The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

. _ vessel, while others passed over her, near the heads of the captain and pilot, and others came near, hitting the machinery and disabling her. The T aptaitl then put about and escaped from the liar- . . SHARE 111.ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) • _ ORDINARY 9 hare Railways. (Paid 1 Closing I Business * Price. ---......- Share T.11.E SUN', LONDO: BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. raid. Cip ri s o in e g 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all - 72 71 IBusinessclone c Bom., Ilaroda&Cent Ind bour without sustaining other serious injury, the I Done. stk 100 911 921 fa 14 t tau. 5 per cent.. .... . ship touching twice in recrossing the bar. The - 18 Do, Do. 13 16 214 d 50 ! Beltart and Bal - 1 mane i all I - - 201 Buffalo and LaKe Huron all 41 5 d 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Sir. Val.) all ' 81 81 troops have been rel a nded at their original. quarters stock ;Birk., La., and Ch. Junc.! 100 70 81 794 204 Do. New ....... ..... all - - on Governor's Island. 25 Blackburn' - 10 Do. Preference . ... all 6 7 25 'Blyth and Tyne all - - 100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godria 100 75 80 . - lO !Boit. Steer. and 3lid.Co ; all , 64 7 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 100 67 72 .310.1,78 y 0.1 .4 3n-h.2 , , _,..ivi . , ci- 2 , ,y- -,,, L- 7 - 7 ,- n stock ; ilrisiol Cud Exeter .. i la° 199 101 IN -c , A 3 * stock ;Cole,lar i..n - 1 100 ! 952 981 95/ 4 100 Do. do. June I, 1874 100 65 70 sa• lO Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 5 Clcutta as, Fa-tn (Lin) 3 4 pr CITY, Two o'CLocK. 50 Cork and Lan Oan all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.; 2s• -- „, 20 CapeTONVII Lt Dock Scrip 5 nlld 6 1 The accounts from the manufacturing districts r o (7ork, Blrock., trassag - eI all , 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6 Cornwall 171 Demerara.. - - 1 represent that business during the past week has to Do A ( A gets no div.: all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 2 5 2d Vi 10 Do B 17 111th:161,c peran. I all 1 1i - - stock East Indian, ~ -, 11. sp. a 100 971 984 974 4 been exceedingly inactive in all departments. At , hasbeen• d. toB 20 Do. F Shares Ext all - Leeds trade in the various cloth halls has been 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all i- - 25 Dun., Perth, SzAbalunc. all 8 81 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - Very quiet with little demand for goods suitable stock ;East Anglian stock !Eastern Counties lOO 50 61 7 5Ol 100 ' Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 994 1005 for exportation. At Bradford there have been a st oc k 'Eastern Union , A st ock 100 37 39 20 Geelona• & Melbourne. all - - Geelong stcor Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong Corporation g, few orders for wools and yarns for the German 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 135 - - p er cent. Bonds ...... 100 - - and French markets, but the dealings in piece stock East ! Suffolk - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 211 221 stock !Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 85 86 85 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 72 74 goods for the United States. have been almost sus- stock I Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 24 28 100 Do. taper ct. Debentr. all 45 47 46 sto l e% Furness Forth & Clyde Junction 100il - 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 10 55 pended. At Manchester the indisposition to purchase- - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 42 47 100 Do. do. 1872 _ all 42 47 shown by all classes of dealers connected with the stock (Hasa% and S. W e stern 100 1 113 116 100 11 1! 112 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 94 95 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - United States has been more apparent, and quota- stock GreatNorthern2o Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 11d 1 d 041 r lions for both yarns and cloths have tended down- stock Do do A stock stock Do do Bdo Wards. Most of the manufacturers have propos©d stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 112 2 0 1 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 101 114 11 104 411 201 Do. New stock Great Western ..., .... 100 711 721 711 / to reduce the wages of the operatives 5 per cent. stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 61 65 61 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with stockl2 opt, till '6O . 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O ..... all 1 92 96 Until a more prosperous state of affairs prevails. Theirrish South-eastern.... a ,ancashire & Yorkshire 100 11 114 - 1141 1131 1 14 4 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 93 96 hosiery trade at Leicester has been steady, many stock London and Blackwell 100 61 63 • stock Lon Bright.. & S Coast 100 117 118 117 1 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 88 92 of the workpeoplo, however, are still out of employ- Stock LOTIfi C hat. ,and Dover 100 48 10 ~ 100 99t 100 9 94 4 stock Lund, t Nth. Western stock Do. do. 5 per cent tent. There is no change of importance to record stock Lond. & Atli. Western.. 100 94 95 944 stock D0..4-1- p. c. Extension 100 85 87 in the iron trade of South Staffordshire, The de- 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - 20 Do. Fourth do l5 2 11 0 20 Do. d 0..... - ...' all - - 25 Lalerry & Enniseillen all 911 mand has been very inanimate, and in the various stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. - 100 52 53 511 21 1 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a Bnds. 100 - hardware districts, viz., Birmingham, Sheffield, 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - 20 Newßrunswick &Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)2.•,.6pc 121 Do do 5 shares.... all - - 11 5 7 Walsall, and Wolverhampton, no improvement is 10 Metropolitan 100 stock Midland yet perceptible. 6.4.0. Do new - - I) 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. 11 5 stock Do nirming. & Derby 100 103 le6 Do. do. Land do. ...... a 7 • • Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market on 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Oude (Limited) - - Saturday continued very inactive, and prices tended 25 Do 1 shares all - - stock Scinde ....... i a ~/, 100 96 97 961 20 Do. Punjaub • .... zr , a s: 10 211(1 2it 71 I 25 Mid Kent...... ••- - - all - downwards. The sales were ply 6,000 bales. 10 Do, Cray Line - - 20 Do. Du. .... -.. aca all - - d stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?4, 100 91 98 The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- 100 Newcastle and Carlisle al l - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec 18 - - 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d way of Canada, for the week ending the 11th inst., 20 N ewry, Waru p t. & Ros all - - 10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..) 1 1 d 1 stock Norfolk . , . . 100 52 54 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. exhibited an increase of £1,489 compared with the 50 Nthn. Counties ••. . . U nion ••• • 31 -- d same period in 1860. stock North British ... 100 65 651 6 5 1 .10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stozar 100 - - 20 lArdennes -- - - .... .. all - -p There were no bullion operations of importance stock Dft A stk ; A rev; nod. 2O Bah.&S.Fran..l.im.7 p.c. 10 2 11.1 81 4 until 6pchas beenpd:B 1 0 0 - - 5 Belgian East. Junctio all / 1 at the Bank of England on Saturday. stock Do B stock ~. _ . 100 - - 20 I.Beners to Graissessac.. all - - stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick. 100 lon 1041 104 31 4 1 The first report of the Ocean Marine Insurance 25 Dodo, (I.N.E. purchase 161341 1) 11 5 . P 6 Cvf - neaux Mine & Rail all 11 12 Company has been issued prior to the meeting, stock Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 614 429 621 *1 1 100 Copiapo - ......&...... all - - stock Do York which states that the available balance, after pay- stock North London 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 meat of all ea crew, Stc., is £75,478, and recom- 19.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 24 25 1 20 !Grand Rua Guar. 6p. c. 6 - - mends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. for the 10 N. and S. W. Junction all j 105 102 20 Do. do. all - - 12 Not. & Grantham Rail. 11 1 8 81 20 Great Central of France all - - year, which will absorb 1.30,000, and the residue les ..,.... --. a - - 10 Tech • 11 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 61 ill to be carried forward against tie outstandino• - Portsmouth - - 20 !Italian Junction ... a .. all - - ° 10 Rlqnnney.....- ... - - 20 Lakel Constance & Bale. all - - risks and liabilities of the company. stock Scottish Central - - stock Scot N E stock 100 33 34 20 !Lyons & Geneva, ...... all - - There is an increasing demand for discount ac - stock Do Sct. Mid. stock lOO 888 I • - Aber. 8 335 I Maria Antonia .... •... all - - commodation, owing to the impending liquidation stock Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 , Do. New . .... ........ all - - 10 Sittinfrbourne & Sheer all 6 7 20 , Namur & Liege .... •• - all 71 74 of mercantile engagements, the settlements at the stock South Devon stock South Eastern I Stock Exchange, and the new Indian loan. Capi- 16 .Do. New Shares ~.. 15 - - stock South Wales . 100 61 63 •••- • • • • • i talists at the same time are disposed to restrict their stock S. York. and River Dun 100 i 80 82 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 1 4 7 10 Norwegian Trunk Prof . . all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 361 operations, and the market therefore presents a 25 Stockton & Darlington all 1 41 12 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 53 55 25 Do do ll 91 101 p 20 1 !Recife &S. Fran. (fern.) firmer as well as an animated appearance. stock Taff Vale ~... •....... 100 - - t , ,gua. 713. ct. 1im...... 13 31 34 Some excitement was occasioned on Saturday stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO - - 20 !Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 - - 25 ThamesliavenDk&Rall 22 --- 10 !Rome & Frascati ...... all - - afternoon by the intimation that several suspensions 50 Ulster . ••• all. j 551 561 20 'Royal Danish .......... all - - 20 1 2 3 p 5 Royal Swedish . . - - had taken place among the Greek interest. The 12 2;, 0 80 0 • 2 d p 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -- stock. - • ............ list included Mr. a Navore, Mr. S. P. Zizinido, Vale (;f • Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim.. all 115 11/ 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 85 Messrs. P. C. Salvage, and others. stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 11 Id2l f all ' - - 20 S.Aust&Lomb Venetin 12 , 11 11 d 121 1 The long expected Indian Loan has been formally 50 Waterford & Limerick all , 6 6 20 West Cornwall 5 20 Southern of France.... all I 19 20 anzounced to-day. The amount, as anticipated, is 20 West L0nd0n.......... all ,- - 82 West Flandern ...... .. all 51 65/ 10 Do let class - - 10 Do. 55 p. C. Preference.. all 91 91 £3,000,000, which it is proposed to raise in a 5 per 20 Do 24 class .. . . - - 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22 cent. stock, not to be redeemable until the sth of tlepool War • hr stock W s e n st d fl r l a r il 1 100 - - 20 !Western of Austria.. - 6 _ 20 lWestern of Switzerland all - - • July, 1870, but to be redeemable at par on and after stock West Midland-Oxford; 100 45 47 461 7_Bl 6 LWiesbaden - stock Do. Newport, 100 40 42 BIDo. 8 per cent Pref. - - - that date. Tenders, which must not befor less than stock Do. Hereford . 100 82 _ 84 2O ;Zealand - - a __ £5OO stock, are to be sent in before one o'clock on PREFERENCE SHARES: JOINT-STOCK BANKS. the Bth proximo, accompanied by a deposit of 2 1 , 1 -Closing Business 00 Agra&UnitedService Bk) 50 'B4 66 40 Australasia all 69 71 per cent, and the payments are to be made as fol- Share Railways. Paid! Price. Done. 25 Bank of Egypt all ~ 19 20 1 1 100 Bank of London .. 50 1 51 63 lows, viz., an amount as when added to the deposit 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 20 Bank of Turkey 1 4 1 4 'will leave 80er cent. on the 18th proximo, 20 per I c. pre (issued at £.5(!1 all I - - 50 British North American all i - - P ctk I Bris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 - - 2fl ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all I 221 224 221 cent. on the 12th of March, 30 per cent. on the 9th 20 Do. do. do. Shares - 26 ICh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all I - - 831 4 Of April, and 30 per cent. on the 10th of May, but stock 'Caledon £10,44 percent, 100 101 103 stock !Do. ()liar. Shares, No. 2.1 100 - - 100 ,City 100 'Colonial ........ ... . . discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum Will 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. 0.! all i - - 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada • all - - ' • 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent..., all 1 201 211 100 Commercial of London be given for payment in full in anticipation: 65 IDun.Perth&AberaTun. .1 all . 6 64 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 stock !E.Angn.Class A 7 SLsp.c., 100 99 101 20 !Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - stock - There has been very little variation in the mar - I Do. do. Class B 6 p,c....1, 100 112 115 20 Lon.! Char. Bkof Austral all 221 23 ket for Public Securities to - day, the New Indian stock IDo. do. Class C 7 p.c....1 100 106 108 50 !London and County stock IE. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112 50 ;London Joint Stock - - 304 Loan having been fully anticipated. Consols are stock 'Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 100 'London & Westminster 20 - - 534 4 maintained at 91' 1 for transfer, and 91 f, for the stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 100 ! Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - - i * stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 79 81 20 !Do. new • 12 - .... 7th prox. Business, however, has been very dull, stock Do. 5 percent. guar._ 100 - - 50 !National Bank ... 25 - -.. ... stock Edin &C las 5p c shares 100 112 114 20 !New South Wales...-. all - - and the dealings for transfer have been too limited stock Do. • 1 • • • 4 P. c gua. S. &D. 100 - - 20 Do. new - - to create animation. The New Threes are firm, at stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 , - - 25 'Orient. B. Corporation • stock , Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 1 - - 20 Ottoman Bank all 175 181 911 1; the Reduced remain at 911 1,-; India 5 per stock I Glasat S. West.g.a. 5p.c., a- 100100 1- - 100 Provincial of Ireland - - 844 5 5 m stock IGrt Northern, sp. ea, 1116 118 10 Do. new - Cent. L oan is ' flat, at 991; ditto 5 per Cent. Rupee stock ! r'o.sp.c.Redm.,lo p.c.prnl 100 112 114 114 25 ',South Australia - - Paper, at 94; and the Debentures at 951 1 ; but Ex- stock IDo. Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 1104 108 100 I Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm, 80 185 87 25 [Union of Australia .... all ; - - 89 1 i I 50 'Union of London I , 12 j 26 27 265 chequer Bills are steady, at 6s. dis. 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf.l all : - - 100 Unity, Mutual.. ...... - I 60 I - - Foreign Securities show more buoyancy, part;- Gt Sn &W(lreland)4' stock • • il 100 98 100 , p. et pref. stock....! COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. eularly Mexican stock, which has further advanced 50 Great[ West. (Berke and 1 Hants) Ext. sp. ct. .. 6 - - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Jaairl uly 100 107 111 1051 to 221 1. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 1 ; ditto stock l eo. Redeem able, 43. p. c t. 100 99 101 • - Do. 6p. cent. 1878 100 - - stockstock Do.' Redeemable. 4p. ct 100 89 91 - Do. 6p. cent 1880 100 - - 1858, 661 i ; Portuguese are firmer at 451 i t, • ; Rue- Do Irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92 92 1 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - eau. at 1041 ; Brazilian are 991 •; and Venezuelan stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103 102 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :09 111 ' 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 10 104 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. a Sept. 100 109 111 20. , 10 Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 175 18a - c Do. 5 per cent lOO 991 mo 100 4 994 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 11 - t Do. Scrip 9O - - - Business in the Rail way Share Market has stock Do Birma.auar. stock.. 100 76 78 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p atm 100 - 261 ,Do. Chester„ ua. shares all 20 1 21 1 - Do. 1890 100 - - been moderately active, but the variations in values 135 Do. do. do. - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. JaatJuly 100 1051 1061 all 151 16 - Do. 6p. C. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - were not of an important character. Caledonian, 20 ,Do. do. do. - ,N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1860 100 97 99 stock ,Lan. &York tip. c. stock lOO 135 137 - Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 97 90 Great Northern A Stock, Great Western, and stock ,Do.Barnsl.st.f.s3Blod pc 100 - ,- - Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 96 98 97 • stock I Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pearl. No.l 100 115 118 sterling, 1575 lOO 1051 1065 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern stock !Do. s p. a No. 2 100 115 118 - S.Aus.ot.6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 - - stock I Do. gun. 6p. c. ..... .... 100 138 143 - (York), and South Eastern have improved ss. stock i Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 111 118 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jo. &July 100 - stock IDo. do. 41 per cenff. .... 100 103 105 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1061 107/ 1061 1 I ________ _ _ _ _ _, _ ___ In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there was _ . _ ___ ____ _ _ 5 Do. ! do. 41 p. c. shares.. all - - BRITISH MINES. Very little busiaess transacted. South Austrian stock IDo. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 153 156 •stock !Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134 I 1 and Lombardo-Venetian were dealt in at 121 ; San stock ; Do.4p.c.S.(div.defail '65) 100 70 72 Share! Mines. I Paid.' Closing Business Paulo at 21 5; East Indian declined to 971 961 ; stock Lou. Chat. and Dover.. 100 87 89 ! ' Price. Done stock ,Lon. and N .W.IN Coy. and - AlfredConsols (Philac - 10.11.10 21 31 and Great Indian Peninsula were steady at 941 1 ; 1 Nuneaton, sp. ct.....! 100 116 118 20(British Iron il6 1 6 stock I Lou. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock ! 100 150 155 - 'Clifford nil 105 205 Great Western of Canada advanced to 11, stock IDo. 41 per cent 1 100 - - - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) l 1 410 420 Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were 2s. 6d., Do. (Prtsm. perpl amis.! - 'East Bassett (Illogan).., 30 110 115 •••i of 21. 6d........•- all - - • - lEast Caradon ! 0 .14.6 111 Om ill in moderate request without any important change 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh.! all - - - :E. WI Russel (Tavistk ), 541 23 25 - 7.4.0 , 74 7* 71 q 125 I.ondony. t Ennis. 1 all ifi 141 14 4 - IGam.&StAubyn(Gwen.)' in values. stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 - - ' 1 - 'Great South Tous 1 17s 1 72 81 6 Do. £6 - G.Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 12.13.0; 1 1 ------ stock Do. 35 per cent 1 100 70 72 -G. Wheal Vor (Helston)' 91 11 14 11 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 D o. re d eem . 6 per cent-I 5 1 1/3 - ' Grenville ... . , 514.6 24 3 tank Stock - - - - IHerod's-Foot I 8.12 33 35 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll * 1 124 Do. 41 per cent all - - ,Hingsbon Downs 1 4.10.6 25 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - - -- Lady Bertha ' 1.8.6 , 15 14 Now 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. •• - North Downs I 21 I 35 4 Ditto 6 per Cent stock Do.! Leis. & Hit. pref. et.l 100 95 97 - North Frances (Mogan); 115 ' 44 5 - N.Wh'l Basaet (1110 _An); 155 35 41 31 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent • - stock INorflk sp. a Ex. st. 1846; 100 - - 7 - North Wheal Crotty . 1 9.18.9 8 9 Ditto 6 per Cent. - - - I Par Consols (St. Blazeyll 14 91 10 Ditto Debentures, 1859 - - 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.6.7 42 44 43 2 Cousols for Account, Feb. 7.. - ,Sortridire Cons. Min. Co. 14s 4 1 stock !Do. New, gun. sp. c....' 100 illO 111 - South Caradon(St.Cleer)! 11 300 310 India Stock for Account _ 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pt. she 3 1 414 p - S. Cam Brea (Illogan)..' 31 31 41 Ditto 6 per Cent. for Account .. 991 9 10 , Do. do. do. all I- - IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.' all , 5 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 14d ... . - - - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan),18.18.% 165 175 Ditto £5OO 6 dis stock I N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 - 'Stray Park 24.18.0 39 41 stock IDo. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 101 103 ... FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.S Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min.{ 44 1 2 21 17 IDo. do. do s 13.4. 4 fp 10 Tin Croft ! 9 5/ 6 zraailian 6 per Cent - - 1. - Vale of Towey (Corm.) ..3s 6d 1 1 BuenosDitto 4i per Cent. 1860 ... 855 121 !Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9- - - West Basset (Illogan).. 11 18 191 Ayres, 6 per Cent - 15 IDo. York, •.& S. Purch. 10 5d p -W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 78 80 785 94 Ditto Deferred - West Seton Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 - - - 'Wheal Basset (Mogan 6/ 1110 115 8 I Scottish Central, new pt! all - - _ ,Wheal Buller(Redruth 5 1120 130 Mexican i per Cent - stock 'Scottish North-Eastern; - Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 I 11 2 Ditto Account 2 ll 2 1 32 4 31 p. a pref. stock....) 100 - - - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 124 131 Now Grenada Active, 35 per Cent. - -- - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 I 19 21 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. - ,Wheal Treia (Lis.. (Lis 51 I_ _ 17 18 Ditt• Account , 451 4 10s. South Devon, Ann. 105. , all 10 1 11 --- Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 454 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent., all - - FOREIGN - MINES. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading; • Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £St Turkish 6 per Cent - stocic Do. 41 per cent lOO 102 104 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 17s 5 d 1 Ditto New Loan - stock Do. Fixed 'lp.c. let is. 100 192 104 35 Brazil.l Imp. (is. at L 5 p.) 271 4 1 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds - - 1 'Clarendon Cons. Mia Co. stock SaYorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 1 - dis. Venezuelan 3 per Cent .. 2O 25 Stock. JO Dar. A 5 p. a.. all 27 285 40 !Cobre Copper all '42 41 I Dividends on the above payable in London. 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 32 331 - ICopiapo .. Dutch Exchange; 12 Guil. 25 per Cent... 631 4 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 331 1 punMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 5 4 THREE O'CLOCK. stock Wang 1d & Cilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 2 rFortuna. all 25 3 20 !General • s tock W.3lid -Oxf Ist Gua stk; 100 1124 125 155 44 all 21 23 225 Consols, Money . 915 5 stock I D o . 2d do 100 120 124 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 a iP Ditto Account stock ,Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866 100 12.3 126 3 iLinaros all 9 95 stock I Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 116 120 5 ILusitanian 2 p ip THE WEATHER. 125 , Do. do. 2d is. 7 1 - - 1 'Mariquita all i • 1 1 , N.RhineCopofS,Aus.L..l2s.6d. 1 id 20Pontgibaud Silver,Lead I METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Mining and Smelt..... all 4 6 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 5 Port Philip 1 1 4 Jan. 28, , , 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. i 4 d ' Leasing 1 Business between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. Railways. I Paid. , .Closing 281'81 United Me x ican • 9 a.m. I Co.'s. Price. Done. can ....... all 35 31 • 1 .Worthing (Limited)... all / 1 ---- - - -- - 1 I De . Nairn 29136 46 45 S.W. 3 6 o. Bedford and Bletchtey all Ln &N.W .. .. l9s. - Aberdeen- 29•95 45 44 S.S.W. 3 9 M. Backinghamshire ....1 100 Ln &N.W 98 100 MISCELLANEOUS, Greenock Berwick...... 30 . 03 49 47 S.W. 4 9 r. Do. do. 55 per cent. ! 100 I Do. 125 127 1 0 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 1 .13 14 Portrush .. ... 29'91 50 49? E.N.E, 3 3 o Do. do. 5 per cent 100 IDo . 113 115 1134 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) ' all , 1 - - Galway ...... 29 - 95 50 49 S.W. 8 9 • r. Clydesdale Junction.., 100 ICaledonin 102 104 25 'Australian Agricultural' 19 1 32 34 Hull Liverpool-- 30-18 4g 45 .je • • ELi col 1 ire c l e , 100 , Gt. North. 135 137 S. , ...__ 2 8 c. E. n ns i , a . .., 50 'British American Land' 40 - Valenti& ...• •29 96 50 44 s.s. W. 6 in, g E.Union,Harwich She, all lE.Counts. 11 41 50 BALMag. Tel, A. (Lim.), all 35 37 Yarmouth 30'25 13 ar, Do. Woodbridge . 100 I - 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.)l aU 18 20 London ...... 30.27 42 41 l a W. 8 m. Gls.Ba rt& Neils, Drc • t • .! 100 ! Caledonin -- - 20 , Do. C. (Limited) I all 13 15 Night extreme 30'35 40 ____ W.S. 4 9 6 cols. Do. New ... ...... j 100 IDo. - - - - a 24 Canada Land 1 all - ZeW.... - • •• ' r 0 : 27 4 , 1 . 40 W.S,W. 3 9 • 0 Gloster& Dean 'Forest! all I Gt. West, - - 10 .Chan.lslands TeL (Lina.)l all 1 Dover ........ 36 a. 43 s,w a g n ., - * Ilartlpool.Dckat Real all Yk.Natalrl - - stock ,Cop.Min.ofEng.&Stnitg.i all 17_ - Ports mouth . • 30'32 44 42 SW. 3 g - , 7 : Hull and Selby ......1 all IYIc.N. Md. 110 112 25 ,Do. Pref. 71 per cent. . I all 231 2 - 45 30 . 22 46 45 •1 Plymouth •• . • , S. 1 5 m. Do. 1 Shares ....... all ;Do. - stock ,Crystal Palace 1 100 29 30 30 22 48 Penzance •• • • 16 S ,B •W• 1 4 b. Do. 1 Shares ....... all Do. .. _.... - - stock Do. Preference a•l 100 101 1(3 Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. , 100 ILnat N.W 207 210 stock ;Do. 6p, a Pet ~tet. Deben. l , 100 107 109 108 7 London & Greenwich) 1 00 S. East. .. 61 63 stock Electric Telegraph .... 100 96 9 9 i i t EXPLANATION. -B • Barometer, corrected and reduced Do. Preference ... •. 100 !Do. sea level ; each 10 feet Lon.,Tilby.& Souien • d.' 100 lCeto & Co. 89 91 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 35 35 5 # 'to 32 deg at mean • Inch diminution of vertical rise Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.! 100 Norfolk .. - - 15 ,Gen. Steam Navigati ml 4 - - 3- - causing about 1-100th of an 111, and each 10 nearly 3-100ths • ..„ Do. 6 per cent........, 100 io. deg above 32 deg causing increase. E . shade. M. Mois t ened ,Buxtn. & Matk., all •LNW&3I 31 31 31 1 Mae. - 1 ~ D o. 175 pct Preference, all 4 i Exposed thermometer in ofwind bulb (for Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 1 5 Lou.l District Tel. (Lim.); D. Direction - - evaporation and dew-point). (true- ence Stock .... •- ....I 100 !Midland 97 99 98/ 20 ;London Discount (Limal 5 I , li d Ito 12-estimated). c. Cloud Newmarkt.,Bury Ex 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.); all If 11 not magnetic). F. Force ( ' 5. 5 6!E.Counts 4 1 p (1 to 9) - , I. Initials :-b , blue sky ; c., cl ouds (detached) ; guaranteed sp. a 2O ,Madras Irr. and Canal.. j' 1 15 12 21 i • in misty (hazy) . Northn & Eastn. 5p c. all :Do f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning , 9 , 0,, D • • . .. .66 58 10 ,1 Mediter. Electric Teleg.' all - - - • t., thunder. A letter o. do. 6 per cent .. . all Do. - - 10 I Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 2 , --.; overcast (dull) ; r., rain ;s , snow , Do. Fixed 5 per cent. !. l all 'Do. - - rain.l repeated augments-thus r.r., muc h North Western , all ,Midland 151 151 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lirn.) 5 g 14d12 e i_________ Preston and Wyre. / I all LS ' NW 1- - 10 (Netherlands hand 1 all i 1 & L.Yk. 5 I Do.B p.c.Pref;:iss.atl dis ; all 5 1 PHIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Do. i States ItO I A , all :Do. - - 100 N.Bn&NovaScotiaLand' 813 _ , ..--.--- ystn.llitch. &Shep 100 IGt.North.ll3s 137 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.N all Shrewsbr i i la 1 on-South- _ y& I ereford, 100 :T.Brassey'lo2 105 1 Oriental Gas (Limited),l all 1 1 LONDON', Jan. 28.-Wind this day at no . Do. Do. I 1 , Westerly ; light breeze, with fine weather, and exceed - South Staffordshire 1 all '3l•Clean.. 11 P , . 44p Wilts and Somerse t, I ll4 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A l 6 - - as ingly mild. Wimbledon a •-•-•• DO Gt. West. 88 90 10 Ditto B. I 6 _ . __ _ , roycln. , all Lat Brgtn, 71 B 4 10 Ditto C 2s. - _ SOUTH CAROLINA.-IMPORTANT DOCKS. --- stock Peelll.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim ) 100 50 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam NOTIFCATION. Share , CulnLzsToN, Jan. 12.-The State authorities have . _ caused several vessels to b. sunk at the entrance to the 1 Docks. Ship channel, in order to prevent, ilia supposed, the ingress stock 'Commercial ...... . of armed vessels belonging to the Federal Government of stock Do.l Paid., :aa 1 100 per Cept.Pret.min.. 100 East and IN est India ..! 190 1 Closing Business ! Price. - Done. 50 Do. New 25 11 13 36 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.e all 161174 D 1716} 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 , Royal Mail Steam I all 17 19 all 5 6 50 46 48 stock I Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim.), 100 130 140 - the United States; consequently, for the present, vessels stock ' London , ~, - 25 I South Australian Land, all 32 34 will be unable to go to sea by this outlet. The South, or stock k St. Katharine. .............. r • - a• 00 1 übmarine Tel. Scrip..! all 1 ; Middle , and the Malt, or Beach Channel, still remain ~ onen, by which vessels of not exceeding 14 to 16 feet "raught of water can still go to sea, . stock Southampton stock !Victor 100 - ia . ......... ....••••i 100 gg 20 Ipo NeNv .r . s.ost , :' ` - ... 101 99 Par, I, 1 o. do. Registered .... all 10 20 Tr. & L Do. • do. ..... all 6 7 n.to.ofUpr.Can., 5 - - PO v-- piemen's Land .... 28 1 .10 11 , . NY - - Closing Business Share' Railways. Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per I c. pret: (issued at 4561 all I tk I Bris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO,ll per cent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2.1 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all 29 Cornwall, 5 per cent. all 1201 211 61 IDun.Perth&Aber..Tun all 6 61 stock , E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock IDo. do. Class B 6 p,c lOO 112 115 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c 1 100 106 108 stock IE. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 1 1 0 112 stock Do. do. No. 2 10 0 0 0 108 110 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 108 79 81 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar._ 100 stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 112 114 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 1 00 stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock 'Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock , Great Northern, sp. et.j 100 1116 118 stock 11 .- o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm; 100 112 114 114 stock IDo. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 104 106 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm; 80 85 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf.l all i stock I Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 100 j 98 100 p. ct. pref. stock 1 50 [Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. et. 6 stock To. I'iedeemable,4lp.et. 100 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. et 100 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do 100 90 92 92 1 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref 100 101 103 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 10 10 (It. R. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 174 18 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 191 11 stock Do Ilirmtr.. - uar. stock lOO 76 78 264 ,Do. Chester gua. shares all 201 211 131 Do. do. do. 20 ,Do. do. do. stock ,Lan.&York Bp. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock I Lon.& Brig. 5 pe.git.No.l 100 115 118 stock IDo. sp. c. No. 2 100 115 118 stock IDo. gun. 6p. c. ..... 100 138 143 stock iDo. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 115 118 stock IDo. do. 41 per cent. 100 103 105 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. all I stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 153 156 stock 1 ,Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 70 72 stock Lon. Chat. and Dover.. 100 87 89 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and I I Nuneaton, sp. ct..... 1 100 116 118 stock I Lon. &S.W, 7 p. ct. stock' 100 150 155 stock I Do. 41 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns.l of 21. 6d.. all 121 Londondy. & . Cole. 1 sill! all 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh.l all Ii 141 14 1 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 6 Do. £6 stock Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 1 1 p 12 raarynort & Car., 4p. 124 Do. 41 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock I Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 137 139 stock !Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 6 Do. with option till 1860 i 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.l 100 95 97 stock INorflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846; 100 stock ;Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847! 100 stock i Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47l 100 stock North British, sp. o. l 100 111 113 1111 stock !Do. New, pr.. sp. c, 100 110 111 10 1 Do. Bor. Un. g. pt. shs 3 ;11 p 10 Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 I stock I N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 stock I Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 101 103 17 I Do. do. do ip 20 I Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121 ;Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 35 (Do. York, • . & S. Parch 10 d p 20 ! N o rth Staffordshire.... all 22 2.3 10 Rhy m ney Guaranteed. all 81 'Scottish Central, new pt all stock 'Scottish North-Eastern; p. c. pref. stock....! 100 stock Do.Aberdeen,gma.6p.c. l 100 -- stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock' 100 133 136 10s, iSouth Devon, Ann. 10s. , all 104 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent.: all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading; Ann., 1.0.6) I all 23 24 2111 stoca Do. 41 per cent lOO 102 104 stock Do. Fixed 'lp.c. Ist is lOO 192 104 stock South Wales, gun. 4 p.c lOO 91 93 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 100 102 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua i 100 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 27 281 25 Do. B 6 ner cent I all 32 331 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 331 stock Watlld & ICilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 stock W.3lid -Oxf Ist Gua stk; 100 324 125 125 41 stock Do. 2d do 100 120 124 stook ' Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 300 102 stock ,Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866 100 12.3 126 stock I Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 116 120 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 !Alfred Consols (Philaclo.ll.lo 22 35 20 'British Iron , 16 1 'Clifford j nil 105 205 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 1 410 420 East Bassett (Illogan) , 30 110 115 East Caradon 9.14.6 114 11 :E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 74 7t 74 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen )' 544 23 25 'Great South Tolgus ! 17s 72 85 G.Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 12.13.0 1 IG. Wheal Vor (Helston) Ot. 11 1/ 11 Grenville . . , 5.14.6 24 3 IHerod's-Foot ! 8.12 33 35 liingsboa Downs i 4.10.6 25 3 -- !Lady Bertha ! 1.8.6 14 14 ,—. Margaret (Uny Lelant); 95 55 57 North Downs ! 25 34 4 North Frances (Mogan); 115 45 5 N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an)' 158 34 45 34 North Wheal Crotty 9.18.9 8 9 I Par Consols (St. Blazeyl 1/ 05 10 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.6.7 42 44 43 2 I Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. 14s 4 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1 4 300 310 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 3/ 35 45 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all &Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.% 165 175 'Stray Park 24.18,0 39 41 6 Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min. 44 2 24 10 Tin Croft 9 55 6 Vale of Towey (Caren )As 6d West Basset (Illogan) l5 18 4 101 —W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 78 80 755 95 West Seton 'Wheal Basset (Mogan 6/ 1110 115 - ,Wheal Buller(Redruth 5 1120 130 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 ! 12 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 124 134 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 ; 19 21 - ,Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 65 17 18 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim l7s 5 d 35 IBrazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 274 4 1 20 !Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 29 30 294 5 IDo.Land and Minnie°, all 1 Clarendon Cons.MiuCo. dis. 40 !Cobra Copper all 42 41 Copi!po 1 punMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail I 2 rFortuna. all 2 4 3 20 !General all 21 23 225 2 IGt N. Cop. of 9, Austr 1 ip 15 Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 14 p S iLinarog all 9 94 ILusitanian 2 p 1p 1 Mariquita all 5 4 1 'N.RhineCopofS,Aus.L ,125.6 d. f 5d 20 ,Pontgibaud Silver,Leatit Milling and Smelt ! all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) lOO. 4 f 281111 United Mexican .. all 34 34 1 IWorthing (Limite d) all 5 i 1 I De. THIS DAY'S AIAREETS, CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup plied with wheat, and the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations of fully ls. per quarter. In barley very little was doing, on easier terms. All other produce was very dull. _ _ Throughout the continent wheat is drooping in price, and the demand for spring corn has fallen off. In the United States, wheat and flour have ruled somewhat lower. The arrivals of English produce up to our market, last week, were limited. The imports from abroad amounted to 33,715 quarters of wheat, 3,540 barley, 1,500 rye, 710 beans, 1,287 peas, 40 tares, 40,745 linseed, 7,809 rapeseed, 720 maize, 86 sundry, 690 sacks, and 47,576 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, both from Essex and Kent, the ar• rivals of wheat were moderately good, but the quality and condition of most of the samples exhibited a great defici ency. For all descriptions, the trade ruled heavy in the extreme, and, although holders were willing to submit to a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per quarter, on the rates current this day se'nnight, buyers appeared disinclined to operate. A large quantity remained unsold at the close. The show of foreign wheat was large, fresh, as well as ex granary. A fair business was passing both in red and white qualities, at a slight reduction on last week's rates. Owing to the new arrivals off coast, floating cargoes of grain were quite ls. per quarter cheaper. All kinds of barley were a dull sale, and prices had a downward tendency. So little business was passing in malt, that its value ruled next to nominal. The supply of oats on offer being much restricted, the trade ruled firm, and late rates were well supported. Beans were in short supply, and steady request, at very full prices. Peas moved off steadily at quite last week's quotations. The flour trade was very dull. Country marks and American barrels must be quoted suite 64 per sack and barrel lower respectively. CURRENCY PER IMPERTIL MEASURE. Wheal—Essex and Kent, red, new 4os to 61s Ditto, old Ditto, white, new sls 62s Ditto, old 6os 71s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 5O 63s Ditto, new Rye—Old —it —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 2BB 33a Malting .36s 469 Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingston and Ware s2s 70s _ Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lino°lnsh., Feeding 22s 280 Potato 2Bs 238 Youghal and Cork, black . 228 27s Cork, white 228 29s Scotch, Feeding 255 298 Beans--Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 52s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 395 44s Stockton and Norfolk. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 598. In the corresponding week in 1860 we received 2,424—in 1859, 1,837—in 1858, 650—in 1857, 1,014 —in 1856, 710—and in 1855, 1,407 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. -- .• -- •• - •• -- 19 .. -- .. 21 .. .-- •• ..-... •• ''''' • • from Port Philip, 683 from Sydney, 1,487 from Melbourne, 715 from Algoa Bay, and 671 from the Cape, TALLOW Only a moderate businessis doing in our market today, yet prices are fairly supported. P.Y.C. is quoted at 60s. per cwt., on the spot. Rough fat, Ss. 21d. per 81bs. From, Beasts. Rotterdam Harlingen Hamburgh — • • Oporto ., , . -- • • Vigo. — • • Dordt oo ••• •• ...... •• Amsterdam - . • Antwerp ..... — .. Boulogne... — • • Tonning .. • • Medemblik Nieu Diep .... 42 .. • • .-- . . 199 "-* • • """ • • *-- • • ''''' • • ''''' • • Total 309 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. [8(30 464 .. 1,602 .. .. 357 .. 1 .859 330 .. 1,379 .. .. 123 .. 5 1858 234 '''.. 257 .. .. 159 .. 1857 547 .. 367 .. .. 130 .. '856 527 .. 42 .. .. 141. .. 1855 Bl9 .. 517 .. .. 71 .. There was a very limited supply of foreign stock on sale here this morning, and the demand for it ruled steady, at very full prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our gracing districts were seasonably good as to number, and, for the most part, in fair saleable condition, especially those from Norfolk. For all breeds we had a steady demand, at prices fully equal 'to Monday last. The general top fgure was 5s per 8113 s. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,500 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds; from Scotland, 170 Scots and crosses. No stock reached us from Ireland. We were again scantily supplied with nearly all breeds of sheep; but they reaohed us in more saleable condition. The mutton trade was firm, at fully last week's currency. The best old Downs were worth quite 6s. per 81bs. Calves—the supply of which was limited—sold readily at extreme rates—a very superior calf being worth 5s 6d per 81bs. Prime small pigs moved off steadily, at full prices; but Largo hogs ware dull, at barely late rates. Per Bibs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. a. d. N. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo 5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo orse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality _4do 24_ 6 Small porkers _ _ Lambs, Os Od to Os'Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 23s ; and quarter •old store pigs, 238 to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,250 Beasts Sheep and lambs 13,200 Sheep Calves Pigs A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan Cattlo Market on Monday, Jan. 30, 1860, and this day, Monday, Jan. 28, 1861 : Per 81b8, sinking the offal. Jan:39, 1860. Jan. 28, 1861. s. d: s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto 3 8 4 2 3 8 4 2 Primo large oxen 4 4 4 a 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. . . . Coarse and inferior sheep . 3 8 4 2 3 8 4 0 Second quality ditto . . . 4 4 4 8 4 2 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . .4 10 5 24 10 6 8 Prime Southdown ditto . . . 5 4 5 65 10 6 0 Lambs ... . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves . . . 410 5 4 4 4 410 Prime small ditto Large hogs . . , . . . . 3 6 3 101 4 6 Neat small porkers . . . . 4 2 4 101' 5 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 18,390 13,200 Calves Pigs 360 380 SUPPLIES eN SALE, Jan. 31, 1859.---Beasts, 3,570; sheep, 15,980 ; calves, 101; pigs, 250. Feb. 1, 1858—Beasts, 3,411; sheep, 14,380 ; calves, 50 ; pigs, 91. It 08 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of Scotch and country killed meat are on the increase, but those slaughtered in the metropolis are very moderate. Prime beef and mutton sell steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade is in a very sluggish state. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 2 8 3 4 Middling mutton. Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 10 Prime do ..... Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork Large pork 3 10 4 4 Lamb.......... Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 a. d. s. d. 4 04 6 48 5 0 3 10 4 6 46 5 0 0 00 0 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in good and fine hops, at full prices, but all other kinds are very dull. Last week's imports wore 229 bales from New York, and 185 from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. Weald' Sussex Yearlings por cwt. .. Y.,5 Oo to £l2 Os .. 3Os to 10 Os .. 3Os to 8 Os .. sOs to 9 100 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Increased supplies of potatoes have come to hand since Monday last, by railway as well as by land carriage. The trade generally is heavy, at drooping prices. York Regents. —s to —s pei ton. Ditto Flukes ... l3os to 160 s 7 , Scotch ditto .... Do. Cups. Do. Rocks .... 110 s to 120 s ~ Other kinds loos to 120 s ~ SEEDS. The seed trade continues very dull, and the transactions in all descriptions are much restricted. Canary finds buyers with difficulty, even at low rates. Other kinds, although drooping in value, have not quotably altered from last week. Cakes moved off freely, at vary full prices. furnip,White,p.bus.3ss to 38s Swede -S -8 Mustard, Brown 12s 14s White, new 12s 16s Tares,Winter, new.. 108 lls Old -s —8 Cr.nary, per quarter 44s 54s Rye grass, EICW 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng., et. 71s 75s White Foreign Red 6os 68s White 76s 94s Trefoil, new. 26s 34s Carraway Coriander lBs 20v Hempseed, per qr 44s 48s Linseed,Eng.sowing 668 68s Crushing Baltic ....„,, 5lB 60s Odessa sBs Od 6ss Lirmved Cake, p. ton— English .... £ll —g £l2 15s Foreign, pto £lllos £l2 5s Rape Cakes,p.ton £5lOB £6 Os Rapeseed, p. qr. 70s 76s WOOL MARKET. The demand for English wool still continues on a very moderate scale, and prices are barely supported. Foreign wools are nominal in price ; but colonial parcels are held at extreme rates. About 40,000 bales will be offered at the next public sales, Last week's imports were 906 bales 1858. 1857. 1859. 1800. 1861. ,'— f i Stock this day.... 116,729 22,294 L 24,509 33,519 72.917 Price of Y.C. .. ( 63s 6d to 53s 61 to a3s 61 t o p9 s Oi to;6o6od to i—s Odo 6 —6 0,1 393 Delivery last week 1,757 2,50 2,296 1,831 1, Ditto from June .1 8: , ,024 78,413 75,656 55,089 60,034 Arrivals last week 1,347 325 180 85 4,400 Ditto from June 1 79,773 €8,295 1 88.598 85,527 105,877 Price of Town.... 64s Od 0569 d 1 55s 06 61s Od 1 61 s 9d I THIRD EDITION. LITERATURE. Memoirs ofthe Courts and Cabinets of William IV. and Victoria. From Original Family Docu ments. By the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. These volumes bring to a conclusion the interest ing series of memoirs which have been published under the auspices of the Duke of Buckingham during the last few years. Founded on the tradi tions of a family whose members have long pos sessed the entrée into the charmed circle of cour tiers and politicians, and enriched by copious extracts from the private and confidential letters of the great men of the time, these works possess a peculiar interest which is not always the attribute of State memoirs. They lift the veil of mystery with which the agents of Court influence and Cabinet intrigues shroud their actions from the eyes of the public ; and show us in some measure the motives which actuated our statesmen, and the degree in which the private expression of their views coin cided with the public declaration of their senti ments. The great question running all through these volumes is of course that of Reform, which was, in truth, the great event of King William's reign. With the Duke of Buckingham's views on the subject, of course, we entirely disagree, and the prejudice and intoler ance of his sentiments interferes greatly with the general character of the work. We should scarcely have supposed that at the present day such extreme opinion s wou ld h ave b een so gravely and consistently maintained. The Duke does not take the modern view and ra i se an o bj ect i on that might have weight by complaining th a t th e R e f orm was one-sided, and still left a large share of corrupt influ ence in the hands of the Whigs. He follows the Duke of Wellington's opinion that all reform was dangerous and uncalled for. He talks satirically of the boasted success of the measure, and of its un satisfactory results, as proved by the recent clamour for a fresh Reform Bill—forgetting that such a fact is no proof that the original measure was not needed, but rather an additional evidence that it was so. The demand for increased reform does not argue that the first reformers went too far, but that they did not go far enough. However, a faithful transcript of the opinions of the Opposition of that day is not without value. Much of the corres pondence in these volumes is from the pen of the great Duke whose hatred to the popular measure is well known. In a letter to the Dake of Buckingham, dated March, 1831, after the first reading of the obnoxious bill, he writes as follows : " My dear Duke,—The vote of Tuesday is certainly a very serious affair. A majority of the H. of Commons, consisting of three hundred and two persons, have voted for the principle of a measure of revolution. I agree with you that this measure cannot be modified. But the vote of Tuesday affords time for the country to come to its senses ; and it is most probable that this measure will be thrown out. But I cannot think otherwise than that the country has received a severe shock, from which it will not easily recover. There is no course open to me excepting to per severe in my opposition to this bill. I can see no reform, however moderate, that will not violate some principle ; and I cannot for the life of me see that any reform is necessary, excepting for the gratification of certain individuals. In my opinion, the fault of which those have been guilty who oppose the measure, is the admission that any reform is necessary ; which, if they will examine their opinions, they will find to be inconsistent with the truth, and to be an admission which leads to all the consequences of the mea sure now under discussion." In another letter written about the same time he says :—" I am convinced that there is but one safe course about reform, and that is to oppose the Government upon every question that may occur in the further discussion of the bill; with a view to reject it altogether, if possible. lam opposed to all reform; and can without personal or indeed public inconvenience avow my opinion, Indeed, I believe that some advantage is gained by the knowledge which the public have of my opinion on this subject. But others may not entertain the same opinion, or may not be in a situa tion to think that they ought to avow it ; or they may think that a better mode of get ting rid of the bill is to break it down by.some vote in the committee short of rejecting the first clause." The extremity of the Duke of Wellington's views on this subject appear, however, less extraordinary when we consider the mistaken idea he entertained of the principles of our Constitution, as displayed in the following sentences extracted from his cor respondence:—" 'I he truth is, that all government in this country is impossible under existing circum stances. I don't care whether it is called monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, democracy, or what they please, the government of the country, the protec tion of the lives, privileges, and properties of its subjects;and the regulation of the thousand matters which require regulation in our advanced and artificial state of society, are impracticable as long as such a deliberative assembly exists as the House of Commons, with all the powers and privileges which it has amassed in the course of the last two hundred years." The principles of Parliamentary government, so long considered the proudest boast of the Constitution and the bulwark of our national liberty, was thus in the',eyes of the great military commander an unmitigated evil. He looked on Parliamentary deliberation and organised opposition as he would have done a discussion among his officers and a mutiny in his troops. The Duke of Buckingham, however "plus Arabe que l'Arabie,' censures the liberality which the Duke of Wellington did exhibit, and attributes the distresses of Ireland to the rezoval of the Catho!ic Disabilities. More in accordance with the spirit of the present, and more in unison with the experience gathered from the past, is the eloquent appeal of the great orator and histo rian so lately passed from among us, which is cited in these pages : " Sir C. E. Smith and Lord llthorp defended the mea sure, and Mr. Horace Twiss and Lord Francis Leveson Gower opposed it. Their speeches completed the first day's debate. _ _ _ _ " The second took place on the following day. Messrs. O'Connell, Hume, and Hunt strongly commended the Ministerial plan of reform. The most effective speech was made on behalf of the Government by Mr., subsequently Lord, Macaulay, who congratulated reformers on their unanimity. The conclusion may be regarded as a fair specimen of his style of oratory. ' Turn where we may,' he said, within—around—the voice of great events is pro claiming to us, Reform I that ye may preserve I Now, therefore, while everything at home and abroad forebodes ruin to those who persist in a hopeless struggle against the spirit of the age; now, while the crash of the proudest throne of the continent is still resounding in our ears— now, while the roof of a British palace affords an ignomini ous shelter to the exiled heir of 40 kings —now, while we see on every side ancient institutions subverted, and great societies dissolved —now, while the heart of England is still sound —now, while the old feelings and the old asso ciations retain a power and a charm which may too soon pass away—now, in this your accepted time —now, in this year of your salvation, take counsel, not of prejudice, not of party spirit, not of the ignominious pride of fatal con sistency, but of history, of reason, of the ages which are past, of the signs of this portentous time.' "He added—' Renew the youth of the State. Save pro perty divided against itself. Save the multitude, endan gered by their own ungovernable passions. Save the aris tocracy, endangered by its own unpopular power. Save the greatest, fairest, and most highly civilised community that ever existed from calamities that may in a few days sweep away the rich heritage of so many ages of wisdom and glory. The danger is terrible,' he said, 'the time short. If this bill should be rejected, I pray to God that none of those who concur in rejecting it may ever remember their votes with unavailing regret, amidst the wreck of lands, the con fusion of ranks, the spoliation of property, and the dissolu tion of social order.' " In the second volume, when this vexed question is settled, we have an interesting account of the early years of the rule of our present Sovereign. A mere summary of more recent events is given—the years from 1840 to 1860 being included in one chapter. Though the correspondence is less voluminous than in the preceding volumes, there is a sufficient num ber of original documents to invest the work with a fresh and authentic interest. As a summary of the political occurences of a stormy and eventful period these Memoirs willbe useful as a work of reflArence ; and as forming the conclusion of a valuable and important series they should find a place on the shelves of every library. ° The Laboratory of Chemical TVorkB. By G. W. . Septimus Piesse. Longman . _ _ In the present Go-a-head Age every body is ex pected to possess some chemical knowledge. People nowadays take a great deal more interest in cause and effect than heretofore : and people ignorant on any subject, instead of saying, as one would have done a hundred years ago, " I am not a philosopher," or " Pooh ! it's all non sense, the individual of the present day will en ter ne_ upon a discussion with his neighbour, at a e d r i s S party, on electricity, galvanism, or any h work would ject, and answer no, and yes, at randomreatther than admit his ignorance. The presentrt prove very useful to such persons for the young, it con tainsin- tended as an inductive work for ofalthough eyeryday life of are ignorant. It is information on su e b o te r t s s which many of their seniors ° needless, to enter particu larlyimpossible, and in dee d details of ordinary life, many into all the t e aila of this work—suffice it to say that nearly al l s chemical, and many .mechanical matt ers , are briefly explained. . As the work is only introduc tory t he n otices are short, and superficial, but contain nevertheless much valuable information. The following extracts, taken at random, speak for the character of the work : INDIA•11.1J13111R. In consequence of the numerous applications of iron to the arts in our period, the present is frequently termed the " Iron Age." It is sometimes, too, ver y properly called the " Age of Steam," and at others the " Age of Electricity." With equal propriety it may be termed the " India-rubber Age." The applications of this substance to the arts and manufactures are so numerous that we cannot think of giving a list of them here; nevertheless, we will mention a few facts relative to this material. IV hen we were at school India-rubber was looked upon on l y as " a curious specimen of a vegetable gum, which had the singular quality of removing pencil-marks from paper." Now this k is some 30 swamerspast, and duringthat shortperiod rubber has been employed for shoes, coats, hats, carriage wheels, pipes, joints, &c., in endless variety. Every day we find out some new application for it to some useful pur pose. This is not to be wondered at when its extraordinary qualities are considered. It is now, we perceive, made into combs, superseding exp ens i ve tortoiseshell and the brittle horn. ;Vhen India-rubber is mixed and kneaded with a portion of sulphur, and passed through heated rollers to tho roug hl y i ncorporate t h e sulphur, it is then callod "vulcanised." Now if the vulcanised rubber be expesed for a few hours in a vessel to the action of high pressure steam, say of 300 dege. centigrade heat, it acquires new properties. From being soft it becomes hard, though very difficult to break. In this state its texture very much resembles tortoiseshell, and can be beautifully polished. Comb-makers cut and work it like shell. It can be carved, and designs of any form can be made ; and, from its strength, it is well suited for delicate work in instances where other materials would be liable to fracture. Thus the milky juice of a tree (Siphonia elastica and Ficus elasticas) is made by the art of man into a walking cane, a picture-frame, a top coat, a slipper, or a comb. AN EGG AND ITS COMPOSITION. A hen's egg consists of three parts—the shcll, the white, and the yolk. The average weight of an egg is a thousand grains, or nearly two ounces; the white weighs six hundred grains, the yolk three hundred grains, and the shell one hundred grains. The shell consists of carbonate and phosphate of lime, and it thus partakes of the nature of bone. The shell is very porous, its whole surface being covered with minty() holes or pores, through which the air enters, and is thus conveyed to the chick during the process of hatching. A. good egg is like a perfect seed—it is alive 1 when placed under fit circumstances of temperature it grows, and becomes a chicken. The chick, in the first instance, is nourished at the expence of the white, and then by the yolk, which is absorbed into the intestines of the little bird. The shell, prior to the hatching of the bird, becomes thinner than usual, part being dissolved, as required, in the formation of the bones. If the air cells of the shell be filled up with grease, as is sometimes recommended for "preserving eggs," life is soon extin guished, and the egg becomes "rotten." If by any other circumstance the vit a l p r i nc i p l e o f th e egg be de stroyed, the same result happens. If, however, eggs, are purposely killed by boilinginwater, and are then immersed. in grease, they may be preserved for an indefinite period, and are thus convenient food for long voyages. The white, or albumen, as the chemists term it, resembles in its eon position one of the portions of httman blood; hence its nutritive quality. When, however, it is boiled hard, it is not quite so digestible as in the semi-fluid state. The white is remarkable as being totally destitute of any fatty matter, and if eaten alone is on this account very constipat ing. Some portion of fat eaten with it isnecessary for its perfect assimilation in the human stomach. " Instinct," says Dr. Johnston, "has therefore induced us to associate ' eggs with bacon' as a savoury meal." The yolk contains a good deal of oil, which, with the yellow colouring matter can be dissolved with spirits of wine. What remains, when thus treated, is very nearly of the same composition as the white. The yolk is remarkable as containing a sub stance called emulsine, which has the property of causing fat or oil to mix with water ; hence we trace its uses in the culinary art, independently of its nutritive properties. For instance, in making a "salad mixture" the oil is first mixed with the yolk of an egg, and then the other ingre dients are added; by s > doing a perfect homogeneous cream is produced, which does not taste greasy, as a salad always does that is made without egg. Sulphur, phosphorus, and other things are contained in an egg; but the proportions of these are so small that they only possess chemical inte rest. In our village we purchase eggs by weight, a custom which, if generally adopted, would be found decidedly ad vantageous to the purchaser. Works of a scientific character are becoming daily more and more popular. The simpler the language used the more they are appreciated by the general reader. Long Latin names may be very satisfac tory to the botanist and chemist, but they only confuse Jones or Robinson. The " Laboratory of Chemical Wonders" is, however, intelligible to all, and will doubtless meet with every success. LONDON, BRIGBTON, AND SOU7II COAST RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The thirtieth ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. Leo Schuster, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in meeting the shareholders, and be was glad that he should not have to detain them for any considerable time, as the report entered very fully into the whole transactions of the company since they last met. It was .satisfactory to find the capital account had increased, and it was al.to a pleasure to inform them that the company had no new scheme to lay before them—(ch eers)—neither had the company a single bill in Parliament. (Cheers.) This latter circumstance was particularly gratifying in a double sense, because it showed that they were on friendly terms with all parties, and also that the company was not involved in expensive Parliamentary contests. He knew of many things that were expensive to railway companies, but, without exception, the most costly article was a bill in Parliament. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) With respect to their traffic, it had increased in all branches. The company had, as the shareholders well knew, reduced the fares, and improved the carriages for third-class passengers, which the public had largely availed themselves of. It had been thought that one of the results of such improve ments would be the reduction of the number of passengers using second-class carriages, but such was not the case. The number of third-class passengers using their line was, speaking in round numbers, in 1859, 4,800,000; in 1860, 5,500,000. (Hear.) The number of second-class passen gers was in the same two years 2,100,000 and 2,400,000, and first-class had similarly benefited to about 200,000. (Cheers.) He could not deny that their expenses had been very heavy, but that was mainly owing to the increase of taxation ; but he had so frequently spoken of the injustice with which railways were treated, that he could not detain therm with any lengthened observations that day; but he did hope that some gentle men younger than himself would put their shoulders to the wheel, and try to get some more equitable arrangement with respect to railway property. The com pany had, he was happy to say, done everything to conduce to the safety of the public, and the shareholders might rest perfectly satisfied that the directors had obtained security for the travelling public. (Cheers.) They had heard of late of many unfortunate railway accidents; but owing to the great precautions taken on their line, notwithstanding the enormous number of passengers carried, no accident of any importance had occurred. He should not detain them further, bat resume his seat by moving the adoption of the report, at the same time intimating that he should feel happy to answer any questions that might be put to The motion having been seconded, Mr. HEREPATII said he could not allow the report to pass without expressing his approbation of the manner in which their affairs were conducted. He did not know a company that was in such admirable order as the Brigh ton. The permanent way was in excellent order, their car riages in the best condition, and the whole management was unexceptionable. (Cheers.) A PROPRIETOR said the word " glad" mentioned in the report, with the directors having no bill in ParliaMent, but very poorly, he thought, expressed their satisfaction at such an event, ought, he thought, to have been at least "delighted," in fact " extatic." ( ughter.) The report was adopted unanimollsly, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum declared. The dividend warrants would be payable on the 7th of February. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SCRATCHINGS. Chester Cup—Newcastle, Pagoda, Rupee, Juno, Sweet sauce, Waterford, Donner and Blitz, The Bushman, Silver hair, Stockade, Morella, Bumble Bee, Bally Edmond, The Monk, Croagh Patrick, Volatile, and Princess Royal. Northamptonshire Stakes—Newcastle, Pagoda, Rupee, and Mouravieff. City and Suburban—Ellerton, Isthmian, Imaus, Stockade, Donner and Blitz, and Sage. Metropolitan—Mouravieff and Pagoda. Grand National Steeplechase—Confederate, Jerug alem ' p Jo e hnn nart y h. , Marmion, Harry, Evelyn, The Pud dler ' and ARMSTRONG GUNS.—Orders have supply every large class ship in the n av y with three issued to Arm strong guns as a part of their arma ment, to consist of one of the largest description, 100-pounders) and two 40-pound ers . —United Service Gazette. IMPOSITION ON TSB POOR Box FUND.--A dissipated looking woman. named Little, was sent to prison by Mr. e u pon Wm, S e lf e , this morning, for seven days, for an a tt emp t to iro as a magistrate, to obtain a contribu tiones from the poor-box. The rectory of St. Mary-le-Strand, London, has beoorao vacant by the death of the Rev. Joshua Frederick Denham, M.A. The benefice, which is worth £315 a year, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Denham w fellow of the Royal Soeiety, and the auth or of manyasa educational works. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon an attempt to murder was made in the neighbour hood of the Wandsworth-road. A man named George Parsons, a labourer, living at No. 7, Portland-street, Wandsworth-road, had been drinking with another man, named John Price, a bricklayer, living at No. 3, Horace street, South Lambeth, at the Surrey Arms beershop, Spring-place, Wandsworth -road, when a quarrel arose from some unexplained cause, and a challenge to fight ensued. The men vi ent out of the beershop, and while going down the street to a vacant piece of ground the man Parsons wes observed to take a large clasp knife out of his pocket and open it. The man who saw Parsons open the knife called out to Price to warn him not to fight, when Parsons rushed towards Price and stabbed him twice in the back, just between the hip and the ribs, on the right hand side. The unfortunate man Price immediately sank to the ground, weltering in blood, and two of the bystanders seized the perpetrator of the crime. Information having been sent to the police-station, New-street, Inspector Bushnell promptly despatched Jones, 246 V, who at once took the man Parsons into custody on arriving at the spot. In the meanwhile tlp injured man had bean conveyed to his residence, and Dr. Jones, with another medical gentle man, u attended, and found Price in a most prowl° condition. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATT.ERS.ALL'S-(THIS _EVENING). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 100 to 6 agst Freshman (taken) 1';0 to 6 agst Emperor (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Xanthus (offered) 100 to 6 agst Goldsmith (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Tattier (taken) 20 to 1 agst Coolatoo (taken) 25 to 1 apt :Redwing (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bridegroom (taken) 33 tr i 1 agst Huntsman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Kilcock (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken) 25 to 1 agst Chore Arnie [taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Lawyer (offered) 33 to 1 agst Killigrew (offered) 40 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken) 45 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 50 to 1 agst Herne (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered) 7to 1 agat Klarikoff (taken) Bto 1 agst Diaphantes (offered) 12 to 1 agat Overton taken) TUE DERBY. 5 to 1 agat Dundee (offered) 15 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) 100 to 6 agst Diaphantes (taken) 22 to 1 Klarikoff (takeaj 22 to., 1 agst Dictator (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Bombardier (taken) 50 to 1 agst Preceptress (taken) 50 to Lagst Drake (taken) 50 to 1 agst Yorkminster (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) 66 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken) ME COST OF RAILWAYS. A railway director, in a letter to the Tinges says: Will you permit me to say a few words with refe rence to your leading article of this day respecting the cost of railways in England? Allow me to state, in the first instance, that the comparison of the pecuniary results to the share holders of the railways in France and England is not a fair one, not merely on the very limited grounds which you have alluded to, but to a vastly greater extent—for this reason. The railways in France have been made, to a very great extent, with public money, on which the State draws no dividend. The land, I think, has been given—certainly all the earthworks have been constructed, at the cost of the Govern ment. The shareholders have merely laid the permanent way, built the stations (even of this I am not sure), and stocked the line. Over and above this (I write from memory) large subventions have been given by the State to some, at least, of the companies—to the Eastern of France from four to six millions sterling. It is no wonder, therefore, that the French lines pay a larger dividend upon a part only of the capital necessary to construct them than the English companies on the whole cost of their respective railways. Again, in France only the great arterial lines are even as yet completed, and few others even com menced. French passengers and goods, therefore, have in many instances very considerable distance to travel before they reach the railway leading to Paris or their seaports ; yet it is for their advan tage to cross the country to the railways, which thus get all the traffic which in England is divided between many lines. In England, so to speak, almost all the cross roads are now of iron. It is no wonder, therefore, that the aggregate dividends are small; but, though the shareholders are in conse quence not so well off as the French, the advantage to English trade over that of France arising from the difference in the two cases is almost incalcul able. The whole community has profited enor mously (many shareholders, especially if also land holders or manufacturers, included), though indivi duals have been losers. In France, also, there is no competition between arterial lines. If a French man wishes to go to Marseilles or Bordeaux, there is but one railway to each place. An Englishman going to Edinburgh or to Exeter has his choice of two, almost equally direct. It is no wonder, there fore, that the French shareholder gets a better dividend. England might have had something of this benefit if Sir Robert Peel had not, most un happily, upset Lord Dalhousie's wise scheme. Again, the administrators of the French railways are not in the same manner or degree under the con trol of public opinion as English directors. The former, consequently, are able to run comparatively few passenger trains, and all who wish to travel must either use those few trains, however inconve nient the hours of starting or arrival, or stay at home. The Englishman demands one or two trains before breakfast, and as many after—one to get him to town to luncheon, and another to take him home in time for dinner. I need hardly say that this circumstance greatly increases the comparative expenses of English railways. This latter argument as well as those regarding arterial lines, applies equally to the German and English railways ; and I believe that many of these also have either re ceived direct pecuniary aid from the State, or have had substantial money's worth from it in the shape of facilities and general countenance. The English Government, on the contrary, and more especially Parliament, have acted almost uni formly the part of a hard stepmother towards the railways. There are no Parliamentary expenses in France. And as to the Government itself, what do you think of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company (to give an example) being compelled to pay the Crown for the chips of a greenstone, as bard as granite, which it cut out of the bowels of a Welsh mountain to form a tunnel through it, as if it had been quarrying for a profit Then, as to expenses, no doubt there has been ex travagance, and solicitors, engineers, and Parlia mentary barristers have made large fortunes out of railway capital. But those who have had the ma nagement of railways are by no means responsible for all the excessive cost at which English lines have been made. Parliament has much of this cost to answer for, and landholders still more. The threat of Parliamentary opposition has often compelled the projectors of English railways to give for land many times what it was really worth. It has been a matter of calculation. "So many extra days be fore a committee will cost £—." Lord A or 'Squire B demands £5,000 for land which is not worth £2,000, and the disproportion is often far greater. Is it cheaper to give him the money than to pay the expenses of the additional days, which expenses are too often an " unknown quantity ?" Talk as men may of the iniquities of railway 1 speculators, I will undertake to show that land holders have been at least as rapacious and unscru pulous. Not to mention the case of a late Essex peer, in whose footsteps Mr. Labouchere (Lord Taunton) refused to follow, I could tell you of cases where landholders, anxious to get a line made to benefit their estates, have agreed to take simple agricultural value, as it is called, of their land. But when the course of the line has been irrevocably settled by act'of Parliament, they have found out that it runs 200 or 300 yards to the right or left of the plan originally shown to them ; and on the strength of this trifling discrepancy, though the new line was equally beneficial to their estates as the old one, and did as little mischief by severance or otherwise, they have repudiated their engage ment, and demanded and extorted extravagant prices for their land. Then Parliament has compelled the railways to pay the vendor's costs as well as those of their own solicitors. You bid directors of new railways to eschew legal expenses ; but how are they to pur chase land without paying two sets of attorneys, whose bills it would make you shudder to behold? As to the cost of accidents, by all means let the railway company pay all damages occasioned by wilful neglect or carelessness; but if Englishmen_ insist on travelling 40 miles an hour, inste ad _ of 20 or 30, as in France and Germany , I do n that the whole blame, or the whole cost, o f h 7dt think should be borne by those whom they virtua lly com pel to carry them at such a pace. cases of acci- I will only add that that inva.luabilne institution, a British jury, so invariably decides companies, that I dent against the unhappyrailwaypay an unreasonable t they are generally too glad to e rather than have still sum by way of compr onns damages inflicted upon more exorbitant costs and tl.vam by a verdict. THE SUN, LONDON I MONDAY EV ENING, JANUARY 28, 1861.