The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

MONEY MLRKET AND COIYIIVIERCIAL INTELLIC;ENCP.. CITY, Two O'CLOCK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices of all kinds were without change. The sates were estimated at 12,000 bales, 5,000 of which were taken for export, and 5,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market pre • vented a quiet but firm aspect, but with a slight decline. The Bank of England Return for the week ending the 20th instant is not very unfavourable, although there are strong indications of a pressure for money. An increase of more than a million and a quarter sterling is exhibited both in the public deposits and the other securities, which may be partially ascribed to the payment of the final •instalment on the last loan. The reserve of no',,es, the Govern ment securities, and the stock of bullion, as will be seen by the subjoined anaVsis of the balance sheet, have not undergone t.'ne slightest change of importance : Active Circulation Increase Bullion Decrease Rest Increase Public Depc)sits Increase .. £19,789,185 37,495 12,132,602 8,708 3,743,895 13,078 7,909,724 1,300,432 Other Deposits D , 4crease Seven-Day and other Bilk 909, 336 Increase Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities ....a....... Increase Notes unemployed Increase The official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin I PP Boulogne lf Bars ,f ___ If • 80 Ozs. ▪ 30 Ov. ... 2,060 Ozs. Silver Coin Beiium ... 2,761 Ozs. PP f/ PI PP PP „ ....., Rotterdam ..... ••• Rotterdam ... 7,200 Ozs. _ .. .. Bathnrat ... 800 Ozs. ~ If „ Bars Theßoard of Trade Returns have just been pub lished. The value of all exports from the United Kingdom in August was 10,753,2921. against 8,891,4731. in the same month cast year. It will be seen from the foregoing table that silver is rapidly leaving our shores, while in all the principal Continental States the abstrac tion of coins composed of that metal is be coming more serious every day. The Bank of France, in order to be prepared for the ultimate effect that may be produced on the metallic currency of the country, have entered into a contract with the Paris Mint, by which the hitter agree to supply 50,000,000 francs in five franc gold pieces, at the rate of 175,000 francs per diem. The excitement produced by the general advance in the rates of discount has been aug mented by the Bank of Hamburg having increased its terms to the high quotation of 9 per cent. There is an active demand for money in Lom bard-street, at the Bank ; and on the Stock Ex change, at full rates, consequently an expectation prevails that the Bank of England will make a move next Thursday. The English Funds opened rather steady this morning, but shortly afterwards a decline of about per cent. suddenly took place, though on what precise grounds it is difficult to decide. Consols have been 94 I, 92i 93, and 93 to 93i for money. The account prices have been 93i 1 93, sellers, and 94 I. Exchequer Bills have declined 35., being 10s. to 13s. premium, and the Bonds are 991. Foreign Securities are likewise at reduced quota tions, and with limited transactions. Turkish 6 per Cents. receded to 100, and the 4 per Cents. to 10014, but they are now firmer. Spanislirhrees are 411 ; the New Deft - lrred, 23/ ; Mexican, 24 4 ; Grenada New Active, 214 to 22 ; Venezuela 14 per Cents., 134 ; and Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 59. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 to 74 ; Mexican, 221 to 224 ; Peruvian, 78 to 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 43 to 45 (ex div.); Russian 5 per Cents., 106 to 108 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 424 ; ditto Deferred, 231 24 ; ditto Certificates, WI6 ; ditto Passive, 64 4. Railway Shares are all lower, and in some cases the decline, is fully 1 to 1 per cent. The prices, however, are very fluctuating, and the transactions have been numerous. South-Western are nearly 2 per cent. worse. Foreign and Colonial tre dull. Bigas are 1 to 14 prem. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous shares are dull. Bank of Egppt are better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List: Pusines. done. 2 per Cent. Consols Annuities 931 i n 3/ Consols for Account E ,thequer Bills, 25d. £l000 . £SOO Fira al 1 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 35 per Cent.. 935 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Equador Now Consolidated l4l Ditto Provisional Land Warrant Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent ` -21 Ditto Account 22i 1 SpAnwi Bonds, :i per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turk iall Bonds, 6 per cent . lOl 100 Ditto Account I)itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account e• • lOl4 Venezuela Bonds, 41 por Cent Ditto Deferred, 15 per Cent. of v wenis on the above - Ail able in LonCor. Belgian, 25 per Cent., ex. 25 francs Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4. per Cert. TWO O'CLOC G. Consols, money 93 93i Ditte Account... EARL GRANVILLE'S MISSION TO MOSCONV.—It is es timated that the mission of Earl Granville to Moscow as the Extraordinary Ambassador of England at the Coro nation of the Czar will cost the country from 25,0001. to 35,0001. The suite of the noble Earl includes nearly forty persona. ART IN FRANCE.—By order of the Emperor an ex hibition of the works of living artists will take place xiext year, from the 15 . 11 of May to the 15th July. DEATH OF LADY BRAYBROOKE. --We regret to an nounce the death of Lady Braybrooke, which took place at Audley-end on Tuesday, in her 57th year. Her ladyship was the second daughter of the second Marquis Cornwallis, and married, in 1819, the present Lord Braybrooke. The remains of the late gallant Captain Moubray have been consigned to their last resting-place, in the usual place of sepulture at Greenwich Hospital. No successor has as yet been appointed to the vacant situation, but rumour has again been busy with the name of Captain Nias, C.B. PARKHURST PRISON.—There are now 700 juvenile convicts in Parkhurst prison, in the Isle of Wight. By the present law all convicts between 13 and 17 years of age, sentenced to not less than twelve months' impri sonment, are sent to Parkhurst. In that place they are taught all kinds of trades. A capital choir of sing ers is formed in the prison amongst the juvenile convicts. Many of them sing very beautifully. THE INDIA MAIL.—The East India and China Asso ciation have entered into correspondence with the Post master-General on the inconvenience caused to the mer cantile community by the frequent detention at Mar seilles of the homeward East India and China mails. It appears that during the last 18 months nine instances have occurred in which the monthly mail has been de tained on an average about twelve hours. The Post master-General has promised to communicate with the French authorities on the subject without delay. THE SERPENTINE.—A correspondent of the Times makes the following suggestion :—lt is well known that the Serpentine lies many feet above the lake in St. James's Park. If, therefore, the bed of the former were raised, as is now doing with the latter, so as to have an uniform depth of water of four or five feet, and a body , of clear water introduced at the west end of the Serpen tine, instead of the contents of the Bayswater sewer, the overflow thereby created might be carried off at the east end by means of an ornamental cascade, and thence by an underground aqueduct to St. James's Park, and there introduced into the lake, either by another cascade or fountain. The .means of getting rid of the overflow of the latter have only very recently been provided for. By these means I apprehend the waters in both parks might be kept perpetually sweet and clean, the cascade or fountain might be made a great ornament, and the means of bathing without risk to life or health provided; i:ibi- 701ri." By Aetal ;ends, 1 por n the I,s we qua work, of antic, rani!, rnents,. Iders- quired point ; work "mina. ;cid at under °nen. ?tell to e civil TAIN ;• from Irprise, ie Far )ly to )Ise we ray fo1• ItICCeSa food, t be to N-aond 7 Of P. ed tlir a few' The reased 00,000 m any 56,000 0 tone ssessee gn, at hours. nem, sti 08. is cal'. cos al to be direct t vast when i. cause ght to ration, 4 and is not ion of resent state and from when trade rtiE, SUN, LONDON, SArURDA 4 $ EVE: SIiARE MARKET& DAY.) - I Shr.ll RAIL*AYS. I raid Ilan WA VI. 9A Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Janet. all Belfa.s. & Tlelymert.. all Birmlag. Vfolverh Stour Valley " Birk eAd. Cheshire junct... Do. Ch , 3sh. & Birk , Do., de. Blackburn qlyth &Tyne origins £25 (issd. at £l5 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Chester 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 4 PS% Cornwall ........ Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties East. i.Tait n, & Sti De., B. Stock Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgou Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth & Dunde Forth & Clyde Jan Furness Do. Extension........ Great N. of Scotlud Great Northern Do., A. Stock 1100 /.00 100 1)(1 100 100 Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Qua. Stk .. (rich South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorkeb Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Sonthr or t London & Blackwall Loud. Bright & S.Cst Load. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London and S. Wostn. Lndr drry&Colerain 1 / 2 dtarry. & Ennisk Nfanch.Shef.& Line': Do., Man. & Lin. Un Wetropolitan Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement tidland )o. Birmng. & Derb Aidld. G. West. (Ire, )o. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlielr Ivrpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor forfolk gorthn.CountiesUn North British Nth. Devon Rail Dock Stock )0., A Stock eo., B Stock g.Xastern—Berwi k 10. do. Extension . .)o.do. G.N.E. ?rad an all 100 100 li Do. Leeds 10 Do. York )0 ,forth London b 4.&S.Wstrn.,Ham• stead, and City Jn. 7 t + forth Staffordsbir -1 forth Western 11 I. &S. Westrn. June r k 4 ..rtFanouth 9 Rim:alley . .• °W O! l'entral / Scot. N E.Abrdn St. N Do. Scot. Mid. St 10 :ir,pshire Uri 2 Sitinabournek,Sheer. ' ontn Devon touth Eastern outh Wales 1. Yrkeh. b Rix. Du to ta , nes, Wok. &We' tookton & Darling . Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 ,toskten & Hartlep raff Vale )o. Pref., No. 1.:.. lnamos Hay. D.& `le of Nenth Jfaterfd. & Kilkonn Tatorford&Limer , o• ffost Cornwall. 'Vest End of Londo , and Crystal Palace Do. A • Do. B ....... West London. Do. Mist Class . Do. Second Class "ArimbleOn &Cropio, Closing Price yesterday. 4k a4i 8 8 17 - 18 15 16 32 - 13 92 - 94 55 - 55 Isi - 16 ... 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From the evidence of Police-constable 62 F, it ap peared that onWednesday night last, at about 11 o'clock, he saw the prisoner leave the Adelphi Theatre in great baste, but she afterwards returned and pushed through the crowd, and there joined another female. On her again quitting the theatre be followed her, and when she bad got nearly as far as Waterloo-bridge he distinctly saw her throw a purse into the gutter. Having picked up the purse he accused her of having committed a rob bery at the Adelphi Theatre, which she instantly denied. He took her to the station-house, and on her person was found a gold watch, four gold rings, and some silver. The prisoner was not known at the address she gave at the station-house. The lady from whose pocket the purse had been taken this morning attended and identified the purse, and also said she had some recollection of seeing the prisoner while she was waiting for admission into the theatre. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. ROBBERY.—Ann Sitck, Louisa Harpur, and Lydia Mayne were placed at the bar on remand, charged with being concerned in a robbery of 551. in gold and bank notes, at a beer•shop in High Holborn. The prisoner Sitch was in the servics of the prosecu tor, Mr. H. Whale, as servant of all-work. The money was stolen from a cash box, which had been deposited in one of the upper rooms of the house ; and it was proved that Sitch had left the gold, consisting of thirty sove reigns, in the charge of Harpur, who again intrusted it to Mayne, minus 31., "having no place at her lodgings to keep it in safety." Mayne employed a young man named M`Pherson to take -it back to Harpur, and this messenger spent 7/. of the amount, and returned drunk. The parcel at length found its way to a third woman in Seven-dials, who gave up the money, now reduced to 201., to the police-officers, Franklin and Holmes, of the F division, who bad been watching the movements of Sitch from the time of the robbery, "and had seen her visit the other prisoners, who were laundresses, at their respective homes. The four Si. bank notes, and a cheque for 51., making up the remainder of the amount stolen, were burnt; and, as the numbers of the notes had not been preserved by the prosecutor, the money was lost. In answer to the charge the prisoner Mayne this morn ing admitted finding the money, and she also said that, on going to Harpur's residence, she informed her with out the money was given up or the papers burned, they would all be sent to prison. All three prisoners were fully committed for trial. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. l'aitl. RAILWAYS. Leaf a Comp an., Gondon N. West. L. &N. - v - V. Caledon... E. U &LC, at.Nrttin. IE. Count. Caldonb.n. 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Redeem . at 10 p. c. prom .lO 112 it. 106 Do. 4a p. c lO2 104 100 60 De.s p. c., Red. at E p. c. pm... 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pr,. 101 101 St. 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland' ... -- 20 13 Do. 4per c. Prof. S ... _. :0 6 Gt. W.(B. iltH.Exspc 6 64 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4a p.c. 95 97 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 89 91 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. .. 89 • 91 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 100 - 102 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. S tr.. 9i 101 10 all Do. Chester 8 p.c.P.S 161 174 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do.. 10 -10 A St 1.00 Do. Birm. Gus. Stli 73 —75 73i 2 i all Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. 20 f 20 ri* all Do. do. do lok 10 20 all Do. do. do ... .. ...• 15 154 16 6 Lan. &York. F. i2O i 4 St. 100 Do. 6P. 0. Stock 138 - 140 St. 100 Lon.kß.Cl.spc.No.l ... ... St. 100 Do. P., 5p u. St.No.2 .. ... St 100 Do. New Guar.6 u. ... ... St. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 ... ... St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. ftg Nuneaton sp. ct... ... ... 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St. John Del Re) 13 20 1 A Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p IP 40 all Cobre Copper 6 lA Colonial Gold — St. NIA Copper Min. of Eng. 30 35 25 all Do. Prof. 7A p. cent 26 28 le [ Copiapo 2 el ;Fortuna fi id 20 all Genc - tal l4 —l5 14 1 all Gt • NuggetVeinßeg. 41 all 'Great Polgooth . 1 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite.) 24 3)d 1 all ,Liberty 3 all Linaros 7 8 5 14 ,Lusitanian 4.1 p 1 all Mariquita — 1 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde ••• 20 all Pontgi.Sil.tz Le• Min • 9 11 5 1 !Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock — 50 all I Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 141 ! Santiago de Cuba... 11 2 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2f 21 2i 1 all South # 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... ITam. S. St L.Min. Co. 1 14 i 0 9 Fin Croft.... ........ 31 - 4f 281 an United Mexican 34 4 1 hll Waller ••• 1 all West Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of kustmlia . MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian A gricult. 25 26 1t all A.ustraln. Royal Mail . . 1U all Berlin Water Works . 51 50 40 Brit. American Land . 100 3 1 Canada llO -- 115 115 11 St. )11 G 0.6 p.c. Jan&jaly 121 1131 113 121 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 D. 6p c. Mar & Sept . . 5 ail Orystal Palace. 2 24 5 all Do. Preference...,, 5 51 4 a' l '.lrystal Pal. of France 1 fi Duston Iron Ore 20 151 Eastern Steam St. 100 Electric Telegraph 93 95 91 1 all Electri3 Toleg. of Ir . 5 all En.6lAus Cop Sm Co . 11 11 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 13 131 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 —3, 3 I 2( 10 Magdalena St. NavL 10 all letediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 - 10 10 all Hcaimn&S.Americn. 4 41 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. - p 25 1 Do. New , 2 - 4 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 11 ' 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pcPissatld p 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 23 25 N.S.W. Gov. sp. c. D. all N. D. Australasian , 30 171 Nrth.ofEuropeStaan 2 1 d 1 all Oriental Gas. li 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p IP Pal all Peel Rr. Ld.& Mine. 21 —2, 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 69 50 10 Do. New 4l sip 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. If 1 all Ditto New iP 25 all South Austral. Lard gni 361 1 al: Snbmar. Tel. Scrip,.. 1 1 all Do. Registered._ 1 20 5 "frustots „ • - 100 2S Vs Dleya.re« f • irl,! 15i ll.o7,6p.cJaalauly ••• "... ii -- iO la = 16,i 23b 110 115 lb ... ..m . ••• 21 ii --- in 57 59 135 := fa 8 i 1 31 hd 90 92 SOUTHWARK. A DANGIROUB PAIIPEII.—EIIen Petty, a middle-aged female, dressed in the workhouse clothing, an inmate of Saint Saviour's Union Workhouse, was charged with committing a violent assault upon Mrs. Mary Ann Bonsor, the matron of the workhouse, and threatening to murder her. Mrs. Bonsor stated that the prisoner had been an inmate of the workhouse for some years, and although her conduct was very violent at times she received every indulgence that could be afforded her. She, how ever, thought she was ill-used by some one, and fre quently made use of threats towards witness, but she took no notice of them, believing that they were idle threats. On the previous afternoon she was allowed to roam about the house as usual, and about 6 o'clock, as witness was passing through the hall, the prisoner suddenly sprang upon her from her hiding-place,and struck her such a violent blow on the top of her head as to break her comb and injure her very much. She was about to repeat the blow when two of the inmates came to her assistance and rescued her. The prisoner all the time said that she was determined to murder her, and she believed she would bad not her husband (Mr. Bonsor) come to her assistance, and handed her over to the custody of a constable. Two of the ward-women of the workhouse were called forward, and they proved the violent conduct of the prisoner. The prisoner was extremely violent during the exa mination, calling all the witnesses liars and other oppro brious names, when the magistrate said that she was a dangerous woman, and must be put under restraint for some time. He should commit her to prison for six weeks with hard labour. THAMES. IMPUDENT SHOP•LIFTERS.—EIeanor Frasier, aged 44, of 3, Ship-street, St. George's-in-the-East, described as being of no trade, and Charlotte Simmonds, 40, of 2, Matilda-place, Welloloae•aquare, tailorees, were cbarged with stealing a roll of corduroy, value 1/. 88., from a draper's shop. It appeared that a police-constable named Rice, 38 H, met the prisoner in Cannon-street-road. They tried to avoid him, and crossed from one side of the way to the other when they saw him. He went after them, and took from Sirntnonds a roll of corduroy, with a shop ticket, " only is. Bd. per yard," upon it. Ho was sass fied it was stolen, and asked Sirnmonds where she ob tained the corduroy, to which she replied, "from a slop seller's warehouse." Rice asked where the slop-seller lived, and neither of the women could tell him. They afterwards gave other accounts as to how they became possessed of the corduroy, and were taken to the sta tion-house. Rice afterwards ascertained that the cor• duroy had been stolen from a draper's shop in the Com mercial-road East, near the turnpike. The prisoners entered the shop, and took away the roll of corduroy exposed for sale near the door, in the presence of the two daughters of the shopkeeper, who were sewing be hind the counter, and who could not with safety leave the shop. The shopkeeper was not in London, and no one attended to prosecute, and under those circum stances, the magistrate sentenced the prisoners to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, for the unlawful possession of the corduroy, which was restored to the owner. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 27.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze, with heavy rain. FALMOUTH, Sept. 26.—Wind S.W.—Alrived —Rose neath, from Callao. The Catherine Adamson, Stewart, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W., which put in here on the 23d inst, was leaky. SHIELDS, Sept. 26.—Wind W.—Sailed—Linos and Shannon, for New York. CLYDE, Sept. 25.—Arrived—Elizabeth Campbell, from St. John's, N.B. INVERNESS, Sept. 23.—Arrived—St. Patrick, from Quebec. YARMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Arrived—John, of Whitstable, assisted in with loss of mainmasts. The schooner Bre- men, of this port, got on North Sand, in towing out of harbour. (FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) - SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Rainbow, from Quebec ; Charlotte and Star, from Guernsey. Sailed—Donegal, for Cardiff; Caledonia, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Hound, from Bombay • Meridian, N ew Or leans; America, Quebec; Tonowanda Philadelphia ; Ame rican Union, New York; General Simpson, St. John's, N.B. ; Pioneer and Parmattee, Pictou ; Lucy Wright and Fortune, Callao ; Annie, Prince Edw ar d' s I s l an d ; Chal lenge, L abrador. WATERFORD, Sept. 25. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Nancy, from Miramichi. Sailed—Henrietta, for Cuba. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.35 a.m. Wind S., tide three hours flood, fresh with rain. Arrived, Sept. 26.—Her Majesty's steamer Buffalo from Balaklava ; Lady Catherine Barham, Jamaica ; Ariel, Algoa Bay ; American Eagle, New York; Le Coq, Cher bourg; Margaret, Callum . ; Arabian, D emerara; Chrichton, Taganrog ; London, Dem?. ; Thomas Hamlin, Demerara. Arrived, Sept. 27. —Alice, from Donia ; Andante, Nas sau ; British Tar, Oporto ; Comet, Madeira ; St. Croix, Jersey ; Gesina, Taganrog ; Scottish Maid, Callao ; Ad venture, South Seas ; Agnes, Jamaica ; Ellorgild, Quebec. Sailed.—City of Norwich, steamer, for Tonning ; Pro gress, St. Petersburg. DEAL, Friday, 10.20 a.m. Wind S., a gale. Anchored, Sept. 26. —Swan, for Denia ; Anna, Con st an ti nople ; Sultana, Liverpool; Eliza, Newport —all from London ; Waltham, for Charleston, from Hull. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND ITS CURRENCY.—A correspondent, s igning himself " Preetrade," in a letter to the Times, says :—" Permit nit: to defend the East, India Company from the condemnation which you have passel on its currency measures in your money-market article of to-day. You condemn the company for refusing to imitate the example of the United States, which has substituted a gold for a silver currency. The fact is that those Governments of the United States which profess to pay the interest on their debts practically confiscate P per cent. of such interest, so great is the difference between the real and nominal value of the American gold eagle. Our early kings debased the coin. In more mo dern times the same fraud has been committed by over issues of bank notes. The substitution of one currency for another of less value is equally fraudulent. We pro mise to ray in silver, and we break that promise, whether we pay in debased silver, in inconvertible paper, or in a different metal of less value. The East India Company has no wish to provoke a mutiny in its native army. The native money-changers would immediately take advan tage of any change in the currency, and assist in accele rating the rise in the value of silver. The issue of debased silver tokens would fill the Sepoy's mind with distrust, and imperil the security of our empire.". * These, which I saw, and in the drawing up of which I was consulted by Admiral Sir G. Seymour, on board H.M.S. Cumberland, in Port Royal Harbour, simply said, with reference to me, " You are to convey Dr. Cullen to the coast of Darien." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. The committee of shareholders appointed at the last meeting of this company have formally requested the re tirement of Mr. Fane, Mr. Packe, and Mr. Anderson from the board, in order to make room for four new di rectors to be selected by the committee, subject to the approval of a general meeting of the company to be con vened for the purpose. ROR SIGN. kntwerpdiltott rdial Ardennes ....... delgian Eastn. Jun , Hosiers to Graisyss; c florabay, Be ro da, an Cen.lnd:a, g. 5 p. c Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Caruicaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Ceylon I share 3 Do. B. do Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Eastern Bengal ... last Indian A and B, a. 5 1 3 . e• . Do. Ex. C, gu. S p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c D 0.4 p.e.Bnds.,'s7 no. do. do., '59, do Euphrates Valley Eur. t In.Jn.Tel.R Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till'63 Do. Comp. 6p. 0., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Great Luxembourg Gt. Western of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. 'lO Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou option Italian Junction...... [Lake Conet. & Basl• Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Piet. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva . Lyons is Mediterrar: Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Do. 41 p. c. Eaten Do. Sd Ex., g. sp. c Kari* Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Lleje Do. do., G p. c. Pref Yorthern of France YorwegianTrunkPre Jaris and Lyons Faris and Orleans, Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, tome and Frascati., royal Danish ..... Royal Swedish 4ambre and Mouse.. Do. 5i p. cent. Prof icinde, guar. 5 p. c Do - southern of France.. 3t. Andrew's ant' Quebec (A).. .Vest Flanders Do. 6) per c. Pref. &N. W. of France Westet of Austria. .. West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Do. 8 per cent. Pref. ?Inland 7 - 71 3i - 4 2i - 1 - It 4d —}p 4} -• 5 1/- 2 , 35 ... 354 12 -13 22 - 21i - 224 I - 22 -- 23 12 -! 12 81 .--;"; 83 5 - 5 214 - 21 1 - 1 r 4 - 44 23 - /4 1 - 2 9 - 101 110 1 15 110 - 115 103 111 41 - 5 9 le 20.} - 201 It - lip - 1 - 141 8 3 - 9 20} - 371 - 38 9 - 10 50/ 51. • - 53 i - i Fl 19 - 20 11- 1h } -- 12 9} - 9i 21 - 2i • - ... ... - pm 4$ - 43 - 10 36 - 36, 1 - is 7 ik JOINT-STOCS. BANKS. paistralasia ......... Rank of Egypt •••••• Bank of London 13ri. Col. Bk.&lAn. C !irithitt N. Amoricar Chartd. Bank of Asir (7, 4 hrtti. Bak. of India, Australia, & Chinr City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.Soot.&Ans.Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New Lon don and County Lnd. &E. P.nk g. Corp London Joint Stock London and Paris..., Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. Naw National Bank NOW South Wales... Oriental Ik. Corp..: Ottoman Bank ?rovincial of Ireland Now R Ana B &Go In Cr innth Australia Unica of Andrall^ Do. New " union of London Wotan Bk of Loud 'lO4 -- 103 3 - 2d 60 62 • .• • ••• ••• • I P 64 -- 66 ra : 16 191 19' d „„ - ••• 1 - 31) .:: ... d ... ..... ... me , •••• hn 45 97 39 - 40 lid 35 - 37 66 - 68 7i - 84 ... ---- ... 6 ...... i d an 15 all all all _ a. S 1 r E 13 F. 27 Q 856 3 THE ESPIEGLE AND SCORPION ON THE DARIEN EXPEDITION. 201. to the income of each of these servants would give such g!neral satisfaction. —Fifeshire Journal. BATHGATE AND WATBRIDGE. It is proposed to construct a line of railway from Bath gate, via Airdrie, to Coathridqe, by Mr. Johnstone, the engineer, at a clst of 130,0001., including;workingstock. Iloestimatesthat the mineral traffic on the line will yield a revenue of 17,6941., and, deducting 7,0771., or 40 per cent. fur working expenses, the free revenue would amount to 8 per cent. It is bLl'eved that 50 ptr cent. would be much nearer the txpenses than 40 per cent. The gradients are represented to be favourable, the steepest being 1 in 70, de'scending towards Coatbridge, the destination of the greater portion of the traffic. At a melting recently held at Airdrie of parties locally in terested, it was resolved t a raise the capital in shares of 251. each, and proceed with the undertaking. NEW .RAILWAY BET wEEN coLesEsr JR AND GRAVESEND. A dinner was given to Sir S. M. Peto, on Wednesday evening, at the Town-hall, Great Yarmouth. The hon. " baronet, in responding to the toast of his health, which was drunk with three times three, referred to the successful termination of the struggle to obtain an act for the construction of a line from Yarmouth to Had discoe, which had changed the character of the whole East Suffolk scheme, and given it a command over Vie district which it would not have otherwise posceosed. He also announced that he shou'd not let the undertak ing stop there. In connection with some other gentlemen he was a lessee of the London, Tilbury, and Southend line ; and those gentlemen, with many parties connected with the County of Essex, had projected a perfectly direct line from Gravesend to Colchester. The distance by this line would be only 30 miles, and might be traversed is an hour. The line would connect the eastern counties with Dover and the neighbouring towns without going to London at all, and the fares would be.much lower upon it. The lessees of the London, Tilbury, and South end found that when they accommodated the public by cheap trains it paid them a great deal better than when they charged larger fares ; and by the proposed line the Colchester people would only pay ss. to go to London instead of 12s. 6d., which they paid at present. It would also take people from Yarmouth to London and back for 255.; and he appealed to those who had assisted him in the late struggle for the completion of the East Suffolk system to help in the struggle which was yet to come. He should not be satisfied till he had what was equiva lent to an independent line from Yarmouth to London, if the Eastern Counties obstructed the East Suffolk traf• fic between Woodbridge and Colchester ; and he had no doubt that a committee of both Houses of Parliament could be convinced that another line was necessary for the convenience of the public under such circumstances. This scheme is of very great importance to the East ern Counties Company, as, if carried out, it will divert all the Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and portions of the Nor folk, Suffolk, and Essex traffic from the present lines. The project is therefore watched with lively interest in the district. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE. Never, perhaps, since the establishment of this valu able department of the public service has so much acti vity prevailed in rendering it mechanically, officially, and generally convenient to the public. Although but a short period has elapsed since we last noticed the im provements which bad been, and were about to be intro• duced into the whole of the working system, still since that time we find others developing themselves of the greatest importance to the service, the public, and the revenue. To these we shall, in this notice, call the at tention of the public at large. First in the order of improvement in the establishment in St. Martin's le-Grand has been. the introduction of a new system of assorting the correspondence, the effect of which has been very much to simplify and faci litate the duty. Next comes the out-door inspection of the men, by which all delays arising from any neglect or irregularities in the delivery of the letters "inwards" will be host effectually and promptly checked. Then the establishment of district offices, through the means of which the business of the outer branches will be local. ise-1, and the facilities given to the public in consequence he of incalculable value, while the revenue will, of course, be materially benefited. But, in addition to these most advantageous advances in " the right direc tion," we have now to record others, of not less impor• tance. The old tramway, underneath the "central ball," has been taken up, and a spacious subterranean passage, constructed for communication from the north with the south sides of the chief office. It is in depth 7 feet, and of proportionate width, so that messengers en foot will be constantly einployed in conveying the foreign and colonial correspondence separated from the inland department. In order to effect this change, several work men have been put on t•o bring out to the pillars on the south side of the' hall the front windows of the now called " London District Office." This department will not any longer bear that name, both it and the " Inland Office" being amalgamated throughout the whole me• dus operandi of the service. At the present time, the north side is devoted to two purposes, the posting of letters and newspapers ; in future— that is to say, after the alterations are completed—the whole of that side of the ball will be appropriated to posting only. On the other side it is intended to construct an open office, similar to that of a banking establishment, with folding doors, which wilt be fitted up in the most convenient manner for the public who have to pay for letters tothoso partsto which postage is required to be paid in advance. "Window" letters will also be received within this office, and thus the pubic will be materially served, as the alteration in the newspaper duty has caused a complete changein the work ing of that department, and afforded, necessarily, mach more room for stamped and other correspondence. The book post has much increased, and is so increasing daily, that the hulk now sent in this form requires a much larger degree of accommodation than any other part of the ser vice did hitherto, while, at the same time, the reduction, in the rates of foreign avd colonial letters and papers has extraordinarily swelled their numbers. The gigantic weighing•machine at the north end of the building is rapidly approaching completion, and a large body of men are now employed, both day and night, to effect other and still greater alterations, notice of which we shall furnish from time to time. . Before we conclude this brief notice, we wish to call the attention of the public to one most important sign of progress in the administration of this gigantic establish ment. Time was when the major part of the "rules and regulations" of the Post-office were only open to those actually and officially engaged in the service, or excluded chilly from the public eye until they found their way, annually, into the then privileged "Post office Directory." Now the system is changes. Chained to the exhibition-board containing the addresses upon letters, the owners of which "cannot be found," is a " Postal Directory," furnishing every particular as to the departments which may be of public utility, and which is hung there for the inspectio❑ of all who think fit to examine its contents.—Morning Adve tiscr. MARKET NEWS.—(Tais Day.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was fairly supplied with vegetables ; but the supply of fruit was limited. The demand generally ruled steady, and scarcely any change took place in prices. FRUIT. Pine apples, per lb. 4s Od to Gs Colonial do., ea. is Od to 3s Od Grapes, per lb. 2s Ocl to 5s Od Foreign do Os Od to Os 0.1 Melons, each 2s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. doz 3s to 1080 d Nectarines, do. 3s Od to lOs Od Apples, p. h. sv. 2s Od to 5s Od Pears, per doz. 3s Od to Os 01 Oranges, per 100 30s Od to Os Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. 09 to Os Odi VEGET. Filberts, per lb Sd to ig Cobnuts, p. 100 lbs. 65sto 75s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 Od to Os Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ... Os Od to Os Od. Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 4s Od to 7s Od. Green gages,do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od 'ABLES. Shallots, per lb 6d to oa, Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 4e Parsley, per do. 2d to 3d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Endive, per doz. 3s Od to 4s Od Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. potl. ls Od to Os Artichokes, each 4d to 843. C b bage lettuces, per score Is Od to Is fd Radishes, per doz. hands ls to 2s Od Greens, per doz. bunches qd to 2s Od Cabbages, per doz. 9d to Is 6,1 Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 28 Od Cauliflowers, p. do. 2s Od to 6s Brocoli, per do. is 6d to 2s Od Old potatoes, per ton Os to 0, New do., per d0....50s to lo3e Peas, per gam ...9d to is 00 French beans, p do.2s 01 to 3. Turnips, new, per bunch 4d to Carrots, per do sd to Bci' Cucumbers, each Id to is 0,1 Garlic, per lb .....6d to Os 8d Spinach, p. sieve Is Od to Is 6d Sorrel, per do Od to 0 , Brus. sprouts, p. do 2s to 3 Otd onions, p. bushel Os to 0: New do., per bunch 2d to 6, Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4(' Tomatoes, p. hf. sv. 5s to 7s6d Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to la Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 100 2s 0,1 to 7a Rhubarb, p. bundle Oct to Od Asprragug, per 100 Os 01 to Os Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEA.DENFIALL, Turkey Poults, 04 Od to Os 01; Geese, 516 d to 9s each Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab bits, 9d to 1s Gd each ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os ; middling, 2s Od to 38 Od ; Chickens, Is 6(1 to 2s Od ; Capons, 3a 6d to 4s fd ; Hares, 23 6d to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s Gd to 2s 9d each ; Pheasants, Os 0 . 1 to Os Od ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s Od to 13s Od ; English do., 12s to 15s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 83 to 93 Od ; French do., 6s to 7s Od per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dr. Cullen presents his respects to the editor of The Sun, and begs t 8 request the insertion of the following letters. 11, Royal Exchange, Sept. 25, 185 G. (Copy furnished to Dr. Cullen agreeably to his request.) John Parsons, Actg. Mager Commanding H.M Surveying -vessel Scorpion. H.M. Sloop, E.piegle, Caledonia Harbour, 23d February, 1854. Sir,—lt is my direction that if Dr. Cullen is on board H.M.S. Scorpion, that he is (sic) sent on board here in the boat I send with this order. (Signed) G. HANCOCK, Commanding and Senior Officer. To the Master Commanding or the Commanding Officer H.M.S. Scorpion. No. 9.—A bord de la Cliimbre, Calidonie, le 23 Fevrier, 1854. Monsieur,—Jene connais ici, comme reprdsentant de la compaznie de jonction des deux ocdsns Atlantique et Pacifique, que M. Lionel Gisborne. Vous ne trouverez done pas dtonnant que je ne donne aucune suite a votre dema,nde, et surtout quo je ne vous invite pas Is assisterauxddiiberations pour lesquelles mes colldgues et moi j ugerons convenable de nous r6unir. J'ai I'honneur de vous valuer, Le Capitaino de la Caimere, JAUREIGUIBERY. Monsieur le Dr. Cullen, a bord du Scorpion. On her Majesty's Service. H.M.S. Espiegle, Caledonia Harbour, Feb. 23d, 1854. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of this day's date, I beg to inform you that I have never seen any official in timation of your holding the position you now assume as the representative of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. If you possess any written documents to that effect, it is incumbent upon you to produce them immediately, as you have failed to do so hitherto, in order that I may take such steps as I deem proper. If you have no such documents, I can only regard you as a member of the expedition, relative to which I have ray full instructions* how to act, and by that au thority I desire that you immediately return on beard. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. HANCOCK, Commander and Senior Officer H.M. Ships and Vessels of War, Darien Expedition. To Dr. E. Cullen, M.D., accompanying Darien Expedition, Her Maj. Surveying vessel Scorpion. Along with the above came an order to Commander Parsons to send me back to the Espiegle "by force of arms" if I refused to go voluntarily, which order Com mander Parsons showed me, but was not at liberty to give me a copy of. My protest against this arrest was entered in the log of the Scorpion :for Feb. 23d, pub lished in the Times of 16th instant.—E. C. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION. The directors of this company and the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Company have appointed Mr. R. J. Randall, late chief of the transfer department of the Sonth•Eastern Railway, to be accountant of the above railways. WATERFORD AND FERMOY. A meeting of the promoters of this line was held at Dungarvan on Monday ; Lord Staart de Decies pre sided. It was attended by a large number of gentlemen locally interested.. Sir J. PAXTON, M.P., said that he had watched for a great many years the efforts of the county to obtain railway communication between the cities of Waterford and Cork, and the only progress made in the course of ten years was the construction of a few miles of railway between Cork and Youghal. In respect of the pro posed line from Waterford to Fermoy, he was of opinion that they should not connect themselves at all with any existing company. They should be entirely independent, and start without any sort of agreement with any com pany. They should be prepared to work the line them selves. If they started by asking aid and assistance they would be imposed upon, and embarrassed in their future arrangements to a very considerable extent. The proposed guarantee of 4 per cent. on 6,0001. a mile would not obtain the money for making the railway 60 miles in length. He did not believe that money would be cheaper than it was at present, considering the great demand for it at high rates ha Brazil, Russia, Turkey, and Canada, to form railways. If the county would guarantee 5 per cent. on 7,0001. a mile, being for 60 miles a capital of 420,0001., including rolling stock, he believed, the entire capital would be forthcoming at once to make the railway, but he was sure if they did not give that guarantee they would fail. Taking the smallest traffic of any railway in Ireland, which he believed amounted to 71. per mile per week, that world give them 21,8401. a year ; and, allowing 50 per cent. for working expenses, they would have 10,9201. for divi dend, or per cent. ; but the probability was that they would have 121. per mile per week, which would pro duce a revenue of 37,4401., and a profit of 18,7201. a year, or 4j per cent. Before the expiration of three years from the opening of the line the dividend would exceed 5 per cent. per annum. He proposed that after the hne paid 5 per cent. the surplus should be appropriated to re imburse the county the amount levied in respect of the guarantee to the railway. He represented the Duke of Devonshire on that occasion, and he could assure them that his Grace was sincerely desirous of having the great advantage of railway communication secered to the county, and if they adopted the plan he had suggested they would not be called upon to do anything more. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ROBERTS th , ugbt it was not prudent fir them to be haggling about the interest upon 40,0001. or 50,0001. to carry out an undertaking which they all approved and were sanguine would be remunerative. Mr. DELAHUNTY fully agreed with the ob-errations of Sir J. Paxton, and regretted they bad not bad the ad vantage on former occasions of his advice. He thought every one must be satisfied with the soundness of his views on the subject, and be (Mr. Delahunty) believed that no time should be lost by those interested in taking steps to secure the railway. The line when completed would open up a market to the farmers of Cork, Water ford, and Kerry which was not at present available. After souse observations as to the necessity of increas ing► the county guarantee to 5 per cent. on 7,0001. per mile, the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. EDINBURGH . , PERTH, AND DUNDEE. Wonders will never cease, and among the greatest that has happened lately will be found in another column, in which it will be seen that the E linburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway has actually declared a dividend of 11 per cent, on the ordinary stock of the company, and bad surplus funds apparently sufficient to have warranted 2 per cent. Ttis is certainly a most gratifying position of affairs. Not many half years ago the wildest dreamer would have laughed in the face of the man who would have hinted at such a tbiog ; and in this, as in many other cases, fact has turned out stranger than fiction. For this result the directors de serve great credit. The traffic on the line has increased enormously; the working expenses seem to be at the lowest figure compatible with efficiency ; and the arrange ment recently entered into with the Scottish Central seems to be productive of the best effects with regard to both lines. We have sometimes bad rather severe criticisms to make on the half-yearly balance sheet of the company, but with the excaption of one item of 2001. of legal expenses connected with the Scot- tish Midland and Aberdeen Railways, there seems no thing in the present report requiring remark. We are still of opinion that money spent in opposing new rail way schemes, or new arrangements of other companies, unless in very peculiar circumstances, is seldom a good investment. The report, however, is, upon the whole, exceedingly gratifying, and such as may well preclude objections to so small an item. We have, however, one remark to offer. We have said that the directors de serve great credit for the satisfactory result arrived at in this report, but there are others also deserving of more than credit. We refer to the station-masters and other servants on the line, who, Sunday and Satur day, are at their poet, and who, as a class, for the faithful and obliging discharge of their duties, are un surpassed, if equalled, by the railway officials on any other line with which we a. e acquainted. These men, serving the company faithfully, and the public with great attention and care, have some of them very difficult posi tions to fill, requiring incessant watchfulness and the strictest regularity; and although ball-h ol iday Eno vemen ta and workers' excursions for almost every other class of workers in the kingdom aro incessantly demanding atten tion, we are not aware that there has been any n ova ment for securing to the parties to whom we have refer red any days or hours of recreation, although we are sure none require it more and few deserve it better. Now that the line is in such a prosperous condition, we do trust the directors will take the case of these excellent servants into consideration, and, if possible, nut only give them a holiday "like the lave," but make their Sabbath duties as light as possible. We have reason to believe, too, that some of these men who have been serving both the public and the company with great faith fulness and acceptability under the straitened circum• stances of the company, have been not too liberally paid; and now that better times are come, a few pounds, a very few pounds, such as will be the merest trifle when compared with theproceeds of the line, would be a most acceptable and a well-merited addition to the salaries of the most deserving. We could point out more than one of these within the limits of our own knowledge, And we are satisfied there is no object in connection with the line, not even dividends excepted, on which the ap plieatim of ouch a mall own ao the addition of ice, or - - Miles evened. 1856. NAME OF RAILWAY. BILITIHR. 115 37% 17 • 26% 117 191►( 91% 6% Aberdeen .. •• •• •• •• •• •• "•• ••• Belfast and Ballymena •• •••• •• •• •• •• Belfast and CotuityDown•• •• • • •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton,illackburn,and West York .... Bristol and Exeter •• .• •• •• ••• • •• • • •• 67% 93 417 Chester and Holyhead ..... • • • • • • • • . Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• • • Cork and Bandon ........ • • • • • • .. . Dublin and Belfast Junction ••.. • • Dublin and Drogheda.• •• • • • • • •• •• • Dublin and Ilingstown',•• • • • • •• •• • • Dundee and Arbroath •• •• • • •• • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • • .. • • • • • • • • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • 183( 283 203% 388 253 i 90 286 U East Lancashire • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. .• .. 1 Eastern Union .................. .. 161 6.37 S•X 183 X 267 173% 9% 28 498% 126 % 52 78% 149 233 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... •• •• •• •. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. •... Exeter and Creditors.. •• ..•• •• •• •• Furness Railway •• • •• •• ........ 87% 32 29% Glasgow, and South-Western— •••••• Great Northern Great Southern and Western (Ireland; Great Western .... —.• •• .......... 57N 289 171% Irish South Eastern •• •........ Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... ....... Leeds Northern ...... •• ............ Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western London and Blackw all London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • • •• •• •• Londonderry and Enniskillen • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shellield,and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction ... • Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands • • • • • • • • •• •• • • •• •• • • •• • • 27% 12 682 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• .......... North British •• •• • • • • • • •• •• •• •• •• North Staffordshire •• •• .... •• •• •• . North-Western ..................., Scottish Central . .• • • ...... Scottish Midland .• •• • • .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • .. Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• South Devon .• ...... South Eastern • • . • • • • . .• South Wales South York., Doncaster, and iiooio :: 2,584 7,735 13,405 8,259 263 1,149 1,677 1,054 594 1,172 380 990 6,f77 24,790 6,;i79 7,426 6,738 24,54(1 7,444 30,281 Ulster. •....... 273 7,327 24,956 69,059 1,611 18,980 18,320 690 10,n43 1,000 885 2,4.18 893 34,012 4,137 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall ...... Whitehaven Junction ............. York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. 6,763 11,916 7,220 207 231 1,073 1,573 1,094 564 941 329 876 6,103 23,281 5,918 6,216 6,031 23,03 6,526 28,011 5,666 7,408 1,024 2+,5 6 56i 22,251 63,146 1,549 17,873 16,578 €64 3,377 1,971 3,842 770 3,104 25,911 7,613 2,852 4,633 1,352 1,162 693 412 TOREIG N. Dutch Rhenish •• •• •• •• •• .• •••• •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Monterean and Troyes ........ •• •• Namur and Liege Northern of France •• •••• •••• •••• •• Orleans and Central ............... Paris and Lyons •• •• •• •••• •••• •• •. Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• •••• •• •••• •• Paris and Strasburgh ••..•• •••• .• .. Rouen and Havre.. ... ••• Western of France......... .• .• 3,043 41,506 964 31,294 3,478 5,542 6,810 1,063 1,559 2,9 14 $l6 2,568 25,747 6,0 4 2,556 3,760 1,274 2,234 46,034 THE LATE DR. Ross, OF MADEIRA.—It was only within the last few weeke that we were informed that the Government had sent out a vessel with some medi cal comforts for the islanders, and that a physician had hurried from England to give his assistance where it was so much wanted. This noble hearted man was the late Dr. Ross, who had resided for many years in Madeira with his wife and family, was beloved and esteemed by all classes, not only there, but by many in this countrs , both in and out of the profession to which he belonged. He was spending a few weeks in this country, and while here beard of the sad news from Madeira and the want of medical assistance, and immediately returned to tha , island for the purpose of giving his kind and valuable assistance. He departed to the scene of his labels, s, and rapiily fell a sacrifice, to his zeal. STARVATION OF A HUNGARIAN REFUGEE.—About 12 months ago a Hungarian refugee came to reside in Hull, under the name of Dr. Beck, and endeavoured to earn a livelibesd for himself and family by teaching languages, but after suffering the keen and protracted paugs of poverty and destitution for several months he expired on Monday last. We are given to understand that de ceased's real name was Adolphe de Werdinsky. He was born in March, 1803, at Worden Castle, near the town of Galatzia. He was the only child f the late Count Ado'phe de Werdinsky, who was a General in the Polih army, and a princess of Poland, who died in childbirth. Deceased was educated at home, in the most costly manner, having classical tstora in almost all mo dem languages, and his remarkable aptitude for study was proved by his intimate acquaintance with at leas , , 12, and to which he has of late trusted as a means of livelihood. Deceased married a woman at Southamp ton much younger than himself, and by this marriage he had two children, only one of whom is at present alive. So resolute and unbending was his spirit of independence that it was only in the last extre mity that any of his friends were made acquainted with his destitute condition, and that was done against his express command. For several weeks past we understand that the deceased and his family had been limitsd to a morsel of bread for their daily food, and their destitution was rendered more lamentable from the tact that there was absolutely nothing in the house which could be turned into money. For weeks together we believe that their scanty income has been only about 3s. Before the doctor expired he expressed the utmost re pugeance to being interred in a parish coffin ; and we believe there is no fear of this, for death has dune more for them than he was able to do while living. The helping hand of charity is now of no avail, except to place the widow and child above the grinding penury of their past life.—Eastern Counties Herald. THE RETIRING BISHOP OF LONDJN.—" Simplex," in a letter to a morning contemporary, thus writes :—" As one of the clergy of the diocese of London, I I aye re cently received a circular from the archdeacon request ing my signature to an address to the retiring bishop. The archdeacon, either out of consideration for cura' es, or from some apprehension lest the affectionate regre t'' of the clergy should grudge a penny and a note in making itself audible, has enclosed a stamped reply which one has simply to sign and take to the nearest letter-box. Could any request be more easily complied with ? And yet some of us have a difficulty about it' It seems to us that, though we are spared our pence and oar paper, we are required to make the not entirely in significant sacrifice of our sincerity and truthfulness. I believe I am expressing the sentiments of the great body of the London clergy when I say that we have none but kindly and respectful feelings towards the retiring bishop. If these feelings are not of the warmest, it is, no doubt, attributable to the fact of a large maj. rity of us being but slightly acquainted with him. On the occasion of his retirement had any reasonable token of the respect of his clergy been contemplated we should all gladly have joined in it ; but, as it is, we are asked to sign an address speaking of his retirement as a ' memorable and to us deeply affecting occasion,' and attributing to us a desire to approach his lordship with the expression of our most affectionate regret.' rhe address then launches out into a laudation of the bishop which, as I have not the means of judging, I will charitably hope is strictly correct, although one cannot bat con jecture that it would have been thought somewhat ful some if addressed to a St. Ambrose or a Bishop Heber. Now, sir, if we sign this address, what pretension can we make to a quality which as Englishmen we are apt to appreciate rather highly—viz., sincerity ? How can we have the face to lecture our congregations on the hollowness and insincerity we see around us when we ourselves have just been forwarding to Fulham our ex pressions of the deepest sorrow on the contemplation of a retirement' which very few of us would walk a hundred yards to prevent r Receipts 1856. 1855. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 101 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3301 to 4s 8.1 ; lamb, 03 01 to 03 Od ; veal, 33 61 to 4s 41; pork, 3s 61 to 53 Od per Sibs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8I to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s GI ; veal, 38 8,1 to 48 Id ; pork, 33 Gd to tii 01 per Ms., by the car case. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s GI to 15s ; Brills, is to lls each; Salmon 2s Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 18s each ; Soles 3d to is 3d per pair ; Eels, 8d to Is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d t 2s 6d ; Crabs, fr;11 to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. Common Oysters, 108 to 16s ; Natives, 40s to —s pei bsh. ; Mackerel, 50s to sper 100 ; Smelts, is 6d to Os ed per doz. ; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters Gs 03 to 3Os Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s to Os per 100 ; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4a to 12s per doz. ; Pike Gd ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 63 04 to 8s; Mullets, Os 6d to 2s Od each; Plaice, Gd to is each; Halibut, pei lb ; Flounders, is Gd. to Os Od per doz. ; salt fish, :A to Od per lb, BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 90; of household ditto, 'lid to B,d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 41 to 01; 611 b to 721 b, to 4;d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 41a ; 801 b to 881 b, 41d to 54 ; 881 b to 961 b, 54 to 51d; 961 b to 1041 b, 514 to 51d; 1011 b to 1121 b —d to —4 ; upwards, —4 to —4 ; Horse hides, 7s 01 to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 0 ! to 4s 03 ; ditto, full, 8s 01, to Os 01; Polled Sheop, 3s 101 to 5801 ; Rents, Os 04 to Os Od ; Half-breds, 3s 3d to 33101; Downs, 2s 94 to 3s 4d ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os 0 1 ; Lambs, 2s 9LI to 4s Gd. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to Si 61; clover 31 103 to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 11 is to 11 133 per load. Al` moderate supply and a heavy demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 03 to 51 83; clover, 3110 s to 61 Gs ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 Its per load. s u p p l y tolerably good and trade dull. WHITE6HAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2! Ms to 5/ 56 ; clover, 3/ 10s to 6/ 66 ; and straw. 1/ 7s to 1113 s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly. THE GREAT BELL FOR ,THE PALACE AT WESTMINS. TER.—A few days since a framework, with chains and blocks and falls of immense strength, was erected at the foot of the clock tower, New Palace-yard, from which the great bell for the new palace, expected to arrive from Hartlepool on Tuesday, is to be suspended to test its capabilities previous to being placed in its final position. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIOUT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, Elem., AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES,— Messrs , S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albe. marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel. By ker Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some throe and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, Mil show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and au object from 16 to 20 miles. They arc of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—Tne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable ' uowly-invented , very small, power f u l waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by widen a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, :vice-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constrtz,ted Spectacle Lenses of the great. est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired 'll preserved and strengthened, and very aged persout, enabled to employ their sight at the most minute (wet - pation- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. lug power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf , . New Disc overy. Th e organic Vibrator, an ex tr ac r di nary powerful small new ly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely diff eren t from all others, to surpass any. thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced, Being of the mune colour as the skin. is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in theaars is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possib l y could be desired.-39, Albemarle street Piccadilly OWPFN: - .7opposite tke Yak 14491. f the lliam re of The ;bed 3 de la LW 38 the ware, )orts, asing e im. Inge ptain (12 ate. wbo and. and PPQ• Sh". 23 St. St. 20 312 p 10 10 50 St. 20e 20. 100 to Iro 27 22 25 £6 4i 231 I.loi 31i I 81 8 N ~. a I ~~: , **l