The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

'or it inde ower - t and inob, hers. laity, f we to d ). ' ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and there was a good supply, at last week's rates. The sales were 10,000 bales (3,000 on speculation), comprising 600 Egyptian, at 5/d. to 71d. ; and 2,500 Surat, at 31d. to 4N. per lb. The Railway Share Market ruled quiet in the early part of the day, but closed with an active appearance, at a considerable advance on Satur day's quotations. Letters from the manufacturing districts men tion that the trade of Leeds continued steady, and an active demand prevailed. The prospects of this branch of business were considered good, and the holders were confident of an early improvement. The Manchester market has been favourably influ enced by the recent intelligence from Vienna, but owing to the advanced prices asked purchases are limited. When the pacific news of last week reached Havre it created considerable activity in the cotton market. Stocks on hand, which were beginning to accumulate rather heavily, were sought after with avidity, at improved prices. On Thursday the upward 'movement commenced with a sale of 2,900 bales, at about 3fr. 75c. average. On Friday the market was, if anything, more animated, and the sales that day were estimated at 4,800 bales, independent of private bargains entered into with holders of cargoes on board ships in the harbour, Which was not less than 5,000 bales ; thus making a total of sales in two da) aof 12,700 bales. The closing price was about 4 francs per 2 kilos. The market for grain, on the contrary, was unfa ♦ourably affected. All kinds of grain from the Baltic and Black Sea declined, on an average, 2f. per sack. The trade of this port generally is im proving, especially with America ; and in this re spect it stands to France what Liverpool is to Eng land. Iu the adjacent provinces, towards the in terior, the number of cotton mills are increasing, and there is every likelihood of their soon being independent of imported cotton fabrics. Accounts from Antwerp continue to state that trade is buoyant, and there is every appearance, from the mildness of the season, that navigation vrill not be further impeded by ice this sea.ion. suga r is at about its usual price, and parcels of re fled have been sold at a slight improvement. Coffee is in demand for internal trade. Cotton has advanced under the influence of the peace Dens, and large sales have taken place in American of all sorts. Wool is also in demand, at improved Yates, for Buenos Ayres, Russian, and African. I mportations of Australian wool from England are frequent, and prices firmly maintained. On the Antwerp Bourse, after the late news, there was Feat buoyancy in the value of all securities, but the rise was not to the extent on other Continental Bourses, neither has the reaction been so great, so that the state of affairs hero is probably more s teady than on any Bourse in Europe. , I \re material variation has occurred in the Eng lish Stock Market ; and although at one period some flatness was produced by speculative sales the market has since become firmer. The dealers a re operating cautiously, and the amount of busi -14/88 transacted is consequently less eaten °ire. Investments are being freely made bY the public, and Consols for money, after having declined to 8941, are now marked 8911. Far the 7th proximo the prices have fluctuated f rom 891 I and 89i 90, the present values being 9 0 sellers. The Exchequer Bills have advanced t° 4 8. ils. and par. Bank Stock is rather flatter, r• ing 2081. The New 3 per Cents. have been • I, and the Reduced 891 to 901. The 5 per C ent. Annuities are at 113, and the New 30 Years' Annuity is 161. Ilittoreign Stock Market again presents a quick li s Pl l eaf#Oe, but the quotations are exceedingly rn i' . tilrkish 6 per Cents. have recovered about i per cent. of the depression that was noticed yes terday evening, being 8811 to 884. The New Scrip :Palled at 11, and has since been 1 to 01 discount. Spanish 3 per C en t s . h ave r i sen t o 40/, an d t h e Deterred to 22.1. Sardinian 6 per Cents. rose Ilataely to 874. Danish 5 per Cents. ruled firm at 1 03 1 - • French 3 per Cents. are quoted at 68, with t he exchange 25 30. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stock s: —G rena d a, Deferred Bonds, 61 7; Mexican, 0 ; Peruvian, 76 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 u ° ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 48 ; Russian 5 per C ant• s., 100 102 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 90 92 ; Spanish Per Cents., 39140,1; ditto Deferred, 22i 23; ditto Ce rtificates, 4i 5 ; ditto Passive, 61 6/. There is rather an active market for Railway se curities, and the quotations have an improved tendency.‘,„ Great Western, North-Western, South ," estern, and several others are per cent, higher. - "r• each lines are steady, at full prices. Paris and ' 4 Yeue have risen to 47. In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares berg few bargains have been recorded. II ItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. ( From the Ofciai Lie. ) - sn.ines• done. kik St oc k Per Vent. Rethlced Anuuities..... ........ 89Z 30 89 901 4 kPer Cent. Consols Annuities B9l 1A I , "r'' 3 ner Cent. Annuities Per Cent. Annuities ll3 Long Annuities, expire sth Tan. 1860.., 34 1 1 14 0 3'i Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3l Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6/1 "314i4 Ronda, £l000 i ., Ditto, undtr £lOOO par v oneols for Account Ercheciner Bills, 2id. £IOOO i 500 firma!' PRT 1 , -40 1i OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( K. ljall i 81 1 Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 — Ditto 5 per Cent lo3i Zrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cont P,,"lgh Bowls, 3 per Cent — tlitto Account 4O i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. m D itto Account . 'tricieh Rends, 6 per'eent — Ditt o for the Account Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account .. I,t 01 lOi b ntoidoods on the above payable in London. 'ranch Routes, 3 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. C msolFt Ditto (February) 90 sellers MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. 4NITRNYLD.—Meadow hay, 4159 to 6/ N : clove? ditto, , 15!; to 61 18s ; and straw, 17 5s Od to 17 103 Od per load fair average supply, and a moderate demand. R M 4i 129$ ELAND.—eadow hay, 41 4to 6/ love, do. 12 tt 9 to 6/ 153 ; and straw, 1/ 5s i 6c to 1/ 108 per load., Trade steady. -W iirrEoßAPtL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6' 03: CIOV“, 41 155 to 71 Os ; and straw, 17 5s to 1/ 103 per load. 'PAY tolerably g oo d, and trade firm. COLONIAL. T .EA--The market has ruled more active, and a good t:sineps has been done, at rather improved rates. Corn -1&11„C"gon per lb improved market has prevailed for both o lonial and foreig and several large parcels have changed tlauds at higher prices. There has been an active demand dorefined, and se ll ers d eman d more en h ance d ra tes than Ne current last week. CO FFEE. —Native Ceylon has experienced a brisk de i,lold ; a few parcels are offering at 51s to 52s 6d per ety . t. ipintation has also realised fuller rates. Fine quality tlech a has been enquired for at previous rates, but little litlt been done in lower qualities 1 ; ALLOW. .---The market has been dull, the demand having u very P 1 7 * " 4 4 last three months. C on the spot, 59s 6d to 60s; and Th e British Empire, Capt. Vaughan (late the Demo -11 !al has arrived at Queenstow n with a cargo consisting 1 4 upwards of 4,000 tons of guano, the largest cargo ever : 41 , Ported in one ship. It will be remembered this was ship that was whore in the Bristol river two or three Years back, and was said to have sustained irreparable t iaman v . The departures from the port of London for the Aus otralian colonies during tbe past week have comprised five oeels, t wo to Port-Ph i l i p, two to Hobart Town, and :t el to Sydney, w ith an aggregat e capacity of 3,419 ,ob. The rat es o f f re i g ht e xhibit scarcely any altera l. FIN ANCES OF VICTORIA. —The revenue retur ns o f Vi c- It for the year ending Sept. 30 have been published. a ppears that t h e t o t al rece i p t s f rom all sources were 3 )384,997/. Deducting from this one-half the 15,nd fund, flaY 470 ,000/., th ere would remain 2,914,0001. available thyclrt ordinary exnditure of 1855. For the year 1854 e alnou n t Was on 2,640,000/. 3t. 101 25 2: 25 50 al St. la St. 10 10 31 soli 20 I &I %t. It make war ! isten- Kious, onga- Id not , and SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. id.' RAnwitys. Mooing Priam yesterda . 22 24 3i - 4 7 - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 80 - 82 56i - 56 • •• .01 ... ••1 4 - 2 6k- 7 ••• 114 - 8i 8 : 25 - 27 18 - 20 72 - 73 50 - 52 9 i - 9i 20 - 21 80 - 85 6.- 7 931 --94 J, 78 - 80 L2l 12:3 104 106 54} -55 i 70 - 75 5 - 5 7t 79i .80 6i 6;3 96 - 97 96i - 97 1 86 - g 7 - 84 6 5 " - 6 7 38 - 40 •N .'" ••• 9 -. 10 43 - 45 30 ... 31 g t.mbg. Nottulr. Bost and Basta. Rind 11 331 fast & Ballymena ,11 3irming. Wolverh 4 ;lour Valley ..... Birk eAhd. Lancet.. 4; Cheshire Junct 6 ail >o. Clie7b. di Birk., £5O and £25 Cons 22 19 Do., ....... 25 all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter 00 Caledonian 0 41 St. il , Rt. ti 10 61 •B. Carm. and Cardigan A. Chester dr Holyhead. ‘ll Cork and Bandon dl Cork, Black, di Pass R Cornwall Do. A Do. B Ci Jeff Junction Duulin&BelfastJunc, al Dun. P. de Aber. Jnc. ill Do. N•iiw 10 East Anglian ill gastern Counties.. )0 P,ast. Finical, A BO .00 De., B. Steer 8A 'Do New A. .... 7)3 East Kent 10 East Lancashire 10 Edinburgh & Glasgov, .11 Ediub. and Peebles . )0 Edin. Pri,h &Dunder 9 Forth & Clyde Jun ill Furness. al Do. Extension 0 ;Glasgow &S. West,- ,11 'Great N. of Scotlnd. 00 ;Great Northern IDo., A. 5t0ck...... .. !Do., B. 5t0ck...... ., ..J Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all 'lrish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 7 IDo. New Thirds 10 ILancash.andYorksh t ID ) . Wst. aiding Un al ILlv:Craoy.&South,,t dl !London & Black, al 10 ; Lond. Bright & S.Cs,. Loud, and N. Westn. !6 ;Do. Fifths 5 i1D0.101.1.5h.,M&8...0 2;Do. Eighths ...... LOO; London audit Westn. II Do., £5O dl IDo, , £4O. ' Lndudrrydi Col oral a. Lndndrrr. & Ern:ll , A Manch.Stief.& Lincb dl iDo. 1 Shares, No. 1 25.1 Do., Mao. & Lin. Un 1 Metropolitan 10 Midland .. )0 1)o, Birmng. &Derlyll ill Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 11 Do. Half Shares ill Newcastle & Carlisle dl Nwpt.Abcrg. &Hrfd 83 Newry &Enniskillet, ill Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor. )0 Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties Un 10 North British di North Devon, No. 1 dl Do., No. 2 .11 Do., A Deferred., ill Do., B Guaranteed N. aatern—Berwioi, ;14 Do. do. Extension 5 Dodo. G.N.E. ?arch 11 Do. Leeds 10 Do. York... )0 North London ..... iP N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp- stead, and City Jn North Staffordshir 3 di North Western ill Y, &S. West rn. Juno 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester )0 Oa, Worc., & Woly 8 Portsmouth 10 -3( o.,Lish Central /0 Scottish Midland ihropshire Un'ou south Devon. fi iouth Eastern 11 south Wales .F. 3. Yrksh. 4 Riv. Dun 6 Do ...... 4 itaineq, Wok &Wok •tockton & Darli .6- itoq.kten & Hartlepl xl Taff Vale )0 Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. P.& R Ulverstone & Lanes di Vale of Neath 611 Waterfd. & Kilkenny al Waterford&Limerick al West Cornwall 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace al Do. A . 3 Do. B dl West London. 11 Wimbledn &Croydon FOR. all kntwerp&Rott rdare 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 .0 Ardennes 4 ;3elgian Eaatn. AMC 0 Beeiers to Graissessa, ilombay, , Baroda, Central India.Scrii ill Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. Now all East Indian, g. sp. a 10 Do. Extension all Do. do. do., '59, do 20 Gd. Tk of CanadaA it; all Do. St. Lawrence h Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of 'Moen con. into Stk. till '6 al Do. Comp. 6p. c,, do .0 Gt. Ceutral of Fran di Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. al Do. New 5 per cent al Do. Extensions.... -3 Cheat Luxembourg Constituted Shares al Do. Obligations , 11 Gt. Western of Canad Shares 5 Do. N0w..., Do. ads., payable's7, with option till '55 al Do. do., '62, p. '56 al Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto ill Do. 6 per cent. -7 I (Ake Const. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 10 EV na an d Geneva 4 Lyons 4 Mediterran Madras . 0 Do. New 11 Maria Antonia • ,Il Do. do. New 11 Namur & Liege ( %vitt , interest) 11 Do. (ex interest) al Northern of France 11l Do.2ol.Shs. al Do. 201. 3 p. o Bde (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs 11 NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons 1; Ditto Bonds ...... ill Paris and Orleans ill Paris and Rouen... lE ParisCaon di Cherbrg. 11 Do 5 Rome and Frascati,. 11 Ronen and Havre al Royal Danish 5 B,oyal awed ish ..... al Do. Obligations 611 Sambre and Meuse_ 11 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. s. Scinde 11 Do al Southern of Frame L 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 11 West Flanders 11 Do 54 per c. Prof 8 Western of France , 11 Do 11 Zealand ,0 1001 50 50 I al 100 51 100 100 21 20 mi Australis 20 5 Ditto New. 50 20 kr.ridon and County 100 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. S. Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New.. ......... - 50 22) 2 National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales,- 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 100 I 25 !Provincial of Ireland 10 all !Do. New. 5 I 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. Sz Gold Imp Co 1 100 50 I Royal British ........ 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia_ ". .1 Do. New ..... 50 10 Union of London ..., ' 4 , JOINT-S' Anstraia Bank of LonaOn . Bri. Col. Bk.& L n e . British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Clartd. Bnk. of India Australia, & China PO !City Colonial 0 Commorcial of Lond it Eng. Sc ot. & Ans. Cht Lond. Chart. Bk. of ... 69} -70 a 8 4 4 12i 1 13 ; 46 47 92 97 8 - - bi 21 - 23 102 104 72 74 43 45 11 13 59i 66 - 68 6 3d 2d pa - 36 33 -- 4-. 6 ... ... 8 - 86 1 -- 3ip 3i -- 3 31 20' a - T 1 ) 334 - 36:1 10 -120 211 - 211 - 1 10 - 9 - 16 60 70 80 - 90 3f - 4 p 20i -20 i 5i - 51. 3 - :31 251 - 26 3 - 3-11) 98 - 100 120 - 125 122 - 127 105 107 24 - 26 115 - 120 ...d 79 18 - 19 P' 7 9 2- 3 , 5} - 5 i 4 - 5 1 35A - 86 12 - - ••• ••• 7i - 8i 46 - 47 46 - 43 ••• '"'''' ••• ... '''''" PT" 19 - 20 - 2 - 21 8 - 91 i • = 1, ... -- pm 3i - 4 ioi 2 3i 19 - 20 Ili BANKS, 90 - 92 57 - 59 w'd d 65 ~67 16i 17 15 -- leA 3 par 2p . • ..• 37 - 39 40 42 51 b 3 .. "" *. ... -- ..- 37 - 39 70 - 75 lo 8 - 9 -29 p SO broalnesa (201 0 st, this day. St St. I !2i 20 a] 20 10 a] 10 10 1 60 4] St. 10 20 21 St. 10 3t. 25 I St. li 50 a] 20 al St. 101 ~t. [~ i6i 16i 3t. 11 20 al 118 al St. 101 St If 312. 10 3t. 11 it. . 0 0 Hi it. 1 1; 1.6 aj 8 al St. La St. to St. to 50 a' St. tY 7,0 35 a t. to t. 1.0 15 2: 2011 18 , 4 100 I 71 too ai 20 11 ZIN MO a 100 al 100 a l 1N) . al 203 1 al 100 al l' 20 20 3U al 10 al 16 1 a] 20 I al 20 20 ai 20 al 20, 1 20 1 al 20 1 a] 20 1 al 20 IF zo 11 ;IGN. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EY EN IN (3, JANUARY 22, 1856. bIN A SED KTX K 1; ,EN'CALL4. Raawfra'zi. o,l] Bedford and Blot chley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdal e Jc. all Col. Stour Vy. Sod, and Hal. 100 E. Lin. 0. 6 Pc all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. New...... all Glstr.dr Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk . & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. x Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preferance 10J Lon., Til., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 100 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bata. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Compan 'London N. West. L.&N.W Caledon... E. Un. E. C Gt.Nrt on. E. Count. Caldonimi. Do Gt. WOBLI Yk. New , & Berw. Y. &NM Do.. 'Do.. S. Easter Do !Pao k Co. 'Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland..l &dear. . tOCI Midld.Bracifd 51 Newmarket Bury Eaten... all NAL Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p all Prost. & "Vv y:e all Do. Shra. A L( 0 Roystn.& Hit. !Si Shef.Roth and Goole g. 5 p.c. all Shrews. &Her. 93 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent D all' Do De C n.ino rri" yester la, 92 - 94 94 - 98 133 - 135 ••• .... . toi 2: les 124 - 13 224 - 23 1076 - 1121 21 - 2i ES c 0 id AP 55 57 En. Coun , E. Count, Do Do ID L. o &N.W. lilt North:, Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassoy M. MClean Stockt. & lingt 130 - 1?3 78 - R 3 - 2j [lOO I Wiltskf4omrst 30 - 31 81 - 83 'r4tWestn. PREFER ;100 Aberdeen . ;100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c. i all BlythandTyne Ape c. pref. (issd. at 50/ .1100 Brio. & Ex. 4p.c. St r 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 'lOO Caledonian £lO all /Theater & Ilolyhear . Guar. 5A per cent._ all Do. do. Prof. No. 2., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Banclousip.c. all Dun.Prth .(tt Aber. J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I I all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts all F,.&W. York. J. sthF 100 Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.o. all Furness. 100 alas. &5.W.G.5 P.C. 100 Groat Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 41 p. c 7, Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. all Gt. N. of Scot. lat Pre 100 Gt. S. •!IW. (Ireland' 10 Too. 4per C. Prof. S 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko pm I 98 7i 1 St. ISt. St. St. St. 6 124 St. St. Tants Ex . 5 p. c)... 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c 1100 Do. con, red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S. all De. do. 5 p. c. d 0... 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. I all Do. do. do all Do. do, do 6 Lan. &York. F. RV' 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 bon. & Brigh. G. 5 p.c., 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St, 100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. 100 Do. do. 5 por cent • 100 bon. &N. W,, Coy. d Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct all Londy. & Cnler. Sh all Londy. & Ennis. Sh. all Kan., Shef., & Lin. Now, £lO 4 Do. r 6... all Niarypt.& Carl. 4 p all Du. 4 por cent 10! Do 100 I \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol ‘i Bina. 0 per cent. 100 Do. 4:3 p. c. Pref. St all Do. Pref. 43 per con all Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4p. c. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. Si all Norfolk Debenture 100 !Do.Pref. 4p. a. Sto,; 100 'Do. 5 p.c. Est 100 Do. 5i per ct. pref 100 !Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c, 100 iNorth British MO (N. E. Rorw, 4 p.c. r 7 (Do. do. do 'OE SHARES. 108 - 110 106 - 108 91 - i)i i -95 - 16 ... '- ... q -s 11i - 12 ••. .... .. ... ...' .. 60 - 62 ••• •• - 114 108 - 110 101 - 103 " - 10 6 -- 64 85 -- 87 77 -- 79 77 -- 79 16 -- I 6 9i 68 --72 i 18 -- 19 9 -- 99 13i -14 i 1 -- id 129 - 131 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c %No.l 9 Do. do. Quarters 4 10 Do. York T;.&S. Pur all North Staffordshire. 100 Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh..Cls, 6 84 !Do R. Prof. 101. Sh all Scot. Cent. ,Now Pre all ;South Devon 79 78i ... - ..r i l i l - 3i - 13 i i i 1:31 - 133 91 - 93 - 11 4 - 46 lf din 98 - 100 89 -91 5 - 5i 1 = ca Do. fixed, , q per con' all 3. Eastern (Readinvi 13 - 14 id pa, Ann.) of £1 Os. 100 Do. 41 per cent ' all Do. Fixed 4i p c eh all S. Wales Gua. 4p, c all ,Do. do. 4i p. c.... all IS.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all 'Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. 15 po. do. do. all (Stock. & Hart]. g. 5 r . c. till July 1, 'M 4i ;Watertd.& Kilk.6pc 22 -22 i 93 - 95 -- 94 p - li .. ... 211 - 21.1 MINES. 1 all 1 kgua 1 , 1.1 a 1 all inglo Austrin. Gold 10a all • Anglo Californian ... 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria . ••• 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal • 20 14 British Iron 4 6 35 26 Brazil i anl mp. (issue(' at E 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Coates & Cuiab: 20 15 Do. St. John Delße3 27 29 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica — 40 all Cobre Copper 67 71 5 1 Colonial Gold — ilt. all opper Min. of Eng 34 37 25 all 10. Pref. 71 p. cent. 23 25 •• 1 1C ,opiapo l9 20 2 14 Fortuna id p 20 all •teneral l4 —l6 1 all Gt • NuggetVeinßog — 1 41 ail Great Poloootb ll 2} 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • Id 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 6l 7i 511 Lusitanian 1 I 1 all Mariquita • • 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 10 12 11 5 I 1 Port Philip — 1 I all Quartz Rock — 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O 22 x d 15 all Do. Now 6 8 x d 30 131 Santiago de Cuba 3 31 31 1 all South Australian — 1 all Do. Scrip t. I 1 Do. 10 per cent Prof ... 10 9 Pin Croft 4 4 1 284 all United Mexioan 3l 41 1 all Waller — I all West Marip osa . 1 12a. Worthing Mi n i ng o f Australia 1 all Yuba — MISCELLANBOUb. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 26 28 le all Australn. Royal Mail 10 8. Berlin Water Works 6 7 go 40 Brit. American Land 47 go 100 321 Canada 133 138 St. leo Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. ana ;,sly lO6/ 1071 107 1 61 5 all Crystal Palace.. 2 21 21 5 5 Do. Preference........ 4l 41 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc' 1 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 11 Eastern Steam • 1 A 22 25 5 2 a 4 11 E z n le . c & tr A ic us T C ci o e p gra Sm ph C: . 20 1 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ..• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ••• 1Z all General Screw Steals) ••• 15/ 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ••• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ••• ••• 10 all Mediteran. Eiec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 5i 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue' ••• 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. BpcPissatld id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal a Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ••• DO 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 1 . all N. B. Australasian I 1 20 15 Nrth. of EuropeStaam 1 all Oriental Gas 1 14 lB 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 21 '2i 21 50 all Peninsular& Orient& 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron C 0...,, 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 1 1 Ditto New — : P all South Austral. Land 35 3 f3 1 al". Submar. Tel. Scrip fi 20 all Do. Registered ""' 15 5 Trust L. Co. IJ. Can 100 k2B Via Diemeleg Lod 164 SURREY SESSIONS—(This Day.) (Before P. E. Johnson, R.q., and a Bench of Magistrates.) ROBBERY AT EPSOM RACES.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE. —Josepit Bonivard, 23, was indicted for stealing a gold watch and chain from the person of William Morrison, at Epsom. Mr. Parry, with Mr. Thomson, instructed by Mr. Solomon, defended the prisoner. Micbael Haydon, a detective officer of the City police, stated that in May, 1853, he was at Epsom racecourse, when he saw the prisoner and several other suspicious persons. He watched them, and saw the prisoner ap proach Mr. Morrison, p u t his band in his waistcoat pocket, and withdraw his watch. Witness immediately seized hold of the prisoner's arm, when he dropped the watch on the ground and attempted to get away. He, however, picked up the watch, and handed the prisoner over to another constable, who conveyed him before a magistrate, and he was committed for trial. He was then sent under the care of a constable to Horsemouger lane gaol ; but on the way he contrived to escape, and nothing more was seen of him until the 30th of last month, when he was seen in Wandsworth and given into custody. Mr. William Morrison, a retired solicitor, residing at Brighton, said, that on the Derby-day, in May, 1853, he was on Epsom Race Course when he missed a watch from his waistcoat pocket. The watch produced was the one he missed. It was not his property, but had been lent him by Mr. Devey, a watchmaker of Maddox street, in lieu of one be had to repair for him. Mr. Davey, was called and he identified the watch as the one he had lent to the prosecutor. Mr. Parry, in an eloquent address to the jury con tended that there must be a mistake on the part of the prosecutor, inasmuch as his client had not been at Epsom for some years. Since 1853 he had been in America, and bad just come to Eugland to fetch his mother and relations, and while making the necessary preparations he was taken into custody on the present charge. The jury found him guilty and recommended him to mercy. _ A former conviction was proved against him, but as it was clearly shown that the prisoner had reformed his character in America, and intended to have conveyed his family there, Mr, Johnson sentenced him only to four months hard labour at Wandsworth. NEW SCALP; OF DUTIES ON WOOL IM PORT±D INTO FRANCE. Yesterday'z l'efoniteur contains a degree fixing as follows the scale of customs duties payable on wool imported into France ; the amounts stated are the duty on 100 kilogrammes : ifoported by sea.—ln grease (en saint, or pelades a la cltaux), common qualities, in French ships, from countries out of Europe, sf. ; in the same from elsewhere, 10f. ;in foreign vessels, 15f. For fine quali ties, sf. to be added t o eac h o f the foregoing three classi fications. Washed wools imported by sea.—Common, in French ships, from countries out of Europe, 10f. ; from else where, 20f. ;in foreign ships, 25f. Fine qualities, in French ships, from countries out of Europe, 22f. 50s. ; from elsewhere, 32f. 50c. ; in foreign ships, 37f. 50c. Wools imported by land.—From contiguous countries the same duties as wool imported in French ships ; from countries not contiguous, the same duties as on wool imported in foreign shipping. Wools worth at most if. 10c. when in grease, and 31. when washed, per kilogramme, will alone be considered as common wools. The decrees of May 10, 1854, and April 14, 1855, re lative to the tariff on wools, are and remain unrepealed. In case of dispute between the custom-house autho rities and the parties liable to the said wool duties, the sworn commissioners of the Government will decide in conformity with the regulations laid down in the 19th article of the law of July 27, 1822. The premiums or bounties accorded to the exportation of woollen yarns and tissues are fixed in the following manner : Yarns of pure wool, if scoured : T. Common, from 2f. to 4f. 50c. a kilog. inclusively 40 Middling, from above 4f. 50c. to 6f. 50e. inclusively 70 Fine, from above 6f. 50c. a kilog. inclusively lOO If not scoured : Common, from lf. 60c. to 3f. 60c. a kilog. incl 32 Middling, from above 3f. 60c. to sf. 20c. a kilog.incl 56 Fine, from above sf. 20c. a kilog. inclusively . BO Fine threads of wool and silk, containing at least 85 per cent. of wool Threads of wool and solk floss, or other substances containing at least one half w00l Tissues, felts, hosiery, and light goods of pure wool i•nssness this day LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) Loripms, Jan. 2.3.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. moderate breeze and cloudy. POOLE, Jan. 21.—Wind S.—The Wyke Regis has been towed in from the Isle of Wight, with loss of bow sprit and much damage to larboard bow and side, from contact off Huntcliffe, on the 16th inst., with the brig Squirrel, of Whitby. JERSEY, Jan. 20.—Wind B.—Arrived—Ship Amelia, from . Sailed—Ariel, for Pernambuco. PILL, Jan. 21.—Wind N.E. — Sailed—Venus, for De merara ; Sarah Charlotte, Jamaica ; Agamemnon, New Orleans. HULL, Jan. 20.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Dauntless, from Bombay. GRIMSBY, Jan. 21.—Wind N.E., strong—Arrived— Coronation from Sunderland, for Ipswich, leaky. GUERNSEY, Jan. 21.—The St. George, from Sunderland to Morlaix, in entering the roadstead on the 18th inst., struck on the White Rock and remains on her beam ends. Her masts have been taken ont and it is hoped she would float to-day. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Despatch, (s.), from Jersey. Sailed—Wonder, (s.), for Jersey; Edward and Mary, Jersey ; Alliance, (s.), Havre. The steam-transport Severn is leaving the docks for Cork. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Lavinia, from Cassabi%nca. Off—Sappho, from Paraiba. QUEENSTOW N , Jan. 20. Wind E.S.E. Arrived,—Bideford, from Syra; Robert Whiteway, Va paraiso ; Star, Callao; Duke of Bronte, D 7 ul tne i n HOLYHEAD, Jan. 21. Wind N.E. Put in—Europa, from Alicante; Mary Louisa, Palermo; Flora Deniza, Pernambuco. DUBLIN, Jan. 21. Wind E.N.E. Arrived—Admiral G. V. Marden, from Amsterdam ; Avon, St. John's, New Brunswick; Invoice, Marseilles. BY SUBMARINE ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.40 a.m. Wind N.N. ; tide, 10 hour's flood; cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 21. Union, from Buenos Ayres; Free dom, Messina ; Britannia, Tavira ; Clin, Lisbon. Sailed.--Oscar, for Constantinople ; Boyne, Bombay. DEAL, Tuesday, 10.16 a.m. Wind N.B. by N., moderate. Passed—Sir John Easthope (s.s. tpt. 152), from London, for the Crimea ; Reliance, London, for Boston; Lyra, Lon don, for Barbadoes ; Kurrajong, London for Algoa Bay; Mangerton (s.s.), London, for Limerick; Talmo, Fal mouth, for Hamburg. Sailed.—H.M.'s gun-boats Adele, Cleopatra, British Empire, and Wa'ousta. A LADY, A GENTLEIII4 I , AND A GOOSE; A RAILWAY ROMANCE. A singular affair occurred on the Wear Valley Rail way (Durham), the other day. A gentleman from Bir mingham found himself seated in a first-class carriage, his vis-a-vis, and the only other passenger in that com partment of the carriage being a blooming lady, answer ing to the alliterative description of " fat, fair, and forty." The train had scarcely moved 100 yards from the station before the lady suddenly leaped from her seat, and exclaimed to the other passenger, " How dare you, sir ? What do you mean ?" The gentleman, astonished, replied that "he did not understand ; he had done nothing to harm her." Again and again she sprang from her seat i❑ apparent terror and rage, and declared with vehemence that her neighbour was a " villain, and she would have him taken into custody at the next sta tion." The gentleman protested his innocence, and asked what he had done ; but the eccentric lady still kept leap ing from her seat, raving against his treatment, till the gentleman decided that she was mad, and resolved on the arrival of the train at the next station to give her into custody. As her eccentricity did not abate, nor her rage either, he, en the arrival of the train at one of the sta tions, was about to carry his resolution into action, when she suddenly sprang to the door and screamed out "Guard !" at the top of her voice, and presently collected not only the guard, but a crowd of people around her. She then commenced her accusation in words, both loud and deep, protesting that the gentleman had im• properly pinched her legs, and the gentleman, horrified at the charge, protesting, with equal vehemence, his perfect innocence. At this juncture, when matters looked serious for the gentleman, the guard happened to recollect that he bad placed a basket under the seat of the carriage containing a live goose ; and, pulling it out, the mystery was explained, the bird being the criminal, and having caused the lady's fears and the gentleman's apprehensions. This explanation was re ceived with perfect good humour and satisfaction by the parties concerned, and the train renewed its journey amid the convulsive laughter and applause of the as sembled multitude. TRE PhEASANT SHOOTING CASE AT TILMANSTONE AND THE BOY HOILE. A good deal of sympathy has been expressed on be half of this poor uneducated " rook boy,"—the victim of justices' justice. But it is not generally known that ever since the charge was preferred against him, before the Wingham bench of magistrates, of having shot a phea sant, and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment (but fortunately released through the generosity of a few friends), he has been deprived of the means of sup porting himself—his master " not requiring his ser vices." This fact, however, is easily accounted for ; one of the convicting justices—Mr. D'Aeth—is the landlord of the faro upon which young Hoile worked. So the lad is sent home to his father's (a farm la bourer), who has a bed-ridden wife and two daughters to support out of the small sum agriculturists pay their servants. That the boy was no poacher the evi dence upon which he was convicted abundantly proved, uo mf bceo M . P. by nurt soe ft the hthe parish of Til mans t one , for Dover), shar e d i n ev e n by a n d thehe case reverend e xce pti ng,i s (Mr. incumbent of opinion of the village, squire, the prosecutor n who has known the lad for the last 13 years, and speak s well of his general character. lie has heard no ne , th e slightest imputation against Hoile, and does not b e li eve it whichsupported n c Rine, that he is, or ever has been, a poacher. The ruling powers, however, of the neighbourhood Lave closed the avenues of honest employment against the lad • and un less others act like the generous Lord Londe:borough, who considerately forwarded 51. to be appropriated to his benefit, there is no telling what the issue may be. The cas% however, is left in the hands of the public, who, it may fairly be expected, will see justice done. It is a somewhat remarkable circumstance that the parish in which this lad has been brought up . cannot boast of a single day school, nor is there one within a circuit of two miles. This is not to be attributed to the want of exertion on the part of the earnest and honest vicar, but to the absence of a corresponding feeling of regard for the interest and welfare of the working classes on the part of those whose duty it is to assist in making such provision. Racing Fixtu FEBR' Lincoln l2 vs for 1856. rARY. Liverpool Spring 26 Derby Spring l9 MA Nottingham Spring 4 Warwick Spring lO Salisbury l3 Essex lB AP. ,CH. Catterick ...... 24 Coventry ..................24 Northampton . 26 Doncaster Spring 1 Thirsk 3 Croxton Park 3 Epsom Spring lO Durham l4 MAY. Chester Spring 6 Bath 9 0 Shrewsbury 13 Epsom 27 Manchester .. l4 JUNE. Beverley Ascot Heath 10 I Bibury 25 Hampton lB 1 Stockbridge 26 Newton . lB 1 Winchester 27 Newmarket C ~,,,• , • , ,,,14 York Spring 22 Malton 24 Newmarket F S 2B Cloths and lierseymeies, similar tissues and felts Common, from 4f. to 9f. a kilog. inclusively 7O Middling, from above 9f. to 18f. a kilog. inclusively 105 Fine, from above 18f, a kilog. inclusively Light Tissues : Common, from 3f. to Bf. a kilog. inclusively 6O Middling, from Bf. to 151. a kilog. inclusively B5 Fine, from above 15f. a klieg. inclusively llO Blanketing and Swanskin : Common, from 21. 50c. to 6f. 50c. a kilog. inclusively 45 Middling, from above 6f. 50c. to 10f. a kilog. inclu sively Fine, from above 10f. a kilog. inclusively Oriental Hosiery : Common, from 101. to 15f. a kilog. inclusively Middling, from above 15f. to 25f. a kilog. inclusively 135 Fine, from above 25f. a kilog. inclusively Ordinary hosiery, fine tapestry, light goods, and carpeting of pure wool : Common, from 3f. to Bf. a kilog. inclusively Fine, from above Bf. a kilog, inclusively lOO Tissues mixed with wool and other materials : Tissues of cotton or of goat's hair or camel's hair, with or without the addition of silk, where the wool forms more than half of the mixture, and worth at least 3f. a kilogramme 35 Tissues of cotton only, the wool not forming more than the half and worth at least 2f. 60c. a kilog. 25 Tissues of wool and silk containing at least 75 per cent, of wool Tissues of wool and silk floss containing at least 60 per cent. of wool Shawls.—As the tissues of which they consist with addition, for figured shawls, of 30 per cent. if the figur ing covers at least a quarter of the surface of the tissue, and of 60 per cent., if it extends over at least three fourths of this surface, per 100 kilog. Ready-made Articles of clothing (the set of 25 kilog. at the least).—As the tiscnes of which they consist, making a deduction on account of linings and all ma terials used in the making, but which have no right to the bounty. General Regulation.—The export bounty will only be allowed on yarn and tissues of wool, pure or mixed, of which the quantities shall call for the awarding of these said bounties to the amount of 18f. at least. Provisional Regulation.—The bounties awarded above shall not be applicable until six months after the date of the present decree. Penalties with regard to the Bounties.—With respect to drawback and bounties, the penalties a n n o un ce d b y the articles 1 (secti on II.) of the law of July 5, 1836 ; 10, of the law of May 6, 1844 ; 4 and 5, of the law of June 11, 1845, shall be enforced hereafter in every case, where the sworn commissioners of the government shall have found inaccuracy in the declarations, even when no official report or conservative deed should have been previously drawn up by the Custom-house agents. Nevertheless, when yarns and tissues of wool, pure or mixed, are to be sent as exports, no penalty is to be in flicted when the reductions pronounced by the sworn commissioners or the government shall not lower by more than one class the products, the bounty on which is calculated on the weight combined with the value, or when the decisions of the said sworn commissioners shall not show that no bounty at all is due. ATROCIOUS MURDER OF A WOMAN. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21.—This morning, about half-past 6 o'clock, an atrocious murder was committed in Wolfe street, Toateth-park, by a man named John Williams, alias John Ferguson, alias John Fake, his victim bei ng a woman named Sarah Drummond. The prisoner, whose real name is said to be John Fer guson, and who has been long known to the police as a thief and the associate of thieves, went this morning at a few minutes past 6 o'clock, along with the female, to the Ruthin Castle public-house, in Prince William-street, where they had some ale, and went away. IR about 10 minutes aftprwards, the prisoner returned, and said to a man named Thomas, " I've cut your wife's- throat," an assertion which, in the sequel, proved only too true. It appears that Ferguson has cohabited with the wo man Drummond for the last 12 months or better, and that prior to her going to live with the prisoner, in whose mother's house they both resided, she had lived witii the man Thomas, by whom she had two children. After leaving .the Ruthin Castle public-house they went to the prisoner's mother's, where they kad some slight altercation, when the prisoner suddenly drew a knife across the woman's throat, inflicting so frightful a wound as to occasion her death in a few minutes. The mother of the prisoner states that when her son and the deceased came in she was in bed and heard som• angry words between them, when she suddenly heard the deceased utter a gurgling sort of sound, as if some thing was in her mouth, and the prisoner said, " Come now, Sal, I'll take thee to the hospital," and they both left the house. On getting up the mother saw a large track of blood on the floor and over the threshold of the house, No. 87, Prince William-street, where she lived. Thomas Ryecroft, who resides in Edward-street off Wolfe-street, heard a woman shriek about half-past 6 this morning, and going in the direction indicated by the sound, he found the deceased lying on the footway, with her throat cut, and blood flowing profusely from the wound. Police-inspector Creston had his attention called to a cry of murder in Wolfe-street, and on going forward, found the deceased lying on the footway, and quite dead. INl‘Culloch, the detective officer, after a considerable search, discovered on a dust-heap, a clasp pocket-knife, which was afterwards identified as belonging to the pri soner. It was completely covered with blood, and no doubt can be entertained that this was the instrument with which the fatal wound was inflicted. The murderer was secured immediately on his stating to the man Thomas that he had cut the poor woman's throat. After he had been conveyed to Bridewell it was discovered that the prisoner had endeavoured to commit suicide by cutting his own throat, and that in his attempt to do so, he inflicted a considerable, though not a dan gerous, wound on the right side of his neck. He is a dirty, insignificant-looking wretch, of very low stature and forbidding aspect, and presents altogether a contemptible appearance. As already stated, he is well known to the police as a person of very bad character, and it is believed that the immediate cause of quarrel between him and his wretched victim was an opinion which he entertained that she had betrayed some of his companions into the bands of the police. Three of these companions, named respectively Thomas Garnett, John I.l`Bryde, and Robert Roberts, the two first-named being ticket-of-leave men, were this morning committed for trial on a charge of burglary ; and it is rumoured that they were apprehended in consequence of information given by the deceased. One of the female companions of the deceased states distinctly that several days since Drummond said to the prisoner in her hearing, that she would have "them snitched soon." To which the prisoner replied, "If she did he would cut her throat." The prisoner was brought before the magistrates, at the police-court, this forenoon, when the case was heard in a merely formal way, and he was remanded to abide the result of a coroner's inquest, which is fixed to take place to-morrow. A SUSPICIOUS VESSEL—ST. HELENA, Nov. 22.—The Dido (Brown), which arrived here yesterday from Hon deklip Bay, Cape of Good Hope, bound to Swansea, re ports that on the second day aft er l eav i n g Hondeklip outer roads, being then in about lat. 29 S., she was chased and fired at by a large frigate mounting about 60 guns. The Dido hoisted the American ensign, when the frigate kept away after a large ship to the westward and tbick weather coming on nothing could be seen; but the report of cannon was distinctly heard. THE ATTEMPT TO POISON A WIPE.—NEVIOASTLE-ON TYNE, Jan, 18.—Thomas Robson who was remanded on Monday by the magistrates at the Manor police court in this town, on a charge of having attempted to poison his wife, was brought up again to-day, when Jane Temperley gave her evidence, showing a motive for this atrocious act. She stated that she was 27 years of age, and resided in the village of Acomb, near Mex ham. She knew the prisoner by the name of William Wilson. She became acquainted with him about July, and continued to keep his company until the first week in November. He paid his addresses to her as her sweetheart, and expressed a wish to marry her. H e represented himself as an unmarried man. Hi s wife came to Acomb, and the acquaintance then broke off. She had no more interviews with him after his wife came to Acomb. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes, charged mith administeting sugar of lead to his wife with a view to kill her, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PEACE P.ROPOSALS. A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the Consti tutionnel, after giving an account of the acceptance of the Austrian propositions by Russia, proceeds as follows : "The idea that the Russian Cabinet, in acquiescing so promptly in the conditions of peace laid down by tho Allies of the 2d Dec., caa be animated by an ctrrire pensee, cannot be a single instant admitted by any one that has the slightest acquaintance with diplomatic af fairs. It was the Russian Goverumect itself which directly notified to Count Esterhazy that it accepted purely and simply the propositions of Austria to serve as prelimi naries of peace. From that moment the acceptance of Russia was irrevocably accomplished. It now only re mains for the Allies to give to their representatives the full powers necessary to proceed to the signature of the preliminaries of peace conjointly with the representa tive of the Czar. The signature of the preliminaries is, at bottom, only a simple formality, inasmuch as it may take place without the slightest discussion, and without engaging in any way a negotiation on such or such a basis of peace. But the Austrian propositions will.be transcribed and recorded word for word in a special protocol, which will be signed by all the plenipoten tiaries. Yon perceive, therefore, that the preliminaries which are about to be signed do not resemble the memorandum of the 28th of December. Whilst the latter only served as a basis for negotiations, the preli minaries are the result of a negotiation terminated. Nur must the preliminaries of peace be confounded with the instrument of peace—that is, the public treaty which is to consecrate the mutual obligations arising from the propositions contained in the signed act of the prelimi naries. As the general and definitive treaty of peace is only the development and solemn sanction of the pre liminaries, it is not necessary to say that it neither can nor ought to contain anything which will change the sense or bearing of them. In a word, the preliminaries, as they have been accepted by Russia, must justly be con sidered as the keystone of the new edifice of peace. The signature of preliminaries of peace is always followed by an armstice and the suspension of hostilities. This truce may be either general er special. In the former case it applies to all hostilities in all places, and hag in its effects the importance of a temporary peace. By the fact of Russia having accepted the Austrian ultimatum purely and simply, the truce which is about to he establi , hed between her and the Western Powers can not be anything else than a general armistice. During the armistice, negotiations destined to settle the stipu lations, which in accordance with the signed prelimi naries must be comprised in the general treaty or in strument of peace, will take place. When mere than two Powers are principal parties in a war, they, by stipulating the cessation of hostilities, agree at the same lime to convoke a congress charged to conclude defini tive peace. The congress is almost always held in a place different from that in which the preliminaries of peace have been signed. Now, as the preliminaries between Russia and the allies are probably about to be signed, and the armistice settled by the conferences of Vienna, the choice of a place which will be best for the future congress will have to be proceeded to. The rule heretofore followed has been to select for the con gress either a town situated in a neutral State, or the capital or other town of the Power which, by its efforts and sacrifices, most contributed to the accomplishment of the common undertaking. The choice of a neutral town is certainly preferable when there is an intervention of mediating Powers, as in the Congresses of Munster, Nimeguen, Ryswick, and Teschen. But in the present ease, from which all mediation is virtually excluded, it seems to me that nothing would be more natural than to choose the capital of France, according to the same system which caused to be chosen the capital of Austria for the Congress of 1815, and to be convoked at subse- quent periods in the Austrian territory the Congresses of Troppau, Laybach, and Verona." THE PROSPECT OF PEACE. (Front the Examtner.) What an inexhaustible theme is the vanity of human wishes. Juvenal tells how hard it is to distinguish what is to be de-ired, and that compliant gods ruin man by grant ing his prayers. With the telegraphic tidings of Russia's unconditional acceptance of the Austrian proposals the funds went up 3 per cent. Are the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange the rare, the gifted exceptions to the fallibi lity of judgment which the Roman satirist illustrated ? Have they alone of mortal men the art of distinguishing what is, and what is not, for our good ! Does dealing in money confer this profound penetration ? Are we ' to look upon the rise and fall of that market as indi cations as unerring as those of the barometer ? Or should we rather regard it as th e f oo l ome t er w hi c h Syd ney Smith proposed for the regulation of our judgment by the rule of avoidance or contraries. Who would take the opinion of these Stock Exchange folks upon any ques tion, except perhaps selling out or buying in, and yet they are supposed to be oracular on the fortunes of nations ! Should the prospect of peace at the present juncture be a natter of hope or fear? Would it be a name, or a rea lity, a true state, or a mask ? There are things which cannot be refused, and which can as little be trusted. The Trojan question of the Greek horse has many varieties. It is very pcssible that Russia is sincerely desirous of an end of the war, in which she finds herself overmatched. But if so, we may be sure that she proposes to herself a revenge for her present mortification. Her pear was not ripe. Her war policy was a mistake. Her strength was the exaggerated repute of her strength, which has been dissipated by trial. She has been beaten in every encounter but one, her fleets have been shut up to rot, or destroyed, and her territory has been occupied by the invading Ahies. It was not by force of arms that she made hersel what she is, and by relying on force of arms she would soon unmake herself. Her success has been t►hri u A ls other instruments than the sword. In the arts of intrigue arid corruptio❑ she is matchless. Germany even now under her influences shows with what consum mate craft she can wind herself into the places of influ ence in foreign states. If she throws down her arm,, it is to resume this winning game. Much prestige she has lost, but much still remains to her, which a prolon gation of the contest would dissipate. It is her bust policy t•i save what she can, and to resume the net of her intrigues all over the world. Peace is the cover for this work. In peace it has made its advances, a❑d in peace again it will pursue its serpent-like way. The time may then collie when recourse to arms to consum• mate wrong may not be so premature as it has been un this occasion. The first aim will of course be to break up the alliance which defeated the scheme of Nicholas. Russia will use all the arts and devices in which she is so skilled to dis unite France and England. Her business will be to sow jealousies and cultivate distrust. She will bid any price for French favour. She would offer France a partition of Prussia, servile as it has been to her, as she offered Eng land a share of the Turkish spoil. Her clearly- raced part is mischief-maker of Europe. She has four scores of re venge to settle, and embroilment must be the means to the malignant end. It must be the fault of the Western Powers if she succeed, we may be told, for they have their own safety in their own hands, and have only to hold together to defy these machinations. This is true, but not assuring ; for nations, like individuals, have their moments of evil temptation and weakness. But be the result what it may it will be the misfortune of Europe for many a day to have to keep watch and ward against this insidious foe. We know her purposes, they are all as distinctly snapped out as her stolen territories, and we know how inflexibly she holds to her ends, however she may change her means, and therefOre peace with her is but war in disguise. But we may be asked what is our drift. Are we for war without end ? No, but for war with an end—war with an end furnishing the securities for peace. If Russia makes all the concessions required peace cannot be refused; but let there he no mistake about the treacherous character of the peace that we have tolay oar account with. For of this we may be assured, that Russia does not make sudden and large concessions without along-sighted calculation, to requite herself, and compass her objects by other means than •pen war. _ Her comiuCt in yielding what she so lately refused cannot be recognised with any frank and honest purpose. Her powers are strained, but not broken. She has not suffered enough to be cured of her ambition, and con tent to be permitted to live within her ill-gotten bounds. She has been baffled in her designs, but not crippled in her forces ; and her mortifications are enough to inflame the spirit of revenge, not sufficient to produce contrition and reformation. In a word, the snake is only scotched. Hangs is the type of the Muscovite policy. The flag of peace marshals the way into an ambuscade. Deceit we shall find somewhere : it may be in the negotiations as before ; if not it is reserved for the rela tions that will follow. Do not let us be dupes ; let not our credulity rise with the stocks in the fool's paradise of the inGney market. If we cannot help the turn of events, if we must accept one form of hostilities instead of another more frank and less dangerous, let us at least understand what we have to do with, and be on our guard accordingly. The play of Who's the Dupe? will not be soon played out ; and if there be peace, it will only end the first act of the drama , and many intricate passages will precede the denouement giving the triu mp h to no blindly-conducted cause. Yet nothin g is more certain, in the event of peace, than that the lesson preached throughout the country will be conidence in Russia. We shall be told to forget. Russia will re member. THE ROAD THROUGH ST. JAMES'B-PARIK.—On Satur day last several of f. the reside n t s i n the immediate vici nity of St. James s-park, including Lord Monteagle, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Keating, M.P. Mr. Ath er t on , M.P., M r ., Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Turner, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Tus tin, Mr. Lavie, and Mr. Radcliffe, had an interview by , a ppointment with Str Geo. Grey at the Home-office, re lative to the contemplated road across the enclosure of St. James's-park, Mr. Keating stated in detail, on the part of the gentlemen present, the strong objections entertained by the inhabitants in the neighbourhood and the public generally to any encroachment upon the enclosure of the park. Sir Gbo. Grey said, that the necessity for increased accommodation to the public cause(.l by the present inconvenient approach to the park through the Stable-yard had engaged the at tention of the Government ; that several plans had been suggested at different times, including that to which reference had been made, in order to obviate the inconvenience complained of, but that up to the presen time no plan had been decided on ; that there would be full opportunity given for the discussion of those plans, and ample time for objecting to any of them ; and that the preparation of the plans did not imply any foregone conclusion on the part of the Government. The gentle men thanked Sir George forlhis courteous reception and withdrew. 8 i 4 8 O 122 4 101} 55t 4i 5i 13 79i 80} 17 si 7k 61 1 4 i 87i 7 21 i 674 I i 84 40 30/ 30 701 691 di. 12e - 25 20 25 1 10 1.0.6 zing st. 10 21 25 15 25 1 t2i 10i / gi 8} i x i n I 20 I 35 161 17 491 si INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At a meeting of this society, Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., president, in the chair, The paper read was, " On the relative proportions of the top, bottom, and middle webs of Iron Girders and Tubes," by Mr. J. M. Heppe!, M. Inst. C.E. The object of the paper was the investigation of the forces to be re sisted by the middle webs of girder,. The first part of the inquiry had reference to the case of a plat. of metal, subjected to the action of 'various direct forces, some compressile and others tensile—slum'. taneously applied to it, in different directions, and it was shown that these might always be resolved into two principal resultants, which were invariably at right angles to each other, and by which the applied forces, however numerous, might be oon_ ceived to be replaced—the condition of the plate being absolutely the same, whether considered as subject t• the forces originally applied, or to their two principal resultants. The next point was the consideration of the condition of a rectangular plate, held in equilibrium by lateral forces, applied in couples uniformly distributed along its sides, and it wasshown that in this case also there were two principal resultants, one tensile and the other campressile ; that these two were of equal tensity at right angles to each other, and at angles of 43 deg. with the ap plied forces. Moreover that their intensity was exactly equal to that of the applied lateral forces. It was shown that the middle web of a girder exposed to a load at a given point, was exactly in the condition of the plate last con sidered, and a rule for the computation of load; of its thickness was arrived at. Other cases of the distribu tion of loads, both fixed and movable, avere then consi dered, an d ru l es f or th e correspon di ng thickness deduced. The effect of the horizontal strains to which the . middle web was subj ec t was th en cons id ere d, an d an investige, tion was made of the magnitude and direction of the re sultants, arising from their composition with the dia gonal forces before considered. Finally the increase to be made in the thickness of the middle web, beyond that already arrived at, in order to enable it to deal with these horizontal and diagonal strains, together, was investigated, and a rule was deduced for its definite determination. The results arrived at were briefly these :—Four different cases of distribution of the load being considered, and in the first instance the horizon tal forces being left out of consideration, and the thick nesses determined with reference to' the diagonal forces only. These four cases were :-1. That in which the, load was fixed and central ; 2. That in which a ion , concentrated on a point moved along from one end , of the beam to the other—as the case of a concentrated ' rolling load ; 3. That in which the load was fixed and uniformly distributed ; 4. That in which a load uniformly distributed was drawn on from. on • end, or that of a distributed rolling load. It was then shown that in order to enable the middle web to deal with the diagonal strains, its thickness should be determined by the following methods:—ln the first case, the fixed central load, by making it of uniform thick ness, and such that its horizontal section was equal in area to the central vertical sections. In the other three cases, the thickness of the middle web, at the extremities, was twice that determined as above. In all of them it diminished towards the centre, but in each case accord ing to a different law. In the second case—the concen trated rolling load—the thickness varied as the distance from the more remote extremity. In the third case —the distributed fixed load—the thickness varied as the distance from the centre. In the fourth case—the distributed roll ing load—the thickness varied as the square of the dis tance from the more remote extremity. The cases of combinations of these kinds of loads was then considered, and it was shown that by dividing the central sec tion into portions, proportioned to the amount of each kind, and thence determining the thicknesses from the middle web for each kind, according to its own law—the sums of the thicknesses so determined would give those necessary for dealing with the com pound load. The effect of the horizontal forces was next considered, and two cases were taken—first, that in which the section of the beam diminished from the centre towards the extremities, in the ratio of the rectangle of the segments of the length—in which case the horizontal forces were constant, or nearly so, throughout. In this case it was shown that the thicknesses as before deter mined, with reference to the diagonal forces alone, should be trebled, in order to fit them to resist the re sultants arising from their composition with the horizon. tal forces ; and, as in all beams where any variation what ever was made in the vertical section, it did or should ap proximate to the above law. It was considered that this rule should be taken as applicable to the beams or variable section. For beams of uniform section, it was shown that the thickness of the middle web should be such, that the horizontal section should be three times the vertical area. The stiffening of the sides was then considered. It was argued that as the efficiency of stiffening must, in some way, depend on the amount of area, compared with the amount of support applied to it, it might reasonably be supposed to be proportion ate to a line which would form a web to the rectified periphery —a, rectangle equal to the area to be supported —which line (borrowing a phrase from hydraulics) might be called "its mean radius." Reasons were then ad duced for believing that stiffening pieces might with safety be eo distributed as to leave the mean radius of the included spaces equal to seventy times the thick nest of the plate, although in most early structures it would be found to be much less than what would result from such a calculation. It was announced that the following paper would be read at the meeting of Tuesday, January 22d, " On the past and present Condition of the River Thames," by Mr. H. Robinson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. PEERAGE'S FOR LIFE. Most of our readers have, no doubt, observed in the Gazette the announcement that the Queen has been pleased to raise the Right Hon. Sir James Parke to the dignity of a baron of the United Kingdom, for the term of his natural life, by the style of Baron Wensleydale. The unusual wording of this patent, though it has as yet attracted but little attention, betokens an important novelty in the exercise of the Queen's prerogative. It is, in fact, the creatiou of a peerage for life, without, as hitherto, a remainder to the heirs male of the body. The dignity will therefore become extinct on the death of Lord Wensleydale, in the event of his leaving male issue. There can be no doubt that in thus limiting the dignity her Majesty has only exercised her prero gative according to precedent, though we have to look back many centuries for such a precedent. Lord Coke says that the King may create a man or woman ►noble for life, but not for years, because it might go to executors or administrators ; and he gives as an instance that Richard 11. created Robert de Vere Mar quis of Dublin for life. Again, Henry IV. created Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, Duke of Exeter with out any limitation, from which Degdale concludes that he was only tenant for life of that dignity. Henry VI. created Sir John Cornwall, who was married to one of the Plantagenets, Baron Fannon fur life ; and in later times James I. created Lady Margaret Compton, who was mother of Buckingham, Countess of Buckingham for her life. In more recent times there are several in stances of dignities granted to a person for life with a remainder over ; the latest, we believe, is that of the Marquis of Londonderry, who was created Earl Vane for life, with remainder to the issue of his second wife. Of the law on the subject, therefore, there can be no doubt. To a mar. of Lord Wensleydale's age, and without a son to inherit the title, it can signify little whether the peerage be granted to him i❑ the usual manner or not, for the probabilities would be strongly in favour of its being extinct in any case ; but, viewed as a precedent, this creation may assume a far more important aspect, and we therefore presume that it is not without mature deliberation that her Majesty's Ministers have recom mended to her this exercise of her prerogative. In the event of the precedent being followed up it is worth while to consider what will be its effect on the august body which it relates to. The hereditary transmission of dignities has hitherto been considered one of the dearest privileges of the House of Peers, and will, doubtless, not be discontinued in future creations without a remonstrance from th a t body. It is at once coeval with and the excuse for pri mogeniture and all those family arrangements by which the wealth of the family is centred in the eldest son. Indeed property is an essential qualification to an here ditary Upper House, and so much so that no one can doubt that the House of Lords would cease to exist if its rn r t m e mbers were to lose their reput a ti on for wealth, and the influence which they derive f rom i t. In feudal times personalance even d s t t h i a n n e t n i o o n w , andth is wasdignities matter w e wore of e n m o o t r e merelyimportance but annexed to lands, so that in parting with the lands the feudal baron' parted with the dignities that appertained to them. Thus we read of a certain Brian Baron Fitzeount, in the year 1141, whose two son , , being lepers, and he and his wife betaking themselves to a religious course of life, the king seized ou his barony, and thereby extinguished the dignity ; and, again, an unfortunate Duke of Bedford was deprived of his title in Henry Vll.'s time on ac count of his poverty. But, as these modes of extin; guishing peerages have fallen into abeyance, there arises this difficulty—that, in creating a peer, the country must either give an apanage suitable to the title, as it has in many cases done, or else its choice must be limited either to men of fortune large enough to endow a peerage for their successor, or to men who are not likely, from the circumstances of their age, to leave an heir to the title. Henceforward there need be no such difficulty, ' and the only danger we can foresee to the House of Peers is that the peers for life—of whom, necessarily, a large number may be appointed—will be considered the more honourable and influential part of the house by all who do not think that qualities of naiad are hereditary as well as rank and wealth. It may per haps result that it will be necessary for the house to invent some mode of weeding itself of some of its more useless members—its imbecilles and mauvais aujets —by treating them, it may be, in the same way that the Irish and Scotch peers were treated at the union of those kingdoms. There is no measure which is more likely to raise the influence of the upper house in the question, of the day, or to restore the equilibrium which a further el-tension of the suffrage in the election, for the lower house is likely to disturb. QUEER DECISION.—At Castle Eden, the other day, in an assault, case, the Rev. Mr. Park, in announcing the decision of the bench, addressed the defendant in the following manner :—As the assault is not proved we will dismiss the case on your paying the costs, but if you refuse to do so, then we shall fine yen for the as. sault an d & o at en Vim enial. ;, and ecei r )f the ;hem, ropo- nor. Ives 1 be only her I we ense atia, RUC• gabs the bed tate rere the self r la- • was tion Yed )21- .ed, on ord oat of mil 'en .nd ive ird Itn. Or by ail of •it 4 1 I .!0 I I 0 ' al 0 al 5 I a] 5 I a: 10 1 1: 20 15, I 15 i 88 5 26 5A 8 9 8i