The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

g him Lgdidi, , who leclar :utais. s staff ►t the l the ?e of I was ['here f the MONEY PitARKET ANA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoch The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with a dull appearance, and, compared with Fri day's prices, all kinds were the same, while the pres sure to sell was not quite so great. The sales were from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, comprising 4,000 Ame man (1,000 on speculation), 210 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 60.; 90 Bahia, 5/d. to 6id.; 200 Egyptian, sid. to 7d.; and 400 Surats, 31d. to 40. per lb. In the Railway Share Market the demand for shares was very limited, and prices were a shade lower than on Friday. Notwithstanding the extreme tightness of the Money Market, both at Bombay and Calcutta, the &deicers received by the Overland Mail report the business done in imported goods had been to a fair extent, although easier prices were submitted to. At Bombay so great had been the demand for money that the banks were compiled to advance the rate of discount 1 per cent. In Calcutta there was some apprehension that the drain of silver would seriously increase, as the purchases of rice would ab sorb a very important amount of capital. Already the shipments to Akyab were considerable, and it was not likely that they would for the present experi ence any material check. As regards the produce market, extreme dulness prevailed, owing, how ever, chiefly to the exhausted supplies. Raw silk Was firm, and lac dyes were in moderate request. The intelligence from Ceylon mentions that the weather had been rather unfavourable, but a large quantity of coffee had been prepared and sent for ward. The total amount of this Wide exported to date was about 60,000 cwts. The question of the Sound Dues continues still i r l an unsettled state, and the conference which 'Nat to have taken place on the 2d of this month has been adjourned sine die. In elucidation of the Matter the Danish Government have published the Particulars of the number of vessels which have Passed the Sound during the first eleven months of 1855 , from which it appears that 7,684 vessels Passed from the North Sea into the Baltic, and 7,509 in the contrary direction, showing a total of 15,19 3. Compared with previous years, for the c orresponding number of months, it is as follows :- 18 54, 19,906 ; 1853, 21,512 ; 1852, 17,545 ; 1851, 19,906 . The downward tendency of the Stock and Share Markets on the Paris Bourse during the last week continued up to the close on Saturday, when the 3 per Cent. B,entes for the account fell 11 per sent., and Y per cent. for money dealings. In shares Credit Mobilier added 10f. to the fall of the week—which makes 97f. 50c. Bank Stock has de clined 40f., and Credit Foncier Bf. 75c. Railway Shares have suffered in proportion, and Mediter raneans are 46f. 25c. less than the previous week. Accounts from Australia have come to hand by Way of Madras, per Overland Mail from India, Which state that the Ben Nevis mail-packet which left Liverpool on the 20th June, with the London !nail, had arrived at Melbourne about the 11th October, having made the passage in 113 days. The accounts are from Adelaide, where the mail arrived on the evening of the 14th October. Lat terly, these mall-packets have been making any thing but quick passages, and it would be very desirable if the Government could in any way meet the views of the colonists, and the mercan tile community, by re-establishing steam communi cation at an early date. There has been a fluctuating market for English Securities to-day, and the operations have been of importance owing to the particulars given to the Czar's reply to the Austrian ultimatum. Consols opened at a decided decline, viz., at about 85k for money, and 851 to 86 for account. Some influ ential buyers, however, then appeared upon the market, and several speculators realised their profit ; consequently an improvement occurred, and the present prices are 861 for transfer, and 86 3 / 4 a for the 7th proximo. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 3 5. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have ruled quiet at 862 and the Reduced at 86 to 86k. India Stock is 218 to 220. In the Foreign Market there has been a great deal of weakness in the quotations of some of the leading investments. Turkish Six per Cents. have been 801 to 801, but the New Scrip is exceedingly gat, at 41 to 4i discount. The charge for carrying Over this stock is heavy. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 63, Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per C ents. 74, and Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 86 . Spanish Three per Cents. are dull at 38f, and the Passive at 6i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign S tocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 2 7 ; Mexican, 18 i 2 ; Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 85 87 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 38 3 / 4 39 ; ditto Deferred, 21k ; ditto Certificates, 4a ; ditto Passive, 61 7. To-morrow being " Joie: day" in the Railway Share Market, the usual arrangements are being ttrade for the adjustment of the sp-eulative ac count, and the rate for " continuation" is scarcely 13 0 heavy as upon the last occasion. The Great Western, and one or two others, are at rather fuller Prices. The foreign lines rule quiet, and the Colo tial are steady. In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Securi ties, a fair business has been done at previous 'values. Barium FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON.h. 0 CLOCK. (From the 06(11 List. I 3 per Cent. Red iced Annuities B6 • Per Cent Consols Annuities liew 3 per rent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 15t30... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859... 34 Ditto 31 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860... 3 3-16 'adjs. Stock Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2icl. £l000 £5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOl'lc Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent 6 Vsnisti Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 84 Ditto Passive Ttirkith Ronds, ti per cent Ditto for the Account Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent, Ditto Account 4l nil-Wends on the above parole in tondo*, Dutch Rxchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gnil... 63 QUARTER PAST TWO. 86i tin.ine, done. BOi Consols TITHE COMMUTATION. TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUN. SIR,—Aa your readers may feel anxious to know result of the corn averages for the sev en y ears to Chriiit. ram last, published by . authority in the London Gazette of y esterday—viz , e. d. Wheat 6 6 per imperial bushel, Barley 3, 81 Oats._ . I beg t o state for their inf qmation that each 1001. of tithe rent charge will for the year 1856 amount to 931. 184. 11d., which is a little more than 4 per cent. above the last year's value. The following statement from my "Annual Tithe Commutation Tables " will show the wortk of 1001. of tithe rent charge for each year since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, viz : For the year 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 20) £1,972 12 71 General average for 20 years...... £9B 12 71 I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES M. WILLICH, Actuary, University Life Assurance Society. 2 *; Suffolk -street, Pall-mall East, Jae. 12, 1856. 5 5 10 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. t etlL Nottng. Bos e tn..: ?Asti,. Juno:, & qrtui ng. Wolvcrh ;lour Valley.... eand. Lanosl `iteshire Ju.nct . .•Che,h. & Birk. £5O and £25 Call, Do., X2O Uyth c Tyne origins. £25 (isad. at £4 gristol and Exettn—. nano. and Cardigan ' . !heator & Holyiiea ~;ork and Bandon flork, Black, & Pas , •, - Jornvrall Do. A ............ Do. B Clieff Junction— . u,lin&BelfastJunc , Dun. P. & A!•-. , . Jrc. Do. N ...... East Auglixn ..... Eastern Countir: , ....„ 7.. inion A F4O Do g B. Stoe , Do., New A. m East Kent Li.ncashire ndinbare h & .F.dinb. end Peeblot?... Ed in. 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IWost I.)Evioa. . ‘Vimbledn &eroY tei )ItEIGN. A ',/74rtrr,r, r. Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till 'll4 ArdsnMes Etiozi ors to Gra memsa:. Rombay itarods,r,u , ' Contra] Ind's, Sori, Do. 'euenti Rl,enish Eastern of France Do. New Rest Tndisn , g. 5 p. = Do, -4 :iteußion .... Do. dc. do., '59, do.. Gd Tlr. of Cana4aA ie Do. A. Lawrence Atlantic do. ....... r , o. Cert. of Deben.,l von. into Stk. WIT ' 1 11)o. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. CeLtral of Fran (It Indian Poninsnil. guar. 5 per cent. , o. Now 5 per cent r.o. Extensions. Great Lnxembouri Conatitntod Sham Do Obligations... . Qt. Western of Canad Do. New , ,, ,, Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. Dc. do., '73, withont option Hamilton Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake C,onst. be Basle Liorre and Turnhout Lyons and Genova Lyons di Moditerran. NadrM Do. Now Sdu•ia Antonia ~ Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl, interest) Do. (ox interest)... Northern of Fr►nc:e, Do.2ol.Shs no. 211/. 3 p. a Bar (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre ' Paris and Lyons__ ' Ditto Bonds ....,... Paris and Orleans..,.. Paris and . "ari sCaen & Crnerlsrg. Do.. Rome and Frascati Roush and Havre Royal Danish RoyalSweviish ...... Do. Obligations stribr , twid 5t p. cent, Pref. Do. . :.;onthortt of Franco St. kndrow's and Quebec (A; West Fl an riers...., 5i per o. rk" , ..RtarT, of France Do 11.'444.1,atd TOINT-spo, lAustrahat, Bank of London Z.:: I;ritish N. Am.ricar. luirtd. Ranh of Asia' artd. P.a. of indict, kn B tralis, k Chin!. City ... Colon,sl Ctominercial of f 0r.4. Eng. ` 4 cnt. Cht. bond. Chart.. Bk, of knotrali s .......... ato New ............. and Connty.. LndlicE. Bnk g. Corp. London Joint Stock bond. St weotminster National Pro.of Int Do. New. . , National' of Ireland.. ' New South Wa100.... Oriental Bank of Corporation. i'f'rGoincial of Ireland 11. m. New Royal Anstraln.Bkg. Onhi Tmp C 0.... Royal British. South tuatrahr. Union of Anstrclia Do. vow Union o' London '''' ••• 3 4i 3i 3 I - i 1 d 33 - 334 8 9 p, 21 -21 i 141 -- 9i 14i 1541 60 65 80 85 1 2 p 51 51 par ip 3 i 2i 3-11 24 24i 21 - 21p 1 98 - 100 115 - 120 115 - - 120 104 106 '22i 23,E 110 - 115 0 - 7 pi - - 3 5 5 1 - 33 4/ 1 11 - 43 4314 48 45 ... pill 18f -- 194 1$ -- lf 2} -- 2 8; 8 :, 0. i 4 -7 28 -- 29 - !e HANK 88 ,0 56 - 88 li ..... *i'd 61 16i 17 15 -18 i 3 i - ' d Ipar 2p 3 . 7 37 - 38 51 - 58 .. -- - - 40 - 42 73 - 75 8 9 30 13 1 this 'a, 10 10 all all all all THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EvErilING, JANUARY 14, 1856. 4 ••• 1.8.1 lA',.. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) RALLWATI. Levw. COMpanu ~u stivrise this •lay CORN EXCHANGE. Meeting This Day. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were ♦ery moderately supplied with wheat, and the trade ruled steady, on higher terms. Barley was in improved request, and rather dearer. Most other articles, including flour, were tolerably firm. A meeting of the hoard was held this morning at Bur lington-house, Piccadilly ; Mr. John Thwaites in the chair. There was a full attendance of the members of the board. A large number of the public was present, in consequence of the great interest attached to the elec tion of a clerk to the board, appointed to take place to day. Mr. B. Drew officiated as hon. secretary in the ab sence of Mr. Wilkinson. The continental markets continue heavy and drooping for nearly all kinds of produce. In the United States large quantities of produce continue to change hands on English account. The arrivals of barley last week, coastwise, were good ; but those of other home-produce were limited. From abroad, we received 1,977 quarters of wheat, 170 barley, :37,928 oats, 755 beans, 665 peas, 654 tares, 9,332 linseed, and 1,729 rapeseed. The supply of English wheat on sale to-day is but mode rate, though in improved condition. The business doing bas not been extensive, yet prices have advanced 2s per quarter. At the close of the market a clearance had not been effected. . _ The minutes of the last meeting were read and con firmed. Mr. Henry Bidgood was introduced as a member of the board for St. James's, in the room of Sir John V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., resigned. Foreign wheat was in improved request, and quite as dear as last week. _ There was a steady sale for barley, the prices of which advanced Is. per quarter. In malt very little was doing, on former terms. We had a fair demand for oats, at full quotations. Both beans and peas moved off freely, at is per quarter morn mosey. The flour trade was firm, and oountry qualities were the turn dearer. American flour was held for rather more money. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier • • •• 801 to 82s Oats Yorkshire and Lineolnsk., Feed 25s 30e Potato Youghai and Cork Black. •• •• •• 255 285 Cork, White .• •• 26e 30e Scotch, Feed. •• •• 275 34s Reans—Tiek ••• •• •• •• 38s 415 Pigeons ...... 404 458 Peas—Grey . ..• •• 385 415 Maple. .• •• 38s 40s White... •• 478 493 notices ...........Sic 520 Floor—Town-made..• 70s 72; Suffolk 565 588 Btooktn & Norfolk 565 585 Wheat—Esscx t Kont, Red.... new 63s to IS Is Ditto•. •• .... old 73s 86s Ditto, White new 6ls Ms Ditt0........ old 77e 90s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 74s tis Ditto new •• •• •• 62s ilOs j Rye—Old ..•• •••• .• •. —e —s, New . •• •• .. iOs 52e I Barley—Grinding ••• •• 36s 39a Melting .•• •• 38i 403 Chevalier.... . . 40s 41s Ifsit-6uffolkandNor -74s 82s Brown... •...... ..... 64e 70s LingstenendWare 789 81!Is METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Very limited supplies of foreign stock were receiveil in the port of London last week, the total number being only 985 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 the arrival■ amounted to 4,386 ; in 1854, 2,041; in 1853, 3,111; in 1852, 3,204 ; and in 1851, 2,433 head. INPON,TS INTO LONDON LAST WWII. From Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen 491 ... 332 ... ... 5 ... Antwerp Rotterdam 4l ... COMMON SEAL. Mr. LoWMAN TAYLOR brought up the amended re port of the committee for devising a common seal. The committee suggested that the large seal should have the arms of Surrey, used by the Clerk of the Peace for that county, and the arms for Colchester, introduced into the seal. The cost would be 30 guineas. A small cor responding seal, of the same design, would cost four guineas. That the committee be empowered to carry ont the terms of this report.—Agreed to. SALARIES AND OFFICERS COMMITTEE. The Committee reported that the salary of the Engi neer-in-chief should be 1,0001. a year, including travel ling and incidental expenses, and that of the accountant 4501. per minim, including travelling and incidental expellees. Mr. CARTMELL moved the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. HowE seconded the motion. Mr. DIFANGER asked Mr. Cartmell, one of the com mittee, if he thought 1,0001. a•year sufficient for the engineer Mr.CAIITIIELL said he sheuld have been better pleased had the committee taken a more liberal view of the value of an engineer's services. The committee, however, gave the matter great consideration, and bad come to the determination to recommend the above sum. Mr. D'lfanger moved that the salary be 1,0001. a year, with 2001. a-year for travelling expenses. He had no wish to be extravagant, but only to obtain the ser vices of a gentleman they eould depend on, and the way to get that was to pay him well. The City engineer had 1,2001. a-year for surveying about one square mile, whereas their engineer would have to survey 100 square miles for a less sum. He thought it was false economy to be niggardly in the salaries of the chief officers. Mr. SNOW seconded the amendment. Mr. NICOLAT, as a member of the committee, said the committee, consisting of fifteen members of the board, unanimously adopted the report. He did not think adding 2001. a.year to the salary would be sufficient to induce better men to come forward and offer themsel►es for the office than if they adopted the report. Mr. BURSLEM should support the amendment. He was an advocate for paying men well for their services, and then they would have their work done well. Mr. OFFER reminded the board that the engineer for the City had other works to attend to besides the sewer age. In committee Mr. Carttaell suggested 1,2001. a-year, and another gentleman 8001. for the salary, but the committee differed from them, and adopted a medium course, which he thought a wise one. Mr. DALTON reminded the board that the old com mission paid 8001. a year to their engineer, and had as well two consulting engineers, to whom for one report they had paid 1,0001. He thought 1,0001. a year, in cluding travelling expenses, inadequate for the services of such an engineer as the board required. Mr. Deputy HARRISON said it was true the City en• gineer had now 1,2001. a year. He had been in the service of the City for 11 years, and, appreciating his services, the comtnissioners, two years ago, advanced his salary from 8001. to 1,2001. per annum. The City engineer's duties were different from that of the engineer to this board. He acted as architect and adviser to the City Commission, on questions of improvement to be carried out by them, but the Metropolitan Board were about to elect a distinct officer as their architect. He thought it was policy to commence with the sum named in the report. It could be increased if necessary at a future time. --- Mr. CARTMELL said it was out of respect to the com mittee that he gave way to them, that 1,2001. a-year should be the salary of the engineer. The CruinmeN put the motion, when seven members only voted for the amendment, and it was consequently lost ; and that that part of the report relative to the engineer be received and adopted was carried. Mr. CARTMELL then moved that portion of the report which recommended that the accountant's salary be 450/. per annum. Howls ,econded the motion. The duties had formerly been done by the account•nt of the late board at a less sum and oa a rising scale. The committee, in naming 4501., had placed the accountant rather above the sum he had been in the habit of receiving. Mr. IRVING suggested that the accountant be paid OM per annum, but as no member seconded him the original motion was carried. PLACES OF MEETING. A report was brought up by tho Committee appointed to select a site where the board could hold their future meetings. The committee had been in communication with the Presidert of the Board of Works and Land Revenue, for a house in Spring-gardens ; but the lease to he granted ran so short, and the amount required for it so large, that t•ie committee recommended that offices and a board-room should be erected on their premises in Greek-street. Mr. SEELEY dlubted the propriety of their fixing on Greek-street for their future residence. The committee, which was composed of seven gentlemen, four belonging to Westminster and two to the City, and none from the East, travelled from Greek-street to Charing-cross, which was their centre of attraction, and finding no place there that would suit them, travelled back to Greek-street again, and decided on that spot. Ere considered the Royal Exchange the most central spot. If they driw a line from Temple-bar, north and south, they would find thirty-five of the members resided east of Temple-bar, and but 15 west of it. The former gentleman repre sented about 2i millions, and the latter about 800,000 inhabitants. He moved the re-consideration of the question, to endeavour to find a convenient spot within a mile of the Exchange. Mr. DIXON seconded the amendment. A discussion ensued, in the course of which the board was addressed by Mr. llawkes (who defended the com mittee from the imputation of partiality to the west-end at the expense of the east-end or any o ther part of the metropolis), Mr. Davies, Mr. Hall, Mr. Howe, Mr Collison, Mr. Knight, Mr. Snow, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Crel lin, Mr. bowman Taylor, Mr. Savage, and Major Lyon. It was stated that the new premises would cost between 20,0001. and 30,0001,, whereas their own free hold might be adopted to their wants, and afford every accommodation, at an expenditure of only 2,0001. or 3,0001. Mr. SEELEY denied that he wished to impute anything improper to the committee in their partiality for the Weat-end. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was lost. Mr. OFFER than moved, a xi SAVAGE seconded, that the report be referred to the committee (with the addition of five members) for further consideration. (We shall give the conclusion in cur last edition.) LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. 'Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Ju9tice Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wightrnan, and Crompton.) LISTER AND ANOTHER V. LEATHER. Sir F. Thesiger said that this action for the infringe. ment of a patent was tried at the London sittings at Guildhall oa the 21st and 22d December, before Lord Campbell, when the verdict was for the defendant. He now applied to their lordships for a rule for a new trial. He was not, however, prepared to say that he moved on the ground of misdirection, although the learned judge who tried the case undoubtedly used expressions likely to mis lead persons ignorant of patents ; but he must complain of that non-direction in the case which his lordship's great experience and extensive knowledge of this subject might have assisted the jury with, and for the want of which had led the jury to a wrong view of the case, to the surprise of the wool-combing trade, and contrary to the evidence adduced on the trial. He intended also to move on affidavits. The action was brought relative to two patents granted to the plaintiff, in 1850 and 1852 for improvements in preparing and combing wool and other fibrous material. The defendant pleaded all the usual pleas in such actions, amongst others, that of want of novelty, but not want of utility. The defendant gave notice of no less than 68 objections, in which were included 3. patents, which, it was alleged, had anticipated the inventions of the plaintiffs, and whick pleas were the greatest abuse of the act that had ever been known. Lord Campbell said he thought so, and expressed that opinion on the trial. Sir F. Thesiger—The objections were reduced to three or four, and ultimately to one, that of a patent granted to a person named Tiernan in 1846, and on that the jury returned their verdict, on the ground that there was no novelty in the plaintiff's patent, but that it was substantially the same as Ileman's. Sir F. Thesiger having entered into the various patents that had been invented for wool combing, &a., comparing them with that of the plaintiff's, the evidence adduced on the trial, and the affidavits on which he moved, the Court granted the application. Rule granted accordingly; 332 ... T0ta1.... 535 .. ... 118 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1.855 1,414 ... 2,640 ... ... 261 ... 1 554 2ll ... 1,681 ... ... 149 ... .853.. 4lB ... 2,449 ... ... 244 ... 852 621. ... 2,223 ... ... 353 ... 7 .851 399 ... 1,778 ... ... 227 ... 24 A very limited supply of foreign stock was on sale in poor condition. The show of Irish stock, via Liverpool, amounted to 180 beasts, 350 sheep, and 55 pigs, the whole iu good condition. . .. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing dis tricts were but moderate, and their general quality was by no means first-rate. For all breeds the demand was in a sluggish state, at last Monday's decline in the quotations. The highest figure was 43. 10d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Sufolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,300 Scots and short horns ; from the northern and other grazing districts, 800 of ♦arious breeds ; and, from Scotland, 380 Scots. _ . _ With sheep we were tolerably well, but not extensively, supplied. Owing to the large quantities of mutton on sale in Newgate and Leadenhall, all breeds of sheep met a ♦ery dull trade, at a decline in price of from 2d. to 4d. per The extreme value of old Downs was 4s. Bd. per 81bs. The supply of calves was limited; nevertheless, the veal trade was heavy, at Friday's decline in the quotations. The best calves sold at ss. Bd. per Slbs. Pigs were in fair average supply and moderate request, at last week's currency. Per filbs to sink the offal,. s. d. a. d. 1 s. d. a ,i, Enferlor Beasts.... 3 4to 3 61PrimeSouthdown 4 6 410 i 3ecand quality.... 3 It 4 0 Largo cree. calves 4 6 5 2 Prime largo oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime small d 0... 5 4 5 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 S 410 Large hogs llO 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 1 Small porkers ... 4 6 5 E Second quality ...3 6 3 10Suekling ealves..23 0 2S 0 ?rime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4:Quarter old pigs.2l 0 27 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. 1 IC/REIGN soma . . dessts .......... ........ 2,841 Beasts.. ..... ............ . 525 sheep ..... .. . • ...... .. „.25,150 Sheep .. •••• •• • • .......... 690 lalves .. ••..• • .. ...... 116 Calves,.. ••••• .. • • ........ 82 Flgs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 15, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Jan. 14, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Jan. 15, 1855. Jan. 14, '56. s. d. s. d.la. d. s. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 2 to 3 43 - 4 to 3 6 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 4 03 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4!4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, tits 4 6 4 8!4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 4 3 8,3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 310 4 2 3 6 310 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 4 4 4 8k 0 4 4 Prime Southdowu ditto ... 410 5 04 6 419 Lambs ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ... ... ... 4 6 Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 5 4 Large hogs ... ... ... ... ~. 3 0 5 2 5 8, 4 0; . . 4 6 3 10 4 5 2 5 8 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 2 4 4 4 6 5 0 Beasts_ 4,057 3,841 Sheep 26,630 29,150 Calves... ..„ 130 116 500 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 16, 1854.—Beasts, 4,460; sheer, 16,150 ; calves, 63; pigs, 340. January 17,1853.—Beasts, 4,502 ; sheep, 20,860 ; calves, 307 ; pigs, 265. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Large supplies of country-killed meat continue to be re• ceived up to these markets, but those slaughtered in the metropolis here, to-day, were very moderate. Tho de mand is by no means active, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. 4. Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 De , do. small ....4 2 4 4 Veal_ .......... 4 0 5 0 Furk, largo 310 4 4 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. Last week's imports of foreign hops were 15 bales from Boulogne, and 265 from Antwerp• We are well supplied with English quotations, in which a steady business is doing, as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 15s to 61108 per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; Sussex, 315 s to 41 15s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report very moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise or by railway. On the whole an average business is doing, as follows :—York Regents, 903 to llOs ; Kent and Essex, do., 75s to 95s ; Scotch d.., 80s to 955; de. rods, 65s to 90s. WOOL. Although public sales of over 30,000 bales will be held next month, our market is firmer, aid price. are well sup ported. The imports last week were under 100 bales. The importations iu 1845, compared with 1854, were as fellows : Foreign—ln 1854 36,119 bales „ In 1855 19,070 ~ Colonial—ln 1854 183,302 „ „ In 1855 199,608 „ The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, is Id to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is ld to is 2d ; do. webers, is Od to is ld ; Kent, fleeces, is ld to Is ; combing skin, 10d to is ld ; Down ewes, is ld to Is id ; Leicester fleeces, lld to is Ojd; flannel wool, is Od to is 2d ; blanket wool, 9d tols Od per lb. SEEDS. • The amount of business doing in most kind of seeds is very limited. tln prices we have no change to notice. Cakes are rather heavy. Turnip,White,per bush. 22s to 25s Swede .. • • .... —s —3 Mustard, Brown.. •—• 12s 20s White, new...... ss 1 is Tares, Winter, new.... 63 6d 75 6d Canary, per quarter • . 633 643 Rye crass • • •• •• 24s 305 Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 6S, SO3 White • • • • 733 903 Foreign Red .. • • .. 625 724 White • • • • 703 853 Trefoil, new.. • • ...... 405 463 Carraway (new) .. • ... 42! 44s Coriander .• • • ........ 28' 3Cs llempseed, per quarter 54s 60e Linseed, Eng• Sowing • • -- 8 Crushing •• •• • • 78s 84s Baltic •• • • ...... —s --5 Odessa • • • • • • • • .• —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • • ...141 10s 15 1 0 s foreign,per ton 13! lOs 14 ' 108 Rope Cakes, pr ton 71 lOs 81 Os Rapeseed, Now, pr qr., 'Os 948 TALLOW. Our market has become sonsewhz rather higher than on Monday last is quoted at 68s 3d per cwt. Towi 1851. t firmer, and prices aro P.Y.C„ on the spot, tallow, 66s nett cash. 1852. Stock this day Price of Y. C Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditte from Junel Price of Town 60,532 1 36s 3d w' 664 Gd 2,08 70,413 2,144 94,112 , 394 CI 44„270 46s Od 2,431 66,399 30 70,041 47■ 9d 1853. . 104. 1855. -- --- 43,344 34,563 21,374 615 Utz 593 61 to 685 34 —a Od —s Od to —5 Od 2,680 1,919 1,284 67,838 51,413 79,241 2,783 77 3,319 87,667 50,046 54,073 63s 34 615 Od 68s 6d M. Herzen's " Exile " has been reprinted - at Ham burg, and interdicted (for a moment) at Leipsic. The Russian agents interfered, and the Saxon authorities proved complaisant; bet the trade protested, and after so me reconsideration the ban was removed. "My Exile " is therefore free to pass among the libraries of Germany. THE MONSTER STEAM-SHIP AT BLACEWILL.—The great steam-ship building at Messrs. Scott Russell's for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company is to be launched Vie first week in August. Her first voyage will be to New York, and not to Australia. She is to be called The Great Eastern, and will proceed to Liverpool. MAGISTERIAL C HANGES. —Mr. W..T.Broderip, F.R.S., who has for the very leng thened per iod of 34 years mire inittingly discharged the onerous duties of police magis trate at the Thames and Westminster Courts, has retired, owing, we regret to say, to declining health. Mr. Paynter, of the Wandsworth and Hammers m ith Courts, will succeed him at Westminster, and Mr. Dayman, who was called in 1829, and has been many years practising upon the Western Circuit, will supply the vacancy caused by his reraeyal. DEATh OF LIEUT. J. ROBERTS, R.N. (Front the Derbyshire Courier.) It is this week our melancholy duty to record the death of Lieutenant John Roberto, Royal Navy, the proprietor of this journal, which occurred on Sunday, the 6th inst., after an illness of only a few days' duration. This sudden removal from amongst us of one so univer sally esteemed will he long and sincerely regretted, and a blank will be felt by the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood which cannot easily be filled up ; whilst to his domestic circle the loss will be irreparable. He was ever among the foremost to pr.maote and encourage those institutions in this town which are conducive to the general good, and more particularly such as are of a charitable tendency. He was steadfast in purpose, pa triotic in principle, and the simple integrity of his life caused him to be equally beloved and respected by all —and they were many—who knew him : in his con scientious conviction of right and justice, the views he has advocated in this newspaper have always been those of a true and loyal gentleman, and their consistency unimpaired when under the most trying political cir cumstances. Foraperiod of 33 years Mr. Roberts faithfully served the government in a civil capacity as postmaster of Chesterfield, and it is now 28 years since he originated and first printed and published this journal, and by his untiring zeal and active care caused it to gain the re spectable position in the press which it now occupies. Mr. Roberts was a director of the North of England Fire and Life Insurance Company, and one of the leading tradesmen of this town, and, though unmindful of office, frequently shared in the duties of its Corporate body. The services which Lieut. Roberts rendered to his country in his naval career are thus recorded in O'Byrne's Naval Biography : "John Roberts entered the navy Bth May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Invincible, 74, Capt. Ross Donnelly and John Hollinworth, the latter of whom he followed as midshipman into the Resistance, 36, com manded afterwards by Capt. Philip L. J. Rosenhagen and Charles Hole. In the Invincible he served in the North Sea and at the blockade of Toulon ; and in both ships he took an active part in the defence of Cadiz, where he came into frequent contact with the enemy's batteries, and was engaged at the siege, by the French, of Fort Matagorda. After he had been for a time em ployed with Capt. Hole, in the Badger, 10, he returned to England in the Resistance, under the command of Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He served subsequently in the Devonshire, 74, Capt. Ross Don nelly, fitting at Sheerness—Jason, 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Wm. King, flag-ship for some time of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom he escorted Louis XVIII. to the coast of France—Centaur, 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, in which ship he made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope—Eridanus, 36, Capt. William Paterson, lying at Plymouth—and Minden, 74, fitting for the flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, previously to proceeding whither he fought under the officer last mentioned as Admiralty-Midship man (a rating he had filled on board the Eridanus), at the battle of Algiers. For his conduct on this occasion he was promoted 16th Sept., 1816, to the rank of Lieu tenant. For his services at the battle of Algiers Lieut. Roberts received the war medal with one clasp. His last appointments were in June, 1317, and Feb., 1819, to the Orlando, 36, and Malabar, 74, both commanded by Capt. John Chasten, on the East India station, whence he returned in Oct , 1819." ONE OF THE MINOR POINTS OF THE e URRENCY QUESTION. (From tke Derbyshire Courier.) Among the really unimportant matters which the ig norance or sophistry of the Bullionist party has magni fied into affairs of moment is the " promise to pay" which stands on the Bank of England note. What, those gentlemen say, does this promise to pay mean un less we can receive whenever we please a certain amount of the precious metal ? Now the Bank of England note, like the Bank itself, bas wonderfully increased in importance since its first appearance. The Bank Charter dates July 27, 1694, — when some 1,300 merchants and traders subscribed 1,200,000/. They issued their notes with this " pro mise to pay," the only form which was then known. So they went on increasing in wealth and importance till 1797. Then the Government being in great difficulties, the Bank having advanced bullion till they had Rene left to advance, and specie leaving the country, a kind of partnership was entered into by the Government and the Bank—the Bank finding money and the Govern• ment, by the Restriction Act, absolving them from the payment of their notes in bullion. It was then disco vered what an enormous latent power was possessed by Reprieeentative Paper Money. With this we carried on one of the greatest and most expensive wars on record ; the country all the while advancing in civilisation and wealth. Had there been time for sound reflection, or bad the principles of money been better understood in 1797, it would have been easy at that time to have established a national paper money. Bills issued from the Ex chequer for U. and upwards would have been as well received as were Bank of England "inconvertible" notes. These Exchequer Bills would have borne on them a pro miss that they should be " received" at the Royal Ex chequer, And the Bullionist party would have been de prived of the quibble about " promises to pay." Well, we are now better informed and " more en lightened" about money matters. What is now desir able is that National Paper Money should be issued un der the authority of Government, made a legal tender in discharge of all debts, and recoverable for taxes by all tax collectors arid at the Exchequer. In what form this National note should run is just about as important as the colour of the Penny Post.►go Stamp, as the words engraved on it "Postage one Penny" is the present inscription—the numerals 1., 11., IV., would, without anything else, do just as well. Many persons are proed of disputing about affairs of this kind. One man would have a National Note with the Act of Parliament sot forth under the authority of which it is issued, and all its uses and advantages ex plained. Very well :if we get the substantial Note we won't object to the shadowy inscription. For our part we incline to think the shorter the form of the Note the better. "One Pound, receivable for Taxes," would do very well for us. There is a consideration as to the convenience and durabiiity of the smaller denomination of Representa tive Money, deserving of some little attention. It would be advisable, no doubt, to let metal money, for the fare tional par;.s of a pound be issued in preference to the dirty, perishable paper money with which the German States are supplied. Money purely representative—a token of value, and not value itself—not at once " money and merchandise," is what we advocate. In thii repres.mtative money—whether paper nr me tal—let gold, silver, like iron, tin, and copper, find their market price. EXTENSIVE FIRE. Late on Saturday night, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Hopkinson, pianoforte makers, Now-road. The factory in which the flames originated occupies the centre of a clump of buildings, bounded on the west by Fitzroy row, a narrow thoroughfare filled with tenements occu pied by poor people, the Now-road on the south, Fre derick•street on the north, and Osnaburg street on the east. Adjoining Hopkinson's factory, were the premises of Grey and Davison, organ builders, and other large factories, to which the fire spread. The police bad most arduous duty to perform. The scone in Fitzroy-row was distressing, the poor people with their children in a state of nudity removing from the scene of the conflagration. The engines of the London Fire Brigade arrived in rapid succession, and water being obtained, after several hours' labour, they succeeded in obtaining a control over the flames. The origin of the ire could not be as certained. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; fresh breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.E.--Arrived.—Maid stone, from London, for Madras. PLYMOUTH.—Arrived—Curacos, from Callao, for Ha vre ; H.M.S. London, Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind E.N.E., strong.—Arrived —Agamemnon, from Calcutta; H.M.Str. Niger, Black Sea, for Sheerness ; Johanna Elise, Buenos Ayres, for Southampton ; Lion, Liverpool, for Devonport, leaky ; Arctic, New York. Sailed— Amazon, Aquilhas. JERSEY, Jan. 10.—Wind E.—Sailed —Caliota, for Hon duras. CLYDE, Jan. 11.—Wind N.— Sailed—Niger, for Val paraiso. ABERDEEN, Jan. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Nantilus, from Demerara ; Josephine, Quebec. SUNDERLAND.—SaiIed — Belle Alliance, for Calcutta; Harriet, Havana. COWES.—Arrived —Josephine, from Laguna, for Ham burg. Put back—Concordia , f or Antwerp, with damage to port quarter, from contact off Dungeness on the llth inst. B R IDLINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Mary, from Shields, f or Grimsby, was abandoned off Whitby on the 11th inst. I crew landed here by the Aparue, from Shields, for Havre.; (MI ELNOTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Sylph (a), Dublin ; Fairy Q ueen , M argaret, Arrived —American skip Globe, from H avre ; At a l anta (0 . Havre ; Ally, Bartley , Li g ht and Si g n, Malcolm Brown, Nancy, John Wesley, Kate, Sarah, Brothers, Eling, Edward, Tourist, and Julia, Sunderland ; Friendship, Hull. Sailed—Sarah and Brothers, for Cardiff; Margaret and Sarah, Poole. _ LIVERPOOL, Mondry Monling. Wind S.E. Arrived—Union, from Cobija ; General Sirapson, Pug wash. Sailed—Henry and Dora, for Malta ; Cinca, Lisbon ; Arno, Gibraltar; William Wirt, New Orleans; Helen, Savannah; Elbing, New York; E. Sherwood, New Or• leans. ET SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.34 a.m. Wind S.E. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; fine and frosty. Arrived, Jan. 13.—Clyde (a), from Balaklava. Arrived, Jan. 14.—Nymph, from Villaviciosa ; Vera city, Uddewalla. DEAL, Monday, 9.34 a.m. Wind S.E. by E., fresh and fine. Passed, 13th —Regina, from London, for Sierra Leone. Sporting Intelligence. Cheztsey Steeplechase is postponed. Tag CHILTERN HUNDREDS.—On dii that a question is to be raised in the House of Commons as to the pro priety of giving the Chiltern Hundreds to a man in the position of the ex-member for Rochester. 102 514 i 21 10 _ 10' St. St. MINES. 1 ..•. ..... ••• •• • •• • 1 all I inglo AnArin. Gold 10a all Anglo Californian 10 6 lustralian.... I 1 all kustralian Cordille 1 all Ave Maria 1 i all • aden (Gd•Duclay of, ... ..• - 10 all Blemarvon Iron and Coal 20 14 itritish Iron 4 6 35 i 211 , trazilianimp.(issued at pm.) all So. Comes & Cuiabl 2 -2 1 4 1 20 , 15 )o. St. Jobe Del Rey •27 -- 29 x 1 4 ..larendon Cons. MM. Co. of Jamaica Ad ir 40 all Cobre Copper 66 -- 70 694 5 1 olonial Gold •.. St. all topper Min. of Eng. 34 - 37 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent. 23 25 IC .opiapo - • 20 2 14 ortuna 20 all General l4 --• 16 1 all 4t.NuggetVeinßeg 4 44 ail lreat Polvooth ll 24 5 all t Wheal Ver United 1 id 1 all 'herty 4 - I all Linares 64 74 5 11 Lusitanian # 1 all WAriquita. - 1 i all Now Granada 1 I all Nouveau Monde t 0 all Pontgiband Silver Load Min. St Smolt 10 12 5 1 Port Philip ..... 1 all quartz Rock 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O --- 22 x d 15 all Do. Now 6 - - 8 x d 30 13:. .iantiago de Cuba..,,, 4 - 44 1 all South Australian.... a - 1 all Do. Scrip... a 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Prof 10 9 Vin Cr0ft.... ,, ... , ,. 4 4 281 all United Mexican , 31 41 1 all Waller 4 all West Mariposa ..... . --. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 5 9 Austra M iit TC A E g L ri LA waii. N 1 al Yuba.. -• •• 28 264 If' rii A iiaLrain. Royal Mai', 10 Berlin Water Works 64 .- 74 64 60 40 xmerican Lams 47 50 100 .24 oaas.da - 125 123 24 9t ico Canada Gov. 6p. et lan. Ana jaly ...... les - IN 1054 T• all Crystal Palace....., 2 21 t.; 5 Do. Preference.. 4 all Crystal Pal. rf Franci: 1 4 Ouston Iron Ore V 11 Eastern Steam . 5 all En.diAus Cop Sm Co 1 25 24 Electric telegraph 2O 21 1. all 2lectric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collier ••• 15 14 + e 34. Mean. Navigat. 1C all (leneral Screw &carol •.. ;!0 10 Trish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 - 10 10 9 Viexicau&S.Americr. 51 - • 5 4 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue, •,. 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 --- 14 10 all Do. De. 5 1 Do. 8 pcP iss atl d 4 Id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal di Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ~. 100 80 New B. di N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 -4 10 15 Nr th. of EuropeStaam 1 all Oriental Gas — 1 2e. Do. " New Shares" 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & MinrL 2 24 50 all Peninsular&Orienta 03 65 64 50 10 Do. New ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co . .. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam I. all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1 1 . 4 Ditto New all south ilustral....mtvl 34 3 1 al: Sohmar. 7 0 all i). 15 5 ['rust& L.Co.U.Can. 100:-Z8 , Van Diemen'e Land 15 .;;; 16 .! . .,onriort N.IAT , -•-t G. &N. w. E. Un. E. C . ,4t. Nrt,m.l E. Count.l `;aldonion.! CR. %Twirl Vi. New. Berw. Y. &NM 3. Fade 1)o Peto k Co Norfolk I Do Lk N. W & Midl4. Ackton at Darlingt. I 'di Bland En. Coun. Z. ()omit,. L. /0.1. W Do tit North Lanotteh k Ir , writsb. T. Bras/ley MClvan itockt Darlingt 09. ltWeetn. Abordoen 101 - 110 104 106 no. N 0.2, 7 p. c. .-41 y -th andTyn , c. prof. (istot x.tso/ pris. & Ex. 4 p. C. St, 17,0. 4 p. c. Share , s aledoniau £lO Chester & H.010.1(31,' 90 - H 2 91 - 93 ' quar. 5s per cent.. flo. iu. Pref.. No, 2. .f . )O. do. Pref. No, 2. Cork dePandons6p.. - :. ouri.Prtt, .6T Aher.,,i, 15 - 16 ... •-~- R/ • 61 Anglian CIE. A Do. do. Cle. B 6 p. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. PAstorn Countie tc,nsion, 5 p. C. No. 1 ilk - 1 'o. No. 2 . Po. New 6 p. e. Kan Un., G.Rp.c -~0. 51., Tts ner cent. 00. 1I i. Tlecv•ntr.S:.. 00. do. 4 per eeni a.r Lanea4... 6 p. York. J. st.lis Prth.&ll) , ln.4p. • Furnep+e 60 - , 62 .11 as. & S.W. G. P. c. t ;teat Northn. 5 p. c 5 p. c. Rodeo , . at 10 p. c. prem tin. 1 p. o. KDo. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. A 5 p. c. pm... 113 105 107 98 100 5 - 9 - 10 Gt.N. of scot. Ist. Pr«. at, s ) 4W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Prof. Wostn. (Berke P.), .lants Ex . 5 p. c)., con. red. 4 p. c. M. eon. red. 4 p. c irred. 4p. C. Do. Sinn. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. De. do. 5 p. c. IEo. Bina. Qua. Stk o. Ches. Qua. Sh.. Do. do. do .., ~. 6 - 6A 84 - 86 77 - 77 - 79 15 9 f 1 164 93 - 10 67 - 6 4 173 - 183 Et 9 134 131 - 132 134 Do. do. d 0......... Lan. &York. F. £2' Do. 6 p. c. Stuck FAM .&Brigh ... -•~ 1 - )o. Pref., 5 p. c. St )o. New Guar.6 p. Do. (10. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Coy. 4, Nuneaton 5 p. ct. Lon. & S. W. 7 per ct 'Andy. & Sh. Lowly. & ' 4 l Man., Shef., & Lin New, £lO Do. ib •~• ~ 'ti- ... -- -P, 13 - - Yarypt.&, Carl. T. T)u. 4. per cent... ~ ... -• . , Consol.6 Consol. Pirm. 6 per cent po. 4} p. c. Pref. oref. Do. 5/. Pr..f 4 p. c. Ditto L. & Norfolk Doteatur, . 131 -•- 133 91 - - 14 4 -- t- Do Ws.o.Prof. 4 p.c. St , Do 5 p. o. Eat Da. 5A per et. pref Do'v. Vol. 5 p., e North British N. E. Porte, 4 p.c P ,Do. do. do. 1 1 1 tc Loads 6 po , , No, 98 - 100 - 87 - 84 rG. do. Quarters 4 )0_ York FT ?.7r. North Stafforashirr,, 111 , ".-' / -- id 'Oxford Worceeter, A Wniverh.Xls, Do R. Pre% 104. R. Scot. Cent. ,New Prc South Devon Do. fixed, 4 4 per cenii S. Eastern (Readi!,,l Nun.) of £1 Do. 4 , , per cent Do. Fixed 4i p o eh. S WKles Gua. 4p, Do. .!o. 4A p. C.... IS.YorkeitAp.c.Ouer. Stock .& Dar., sp. e. iDo. do. do , !Stock. & Hart% g. ! p. c. til july 1, 'se. ;Wsterid.& Kilk. 6 p 13 - 1 4 21i - 92 - 94 91 p - 1 23 - C veillr e Eatur 91 - 43 94 98 432 -• 134 104 - 106 12 .-• 13 1103 - 110 4 ,1 88 - 0 id iP 55 57 iio - 8 3; -- SO - 31 81 83 REFEKENCE SHA L~Q.. 100 ,100 pm pm in U : i. Spirit of the Public Journals. (Prom tite Times of this day.) We conclude that the steamer now due from the United States will at last bring the result of the contest for the Speakership, and we venture, in no unfriendly spirit towards our Transatlantic brethren, to make the following observations on the protracted election for that important office. The newly-elected Congress of the United States met on the 4th of December, at a period when, if we are to believe their press, their orators, their Attorney-General, the dearest interests of the country require prompt counsel and vigorous action. The overbearing insolence of England, it is said, longs to find an excuse for intermeddling in the affairs of the Republic, and, after having commit ted the inexpiable offence of setting up the pursuits of regular warfare as rivals in the eyes of New York Roughs and Rowdies to the more popular pursuits of piracy and bucaniering, the British Government cannot be brought to a proper sense of its crime, or to a state of more than superficial penitence. Then there is the present alarming state of Kansas, where the late Congress, which designedly l e ft i t a , a battle-field between Slaveholders and Abolitionists, seems very likely to be taken at its word by the occurrence of some tremendous combat or s ome dreadful massacre. The crisis is urgent, the dan ger is pressing every day, news is expected of the commencement of the first civil war of the Ameri can Republic, and nothing but the most prompt and energetic intervention of the central power can, it is said, avert so lamentable a catastrophe. This was the state of things on the 4th of December, when the new Congress ntet, to deliberate as was generally sup posed, on the affairs of the nation, and to apply by wise and energetic counsel a remedy to the pec cant humours of the body politic. Unhappily, however, before this remedy could be applied there was one thing to be done, and that one thing was just the one thing which the united wisdom of the whole of Congress could not effect. It did not seem so very difficult either. Greater obstacles have been overcome in the annals of representative government than that which has neutralised so effectually the House of Representatives. For three weeks they have done nothing except quarrel among themselves, but have not been able to pro ceed to business. The obstacle was the election of a Speaker. Speakerless Congress was on the 4th of December, and Speakerless it remained on the 26th. Time after time has this weighty question been put to the vote, and time after time has the clerk of the house announced that there is no elec tion. The difficulty does not proceed from any ob stacles thrown in the way of a decision by the forms and rules of the house. In this, as in so many ()flier cases, the institutions of the United States are better than the spirit in which they are worked. All that the rules of the house require is that th e Speaker be elected by the majority of the mem bers present, and it is with this plain and simple requisition that Congress has for upwards of three weeks been unable to comply. There are several candidates, of whom the chief are Mr. Banks, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Fuller. The first on the list has 106, the last not ten votes. The New Metro politan Board of Works had a much more difficult problem to solve the other day, and, had they gone upon Congressional principles, might have spent their whole lives in an attempt to solve it ; but they got rid of it at once by taking a series of divisions, and striking out the lowest candi date on the list, so that at last the numbers were reduced to a point at which one candi date obtained a clear majority. What was to prevent Congress, if it really wished, as it certainly ought to have wished, to go to work at once, from striking out the lowest candidate on the list on the first division, then aradually ascending to Mr. Fuller, and at last deciding between Mr. Banks and Mr. Richardson ? Greater things have been done with far less inducement and necessity for doing them. Meanwhile the Presidential Message is waiting the termination of this endless election in order to see the light. The President must suffer Inuch from the re. entering of such a mass of matter into his system, and long fervently for a deliverance. The document is, moreover, by no means easy to ke©p ; a thousand greedy hands are stretched out for it—a thousand prying eyes long to peep into its mysteries. No griffin was ever harder put to it to guard its gold from the Arimaspian—no plover ever laboured harder to decoy the spoiler from its nest—than does the President to keep his uneasy secret, and reserve the publication of his own Mes sage for his own lips. And this is not the worst of it., Congress stands still, but the world does not. From the 4th to the 26th of December is but a brief period to representatives living at the public expense in the ease and comfort of the capital ; but when civil war is to be checked, piracy put down, and ticklish foreign relations regulated, three weeks are in themselves an age. A Message fit to have been delivered on the 4th of December must re quire considerable change on the 26th, and tine poor President must be perplexed with endless touching and retouching. There is nothing in the rules of the House ofOonamons to prevent such an occurrence as this from happening, not only at the commencement of every Parliament, but of every session, and, if nothing of the kind has ever occurred in England, it should lead our American brethren to consider how far they can expect benefit from institutions, unless they take along with them the spirit in which they have been uniformly and successfully worked. The matter may appear to some as trivial, but we view in it a symptom of that disorder which, we fear, is rapidly gaining ground in the United States,—the uncontrolled supremacy of mere will, and the indisposition to submit it to law and order. Rather than appeal to comprise or conciliation, the citizens of Kansas are sharpening the sword for civil strife ; rather than waive the power they pos sess of obstructing the success of a more powerful party, the minority in Congress doggedly obstruct public business, careless of the serious injury they are doing to the interests and reputation of their country. That respect for the opinions of the ma jority which influence so strongly American society in private disappears in the House of Representa tives, where it might most fittingly prevail, and the result is the unseemly exhibition on which we have just been commenting. For ourselves, as Englishmen, we have no reason to complain of the delay, even if it should extend to a much greater length than at present seems probable. Every week of delay gives time for the popular excite ment which has been so sedulously got up against this country to subside, and gives the President at any rate the opportunity, if he will but avail him self of it, of reconsidering any harsh expression which he may have inserted into his Message in the transports of virtuous indignation and the agonies of au anticipated election. Mor e ov er , w e f ee l per fectly satisfied that, had the Congress been disposed to secon 1 the press of America-in picking a quarrel with us, they would hardly have suffered them selves to be delayed by an obstacle so trivial. , TESTIMONIAL TO MR. J. BUCKSTONL We learn from the Sunday Times, that on New Year's Day, the 665th day of Mr. Buckstone 's season at the Haymarket, a handsome service of plate was presented to him by the members of his company. To a letter from Mr. Chippendale, ac companying the plate, Mr. Buckstone promptly replied as follows: "Theatre Royal, Hayma rke t , Jan. 1 , 1 856. " My dear Chippenda l e —I this mor ning unexpectedly saw on my tometab I n e s a hand some th n t e s w ve y r e y arai ft by every person en gaged present of plate presented g aged in this theatre. I am th e more grat i f i e d b y t h e offering, because it is given by every one employed here , and while it records the fact of the let January, 1856: being the 665th night of the present Haymarket season, I feel it to be any duty, i n ac k now l e d g i ng t h e g if t , t o admit that the accomplishment of the event it celebrates is mainly due to the devotion evinced towards the man afzemeut by every one, without exception, belonging to the Haymarket Theatre. "In the midst of war, pestilence, hot weather, and great competition, the present season has been thus pro longed, and as it is still proceeding, I am happy to say the existing prospects of the theatre do not indicate any necessity for bringing the season to a close for many months to come—a circumstance which I feel great pride and pleasure in stating, because my chief anxiety has always been to sustain the old renown and foremost position of the Haymarket Theatre, and, at the same time, ever using my best endeavour to make everybody employed in it happy and contented. "Convey this acknowledgment, my dear Chippendale, to all concerned in this kind and graceful token of esteem, and to whom I wish, one and all, A happy and prosperous new year. At the Fame time, believe me, faithfully and cordially your?, J OH N B. BIICKEITONI." CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIVE SHILLING DAY, S a t ur d ay, Jan. 12, 1856.—Admissions on payment, 57 ; ditto by season tickets, 749. Total visitors, 806. GUN-BOATS AND M O RTAR-VESSELS AT LIVERPOOL.— The following are the names of the 14 wooden gun-boats which are being built at the yards of Mr. J. Laird, Bir kenhead and Liverpool:—Ten gun-boats of 233 tons each—Beacon, Brave, Blazer, Brazen, Bullfinch, Red • breast, Rainbow, Rocket, Rose, and Raven. Four gun-boats of 211 tons each—Blossom, Gadfly, Gnat, and Garland. Mr. Laird is also building 15 iron mortar vessels on the same plan as the one built at his Liver pool yard, and successfully tested at Portsmouth a f e w days ago. During the past year Mr. Laird has launched about 20 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of upwards of 20,000 tons, including her Majesty's troop-ships Resolute and Assistance, 1,900 tone each, two ships of 1,800 tons each, four of 1,700 tons each, three of 1,200, and one of 1,000 tons. Messrs. W. and C. Miller, Liverpool shipbuilders, are constructing four wooden gun-boats for the Admiralty, of a similar class to Ulm building by Mr. Laird. ring, his mon- rking aoral ielled binet seisa R Go )f his mo- lers ;ion lain ern i at, ako .my ;ar rith ises 3ro, is I , PU 3i 100 1001 20 - .0 tOO 100 100 20 50 21i 1 73i 4 T 6 } 85 43 24 i i • 0 Rt. 10G all 104 1(13 lOg 400 100 1100 1 all 1 all 10€' 100 10( 100 100 1100 11C al l fj all all