The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

I MONEY MARKET .41VD CITY IVEWS. --- CITY, Two o'CLocx. From the manufacturing districts the accounts during the past week have again been of a rather unsatisfactory character, although the easier state of the money market consequent upon the distri bution of the January dividends has caused a better feeling in home departments. At Leeds the opera- tions in cloths have only been for immediate require ments without anj material change in values. Their has been rather more inquiry for India goods at Manchester, and for some descriptions higher rates are demanded. At Bradford the worsted trade has continued dull, and in the piece goods market the dealings were of a very limited character, without any alteration in prices. The hosiery trade at Leicester has continued very depressed, and many of the operatives are still out of employment. In the various hardware districts business remained exceedingly inactive, and little improvement is anticipated until a change of weather takes place. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada for the week ending the 28th ult. exhibited an increase of LlO3 compared with the same period in 1859 There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England on Saturday. A dividend, at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, was declared by the Bank of New South Wales, at the meeting held in Sydney on the 24th October last. At the forthcoming meeting of the North British Australasian Company, a dividend will be proposed of 7 per cent. per annum. The Directors of the Union Bank of London have announced a dividend of 12s. per share for the six months ending the 31st December last, the nett profits during that period, after payment of all charges and including the sum of £69,855 for Interest paid and due to customers on their current and deposit accounts, and allowing for bad debts,&c , having amunted to £63,063, which, with the sum of £3,406 brought forward from June last, makes the available balance £66,470. There was an active demand for all descriptions of cotton in the Liverpool Market on Saturday, and prices tended upwards. The sales were 20,000 bales. The Money Market is now comparatively quiet, the terms being easier and enquiries moderate. 9 perations in most departments being confined to immediate requirements. The general demand for accommodation has been diminished, and this has occurred at a moment when the available supplies are largely augmented by tke payment of the January dividends. Affairs necessarily present an improved appearance. The reactionary tendency of the rates is shown by the negotiation of first- Class three and four months' bills in discount channels, at 61 per cent., while the current terms for loans on stock range from 5 to 6 per cent. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Union sank of Australia just held, a dividend of 6 per cent. for the past half year was declared. There has been very little activity in the Market for Public Securities to-day, owing to the quietude of speculation. A few transactions for trap sfer, including some sales for small amounts, have taken place, but they have not led to any material change in values. Consols, however, are firmer, namely, 91* 8 for money, and 92 i f for February. The New Threes and the Reduced r emain fit 91* ; the New 2* per Cents. have receded to 76; India Stock is firmer at 220* ; ditto New Loan is steady at 1001 8 ; but .Exchequer Bills are Sat at Ts. to 2s. discount. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a fair extent, at in 'some instances higher quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 to 70* ; ditto New 5 6 to 661. Mexican are flat at 21i. Russian 3 Per Cents. have improved to 104*; Sardinian to 824; and Spanish Passive to 17* I. Dutch 4 per Cents., are 1008, and Portuguese 441. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued very quiet ; a slight improvement, however, has taken place in one or two of the principal un dertakings. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Western, and South-Eastern have advanced about s s. ; Caledonian and North-Western, however, re ceded 6s. ; and South-Western and North-Eastern (Leeds), 10s. In the Foreign Market transactions were very limited. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian declined to 12, and San Paulo were flat at 21. The ColOni_a_ lines cuutiuuva w cto timra _ Grand Trunk of Canada, however, advanced 'about s a. ; East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula remained at previous quotations. jOint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in limited demand without any material Change in values. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 4 New 2i per Cent. Annuities 76 India Stock • 0000 i Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — 5 Ditto 5 per Cent. 94 1 per Ditto Debentures,Cent 1858 9 5 46 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 8 die .011. sols for Account, F e b. 7 94 2 Zzehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 10 Ditto £5OO 7 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent 2l i Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 OO .. 44/ ._Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 41 / 'Silesian 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1041 S ardinian 5 per Cent s Panish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto New Lodn Dividends on the above payable in London. Preach Rentes, 41 per. Ex 25f 67f. 25e. Be • g 1 i • an T, , 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f .ulttch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money .. 9ll / Ditto Account 92 A MIS DAY'S SIIIPPLYG. EoaLox -Dow, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South terlYt • moderate breeze and dull weather, with sharp f. CARDIFF, Jan. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed-Frey, for ~Avannah. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 11. —Win d S.E.—Arrived—City 91 Washington, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and le ft for New York; City of York, from Mauritiu s; Emily Farn ham, from Callao ; Levant, from Rio Janeiro ; Dremona, from New 'York. DEAL, Jan. 13.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Genevieve, from the River, and sailed for Mauritius ; Britannia, Screw steamer, from the River, and sailed for Gib raltar. PLY3tount, Jan. 12.—Wind S.W.—Ariived—Henry, ' r ota Prince Edward's Island; Mignonette, ditto, with crew sick, and three dead. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind' N.W.—Saied — Her Majesty' s ships Edgar, Algiers, Trafalgar, and Diadem, for Lisbon. (ay ELEOTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, January 12.—Mystere, from Aignellon ; Havre, steamer, fr om Havre; Southampton, steamer, from Jersey ; Lady Milton, from Portsmouth ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin; Ripon steamer, from Alexandria; Parnpolai ,, , from Lueon ; Pet, from Sunderland. Sailed—Augustine Clara, for Rochelle ; Ellora, steamer, for Alexandria ; Fox, for Aberdeen ; Duke of Cornwall, st eame r, for London. Arrived Jan. 13--Alhambra, steamer, from Lisbon ; Mechanics' Own, from Newport ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; La Poule, 'from Cherbourg. (By Sin33.IIRINH AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. ; weather frosty. Arrived—Flown, from Valencia; PanUora from Ter ceira Perseus, from Prince Edward's Wand ; Prompt, from Lisbon. Sailed, Jan. 14.—Jamaet, for Bilbao. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. moderate. Passed, Jan, 13—Nile from London, for Sydney. Passed—Genii from from ; Waverley, from N ew fr '_ork ;Epsom , ship,from China — all for London ; Moskwa, 'all London, for Bombay. Th e Giornale di Verona a few days ago published 4 4 , 1°71 g article in defence of the Imperial p atent extending the forced currency of bank notes to Venetia, remarking that it could do no harm, provided the people would aid t he measure by their good will, and, by a moderate stretch of imagination, consider a bank note as real cash. The Opinione of Turin gives the Gunwale di - Verona a borne u ullet, by inquiring how it comes that in its very next c umber, in it s "N o tice to Subscribers," it informs th em 'hat, in the payment of subscriptions, the florin must be gold in hard cash, either silver of full weight, or els e ta : Coin ?" Should not, the Opinione asks, the offi cial L e tte to be the first to set au example of the requisite dell of intaginatien ?" .1.1•1•••••••• SEARE NARKET.-(71 - 1IS DAY.) ORDINARY STIAttES AND STOCKS. paid • I Closing Business Price. Done. Railways. Si 8f 80 82 11 12i ei 7 99 101 97 971, 1001 97j 7 47 49 42 44 83 85 Tare. 60 'Bell ast and Ballymena 13.14 IB r., IVol , and Str. Val. stock ;Birk., La., and Ch Junc 25 I Blackburn 25 10 stock stock 10 50 20 20 stock stock stock stcoc stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock .took stock stock stock 19.16.41 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocK stock stock stock stock Myth and Tyne Slfaf. and Mid.Co Bristol an'l Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, lilrock., .t-Passage 'Cornwall A Bets no div. D° A. until 6pc peran. Do B hasbeen d. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab.Junc ! East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do • do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh . Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness .... GlasEr. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gill]. stocks Trish South-eastern Lancashire .k Yorkshires London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. &S Coast I Lori., Chat., and Dovert Lond. &Nth. Western Lond. & Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaullea Man. Shet. & Liw•oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do + shares Metropolitan Midland Do new..... Do 'firming. & Derby Gt.. W. of Ireland Do A shares Mid Kent.. .... • • • • • • • • Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def NewrT Warnpt. & Ros Norfo Nthn. Counties Union North British •••• 'Kor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoza D , AstkzArecsnod. until fipch a.s been pd.B Do Ti stock Nth. Eastern—Berwickl Dodo 4.N. F 2 purchase no Leeds Do York NOrth London Do new North Staffordshire.... N. and S. W. Junction.. Not. &Grantham Rail.. eebles • • • • Portsmouth Rhymney.....- •• •• Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittin 2 - bournc & Sheer South Devon .... •• • • South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Taff Vale .... • •• •••• • • , Do Pref. No I ThamesHavenDk&rtaill ,Ulster Do .... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall .• .• West London...—. • • • • Do Ist class .... •• • • Do 2d class .. • •• •• WestlTartlepool Harter and Rail West noMidland—OxfoNewpo rtrd . Do. Hereford 6 64 8 8i 16 17 51& 624 37 39 25 27 88 88 28 29 all 100 34 100 100 54 56 65 654 100 100 100 16 13 41 100 100 100 5 17i all 104} 104 e p 1 P 634 444 94 0 101 103 2}2}l le 1 8f 8 115 117 34 341 861 871- 1 50 52 6 7 42 43 861 87 62 64 80 82 1 6 8 42i 431 101 111 p 551 584 2 3ip 87 69 ip 111 11f 6 6i 731 1 [l7 l 1 1 1 81 941 1 00 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 135 1 i i P 153 15 MI 1 03 Closin . g Business Share ) Railways. ,Paid Price Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock at ock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6cl Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at .£.501 & Exet.4 p.ct.stock' I Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,44 per cent tDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Cork & Bandon, p. c. ;Cornwall, 5 per cent Oun.Perth&Aber..Tun l E.Amm.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c I Do. do. (lass C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. Westga. 5 p.c. ,Great Northern, 5 p. ct. o.sp.c.Redm., lOp.c.pm Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 'Do. sp.c. Rolm. 5 p.c. pm, (t. Nh. of Scotld. tat pf. f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland)4• I p. ct. pret. stock Great West. (Perks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Co. Redeemable, 45 p.et. Do, Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. S p.et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birth. Pref. Shares 171. s r, 1.2 p no pi oh_ 1/0. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmminar. 4tock. • Do. Chester gna. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. I Lan.&York 6p. e. stock IDo.Barnstst£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon & Brio .5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. Do. g.ua, 6 p. c. IDo. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 IDo. do. 45 per cen'. Do. do. 45 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) ;Lon. Chat. and Dover • Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. . Lon. & S. W, 7 p. et. stoc Do. 45 per cent I. Do. (Prtsm. perpi anns. of 2s. 6d ..... Londondy. & Cole. 5 sh. Londony. & Ennis. 5 sh.l )Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 12; 12 stock stock [Ol 103 124 stock stock stock 2064 621}4 99 101 [l2 115 106 108 [lO 112 108 110 124 126 all 1100 112 114 90 92 116 118 112 114 104 106 86 88 98 100. stock stock stock stock stock stock P 8 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 91 10 Ili IP 76 78 ri 21j 10} 10f 154 16 138 140 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 1 153 156 130 134 69 71 89 91 Do. .£6 Do. 35 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent - .1 - aryoort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 45 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 1 Do. 5% p. e. I'ref. do. 18471 IDo.slVay.Val.Ex.st. lB47, i ( North British. 5 p. e. Do. New, mt. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nt h.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .& d. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. IScottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern , 35 p..e. pref. stock:— Do.Aberdeengua.. 6 p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. les.' Do. Fixed 45 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed , Ip.c. Ist south Wales, gua. 4 p. c.l Do. 14 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrid t Kilkny, 6 p. c, W.Mid..-Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do ino.NewPort 5 p.c.pf.red., Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let is. Do. do. 24 is, 137 139 101 103 95 97 10 1 10 stock stock stock 8k stock stock stock 10s, 11 1111 110 111 14p 1.0.6 100 100 100 all all 93 95 103 105 i IP Id p 23 24 stoeg stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i 123 126 130 133 10i 11 2n 24 1011 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 271 281 32 331 32 331 45 48 123 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 1 1 ,16 120 1114/ Agra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch.l !City Colonial ........ ..... . ICom. Bank of Canada , ComMercial of London .1 ,Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .of Switzerland (Lon. Char.Bk of Austral (London and County i London Joint Stock I Londen & Westminster ;Nat. Prov. of England . IDo. new . . National Bank ........ (New South Wales iDo, new iOrient. B. Corporation 'Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland I Do. new..... ISouth Australia Union of Australia Union o London Unity Mutual.. LINES LEASED Railways. . 100 100 100 100 100 all i 6 118 L5O 155 14 144 i iP 71 73 I Bedford and Mete!), ley, Buckinghamshire .... Chester & llolyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent.l Do. do. 5 per cent., Clydesdale Junction..l Colchester, Stour Val., E.Lincolnshirejr.6 p.c.; E.Union,llarwic - h Shs' 'Ln &14.1 V Ln&N.W 98 100 Do. 53 5341 Do. 125 127 Do. 113 115 Caledonin 102 104 E.U.SLE C 16 17 :Gt.Nortli. l l3s 137 E.Counts.l I} 44 Do. Woodbridge ... , Gls.Barr.& Neils,Drct. !C4iedonin IDo. Do. New .... • • • . • • Gloster& Dean Forest Harttpool.Dcic,& Rail ! Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.l Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent Mane., Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- !Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N. Md. Do. all Do 100 In.& N.W 100 East 100 Do.. 100 Peto JiCo 100 ',Norfolk 100 iDo. all IL NW &X 100 I Midland 5. 5 6 E.Counts all , Do .. . all Do. all 'Do. all Midland all le L N y r . 1 __ 31 t 3} 97 99 1 3 55 57 ence Stock.....- I Newmarkt.,lluryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Nortlin.& East% 5 p.c. Do. do. fi per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western 10 1511 Prestos and Wyre. Do. J Stares • A I Roystn.Hitch., & Shep Skrewsbry& Hereford, Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon a Croydn. all Do. 100 ,G t.North 1 100 T.Brassey 1 all M'Clean 100 Gt. West. all L.& Brgtti DOCKS. 1135 137 104 106 * tp 11 11* 90 92 84 Share' Gloving Paid * Price. stock Commercial........ lOO stock 1)o. 4 per Cent.PrAt.3lin 100 stock , Fast and West India l.lO stock 'London stock St. Katharine.. lOO stock S ou thampton ioo stook 'Vistoria .. ••• • • 1100 99 101 20 IDol New .._._ 11. TAP " I "' 1 id par ___ , t :T FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closingl Business Co.'s. . Price. I Done. 115 117 !112 113 ;107 108 132 134 4116 1124 73 734 61 64 lin 117/ 61 63 116 118 50 51 194 i 0 00 100i 1 54 8 10 55 66 33 lid 134 1351 107 109 7 6d THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid, Closing Price. Business done 73 75 92 93 11 di 4t 6 d all all 100 6 7 75 80 67 72 6i 70 pr transacted, that they rule, in a great measure, nominal. Cakes move off freely on higher terms. curnip,White,p.bus.36s to 38s I Carraway Swede —s —s t Coriander lBs 20s Mustard, 8r0wn.... 128 14s ?If empseed, per qr 4ls 48s White, new.... 12s 18s f linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 68s Tares,Winter, new.. lOs 11s Crushing Old —s 8 1 . Baltic 5Ss 60s Canary, per qu ar t er 56 s 65s j Odessa sBs Od 60s Rye grass, ne w 26 s 2Ss r Linssed Cake, p. ton Clover, Red Eng., ct. 71s 75s if` English .... £ll —s £ll 158 White Foreign Red ilOs 68s Rape Cakes,p. ton £5 10s £6 Os White 76s 92s Rapeseed, p. qr. 705 760 Trefoil, new. 26s .32s TALLOW A liniited business is done in P.Y.C. at 59s 6d to 59s 9d per cwt. on the spot. Rough fat, 3a 21d per Blbs. Atlantic At St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New . Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 18721 Do. do. July 1. 187: 1 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta..v.S.Eastn. (Lim`', Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.), Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal g - u. sp. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds ...... Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O. Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. C Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Melb.Corp. 6 p .c. Bnds. Newßrunswick tig Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde f Do. Punjaub Ls E Do. Do. ........ c? Do. Indus. St. Flo. b,,F; IS t. Andrews 8z Quebec A !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 4ntwerp AL Rotterdam rdennes ...... !Bah.ttS.Fran..Lim.7 p.o. Belqian East. Junction IBeziers to Graissessac.. I Ca* - neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue. Guar. 6 p. C. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs. Italian Junction .. •• • • Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva. Maria Antonia .... •• • • Do. New • Namur & Liege .... • • • • Do. 6 p. e. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans . ; .... `Recife & S. Fran. (Pero.) gua. 7 p. ct. lirn Riga & Dunaburg, Rome & Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5/ per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealand .. JOINT-STOP COLONIAL GOVEP..NMEN' Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &Juiy Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.l¢ Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G.Flope, 8 p 0,1880 Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 187 E Do. 5 p.e.,1888 & upwde Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. MLITT SI 109 111 :10 112 110 112 981 1014 107 108 Itos 106 98 100 98i 99i 91 94 105'i 106 i i 107410 8. iES. Mines. Paid. Closing ßletess !Alfred Consols (Philack)2.ll.lo 35 4 20 British Iron ' 16 1 I Clifford nil 205 215 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 410 420 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 115 120 East Caradon 2.14.6 116 12 E. WI Russel (Tavistk4 7.4.0 94 101 94 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 544 25 27 Great South Tolgus l7s 74 84 1G .Wheal Alfa. (Philack)ll2.l3.9 I 1 'G. Wheal Vor (lIelston)! 91 15 If , Grenville , 5,14.6 3 34 Herod's- • 8.12 33 15 Hingst.on Downs 4.10.6 35 34 - 'Lady Bertha , 1.8.6 15 II • Margaret (Uny Lelanq 94 52 55 North Downs I 25 35 4 North Frances (Illogal 114 44 54 ,N.Wh'l Base.t (1110 an) 15s 4 5 ,North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 94 10 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 44 46 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 14s 4 1 , SouthCaradon(StCleer), 14 300 310 IS. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 31 34 4 1 S. Dev, Iron &Gen., Lim, all f IS ; Wheal Fran. (Illogan),18.1.9, 150 160 Stray Park '24.18.0 46 18 I Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 24 25 10 ;Tin Croit , 9 54 6 4 - IVale of Towey (Carm.3s 6d f 'West Basset (Illogan) 14 185 195 ,W. Caradon (Liskeard),, 5 78 80 West Seton. 4 !Wheal Basset (Ill ogan ) 5 355365 1125 1175 - ,Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 '145 155 Wheal Edward (Cats.)' ' 12 lf 2 • ,Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) ; 1.7.2 13 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 19 21 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)' • 55 18 20 , FOREIGN MINES. 20 ;Australian 74 4 14 1 tßonAccord Copper,Lim. 15s d 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 * 20 'Do.St.Jolindel Rey,Lim 15 26 27 5 IDo.Land and Mining Co. all 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo. f die. 40 Cobra Copper all 43 45 'Copiapo 1 , DunMoun.Cop.lding.Co all / 2 ;Fortuna. 20 ;General all '4l 23 2Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4p l l al 14 (Limited) a 1 if i D Lusitanian 2 p 4p 1 ,Mariquita all 4 5 1 IN. RhineCopoiS.Aus.L 128.6d. id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leaell Mining and Smelt all 4 6 6 Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. d 2852.84 United Mexican .. ail 3 34 34 1 ;Worthing (Limited) all 1 1 Do l9s, MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 13 14 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 AnstralianAgriculturab 19 30 32 10 IBerlin Water (Limited) all 45 5 50 I British American Landl 40 50 I B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (,Lim.) all 35 37 20 I Db. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 ,Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 325 ,Canada Land all 110 113 10 ,Canada Tel. (Lim.) all stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg. all 25 ,Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock ,Crystal Palace stock ,Do. Preference stock 6p. c. Pei jet. Deben lOO 107 109 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 2 I 5 'Englis,is & Aus. Copper all 24 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigate nil 14 1 IGreat Ship Limited).,., all 1 I Do. 176 p ct Preference ) all 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 20 ;London Discount (Lim. ) 5 14 1 d 8,4 4 ILA, Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 14 20 ,Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 14 10 IMediter, Electric Teleg. all 10 ;Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.)• ) l all 25 35 25 !National Dis. Co. (Lim. >( 14 14d 20 iNerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 3 2 t 10 Netherlands Land all I 5 11)0.8 p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all 100 IN. Br,&NovaScotiaLand 80 — 4 1 1 IN,B.Australasian (Lim.) . all 14 1 1 'Oriental Gas (Limited). all 4 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.).; 'lss. pr 10 Orintl,ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 , Ditto C stock Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 48 51 50 'Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 I Do, New 25 12 13 20 RedSeadzlnd.Tel.g,4sp.c all 17 18 p , 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 'Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 stock' Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim )1 100 136 141 55 'South Australian Land, all 3 3 35 1 'Submarine Tel. Scrip ' all 4 3 1 'Do. do, Registered 10 Do: do. all 5 t 7 A p ITr, !•6 Ln.Co.ofUpr.Cun i F, I 05 Lam_,,.,, lVauDieme 28 1 , 9 10 It 1 21 ]i d 98 99 97% 98, 99} 100 214 224 72 74 64 68 46 48 45 60 45 50 95 96 14d d 21 Ild 10} 101 101 10 d, 95 100 95 100 93 96 88 P 2 83 85 924 931 85 87 14 14 d 5 7 5 7 97 98 20 lid 92 91 MAYS. 54 bt — I) 1! 144 4 1 11 18 3 214 21 211 226 231 61.61 74 71 19 20 alr 38 7 3 / 4 P 3 / 4 34 3 / 4 35 3 / 4 53 55 31 2!d 51 5f 81 1 ed 1 11 d 19 20 5f 6 91 91 21 22 K BANKS. 83 55 72 74 20 21 51 83 ii 1 224 23 34 35 71 73 40 41 21i 22i H 16i 1 221 221 ,341 36 47 48 18 18i 26 27 T S7ECU THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading markets held on Saturday were fairly sup plied with wheat, in somewhat improved condition. Most kinds changed bands slowly; nevertheless, very little alteration took place in the quotations. Fine barley and the best oats were very firm, and most other kinds of pro dtice realised quite previous rates. The continental markets are firm for wheat, on higher terms. Spring corn continues to sell freely. In the United States both wheat and flour have produced more money. The arrivals of English produce up to our market, last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 11,363 quarters of wheat, 5,770 barley, 15,747 oats, 180 rye, 674 beans, 3,207 peas, 246 tares, 9,415 lin seed, 930 rapeseed, 260 sundry, 1,992 eacks and 6,495 bar • rels of flour. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of wheat both from Essex and Kent were very limited ; but the general quality of the samples, owing to the late severe weather,' exhibited a decided improvement. Factors, generally, were very firm in their demands ; nevertheless, millers operate cautiously, and the small business transacted both in red and white samples was at prices equil to Monday last. The attend ance of buyers was much restricted. There was no particular pressure of foreign wheat on the stands, yet importers were more willing sellers, at last week's quotations. The transactions were for the most part confined to moderate quantities for immediate con sumption. _ There was some inquiry for floating cargoes, but the number on offer was limited. We have to report a good consumptive inquiry for all good and fine barley& at quite last week's currency. Low parcels of foreign were a dull sale, but not cheaper. The malt trade was tolerably firm; but we have no advance to notice in the quotations. Oats were in steady request, and the late advance in the ♦alue of fine qualities was well supported. The few beans on offer commanded extreme rates. Peas moved off steadily, at very full prices. There was a fair demand for both English and foreign flour, at fully previous rates. Some of the holders of Ame rican refused to sell except on higher terms. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheal—Essex and Kent, red, new 4Bs to 548 Ditto, old 6lB 678 Ditto, white, new 548 65s Ditto, old 638 7418 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 5Bl 668 Ditto, new 46s 548 Nye—Old New 4os 42s Barley-Grinding 2Bs Malting us Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk s2s Brown Kingston and Ware s2s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s Potato 2Bs Youghal and Cork, black 22s Cork, white 22s Scotch, F eeding 2ss Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss Boilers ... . 60s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 4os Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 738. In the corresponding week in 1860 we received 2,135—in 1859, 2,563—in 1858, 541—in11857, 1,237 —in 1856, I,los—and in 1855, 2,371 head, IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAO WEEK. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 33 .. —..— 263 .. ^ . . - •• 20 .. .-... .. --... .. .•..-.. .. - v. --. .. 70 .. -- • • - • • 66 . • - • • 1857. I 1858. 1859. 13,941 2 f 7,020 1 61894 t IsOita —6 Od —.6 Od 2,099 2,411 81,428 ' 73,120 856 1,100 76,989 7,090 626 Od 5659 d .1 Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 28,671 538 . 01 to, -s Od 2,326 2,801 1,619 70,385 53,912 56,933 189 690 514 87,987 8 1 ,61. A 101,366 555 Od 605 3d 61s 9d LAW INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day., COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Goulbourn.) IN RE BARKER.-IMPORTANT APPLICATION. This was an application to discharge the bankrupt from custody. Mr. Jones, for the bankrupt, stated, that in January, last year, the bankrupt came up for his certificate, which was refused, and protection withheld for twelve months. The bankrupt had not avoided his creditors, and had taken a situation as clerk to enable him to support his family. Although he had not kept out of the way he had only lately been arrested, and he trusted, as he had suffered considerably from this absence of protection for a long time, that he would now be discharged. Mr. Cox, for the creditors, said that the bankrupt had carried on business at Pall-Mall, and had once called upon him (Mr. Cox) in reference to a sum of money due from Mr. Bernal Osborne. lie wished him (Mr. Cox) not to in terfere with the sum owing by Mr. Osborne. A witness having been called, His Honour characterised this as a most impudent ap plication. One of the charges against the bankrupt was concealment of property, and he (the Commissioner) had no hesitation in saying that had the bankrupt been prose cuted in a criminal court penal servitude for a very long period would have been the result. By a trick and specious statement the bankrupt had obtained from a poor old lady every farthing she was worth, and his conduct in that affair was cruel in the extreme. It was a most impudent application, and would be refused with costs. POLICE IN7ELLMENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Bso GING AT THE CLUBS .-T wo powerful .looking men, having the appearance of excavators, named Benjamin Correll aid William Brown, were charged before Mr. Beadon with begging of several gentlemen in Regent street, and also at the Parthenon Club. AVBean, 332 A, said that a little before seven on Satur day evening, a gentleman came to him and told him that the two men were demanding money of him. He went up Regent-street, and saw them stop a gentleman near the Parthenon Club, and afterwards the servants of the club came out and told him the men were in the club-house begging. They then came out, and he then iaw them place themselves in front of another gentleman and demand. money. They had been drinking, and had been at other club-houses. One of the men said they were going out to the Cape, and that he had a wife and three children, but on account of the weather could get nothing to do. Mr. Beadon said they could get something to drink. The other man said they ought to, have been at Mr. Broadhurst's office that morning. They were going to work on the Capetown Railway. They were both from • the country. Mr. Beadon said he did not like their losing their pas sage as they were going to the Cape, so he would discharge them. The men thanked the magistrate for his kindness. 1860. 1861. 41.787 71,527 Ps 61to 5956 d to 580 9.1 i 59a 9d RURAL LABOURERS IN SCOTLAND. The condition of the rural labourer in Scotland has for some time attracted great attention, chiefly owing to the large per tentage of illegitimate births disclosed of late years in the registration statistics of some of the agricultu ral districts. The great strides of agriculture in many quarters appear to have had a prejudicial, not a beneficial, effect on the farm-labourer, and various associations have been formed with the view of elevating his social condition, one of the most important of these being the Association for the improvement of Agricultural Dwellings. On Wed nesday last a meeting was held at Edinburgh to consider the whole subject of the rural labourer's condition. Mr. Stirling, M.P., presided, and ariiong, others present were— Mr. Dunlop, M.P., Sir W. Dunbar, M.P., Mr. Wemyss, M.P., Principal Sir D. Brewster, Sir John S. Jorbes, and many of the leading proprietors and tenant farmers in Scot land. The chairman remarked that within the last 6 or 7 years the Associaticn for the Improvement of Agricultural Dwellings had doubled the number of good cottages in Scot land, and the Legigilatniv had shown its anxiety to promote tho object in view by passing almost without remark a bill for facilitating the erection of cottages on entailed estates, a measure for which the thanks of the country were due to Mr. Dunlop, the member for Greenock. Though much had been already done to improve the condition of the agricol tural labourer, very much still remained to be done. He thought, however, that some of the accounts that had been lately given of the farm labourers of Scotland were charged with too gloomy a colouring. From some accounts given of them a stranger would be led to suppose that the pea santry of Scotland were a demoralised and decaying race. He did not deny the fidelity of some of the pictures that had been drawn of the barbarian of the northern bothy, which had lately surprised the public; but he believed the case described was exceptional, just as the beautiful picture of the cotter drawn by Burns was also exceptional. The rural labourer, like other classes,was subject to temptationswhich frequently he was unable to resist; and his two vices were drunkenness and adding to the register of illegitimate births. But drunkenness was now almost banished from the bettor classes, by the introduction of higher amusement and pur suits, and. the operation of the same causes might perhaps in course of time also banish it from that class. In regard to the question of illegitimate births, he thought this fac might be plainly stated, that the law of marriage in Scotland taught the people almost a different morality from that of England. In England a man who stamped on his offspring illegitimacy inflicted on them an irreparable in. jury. In Scotland, the injury was reparable, and was very frequently repaired ; and he did not think it would be main tained, on comparison between the registers of illegitimate births in Scotland and in England, that that comparison was so much in favour of England as might naturally be supposed, owing to the difference between the laws of the two kingdoms. The chairman concluded by pointing out how much the welfare of the farm labourer was in the hands of the classes above him, and by remarking that, while nothing could be done by the latter to improve his condition without cost, the benefits that would result to both tenant and proprietor were well worthy of the cost. The meeting was then addressed by Messrs. Maclagan, Simpson, Cowie, Hope, and other farmers, and by several land proprietors, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : " 1. That, taking into consideration the general improve ment in agriculture' in Scotland, it is most desirable that increased attention should be directed to improving the condition of the rural labourers. 2. That as comfortable and commodious dwelling great tend to promote morality, delicacy of feeling, and sound bodily health, this meeting, while cordially admitting what has been already done in this direction, would earnestly' call the attention of landed pro provide these in greater numbers than exist at present, and to the facilities afforded for this purpose by recent Acts of Parliament enabling proprietors of entailed and unentailed estates to build and to improve cottages. 3. That as im proved cultivation necessarily implies an increase in, the amount and quality of the labour employed, it is the duty and interest of both landlords and tenants that a sufficiency of cottage accommodation be provided on every farm, thus removing at the same time an impediment to the formation of those domestic and family ties so essential to the happi ness and welfare of the human race. 4. That this meeting recognises the necessity of greater attention on the part of proprietors and farmers to the importance of education, both juvenile and adult, and do not merely recommend th© regular attendance at school for the former, but that a sup ply of wholesome literature be constantly disseminated among the latter, and especially to the disadvantages con nected with the jpractico of taking away children from school during a pressure of field labour." A committee ' was appointed to take all practical steps thought expedient for the elevation of the farm labourer's condition. WIND AND . WEATHER REPORT. THIS DAY, J IN. 14, 9 A.M. Hull, S.W. ; fine Inverness, N.W. ; frost Jersey, S.E. ; wet Leeds, S.W. ; frost Leith, N.E. ; snow Manchester, E. ; snow Middlesborough, S.E. • frost Milford Haven, N.E. ; rain Newcastle onTyne, SE.; thaw Newmarket, E. ; frosty Norwich, W. ; frosty Perth, E. ; thaw Peterborough, S.E. ; frost Port Glasgow, N.E. ; thaw Queenstown, N.N.W., fresh Sheffield, N. ; frosty Southampton, E.N.E. ; fine, frost St o ckton on Tees, S.; frosty S u nderland, S.E. ; dull Waterford, E.N.E. ; fine West Hartlepool,; thaw Weymouth, E.S.E. ; cloudy Whitehaven,E.N.E.; cloudy Wolverhampto'n, E, ; Mow York, S. ; thaw Ayr, E.N.E. ; frost Belfast, S. ; fine Birmingham; RE. • fine Bradford, N.W. ; fine Brighton, W.; fog Bristol, S.S.E. ; dull Cambridge, E. ; frosty Cardiff, N.W. ; rain Carlisle, E.S.E. ; frost Chatham, S.E. ; cloudy Cork, N.E. ; fine Deal, S.E., moderate Derby, N.E. ; snow Doncaster, N.E. • frosty Dover, N.B. ; fine Dublin, N.N.E. ; cloudy Dumfries, S.W. ; rain Dundee, E. ' • wet Edinburgh, S.E.; fog Falmouth, calm ; fog, cloudy Galway, S.E. ; rain Glasgow, • frost Goole, S.W.; N.E.fine Gravesend, S.E.; frosty Harwich, S.E. ; hard frost Holyhead, E., light breeze; k cloudy Share 1110 112 '206 210 61 63 115 120 89 91 Business Done. 100 100 100 100 Ml' From. Rotterdam - • . Harlingen Hamburgh — Ostend Vigo 9O .. Dordt .. Amsterdam — . , Antwerp .... Boulogne... — . • Tonning ... . , Medemblik Nieu Diep Total 2Bl The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1860 573 .. 1,286 .. .. 276 .. 1859 4Ol .. 1,881 .. 275 6 1858 65 .. 291 .. 185 1857 377 .. 644 .. .. 216 .. 1856 565 .. 563 .. 187 .. -- 1855 857 .. 1,300 .. 212 2 As might be expected, from the severity of the weather, the show of foreign stock in our market to-day was very limited. Sales, however, progressed slowly at barely last week's prices. We were seasonably well supplied with home-fed beasts, and the general quality of all breeds exhibited a further improvement ; whilst the general weight of the stock was a full average one. The attendance of butchers was tole rably good, and the primest Scots, crosses, &c., sold steadily at last week's prices ; but all other breeds were a dull inquiry, and 2d per Blbs lower than on Monday last. From the northern districts we received about 900 short horns, &c., from the eastern districts, 1,200 Scots, &c.; from other parts of England, 800 various breeds ; from Scotland, 100 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 90 oxen, &c. Prime down sheep were very scarce, and in fair request at full currencies. All other breeds of sheep which came to hand in fair condition wore a dull (inquiry, and 2d per 81bs lower in prices. The best downs were worth Gs per 81bs. We were scantily supplied with calves ; nevertheless, the veal trade was in a sluggish state at last week's cur rency. There was only a moderate demand for pigs ; yet prices were well supported. Per Blbs to si ITIES. 1001 Beasts. '-'-' • • o 01 5 21 5 ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 6 Pme. S' thdown do . 5 8 6 0 Large erse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers )d to Os Od. s. d. e. d. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scets, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Lambs, Os Suckling calves, 198 to 22s 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 4,040 Beasts Sheep and lambs 19,700 Sheep Calves .. 110 Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in, the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 16, 1860, and this day, Monday, Jan. 14, 1861: and quarter •eld store pip, Per Blbs, sinking the offal. Jan. 16, 1860. Jan s. d. ' s. d. a. Coarse and inferior beasts . • Second quality ditto 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. . . . • 4 8 410 •Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 6 4 0 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 2 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 8 410 14, 1861. d. s. d. 2to 3 6 8 4 2 4 4 6 8 410 3 8 310 10 4 6 410 5 6 5 45 8 6 0 Prime Southdown ditto . . . 5 0 Lambs • • • . . . . 0 0 Large coarse calves . . . 4 8 Prime small ditto lo 0 i 4 5 0 0 0 4 10 5 4 Large hogs . . 3 6 3 10 1 4 0 4 6 Neat small porkers . . . . 4 0 410 4 8 5 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 21,120 19,700 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES six SALE, Jan. 17, 1859.---Beasts, 4,100; sheep, 19,800 ; calves, 28 ; pigs, 130. Jan. 18, 1858—Beasts, 4,002; sheep, 16,840; c,alyea , 106; pigs, 225. NENVG.A.TE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland, and various parts of England, have been very moderate since our last. The ar rath.- limi4nr7 . nevertheless the demand is somewhat inactive, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. e. d. Inferior beef 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 3 10 4 6 Middling d 0.... 3 4 3 8 Prime do Prime large do.. 3 10 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 2 10 4 0 i amb.... ...... 0 0 A 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in hops of last year's growth, as well as in yearlings. Foreign qualities, too, are steady in price. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. ealds Sussex per cwt. £6 Os to £lB Os 4Os to 14 Os sOs to 9 Os sOs to 9 10s Yearlings BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Owing to the intense frost very few potatoes have arrived, coastwise, since Monday last. By land-carriage the receipts have been moderate, and much " frosted." The imports last week were 190 tons from Dunkirk. There is a moderate business doing, as follows : Kent and Essex Regents York Regents —s to —8 „ Ditto Flukes ... Scotch ditto .... Do. Cups. French BOB to 10(s „ Belgian Bos to 10(8 ~ WOOL MARKET. Owing to the advance in the price of mone3 in the dis count market English wool has been much ne;lected since our last report. Foreign parcels are nominal P price ; but colonial qualities, owing to the small quantities in ware house for the next auctions, are held at extreme rates. Last week's imports were only 387 bales from New Zealand. SEEDS. The seed trade continues in a most inactive st►te. Com pared with last week, however, the fluctuation; in prices haye been trifling ; indeed, so little bueineal has been "- • • ."'" • • "'''' • • '''''' • • THE ZION ACCIDENT AT ASTLEY'S AMPHI• THEATRE: ADJOURNED IN.,IUEST—(THIS DAY).--This (Mondaz) Forenoon at 11 ('clock, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Sun ey, resumed, at the Mitre Tavern, Palace-road, Lambeth, the adjourned inquest on the body of the unfor tunate man who was killed by one of the performing lions at Astley's Amphitheatre, some particulars of which have already appeared in this journal. The inquiry created considerable interest, and the large club room of the tavern was densely crowded. Mr. Nicholas Miskin, surgeon, of No. 7, York-road, said that he had made a post - mortem examination of the body of deceased. The countenance of deceased exhibited a degree of calmness and composure by no means indicative of suffer ing, rather implying-that death was instantaneous. The body exhibited .a large number of wounds, same superficial, others deep and penetrating. On the upper portion of the body were 35 wounds, 27 on the left side and 8 on the right, 18 of which were below the angle of the jaw. One- scalp wound, two inches above the left eyebrow, exposing-the bone. On the right groin and thigh were 45 wounds. The following , gentlemen were present when ho made the post mortem examination :=Mr. F. T. Buckland, Mr. J. Bush, Mr. Lawton, and Mr. G. A. Miskin. The deceased was about 5 feet 2 inches. On examining the head two large lacerated scalp wounds were found about 3 inches long, and four crossways 2 inches above the right ear, another 2 inches to the left on the top of the head with extravasated blood, another over the left eye half an inch long and denuding the bone of its perios seam. On removing the colvarium underneath the 'Jura mater at the corner of the head considerable extra vasation, to the extent of 4 inches in diameter, was found. By the Coroner—He attributed that extravasation to a blow. The brain otherwise had a healthy appearance. Examination in chief resumed—On examinin g the neck a deep-seated wound was found extending to the 6th cer vical vertebra 3 on the left side. On tracing this wound downwards a portion of the body of this vertebras was chipped eff, the arsiculasion exposed, and the tip of the transverse process broken off—the animal's teeth having penetrated through the transverse to the spinal canal, causing effusion of blood between the sheath and the spinal column. The carotid artery and jugular vein sustained no injury. On the right groin were two wounds—one above the os pul§rs and the other below, extending deeply into the abdomen, and at the base of the wounds was a considerable effusion of blood by the aide of the ijilestines, which were uninjured. Thfi femoral artery and viscera sustained no injury, although they must have been in the animal's mouth, enclosed in a mass of muscle. The right lung was firmly adherent to the, pleura and slightly congested. The left was perfectly healthy. The heart was healthy. The wounds of the body when dissectea'were of a much more serious character th an their appearances flrst indicated. The conclusions drawn from the wounds and their situations are, that the man was seized from behind .by the claws of the lion and cuffed right and left, which produced concussion of the brain, and in all probability instant death. The lion bit him on the neck, which was a wound of a very dangerous character. The wounds on the groin and thigh were caused by the animal picking him up to carry him about. At this stage of the proceedings the Coroner and jury went to the theatre to s itness the spot where the accident occurred. Upon the return of the jury the following evidence was taken : Robert Thomas Green said—l am in the employ of Mr. W. Batty, as hall porter, at the stage door of the Amphi theatre in Stangate-street. It is an entrance for the ser vants of the estabriihment only. I knew the deceased man. Last Monday I VFeht on duty at a quarter-past seven o'clock. I got up ;tout half an hour before that time, and went to the hall clociii which was ajar. The deceased came in about 20 minuteefto eight as near as I can recollect. I was in the little lcidge where Mr. Batty keeps his coats, &c. It is on the liirhand as you pass to the yard. I had left the hall door open. The deceased Jarvey, as he entered, said, 'Good morni4.." I asked him why he came so early, and he replied, "He came to work." He said nothing more but passed me, and went down the' yard towards the stables. I never saw him again alive. I don't think it was more than five minutes after I saw him that I heard a noise. I went down the yard, where a man was carting away the manure; he got off his cart, and with a groom named Reynolds looked through the door with glass panels. They went to a door connected with the large gates, and -then a remark whs made, "The lion has got Jarvey." • The Coroner—Mr. Ba4ty, who had charge of the lions? Mr. Batty—Mr. Crockett. Coroner—Was he the only person ? Mr. Batty—He had an assistant named Brown. Mr. Jas. Crockett was then called and was informed by the coroner that he need not answer any questions that might tend to criminate him should he need to give his evidence on oath unless he chose to do so. He, however, expressed a wish to give the fullest information, and also to give it on oath. He then izikceeded :'—l am by profession a lion tamer. I know kitpre were three lions and a lioness* AstleY's Theatre, performed with them. They are the property of two ge#imen named Sanger. I have exhibited with them all over 4he country for the last three or four years. I have havii had them out without any guard or chain, one or mor,* a time. A Juror—Do you mean to say you have had mere than one lion on the stage at a time ? Witness—Yes. Coroner—Then perhaps they are very docile ? Witness—To me. perfectly so. Coroner—We will now go to Monday last. Witness—On that morning a lady came over from the theatre and informed me that the lions were loose. I dressed myself and proceeded immediately to the hall door of the theatre. I there seined a hay-fork and proceeded to the gates of the ride. Those gates were closed. There is a small wicket-gate that opens inwardly by pushing it. I opened that door, and when I had it half way open I saw one of the lions near to the stable door on the right side of the drive close to the salts. It was one of the male lions, and in front of him lay the body of a man whom I did not know. He was on his back. The lion was doing nothing with him. He was quietly sitting over him as a dog would a bone. I struck the lion twice with the fork, and he then left the man, who I im- mediately picked up and took to the hall. I did not then see either of the other lions. I did not see any blood about the lion's mouth. The man, when I first picked him up, breathed, and I directed medical aid to be sent for. I then recognised him as the person called Jarvey, who was tem porarily engaged at the theatre. I never saw him in the theatre in the day time. I did zot know he had anything to do with washing - carriages. On the Saturday previous to the accident three of the lions were exhibited on the stage—one loose, the other two in the cage. They were fed after they were exhibited. I feed them every night after the performance in the large den. The fourth lion on that occasion was separately confined in a small cage about 14 inches from the large den. The lion confined by itself had been unwell for about a fortnight. The small den had been in the position I have mentioned neat: the large one for about 12 days. The length of the large den is 17 feet 6 inches, 6 feet wide, and the same in height. It is made of iron cased with shutters. It is made precisely as a birdcage. The ends and all parts are of iron. The top is first put on, and then the shutters slide in a groove. The panels or shutters are all secured by iron pins. There are five panels in front, five at the back, and two at each end. After having taken the deceased man away I then went to the den where the three lions were kept. I found nothing therein but the cloth. The fourth was still in the small cage. The deceased was about 50 yards from the lions' cage. There had been a cloth nailed over the fourth lion, to pro tect the sick.lion from the weather. That cloth I found in the large den. I then noticed that the door had been opened. One of the panels was down. It had slipped to eA v e.eu, out me door was open. It opens inwards. The Coroner—How do you account for the opening of the door ? Witness—One or more of the lions, in the act of drag ging in the cloth ; from off the small den, must have broken the bolt, and thus occasioned the opening of the door. Lions are fond of playing with such things. The cloth was torn to pieces. The sockets of the panels were quite• safe when I last saw them on Sunday night. The keys were in them. Any person could remove the keys from the sockets, but they could not be taken away, as they were attached to the cage by chains. I have an assistant. His name is Edward Brown. I last saw the lions on the Sunday night, previous to the accident, about half-past eight. I gave some medicine to one that was unwell, and gave the others some water. I had to remove one of the panels to do so. The panel I found down was the next one, on the left, covering the door. I replaced the door. Coroner—Having closed the door, are you positive you replaced the fastening key ? Witness—Quite sure. I put in two keys and also used two ropes to secure the cage. Coroner—What did you use the ropes for Witness—As an additional security. way for the panel Coroner—Can you account in any coming down in the first instance Witness—Not in any way. Coroner—Have you tried to ascertain ? Witness—Yes, and I cannot discover any. I have travelled about the country for the last three years, and a lthough we have frequently travelled bad roads, I although a nels to fall out. neve r knew the p Coroner—How did you find the ropes ? Witness—Just as I left them. Secure around the cage. Coroner—Who ifed the lions on Sundays? Witness —They are not fed on Sundays. They get some water. Coroner—Have qou any doubt about the death of the man being caused by the lion? Witness—None , whatever. Coroner—Now We will go back to the accident. Witness—After' I had taken the body of Jarvey to The hall I got some lights and went in search of the other lions. I saw one playing with some flowers. I put them into the dep, and the one that had killed the mm followed me into the den like a dog. The lioness was in a privatis box. , That I secured also. Coroner—Have you any accusation to make against any body ? Witness—No. I cannot conceive how the shutters could slip down. lam positive the panels were safely put into the groove Coroner—You have no doubt of that ? Witness--None whatever. I am positive the panels were all safely secured. I have no kind of doubt about it—not the slightest. Coroner—You say you have no charge to make against anybody ? Witness—No. Coroner—Has anybody ever threatened either you or Mr. Batty ? Witness --No one, that I know off. I don't think I had an enemy in the place. No one had any towards me. Quite the contrary. The evidence of the witness, which was given in the clearest and most unreserved manner, was then read over, and the only correction he made was, that he was not quite sure whether it was himself or his assistant that opened the shutter on the Sunday night. Coroner—You think, 'then, the door of the cage was pulled open by the lions in getting the cloth into the cage? Witness—Yes; that is the only way in which I can account for the accident. A Juryman—Does not one of thsdions now go loose upon he stage during his performance, and is not that the one hat killed the man? Witness—No. It was the one I saw playing with the flowers. It never does really go loose, for as soon as my man leaves go of it I take it. Henry Golding, the watchman, was next examined. This witness was under examination when we went to press. M. SCRIBE AND THE LATE MARSHAL ST ARNAUD. In 1863 M. Scribe, the dramatist, sold a house and grounds called Montalias, in the neighbourhood of Meudon, to Marshal de St. Arnaud for 150,000 f., and in 1859 the marshal's v‘ :door sold them to M. Collineau, an ex-agent de change at Bordeaux, for 290,000 f. The deed of sale to that gentleman set forth that the park, kitchen garden, and four pieces of ladd which composed the domain were of about 11 hectares, but when he came to measure them he found that they were not very much more than half. Heaccord ingly brought an action before the Civil Tribunal against Madame de St. Arnaud to get back part of his purchase money, and the singular discovery was then made that though since 1815 the d , main had been possessed by diffe rent persons, the Duke de Bassano, M. Testu, M. Laffitte, M. Ch. Nodier (the author), to., the park, kitchen garden, and land hal never been meast—ed, and had always b een described as consisting of about 11 hectares; it was a l so discovered that this arose from the four pieces, of land having been by eixor described in a deed previously to 1815 as being of 8 hectares (the hectare is 21 acres, though in reality they were only of about 8 acres—the acre is 100 square metres). The ti ibunal held that, as the deed of sale executed by Madame de St. Arnaud did not guarantee that there were 11 hectares, M. Collineau'a action could not be admitted. An appeal of this gentleman against the deci sion was heard on Saturday by the Imperial Court, but the judgment was confirmed. In the course of the pleadings the statement was made that in the park there is an old walnut-tree, under which, according to tradition, Rabelais wrote part of his works. The following curious letter from M. Scribe to Marshal St. Arnaud, showing the way in which the author drove a bargain with the hero of the coup d' *tat, was read in court, and produced much amusement : " Montalais, May 4, 1853. " Monsieur le Marechal,—After your gracious visit the Council assembled for domestic deliberation, and the per sonage whom you so justly style the ' Minister of the In terior,' my wife, opened the debate. She entirely agreed with you that, as a matter of business, we must altogether leave out of the account the fact that this merely pleasure property cost us 100,000 crowns (300,000 f.) and that we should forget all the money expended upon it from fancy or caprice ; but at the same time she observes that the outlay which has really augmented the value should be taken into consideration; that the building hewn out of the rock which now forms the stables, coach-house, granaries, and servants' rooms, cost 30,000 f.; that seven or eight acres of the kitchen garden and park, bought at 100 f. the perch—i.e., I,ooof. the acre, cost—and a folly it was-80,000f , -but that they are at any rate honestly worth half the money; that 130,000 f. for the original property, added to 30,000 f. for building, and 40,000 f. for additional lands, amounts to 200,000 f., which is the sum we originally asked for Montalais, and my Mini ster of the Interior argues that in reducing that point at once of our own accord, without any higgling, to 160,000 f„ wo are treating in a frank, reasonable, and loyal manner, which you, M. le Marechal, better than any ore else, must appreciate. My excellent Minister also says, and your notary will confirm her ass9rtion, that the upset price of a real estate is always put at less than the real value in order TO attract bidders, and that if Montalais were put up in three lots, at 140,000 f. it would fetch by auction a third more, just as it happened only three days ago in the case of No. 34, Rue de Provence, which being put up at 250,000 f. was knocked down for 400,000 f., in 1 the teeth of our notary, M. Wasselin, who had offered on our account as much as 380,000 f. My wife adds, moreover, that the universal rise in the value of every de ' scription ,of propery, and the unheard-of prosperity of affairs in general,are owing to the events of Deo. 2, of which M. le Marechal was to a great extent the glo'ious author, and that he cannot complain of any augmentation of which he is the cause. For all these reasons, M. le Marechal, the unanimous opinion of the Council is that our proposal of 160,000 f. was really equitable, and that we must abide by it, hoping that your amiable and charming Minister of the Interior will deign to take into consideration all the reasons hereinbefore urged. It will always be understood, as we said yesterday, that half the purchase-money only is to be paid down, and the other half according to your convenience, even by monthly instalments if you like, so that you may scarcely feel that you are paying any thing ; it is also agreed that our old furniture shall be valued at once, and that you will take hereador only such art'cles as may suit you, but that you will do us the honour to make use of it for a year, Possession may be had to-morrow or next day if you se wish. It is with pain, I confess, that I leave lactontalais, which I have inhabited for a quarter of a century, and where I have passed Q 5 of the most laborious, and at the same time the most agreeable, years of my life. But my regret is di minished by the thought that, thanks to my illustrious successor, Montalaiee which I have so much loved, will be come an histor:cal residence, and will never be forgotten. " Accept, Monsieur le Marechal, the assurance of my high knd respectful consideration. " EUGENE SCRIBE, of the French Academy." Notwithstanding the ingenious pleading of M. Scribe's " Minister of the Interior," the Marshal made him strike off 10,000 f. from his ultimatum, and, as above appears, Madame St. Arnaud was fortunate enough to sell the pro perty at the end of six years at a profit of 140,000 f.--nearly cent. per cent. MEXICO, 'fhe news of Miramor, the felonious President of . Mexico, having gained a sudden success over .the army by which he was" surrounded" in the capital can scarcely excite surprise, since it is in conformity with all that has been witnessed in Mexico during theslast three or four years, and is moreover an exact repetition of a feat previously performed by this personage at Tacubaya over the same incapable Gen. Deg allado. It now appears that he has cap tured three generals, 1,200 men, and 12 cannon, and it may therefore be presumed that the pros pect of the Liberals being able to get possession of the city is again indefinitely postponed. On the ultimate result of the struggle the circum stance can have no influence, since by his recent robbery Miramon. has rendered it impossible that the party he represents can ever regain acknow ledged sway. It, is his fate to remain shut up in the interior of the country, because if he weae able for a moment to recover one of the ports he would. then come within reach of retribution from the British Government. It is simply a cruestion, there fore, as to how long he can remain in that position, feeding solely on the internal resources of the re public. There is nn mnre British money to be Stolen, the priests have drained 'themselves to the greater part of their available riches in his support, there are no Customs' duties that can be exacted, and trade and credit have vanished. It would seem unlikely, therefore, that under any circum stances the work of desolation can now be pro tracted beyond a few months. The fact of the present " surprise" of General Degallado a nd his army having occurred so soon af ter the seizure of the money from the British Legation suggests that the victory may have been won by a liberal use of those means in the enemy's camp. Meanwhile the American journals are beginning to speculate as to the manner in which the position of Mexico may be turned to account in the present disunion crisis. Leading members of the Republican party, it is said, are already beginning to look forward to the acquisition or annexation of Mexico as a ready means of at once indemnifying the North for the partial loss of Southern trade " and of marring the schemes of slavery propagandists, which are one great incentive to disunion." "We happen to know," says the New York Tin2es. " That this idea of acquiring Mexico, first under the forms of a protectorate, but eventually as a component part. of the confederacy, is no merely casual suggestion, but has been seriously and favourably considered by leading minds, which will exercise an important influence upon the in coming Administration." WHISKY DUTIES IN THE NORTH. —There has been a great falling off in the revenue from duties upon whisky manufactured in the Highlands. In on.. district containing about 'eight distilleries the decrease In actual money in six months amounts to about £2,200 ; but this does not nearly represent the decrease in the consumption of whisky. Had the consumption continued at the same as before the new duty was imposed, the revenue should have increased by 25 per cent. Instead of this there is the large deficit quoted above, which, considering the in creased rate of duty, really represents a loss to the Govern-. ment of upwards of £8,500 in the half-year in one district, and that a small ens, in respect to the quantity of whislry produced. If other districts show similar results, it is impo a sible that the Chancellor of the Exchequer can.recomme nd Parliament to maintain the present enormous duty upon whisky.—lnverness Courtier. , . - .N •[4f~_~~ Share stock 20i 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stook stock stook 100 100 20'11 100 inn all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 ,AIL 22 f 951 i 72 3 18} 1 ;~ I FN