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

'"4 7, !! 7 . 77 Fr - 77 ' 7 7 - ' 144 kd 17L. 1.40 ' .26 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with 9 dull eonearance, and, compared with Fri %vt;',. the the pre. ,- - sure to sell was not quite so great. The sales were from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, comprising 4,000 Ame tic an (1,000 on speculation), 210 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 6d. ; 90 Bahia, sd. to 6kd.; 200 Egyptian, sid. to 7d.; and 400 Surats, 31d. to 4 1 0. 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 BomLay and Calcutta, the advises received by the Overland Mail report the b usiness done in imported goods had been to a fair extent, although easier prices were submitted to. 4 t Bombay so great had been the demand for money that the banks were complied 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 averyimportant 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 article exported to date was about 60,000 cwts. The question of the Sound Dues continues still 111 an unsettled state, and the conference which Was 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 mouths of 1855 , from which it appears that 7,684 vessels Passed from the North Sea into the Baltic, and 1 ' 509 in the contrary direction, showing a total of 5 ' 193 . Compared with previous years, for the no:resp on d in 6 , number of months, it is as follows : 8 19 54 , 9,p ,o 6 • 1853, 21,512 ; 1852, 1 7, 545 ; 1851 , 9 06. T he downw ar d t en dency of the Stock and sh are Mark e t s on th e P ar i s Bourse during the last Week continu e d u p t o the close on Saturday, when th e 3 per Cent. Rentes for the account fell 1i per ant., and 1 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 Sf. 75c. Railway Shares have suffered in proportion, and Mediter taneans are 46f. 25c. less than the previous week. .&ccounts from Australia have come to hand by Wa y of Madras, per Overland Mail from India, Which s t ate that the Ben N ev i s ma il- pac k e t w hi c h left Liverpool on the 20th June, with the London had arrived at Melbourne about the 11th rn u etober, h av i ng ma d e th e passage i n 113 d a y s . T he accounts are from Adelaide, where the mail ar rived on the evening of the 14th October. Lat ter]], these mail-packets have been making and;- t hing but quick passages, and it would be very uesirabl e if the Government could in any way meet the views of the colonists, and the mercan tile community, by re-establishing steam communi %tion at an early date. There has been a fluctuating market for English S ecurities to-day, and the operations have been of importance owing to the particulars given to the Czar's reply to the Austrian u/timatuni. Consols uPened at a decided decline, viz., at about 85i f or money, and 85,i to 86 for account. Some influ ential buyers, however, then appeared upon the market, and several speculators realised their ?I.°6 t ; consequently an improvement occurred, and the present prices are 861 g for transfer, and 861 ler the 7th proximo. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to `SR. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have ruled ',Met at 86 1., an d th e R e d uce d at 86 to 86k. India Stock is 218 to 220. In the Foreign Market there has been a great ea ' of weakness in the quotations of some of the fa ding ,. investments. Turkish Six per Cents. have g-,"14 80 to 80, but the New Scrip is exceeding l y at 41 to 41 discount. The charge for carrying ever this stock is heavy. Dutch Two-and-a-Half Per( Cents. are 63, Peruvian Four - and - a - Half per 7 444 - 74, and Russian Four - and - a - Half pe r Cents. ' 4 ; 3: Spanish Three per Cents. are dull at 38 f, an d th e Passive at 6i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 19ns:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7; Mexican, p„ 2 ; Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3 ; e' r tuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per g el lts, 95 7 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 85 87 ; i vanish 3 per Cents., 381 39 ; ditto Deferred, 21i . n d itto Certificates, 4;i 4 ; ditto Passive, 61 7. isl-0-niorrow being " ticket day" in the Railway m ade Market, the usual arrangements are being - Zaue for the adjustment of the sp-culative ac 'l4olllr, and the rats for " continuation" is scarcely. W h eavy as upon the last occasion. The Great prflstern, and one or two others, are at rather fuller 11 1 ?". The foreign lines rule quiet, and the Colo tat are steady. ti Minin g ,ln Banking, and Miscellaneous Securi eB7 a fair business has been done at previous values. St St. 10 St. 10 ItI TISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I tij Prom th Offietel Lig. / }lnginus, done. 1141 * St 1 a oc r. 3 .'" tkint. Red:f.ced Annuities... . C"' Cent Consols A npvlitiec L'''' $ per oent. Annuities iZg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... .tto s o Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3; 1 bitto 3, Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3 3-16 rdia Stock 41a lloutla, 1:1000 . . . nli , ea for A.ceonnt chequer Bills, 20. P,101i) . 1 500 Small t PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. razilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. , D itto 5 pOW, er Cent. (R o thschild's) D itto N 5 per Cent., 1829 and 183 9 97 t qua(lor Bonds 4, Ditto New Consolidated I 6A 14 ""au 3 per Cent. , D itto Account I,eilvcrian Bonds, 44 per Cent. ° , lll lguess Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 l iitto 4 p er C en t 46A Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — B Ditto 4i per Cent Patnin, Bowls, 3 por Cent 38/ I Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Passive r ttrkiah Bonds, ti per cent — Ditto for the Account BO i e Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. b itte Account ... . . 41 i i , Avidend4 sae tee above cayable in Lonior, Dutch Exchange , 2, per Cant., 12 Gail... 63 THREE O'CLOCK, C'onsols Ditto for Account Feb. 7 ........... •• 8 . 3 i i a d FOIL: *II I ntwer;.o,l 4 . , :t. rwim 40 I Do. sp. c. Oh l 4s. con. 1 in Sh. at par till '64 10 !Ardennes 4i , ieiglau !.auto. June. 10 tiozi ers to Graisaessa , 4i Rombay b liaroda,an nentral all Do. all oenterara 11 outel , Rhenish._ all iEastern of France . 10 no. New all ctaat Indian, g. sp. 10 ne, EY tension_ . v 1 I do. do., '59, do.. 20 Gd. Tlf. of Cauada.A P All Do. St. Lawrence k A.tiantie do. 70 , )o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till all Do. Comp. 6p. 0., do 10 Gt. Central of Fran- all (lt i adian guar. 5 per cent. all New 5 per cow ull , o. Extensions... lreat Luxembour. Constituted Shsrel all no. . 411 qt.Westornoteauaci '4l:a.roo 5 Do. New all D.). nds., pa ya ble's7 . . with option till '55; all L f)o. do., ' 4 32, p. '56 .. all Do. ilo., '76, p. 'M._ 0.11 1r... .1.0., '73, withon. option all 4l.nalton & Toront ,, all ID°, per cent. 1 7 Cont.s & Baml , all ILiorre and Turnhout - )ous o , movl ••• 14 if i sous 4 Meliterran a ll I in Do. New all 4ftria Antonin a ll Do. do. New . a ll cazo.ur Liegf i sit intore<t) all '3o. (ex interest)...... all3forthern of Frauos. a ll I D0.5107.8hs all r..)0. 20'. 3 p. c NIP (inky. B.& A ins.9hs. all N'orwoginuTrnnlcYre 13 Paris and Lyon:; a ll Ditto Bonds all ihris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen... 16 - ,.. , lrisCaen & Cherbrg all Do 5 Rome and Frascati ail `lolten and _Havre all -.oval Danish 5 RoyalSweglish all Do. Obligations ii;ambre and Meuse._ all j )o. 51 p. cent. Pref. ss. 'Scinde all Do, all southern of Fthalle 16 St. ,t ia d roiv .„ and Quebec (A), rll West Flanders all Do 5 a per c. Pref., 18 Western of France all Do all Z« , tiand . T ESTIMONIAL TO MR. J. BUCESTONE. We learn from the Sunday Times, t hat on New pear's Day, the 665th day of Mr. Buckstone's season at the Haymarket, a handsome ser vice of plate was presented to him by the members of his Company. To a letter from Mr Ckippendale, ac companying the plate, Mr. Buckstone promptly replied as follows: — "Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Jan. 1, 1856. i 4'40) all 7: 1 7: . & Lll . C "My dear Chippendale—l this morning unexpectedly Caw 100 50 sank of London aw on my table this very handsome present of plate 50 all ttritiih N. Ameriesn Presented to me as a new year's gift by every person En- ' 5 (ni ,„ td. B an k o f Asia gaged in this theatre. lam the more gratified by the ' ;:g 4 nhrtd. Bnk. of India, offering, because it is given by every oae employed here, kustralia, & China and while it records the fact of the Ist January, 1856, 100 50 City bang the 665th ni g ht o f t h e presen t H a y ma rket season, 100 25 Colonial I feel it to be my duty, in acknowledging the gift, to 100 20 Commercial of Lond a dmit that the accomplishment of the event it celebrates 20 all g`,ng,.Q.oot.StAns.Cht t 3 Mainly due to the devotion evinced towards the man- 20 all fond. Mart. Bk. of 4 zement by every one, without exception, belonging to knstralia t he Rayrnarket Theatre. 2 0 5 Tiitto New "In the midst of war, pestilence, hot weather, and 50 2 50 0 great competition, the present season has been thus pro -1500 10 London Joint Stock ?nged, and as it is still proceeding, lam happy to say [ :7 d .sz on E s.. B nd nk. C g o . u c n o t rp y 100 20 Lond. At Westminster the existing prospects of the theatre do not indicate any 100 35 ^rational I'm.of Eng secessity for bringing the season to a close for many 20 10 Do. New ........... -. months to come—a circumstance which I feel great 50 223 stational of 'nitwit-, Pride and pleasure in stating, because my chief anxiety 20 all New South Wales—. has always bees to sustain the cld renown and foremost 25 all Oriental Bank of Position of the Haymarket Theatre, and, at the same Corpor.tion. time, ever using my hest endeavour to make everyb edy [OO 25 -tcvincial of Ireland l l em ployed in it happy and contented. 10 all 1.0. N,w 41,1 , 5 1 Royal Anstrain.l3kg t Convey this acknowledgment, my dear Chippendale, ,t a ," rnip tie. _ to concerned in this kind and graceful token of 100 50 Royal British b l ',, ee ro, and to whom I wish, one and all, a happy sill 25 ,kti Santh ~,, s tmlia ... i iti ' ° , l :Perous new year. At the same time, believe me, ; 25 all Union of Australia "Iftellly and cordially yours, e ..„ )1 Do. New ..........» " Josx B. BIICSISTONE." I 40 10 Union o London f a D TT /I T 1 71 • Ti fir A '11:11 *yr IrS c? (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ,d c . 1 RALLwAy.. 10loona Priam 1 this day. li 23 r c 1 . 1 11 tialyrier.a *.1.1 Air Ming. Woiverh Stour • e Clie,thire Junct sh , )o. & Birk. £5O and £25 IP DO., £2O 7i - 16 -- 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 all SistlL S, Ty! a crigi7.l3. - £1'..5 (Imsd. at ..424 . LOO I firistol and Exotor.., 79 - 11 ry3t - 544 100 ..... '•arm. and Cap dinar ILL .7.lwater all Cork and Bandon— al! ;lork, Black. at Pas" is jornwall - 12 all Do. A Do. B J 45 iluonn&BelfastJunc. sr) Dun. P. is Amer. Jnc. al/ Do. N•••• ...... ....... LOO P4ast Avglian all Eastern Countio3.. 1.00 East. Uninn, A Sti Itici i De., B. St .e po., New A ..... $ - 4 6i - 7 11 - Si 25 - 27 17 - 19 7i l East Kent [OO as, Lancashire IOG gdinhargh ck Glaagov , all I gdinb. and Peeblem ,00 I gdin. Prat & Dm; 4 P 9 - 70 50 - E 2 9} - 18 - 191 Forth & Ciyde Ton all Furness . all Ono. Extension ( - 31*.sizow&S. all G ro at N. of Scotlnd (A) V.;reat Northern ... 80 - 85 6 7 ‘Bi 73 74 119 Id 102 - ?04 51/ 52ii .00 Do., A. Stock 00 Do., 13. Stock )0 IGt. Sth. &West.(lre 'OO Great Western. .... . [OO ' Do. Stour Val. Rs': ! Gua. Stk all I lee& South-Eaal , eTi all i Lancaster & Oarlisi. 14i Do., Thirds 7 ;Do. Now Thirds..... 11 00 11..ncs.sh.andllorks' 70 - 751 5i 0 N 76 761 Do., Wst. IT , CI Li v. C & Sou tb. all i London & Black wa% 100 !Lon& Bright & S.Cs 100 jl.cnd. awl N. West) 16 Do. Yit - ths 5A Do.lol.Sh..lff& - 5i - 6 93 94 93} -93 i 14 - 1 I 2i Do. Zighths . . 100 Loudon andS. W.et) , all Do.. £5O all 'Do., £40........ ili COlergi %11 Lnandrr:-.& Eutf.f.; 100 Yanett.S!!ef. kr Limb al! Do. Shares, No. q 23.1 f Van Lin. TIT,. $4 - F 5 8 6i - 5i 22 / 234 • 1 Metropolitan too Midland .. - 4(1 62 - 631 7 1 ,6 - 38 *, 00 )o. Dee , All At West. fj r‘. all Half Shares__ , tll !iewt...astio & CarliAz all ,Nwpt..,Al,•erg. & arf le - wry It/ Zuniskilln ‘ll 'Cowry Warrenpoin• And o.oEtTeVilr....., ./0 Norfolk Northh.Claltritl6l4 ton gortit %.1 North Decoii, No. I r , 0., A A Deferral al) Do., Al 3 10 , V. F9.E.tern—Bern;ie t 2.1 do. Extemiou 15 Do. 0, G. N. E. Porch s!.l IDo. Leads MO Do. York WO North Loudon :3i I. N .&S.lVArn.,F..urn , . stead, and City .T'4.. VT North Sterordshir al orth all N.& S.Wcsti n.June 42 - 44 GO - 11 7 - 8}• 5 - 12 -12 A 44 45 .- 92 9 - 4i - :54 IYnneaton, Hia_•kiey^ raid Leicestz, , r 1,17G1v 20 - 22 6 1 ?r,itanionth ..... !!")e o (71,..ntral licottishMidlit 01 108 71 73 42 - 104 11i 564 576 65 - 67 5 2d pa !.00 ihropshire A.Devc.n IK. ;oath Eastorn all ?oath Wales 17 ''.. Yrksh. & Iliv. Tim 1 i 1 ', 1 :: - ,,, ' io.,+, Wok. ;Vi o l, a", tockton fit, Darli 16 it,...,kton & lir.rtlepl. 1 , )(1 f'aff Vale. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 21 ;.; I" , alaes Hay. D.& Ti. ... Ulverstone & Lanev all Vale :it Neath...,..„ all Watorfd. & Silkenn , all tVaterford&Lhnerich all West Cornwall 8 mast End of London an' Crystal Palace all Do. A „.... ~. 3 Do. 8, ,,. - 35 4 - 6 West London. all Wimbledn Croyd on aVePtltdi dol e this day. 21i 1 IGN . - 8 3 2i' - 340 it - - d 33A 34 7i - Si 21 -21 i - 6 I'ol 9i 14 3 / 4 lsi 60 65 80 - 85 lip 5k —s} par ip - 2i - 24i - 24 2t, - 98 - 100 115 - 120 115 - 120 104 106 `.24 - `23A 10 - 115 i 8 —lad 7 9 • 2 - 3 5 - 5} -4/ - P 4 11/ - .•• - 6;s. 7 1 434 - 44 . 4 - : a ... - pw lti - 194 lt - li 2 - 2 i --8 8 - ... -- pm ••• -- 3i - 4••• 276 - 286 lit' - 194 K BANKS. 88 0 56 - 158 i; -i-d •• - ••• 16} 16} 15 —15 i 3} -- :; d par 2p .. ^ -. S 7 - 37 - 38 51 - •N -- '"" AO . 73 - 75 8 9 30 31 JOINT-8T • •• ....... 18i 34 - 62 - THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 18.56. 'NYS ' • FIV: BAnwsra. Bedford and Blet ehley Buekr.rhamsh. Clydesdale Jo. Col. Stour Vy. Sad, and flat. E. Uri. (alas. Barr. & Diroct Do. New...... Olatr.sk Dn. F; Dk. & Railway _ Hull & Selby Do. ts Shares. Do. Shares. Lowt.lstoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Mat lo(tir MiddlesUrn' & Red= . Nevi-market Bury Eaten N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 ner et. 1)o. Fixeds p • Prost. Az, yt- Do. tihrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Slief.Roth_and Goole g. 5 p.c . Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygi• per cent Do wiltQk ',ornrst C Vaud , tr►a... Eatur la, . 91 - 63 94 - 98 , . ....-- ... 165 124 --- r:3- 116 :-.1.i0 ... ....... 2i - 24 88 - '0 - iP 55 - 57 13••• - :0 74 - 8 3; - 2i 29i -20 i 81 - 83 dkiAls 108 - 110 104 - 106 90 -- Vl 91 - 93 15 - 16 • •• ..... •••• , A- i 1 - 7 tl - 124 69 - 62 ki . l: : 113 105 - 107 98 -- 100 i 0- '4 - 10 - 8A P 4 86 77 - 79 77 - 79 9#-9 tri -16 i 10 67 - 6i 173 - 183 Rt - 137 -13 i 1 - 4 , 1 L 32 - 134 ••• ..." ••• ••• ".. •••• ... ... ... --- ... - - ..p 13 -13 i ••• 111 - 133 91 - 4 - 40 15 - 4 - 100 87 - 8 ) 2i - 31 i id 13 - 14 id -- pip 21i 92 —9 422 i 81 -- 91 p - 1 -2 1 = ii,l 1111 SI 5i eitEFE ttmN 100 all I+u, 1100 1100 ~, berdeen )o. N 0.2, 7 p. e. 411-th and Tyne 100 e, e. pref. (issd..:a.sol •Iris. it Ex. 4 p. c. St 10. 1 p. c. Shares ;aledonian £lO 'hest lr pit Holyliew - Ouar. 5i per cent ')o. do. Pref. No. 2 )o. do. Pref. No. 2 .7.ork &Bandonsp.e )un.Prth .trz Al per. J Anglian Cle. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cls. C 7p. c , :astern Counties Ex tonsion,s p. c. No.l )o. No. 2 . )o. Now 4 p. a. St. 3ast Un., G. 6 p. c.' )o. 51., 10 per cent )o. 101. Debentr.Sh. )o. do. 4 per cent ''ast Lan east.. 6 p. ets &IN. York. J. sthe rd Prth.&Dun.4p.c. .q.urness all 'lOO 1.0 6 S.W. 0.5 p. c 100 1.0 10 too 1100 goat Northn. 5 p. c )o, 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... 00. t p.e . Do. 5 p. e. Scrip, Red. 5 p. e. it. N. o r t'cot. lAt Pre S. 0;W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr2f. 8 It. ' , NZ:stn. (Berke Tanta Ex . 5 p. c) )o. con. red. "Pri.eon.ied. 4 p. c • )(.. irroi7. 4p. e. o . Bir r ef. ')o. Chester 8 p. DO. do. 5 p. C. do ;!!)o. firm. Gua. Stk Ches. Gua. Do. do. do Do. do. do, %au. & York. F. <E2r )o. 6 p. c. Stock .on. 14, lirigli. G. 5 p o. Pref.„-5 o. 'Yew Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per c,tnt • {.on. &N. W., Coy. 7 , 7 - traea.tou 5 p. ct.. Loll. St S.W. 7 per ct Tendy. Color. iSh I.4yhdy. k Ito/16.i R. \Tan., Shof., & tin. New, £lO f)o. -Vs • , larypt .&Carl.4p 4 per cent 0 )c, 0) .11 100 I ; 3 . 0 a 1100 100 100 100 all all all all all ''', id. Consol.s p.c.i',, .io. Cousol. Bristsl liirrs. !'. per Cont. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. ti , ' 'lO Pre''. 4 i)(..r con Do. 5/. Pr f. 4 p. c Ditto L.& H. Pref. Si Norfolk Debenture . !Do.Prof. 4 p. c. Sto , r; jDo. 5 p.c. Ext ; - )e. 5A per ct. pref ;Do.Way.Val. 5 p. a ' North British ) q. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do. Do Leeds 6 p.e :Ns.j Do. do. Quarters 4 'lo.York FT. & '`. Por Icrth Staffordshire. lxford ,WorctNster, WohTrlt. Ll 5 , 6 p.(. Do R. Pro , . 10.1. ';cot. Cent. , New Pre Month Devon )o. fixed, 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Readin; Ana.) of Ll Os. 6d, Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p e 3. Wales Gua. 4 p, e, Do. do. 4 p. e.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.auar. stock & Dar. , sp. e. Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. r . c. till July 1, '5O Watencl. & Kilk. 6 pc Fr:Nrr A TM Company London N. West L.&N.W. l aledon... E. Un. & E. C... E. Count. 4t. Wesca Ik. New. do Tiler v. &NM Easter, N to k Co Norfolk Do [4.&N. & Midl(l. ;tekton & Dartiogt. ldidland '. En. Conn. 4. Count. L. Ai N. W no it North , Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey L.3MCloan 4tockt. & Darlingt Do ItWestn MINES. all tgur. ern. . . flglo Auctrin. Gold 11l ..t.ngb Californian 6 kustrellan all kustralian Cordillen all .ve Maria all „laden (Gd.Dizehy of all ]henarvon Iron and Coal ~. 14 lritish Iron 2(; !Irazilianimp.(issue , ' aL put.) ail)o. Culaly 15 4)o. St. Johr Del Ito. narindon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica nli .lobre Copper 1 Gold all "'Appel . Min. of Ea all '')o. Prcf. 7i p. caul IC )opiapo. : 4'ortniat .„ lencral all It..Nt.vgAVei - 311.eg. ail (rircat Polwooth all 't Wheal Vor United all Liberty all hinare'.. I Cusitanian ali riariquita ........ ...••• all triv Granada all Convean Monde Poutgiband Silver Lead Min. di Smolt 1 port Philip all 'tuattz Rock all I,lLr - oney Iron all Do. New 13i 4antiago all -;oot•I all Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Pref 9 ['in Croft.. all United. Mexican all Valler all ]Vest Mariposa 12s. Morthing Mining o' Australia , Ail V!lha Australian Agrunat. A net ;,raln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Worli. 3rit. American Lane , Canada. Canada Goy. 6 p. et Jan. ana July .Irysta ) Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of Franc, Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam En.dzAus Cop Sne Co Electric Telegraph._ Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Iron Ws Collies Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steen. Irish Beetroot Sr.hgs. liagdalna St. Navig Viediter e an. Elec. Tel. Wexi can ,SLS. kmerion. Nat. Pat. Steam Fue' Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do. SpeP iss at 1 d 4.5. W. Coal di Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. New B. & N. S. Land . B. :Australasian,., rth. of EuropeStzars Oriental Do. " New Shares " p e el Rr. lA. & Min.rl. Peninsular& Orients Portland ottl.7. l n o d w lron Co ';loyal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New lontb AUN Subinar. Tel. Scrip... 7ritstdt Co.TT.Can. van Dierue%"e Land t G 2 -- 2i 24 27 29 Ad 66 -- 70 34 37 23 25 19 id 14 16 1 I 21 1 • id k - 1 4 10 - 12 2?) - 6 - 8 31 - 4i I - I I - i 4--- 4 3 - MISCELLANKUIJ b. 26 - 25 61 - 74 47 - 50 120 -- 126 115 - 106 2 - 24 41 - 43 - . 1 20 - 21 ,•• ".' ... , .. ...... ... 1 . 6 5i - 5i 2 - 3 6 - 18 - 22 ••• -- 2 - 2} 63 - 65 - 1 - 34 - 3 - 4 ••• ,16 16 this ay. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very 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. 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 1,917 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 has not been extensive, yet prices have advanced 2s per quarter. At the close of the market a clearance had not been effected. 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 ls. 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 more money. The flour trade was firm, and country qualities were the turn dearer. American flour was held for rather more money. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• .. new 633 to 81,3 Ditto••••.... old 73s 883 Ditto, White new 613 863 Ditt0..••.... old 77s 90s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 78a 114.3 Ditto new •••••• 623 803 Rye—Old ......••.... —3 —s s ew 503 52s Beley—G:indlng••••. 3 - Is 393 38s 40s Chevalier.... . • 403 4ls ed tit—Suffolk and Not -74s 82s arown.-- •••• , G" 70.3 KinesteuandWare .8s -Os hialt—Chevalier •• 80s to 82, pats.— Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 25s Ms Potato ........•. 276 34s Toughal and Cork 81ack....• •• 25s 28s Cork, White .•• .• 26s 30s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 27s 34s [leans—Tiek ... • 38s 413 Pigeons ...... .. 40 453 Peas—Grey . .. •• .. 383 41s Maple ........• • • 383 403 •• •• 47s 493 Boilers • •• •• 51s Flour —Town-made. •• 704 724 Suffolk 5Ss Stooktu & Norfolk 56s 5Ss METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Very limited supplies of foreign stock were received in the port of London last week, the total number being only 1)85 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 the arrivals amounted to 4,336 ; in 1854, 2,011 ; iu 1853, 3,111; in 1852, 3,204; and in 1851, 2,433 head. INIPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRNS. Prom Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Harlingen 49 I 332 „. Antwerp - ••• Rotterdam__ 41 ... T0ta1.... 535 ... 332 ... ... 118 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 1,4"4 ... 2,640 ... ... 261 ... 1 154 2ll ... I,CBI „, ... 149 ... 1853 4lB ... 2,419 „, ... 2 44 ... 1852 621 _. 2,223 ... -- _, 353 _. 7 1851 399 ... 1 , 778 .- -- ... 227 ._ 21 A very limited supply of foreign stock was on sale in poor condition. The show of Irish stock, via Liverpool, amounted tiit o l l in. B o ob casts, 359 sheep, and 55 pi g . ) , th e w h o l e in good The rrrivals 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. lOd. per 81bs. From Norfolk, SutZdk, - Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,300 Scots and short horns ; from the northern and other grazing districts, 800 of various 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 Leatlenhall, all breeds of sheep met a very dull trade, at a decline in price of from 2d. to 4,1. per 816 s. The extreme value of old Downs was 4s. Bd. per 81b3. The supply of calves was limited ; nevertheless, the veal trade was heavy, at Friday's decline in the quotations. The best calves sold at s s. B d. per sibs. Pigs were in fair age to g es supply sink the a o n ff ( a l is. moderate request, at last week's currency. r a e i r r a6ivbemr s. d. e. di s. (I. s 4. Inferior Beasta....3 4to 3 6,PrimeSouthdown 4 6 410 end quality.... 3 8 4 Of Large crse. calves 4 6 5 2 Prime largo oxen 4 2 4 6 1 Prime small do 5 4 5 S Prime Scots, <Ste. 4 8 4 10 1 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4iBmall porkers Second quality ...3 6 3 10;Suekling ealves 23 0 2S 0 Prime crse•-wlled.4 0 4 4!Qttarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL lIIIPPLT. 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. R emi ts ........ ;......... 3,841 I Beasts•• .... •........... . 525 Sheep ..... ...... ........29,150 Sheep • Ca l ves .... .... .. 1 116 Calves...". •••••• .......• 82 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monthly, Jan. 15, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Jan. 11, 1855. Per Blbs, to sink the opals. Jan. 15, 1855. Jan. 14,':;6. s. d. s. d. ls. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 3 2 to 3 4;3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 6 4 0.3 $ 4 0 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 2 „ 4 411_ 2 4 6 Prime Scots, Ire ... ... ~. ... 4 6 4 814 8 410 Coarso and inferior sheep ... ... 3 4 3 8;3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 310 4 2 3 6 310 Prime coarse woofed ditto ... ... 4 4 4 814 0 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 0,4 6 410 Lambs ... ... ... .., ... ... 0 0 0 0;0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ..„ ... ... 4 0 5 2 4 6 5 2 Prime small ditto ... „„ ,„ ... 5 4 5 8,5 4 5 8 ..........._................, ... ..„ ... ... Large hogs . .. ..., ..,, ... 3 0 4 0,3 10 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 Pigs ... ... ... .., ... ...410 , 500 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 16„1854.—Beasts, 4,460 ; sheep, 16,150 ; calves, 63 ; pigs, 340. Jitinubry 17,1853.—Beasts, 4,502 ; sheep, 20,860 ; calve , , 307 ; pigs, 235. 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 •ory moderate. Th• de mand is by no means active, as follows : Per Blbs by tho carcass. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 S Do. prime large-3 16 4 0 Dr , do. small 4 2 4 4 Perk, large 3 10 4 4 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 0 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. - - Last week's imports of foreign hops were 15 bales from Boulogne, and 255 from Antwerp. We are well supplied with English q uotations, in whici a steady business is doing, as follows and East Kent pockets, 31 15s to 6/ 10s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 10s to 51 Os ; Sussex, 3! 5s to 41155. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report very moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise or by r a il way . O n the whole a n average business is doing, as follows :—York Regents, 903 to 110 s ; Kent and Essex, do., 75s to 953 ; Scotch do., 803 to 955; de. reds, 653 to Ws, WOOL. Although public sales of over 30,00 bales will be held next month, our market is firmer, and prices are well sup ported. The imports last week were under 100 bales. The importations iu 1845, compared with 1854, were as follows : Foreign—Tu In 1R 55. Colo'nial—ln 18 54 183,302 „ lu 1855 199,608 „ The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tep, is ld to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is ld to is 2d ; do. wethers, is Od to is id ; Kent, deee,es, is ld to Is i d; combing skin, 10,1 to is ld ; Down ewes, is ld to Is 1,1 ; Leicester fleeces, lid to is ; flannel wool, is Od to le 2d ; blanket wool, 9d to is Od per lb. SEEDS. The amount of business doing in most kind of seeds is very limited. In prices wo have no change to notice. Cakes are rather heavy. Tarnip,White, per bush. 22s to 25s Swede .. •• •• •• — s %Stutz :d. Brown.. •• •• 125 20s tflatte, new •• •• •• s s 11 " rires.Winter,new.• fld 7s Gd Old— •• .• • • •• • • •• 7' Canary, per quarter . IsSs 64s Clover,RedEng (cwt.) tig 4 SOi White •••••• • • •• 73s 903 stye grass.. -.... •• ••• 24s 30s Foreign Red.. •• •• 623 72s •• 70s 85, Trefoil, uew.......... 403 40 4 Carraway (new) 42e 44s Coriander .......... 214 3's Flempseed, per quarter 54$ Ws Linseed, Eng.iowing.. --s Crushing •• •• •• •• 78s 84s Baltic •• •• --s —e Odessa .• •• .. —4l —5 LinseedCaks, pr. tots— English • • ~.14 / 108 15 Os Fox 7 elgn, per toi; 13' 10s 14 114 IRape Cakes, pr ton 71 10 s 8 Os 'Rapeseed, New, pr qr.. Ws 912 TALLOW, Our market has become son rather higher than on Monday last is quoted at 6Ss 3d per cwt. Towr k.t firmer, and prices are P.Y.C„ on the spot, tallow, 66s nett cash. 1651. 1852. 1853. 11154. 1855. 43.341 34,563 21,374 61s Odto 59s 61 to 68s 3d —s Od I—sOd to Od 2,680 1,919 1,284 67,038 51,483 79.241 2,783 77 3,319 87,667 5 0,046 54,073 63 , 3 1 6 18 Od i 68s Id 463 Od Stook this day 36 61: 3 ,5 1 32 w 44,270 Price of Y. C tGi 6d to od Delivery last week • • 2,858 2,43; Ditto from June 1.... 7 0,413 66,399 Arrivals last week.. 2,144 30 Ditto from Junel 91,1 12 70,041 Price or Town ..... ) 39' 61 9cl CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIVE SHILLING DAY, Saturday, Jan. 12, 1856.—Admissions on payment, 57 ; ditt o by season tickets, 74 9 . To ta l visitors, 806. GUN-BOATS AND MORTAR-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 3 ard, and succeseully tested at Portsmouth a few 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 tons 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 F to those building by Mr. Laird. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) It is this week our melancholy duty to record the death of Lieutenant Joh❑ Roberts, 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 prmuote 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 io this newspaper have always been those of a true and loyal gentleman, and their consistency unimpaired when uuder most trying political cir cumstances. . For a period of 33 years Mr. Roberts faithfully served the Government is a civil capacity as postrna•tter of Chesterfield, and it is now 28 s ears since he originated and first printed and publiiled 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 strvices which Lieut Roberts rendered to hid country in his naval career are thus recorded in O'Byrne's Naval Biography "John Roberts entered the navy Bth May, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol , on board the invincible, 74, Capt. Rosa Donnelly and John llollinworth, the latter of whom he followed as midshipman into the Resistance, 36, com manded afterwards by Capt. Philip L. J. Roenhagen 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 be 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 tune sin ploved with Capt. Hole, in the Badger, 10, lie returned to England in the Resistance, under the command of Capt. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. He served subsequently in the Devonshire, 74, Capt. R ,ss Don nelly, fitting at Sheerness—Jason, 32, Capt. Hon. Jas. Win. King, flag-ship for some time of ET. R.ll. the Doke of Clarence, under whom lie escorted L-uis XVIII. to the c mast of France—Centaur, 74, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, in which ship he made a v,,ya4e to the Cape of Good Hope—Eridanus, 36, Cap',. William Paterson, lying at Plymnouth—aed Minden, 74, fitting for the flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the, Etst Indies, previously to proceeding whither he fought under the officer last mentioned as Admiralty-Midship team (a rating he had filed on board the Eridanus), at the batt'e of Algiers. For his conduct on this occasion he was promoted 16th Sept., 1816, to the tank of Lieu tenant. For his services at the battle of Algiers Lieut. Roberts received the war medal with one clasp. His last appointments were iu June, 1317, and Feb., 1819, to the Orlando, 36, and Malabar, 74, both commanded by Capt. John Cavell, on the East India station, whence he returned in Oct , 1819." ONE OF THE MINOR POINTS OF ME CUI:IZENOY QUESTION. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) Among the really unimportant matters which the ig norance cr sophistry of the Bullionist party has magni fied into affairs of moment is the " promise to pay" whic`l stands on thu Bank of England note. What, these gentlemen Pay-, does this promise to pay mean uu 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 appretrance. The Bank Charter dares dilly 27, 1694,-- when some 1,300 merchants and traders subscribed 1,200,0001. They issued their notes with this " pro. rise to pay," the only form uthich was then known. So they went on increasiog in wealth and importance till 1797. Teen the Government being in great diffi,:ulties, the flank having a,ivaet , (l bullion till they bad a .ne left to advance, and specie leaving the country, a kind of virt,ership 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 I iiPco vered what an enormous latent power was possessed by Reptie..-.entative 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 had 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 "floin the Ex chequer for 1/. 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 mise that they should be " received" at the Royal Ex chequer, and the Ballionist 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 and at the Exchequer. In what form this National note should run is just about as important as the colour of the Penny Postage 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 proud of disputing about affairs of this kind. One man would have a National Note with the Act of Parliament set lo:th under the authority of which it is i-sued, and all its uses and advantages ex plained. Very well :if we get the :-übstantial Note we won't oLject to the shadowy inseriptizni. 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 durability 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 pares of a pound be issued in preference to the dirty, perishable paper money with which the German States are supplied. Money purely representative—a t )ken of value, and not value itself—not at once " money and merchandise," is what we advocate. In this representative money —whether piper yr me tal—let gold, silver, like iron, tin, and copper, tiud their market price. EXTENSIVE FIRE. - - Late on Saturday night, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire brdka out on the premises of Messrs. Hopkinson, pianoforte makers, New-road. The factory in which the flames originated occui)ies the centre of a chimp of buildings, bounded• on the west by Fitzroy row, a narrow thoroughfare filled with tenements occu pied by poor people, the New-road on the south, Fre derickstreet 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 had most arduous duty to perform. The scene 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 firs could not be as certained. DEATIL OF LIEUT. J. ROBERTS, R.N. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) Lormois, Jan. U.—Wind this clay- 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—Curacoa, from Callao, for Ha vre ; H.M.S. Loudon, Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind E.N.E., stronz.—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.—WindSailed—Caliota, for Hon duras. CLYDE, Jan. 11.—Wind N.— Sailed—Niger, for Val paraiso. ABERDEEN, Jan. ]l.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Nautilus, from Demerara ; Josephine, Quebec. SUNDERLAND.—SaiIed—BeIIa Alliance, for Calcutta; Harriet, Havana. COWES.—Arrived—Josephine, from Laguna, for Ham burg. Put back—Concordia, for Antwerp, with damage to port quarter, from contact off Dungeness on the n th iMSt. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Mary, from Shields, for Grimsby, was abandoned off Whitby on the 11th inst. crew lauded here by the Apame, from Shields, for Havre.; (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—American ship Globe, from Havre ; Atalanta (s), Havro ; Sylph (s), Dublin ; Fairy Queen, Margaret, Ally, Bartley, Light and Sign, 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, Monday Morning. Wind S.E• Arrived—Union, from Cobija ; General Simpson, 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. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.34 a.m. Wind S.E. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; fine and frosty. Arrived, Jau. 13 —Clyde (a), from Balaklava. Arrived, Jan. 14.—Nymph, from Villaviciosa ; Vera city, liddevgalla. DEAL, Monday, 9.31 a.m. Wind S.E. by E., fresh and fine. Passed, 13th —Regina, from Loudon, for Sierra Leone. MAGISTERIAL ORANGES. r. W. J.Broderip, F. R. s., who has for the very lengthened period of 34 years unre mittingly di-cbarged the onerous duties of police magis trate at the Thames and Westminster Courts, has retired, owing, we regret to say, to declining health. Mr. Payuter, of the Wandsworth and Hammersmith Courts, will succeed him at Westminster, and Mr. Dayman, who was called in 1829, and has been many years practising upon the Western Circuit , w ill su pp l y the vacancy caused by his removal. kt 4).1.-6,54i 4J- 4 y 7 1;• ) SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to •3• agst Coroner (taken) 40 to 1 agst Imogene Oaken freely) 50 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 1000 to 15 agat Fandango (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rifleman (taken) 1000 to 15 agat Aleppo (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 1000 to 15 apt Maid of the Morn (taken) 1000 to 10 apt Chicken (Irish) 1000 to 10 agst Epaminondas (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Courtenay (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Simony (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES; 4' to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE: 7to 1 sgst Black Swan and Harry Lorriquer coupled. DERBY. 91 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) Bto 1 agst Wentworth (to 4001.) 13 to 1 apt Yellow Jack (taken) 9 to 1 agst Ellington (offered) 14 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Pohnoodie (taken) 50 to 1 agst Aleppo (taken) Cliertsey Steeplechases are postponed until Friday next. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this afternoon Vice-Admiral Manley H. Dixon to the reserved list of flag officers in receipt of service pensions,-.vice Curry, deceased. SE OND MASTER. Henry Lamb (acting) to the Magicienne. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W. CODRINGTON. (Front a Supplement to the London, Gazette of Friday ) WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. 14. Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Lordship by General Sir William Cod r:ngton K.C.B.:— Sebastopol, Jan. 1, 185 r. My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose the copy of a letter from his Highness Omer Pasha, addressed to General Sir James Simpson, in acknowledgment of a despatch from him, dated 30th October, 1855, announc ing the gracious intention of her Majesty to bestow the Crimean Medal upon the Ottoman troop".—l have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c., &c., &c. Enclosure. • An Quartier General sur le Tivi, Mingrelie, la 29 Novembre, 1855. Monsieur le General,—.l'ai eu l'honneur do r ecevoir la depeche du 30 Octobre, dans laquelle votre Excellence ru'a transmis copie d'une depeche du Ministre de la Guerre, annoncAnt l'mt.ntion gracieuse de Sa Majeste la urine d'ingleterre, d'accorder aux soldats Ottomans Is Medaille qu'elle a deja c oder%) aux soldats de son Armee. Je voua prie, Monsieur le General, de faire part a sa Majdste du la rec.nmatssauce quo je partage avec lee aol• date de rartned que j'ai l'honneur de commander, de la conde-cendance de la Majeste en bien voulant accorder aux soldats de sa Majeste Irnperiale le Sultan, cettee marque de son approbation de leur condutte, (lulls re garderont comtne un souvenir de sa boute condegcen. dante, et des faits glorieux qui ont eu peur reaultat la prise de Sevastopol. J'aurai l'honneur de faire part a mon Gouvernement de l gracieuse intention de Sa Majeste la Reine, pour que je puisse prendre lea ordres de Sa Majeste Imperiale Is Sultan a ce sujet.—Agreez, &Le., Le Generslissime de l'At tnee Ottomans, (Signe) OMER. A. eon Excellence le General Sir J. Simpson, G. C. 8., Cemtnandaut- en-Chef l'Armee Anglaise en Orient. Sebastopol, January 1, 1856. My Lord, -I have the honour to enclose Dr. Hall's weekly report, dated 31st December, 1855, and have great pleasure in calling your Lordship's attention to the very satisfactory state of the general- health of this army, whieth is therein detailed.—l have, &o , (Signed) W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Paumnre, Bre. Head-Quarters, Camp, Crimea, December 31, 1855. Sir,—l have the honour to reiy - xt the weekly state of sick to the 29th instant. The health of the army con tinues very satisfactory ; there is an absence of serious disease, and although the admissions under the head chest affections and frost bite are uumerow, it is sat►s factory to know that the former are, for the moat part, inerely simple catarrhs, and the latter plight vesications of the flogev., toes, and tips of the ears. The few se rious cases there are were all occasioned by exposure when drunk. The Land Transport Corps does not enjoy the same health that the troops do, and more than one-half of the deaths which have occurred during the week have taken place in that corps alone. Under the head of fever, one third of the admissions and two-thirds of the deaths were in the Land Transport Corps ; that is 65 out of 182 ad missions, and 11 deaths out of 15, leaving only four for the whole Army, which is as great an exemption trout serious febrile disease as can welt be expected. The diminution of bowel complaints in the Army is equally remarkable, and here again three out of tis seven deaths which occurred took place in the L tud Transport Corps. It is difficult to account for this disparity of health between this corps and the mili tary, as they are as well fed and clothed as the sol diers, and of late they have certainly not been over woi ked. Numbers of men have recently joined the corps, and as they get better organised matters will daubtless improve. Neatly one-half of the force is corn posed of natives, riot of the Crimea, but of Asia Minor, and other places, and they bear the winter ill. The following abstract shows the admissions and deaths dining the week, and those during the previous week _ . _ This week. Last week. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died Fevers Head affections Chest ditto ...... Diarrhosi. Cholera Dysentery Rheumatism Frost Bites Wounds and injuries Ophthalmia Other diseases Total 1,274 3i; 1,423 40 I have, ste., J. HALL, Inspector-General of Hospitals. General Sir W. J. Codrinizton, Commanding-in-Chief. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. _ Meeting This Day. A meeting of the board was held this morning at P4..r -lington•house, Piccadilly ; Mr. John Thwaites in the chair. There was a full attendance of the members .if the board. A. large number of the public was present, in consequence of the great interest attached t.) the elec tion of a clerk to the beard, appointed to take place to day. Mr. B. Drew officiated as hon. secretary in the ab• sence of Mr. Wilkinson. The minutes of the last meeting were read and eill 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. COMMON SEAL. Mr. LoWMAN TATLon brought up the amended re port of the committee for devising a commou seal. The committee suggested that the large seal should have the arms of Surrey, used by the Clerk of the Peace fur 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 out 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 aanutn, including travelling and incidental expenses. Mr. CARTMELL moved the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. Hows seconded the motion. Mr. DIFING ER asked Mr. Cartmell, one of the com mittee, if he thought 1,0001. a-year sufficient for the engineer? Mr. CARMEL]: said he should 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 had come to the determination to recommend the above sum. Mr. D'lfanger moved that the salary be 1,0001 BSI 7;a 4 11.. i 102 old 2k 2 76 i 51 i 93 i I I 85 4} 4 63k 4 21 St. 1.09 St. I1('• 4t. 8 all 10 , all St Ar3.i, tl3 661 I 13 44,i • 56 7 2,4 1 i i 7i i i 0 5 6t. 25 1 0 15 100 Pra Pm 111 la dis 2k li i i 2t x d 69 8 123 2 4 2 105 i f 21 203 year, with 200/. a-year for travelling expenses. He bad no wish to be extravagant, bat only to obtain the ser vices of a gentleman they could depend on, and the ay 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. NICOLA; as a member of the committee, said the committee, consisting of fifteen members of the board, unanimouMly adopted the report. He did not think adding 2001. &y ear to the salary would be sufficient to induce better men to come forward and offer themselves for the office than if they adopted the report. Mr. Burtsram should support the amendment. He wag an advocate for paying men well for their servicee, and then they would have their work done well. , Mr. OFFER reminded the board that the engineer for the City had other works to attead to besides the sewer age. In committee Mr. Cartrnell suggested 1,2001, a-year, and another gentleman 8001. for the salary, but the committee differed from them, an d a d opte d a medium course, which he thought a wise one. Mr. DALTON reminded the board that. the old com mission paid 800/. a year to their engineer, and had as well two consulting engineers, to whom for one report they hail paid 1,0007. He thought 1,0001. a year, in cloding travelling expenses, inadequate for the services of such au engineer as the board required. Mr. Depu'ey HARRISON said it was true the City en gineer had now 1,200/. a year. He had been in lb. service of the City for 11 years, and, appreciating his services, the commissioners, two years ago, advanced his salary from 800/. to 1,200/. 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 Baard were about to elect a distinct officer as their architect. He thought it was policy to commence with the 81.1111 LIALLICII in the report. It. could be increased if necessary At a future time. Mr. CARTMELL Said it was out of respect to the coin mittee that he gave way to thew, that 1,200/. a•year should be the salary of the engineer. The CHAIRMAN put the motion, when seven tnendiere only voted for the amendment, and it was consequently lost ; and that that part of the report relative to the engineer he received and adopted wai carried. Mr. CARTSIELL then moved that portion of the report which recommended that the accountant's salary Le 4.561. per annum. Mr. Hews ?econded the motion. The duties had formerly been klone by the accountmt of the late board at a less sum and on a rising scale. The committee, in naming 450/., bad placed the wicountaut lather above the sum he had been iu the habit of receiving. Mr. Invue suggested that the accountant be paid 6001. per annum, but as no member seconded him the on motion was carried. PLACES OF MEETING. A report was brought tip by the Committee appoiuted to select a site where the board could hold their future meetings. The committee had been in communication vvita the President of the Board of Works and Laud Revenue, for a house in Spring-gardens ; but the lease to be granted ran so shot t, and the amount required for it so large, that tle committee recommended that offices and a board-room should be erected on their premises in, Greek•street. Mr. SEELEY doubted the propriety of their fixing on Greek-street for their future residence. The committee, which was composed of seven gentlemen, four belonging to WeArninster and two to the City, and none from the East, travelled from Greek-street to Charing -crafts, 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. He considered the Royal Exchange - the most central spot. If they drew a line Irma 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 millions, and the latter about 800,000 iuhsbitants. He moved the re-consideration of the vestiou, to endeavour to find a coevenient spot withia a mile of the Exchange. Mr. DIXON seconded the amendment. A discussion ensued, in the course of which the hoard was a ddressed by Mr. Hawkes (who defended the oom• enittee from the imputation of partiality to the west-e4d at the expense of the east•end or aoy other part of the metropolis), Mr. Daviee, Mr. Hall, Mr. Howe, 1\11... Collison, Mr. Knight, Mr. Snow, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Crel lin, Mr. Lowman Taylor, Mr. Savage, and Major Lyon. It was stated that the new premises would cost between 20,000/. and 30,000/ , whereas their own free hold might be adopted to their wants, and afford every accommodation, at an expenditure of only 2,0001. or 3,000/, Mr. SEELEY denied that he wished to impute anythir,s improper to the cranniittee in their partiality for the West•end. The CHATRIIAN put the amendment, which wadi kat. Mr. OFFER then moved, and Mr. SAvAas soconded, tha• the ren , rt he reieired to the ceirntnittae (with the addit•on of five member-) for further consideration. (W d Ai , tll give the colichision iu our last edition.) i 8 a meudineut was also lost, and the original mo tion earri, d. The couunittee was re-:Appointed, with the addition of fite nameß, to consider the plans for the necessary an. commodation of the board. The meetings of the board will nitincately be permanently held on the pretnises iu Gretk-street, APPOINTEENT OF CLERK. The CITAIRIIAN in directing the attention of the board to the elec!ion, said he had received 34 application', ameugst whom appeared the name of Ur. Wilkinson, the present honorary clerk. A long discussion then ensued, at the termination of which it was decided that no member of the board thould become a candidate. The election of clerk was then adjourned until Fri day next, to allow Mr. Wilkinson time to resign his seat at the board if he thought proper to do so. IL was also agreed the election nt an engineer and ac countaLt shoulo take place on Ffiday week. The appointment of the follow ind committees was or dered to stand over for further consideration To hear aud determine appeals ; 2. For financ:al purposes ; 3. To confider bye-laws ; 4. To confer with vrstries and districts ; 5. To report on duties of the board under the Btaling Act ; and, G. To examine and report on claims fur compensation. Tae meetir g shortly after terminated. TITHE COMMUTATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —AR your readers may feel anxious to know the result of the ecru averages for th© seven y,-!ars to Christ ina-, last, published by authority iu the London Gazette of yesterday—viz, v. J. Wheat. 6 6 per imperial bushel, Barley 3 8. ) ; 2 7: 1 ; 1 beg to state for their inf inflation that each 100/. of tithe rent charge will for the year 1856 amount to 931. 18A. 110., which is a little more than 4 per cent. abova the last year's value. The following statement from my " Annual 'lithe Commutation Tables " will show the worth of 1001. of •tithe rent charge for each year since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, viz : Fur the year 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1a45 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 . 1851 . 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 £9B 13 9 97 7 n 95 7 9 98 15 9i 102 12 5,1 10? 8 9 1 105 12 2 104 3 5 103 17 114 102 17 99 18 WI 102 1 0 100 3 7 98 16 10 96 11 41 93 16 11 91 13 51 90 19 5 89 15 8 93 18 14 20) £1,972 12 74 General average for 20 years £9B 12 74 I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES M. WIT:LICH; Actuary, University Life Assurance Society. 23, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, Jan. 12,1858. M. Iferzen's "Exile" has been reprinted at Ham. burg, and interdicted (for a moment) at Leipsie. The Russian agents interfered, and the Saxon authorities proved complaisant ; but the trade protested, and after tome reconsideration the ban was removed. "My Exile " is therefore free to pass among the libraries of Germany. THE MONSTER STEAM SHIP AT DLACKWALL.— The g st a . tio i n i C er in fi n i p .s a t n y y oy great stearn-sLip building a t Messrs. Scott Russell's for is to be launched age will be to tie e E firstast e wee n e e S k t e i a n m L a g v u i New York, and not to Australia. Sh e i s to b e ca ll e d The Great Eastern, and will proceed to Liverpool. THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS.--On dit that a question is to be raised in the House of Commons as to the pro priety of g iving the Chiltern Hundreds to a man in the position of the ex-member for Rochester. Professor Kiss, of Berlin, has commenced the execu tion of an equestrian statue of King Frederick William ti e Third, as likewise th at o f a monumen t t o be erected to the late Privy Councillor Beuth. At the same time, he is about to finish the sculptures which are to adorn the new Museum at Berlin. 1 I 631 3 201 12 St St. 20 St. 1.6 10 St. St. it. 20 St. St. 12, 10- Wit• it. 15 i x d x d