The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoox. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency. Compared with the rates of Friday all kinds were quite as high, while Surats were 1-16 d. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 7,000 of which were American (1,000 for export, and 1,000 on specula tion) ; 400 Egyptian, at sid. to 74d. ; and 4,000 Surat, at 30. to 4241. per lb. The Railway Share Market continued very active ; a large business Was transacted, and the closing operations were at the highest point of the market. The French Government have published a de cree, changing the mode of levying duties upon the article of wool. Formerly the tariff admitted foreign wools at an ad valorem duty, for the pur pose of sanctioning the right of pre-emption, so that the customs authorities could retain the wools imported at the price fixed by the importer, with an addition of 10 per cent. in case that the declared value should be designedly fixed at a lower rate, in order to pay a smaller duty than was just. This ad valorem duty is now replaced by a rate which levies so much per pound on all wools, distinguish. ing two qualities subject to different charges. This decree will do away with the right of pre-emption, which has been always a source of difficulty between the customs and the importer. The Dutch Government have published their customs' receipts for the past year, showing that there is a steady increase in the principal items, and that the commf:rce of the Low Countries is in a satisfactory condition. The total receipts in 1855 Was 59,233,073 florins, against 58,223,184 fls. in 1854. Ia the items coming under the head of direct imports, the increase is about 200,000 fls., by sea and land, although in the former there is a small decrease. The produce of the Excise duties amounts to 1 ,300,000 fls , being 300,000 fls. greater than the amount received in 1854. From the Postal ser vice there has also been an increase of some thou sands of florins compared with the returns of 1854. Accounts from Marseilles state that upwards of 30 vessels have arrived there laden with grain front the Black Sea and Spain, which has caused a further decline in prices. The fall in wheat last week at this market was 2f. per hectolitre, and now it is stated to be 3f. compared with the previ ous quotations to the receipt of the pacific news. to l iany Greek speculators in grain who have pro- 3 8 t t• fited by th e war, an d w h ose vesse l s are mostly em- 50 . ployed in the trade to Marseilles, will be heavy 25 losers by the change which has taken place in the 1. 1 State of affairs at that market. Sales in rye, &i barley, oats, kc., are difficult, and purchasers are " looking forward to a further fall. st. Pamphlet relating to the Limited Liability Act of last session has just been published. The author, Mr. Edward Moss, strongly advocates the extension of the principle, and its application to companies formed for the purpose of working in ventions, &c. Increased buoyancy has prevailed in the market for Public Securities, and the business transacted Was large. The advance, which amounts to fully i per cent., is attributable to the statement that the Emperor of Russia has given orders for the cessation of hostilities in the Crimea during the ne gotiations for peace. Consols for Money opened at 90 1. to 90g, at which they have ruled firm. For the 7th prox. the quotations have risen from 90f to 9 Q i• The Now Three per Cents. have been 90-/ to 91 -1, and the Reduced 90g a . Bank Stock is t Per cent. higher, viz., 209. Exchequer Bills have remained at 4s. dis. to par. The Foreign Stocks are likewise buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen 1 per cent., Ila ule l Y, to 891 to 90. The New Scrip has also im rfed, having been d e alt i n a t to 01 discount. utch 2 per Cents, are 64k, and the 4 per Cents. 96 1. Peruvian D o ll ar B on d s are, marked 581. Russian 4i per Cents. are per Cent. higher, Ilaraely, to 91i and 911. Sardinian 5 per Cents. are fi rm at 87. Mexican Stock is at 204, Equador 6 1, Grenada Deferred 7, and Brazilian 43 : per Cents. 02i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign St ocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 ; Mexican, 2 0 ; Peruvian, 76 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 48 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 100 102 ; ditto 4A per Cents., 89 91; Spanish 3 Per Cents., 40 ; ditto Deferred, 22i 23 ; ditto Certificates, 41 ; ditto Passive, 61 61. A decided improvement has taken place in most (4 the leading Railway Securities, and the market 14 active. Great Northern have risen fully 21., A Stock 10s. to 11., and the others in the same Proportion. French and Belgian lines rule firmer, and the Colonial are quiet at a slight enhancement. Cobr a C opper are 11. l ower, b ut S ant i ago de C uba are ste a dy, L o nd on Cha r t ere d B an k o f kustrali a are 10s. better. Peninsular and Oriental are fiat. IIItITISFI FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Official List. ► Bn.inws. done. ta nk Stock 3 Per gent. Reduced Annuities,.... 9O,E a a i a Der Cent Consols Annuities W lie- , • iliai 4 few .3 per Cent. Annuities 2i per Cont. Annuities 74 Le gg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... -16 i D itto 30 Yoars, expire sth April, 1885: 163 7-16 'onsets for Ac count 9 Ol iiiii k 1 Exchequer I Os, 24d. 000 .... I ' s oo %nail Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent.. 97i 4 PRICES .OF FOREI GN FUNDS THIS DAY. ' r aailian Bonds. 5 per Ce Ditto Account lOO Ditto New, 1352, 4; per Cent. . 92; t , bitto 5 per Cont., 1813 S 1 r Bonds Gr enada New Active, 1; per Cent. - D itto Deferredt Gre ek Bond s l i ,, I leau 3 per C ant. , D itto Account 4rt uguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 ..., Dilll)ttttoo s 4 in p a eC:ent -- 484 Itussiau Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — ~ p Ditto q er Cent : rdinian Bonrls. 5 per Cent. "Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 404 1 Ili tto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto A ccoun t — 22i a IP'4l;eti Committee Cert. of Coup. int fun. 5 p c ttrkith Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account 8 94 4 9 4 4 i 90 4 89 4 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cont. Ditto fLccount iißlia G} Itividends on the above payable In London tf, - - 11 tecchange, 2A per Cent.., 12 Guil 61. 51 5 bitto 4 ner Cont. Certificates "ruvlan Dollar Bonds, 4. per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. CJneols (money) Ditto for Account Feb. 7 20 5 20 18 to ao to 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 1 . 1.40,rp0w, J an . 23.—Wi n d thi s d a y at noon, S. W.; Isot. breeze and fine. ItAitsaATE, Jan. 22.—Wind 'or New Orleans. P ours mounr, Jan. 22.—Wind el 3i tfire. from Malta. Sailed—Maidstone, for Madras and aleutta; Orient (t p t.) , D ept f or d ; H .M.S. Ar i el, wes t- Wa r d . hymouni, Jan. 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Louise, from St. Domingo for Hambu. Sailed— Phcebe Dun oar, Moreton B a y ' ; Re g i na , Sler rg ra Leone. (Pea IMECTItIO TRLEGRAPHO Sounwarrow, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Atalanta (c), from. Havre ; Robert Small, L ondon. , sailed—Ondine(s.), for L on d on; Kate, Cardi ff ; Severn "-t.), Cork John and Charlotte, Guernsey ; Poulton! ( 4 4 11 . 1 , C lipper , Newport ; Caroline, Cowes ; South-Western Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind SAP, C aledoni Sail ed—Ulerwriter, for New York Jane, Nantes; a, B n alaklava ; Thomas Jefferson,; New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 21. Wind E. f:r3(;*ile(l,—New England, for Bordeaux ; Delhi, N ew Bed bad' Ellen, Hp• Elwin and Louisa, Constant i nople; Id a , Bar "`"8 ; avre. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wi ud GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.33 a.m. S.W. tide, 1 hour's flood kai r ri Zed—Prin ce of Wales, from Gibraltar ; Sir Bovois, Iter n ,, l) e Veren g i ng , E gmond ; Blakeney, pac k e t , C aen; ea — 1 11 ""Y, Havre ; Princess Royal, Messina ; Fortuna, Sails ; Egmond Auzul, Nion Diep. alztwar, for Port Philip. t Ind not s . The eted LY le Duke Corte n in the iforining of deli• rider the light not i n the Govern . if three; t of the vial too . Cortes ,erasion g to the ntion of e, is, 0 5 reloping ) be re: :esses el graphic /4 the 1 have ibservo to you circlet, During to broil t must io rnor!g hiug out of result, ace be' !angel ;komp . sctedly in the u oh as the to be I be 00 during THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1858, LINES LEASED 1' FIXED KENTAL.I. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. r Cto si nii Prtess 1 this day .... 24 3i - 4 7i -8, 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 86 - 82 stie t6i Ili 2 ... 4 - 6 i - 7 ••• 11} - 12 8/1. 8 4 25 - 27 13 - 20 72 - 7.1 50 - 52 20 - 21 180 - 85 6 - 7 95A - 96. 80 - t+•2 123 - 125 104 106 552 56 54 56 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 7 • 7 9 / -80 i 6 3 96 :i —.974 97 970 1 t 863 - GA 6 5 24} = 2~ # id 68 —68 i 39 41, •1.• ... .. ••• ..... .. 9 -10 45 30 Si ••• ..• 70 -Ti 7f 7&d 4f 1 4 46A 47A 92 - 97- 8 .. 4 - 51 21 - 23 10 2 le4 72 74 41 Il 13 CO Cl 66 63 5 3d 2d pa, 36 ••• '".' • •• "''' 19 - • 20 31 - 46 ... - 4 - ZLIUMATa. 1.00 ' ther.ieez,..... . 8. &mbg. Ifot'sng. Bost and Rasta. Jtueet . all If ;- I , a 1 , fast 0., ”oymen.s all irming. Wolverh .k Stour Va 11.7..... 29 girl e.thd. Lancsl.. A Cheshire Janet i all Do. Chech. dr Birk. £5O and £25 Cans 19 Do., £20....... ...... .. all kßiy - th &Tyne origins £25 (issd. at £45 100 Sligo! and Exeter ;. 100 Caledonian. 61s. ) ) a al il .. ,C , Jla d o a r rin e k st e a r a n n 4: H Ba C o a n ly Y d d h o i s n g a7 . l 0 all Cork, Black, & Paw 0 18 Cornwall 0 all Do. A .0 8 Do. B '0 1i IClita Junction . 45 I Dnotin&BelfastJunc.; all !Dun. P. & Aber. Jne.' all , Do. N.w - 100 East Anglian all IP:astern Counties.. . 100 lEast. Union, A. SU 1 . 10011 • I)t,, B. Stour '5 84 Do.„ New A.......... A 7!' East Kent It. 100 1 Fast Lancashire it. 100 lEdinbargh& Glasgov 1 0 I all . Edinb. and Peeblos. It. 100 !Edin.Prth &Durrb, 0 9 Forth & Clyde Jun ~ i() all i Furness i 0 all Do. Extension It. 1.00 Glasgow &S. West, ... 0 all .Great N. of Scotlnd it. 100 ( . Ireat Northern ... _ !t. 100 .Do., A. Stock It. 'lOO 1 'Do.B. Stock , It. 1)0 (h. Sth. &West.(lre.) It. 100 :Great Western it. 100 1::1o. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk 2 all ;Irish South-Y.:astern .0 all Lancaster & Owlish. 6i 141 Do., Thirds 6i 7 Do. New Thirds It. , 100 Lemeash.audYorkah 3 : Do., Wst. Riding Un 10 all iLiv.ersby.&Southrt .1i all London & Blackv al It. 100 'Lond.BrightSr.S.Csr. it. 100 Lend, and N. Westn :0 16 1;:),u. 'Fifths .0 Ai D0.101.3h..11..t8...0 ./; 2i i Do. Eighth 5....,...... l'. 100 1 liondon andS. Wbstn 0 I all Do., £5O ) all Do., £4O I all `Ludndrry&Colorain , all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.& Linch all Do. I Shares, No. I 424. `D.I., Man. & Lin. Un 1 If etropolitan.. ...... 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derly, all idld. G. West. (Ira. all Do. Half Shares All Newcastle& Carlisle all INwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 8 a.l Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor. 100 Norfolk 32 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 4 A Deferred, all Do., i B Guarantee.' 100 N. astern—Bervrie 214 , Do. do. Extension, ' 15 Do.do. G.N.E. l'urch all Do. Leeds tOO Do. York 100 North London 31 1. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamr.- stead, and City .In., 17i. North Staffordshir •.. all North Western ' all Y. &S. Viestrn. Juno 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ''oo Ox, Wore., & liVolv 8 Portsmouth 1.00 . 3(. o ;ash Central ..... 1.00 Scottish Midland .... 100 Shropshire Un'on a') South Devon IA) South Eastern all South Wales It 2 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Due Fi Do '6taine4, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darli 16. itodEton & Hartlepl 1(10 l'aff Vale WO no. Prof., No. 1 21i Mamas Hay. T).& R tflvorstone do Lance all Vale of all Watorld. & Kilkenny all WaterforeldcLin2erick all West Cornwall 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A ......, 3 Do. B all West London all Wimbledn & Croydor Ell 4.ntaa ir i,dz.ttott ,rdata 40 Do. 5 p.c. Ob eon. iu Sb. at par till '64 10 Ardennes 4i Belgian Eastn. June 10 &tiers to Graissessae 4i itorabay, Baroda, and Central India,Serir all Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian , g. sp. o 10 Do. Extension all Do. do. do., '59, do 20 GM. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence Is I Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till '62 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Ceutral of Franc , all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. all Do. Now 5 per cent all Do. Extensions...... 13 Great Luxembonrp Constituted ShareP all Do. Obligations all Gt. Western of Cana& Shares 5i Do. New all Do. lids., payable's7,l with option till '5.5. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all D... do., '73, without option !Elamilton & Toronto a l l I Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Conet. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Genova 14 Lyons 4 Mediterran a ll Wadras 10 De. Now a ll I !aria Antonia a ll I Do. do. Now all j Namur & Liege ( viti I interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France. all D0.20/.Slis. a n Do. 201.3 p. o Bdt (fmy. B. is Ams. She. all NorwogianTrunkPrer 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Ronan... . 15 Purist - Jaen & Cherbrg all Do 5 ißome and Frascati all IRouon and Havre all ;Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish all k Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse_ all IDo. 5i p. cent. Pref. ss. iScindo all D 0... all Southern of Franco 16 ;St. Andrew's and Qneboo (A). West Flanders all Do 54 per e. per .. 18 Western of Franco.,, all ...... all j Zealand ......... . JOINT-8 1 all 'Australasia, .* 50 Bank of London . all Km Col. Bk.&Ln..e: all British N. Araoricau 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Brik. of India, & Chins 50 City ..................... 25 Colonial ............... . 20 Commercial of Lond. all Eng. Scot.& &ns.Cht. all ILond. Mart. Bk. of Australis ............. Ditto N0w....... 20 iLendon and County. 50 Lnu.&E.Bnkg. Corp. 0 I London Joint Stook. !O I Lond. & Westminster 35 'National Proof Eng 10 Do. Now, . A !National of Irelaud.. Now South Oriental Bank of Corporation_ 25 kmvincial of keland all !Do. New 1 !Royal Anstraln. Bkg Gold Imp Co 50 Royal British all South Australia Union of Lusty Alia... tAjDo. New lUnion of London &mines' doi e I t this day. . I i Sc - 1 - 3 p 3i - 3 41 . 3§ - - - 1 P 35/ - 36 10 - 121) 211 - 211 - 1 -.• • 10 - 9 •• 15 - 16 00 70 80 90 3 1 3 11- , 20a —20 i 5t - 3 - 34 251 - 96 3 - 3ip 98 - 100 120 - 125 122 - 127 106 108 24 - 26 117 - 122 dl 7 Bpl 16i - 19 ! iPI ? 1 i - 3 51 - 5 i 4i - 5 t 351 -351 12 - tl - - St - 46 '4 . 6 - ii ••• - pm ••• 19 - 20 1 - 2 8i - 9 i - I'. -- pin 3i 4 31 - 32 19 io &NKI3. 92 - 91 59 - 61 li = i-d 66 - - 68 •i• ..- ... lot 174 3 —2. i par 2p ..... M a. N ••• 40 40 43 51 b 3 6.• '...' O. e. """ .. 37 - 39' 73 75 - 9 29 E 30 .11.fittd.1 RAILWArb; bewon, Compaq, London A: , N. West. L.&N.W. Claletlon... E. Un. ?Al Bedford and Bletebloy . 100 Buokgbarash. If 0 Clydesdale Jo. all Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. 10(1 E. Lin..9...6ne all B. Un. H. Sll lOU Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. New all Gistr.dt Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.& Greenw all Do.Preferen:e L 0:) Lou., Til., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. 100 Do. 6 per ct. I all Manch. Bxtn and Matlock all Middleshro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd 54 Newmarket Bury Ex ten all N.& Est.s p. c E. Count all Do. 6 per et. Do all Do. Fixods p Do all Prest. & y:P L. & N.W all Do. Shrs. A Do L 0 Royetn.&llit.lGtNorthi 'Bs Slier. Roth. an d [L r ancash G ooleg.sp.e. Yorksh. all Shrews.&Her . Brassey 9A, S. Staflordsh. M.MClean 111 - WoarValleygr tockt. & 6 per cent... Darliugt a'l Do Do 400 Wilts&rtomrst CitWestn Il t.Nrtr n. E. Count. ,Caldouisu. Gt. Vrenl Yk. New, & Berw. Y.& N s[ Do Do LE'en IPcto k Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. IV & Midld Stekton Darlingt. Midland PREFEREN , ;100 Aberdeen . !1.00 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c all IlythaudTyne lOpo] e. prof. (issd. '4501 .1100 Brie. St Ea. 4p.e. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares , 1T)0 Caledonian XlO all (Mester & Holyhofte Guar. 5} per cont , all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 all Do, do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork dtßandonslp.c all Dun.Prth .dt.Aber.J 2 g. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c 100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c all gastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. N 0.3 i all Do. No. 2 all Do. Now 6 p. a. St. ali Naet Un., G. dp. c. all Do. 51., 10 nor cent all Do. 10. Debentr.Sb. all Do. do. 4 per oent... 100 gad Lancash. 6 p.cts all c1.&11'. York. J. sthl• 1100 FM Prth.&Dun.4p c all Furness 100 alas. S.W. G. p. 100 Great Northn. sp. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem at 10p. c. prem. 100 00. 4i /3. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red , at 5 p. c. .. all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 100 G. S. ezW. (Ireland, 10 Do. !per c. Pr=f. S 6 Gt. Weetn. (Berke Tants Ea . 5 p. c).. 1100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 1 100 con. red. 4 p. e. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. all Do. Biz-tn. Pref. Sh ' all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk an Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. all Do. do. d 0............ al Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. ,C 2 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 Lon. &Brigh. 61.5 p.c. 10') 'Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.l 1.0(: Do. New Guar.6 p. c, 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. a Nuneaton sp. ct.. 100 Lon.& S. FJ. 7 per ct all Loudy. & Coler. Sh. *ll Londy. & Ennis. Sll. all Ilan., Sher., & Lin. I New , £lO 4 00. all Varypt.&Carl.4p 0 all 00. 4i per cent 10 Do 100 %rid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol s. firm. 6 per cont. 100 Do. 4 p. c. Pref. S: all 11)o. Pref. 43 . per can all 'Do. st. Pref. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto L. &H. Prof. St all iNorfolk Deb./Aura . 16 , 5 St. 10 1100 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stoc 100 Do. 5 p. o. Ezt 1 100 D.). 54 per ct.prof 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 'North British rNI. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 7 Po. do. do 13 jllo Leeds 6 p.e t.N0.1 1 - )o • do. Quarters 4' 9 10 Illo.Yorkri.Sy S. Pin all !North Staffordshiro. 8i 25 10 1.0.6 100 Oxford,Woreester,; Wolverh.Xls.6 p.e i Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. all .Seot. Cent., New Pre all South Devon If Do. fixed,46 percent all S. Eastern (Readint Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i. per cent all Do. Fixed 4. p c sh. all S. Wales Gus. 4p. c. all do. 4} p. 1E BRARE3. 109 - 111 106 - 108 ... - ... 90 - 1,2 93 = 4-5 - 16 ''''. M• All `S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock. & Dar., sp. c. 15 Po. do. do ..... ••• -.... ... -- 64 ''' ••• i a 11g 12 ••• ..... • .0. ... • • •• ... ~ • •• ... ... 6 ••• .. I/1 : 116 108 - 110 101 --- 103 ri - fp 9 lo 6 64 87 89 78 50 78 80 16 164 9 - 101 68 72 18 19 9 99 131 —14 i 1 id 1 29 - ISI 0 • • ... OH ••• ..-- ... soo "'""' oos. 11 - 3i - 108 9i 101 3 all 'Stock. k Hard. g. , p. c. till July 1, '5l 4A Illatert(l.&Kilk.6 p 883 8 79 8i 9 1131 131 - 133 91 - 93 1f 4 - 46 lk dl. 59 - 101 89 - 91 5 - 5i 90 i 5 i 2 is 13i - id -- 22 93 &I • • • "'" •• P 1p 2i - 21,1 MINES. 1 all Agna Fria < 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s all Anglo Californian — 20 6 tustralian I 1 all Australian Cordilleras ..• 1 all Ave Maria 1 j all Baden (Gd. Duchy ofo 50 I all Blasnarvon Iron and Coal 20 14 British Iron 4 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issned pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes Culaba 1/ 14 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 27 29 1 j Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica W all 'bre Copper & 67 —7li9 71 5 1 Colonial Gold l ' St. all Copper Min. of Eng 34 37 25 all so. Prof. 7j p. cent. 24 26 25j lE opiapo l9 20 2 4 1 j Fortuna id p 20 all seneral l4 —l6 1 j all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 44 i all Great Polrooth ll 24 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 jd 1 all Liberty * - 3 all Linares 6l 71 5 14 Lusitanian — 1 1 all Sfariquita. . . ..... 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 all Pontgiband * Lead Min. & Smolt. 11 13 5 I 1 Port Philip ...... 1 all Quartz Rock — I 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O 22 z d 15 all Do. New 6— 8 s d 30 13/ Santiago de Cuba...— 3 3j 31 1 all south Aust ra li an — a 1 all Do. Scrip . 1 1 Do. 10 per cent Pref 10 9 [ln ..... 4— 4i 24 all United Me x i oan 3l 4t 4 1 all siraller ... . 1 all West Marip osa ., ,,, , , I. 12s Worthing Mining of Australia . .. 1 sill Yuba. hiISCELLANAUtIii. 2 5 19 Australian Agricult. 25 27 254 18 all Atm . ..rain. Royal Mai 1(1 Berlin Water Works 6 7 50 46 Brit. American Lam. 47 go 100 32i Canada l3l 136 St. I.EO Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and Jaly L7 107 t 1074 5 all Crystal Palace.. 2l 21 21 5 5 Do. Preference —4 i 4 all Crystal PAO Franc 1 1 Duston Iron 0re..... 20 11 Eastern Steam •• 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1 11 lj 25 24 F.lectrie Telegraph... 20 22 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Celliei 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Stear 141 1541 20 10 Irish Beetroot Suga 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Meximn&S.Amerien. 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fria'. . . 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 1.4 11 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d j id 2 1 N.S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. ... 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. 13. Australasian.., 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaan 1 all Oriental Gas I 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p S all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2f 21 50 all Peninsular& OrientA 621 60 lj 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron .. 10 0 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1j 1 1 a Ditto New I p all South Austral. Land C0.......5 --3 1 Submar. Tel. Scrip.,, 20 all Di - , Reeiatered.... • . 15 5 rrust& L.Co.U.Can. 100 1 , 28 , Van Disaieu'o Land ,161 161 164 161 -! iG! C naina mriet , ye.terday. 93 - 95 94 - 98 iii -- 1:15 la : le6 121 - 224. - 23. 107 i - 11' ... ... .. 21 - 21 90 :2 id iP 55 57 ••••• ••• 130 - 113 74 3 2id 30i - - it 82 - 84 holism this ct&y. Irldri3 ';',-7.blttton '1 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. [OUNDLE RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) CLUB STAKES. Honeyc )mb .... St. Hilary Four ran. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Goodlad Fanny Wynne Eight ran. WELTER STAKES. Bayloch g Harry Three ran. 2 THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. WAUGH, Coroner's Inquest.—(This Day.) __-.- 4 The adjourned inquest on the body of the unfortunate Mr. Waugh was resumed this morning at the board room of St. Andrew's Workhouse, Gray's-inn-lane, be fore Mr. Wakley, coroner, and a bighly-respectable jury. The inquest was adjourned on the former day in order that John Broadfoot Wustron, the murderer, might at tend and be identified by the various witnesses who saw the prisoner on the morning of the horrible and melan choly occurrence. A mernor;al was presented to the Secretary of State requesting him to direct that the prisoner should be brought before the coroner, who issued au order accordingly to the Governor of the House of Detention. This morning the prisoner was conveyed in a cab, in custody of Inspector Checkley and Sergeant Haynes of the E division, to the board-room ; but owing to his removal being earlier than was expected, but few per sons ha I congregated to catch a glimpse of him. As the investigation proceeded the numbers increased coa siderably, and by the time the inquest was over the neighbourhood of the workhouse was crowded by per sons eager to see him leave for final examination at the Clerkeu well Police-court. The prisoner whilst before the coroner appeared not to feel the awful position in which he had placed him self by the diabolical act he had committed. He stood with his arms folded, and leisurely surveyed the pro ceedings in a manner almost amounting to total indif ference. Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the ex suitors of the deceased gentleman, and Mr. Lewis for the pri- Boners. The various witnesses whose examination have already been given were in attendance to identify the prisoner, but before he was brought into court Mr. Wakley re• quested Mr. Whitfield, the principal witness, to retire. The prisoner was then brought into the room and allowed to stand amongst the crowd, when Mr. Whitfield was called in and asked to pick out the man who he saw shoot the deceased. He immediately pointed out the prisoner as the man. Inspector Checkley depcsed, in addition to what has already been published, that on searching the prisoner's lodgings he found, amongst other things. a box contain• ing powder, percussion caps, from 12 to 15 bullets, and a bullet mould. The bullets fitted the pistol, which the Inspector had ascertained the prisoner purchased about 15 months ago, for a guinea, from Mr. Wilcockg, tobac conist, Railway-arch, Minories. [lt was a percussion cap pistol, with a brass barrel, and rather elaborately embossed stock or handle.] The Coroner then directed the Inspector to remove the prisoner from the room, and have him conveyed to the police-station at once. Inspector Checkley said the examination had been fixed to take place at 2 o'clock. He would take care the prisoner was at the police•ofice in time. The Coroner—l shou'd wish him to be taken there at once. I promised the prisoner should be at the police station by 12 o'clock, and I should like to keep my word. There is time enough to do it, and therefore let it be done, that it might not be said any act of mitte had interfered with the administration of justice. The prisoner was then removed. Mr. Lewis said it was to be regretted that the pri soner laboured under a delusion with reference to the decesoed gentlemar, and the friends of the prisoner were anxious that it should be know - u that so far from that gentleman behaving ill to him, he had treated hits/ and them with the greatest kindness, and had always ;acted for their benefit. On another occasion he (Mr. Lewis) should be able to prove that the prisoner was labouring under a delusion ; but it was useless for him to do so then, as that Court could not not on such evidimce. This delusion waß,..if he might HO term it, an herediitary complaint in the family. The prisoner's father and uncle destroyed themselves whilst labouring trader mental derangement, and hii aunt died in a limatic asylum. His conduct iu his lodgings had been kWh as would leave no doubt but that the prisoner ought not to have been permitted to be at large, and he had had to leave various lodgings from his conduct being, as the parties stated, that of a madman. Oo one cacca- siou be opened his window and set the things in the room on fire, and when remonstrated with alleged he did it to destroy the devil. The Coroner, in summing up, made some remarks on the impropriety of allowing persons of the prisoner's description being at large. He did not consider it was enough, when a man used violent threats to another, to merely bind him over to keep the peace for a few months. He considered that such men should be kept in custody as a guarantee against their committing such acts as that they had the melancholy duty that day of inquiring into. He looked upon it as an act of cruelty to allow such per sons their freedom. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. The prisoner was ultimately taken to the Clerkenwell police-station, where the prisoner was formally com mitted for trial for the wilful murder of Mr. Waugh. FUNERAL OF MR. WAUGH. The mortal remains of this unfortunate gentleman were this day consigned to their final resting-place. On its becoming known that thee funeral of the de ceased would take place this morning, the vicinity of the residence of the late Mr. Waugh was in a state of much excitement, and groups of pei sons were to be seen patiently waiting, at different pal to of the road, the arrival of the melancholy precession At eleven o'clock the funeral co, 'tege, consisting of a hoarse and five mourning coaches, left the residence of the deceased gentleman, in Ladbre )ke•square, Notting hill, and proceeded at a slow pace t awards the Highgate at which place it arrive id shortly after one o'clock. ry, With the exception of the family and relatives of the deceased gentleman, there were but :few persons present at the interment of the body, MARKET NEWS.—( This Day.) CORN EXCHANt 3 E: Most of the supply of English when bt on sale here to-day was the refuse of Monday. The amount of business doing in most kinds was limited , at Monde: OA declin e i n th e quo tations. The condition of the sampl,st was very inferior. In floating cargoes very little was doing. Barley and malt very dull, but not cheap er. There was a moderato sale for oats at f u ll pr i ces. There eh was as v aerlymost little inquiry for t om vi i gn w h eat, the value of nominal. B ea ns, peas, stud flour were exceodi bigly h eavy . •RFLIVALS TIIIB WBI at. Wheat. 750 Lnglish .. Irish .. • • Harley. ( Mal t . Oat m . rl onr . 40 I 1.4 1,131 960 6,350 1690sks. 410 brig. Foroign } 1 660 BOROLIGH HOP . We continue to have a fair demand...for all kinds of hops, at full prices. WHITECHAYEirA . The sup dies were large, and the tll4lO ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2e 101 to 48 2d ; mutton, 24 10d to 48 2d ; veal, 3s 81 to 4s 10.1; port 1 ", 35 4d to 6s Od per 81bs by the carcase. Viscount and Viscountess Comberce ere are expected in Belgrave-square on Tuesday rent. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestra are staying on a visit with the Marquis aad Marchiort oss of Waterford, in Ireland. THE LATE SAMUEL ROGEEEL—We hear that the Rogers' Diaries are not so nearly ready for th o press as rumour had it. Mr. Moxon—the publisher, 'but not, it seems, executor, of the poet—has a volume of Table Talk i n the press, taken down by Mr. Dyes • This volume is nearly ready for the public. The diaries kept by Mr. Rogers himself, some of the choicest morsels, in which are reports of conversations with the Iron Duke, are at the disposal of the poet's relatives, the Messrs. Sharpe. Rogers, it is said, left no instructior t% as to the particu• lar disposal of his papers. Samuel 3 %Hips, we believe, had at one-time a commission from the poet to write his life, but the young critic passed : ►way, like so many other contemporaries, before the age d poet was gathered to his fathers. No successor to the t: Isk was ever named by Rogers.—Athenatint. This vessel, which wag one of three ships sent out in 1851 in search of Sir John Franklin and party, and which was abandoned in 1853 ab v. Sir Edward Belcher, in Wellington Channel, in about lat. 76, long. 94, bas been recovered, after drifting . 1,000 miles, and taaen into New Louden, United States, by Captain Budding ton, of the whaling bark (leerge Henry, belonging to that port. It was on the 10th of September, in lat. 67 N., and while in a field of ice, that the captain disco vered a ship in the distance, bearing north east, about 20 miles from Cape Mercy. The head of the stranger appeared to be due east, and during Abe whole of that day and the one following the course of the ship did not vary more than a point or so from the east. Both ves sels gradually approached each other, during five days, in an extraordinary manner, caused, as Captain Bud _dington supposes, from the vessel having been struck by a counter current from Davis's Straits/. On the sixth day a party was sent from Davis's Straits. On the sixth day a party was sent from the George Henry . to report upon the abandoned vessel, and, on their return, the captain, hearing that it was her Britannic Majesty's ship Resolute, mid kno - wing the history of the Arctic expeditions, determined taeneeavour to resc ue her. Captain Budtlineton, with this intention, left his own vessel and boarded the Resolute. He commenced immediately to search the vessel, in order to ascertain if she was seaworthy. On descending the hold it was found to be entirely full of water up to the floor of the first deck. The well was then sounded, and 7 feet of water were discovered to be in the, ship. The pumps were thee visited, and, being of a new construction, none but the captain was acquainted with the'mode of working them. One of them, which was a force-pump e very great power, w a s rigged, and the following morn ing was got in working order. A gang of men were then set to work, and for three days the pump was kept going. ' 'Fourteen hotirs out of the 24 were consumed in thus freeing the vessel. On the third day all the water was cleared from her hold, and the attention of the captain was turned towards extricating the prize from the dangerous position she was then plated in. The appearance of things on board, as represented by Captain Buddiegton, when he had leisure to ex amine the vessel, was doleful in the extreme. Every thing of a moveable nature seemed to be out of its place, and was in a damaged condition from the immersion in the water. The cabin was strewed with books, clothing, preserved meats, interspersed here and there with lumps of ice. There was one thing, however, which struck him as being very remarkable, and for which probably no satisfactory explanati-n can be given and this was the presence of ice for several feet in thick ness on the larboard side, while there was not a particle on the starboard. The only argument that can be pre sented to explain this curious freak of the elements. is, that the Resolute, lying with her head to the eastw a rd f or probably mere than a month, received the direct rays of the sun on the starboard quarter, and nowhere else, and thus a' daily' wareith was imparted to this side of the ship, while the other side, ..being without this heat, be came as solidified with ice as though the sun never shone on it. This supposition may be very plausible and satis factory to many, for, to the certain knowledge of Captain Buddington, the head of the Resolute never varied from the east for twenty days, notwithstanding she was constantly drifting in a south-west direction (the course of the pack.) There was scarcely anything on board the abandoned vessel that was not more or less destroyed. There was a great lack of fuel OR board, al though in the course of the search throughout the vessel a little coal was discovered in the bold, but the quantity wag very small, and entirely inadequate to supply the vessel more than a week. Of provisions there was enough, perhaps, to last a crew of 75 men (the number originally carried by the Resolute) for nine months. The salt meats, were the only articles that were at all in a state of preservation. Et erything had gone to decay. Even the ship's stir, fund between decks, were so rotten that the sailors could thrust their fiugers through theca like so much brown paper. An attempt was sub sequently made to rig a top-mast studding-sail out of some of the canvas found saturated with water ; but it blew out of the gearing, and was scattered to the winds like chaff. The lower hold was found to contain the library of one of the officers of the expedition, valued at over $l,OOO. The books were entirely valueless when discovered by Capt. Buddington, and subsequently thrown overboard as worthless rubbish. After great difficulties the captain succeeded in getting clear fromthe ice on the 16th of Oct., and commenced his homeward voyage. Upon this fresh difficulties arose. The ballast-tanks having ; burst in the hold r en d ere d th e R eso l ute very light and apt to roll heavily in the trough of the sea, and gale after gale was experienced, The open sea was gained, and OD the 20th of October the homeward voy age commenced. After a succession of strong gales and head winds the New London Lighthouse was made on the 24th of December. During the voyage, when a little to the north of the B an k s o f N e vfoundland, the Resolute carne in contact with an iceberg about 50ft. in height, on the top of which there was a detached piece of ice of many tons' weight, and which the captain expected every moment would tumble down upon the vessel and sink the prize so gallantly obtained. So great was the danger that the boats were all in readiness to push off, should the overhanging glacier be precipitated upon them. However, after a great deal of careful work ing and hard labour, the dangerous obstacle was cleared. When the Resolute was first boarded, the ice around her was from 25 to 30 feet thick. Everything was stowed away in proper order for a desertion, spars hauled up to one side and bound, boats pled t , gether (covering snow sleds), hatches closed, &c. In the cabin everything was silent and dark, but they broke in the hatchway door, and felt their way in the darkness to the table ; on it they found matches and candles, and the decanters of the officers with excellent liquor in them, glasses standing around, just as they had been left so many months before. A dry mould had gathered over everything. The iron water tanks in the hold hnd burst from extreme colt, and the water they had held bad flowed over the bottom of the hold. Between decks ever) thing was covered with moisture. A sort of perspiration had risen from the water underneath and settled above. Many articles of apparel were found " wringing wet." The party made a fire in the cabin, and the' mould soon began to drip rhe A n upon them, Upon the reporters from the different jour nals boarding her upon her arrival all articles of a perish able nature were found to be utterly ruined ; glue had dropped out of locker joints, and everthing was covered with rust and mould. The books in the library were for the greater part in a good state of preservation, al though they were much damaged from the tallow end grease spilt about the cabin in the voyage home. The winee!ocker, lacing the library, on t io opposite a de of the apartment, was filled with a goodly array of bottles, filled with port, sherry, brandy, and champagne. The ceilings were entirely covered with firearms, whaling gear, lances, surveying instruments, telescopes, rocket-guns, and sig nals. Indeed every portion of the entire cabin seemed to have been stowed away with valuables. There were two closets at each side of the library, running back as far as the dead lights, which were completely jammed with clothing, boots, stockings, and other articles of wearing apparel. Rolls of cordage and gutta percha piping —the latter article was evidently meant to cover a telegraph wire—also huddled together among the mass of rubbish that had been stowed in these closets. In the petty officers' room the British navy uniform was scattered about in all directions. Some of the coats and panta loons were in good condition, and apparently bad suf fered but little from the damp. In the berths were books, suits of clothing, firearms, powder in canisters, flasks, pictures, tobacco-pipes, and matches. Besides the above articles, there was a variety of eatables and preserves, with which the whale men had made sad havoc. Many little dainties, such as chocolate, preserved fruits and jams, were found snugly stowed away in the nooks and corners of the berths. In the centre of the apartment the mess table once stood, but in the voyage home it fell to pieces and bad to be thrown overboard by the crew. Here there were several theatrical costu mes, which would have been suitable for some of the best " stars" of the day. The habiliments of Othello, Richard, and King Lear were carelessly lying among a pile of clothing which were, no doubt, intended for clowns and tumblers, for the spangles and variety of colours on the latter would lead one to infer that even Circus performance had been attempted on board the Resolute. Wigs and other articles necessary to a good representation of either farce or tragedy lay scat tered around the floor in a blue mouldy condition. To a close observer there was iu the middies' room every thing that the lovers of sport or amusement could desire. In the steward's pantry all was nearly perfect, but in the seamen's room the cookery utensils were missing, having apparently been carried away by the exploring party as the most useful to them. All the other por- tions of the ship were stored with valuable descriptions of property suited to the purposes on which the Resolute was employed. As a curious and interesting coinci dence, it is stated that, in the year 1852, Messrs. Perkins and Smith, shipowners, of New London, sent out a bark called the M'Clellan to Davis's Straits for the purpose of getting oil and bone. While fishing here the captain of the M'Clellan fell in with Sir Ed ward Belcher's squadron wintering in the ice. While in their company the M'Clellan was crushed in the ice, and it was thought prudent by the captain to abandon the ship, and sell her and the contents to the com mander of the British squadron. This was accordingly done, and the whaling-bark was stripped of every thing that. was valuable on board, and the articles dis tribute' o on board the variot(i vessels composing the fleet. The George Henry, Captain Buddington, was fitted out by Messrs. Perkins and Smith to fill the place of the lost barque M'Ciellan, and in 1855 she proceeded to the very sea where the !atter was abandonel to Sir Edward Belcher's party, and here, in the course of the voyage, one of the very squadron which assisted the M'Crelland's commander in his difficulty was pieked.uP, an abandoned ship, by the vessel fitted out in the place of the one taken possession of by the British three years previously. This is not all. On board the Resolute ere now pieces of sail of American manufacture, which had doubtless hung from the topgallant yard of the ill-fated 2.l'Clellan. It is vet v strange that, after such a lapse of time, a remnant of Messrs. Perkins and Smith's lost vessel should be brought to their very doors from the depths of the Arctic legions in this manner. Mr. J. Clementson, who, having held the office of deputy Serjeant-A-arms of the House of Commons fo r 50 years, was well known to the inr:nabers of the Legis lature, died on Sunday last, at his residence, FelQourt Lodge, Torquay. THE AUSTRALIAN 111Ams.—T! - :e White Star Royal mail packet, Sardinian, Captain Sheridan, belon g i ng t o Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, of Liverpool, sailed from the Mersey yesterday at noon, for Melbourne, with the usual bi-monthly mails for the Australian colonies, above 100 passengers, and a full , cargo of valu a bl e merc h an di se on freight. The next mans will be conveyed from Liver pool to Australia by the Black Bad ship Joseph Tarratt, Captain Haulm, appointed to sail on the 7th proximo, L IT, RATURE. Nonpareil House. By Henry Curling. 3 vols. Hall, Virtue, and Co. This is a very interestine.- narrative ; it relates •the adventures of Julian Mountjoy, a Teung cava lier, of the time of the great rebellion in England. Without taking a very prominent part in any im portant occurrences, the hero, nevertheless, was present at many of them; a mrthe records of his own exploits of a private nature form an attractive por tion of the book. The plot is. -ingenious in con struction, and the descriptions are spirited.. There are many characters presented to our notice, and some of them attract regard and interest. Lady Nonpareil was peculiarly unfortunate, driven about the country, her husband and only son engaged .in war, she was left without any protec tion till Julian Mountjoy _came -over - from abroad, when the earl commissioned him to be • her escort to the north. - During these travels the party, con sisting .of Lady - Nonpareil, her daughter, and governess, encountered many dangers,- from the effects of which they were preserved by the courage, prudence, and foresight of the young champion, who was a distant relative of the family. Leaving them for a short period, Julian Mountjoy rendered 'signal service to the cause of the Royalists, by conveying some treasures to London, and then con verting them intogold. •On his journey to the country estate of the earl he encountered the fugitive cava liers, among whom was the King. This passage is of great interest, bringing before the reader in a position of danger and uncertainty the monarch who shone pre-eminently in the hour of adversity. The devotion which inspired so many of his fol lowers is sketched with a truthful earnestness, and the hope which actuated them again and again to the contest of the royal rights against the power ful assailants, is made apparent with forcible and striking descriptions. Whatever may be the political bias of those who p3ruse these annals, none who admire courage or constancy will withhold a tribute of admiration from the self devoted cavalier. Julian Mountjoy was a noble instance of knightly zeal. His opportunities were not many and his position was not elevated, but the King had not a more enthusiastic follower. By his unflinching bravery and dexterity he contrived to render some material benefits to those of his side in the struggle. Such was the distracted state of the country at the time that there was scarcely a household, however mighty or humble, that was not in turn too powerless to defend itself, and of too much consequence to be passed over. In such .a position of affairs it was incalculable the advantage that even one valiant arm could afford to the oppressed. There was a secret foe to the family of the Nonpareils, who tracked out the va-. rious members with skill and ingenuity that seemed' almost fabulous. To circumvent this cunning enemy Julian did not always find .it possible, and after having driven him away from many of his ill-devised schemes and destroyed many of his pro jects, he was at last obliged to succumb in his turn. The wily Basil contrived to prejudice Lord Non pareil against his young relative, and after all his services in the cause of the family Julian w as treated.J with coldness and even contempt. He withdrew. . from them in disgust, and joined ,some friends he had made for himself. Mohun, who was of great service to him, was a noble character, straightfor-. ward, and generous ; he had raised himself to eminence by his own exertions from a humble sphere, and he is well calculated to attract atten tion by hid spirit and daring. Lady Blanche is pleasing; and. the endeavours of Julian to free herself and mother from the cunning devices. that had been drawn round them by the wily set they had fallen into are very exciting and interesting... Diana is a fine disposition, and her enthusiasm for the royal cause, which she does much in secret to - advance, gives a romance to her career. Squire Numbskull is an amusing sketch of country life at that period. On the whole, much may be found to excite interest and attract admiration in this story, as well from the epoch chosen for delinea tion, as for the skill that chronicles its details, and the spirit which animates its pages. New Zealancli• -By E. B. Fitton. Stanford, Charincr-cross. This volume is 'designed for the uso.and information of intending•ethigrants. It is founded ou a lecture on New Zealand which was given some time since. Many delays have retarded its publication, which is scarcely to be regretted, as the author has been enabled to add to his stock of information on the subject.. He justly . observes, that in a book professing to give the latest infor mation upon all topics iN filch it discusses there can be little that is entirely original, and whore much of the intelligence consists of extracts from colonial newspapers the style must necessarily be occa sionally formal. The latter remark is perhaps scarcely merited, as it is written in a quiet, business like manner, .and does not display any unusual dryness or formality in the style. It gives a description of the country and the general mode of life among New Zealand colonists, which the author, being a landowner anti late resident in the colony, is well qualified to describe. The islands are three in number, but the southern one, which is smaller than the others, is also much more mewed and inclement, and is therefore seldom sought by emigrants. It is known by the name of Stewart's Island. In all, the three islands are estimated to . contain 78,300,480 acres of land, and of those it is supposed that at least two-thirds are capable of cultivation, though, ow ing to the want of roads, bridges, kc., and the re fusal of the natives to alienate their territories, there are many obstacles to the occupation of the more remote districts. The natives, or " Maori," have been calculated at 100,000, nearly 80,000 living in the north island. They are a well formed and intelligent race. With regard to the climate, which has been so highly spoken of, the author considers it to be overrated. The disappointment, he says, which many experience in this respect,, on arriving at the colony, has given rise to one of the most serious complaints made. On the whole he thinks that the weather, though never equal to our best summer days, is far more equable and agreeable than in England, and at no time so severe as our worst months. A. separate . chapter is devoted to each of the six chief settle inents, Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Otago, Canterbury, and Nelson. The three former are in the north, and the others in" the middle island, the south, as we have previously mentioned, not having been colonised by English emigrants. It will be seen that from the author's personal knowledge of the colony, and from his various sources of information, he has furnished the in tending emigrant with a work likely to give him a clear idea of the locality, its advantages-. and drawbacks. Webster's Royal Red Boa.. Webster and Co. This work has been established for so long, and is so well known that it requires no recommenda tion. It has acquired a reputation in its peculiar style, and although as a directory it cannot, of course, be compared with the " London Directory" as a reference for information respecting Crown offices or State appointments, &c., it will be found of great service. Its contents inform us that it comprises a Street Guide, an alphabetical list of. the Nobility and Gentry, the Houses of Lords and Commons, Baronets, Crown and Law Officers, Ambassadors, Consuls, Bankers, Army and Navy Agents, Hotels, Clubs, &c. This list is sufficient to prove its utility to those unacquainted with its merits, while its former patrons will find it main tain its previous character. Who's Who in, 1856. Bailey, Brothers, Cornhill. This is another very useful volume of reference. It has reached the eighth year of its existence, which is a testimony that it has succeeded in ob taiuing the public favour. It is indeed a most serviceable little volume. Its table of contents is too long to be quoted, but it is sufficient to say that it gives every information respec ting the Offices of State, the Royal - Family and Household, the Peerage, the Public Works and Buildings,_ all the Law Offices and Judges, the Of fi cer s and Head s o f Houses at the Universities, and the Governors of British Possessions in all parts of the world. Be sides this multifarious information, a list of the Bishops, and Deacons, the Members of the Academy of Arts, the Directors of the Bank, the Companions of the Order of the Bath, and several other similar useful pieces of intelligence are given. The ages of man y of the notabilities are added and in the list of the Members of P. I Parliament the number of electors is appended to each name. The British Ye ar B oo k for the Country. Edited by C. M'l n t os h and T. Lindley Kemp, M.D. Longman. This work is intended to appear annually, and " to he for the country house what annuals used to be for the drawing-room." Unlike them, how ever, its object is not to amuse a leisure hour, but to be of service in the practical business of country houses and their dependencies. It is announced as au annual of Agriculture, Horticulture, Flori culture, and Arboriculture. Those who are em ployed or interested in the pursuits which these hard words represent will therefore find it a useful companion. The names of its editors are a valuable recommendation. Mr. APlntosh, the author of the large and complete works on " The Farm," and on " The Garden," which were published some time since, being one, and Mr. Lindley Kemp, the author of " Agricultural Physiology," being the other. It is divided into four parts. The first gives us an almanac and its attendant pieces of information, a calendar of garden and farm operations, awl a table of the average weather i a 0 reat Britain during the year. The second consists of original papers on many theoretical and praclical topics. The third part gives a notice or the works on tho diffe rent branches of rural eco - noiny t}mt have appeared in the past year. The fourth part, under the head of Miscellaneous, presents us with a :variety of florists' lists, the French market prices, in ven ti ons , discoveries, eiTc., and all the events of importance that have taken place in connection with agricul tural and botanical pursuits iii 1855 . . The reader will'thus see that, though it does not aim at enter tainment, - it is calculated for the general reader; for those engaged in rural pursuits it forms a useful rade mecum. The Atsurance Maga,-.;ine. C. and E. Layton. The Merchants' Magazine. Richardson, Corn hill. The Fieentasons' Magazine. H. G. War . rep. These serials are each devoted to a particular class, and their contents are therefore characteristic. The AsSurance Magazine is also the journal of the Institute of Actuaries, and has several articles on topics of social importance. A paper on the phy siological law of mortality, by Professor Buchanan, presents some striking tables, from which it ap pears that the period at which human life is most secure is 13. An article on decimal coinage enters thoroughly into the subject, and decides iu favour of its adoption. The Merchants' Magazine has several papers ost commercial subjects, and a great variety of prac tical information. Colonial princes, foreign ex changes, prices of grain, English and foreigjfunds, Sr,c., together with. the Bank returns, and the prices of railway shares are comprised in its cow tents. Merchants and ; men of business will find this serial a useful referee. The Freemasons' Magazine, though addressed to the Brotherhood of Masons, contains some articles of general interest unconnected with that extraor dinary fraternity. One of these is the description of a yacht's cruise to Balaklava. As a general rule it must, however, be admitted that this serial is best adapted for the perusal of the craft. TilE RESCUE OF _7'132 DISCOVERY BAK: - REAIOLUTE FROV THE ICE. 50 25 St. Si 2e 25 50 St. St. to 12 gi 954 5 64 5i 80i la 1. 1241 105 44 65 4 I 80 iiiii 97 4 4 87i I St 87 f i i /69 Si ii . 1 91 4 Ali 4 30i 71 i 1 471 i 8 7i 9111 • 0, 1 68 6 8 i i 4 51e xin 111 12 36 21f f 16& 16 101 11 18 1 20S i 5} 3} x in 26 k 8i 9 241 j 5 4717 iii 2i 1& 2i 9124 17i 17 731 3 4 84 i 29 9 to St. 20 50 OM ilk THE PROSPECTS OF PE ACE. A private letter from Brussels contains the fol lowing remarks on the great question of the day : "Tlie bases of the treaty, such as they have been sent to Yienna, r contain one word to which great importance is attached, and which I confess I do not uuderstand —it is the neutralisation of the Black Sea, and which forms the first article. It is not the novelty of the expression which alarms me, but the real sense that we ought to attach to it. What does neutrality mean iu time of peace ? It is evidently nonsense, or rather 4 'contradiction. Can it be that there is an intention to re peat the fault committ-d with regard to Belgium, when it was understood that Belgium sauu Id remain neutral in any wars which might take place between the different nations of Europe. That treaty was undoubtedly made against Louis Philippe, and took from his natural ally ; but it is equally known that this sort of neutrality is only respected when a Power does not find it to he its interest to violate it. If by neutralisation of the Black Sea is meant that no ship of war shall be allowed to enter the Dardanelles, it is precisely what• existed before the war. If by it is meant the convention made between R,ussia and Turkey under the guarantee of the other Pewers, which provides that neither of those States shall have ships of war in the Black Sea, it cannot be t,rined a neutralisation. If, then, this word had a meaning, it would be necessary to . believe, that even in time of war Turkey could not mak • use of her Marine, neither to annoy the coasts of Russia, 'nor succour her maritime provinces Should they be in vaded by land armies—which would' be absurd. If Russia wished to attack Germany, or taking advantage • of. the little energy put forth by the German States, wished to excite them .agaiao .Ifrance, .-France would not'haielbe right to profit .by her alliance with Turkey, and to transport her fleet and her troops to the Black Sea. .It would he the same if British India were to be menaced by Russia. We are then justified in de manding that the word neutralisation shall be effaced ; for oa concluding peace it is absurd and dangerous to anticipate eases of war. "The Western Powers have reserved to themselves the right, independently of the four articles, to require from Russia guarantees for the maintenance of peace. It is quite evident that these exigencies ought to be ex tremely moderate ; but it is equally evident that no one can pronounce that to be exorbitant that is indispensable for thesecurity of Eur Ope, that is to say, the re-establish ment of the treaties of 1815, and such as they existed in 1830. It was for the equilibrium of Europe that the pro vince taken by Russia from Prussia, her ancient ally, had been constituted as as independent kingdom, on the soil of which a RusFian army should never place its foot. Now, what is the consequence of the present state of things 3 It is.this—that Russian armies to the amount of from 300,000 to 400,000 men can occupy Poland, that they can in a few days march into Eastern Prussia, invade Silesia, Brandenburg, and enter Berlin ; that they can by a flank march invade the whole of Gallicia, and reacts Vienna in eight days, and thus the masters of the whole of Germany, they can advance to the Rhine, and in less than one month invade France. " It is then for the common advantage of Europe to demand the execution of the treaties. which have never been abrogated; and the re-establishment of those re mains, poor as they are, of Polish nationality. It Russia refuse, on the ground of the insurrection of 1830, she can be answered that all should not be punished for one fault, and that at all events that has been sufficient!y expiated." AIVISTERDAM BILL WATER COMPANY. Yesterday the Board of Comtnissarieß held their pre liminary meeting at the London Tavern, Mr. L. Schuster in the chair, to receive a raport from them on the state of the company's affairs. The report, which was read by Mr. ADAMS, the Secre tary, stated that since the last general meeting held in May last, 23 crossings of canals within the city of Am sterdrim had been completed, and 21,462 yards of pipes laid down. in the Downs 2,000 additional of canal bad been commenced, of which about 1,500 had been com pleted. Since that period 916 new contracts for the supply of water had been completed. The city of Am sterdam contained 27,500 houses, but as yet only about 1,600 had been connected with the mains. The proxi mate receipts for water supplied during the past year amounted to about 4,7501., and the expenditure charge. able against revenue to about 2,5001., leaving a balance out of which it was anticipated the full dividend for the past six months upon the capital called upon the new shares could be paid. The report, at great length, re ferred to the charges that had been brought against the directors by Mr. Croker, thelate engineer. First, that he had been removed from Lis office by the influence of Mr. Barrow, the contractor, whose ill-will he had incur red. Secondly, that the cause of his dismissal was also to be attributed to his opposing the construction of a high level reservoir in the Downs, a scheme which he stated had been concocted for the purpose of using a portion of the pipes that had been sent over to Amster dam by the contractor, contrary to Mr. Croker's orders. Thirdly, that the Commissaries had:allowed Mr. Barrow to carry out his contract in an improper manner ; and, fourthly, that at the last preliminary general meeting, the Commissaries nominated four directors contrary to the recommendations of that meeting. To these charges the Commissariesjgave a denial, as well as to another that Mr. Croke' was ordered back to Amsterdam pre vious to the last meeting, that he might be deprived of attending that meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, adverted to the prosperous state of the undertaking, and at great length _referred t o th e c h arges that had been made ag ainst the hoard Ist , Mr. Croker, which had been published and circulated in a pamphlet. lie denied the truth of those charges, and asked the meeting not to press the board then for an explanation, because the question of Mr. Croker's dismissal was now alli(ittihierycoinndtuhcist countryand r also i t n h e Holland.au eet o f He defendedjudicial el directors, and also th e b oar d of commissaries. board ot' Mr. liongraLL said he recollected meeting Mr. Croker on the morning of the London meeting, who informed hint that the commissaries had told him (Mr. Croker) that it would be worse for him if he remained and attended the meeting. The CHAIR/cot denied that he bad done any thing to compel Mr.. Croker to leave. That gentleman left Amsterdam at a critical time against the wish of the directors, and he (the Chairman) told him he had don• wrong in leaving. At a subsequent meeting at Am sterdam, where he and Mr. Croker were presenl, the latter trade no charges against him. Mr. CROKEH—I roost solemnly protested against your mode of proceeding. A very lengthened and animated discussion ensteed, in the course of which various charges were made asi . ains t the directors, the authenticity of which were dersired by the Chairman Mr. MoxoN afterwards suggested that an , invoe liba tion should be made by a committee into the truth or falsehood of the charges that bad been brought a gainst the directors by Mr. Croker. it was to the irate rest o f the directors to clear themselves of the charge s , san d o f equally great importance to Mr. Croker, whose -profes sional reputation was a ff ec ted by it. H e move d . :a reso lution to that effect. _ A SEuRETIoLDEn seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN resisted the appointment of 'such a committee. It would be the means o f di scove r i ng t o Mr. Croker the points they relied on to defer id the actions that gen tleman had brought against them . Th e motion was rejected, Mr. CHOKER addressed the meeting in vindication of his conduct, and in support of the statements be beal p ut forth affecting the management of the company end the, manner he had been treated by the directors. F to y rro ceeded to refute 'the etateroents that day made to the meeting, and referred to documents in corrohort di , in of his assertions, but the meeting betrayed au indisp iition to hear him, and after several iroerruptions that rg entle man had to desist from addressing the shareholde {es. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion for the ras ception and adoption of the report, which was carried by a Large majority. Thanks were then voted to the chairman,. au th• meeting separated. ;ould con innes ten• a the ature ed to ected seedy most one ',Hied tisto. atoll 1 out !fitly Lt ra• 1100 con ring 'lay rgh the on I wy our lat- I 100 100 100 20 20 :GN. 92 , 60 1 _;p