The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

I . THE Se N, LONDON, _. SHARE MARKETS. i LINES LEASED AT FIX.ED RENVALF.. 1313 ge , MONEY MARKET Lasing Coning rrices Ba.iaess (THIS DAY.) ?,h• . Fa, ridartAn Company this day . yester tad% 12 , th , .1* AND -ai. —.....-. —.- ... .......-...... ---- ---. .-...._ ur 3 e COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS. 60 ail Bedford and London itt le ____— I _________,,_ Blet:Thley 92 - 94 , a.!h. ~..., , tThr. Pai,l• HA ILT A 1%,. Dimon,. Prices A nsirtaas di n e St. 100 Buckghamsh. •&N•W• _ 9B 1. Ore CITY, Two e CLOCK. this day. yesterlay. St 'l.OO ClydesdaleJc. laledon_ 94 Et; la 1-- ---- " ----- - - -----.'"" 25 all Col. Stour Cy. .. 13n. & The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed --- it. i(Y.) A.berdee , .. 22 •23 22i ... IN. West. ... - Sud. and. Hal. E. C ..... ••• - ••• t 1.4 ir heavily, 1: - :, 8,.., Imbg. Nottng. Bost c 5 , r and compared with Friday's rates prices and Es.stn. Junct 3i - 3 i tlvi is of American were a point in the buyer's favour, 50 all Belfast & Ballyrnea, ... - - ?I s I more particularly as regards Boweds, at 5-d. to ;3i all Oirining. Wolverh ~, Neils. Direct fat. 100 11.a°40111) E. l : 5. U1. 8 4 .. nn. 8 . '; a i r .6 r S . Pi' lz -; ' r•jal t: d NC o or i l l it il ln u t: 17: -... 134. th s i ld. All other kinds were unchanged. The sales Stour Va11 , ..y 7i - 8 St. tou Do. New__ Doti, , _ - ••• i en- .11 ?•9 ; Hirleib.d. Lancel_ & 25 all Glstr.dr Dn.Fr Gt. t esa. ... - •.. ' tab- were estimated at 5,000 bales, and consisted of Cheshire J , •rict l6 - 15 een about 1,000 American for export-500 on specula- i 7.,7i :In rir. Ch es h . & Wrk., 22 1.9 Do , X2O 5O all Hull zl,-, Selby Y. &NM. 104 - 105 h a lion ; 500 Surat, 31d. to 41d 40 Sea Islands, I . £5O and 225 Cells 1 ••.: 8 14 .1.. - ••• 100 all ligl i lt a l 3 !k. & 5tri.11.2r7.. ._ ..... ... 25 all Do. 2 . 1 Sbarec. Do . h ibi- 10d. to 101t1. per lb. In the Railway Share ~ rid ?.,5 all illyt . 1-, &Tv •• .' .ht ongma, 124 all Do. 1 Shares. o •• - ••• Market not much business was done and prices 12: all Lon.&Greenv? t . Easton 12i - 13 e two £25 (ised. at £45) •••• - :,•• St. 100 Bristol and Exeter... 7 9 - ,41 - 79i 9 20 all Do.Prefercnc..e - 1 1, :oo - ••• /1 et 1 t rather receded. 53} - 51 at• MO Caledonian r,la ic h The advices from New York mention that the 10 as. Carm. and Cardigan ••• - - six - 12 s S t t. . 0 00 0 Lo Lo n w . e , s T t i o l f . t , k g S r: cto Si,- Co. 105 - 110 4 per cent. orfolk... ... - ... market for public securities continued active, but al. Chester & Holyhead. TO ii no', as a large amount F:0 An Cork •and Bandon. •••- • • • St. tOO Do. 6 per et. Do ••• - ••• a decline in prices was expected, as a 20 an Cork, Rack, d; Pas?. ••• - - all Manch. Bxtn. .&N. W wig of available capital would necessarily bo absorbed 20 iS Cornwall - - - lies - by the requirements for the Spring Trade. An iin- 10 all •Do. A ............. - •••• 50 all m a i t i l i d die lN s i b at y l o o , c a k s & t c k /1 I t i o d n l d i s z . 2i -24 spa , 10 8 Do. B - ••• Bedcar Darlingt. ..• -•. - 10 provement was likely to take place in commercial 10 lA WWI Junction ... - ... St. 100 AU dld. Bra, lill Midland.. 88 • lio I "ar- ' affairs generally, and as the imports of merchandise 61 51 Newmarket t 2 -ia , ,i l, D D L .A . I ; a . ~T o.ez ia ) . ..„,,: i l in ce : 5, A : 4 7i Bury Exten... iEn. Coun. Ad. - A p ni caul during the first two months of the present year 2F, all Do. N.A. •• - 50 all N.& Fast.s p.c. 'E. Count. 55 - UT • ~ would prob a bly b e very large, the duties alone St. 100 East At glina ll - 12 50 6 ,r‘ a ll Do. cr ct. '3)0.•....... ... - ... 'ea co, Would represent a large sum. The money market, 20 i zll Eastern Counties..... g - 81 Si 8 i 5(. 1 a n Do. loixeds p o n • the 25 all Prest. Az Viy:e .&N.W ... - ..• rd or therefore, would no doubt become more stringent, St. ,100 East. 7nion, ASO 25 ••••••• 27 nt. 109 Do., B. 5t0.e......,.,. 17 - 19 12 all Do. i '•lars. A o •• - "a.:* o. 4 ;est hut the last weekly returns of the City banks 0 25 5 7 8i , D Ea o ;t , New A .. ••• - - St. 100 RoystnA Hit. GtNortho 180 -IA 5 12 0 /1 9 1 li the allowed a diminution in the loans and discounts of••• - - rlik $755,371. For the item of specie there was an s - t. WO - East Lancashire,.,,.. /9 -70 691 25 18$ S o l 1 0 0 f o . i l e l g o t . ll s _,a p n e t! L y an o c r a k ar ... ...... ... 10 all Shrews.&Her, T.Brassey 74 - 8 this S. 100 Edinlyargh&Clasgo , 50 - 5)2, 51 addition of $387,258, and the total amount held 10 all iEdinh. and Peebles... 9} - Di i 'er a and on the 22d ult. was $11,971,333. st. IWO iEdin•Prth ezDr.rde , 19 -20 10 9 Forth Sr, Clyde Jr.n •. ... - ••• \ S v . o S a t r a v t - 1 ° a ll l e s y h g . r li t . o 3l e k e t l . ea k n 3i - 21 1 6 por cent... Darlingt ..• - ... fa: irly 25 • all' Do - 31 The Report of the Colonial Bank, read at the 50 all Furness ••• - ••• gi •01.1- 20 all iDo. Extension ...... - •• • Si. 100 Wilts&folurst qtWestn. 81 - 83 Meeting of to-day, was very favourably re- St. 100 'Glaszow 8; S. West ,•-• 80 - 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. ceived. The net profits for the half-year were 10 all Great N. of Scotlnd. 5 - 7 21,0861. 2s. 11d., from which the directors pro- ROO Great Northern - ~x , I t : posed a dividend of 21. 10s. per cent. for the half- St. 00 Do., B. Stock I t. . '' 00 Do., A. Stock 7l - 73 72i 1191 -- 121 25 all Birth and Tyne lOpei l ot 0 0) v Ab o 7 N d o e . e 2 n , 7 p. c... .. 1.08 04 : 1 06 10 year, leaving 8,586/. 2s. lid. to be carried to the st. 'lO Ot.Sth. sz,vv'est.aro.Y l gl _ - 10! 102 _ St 100 Great Western I - 5., 51i f c. pref. (issd.atso/ - , ••• - ••• St. 100 . ris. Sr, Ex. 4 p. c. St. 90 -92 92 fund for meeting bad debts. The report was st.. 100 Do. Stour Val. Hail 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Sharon... •• - .•• 24 of adopted. Goa. Sti lt • 3 - ES St. 100 Caledonian £ lO 9l - 93 24 of en Os. ry ex- %IC fair tiit) jGua. SD: . all Irish South-Eastern. all (Lancaster & Carlisle 145 , Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds LOO jLaneash.andYorksh. Do., Writ. aiding Un. all Lit*. Crsb y. &South pt all London & Blackwal 1.00 i Loud, Bright & S.Cst. LOG (Loud. and N. Westn. 16 Iflo, Fifths 5 3 / 4 D0.10.!.6h.,M&8...0 2 3 / 4 , Do. Eighths.. 106 London andS, Weatn. all Do., £5O. all 0., £4O .............. all nclndrr,y& Col sraini all iLudndrr:". f';„ Ennlsk . WO iffarich.Shef.& Linclu all I Do. i Shares, No. l 823.1 Do., Mat . is: Lin. lin. 1 i Metr0p01itan.......... [Co Midland ICO i)o.Birrang. & D erh) all idld.o. West. (Ire. )1 all 'Do. Half Shares 11l 'NRWCaStie & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. &Fled 83 Newry & Enniskan all Newry Warrenpoint rour al, uly, ,ct, 4MI ale at, 13 , i 1 rag The Ottoman Government have published a Re port of the Minister of Finance (which appears in another part of our impression), concerning the budget of expenses occasioned by the present war i to Turk ey . Thi s i mportant s t a t emen t i s su b m itted to the cons id erat i on of a b oar d o f con t ro l a pp o inted .h the S u lt an, an d compr i ses th e b u dget from the :'7th May, 1853, to the 27th September, 1855—a period of 28th months. During that period the dishursenaents of the Treasury for extraordinary c , 4expenses o f war, mar i ne, an d ar till er y, amoun t e d 46 'to 11 ,200,0001. sterling, of that sum 5,400,0001. is 25 4sio vered by th e b u d ge t allotted for the three Btetepartments ; and 4,573,0001. obtained as fol- 23 lows :—Produce of the first loan 2,286,2881., Blf advanced b y R o th sc hild on th e N e w Loan ig 600,0001. ; national gifts 201,800/. ; issue Bt. of paper money 1,440,0001., and Bank of deposit loans 46,7001. ; thus leaving a sum of 100 1,227,0001. to be claimed by the Treasury as excess E. of expenditure. To make up this deficiency, and 20 to prepare for any further outlay in prosecuting the war with vigour and ease, as the Minister expresses himself, there is a likelihood of Turkey IN - ling obliged to come again into the Money Mar kot for a new loan. On the Paris Bourse yesterday there was very little business doing either of a speculative or bona fiat character, and the aspect of the market was unusually dull. The French 3 per Cents. closed at a decline of 30 centimes for the account, and 2:5c. for money. All other kinds of securities ruled b eavily at reduced prices. Shares of the Credit Mobilier declined 20f., and Railway Stocks were offered, without finding purchasers, at from 2n 50e. to Of. 25c. less than the reduced quotations of Monday. The probable future course of political and finan cial affairs is now exercising an important influence upon the condition of the English Stock Market. rer some time past symptoms of weakness have been apparent, and within the last two or three days these have decidedly increased, while to-day the quotations have sustained a material reduction, and a good deal of excitement has en stied. The firm attitude assumed by the Czar, and . the necessity which must exist for a further extra ordinary expenditure to enable the vigorous prose cution of the war, will naturally induce a growing feeling of caution and depression. Besides the wants of our own Government, all the Allied Powers will heed pecuniary aid, and the money market, already alifficiently stringent, must inevitably be subjected to a pressure perhaps equal to that experienced in the commercial crisis of 1817-8. This is the view taken by some of the speculators at the Stock Rxchange, and as it gradually gains ground the prices of Consols are, of course, affected. some of the present retrograde movement,however, 1 5 occasioned by the arrangement of the speculative account, and this being" put and call" day a further material alteration in one direction or the other may have to be recorded before the conclusion of b usiness. Consols have been as low as 851 to 86, but they are now about 86 for money, and 861 for account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 861 to 86k, and the Reduced 851 to 864. Exchequer 20 Bills 9s. to 45., and India Bonds ss. discount. 100 The business transacted in the Foreign Market 2 2 g has been very limited, and the variation in the quotations is proportionately circumscribed. 100 Turkish 6 per Cents. are about per cent. lower, 100 bei ng 80i, while earlier in the day they had been 20 78i to 80. The New Scrip is affected to about a 5 similar extent, being 4 to 4i discount. Dutch 4 5 per Cents. are dull at 91 to 941, the Spanish De- 2t 5 3 ferr e d. at 21k, Dutch Exchange at 63, and Bra zilian 41 ; per Cents. at 91 ,5 . 4 20 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocksi—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexican, 20 19i ; Peruvian, 74 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 3 ; 100 Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 47 ; Russian 5 Per 100 Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 85 87 ; L T ) Spanish 3 per Cents., 38t ; ditto Deferred, 21i i; ditto Certificates, 41 ; ditto Passive, 71. 20q Railway Securities have not varied to any mate- i2O rial extent, but most of the principal lines aro 20 naturally affected by the downward movement of 20 the Funds. Eastern Counties are still suffering 20 from the unfavourable report of the Government 20 Commissioner. The decline in some of the other 1 1. 31 0 - lines is about kto 1 per cent. Foreign lines con' 2 0 tinue dull, and Colonial are much the same as previously. For Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares the market is still inactive. 76 - 75 5- 6i 5A - 751 76} Pm I 9 6} all LO 2 I 63! r.ll 5i - 6 93 -, 94 931 - 94 14 - - - 84 - 85 8- 7 1 66 - 511 934 si 93 i i i Si all all all all i 0 all . all It. 100 5 all ;t. 100 10 all , 100 100 100 84 i i 20 E; pa of tain ► turgid pro ' with o get an d it tte ries t into o Co t o get k e his Ke to Gulf , ''." • •• ri: sing wp to r Port DL 'lon, gh t of inc ent tro rrd t.>t,.. Chas, im 'vat t w ith bui 'LA as(-11 le. igatt Fy were wereptiai is. roan )ast, o I on didt Bou - lid. not boater OU 0 Ary by the put the "n 1864 ,r those cb arts. :ks and wAter .e ig no tch too tothinr, rre trt- miralty 54. The ninth of ain well ou, lish and. t could agreed. tstopol, le sty to len you re wag pri per one the d ; and r eleven d in the 11e, they ) attack' )t even 7 were nd and had set ake a4l - e admi- 20 20 10 10 and hostrevor. . 100 Norfolk 3 i Northn.Conntles Un 1(X North Britisl' all North Devon, No. 1' 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Deferred all Do., X B Guarantee' 100 N. Eastern—Berwiel , 211 Do. do. Extension 1i Do.d o. G.N. E. 'turn), a'.l Co. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London ... 3i Is N.l,LS.Wstrn.,ll - ami stead, and City in,. 17} North Staffordshire.. all North Western all 'N. &S. West rn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, 100 iand Leicester.. thr Wore., ;.7, Wolv 8 ` , "cts - A - Aouth 100 itco ;ash Coutral I.W cottishMidland 100 , ;!hropshire Un'on al South Devon 100 South Eastern ii 7. ii, ••• - -- 62 - 63 37 - 38 H --.. ••• . ••••• ... 9 - —lo i - ii ii : u ii ... 29 66; -67 i 8t - 5 - 12 -12 i 44 45 92 - 97 .. - .. ii - 8i 4i - 5i all South Walos 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun o 14 taines,Wok. & Wok tockton 16( tolk ton & Finrtlepl 100 TaT vale 'lOO o. Prof., No. 1 21i Thaw es Hay. D.& R. Ulvwstone & Lancs. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Wateirr.ord&Limeriek all West Cornwall 8 West lEnd of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A 3 Do, B all West, London all Win:bleu & Croydon 21 -- ii .01 - 42 56 - G 5 - 2d 57 - 67 3d pal, 33 - 35 19 19. 3} - 4i ... - ... 4 - 6 ... .. . complf is clear' ttled at for not ; and, ake ad- I war. incaster between g Swea thougVt It make th© im- Irt of it to the: ) assist r sent a. nd had ct, they did not damage. mils and Id when •st, they alas was plorably s mortar ssitivoly, ... 4.1 ••. „, FOREIGN. all MI cl7erp&Rott , miam 40 Do. 5 p.o. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till 'GI 10 Ard , ennes 4 j Bag 'inn Basta. June. 10 Bei ors to Graisoessac 4i Ron ibay, Baroda, ant C., - )ntral India,ScriV 7t - 6321 I Si Si .... ••• 20 5 20 18 tict 3i 3 d - all 1 1 1, ) , o t . all Den lerara 11 llnt eh Rhenish ral Eatrc,ern of France 10 Do. New all Indian, g. 5 p. G 10 Do. ET.',enscion all o. ao. do., '59, do.. 20 . Tk of CanadaA is. ail ; Do. St. Lawrence & i d —34 i 9 p 21 it 1 - 34 10k 9id 14i ]O, Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben_ con. into Stk.. till 'C3 all Do. Coinp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Ceutral of Fran 2, all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent all Do. New 5 per cent. all I Do, Extensions-- 1-6 !Groat Luxembonro Constituted Shartill all Do. Obligations all Gt.WesterncfCanad Sharps Si Do. Ne w all Do. 8(.3.5.,, payable's7, with or ti on till '55., ell 1D 0. do., '62, p.'56... all Do, do., '76, p.'60.. I Da. do., '73, without 60 65 80 85 I 2ip 5i 51 par -- ip n - 2i - 24 - 24 , 2 -24 p 9g - 104 115 - 120 lli - 120 I option a- 11 Hamilton & Torontc, Iv ,- cent. 17 ILakz' Oonst. & Tiasle all ILierre and Turnhout iu Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons , F Yediterran. all . 10 Do. New all Maiis Antonia a ll De. do. New • all Nixanur & Liege (Nvitl , interest).. . Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. Do.2ol.She Do. 201.3 p. c Only:B.& Ain s. Ski ' NorweglanTrmikPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg 104 106 23 - 24 110 -- 115 ..'''. ••• 15 141 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (Prom the Officics/ List. in their 7 serious actions, Las been )0 could me force cly, and ord Pal .es when Tlnginog, done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. rectr.cod Annuities P6 51 6$ $ B per Cent, Consols Ann uities New 3 per Cent. Annui ties Long Annuities, expire fith Tan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6l India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, under £lOOO ........................... Oonsols Zor Account .......................... 86 5/ 6i 51 6h Exchequer Bills, 21d. £ lOOO ....... 9 4 X5OO 9 4 .................... Small 94 PRIOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DA.Y. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent. Ditto New, 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 971- Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders 63 Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive Trtrkinh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the A ccoun t BO 794 79i 80 Ditto Small BO Ditto New scri p , 4 p er Cent. Ditto Account Dividends ea the above payable to London. Dutch Exellange, 21 per Cent., 12 Gail — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 9l h THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto Account Jan. 10 . 8G gxd EXTRAORDINIIIT METEOR.—Last night a brilliant meteor was seen in the southern portion of the heavens at Chatham. The phenomenon was also seen at 13righ- '0 all .6 all 0 :0 r4ll c A all all :0 ‘ll !O 15 De 'Rome and Frascati Ronen and Havre Royal Danish Ro'al Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5 p. cent. Pref ISciode D 0... Sot. Andrew's ntber of d France n r a a o St Quebec (A) ~ West Flanders Do 5. per c. Pref Western of France D 0... Zealand. 6 - 7 pl - lr 2 - 3 41 -- 5 } - 4 34 -34 i 12 - ".. ...7A I - 44 - 441 ii - 45 ... pm R. 100 12i 7; ►.O all tt. 100 10 it. 1100 It. 1100 It. 1100 S all 10 en 10 all St 100 aIA .6 6 it. 100 it. 100 It. 1.00 ft. 100 it. 100 3t. 1100 :10. 1 .3 11 rt h il / 4 1.0. e.n 7?f 7ynP. .. e 1 ;Pc ) 1 c. pref. (issd. atsoll ris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ..• Caledonian £lO Chester & Hol7head Guar. 5i per cent_ Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork &Bandons p.c Dun.Prth .&Abor. J E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ea tension, 5 p. c. No. 3 ;t. 100 .2? all 101. 10 all .K 1 I ss. ll all 20 I 16 24} 7i i 19f - 2 - 2 8 - Si G 4 L2A all 10. No. -2 _ Do. New 6 g. c. St. Elet Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 5/., 10 per cent . ` i )o. Dcbentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lane a.sh. 6 p.cte tF.ezW. York. J. sths Prth.UDun.4p.c. Vurness [Glp.s. & S.W. G. 5 p. o Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom ! Do. 4 3 / 4 p. c. !Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. lst Pre Gt. S. A W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr , :f..B'. Gt. West,. (forks ?:: pants Ex . 5 p. e) Do. con. red. 4i p.e Jo. con. red. 4 p. c I Do. irred. 4p. c Do. firm. Pref. Sh... Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0...! Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sli.. tDo. do. do Do. do. do ...... ...• ..an.. &York. F..£2( Do. 6p. c. Stock , 1.) T./on. &11 rigli. G. 5 p.c o. Pref., 5 p. c. St!, Do. New Gnar.6 p. c'. Do. do. 5 per cont.,. Lou. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. liondy. & Color. i Sh. I !",ondy. & Ennis, A Sit. Ash., Slid., & tin New, £lO Do. X-6 LO all !CI is 0 all ?,0 all VT all LOO I 50 all 15 5 sea '''.. ••• i ... iP - - pm 11 20 .00' 50 110 10 )0 20 X) 35 KI 10 '5O 22 all 15 1 all Op. , MONUMENT TO COL. UNETT.—It has been unanimously resolved to erect a monument to the memory of Lieut.- Colon e l Unett, late of the 19th Foot, in St. Michael's Church, Birmingham. THE DIFFERENCES WITH THE PERSIAN GOVERNMENT. —The misunderstanding between Mr. Murray and the Persian Government has been amic abl y set tled. 11 B.uszx CLERKS.—The past year has been one of great prosperity to bankers, and it is gratifying to find some of Am' by -cm er:t s hii:-. 1 , ,, 5 , nro sible in the "r" Amr rjg 25 others, the L on d on and \Vestminster Bank have not. 25 O nly given their clerks a bonus of 10 per cent., but have 1114 ( 1 1 a permanent addition to their ealariel, ••• -- ••• 3i 4 - 15 - 16 10 25 S` 4 l all 5 1 - q 1: ill 1 - A- 4 1 11/ - 121 6 : 62 1112 - 114 Vtarypt.&Carl.4 p Do 4i per cent . 105 - 107 98 -- 100 - 10 6 -- 84 -- 86 77 -- 7► 77 -- 79 9-91 15/ -- 161 04 x-10 66 -- 63 17 -- 18 - 8i - 9 13 -13 1 - 131 -- 133 ••• ..... .4. ••• ........ ON ••• • •••• Do , DD Mid . DittoDoßoooo i . . .. r m C 4p rsCiol.:nepri6.frs.l.op:Cl4elue. C. f . : B . 6 pp. pe r 4 P rc i erer e npo e f t cyf e . . . 0 8 . i s:. St t i ti D Norfolk Debenture o.Pref. 4 p. 0. Stoet Do. 5 p.c. Est De. 51 per ct.pref Do.Wiv.Vali , 5 p.c North British N. E. Beres, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do,Lce ds6 u p.c o t re Nsi o. do. Qu art ors orth Staffordshire., S D W o o u f t l l l r h . dc D r P rkl e V r ri v O °4 o :7: l l seS o 6: l 6 . el:r B : h . crj ot. Cent. ,New Pro Do. fixed, 4,i per cent S. Eastern (Roadin . Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 1 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p 1 sh S. Wales Gila. 4 p. o Do. do. 4} p. o 'S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c Do. do. do : , Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July I,'se 4i 1W stand. & Kilk.6 p e [2: 10 it. 100 100 341 • 2O 20 ••• ..'.... IN 13 -- 13 ... sr, ... '.... .. i3l - 133 91 - 93 it - 1 l- 4 - 4t4 t. 1 100 all 5 all it. 100 LO rat it 100 3t. 1 100 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 17 5 20 13 ••• -.- •' ••• ."- ••• ibo 87 -- 8 4 2i -- 31 0 all lt. 100 I id 0 8i 1 all ,P,5 all LO 11 O. all 371 a 1,. 1100 .0 ' all ',O all 0 all 0 all 5 all ;5 15 all Agna Fria ....... all knglo Atvtrin. 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New South 'Wales—. Oriental Bank of Corporation vincial of Ireland, "too. New Royal Anstraln.Bkg 0 , 1 , 1 Tmr, „.,., •, . lUnion of 9.uytraiie►...' Do. New Union of Londonl„ R 9 - 91 57 - 59 ••• '''. ••• ii i'd 627 •64 ... .... ... 16 - 17 151 —15 i Si d Par 2p • •4 ..'. .. • ..- - •• • i t i : 40 37 - " 51 - 53 ••••• Ml* • .1 - 4 4; 73 - 7 5 8 9 30 5 31 TILE SION ; LONDON: WKDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9 1856, CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) • Mary M`Nci//, 25, was indicted for the wilful murder of George M`Neill, her son, a child four years old. There was a second indictment against the prisoner charging her with the murder of another child. The prisoner, who appeared in a very weak state of mind and body, was seated during the trial. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballautine. The circumstances c f this case were of a most distress. ing nature, and the learned counsel for the prosecution admitted in his opening address that there was little doubt that the prisoner was in a state of insanity at the time the dreadful acts were committed. It appeared that the pri soner lived at Shoreditch, and was in very good circum stances. She bad three children, and after the birth of her last child in September, 1855, she suffered from milk fever, and was in a very low and desponding state, and appeared to be under the delusion that she was in a distressed state, that her children had no clothes to wear, and that they would come to misery. She attempted some act of violence to one of her children a short time before the dreadful occurrence, in consequence of which the child was sent into the country, but the two un happy deceased children remained with her, and during the night of the 29th November she destroyed both of them by cutting their throats. She at once admitted that she had committed the act, and a razor which she had used, and which she had taken from the room of one of the lodgers, was found in the room. Mr. Gibson, the surgeon of the goal, stated that from what he had seen of the prisoner be had no doubt that she was insane at the time the act was committed, and evidence was adduced to show that her father was con fined in a lunatic asylum as an incurable lunatic. The jury acquitted the prisoner, on the ground of insanity, and she was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MANSION-HOUSE. The business of this court commenced at an early hour, and by the usual time (12 o'clock) for tho sitting of the court, the whole of the charges had been gone through and disposed of. Would it not be more con- venient for a certain hour to be fixed for commencing the business, and in no case depart-d from Why should not the City Aldermen sit at 10 o'clock in the morning (instead of 12 o'clock as now), the same as the stipendiary magistrates of the metropolitan police courts? GUILDHALL. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—TVna. Morris, a private of the Tower Hamlets Artillery, was charged before Sir Chapman Marshall with being drunk and violently assaulting the police. Police-constable 143 deposed that he was called last night to a house in Old Broad-street, where he found the prisoner in a state of drunkenness, and incapable of taking care of himself. He succeeded in getting him out of the house, and on his way to the station-house he appeared suddenly to recover from his helpless state. exclaiming, "he would show him what he could do," squared up to witness, and struck him several blows. Police-constable 116, who was called to the last wit ness's assistance, described the violent conduct of the prisoner, which it required four policemen to manage ; in the scuffle the prisoner kicked him severely on the cheek, the effect of which was still visible, and catsed much pain to the officer. Sir C. Marshall said such conduct as that proved against the prisoner could not be passed over lightly. Ho sentenced him to a fortnight's imprisonment. A HARD CASE.—John , Taylor was charged with stealing four haunches of mutton, the property of James Webster, Old-street, St. Luke's. The charge having been investigated, it was found that the presiding Alderman could not dispose of it, under the late act, passed for facilitating summary con victions, and the prisoner had to be remanded till Satur day next, the day " specially appointed " to suit the con venience of two aldermen to sit in petty session, and dispose of such cases. We believe this inconvenience is obviated in the metropolitan Courts, one stipendiary magistrate having power to act. SOUTHWARK. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY FEMALES.—A an Hurley, a powerful-looking female, and who has been in custody at least a hundred times for street robberies, but who generally escaped through the absence of the prosecu tors, was brought before Mr. Combe charged with being concerned, with another female not in custody, in steal ing a watch from James Patterson, with force and vio lenceq The prosecutor stated that on Monday night last he was proceeding home in Blandford-street, Dover-road, after spending the evering with some of his fellow clerks, and when he was crossing Deverell-street he slipped down accidentaly. As he was attempting to get up the females came to him and said they would as sist iu lifting him up. Instead of that, however, they pushed him down again with great force, and while one held him there th 3 other wrenched his watch from a silver guard-chain, and before he could recover himself they made their escape. He did not see the faces of either of the females, therefore he could not identify the prisoner as one of them ; but a lad who helped him up saw the whole transaction, and give material evidence agsinst the prisoner. The lad in question with great preciseness stated that he was passing Deverell-street, on Monday night, when he saw the prosecutor on the ground, and the prisoner and another female pulling him about. Witness dis tinctly saw the prisoner snatch his watch from the guard chain, and they both decamped. He went and assisted the prosecutor to get up, and then a constable came up, to whom they gave information of the robbery. 'Witness believed that he should be able to identify the other female, who was much shorter than the prisoner. be mistaken answer a t s o s t h h e e w c h a a s r gneo not the h n e e p a r r i s t o h n e e r s p s a o i t d t o h n e l m a d o m n d u a s y t night. In fact she was at the time in a public-house in Tooley-street. The lad was recalled by Mr. Combe, and he swore positively to her being the female wbo stole the watch. After she had taken it she ran towards Tooley-street. The constable who apprehended her informed his Worship that the prisoner was one of the most desperate street thieves in the Borough, and if she was remanded he believed ho should be able to find her companion and obtain further evidence. Mr. Combo accordingly remanded her. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ,SEDUCTION, (prom the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) IlAsiensiG, Jan. 4.—The arrest of Id. Campe, which I mentioned in a former letter as having taken place some days ago at the request of the Prussian police authori ties, and acceded to by the Hamburg senate, hailed to great excitement among the citizens of this so-called " free republic," and is likely to give rise to very serious questions as to what right the police authorities have for the future to comply with similar requisitions from any confederate state, without the consent first of the Frankfort Bund. In fact, the senate having become satisfied that it had acted contrary to the ancient law of the republic, which forbids such an arbitrary proceeding and as such having a votein the nomination of the against any citizen p ossessed of " freehold property," mem bers of the civil administration of the state, has after the ' presentation of a numerously-signed pstition for the im mediate liberation of M. Campe, thought it best to comply with the request ; and, in c.nisequence, on the evening of the 2d inst., M. Camne was set at liberty, without any further restrictions, on proof being rendered of his holding freehold property. The arbitrary conduct of the senate in this matter has, however, aroused among the citizens a spirit of great hostility towards the senate, and the wbole body of free• holders are now determined to bring the matter of their individual and collective rights before the Government. With the exception of the Russo-Prussian party here, all classes of citizens are loud in their praise of M. Campe, for his firm and manly conduct in opposing the ex tremely vindictive course of the police senator, in par ticular, in attempting to trample upon the rights of an individual citizen to favour Prussian despotism. "The whole offence committed by M. Campe consists in his having published a verdict passed in the judicial courts of Meeklenburg-Sehwerin,case of seduction brought against Prince William by the relatives of a young girl, with whore he pretended to contract a mor ganatic marriage, such as are usually adopted by royal personages, and whom he subsequently deserted. It was discovered that the ceremony was performed by persons employed for the occasion to answer the prince's purposes, under false colours. Should the matter be b roug ht before theme civil courts of justice here, by which M. Campe has demanded to b e tried for the supposed - libel, it will be the means of causing some curious reve lations. All Germany is anxiously awaiting the issue, and great is the interest manifested on all sides, according to the public papers of this day. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. y te l i m n s Cl i tt n i e r s Y s was Very little Bagbah wheat was on sale here to-day. The business doing iu all kinds was, therefore, limited, at Mon dav's currency. The condition of the samples was inferior. Foreign wheat may he considered steady. In the quo tations no change took place. for barley, at full quotations. Floating cargoes supported last week's currency. There was a moderate inquiry for oats, at previous rates. Beans and peas were very dull, at Monday's decline. doing. Flour c,onamanded full currencies. I nWe malt had a s a c :r scarcely moderate ARRIVALS THIS VrgEK. Barley. f Malt. 1,370 1,670 wbeat. 910 Oats. I Maur. 83 550 aka 1,860 — bill Znglish .. Irish •• • - Foroign I I BOROUGH HOP. The demand may be called steady. Prices generally rae supported. WELITECHAPEL. Beof, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 4d to 53 Od per 81bo by tho carcase. Trade dull. DEPARTURB OF TUE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.—The royal plelc;4.4llir 411;v„r Cqpflio Mundell, belong ing to the Black Ball line, sailed from Liverpool for Melbourne yesterday, at half-past 12, with a large mail, about 130 paesengers, and upwards of 1,200 tone of cargo. LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE AND THE FALL OF KARS. ( Front Galignani's Messenger of this day.) The Constitutionnel attributes, on the authority of its Constantinople correspondent, the blame of the fall of Kars to the ambassador of England, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. For months past it has been the aim of a portion of the Paris press to weaken the authority of that diplomatist in the East and to render his name unpopular in Europe. These journals have not hesitated to accept as truth the most ridiculous or disgraceful inventions, circulated by the euewies of the English alliance, end have elevated to the rank of confidential communicaticns the invidious correspondence of Perote traders. Hitherto the Oonstitutionnel has been more discreet than its con temporaries, and has often paused before reproducing the absurdities in question, notwithstanding that its political aversion to Lord Stratford has ever been most transparent. On this occesion it has, however, ex ceeded the limits of justice and reason in laying the blame of a great calamity to the interference of the British Minister in the movements of Oiner Pacha and the Turkish contingent. So far from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe having been blind to the dangers incurred by the Anatolian array, he had recommended the Porte, sixteen months ago, to accept the services of General Klapka, then a resident at Constantinople, and esteemed ono of the best tacticians of the age. The forma tion of the Turkish Contingent is due to Lord Stratford, who has thus laid the foundations of a future Turkish army, which, at the termination of the war, will be national and effective. The difficulties experienced in its formation were excited by Omer Paella, who aimed at the ex clusive control of the whole Ottoman army both in Europe and Asia. Lord de Redcliffe had, moreover, no control over its movements, and the changes in its destination are to be ascribed to the views of the Allied Generals, who had not then determined on the operations that were to be effected in the autumn months. When it was decided by them that no active operations were to take place, the campaign was con sidered at an end, and the contingent directed on Kertch and Yenikale, where doubtless General Wrangel will find its occupation before the departure of frost. With the plan of campaign drawn up by Omer Pacha, which was to result in the capture of Kutais, the British Minister had naturally no concern. He has ever abstained from interfering with the military acts of the Turkish Government, however much be may have asserted by his authority in its councils the grand cause of civilisation aed progress. This authority, which no intrigue has succeeded in shak ing, he has founded on thirty years' devotion to the true interests and welfare of the Ottoman empire. The cam paign of Omer Pacha iu Asia was undertaken on the re sponsibility of that general, and he, with the above au thorities at Constantinople, can be called to account for the fall of Kars. The recriminations addressed to Selim Pacha are puerile, for that commander possessed at Er zeroura only a force of 12,000 men, with which it would have been hn?ossible to have forced the pass of the Sogh lani-dagh, defended by the Russian army of observation. It is to be regretted that in the violence of political aver sion some of our contemporaries should have allowed themselves to have been carried away beyond the bounds of discretion ; but this circumstance may be attributed perhaps to that utter absence of information on foreign topics which we signalised in the French press some days ago, and which, with ono or two exceptions, is un deniable. A STRANGE STORY. We learn from Capt. Meyer, late of the schooner Fal mouth, who arrived yesterday from San Quintin, in the schooner Frances Helen, the following account Of a mu tiny that occurred in the Gulf of California at a recent date :—" The schooner Waterwitch, Captain Young, sailed from this port some time since, with an assorted cargo, for Colorado River, having on board the owners, Messrs. Ames and Elliot. She proceeded up the Gulf of California about 200 miles, where it seems there is a barren and uninhabited island. While off that place Capt. Young remarked to the owners of the vessel that there existed a large marble quarry at that place, and proposed landing to examine it. Mr. Ames as sented, and, together with the captain and mate, accom panied by a large Newfoundland dog, proceeded to the shore. The moment his companions left the boat Cap tain Young shoved off, leaving them, and returned to his vessel and put off to sea. Elliot, who was still on board, expostulated with the captain, when the latter drew his pistol and commanded silence ; but, after some persua sion, Captain Young seemingly consented to return to the island and leave some provisions for those left be hind. For this pretence he went ashore, taking Mr. Elliot along with him ; but when the latter got on shore the captain shoved off the boat and left him, as he sup posed, with the others. The former persons, however, on the departure of the vessel, had killed the dog, and, cutting his skin in strips, constructed a raft on which they embarked for the shore, some 15 miles distant, which they reached in safety. In the meantime, Capt. Young had shaped his course up the gulf, having for his crew one sailor and an Indian boy. The latter, overhearing the two former in conversation, learnt they intended to cut his throat and throw him overboard, and proceed to Mulajoha Bay, where Capt. Young intended to sell the vessel and cargo. After hearing this he quietly stripped off his clothes and dropped overboard and swam for the f ar o raltaa fiii i +g t nt whieth be-reaohed in safety By this time Ames and his companions had reamed Mulajoha Bay, when they gave notice to the officers of the place. Soon after the schooner hove in sight, and Captain - youn g landed, armed to the teeth, little dream ing that the news' of his operations was in advance of him. As soon as be landed he and his companion were arrested and put in prison. They are now on their way for this port on board the schooner Kate Hill, Captain Parker. As soon as they found Mr. Elliott was on the island, a boat was sent for him, and he was fortunately rescued from his perilous position. The Indian boy had also arrived at that place, having suffered consider. ably on his way."—San Francisco Herald. CHRISTMAS IN TIIE CRIMEA. A correspondent writes, under date Balaklava, Dec. 24 :—" It is to be hoped that all the grand folks in England are as well provided for Christmas as we in every department are here. It does one's heart good to see the grand preparations for the festival. Geese, turkeys, pigs, sheep, and bullocks are in great plenty, and it is a charming sight to see the steamer coming into Balaklava, garnished all round with dead poultry, which is soon sold. The Earl of Durham had a string of geese hung round her. lam sorry, however, to say she lost on the voyage about 12 bullocks and 500 fowls. I fancy other vessels had lost the same in proportion, for yesterday, off' Balaklava, I passed through quite a sea of dead poultry. "By a vessel arrived from Kertch we hear that the sea iu the neighbourhood is frozen over. The weather here is beautiful. An American barque arrived yester day, from New York, in 60 days, with a cargo of flour, which cost there 8A dollars the barrel. Flour was sold at Kadikoi shortly ago for 81. the barrel. The flour by the American is for the commissariat." JOSEPH HAYDN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —On the subject of the pension recently granted to this gentleman, so justly commented upon in The Sun of yesterday, its inonstro4ity will appear greater when it is known that, on Easter Tuesday last, Joseph Haydn, employed at the time by the Admiralty in bringing up the records of the Secretary of State's letters, was struck with paralysis, which has prostrated him to the present hour. Lord Palmerston, the moment he heard of it, enrolled himself among that noble band who "do good by stealth and blush to find it fame," by sending him 1001., while Mr. Disraeli and a few others added to this sum enough to purchase for Mrs. Haydn and family a shop for the rale of stationery and newspapers (No. 13, Crawley street, Oakley-square). In this house, the pious, learned, and resigned paralytic now lingers on a bare subsistence ; but were you to give this fact the influence of your large circulation, it would be the means of prolonging his valuable life, and of mitigating its many sorrows. — I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, London, Jan. 8, A. B. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 9.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N.E.; dull, with rain and snow. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Sailed—Vesta (s.), for London ; South Western, (s.), Jersey ; Northam, Sunderland ; Two Friends, Cardiff ; Mary,'Port Castle; Industry, Newport. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Cherokee, from Aouin. Sailed—Taurus, (s.), for Constantinople. QiniumaTowx, Jan. 7. Wind N.B. Sailod—Auxiliar, for Antwerp • Trade Wind, Rotter dam ; Only Son, Gibraltar ; Danube, Marseilles ; Tahiti, New York; Aphrodite, John Fielding, and Vision, Antwerp ; Tempest, Marseilles ; Sir Colin Campbell, tho Danube. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind N.N. ; tide, one hour's flood ; snowing. Sailed—Earl Grey, for Geelong. DEAL, Wednesday , 9 . 37 6 • ll] * Wind N.E. ; moderato; raining. Passed —City of Paris, steamer, from London, for Malta; Renshaw, London, Mogador ; Yldefonso, L on don, Bilboa ; G. Dean, London , Capo C oast Castle;Agatha, London, Saleombe ; Julia S o p hia, London, Constantinople; steamer Pigmy, Sheernoss, Portsmouth ; steamer Rhadame.nthus, westward, river; H.M. steamer Vesuvius, westward, river ; Norman, screw steamer, 100 transport, Black Sea, river. TIN SOUND DllES.—Liverpool, Monday.—The nun• cil of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have received a communication from the Earl of Clarendon (which was read at the meeting to-day), to the effect that the subject of the abolition of the Sound Dues was now occupying the attention of her Majesty's Government. Doubtless the question, which excites a great deal of in teres=t in Liverpool, will be folly discussed at the annual !. meeting of the Chamber, which is to be held in February, by which time more definite information as to the action of the Legielature will lave been obtained. . g r l tt4 4.4.; , 2 z! , 4 Jr) 4„, it 011 to, SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the admiralty this afternoon : CAPTAINS. W.. J. Williams, to the Centurion. A. C. Key, to the Sanspareil. H envy Chads, to the Amphion. Shterard Osborn, to the Medusa. F. A. B. Spratt, to the Medina. A. L. Mansell, to the Tartarus. LIEUTENANTS. H: 33. Beresford, to the Peacock. W.. A. J. Heath to the Shamrock. PAYMASTERS. Thomas W. Wells to the Sappho. George P. Richards, to the Sansparcil. ASSISTANT PAYMASTER. Henary Tucker (in charge), to the Porcupine. SECOND MASTER. George A. F. Day, to the Victory. CLERKS. George J. Gaston (acting) to the Trusty. Jahn E Kerr /asEisant) to the Esk. SPAIN.; The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. A royal ordonnanco grants the exequatur to Count Ratte,-Menton, as French Consul-General in Ha vannAh. The Cortes have already voted 127 laws. The Grand Central Company of France had notified that it completely accepts the conditions laid down by the Government and the Committee of the Cor tes for the execution of the railway from Madrid to Saragossa. The laying down of the rails on the railway between Albacete and Almansa had been ' commenced. In the Cortes, on the 3d, the budget of the presidency of the Council of Ministers was brought forward, and it was announced that Mar shal Espartero, President of the Council, had de clared to the committee that, owing to the nume rous burdens on the Treasury, he would not ac cept the sum which it was proposed to allow him for expenses for receptions. The budget was, how ever, voted with a grant for that purpose. ~. TAE` TEA P " 'BESS. Those who dreatle( I a press, which they found to be particularly iui mical to their own narrow minded and imper fee t views, have clone their ut most this year to s apviivoit it by another. "Let the people be inst rucli ed," cried these reformers, whose only real gri eva ace was that the people knew already too much. A SPOI, theyhave set up what they call their "cheap" p r t 'ss, meaning a low-priced one. Its only possible pre,te. nsion to cheapness is in its dis honesty. What it seal s is eloubless very good, seeing that it walks into fla e market and takes what it pleases. But theft is so hurried a process that it is apt to spoil the artic in the very act of robbery, and curiously certa di 1 to misapply it ; and it is most amusing to fin.d tb e despisers of stale news, who cried out agains t 9 paper a day old, quite re ' .iemployecl in transferring the conciled to the delay news of yesterday to. "cheap" paper of to-day, h o provided the " cheap' , journal has th e d a t e o f to day on its title-page. The cheap papers, however, must discover some hit herto untried means to exist. Read only what comes out in tko shape of authen tic fact. Read the at count of an :lotion brought against one journal hi an editor engaged at a most miserable salary, and , obliged to appeal for damages on a breach of contr zet even to get some recom pense in lieu of wliai ;he was promised. Read the account of the auc lion to which one of these valuable properties ras brought, where there was one bidding of 1001., which the prize was knocked down to a ci-devent r Tarter on the paper itself, who, poor fellow, con.] d not find the 10/. deposit to handsel his bargain. :No great loss—for the weak ling died next day. W e are not jeering at poverty, it is our right to ask ca f our reformers whether this is the enginery with wi iich they intend to supplant the established and trusted organs of public opinion ? Whore ar a the unheard of instructors that were to teach us anknown political lore ? Alas, unheard of still, and as with the "coming men" so with the coming mater, that is not forthcoming. Institutions that nobl y answer their purpose (and the British press has be len one of them) are embedded in deeper foundatioi as than sciolism can guess at. Their walls are cemented., not shaken by time; they are built to resist sto rw.. Habit, in which there is no reproach, confirms: -the trust in them and the liking for them more and more; they aro part and parcel of the daily lifo- —needs, not merely blame less but instinctive, f:cre its happiest and worthiest purpose. Men leay , s their native country, and re joice over scarcely say renewal of its memories so much as the old-acc.ustomed newspaper, champion as well as teacher of what they most regarded. I And while such a journal remains true to itself and its most honourable office, the advocates of mere change for change sake, or rather for thbir own sake, might ris well suggest new parents and fami lies to the mass of mankind as any substitute for the public friendship , existing between long-tried journalism, and its aocustomed associates.— Weekly Dispatch. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Report of the Registrar-Cenal a 1., The deaths of 1,247 persons, namely, 630 males and 617 females, were registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday. Taking the first week in each of the last ten years (1846-55) it is found that the average num ber of deaths then registered was 1,311, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population for comparison with the present return, becomes 1,442. The public health, therefore, may be stated to be better than it usually is at the commencement of the year. In the first week of 1854, and also in that of 1855, the deaths rose above 1,400. The milder character of the weather, indicated by a rise of 14 deg. in the mean weekly readings of the ther mometer, has been attended with marked effect in the reduction of the mortality. Deaths arising from pul monary diseases, in which class bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma form the principal heads, numbered conse cutively 267, 293, and 348 in three previous weeks; last week they declined to 253. Bronchitis, which was fatal in the previous week in 204 cases, fell to 141 ; pneu monia declined from 107 to 74. Phthisis carried oil 138 persons in the previous week ; and last week 115, of whom nearly a half were 20 years of age and under 40. Of the 141 who died from bronchitis, only 4 were passing through that period of life. Mr. Chatwood, the registrar of the gt. Paul sub-district, in St. George-in-the East, says : " looping-cough is very prevalent in my district." That it is also fatal appears from the fact that out of 17 deaths registered by him in the week, 6 were those of young children caused by hooping-cough. The total number from this disease in the metropolis was 49, not so great as in the previous week. Typhus was fatal in 47 cases ; scarlatina, which declines, in 35 ; measles in 31 ; small pox in 11. Diarrhcea is returned in only 9 cases ; and for a considerable time London has been entirely free from cholera. There were 2 deaths from intemperance. Last week the births of 853 boys and 809 girls, in all 1,662 children, were registered in London. In ;he ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number was 1,579. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 682 in, The highest reading was 30'20 in. on Sunday (30th). The mean temperature of the week was 42.2 deg., which is higher by 6 deg. than the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the t a'e s g f . " Ale 1 Zas,A r .° ll ? 6 Sunday, and was 49 deg. ; the lowest, which occurred on Tuesday, was 33 deg. The mean dew-point tempera ture was 40 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2'20 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 41 . 6 deg. The wind blew generally from the south. The amount of rain-fall was 0.19 in., half of which fell on Sunday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 5. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases .. 159 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus , & c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 36 P rema ture Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Ago Sudden l7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3 ll Causes not specified 0 DEATHS 711051 ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. .11855. Week. West Districts . 376,427 North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,258 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,404 1,247 630 617 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males Females Total .. 1,662 STRAND THEATRE. From the production of the "Pickwick Club," to Mr Dickens's last Christmas effusion, " The Holly Tree Inn," the little Strand has been triumphantly successful in its dramatic renderings of the great depicter of human nature. "The Pickwick Club," " Martin Chuzzlewit," "David Copperfield," "The Curiosity Shop," " The Chimes," " The Christmas Carol," " Bleak House," " Hard Times," tta., have each and all proved trump cards at this theatre, and now the apparently in- congruous incidents of the Six Tales of Holly Tree Inn, are so admirably dovetailed, the situa tions are so strikingly worked up, that a perfect drama is produced ; and judging from the applause of a crowded house, all London will be anxious to see the last, and not far from the best, drama elicited from the pen of the renowned Box. The original stories aro closely followed, but so amalgamated as to strictly produce the unity and connection necessary to insure dramatic effect. This has been most cleverly do ne b y Mr. J. B. Johnstone, whose "Seven Poor Tr avellers" last year at the Sarre) , called for special commendation. The charac ters are—the Landlord, Mr. J. B. Johnstone ; the Guest, Mr. Kinloch ; the Ostler, Mr. G. Cooke ; Wilfrid, the Boots, Mr. Cla rke ; Mr. Basil Potter ; Rigby, Mr. F. Hall ; the Pensioner, Mrs. Barrett ; Mars garett Murdock, Mrs. Herbert ; and the Barmaid, Miss Somers, who introduced a charming little ballad, called "The White B lossom Tree." Nor must we overlook the excellent acting of two little children of seven and eight years of age, as the young run-a-ways. To say that the piece was well played the names of those engaged i n its representation is sufficient guarantee, but we m ust give a word of especial commendation to the dressing and general getting up of the piece, the interest of which is intense, and carried through to the fall of the curtain. Mrs. Herbert's representation of the mysterious woman " with yellow hair and a streak of gold on it," was thrilling, whilst the p athetic p ortion evinced a knowledge, and power, of subdued acting, representing in them days when noise too frequently is mistaken for intensity. "The Holly Tree Inn," must prove a lucky hit to Mr. Payne. A screaming farce, such a one, to be seen and enjoyed at the Strand or the Adelphi, followed the drama, aad Talfourd'a glorious Pantoraime of "Black Eyed Sue" closed the entertainments, to the intense gratification apparently of the gods and pitites, who appeared to be rather uncomfortably jammed. By the way, a dditional private boxes and reserved seats have been constructed, which, whilst they add to the appearance and comfort of the house, denote that the stream of fashionable visitants has set in. It is said that Mr. Sausse, Q.C., of the Irish bar, I as been appointed to the vacant seat on the Bombay bench, and that Sir Colman O'Loughlan, Q.C., Will succeed to the assistant barristership rendered vacant by Dlr. Sousse's promotion. RIGHTS OF NBUT.RALS. (Front the New York Journal of Commerce). The liberality of the belligerents in their construction of the restrictions imposed on neutral nations by the precepts of public law has averted, thus far in the pre sent conflict, most of those embarrassing questions which in previous wars have either threatened to bring new parties into the contest or have laid the foundation of future reclamations or quarrels. Both sides have shown an eagerness to conciliate the sympathies of other nations, and have sought to avoid grounds of dissatis faetion ; and, if either has provoked the just resentment of a friendly Power, as was the case when England at tempted to enlist recruits for her army in the United States, the wrong has been redressed by prompt disa vowal of intentional offence and unqualified assurance against its repetition. The case was very different in the great wars waged in the early part of the present century, in which France and England were parties on opposite sides, and each of whom in prosecuting hostili ties manifested an overbearing and insolent disregard of the rights and defiance of the power of neutral nations. The orders and decrees of successive French Governments—those of the Directory, Consulate, and Empire—resulted in depredations on our commerce that after many years of negotiation were atoned for by a partial indemnity of $5,000,000, paid by France in 1836. The practical assertion of a pre tended right to search our ships and impress our seamen by the cruisers of Great Britain was a still more irritating and oppressive proceeding on the part of that Power, and its persistent exorcise ultimately forced us to the arbitrement of war, in which we happily succeeded in achieving the esta blishment of the freedom of the seas. But the French indemnity did not compensate the sufferers to the extent of more than one-third of their just claims ; and a com plete prostration of commerce was only one of the im portant sacrifices that resulted upon the vindication of our rights invaded by the greatest maritime Power of the world. Experience admonishes us that it is better to seek to prevent a wrong and to "avoid entrance into ~g4P.ltrillr retie!' Makrase t iqlie Amesleatigial2ipso curred. Happily, in the conflicts that were forced upon us we so bore ourselves that to secure henceforth freedom from foreign molestation there is no occa 'don for manifesting the spirit of our people or the prowess of the nation. The exercise of magnanimity in making liberal allowances in favour of the exigencies of either of the belligerents in the present war will not be miscontrued into want of confidence in an ability to maintain our own rights ; nor will prudence in the con duct of our foreign relations be imputed to any other sentiment than that ennobling one which goes beyond patriotism to comprehend philanthropy in its regard, and seeks to reconcile the promotion of the national in terests with which it is primarily concerned with the re storation of universal harmony and the progress of civilisation among mankind. At the commencement of the war waging, the subject of neutral right was one of considerable interest and .anxiety to maritime nations throughout the world. Apprehension, however, was speedily allayed, by the declarations of the British and French Governments of their determination to yield most of the con cessions claimed to he demanded by the expansion of commercial interests and by the progressive humanity of the age. These concessions essentially modified the more restrictive provisions of public law, which had operated with chief severity in former wars on the transactions of trade. Russia gave a theoretical con sent to a still mere liberal construction of the inter national code. In no case was there any claim advanced on either side, as respects neutrals, which bad not the sanction of previous practice and of the highest legal authority. The altered state of affairs pro duced by the actual pendency of war suggested pri vate mercantile enterprises and adventures, whose pro jectors, in some instances, sought to secure for them the guarantee to be derived from a declaration of their legality by the British Government. Day after day the English papers published letters seeking assurance from the Government in respect to some new point which the change in affairs presented for solution. With a prudence characteristic of British statesmen, a commendable re serve was maintained in respect to all those cases in:which the rights of others than a party to the application, whe ther citizens or foreigners, might be affected by the deci sion. The Government replied that it was the pr.avince of the judicial tribunals of the country to interpre t the law in its application to such cases as were present( d for their decision in the ordinary course of business, sand re fused to commit itself by assurances that the courts were competent to overrule. The applicants were refers ed to their private legal advisers, and told that they muse . ine nr the risk that attends all transactions a s regards thee) r con formity to law. The Government claimed no po o'er to alter the public law so far as the rights of otht it par ties might be affected Ly its provisions, except to et large those rights by granting privileges as against itself., It declared a willingness to waive to a certain exten t its own rights, or rather those controverted claims w hich belligerents in former times had practically asserted,, to the great injury of neutral trade ; but it did not assume to confer upon its subjects other rights than those which. belonged to it to bestow. confessedly belong wisdom and prudent anticipation of poi sibly embarrassing consequences have not always chsi racterised the course of our own Government. A cease in point occurred during Mr. Fillmore'e Administration, when perhaps the greatest statesman that ever directed' our counsels was at the head of the Department of State. A great mercantile adventure was undertaken, with the assurance given by that eminent man, to which% his official position was supposed erroneously to attach. peculiar weight, that the Government of Peru bad no such property in the Chischa Islands as entitled it to control the exportation of guano therefrom. The enter prise involved all the parties to it in disaster. Peru. as serted and maintained her exclusive right. The Govern ment of the United States was drawn into the presenta tion of a claim from which it was subsequently forced to recede. The private citizens at whose cost the theex - dition was fitted out are now as kin g indemnity of Government for losses incurred in its prosecution. g l h w s o ea nl s d We attach no great practical imporeanoe t rn o e t:lr e =t i promulgation of an opinion by Mr. Atto Cushing that sale of a belligerent ship to a s hold good even if effected in transit upo which the declaration of such an opinion has to establish so that the sale be in good faith, beyond the tendency a precedent that in n future practice might . commit the n th e e ot l r l a i could otherwise properly avoid. The claim advanced Government to embarrassing controversies which it by the Attorney-General in this enmeion is at . least a likely to arise, to test its application. Our countrymen controverted one, and no case has arisen, or is very are not likely to purchase Russian ships exposed to cap• tura by French and British d ' of upon the high seas, except at a price that, instead of establishing the good faith of the transaction, would tend rather to show that it was a mere evasion of the liabilities of a belligerent. But, if such gi case should occur, its prejudieation by the ipse dixit of the Attorney-General would in no manner control the decision of the Court charged with jurisdic tion of it, while it might involve the United States' Go vernment in the discussion of difficult questions with England, and, if the sale were pronounced illegal, would inevitably expose it to the importunities for indemnity of the party who had paid his money without securing the purchase. CRYSTAL PALACE, JAN. 8 (ONE SHILLING DAY). — Admissions on payment, 831 ; ditto by season tickets, 205 total visitors, 1,036. 853 809 x d ad a d