. Black wood. This i s a very curious and interesting work, ex hibiting the results of great research and practical study, a lad particularly suited for the consideration of those who interest themselves in political eco nomy aad agriculture. It is translated from the French, with notes by a Scottish farmer., It is written i u a most impartial spirit, giving the highest praise to the English perseverance alid enterprise which hat 'e produced such beneficial results, and asserting that, taken as a whole, English agricul ture is the first in th e world, and in the way of making fur, Cher p rogress. Justly regretting that his country]. nen) with their more f ert i le soil and less inclement sky, should no t reap the'benefit of ' their natural Advantages, the w r it er has set him self the task of examining th e principl es o f E nglish ox l elaining the causes of its pro sperity. and. agriculture, that when the Great Exhi- He remarks Exhi bition attracted to London visitors from all parts ]f the world, strangers Were prepared for the ex t ent of the productions of Manchester, Binning h am, and Sheffield, and for the sight of the docks of ' London and Liverpool ; but what caused surprise to many was the agricultural development dis pl: ayed. Of this he asserts no idea had been formed. In France especially the b e li e f h a d p reva il e d th a t , ag riculturo had been neglected for the sake of ma nufacturing and mercantile interests. Intereat iug • comparisons of the relative value of land, wa, ; - es, and produce in the two countries are given. Soi ne of the details • are very curious. It appears that - the animal production of England is far the most profitable. " England alone feeds as many pigs as the whole of France ; those of Scotland and Ireland are over and above. Official statistics snake the annual production of pork in France two hundred and ninety millions kilogrammes. This figure must be much under the real amount, a great number being killed and consumed in country households without any account of them being taken ; but even extending it to four hun dred. millions, the United Kingdom produces donible." In poultry it appears that France has the advantage, "The English rear few fowls, the dampness of their climate being unsuitable for it. The most to which statistics bring the annual value is twenty-five millions (one million sterling) derived from this source, while, in France, the annual production of eggs alone is estimated at one hundred millions, and that of all kinds of fowls at act equal sum." The statistics of the consump lion of milk are curious. A litre, it may be pre mised, is about a quart : " The consumption of milk under every form is enor mous .among the Engli s h. Th e i r h a bi ts i u t hi s respect are thooe of past ages. Cesar said of them, long ago, Lacte et carne vivunt. They are not in the habit of preparing their food with fat and oil, like most of the French, lowt use butter for all culinary purposes ; cheese, too, appear aat their principal repasts. The quantities of butter and cheese manufactured throughout the whole extent of the British Isles exceed ail belief. Cheshire alone produces cheese to the value of a million sterling, or twenty-five vlillions of francs annually. Not con tent with what their own dairies give, the English import butter and cheese from abroad ; and this circum stance, showing to what extent the national taste is carried, , explains the reason why it is that the average price of milk with them is higher than in France. While our producers obtain at most ten centimes per litre (id. per quart) for their milk, the English get twenty centimes (2d.). " In fine, the milk produce of English cows may be reckoned at three milliards (three thousand millions) of litres, of which one milliard goes to feed the calves, and two for the consumption of man. This gives as average of about one thousand litres for each cow. The produc tion of France is probably at most two milliards, or at the rate of five hundred litres per head, of which at least one-half is consumed by the calves. " Thus, while the French have only one milliard of litres to sell for human consumption, the English have two ; and as, in consequence of their large manufactur ing population, they obtain double the price for their milk that we do, it follows that the dairy produ ce o f England is worth four times as much as it is in France. The production of the two countries should, then, be re presented by thee,, following figures : France, 1 milliara of litres at 10 cents, 100 million francs 1 (4,000,0001.) British Isles, 2 milliard of litres At 20 cents, 400 milli on francs (16,000,000/4" The superiority of our constitution of agriculture the author considers to be in two points: " the almost universal system of leases, which makes agriculture a special occupation, and the number of monied men who fearlessly embark in s lrnaing." The remarks on the national love for a cotintly life, and the beneficial effects of the reside ice of proprietors, are no doubt correct. He traces this predilection up to the earliest history, and consi ders it a part of the national cha - ..actar. The pri mary cause of the advance of the science of agricul ture he traces still deeper : "It is perfectly evident, then, that both in France and England agricultural development has followed in the train of good government. The rural change which took place in France between 1760 and 1848, had already taken place irt England between 1650 and 1800 ; the producing causes in both cases were the sane. The difference between England under the Stuarts an d in the time of Pitt, is the same as that of France under Louis XV. and Louis Philippe. But this does not apply to France and Englaid alone. In ancient as well as in modern times, agricultural prosperity came and went with the mode of government. Republican Rome cul k ivated its fields admirably ; enslaved Rome neglected th,9m. Spain, during the middle ages, did wonders in cu ltivation, while the Spain of Philip 11. ceased to wo:ic. Switzerland and Holland fertilise rugged mountaios and hopeless marshes ; the Sicilian starves on the most fertile soil. As Montesquieu re- marks, in his Esprit des Lois, 'lt is not fertility, but liberty, which cultivates a country.' " This volume is a fragment of a course of lectures prepared fav the Agricultural National Institute. Not having used them in that way the author pub lished some extracts in the Revue des Deux Mondes. The favourable reception they met with in both countries induced him to collect them in one vo- lume, to which he intends publishing a sequel. He is in hopes that some attention is being directed to agriculture in Francs, but fears lest the attempt sho aid be discouraged, since " it requires especially patience and perseverance, rare qualities among us." It is in the hope of inducing some alterations and improvements in the practice of husbandry and farming in France that he has presented the results of his study of the English methods, and though the g,en , ,ral reader may not agree with him in considering agriculture the most beautiful of arts, ho Trill at least admit that ho has rendered the description of it interesting. most esteemed and most expensive of all garden herbs. He also states that the commoners of Rome were prohibited by law from eating it. Fennel was largely cultivated' at Rome, but basil, now so extensively used for cooking purposes, was condemned by Chrysippus 200 years B. c., as an enemy to the sight and a robber of the wits. Mint is mentioned by Ovid, who states that the humbler classes perfumed their tables by rub bing mint on them ; and Pliny says, - " You will not find a husbandman's board in the :country but all the meats, from one end to the other, are sea soned with mint." The endive is cited by Horace, and the marigold is honoured by the notice of Virgil, while Catullus alludes to the marjoram. " From an anecdote related by Herodbtus, in con nection with the murder of Smerdis by his brother Cambyses, it is quite evident that lettuces were served at the royal tables of the Persian Kings 550 years 8.c." Mushrooms are also unfortunately connected with a murder, since Agrippina made some of them, the vehicle of poison f_pr her hus band, Tiberius Claudius. It will bathing seen that the author brings forward many Classital witnesses to assist him in proving the antiquity of herbs and vegetables. It is indeed difficult to form an idea of the completeness of this work, both in the instructions whichitgives and thedetails into which it enters. Its great size (867 pages)` enables the author to enter thoroughly into his subject, and to afford the fullest information, from the' purchase of seeds to the management of a camellia house.' The plan of arranging each article, under, a separate head, t oge tk ez mith the copious i n d ex and contents, greatly facilitates reference. The whole is arranged in the most careful and elaborate manner, and i s undoubtedly one of the most complete and prac tical works which has ever appeared on the subject. 7heNe.l of Kin. By Mrs. F. F. Hall. 3 vols. Newby. Tbis work displays considerable ingenuity in the construction of the plot, and some amount of skill in the delineation of character. The story is one that appears to have become a favourite with novel writers of late —that of an orphan, of un known parentage, indebbd to the charity of strangers, being discovered to be the heiress of great wealth. In this case, however, the tale is invested with a greater appearance of probability, from the readers being told at the commencement who the little wanderer is, and the motives which influenced the actions of those around her being revealed and explained. The unprincipled pos sessor of her fortune, Mr. Crofton, was certainly placed in a trying position. He succeeded to the property of his deceased cousin, Mr. Armitage, whose son had offended him by a secret marriage. He had refused to see his wife, but when his son was soon after killed by an accident, leaving him in total ignorance of his widow,and child, lie bit terly regretted that his violent anger should have left him no heir to his estate, and that all his wealth must go to enrich a comparative stranger, instead of benefitting his own "next of kin." He left strict injunctions with his lawyer, if any tra: a was ever found of the missing heirs, to see their rights restored to them. Owing to a previous ad venture the proofs were then in the lawyer's hands, though he was ignorant of it. They subsequently came into the possession of his clerk, who, after Mr. Armitage's death, carried them to Mr. Crof ton, who was thus suddenly exposed to a great temptation. Unable to reconcile himself to surren dering his newly-found wealth to a poor and friend less child, lie arranged that she should be stolen by a travelling showman ; and to secure the secresy of his accomplice, agreed that his eldest son should marry his daughter after some years had passed. The little heiress, Flora Armitage, was fortunately rescued from her miserable position by a variety of circumstances, which at length left. her under the protection of a Mr. and, Mrs. Vallack, who sup plied the place of parents to her, and whose name ' she adopted. The chain of events led, as might be expected, in a romance, to her meeting with Guy, the eldest son of Mr. Crofton, and to their becom ing attached to each other. Of course, Mr. Crofton, little perceiving in the unknown girl the next of kin who might one day deprive him of all he pos sessed, objected, and added to his contemptuous refusal, insults and affronts. Guy, meanwhile, who was not a very elevated character, although fee superior to las father, agreed, after some difficulty, to marry Miss Haviland,• the daughter of the clerk in whose power his father wet. How these com plicated affairs are adjusted, how the mystery is unravelled, and poetical justice duly administered, and how the story concludes, we leave the reader to discover. There are a number' of miner characters introduced, which afford a van: Sty. The heroine herself is a very attractive person, and effectually secures the interest of the reader; although we cannot altogether sympathise with he: in her admi ration for Guy Crofton, who, however, improves as the tale advances. The episode of the young widow, and her mysterious visit at the commencement, excite interest, although it :is at once evident who she really is It will be found a pleasing and enter taining story, with enough of the pathetic to inte rest, and enough of the lively to amuse. Sibyl's Little Daughter. A Sequel to the Gipsy's. Daughter. By A. M. Grey. 2 vols. Newby. This is an interesting story. It continues the adventures of the young Zora, whG was left at the close of the former story a mere child in the gipsy's tent. The whole of the narrative is of her as a child, but notwithstanding her youth she exhibits a great deal of decision in her character, and is a. very interesting subject of contemplation, although_ occasionally displaying hastiness of temper and im patience of control. This excitability and irrita tion is not unnatural, considering she was of Spanish and gipsy extraction. Lady Lisle, who adopted the young orphan, was a remarkably pleas ing and graceful woman—one calculated above all others to be the guide and guardian of Zora. A stern or hasty disposition would never hswe been able to undertake the difficult task, or would have signally failed in doing so. One mistake was com mitted by her ladyship, however—that of 43ngaging a strict and unsympathising character Like Miss Strickland to be the governess of a child. •who had been used to roam the woods in all the f re edom of a gipsy's life. Zora de Casteo required raiding as well as directing • she should have been led more than driven. Lily Grosvenor forms a very r pleasint addition to the story. She contrasts in mind as well as in person with her friend Zo.ra . lier, character is not so brilliant or striking, biri ; it w'..s gentle and placid, and would increase in intt 'rest as she became older ; while Zora, on the cot itrary, was more likely to be attractive as a child. Eve lyn Grosvenor is a very different being to Falter, the gipsy lad, but they are each above the C1)1131.11ou standard. Evelyn had been greatly spOilt by 0 T Per indulgence, and Walter by neglect ; but they 'had good principles, and gave promise of better thii igs. Several persons are well sketched in the courst ) of the book, as, for instance, Mr. Hope, the clergy man, and Mrs. Vivian. On the whole, a pltaassing picture of country life is presented, and Many striking scenes are introduced, particularly the last, when Zora is enticed away from home by the gipsy, and,. after much trouble is experienced, sud denly retur,ls. lea H v e in r g be L tt a e d r y n L at i u sl r e e a tzl a d. hyeierlicihinatgshtoe was wrong anllnprincip in led woman. It is most probable that those who read this story will be glad to hear that on a future occasion they are promised a continua tion of the history of the heroines Zora and Lily. Peter Parley's Tales ajvut Animals. Eleventh edition. Tegg anc. l Co., Cheapsikle... Peter Parley is everywhere known as the most successful of juvenile instructors. The eleventh edition of this delightful little work has Ilow ap peared in a most attractive form, with nearly 500 woodcuts. Even without these illustratio.ns it is far more likely to awake an interest in natural history, and to impress the peculiarities of the dif ferent species on the mind than many far more aborious works. It is arranged in a manner aThich eery fascinating to children, the easy stylks in which it is told and the intermixture of anecdote renderthg it interesting and fixing the information on the mind. The Journal of Agriculture and the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of A long Sconal:d. a rticle is given of " the Steam Engine , and its Appi:cation to 'Agriculture," in which appear, with figures numbered to numerous plates represent the various points of interest referred to iv the descriptions. " Peasant Life at Home and Abroad" is continued. In the last number an accouirt was met .with of the Tyrol and Switzer land. " Turning froLvl these mountain homes of freedom gallant liineafttsc; let us now see how the down-trodden land of peasant on Italy." It is observed that in many parts of Italy there is no domestic comfort. Poverty induces the labourers to live out-of-doors, which mode can be done with little expenditure in a country where 1 firing is chiefly used for cooking, but the system de stroys the domestic habits and virtues in a great degree. In noticing France, it is said that nearly two-thirds of the population are dependent for subsistence on the fruits of the soil. In concbision, it is declared that the cottar System of agriculture supplies the largest amount of rural population ; and, as hardy peasants hav e in all a g es formed the strength of conquerin g armies, it follows no other pursuit is so well calculated to maintain the mili tary strength of an empire ! 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