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d mid- of De- NVB c;n4 of snsive ire in n the n the Dee to dozen. , and apace place. a the ionth time. War' Merl . lepre , talcs aning le his 31lefit lots, igo of is re = of 2efits rade, faci and :lent, iges ; snot msre. , and $,OOO half at ;PM 38, it hing an, Dec. ; on 1 dol- ight, ;, on uroe, ►id. ; i Pir rid.; pre- lob, silk. Ls. Lain and and au. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR CITY, Two o'Otocn. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday con tinued very steady, and full rates were obtained. The sales were 10,001) bales, 4,000 for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily. The Railway Share Market was steadily maintained, and in many cases an advance was obtained. Accounts from Peru, by the West India mail packet Atrato, furnish some interesting particulars regarding the guano trade from the Chincha Islands. It appears that the net produce of a ton of guano to Peru when sold in England is $23 5c., and when sold in the United States $2l sc. The loss by transshipment, waste, and accidents by sea 18 calculated at 12 per cant. Recent estimates of the quantities on the group of islands are as fol lows :—On the north island, as computed by M. Faraquet, a French engineer, 4,189,477 tons ; on the middle island, as calculated by Senor Castanon Cana and others, 2,505,948 tons ; and on the south island, as estimated by the same authorities, 5 ,684,679 tons—making a total of 12,380,102 tons. From official returns it appears that the quantity of guano exported from No vember, 1853, to October, 1855, was 780,000 tons, or about 800,000 tons in two years, Which is valued at 20 million doll. At the p, esent time the National Debt of Peru is 46,698,889 clols., bearing interest amounting annually to 2,101,750 dols. Should the proceeds, therefore, of guano be judiciously applied, there is sufficient to pay off the debt in a few years. According to the customs retutns at Panatna, the trade between that 'port and California is steadily increasing. During the last year there Were 32 vessels of the United States troecantil e marine entered the port, from thence of 49,300 tons aggregate measure, and laden with cargoes includ ing gold and specie of the value of 30,691,815 dots. The rates at which hills were negotiated ye.iter day afternoon in the principAl cities tit' t.h. C tent showed rather a de-cided tendency to decline. A decline of about per cent. has taken place in the English Stock market, in consequence of a few speculative sales. The unsatisfactory tone of the American advices upon the Enlistment question, has given rise to some apprehension lest the ami cable relations between this country and the United States should be still farther disturbed. Whe ther there is really any ground for un easiness or not, the unfavourable view taken by some of the morning journals upon the subject has chiefly produced the reaction in the Funds above mentioned, and the market is de cidedly weak. The tightness of the Money Mar ket, however, is not without its effect, and the state of the account likewise occasions some flatness. The " coutango" is still very high, viz., about per cent. Consols, for money, opened at 90i to 91, And for account 911 to but they have since still farther declined to 901 to for the former, and to 90i and 91 for the latter. Exchequer Bills are Is. lower, having been done at 7s. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have been heavy at 912- to 91i, and 921 ; the Reduced at, 911 g. B ink Stock has been done at 212, an advance of to 1 Per Cent. India Bonds are 7s. discount. The Foreign Market has been extremely firm, and fuller prices are current. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 911 to 921 for money, and 93 for account, but the quotations are now about 921 and 92il ft respectively. The 4 per Ceuts. are 1021 8 , a decline of 1 per cent. Mexican Bonds ere heavy, at 201 I, and Sardinian at 88i. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 41-it to 42. Dutch 21 per Cents. 64/, and Peruvian Dollar Bonds 631. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks: .Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 71; Mexican, 20 i ; Peruvian, 80 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russiln 5 per Cents,, 103 106 ; ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto Deferred, 221 31 ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 41 51. The Railway Market is affected by :the arrange. reents making for the adjustment of the speculative account, this being " ticket day." The charges made for " continuation" are very onerous, having, in some instances, I) ,, en at the rate of 10 to 18 per cent. Some of the lines, includ ng Midland, South-Western, North-Weitern, E iinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and Great Western, are at higher prices. The Foreign and • e01 , •. - ,nial are dull an:i )13r rather flat. l ars ce. ,ut )d. ty. of ag ut .11ining shares have generally rernaine.l pro , - 'nous values, and in the . B.3.tiking securities a very atnall amount of business has taken place. Sc , ith Australian Land Shares and Canada Givernmen:h Debentures have slightly advanced. BRITISH FUNDS TiiiN DAY AT ONii: k CLOCK.. I Pr ro. Ph ,u.,z, ~. d.ne. tank' Stock 3 per vent. Kedaced A nimitief,. LI Per Cent Consols Annwitiea - 0 , , w 3 per clew.. Pinwaiem Long Annuities, expire nth -Tan lB6O .. "i 6 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 16 11-16 Ims Bowie, .Ellifitt .. a , Ditto, under £lOOO v msols Tor Account ' Exchequer Bills. 24d £lOOO. £6lO Small .. Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9l PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ()NE O'CLOr 11. bioxican 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St lO6 Sardinian Bon's, 5 per Cent. ..- ....... Ditto Account .... °Papist, Bonds, 3 per Cent ' 43 14 Turki s h Bonds, 6 par cent Ditto Account 93t i 21 i Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent. r)iv,lands on the above oftvehle In rdsPclos. Hutch Exchange, per Cent. ' 12 Gull_ 64t Peruvian Dollar Bonds, per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. C 3 )n Role Ditto (February) ......... 91 91i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) toltDoN, Jan. 30.—Wind this dla% at noon, ler.W.; fresh broeze and fine clear weather, with frost. (PER F.LEOTRI( TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Haire ; Er nes t, Pl y . ranuth; Alice, Jersey. Sailed—South-Western, s teamer, and jolly, f or J ersey; Devon s hi re , s t eamer , Lo ndon; Richard Mount, Rapid, and John Wesley, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. 'Wind N. Arrived—Ebro (s.s.), from Barcelona; Express, Ha _ Sailed —Essex, for Trieste ; 14forwenna and Uncle John, Rayre ; Cnrraghmore, Constantinople; Arab, Bordeaux; Perri, N antes ; Pedlar, St. Thomm ; Princess Royal and Jane. Pratt, Calcutta ; Courier, Rio Janeiro ; Greenock, 'bile ; St. Croix, Barbadoes ; Emma, Beyront. DUBLIN, Jan. 29. Wind N.W. Sailed—Entorprise, for Trinidad. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 29. Arrived —Sanders, from Tazarchi ; aedinadel Camina, Syr*. QCEENSTOWN, 3 an. 28. Wind WN. W. A rrived—W. Thomas, from St. John's. Newfoundland ; z ephyr, Call k o • BenelouclOitnlapatatn ; Respecto . Ter ceira ; Mari a , St. Miebaer-: ; Edward Everett, Baltimore, t r ai Speed, Cuba ; Von Ma nteaffel, Syra. Balled—Ararnahir, for Malta ; Auger, Calcu!ta. BT RMIMARINT A.K6 e 10.1.6 west _ne. Wind IT•NV.; tide, throe, lours' ebb ; I 6 Arrived, Jan. 29.—Unity, from Algol Boy. Jan. 30. Lowellya. from /sT.losan ; Good Corneliuq, Groningen; Paraiba. Andreas, Ri o Grande ; Liz z i e G owa n, Licata; Spray, Sailed.--Windward, for Calcutta. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.61 Lai. Wind N. W, •; moderate. Passad * -8113121 etrY. from L on d on , f or C e yl on ; W m . Ryan, London. Honduras ; HM. ship Dee, westward, river. Anchored—Nora Penheiro from Newcastle, for Lisbon. Sailed—Waoousts, for espe of Good Caldera Norman, Lisbon ; Mary Alma,W a s. Vesker, Narada, with nearly the whole of the outward bound. WICATEEZ TnE L.-41TM) STATES.—We are la the midst of an Arctic winter. • A great snow storm has whitened the continent.. The city o f N ew Y or k was "snowed i n. " F or a day or two nearly all the ordi nary business of out-door life was suspended. Half a million people went without milk. The city railroad., which are now completed through nearly all the great avenues, were impassable, and a body of snow two feet deep lay en the town. Far much of the time during the last four days Fahrenheit's thermometer ha, stood b elow zero. There•bas been muob individual entering ; but the poor of New Y or k h a ve been well pro v id e d for. COnsiderable damage has been done to our commerce long the coast; and several rai!wsy accidents Imo oc. aur re4±"...4otcr from Ecp rye; gar. 12). 5 :30 10 20 4( • X 100 2n 26 2O 20A 100 2() 20 - 4) 6 t -= ' i .----- ' , ==..i.i..:,.,x -7 SHARE MARKETS. gLI IS U.A Y.) R \ILW AYS. Closing Pt ices yeskrday RAILWAY'. nt',g ‘io‘•;:g `Arming. .Wolverh ;tour V:►lir-y. i3irhelnd. Latv,T.L. 7tiesty.re Jnnet ! I .'o. Cheri. & 6'50 and tnr, ir £20..... &Tyn origin .C 25 (isrd. at £4:.;: Bristol and Flxoter.., '7.!alodonian II ;arm. ,and Ca , digat. lilitestor t Flolyht".!, I - Clork and Bandon .. Clork, Black, t Do. A Do. B crie Junction. • ,blineißelfastinn . . 2 . Ilan. P. di A -, . sTPC. Van._ fl!istyrn Conntirr Ist. Trion, A Stit B. St ISO , Neap East Kent Peo - oh., et. )rth & oiyde Jr..n Furness [.o. Extension...,.. f/las?ow , v , +o Great N. of Scotind, 1.1 r,;: Northern ... IDo., A. Stock T, B. Sto&..: westare ilr . i;at Western • rt, Stour Val Glut. Stk.. lio.; Thirds. „ ... „ Do. New Third.s Ganoosh. tc.uilVo i@, na.; Wet. aiding Tin. Tai v. Orer)y..!zEoutti.pt iaCY.l4.to S.Cs ,w 1 N. 'Veg.., 20 ‘l3 , 10 16 .`u. ~ ' ~i u.lFa at. '1 2. 10 1)0 100 - 21 t ".5 AOO 100 3: IA Rigttio ql.l . in 43.011 AlldS, WOStlt. ,). , Li; ....... Do., Li!; I,oeldrryikOolerNin inirindrrr. Fnuisk 40..ocii.Shef.azLin:31 - 1 `.4 sn. Lin. Ur. Metropolitan Birmng. 141 , 11,1. Wot.(lm T):". :gait Shares ATa wcwitie Ciarliele Nwpt.Aberw. *tiewrs , Newry Warreupoin Rostrevor. Norfolk Nort iin.Conntios: 171 - : North Britio .„ ; Rai'. & Dock Stock ;.., A Stock 16 y. I , i 1 ,B Stook .. N. DoDo. B Guarantx, ~ Do. do. Extensior. IDI. do. G.N.E. I Do. Leeds t)o.. York ¢North London ..... V. &S. Wstrn., ffsr9..! stead, and City iNorth Staffordshir.. North & S. West en. autaf: 'anneaton, Alid Leicester ~ wore., Wol • • .- :imuth qx:ott':sh C'eatra.i Scottish. 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New 8 9 TMOP I-914M tit 1111 thtelness dose thls day THE SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1856. 1, t NI% N . * /2 . THE QUARTERLIES. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TIIE , WEEK. SAu,#szti, (;omparss yester ;ay . this .Iv. The National Review. No. 111. Iji ILondor. N. L.&N.W. Calodon... E. Un. & E. Coma.' Caldoninn.' The queerest oddity of a critic) has penned the opening contribution to the third number of this new quarterly—the National. A biographical paper upon " Edward Gibbon," beginning with these words—" Papa, I wish I was the Roman Empire !" Going on to tell us that the paternal property descending to the historian was "enor mously less than 140,0001." Describing Gibbon's mother rather unpleasantly as "a faint inoffensive woman." Talking of Mr. Burke as "the Cobden of that era"—the Cobden, foriooth ! And with similar running;coramentaries of absurdity recount ing the principal events which transpired during the career of Edward Gibbon, from his birth on the 27th of April, 1737, to his death on the 16th of January, 1794—conspicuous among those events, of course, the issue, in the spring of 1776, of the first volume of his immortal " Decline and Fall"— a quarto, one-sixth of the - whole famous master piece. Another contribution to the National in dulges its readers with a disquisition upon " The Present State of France," through the which many oracular words of advice are vouchsafed to the third Napoleon for his future guidance ! Mr. Arthur Helps, by his two recent volumes about "The Spanish Conquest in America," has suggested to yet another reviewer the subject of a rather in teresting chapter upon au epoch in history always fraught to us with, a peculiar fascination. The account given in a separate article relating to the " Life and Writings of Dr. Thomas Young" is truly marvellous revealing that gifted man to us as another Admirable Crichton in his way, a veritable paragon, a phenomenon of most varied learning and accomplishment—philosopher, dis coverer, experimentalist, astronomer, electrician, linguist, equestrian (after the manner of Ducrow), tight-rope dancer (after that of Madame Sacqui), chemist, optician, metaphysician, archaeologist, geographer, antiquary, Harlequin Such were among a few of the characters sustained, and all of them admirably sustained, at intervals by Dr. Thomas Young during his extended and remark able life from June 13, 1773, when he was born at Milverton, in -Sumernetshire, to the date of his lamented decease, shortly after whi c h hi s El oge was pronounced by f. Arago. Besides an essay on "Atheism," and another on "Phoenicia," the National contains an ingenious argument upon "Foreign Policy and the next Campaign ! " and, all things considered, one of the justest and shrewdest criticisms yet written upon the genius of " W. M. Thackeray' —viewing that great writer at once as an Artist and as a Moralist. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The health of London is now in a more satisfactory state than it has been usually at this period of the year. ' In the week that ended on Saturday 1,029 deaths, of which 500 were those of males and 529 th o s e o f females, were registered. Iu the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number was 1,165, which if raised in proportion to increase of population becomes 1,282. The deaths in the present return are less than the corrected average by 253. Scarlatina has become less fatal than it was two months ago. In November the deaths from it were about 70 in a week ; last week they were 43. Hooping cough, which has rather increased lately, carried off 56 children ; and typhus (which appears to prevail to some extent in the East districts) was fatal in 44 cases. Four of these cases occurred in Whitechapel North ; 3 of them in the Workhouse ; 3 persons died of influenza ; 10 of erysipelas ; 8 of syphilis ; 17 of cancer ; 1 of car- buncle ; 1 of intemperance ; 2 of delirium tremens ;.1 of want ; 7 infants from want of breast-milk. It was stated in last report that 10 deaths from typhus had occourred in tbe London Fever Hospital be tween the 11th and 19th January. The return for the last week contains 11 deaths that have occurred there since the 19th, all caused by the same disease. Mr. Watts, the registrar, adds that theladmiesions are'nume rous, and in many cases free ; that the hospital is unen dewed, and makes an appeal to the public for support. Mr. Faulkner, the registrar of the south sub-district of. St. Giles, records 2 deaths in Wild-court, which he calls " an unusual occurrence" now in that locality. He attributed the remarkable diminution of mortality to sanitary improvements effected in the court. Wild court (the register adds), from being the worst, is now the best court in my district, aid ii a striking proof how much the health of a neighbourhood may be improved by attention to cleanliness and comfort. At 19, Chapel-place, Bloomsbury, a crossing-sweeper, aged 70 years, died on 22d Jan. of "diseased lungs and exhaustion from destitution," as returned by a coroner's jury. It may be noticed that in the last 2 weeks the deaths of 28 shoemakers and only 3 tailors were registered. The cause of so great a difference is not obvious, for the numbers who were living in the two trades in 1851 were not very unequal. The shoemakers were 26,639 ; the tailors 20,257. Last week the births of 897 boys and 866 girls, in all 1,763 childten, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average number was 1,497. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer irethe week was 29.100 in. The read , , inge were low. On 3 days the mean reading was less than 29 degrees. The lowest reading was 28.83 in. on Thursday. The highest was 29.40 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 44.5 degrees, 6 degrees higher than that of the previous week, and 7.7 degrees higher than the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). rThe mean was almost high the whole week, and en four days was 9 and 10 deg. above the average. The highest in the week was 54 deg. on Thursday ; the lowest was 36.5 , deg., and occurred on the preceding day. The mean dew-point temperature was 40.8 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 3.7 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 43.3 deg. The river's temperature rose to 45.5 deg. on Friday. The wind was for the most part in the south west, in which direction it blew regularly on the last three days. On Tuesday, the coldest day, it blew from the north-east. There were heavy squalls of wind and rain during Thursday ; frequent flashes of lightning, ac companied with thunder, were seen in the evening ; and it blew a gale. 93 - 95 94 - 98 133 ~ 135 Wen New. Berw. Y. &N 3f I 1104 - 106 'Do Eastorr ••• - ••• 13 - t-ci 23; -24 i 1110 - 115 'eto k ro °w L. A; N. W. faidld. Stekton Darlingt. - 91 - "56 - En. Cozen. E. Count Do •I • Du L. .16 N. W. Gt Northn Utnehaii Yorkslt. T. Brainey citockt. srlivai 130 - !:-z3 .„ - 8 $ - 31: n 0J - 85 WiltsfiC.-lo,urst ;;t l iir.)ate PREFER Nov E B}lA BF,. Aberdeen Do. 7 p. c De. Debentures tqyth • p (iss,l. xt SC. & Ea. 4 P. c. Do. 4 p. c. ;~hare 1 , Caledonian £lO it 7 b(r.& go. Gn. 5i pt. Do. do. Pref. No. Do. do. Pref. No. 'X . Cork di 8an30n5i; ., . Dul;,,Prth . AT.glian CIF. A Do. do., Cis. B f p. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. Oo ..17,x,5pc No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. a. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 nor cen . ; - , Do. 101. Dehentr.K. Do. do. 1 per cent... East Lanca,h.6l).,- J tE P.&.W. York. J. :Ctl, & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Farness 109 - 111 10T 109 80 - 85 - 93 95 15 •- -16 5 1 - 6i - jl - 12; THE WAR. Great Meeting this Day. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the metropolis took place this afternoon at two o'clock, at St Martin's hall, Long-aere, to protest against any peace being con chided inconsistent with the honour and dignity of the country. The announcement calling the meeting was headed, " Do the Men of Westminster desire Peace or War," and was to the following effect :—" Sir, I am desired to request the attendance of yourself and friends at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster, to be held on Wednesday next, the 30th instant, at St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, to protest against the conclusion of any peace on terms inconsistent with the honour and dignity of this coun try. The chair to be taken at 2 o'clock, by Mr. C. Westerton. By order of the committee, James Beal, Hon. Sec., Mr. C. Westerton took the chair at a quarter past 2, and proceeded to address the meeting. He said that as one who had taken a prominent part in calling this meeting, it was necessary he should state the grounds on which it had been called. Those who acted with him felt that a crisis ,yeas at hand, and that whilst the peace party were active in disseminating their opinions and which were gaining grohnd, that the opinions of the acting men of West minster being against a conclusion of a peace at any price, they should have an opportunity of expressing that opinion. (Loud cheers.) Their object was not to sup port any particular set of men who were in office, but to declare their opinion irrespective of party. One resolu tion only would be submitted for their consideration, embracing two points, one that they were determined to carry out the war vigorously, and that no armistice should be concluded until the preliminaries of peace had been signed, and the other that the war should not close until they had secured for Turkey her independence and freedom. Lend cheers.) The Chairman read a letter from Sir De Lacy Evans, sympathising with the object for which the meeting had been called, and expressing regret at his not being able to attend. Colonel SMYTH VERIKER then carp forward to move the resolution. He said, as a moderate Conservative, it gave him great pleasure in coming before them to. day. Ho felt sure that men of every party would be found to be united in their endeavours to carry the war to a successful conc'usion. Ho felt that, looking at the articles of peace, they were not at all satisfactory; indeed the fifth article meant nothing, and the proper course would have been to have embodied the whole of the demands into one resolution, and ask Russia whether she would accept such ternir or not. 62 -- 64 (Arts. Az. S. W. G. 6 p. ; Great Northu. 5 p. Do 5 p. c, Rodem.. At 10 p. c. Do. 13 p. .......... D o . 5 p.o. Scrip, Red 5 p. e• Pm • • • 13 - .317 tOB - 102 - 104 9 - 10 r 4 t.N. of Scot. let Pre +. S. W. (Irelathl Do. 4 per 0. Pr, " it. w.p. , . , ..11.1 - exi pt , Do. con. red. 4 t p.c. ['9. eon. red. 4 p. e. irred. 4p. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof . Do. do. do. - gk 88 - 90 78 SO 78 80 94 • 100 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 26. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Do. Sinn. Pret. '4l) Do. Chester p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. C. do.. Do. Bina. Ona. Stk Do. Chao, Ghia. Sh.. Do. do. d 0.... ...... - - i 9 ffi 10 - 71 - 19. - 14, Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Btood-vessels 42 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 4 Do. do. do --- Lan. &York. F. 2 Do. 6 p. c. Stuck . Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 D, , Do. Pref., 5 p. c. cj Do. New Gnar.6 p. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W. 7 Per ct Londy. Londy. &Enuic.i vf.,C.,& L„New,l Do. £6 ......... Premature Birth and Debility 27 Atrophy 3l Old Age Sadden 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 25 Causes not specified larypt.&Carl.4k c Du. 4 percent.,,, DEATHS 11110 M ALL CAUSES 1,029 Population Deaths in come- Death Enumerated. sponding week in tlp 1851. of 18Vi. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Dietriete lo r o I 00 Consol .6 10/) n , c), e p 109 I N. 4i p. 6. Pref. all Pref. 4 pc.x - e,- 3.11 ;Do. Si. Pr f 4 p. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pr6r, all t Aber., dm., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. al: ,Nortoik Deneaturt , 100 Do,Pref. 4p.c. St ii 100 f Do. 5 p. ts. Ext. 100 ID.. 8,1 per et. pref, 1.10 Do. Way. Val. 100 North Ernie!, Totals 1,630 1,029 Males Females. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 500 529 Males S97 Females 866 `.0!) !'q. Perw, 4 p.c. 7 Do, do. do 13 r!) , , Geods R p.e'.. - Nrs. 9 ;Do. do. Quarters ... 10 jllo r- L MI North .s"tafrords l. lr, , . too • OT, 2 .,CIAT 1516 r 9i Do R. pref. 101, Sh. !Sent. Cent., - Nitsu! , 0.11 ;South 1)ev0n.......... Total ' ..... CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday the admissions on pay ment were 773; ditto, by season tickets, 219—total, 994. [Ws will give tbe conolusien in ear next edition.) THE BELGIAN STEAM LINE TO NEW YORK.— SOUTEAMPToN, Jan. 28.—The unfortunate steam-ship Belgique still lies in the inner basin of the docks at this port. Since her arrival she has been surveyed by Lloyd's agent and others, who have found her condition to be most lamentable. From the careless and improper way in which the ship appears to have been built it is sur prising she was kept afloat at all, and the saving of the ship can only be attributed to the continued exertions of the passengers in Whig out the water night and day without intermission. Some inquiry ought to be insti tuted into the circumstances under which the Belgique was classed A 1 at Lloyd's, as it is new stated that the reams and crevices of the iron plates are payed with lead, and this working out has caused the ship to leak univer sally. AR soon as a graving dock is disengaged the ship is to be docked, and a conclusion will then be arrived at whether she shall be condemned, returned to the hands of the builder, or repaired at this port. Tile latter opera tion, if effscted, will be attended with considerable delay and immense expense. The situation and prospects of the passengers are most unfavourable. They are still weeder ingabout the portnot knowing what to do. The captain can do nothing for them, and refers them to the agents at South ampton ; these parties in their turn referred them to a director of the company (M. Spil!iaerdt Caymax), who has arrived from Antwerp, and who, on being appealed to, said he mild do nothing for them as they were en gaged through an emigration agent at Liverpool. It appears, also, that the provisioning of the ship had been given by contract to the steward, and this functionary has to-day declined to issue any more rations. I%IIIR, these poor peoples between one and the ether, can obtain no redress. Mr. Smith, the emigration officer, has, however, taken the matter in hand, and the passengers have determined to appeal to the magistrates, not only to recover compensation for the delay they have experi enced, but to enforce their being carried to their desti nation, and remunerated for the labour and hardships they havelundergone in assisting to save the ship from foundering. THE Sr2AMEE BELGIQUE.-- Southampton, Jan. 2.9. To-day Mr. E. A. Smith, Government Emigration offi cer at this port, accompanied by Mr. G. Pocock, solici tor, and several of the passengers of the Belgique, at tended before the magistrates to reqnest their interference in reference to the detention which Inas been caused to the passengers in consequence of the misfortunes whiels have befallen the vessel, and also to claim the return of the passage-mouey, together with such an amount as might be deemed. by the magistrates an equivalent com pensation for the breach of contract, and also for the hardships and privations which they have undergone since the vessel first sailed. Mr. Pocock, after alluding to the many applications which have been made by the passengers to the owners and agents for assistance, and also stating it as an impossibility that the Belgique, if again got ready for sea, could lesl placed in a proper con dition under 3 months, drew the magistrates' attention to the 51st clause of the Passengers' Act, 18th and 19th Vict., ()bap. 119, in which it ;s stated dot if any pass enger ship shall put into any port or place the United Kingdom in a damaged state, and that if the ship can not be made seaworthy so as to be despatched to ber place of destination within 6 days of her putting into port, the owner, charterer, or master shall provide tae passengers with a passage in some other eligible ship, tte sail within 6 weeks to the port or place at which they respectively may have originally contrasted to land, and shall, in the meantime on board in the same mannole as if the ship were at sea, pay to such passengers subsist ence money after the rates stated. The clause further provided that in the default of the requirements of the act being properly obeyed the passengers respec tively, or any emigration officer on their behalf, shall be entitled to recover the same by summary process, which, by clause 63, can be determined by the justices of the peace, who can award, in case of a breach of contract, such damages as they think fit to the amount of the passage-money and 201., which amount must immediately be paid. Mr. Smith'said that he bad taken consi,:erable interest in the matter, and after great trouble be bad induced the agents to offer to return the bare amount of the passage-money paid, but they refused to give any compensation. Neither would the agencon t engage a passage for them in any oth er ship. The s tract ticket specified that they were to be conveyed by a steam-ship, and the amount charged for such accommo dation on board th e Bel gique w ould not provide it on board any other steam-vessel. After some conversation, at the suggestion of Mr. Pocock it was decided that is lieu of procuring a summons the captain should be re quested by the mayor to attend before the bench, so as, if possible, to elicit the real intentions of the owners or agents of the ship towards the paesenrs. During th e Captain - afternoon the commander o the s ip, Tack, in pmserves that they could receive each their formed the passage-money, with an addition of 31.-7;z,, to the second elms, 171. ; and to the third class, 13/. ; but the offer was immediately declined. The steward has also received orders to coutiuus to supply the passengers 171.11 111)1). fixed, 44 per cpyi,- !'S. Mastern (Readhu .inn.; or ti Os. RI IDo. pc , cent ;Do. Fixed 44 p a &t. '4 W 91 0 ,4 Gus. 4p, c. !Do. 10. 4. p. c l i.Vorkalt.4p.c.GuAr. Or. RI Dar, ,5 p e. Do. do. Plait% ti , l July I,'4't W.Atertd.&Kilk.flpel LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sitting& in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Ji_stices Coleridge, Wighturan, and Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. HODGSON-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. Wilde, Q C., moved for a rule calling on the de fendant to show cause why' a criminal information should not be filed against bun under the following cir cumstances :—lt appeared that Hodgson was an assist ant to the late Mr. Isaac Higgs, surgeon, of Cradley, in Staffordshire, who dial aeh ilt time since. Hodgson having got possession of Higgs' diploma struck out the latter and inserted his own name, and by which he bad succeeded in obtaining the appuiatment of surgeon to the Dudley Uaion. Lord Campbell said the Court in this case declined to avail it,elt of its powers and interfere, considering it would be better fur the case to be disposed of by indict ment in the usual way. Rule refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Barons Alderson and Martin.) JUDGMENT. — THE NEW SUCCESSION DUTIES ♦CT. Baron Alderson gave judgment in a case relative to the Succession Duties Act, in . which the Earl of Corn wallis was concerned. The question for the decision of the court was whether the estate of that nobleman was liable to the duties under the New Succession Duties Act, or those of the old act. The learned Baron said that as the annuities in question were pur chased prior to the passing of the above act, the duties should be charged according to the old rate, Judgment accordingly. MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN SAYER AND MISS PHIPPS Yesterday the marriage of Captain Sayer, of the 23d Royal Fuglien, to Mists Phipps, eldest daughter of Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, C. 8., Keeper of her Majesty's ,Privy Purse, and niece to the Marquis of Normanby, took place in the Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor, Her Majesty and Prince, Albert, accompanied by the Prinoese Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred were present at the ceremony. Her Maps., on the recommendation of the Premier, has been pleased to confer 6 pension of 501. on Miss Thormasine, Ross, known for her long connexion with literature and her admirable translations from the French. German, and Spanish. A prospectus has been issued reviving the proposals put forward some years back for a Ceylon railway from c,,lembo to the interior. The capital required is 1,000,0001. in 201. shares, and the board seek to obtain from the government a guarantee of 0 per cent. intercet secured as a first charge upon the revenues of the island. 3 C , he Rua u, S HOCKI NG MURDER IN PABIS.—A dreadf u l crime was committed on Saturday merniog near the Jardin des P who occupied the l a a e t r e e s a . t e A r n pa old woman, Geoffrey, St. Hilaire, where, with her son, she carried on the business of a carrier, and who lived with the s on in a detached rt of pre mis e n s a N named building in a small court-yard at the extremity of the premises, was seen yesterday morning, after the man ha l left home for his day's labour, making her custo mary purchases of provisions in the neighbourhood. Some time after a little girl, named Richard, daughter of a married couple living in the house, called to ask her to lend her parents a key, but she could not find her, and on knocking repeatedly, received no answer. Having asked the concierge if he knew where Mme. Cherean was, the man went into the house, and to his surprise found the bed-room in disorder, and three or four pillows placed one on the top of the other at the head of the bed. Re moving the pillows, he saw a blanket spread over what appeared to be a human body ; and turning it down, he, to hie horror, found the old woman lying dead, with a gag in her month and her hands tied behind her back. The commissary of police being sent for, ascer tained that death had been caused by strangulation, also that a box beneath the bed, which the son after wards declared had contained a rather large sum in gold and silver, had been broken open and rifled. From what the magistrate observed, he came to the conclusion that snore than one person must have been concerned in the crime ; and as some articles of jewellery, which were in the box, were not touched, and as a bag fi lled with sous were lett in the middl e o f the room, it appeared to him that the murderers had been alarmed before they could complete the robbery they had contemplated, and had hastily taken to flight. A searching investigation was immediately commenced to discover the criminals. The affair has created an immense sensation in the neigh bOurhoPd, and a larks erewd remaisedtifore the liose to ilsto IMNS Stiglitte -- -; - ~ .~ . , ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN LANE. The Twenty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the Governors and subscribers of this charity vvns held at the Hospital yesterday. The meeting was pre s id e d over by Mr. Spottiswoode, one of the vice-presidents of the institution. Mr. FENN, the secretary read the report of the com mittee of management for the past year. The report stated that, thoegh in some respects the public events of the day had tended to diminish the amount of sup port upon which this, in common with other charities of the metropolis, had hitherto been accustomed to rely, the committee had, nevertheless, been enabled SG to cols duct the affairs of the institution, that at the close of the year they had the satiefaction of congratulating the friends and supporters of the charity upon having achieved an amount of benefit to the suffering poor, in ferior only to the preceding year, and more than equal to that which they had had the happiness to accomplish in any former year. The number of patients relieved during the past year h.sd amounted to upwards of 39,891. It would be in the recollection of the public that, after the death of the late Duke of Sussex, a subscription was en tered into for the erection of a monument to his memory, and after several meetings of the subscribers, it was de cided that the most suitable mode of cerrvieg out the object would be the erection of a wing to the Royal Free Hospital, to be called the " Sussex Wing," with a statue of his Royal highness in front. That important work had been commenced during the pact year, and was nearly completed. The committee had by means of legacies, received during the year, been enabled to pay offa considerable portion of the debt, unavoidably post poned by the great pressure on the charity in th e yea rs 1353 and 1354. The practice adopted of supplying des titute patients on leaving the hospital with clothes and small sterns of money, continued to produce the most gratifying result:, more especially ameng,st unfortunate females, many of whom had been restored to their fami lies and friends. The committee had pleasure in crane the attention of the governors to the services of the honorary honorary medical officers—Drs. Brinton, O'Connor, and Hassell, physicians ; Messrs. Marsden, M.D., Weedon Cooke, Da 'Aerie, Ite., surgeons, who bad devoted their time and attention during the past year to the patients committed to their care. In consequence of the reduced number of in-door patienta (occasioned by the necessity of proceeding with the new building), th e comm i ttee gladly acceded to the request of her Majesty's Govern ment, to strengthen the medical staff in the Crimea, and readily granted the services of four of their medical officers to that important object—one of whom, after an absence of fifteen months, has just returned, and will shortly resume his duties. The committee congratulated the governors on having obtained the services of the Rev. J. B. Bowen, a clergyman of the highest profes sional qualifications, as chaplain, and the report con cluded by the committee congratulating the governors on the continued success of the charity, and humbly hoping that it would, under God's blessing, continue to prosper ; and that, as it proceeded, its usefulness might be more felt and acknowledged by the public at large, its efforts more effectually sustained by the benevolent, and its benefits mere widely diffused amongst the afflicted. From the financial statement it appeared that there had been, during the year, received in annual subscrip tions 1.4541. 10s. 6d., in donations 2,131/. 12s. 10d., and in legacies 2,6581. 14e. 7d., making a total of 6,2441. 17s. 11d., while there had been expended in payment of old debts 2,486/. 7s. 5d., and i❑ payments for the year 1855, 3,745/. 2s. 3d., making a total of expenditure dur ing the year of 6,231/. 9s. Bd. The medical report of the number of patients relieved by the charity, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1355, was next read, from which it appeared that during that time there had been admitted into the hospital— Persons afflicted with malignant and c)ntagi,Jus diseases Persons labouring under various disorders Accidents relieved, and the parties sent ho►ae 1,430 Patients under the nentist 39,089 In addition to the above, there have been 693 totally destitute persons admitted into the wards, of whom 57 Have died, and 636 have been discharged cured or relieved The number of accidents admitted for a brief period into the wards was 109, of whom 18 died and 91 were cured or relieved G 93 Making a total of ... 39,891 which, added to those admitted in former years, made a total of perions admitted into the hospital since its com mencement of 51,493. Mr. BRUCE then moved that the report be approved . . of, printed, and circulate I, together With the fin . aucia. statement and medical report; and Mr. HALL having seconded the motion, it was put from the chair and unanimously agreed to. The thanks of the meeting having been then awarded to the committee of management for the pagt year, to the treasurer, Mr. Masterman, M.P., who was re-eleoted, and to the auditors, Mr. PuircuAßD, High Bailiff of Southwark, said lie had to propose a vote of thanks to a gentleman which he did uct rise to tic. 1.,A a mere matt r of routine, for the gentleman h. , : had referred to had rendered great and efficient service to the institution, and it was, therefore, right anti proper tha! - , at the close of another year of hil distinguished services, they should at least give ev,)res sion to the appreciation in which they held those ser vices, and the interest he took in the institution. The gentleman he referred to was Dr. Marsden, the founder of the charity; and he begged to propose that the cordial thanks of the meeting ho given to him for the interest he continued to take in the institution, end the ♦aluable services he was continually rendering to it. Mr. IloorEa having seconded the resolution, it was Pr nit from the chair, and cordially agreed to. Dr. MARSDEN, iu acknewledging the compliment, stated that he had now arrived at the twenty-eighth year of his service to the institution, and he rejoiced to think that while his powers, mental as well as physical, mireht be on the decrease, the power, of the institution were increasing rapidly. Teere was a pleasing circumstance connected with the meeting, and it had struck him only since ho came into the room—it was the pleasure he felt at seeing Mr. Spottiswoode in the chair. He called upon that gentleman at the cren• mencement of the institution—before the doers of it were opened—in order to request his support to it. That support was readily given, Mr. Spottiswood becoming an annual subscriber for ten guineas, and promising all the assistance he could give. He did not think he had seen that gentleman since that time until the present, and it gave him much pleasure to see bins now presid ing over them. Another circumstance in connection with the institution ho must allude to. When he (and, he had no doubt, other friends of the institution were, met with the same remark) talked of the Free Hespita', he was asked what usade it entitled to the appellatien of free, more than any other in London ? Was not Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals as free to destitute persons as it ? Now, to some extent, this was so ; but, in considering the point, they must go back to the state of matters which prevailed at the time this hospital was founded. At that time there was not such a thing as free admission to the destitute sick in any hospital in London ; but he was happy to say that the example this institution had set had compelled the old and richly-endowed institutions to relax their rules and regulations, and to become to a certain extent free. (Cheers.) Therefore, they had not only been the means of relieving upwards of half a mil lion of individuals, but they had also been the means of throwing open all the hospitals in London to the desti tute of the population. A vote of thanks was next passed to the honorary medical officers, Dm Brinton, Hassell, Glover, and M. Bennet, and Messrs. T. Wakley, Weeders Cooke, De Meric, A. Marsdeu, J. S. Gauge, T. Carr Jackson, to which Mr. W. Cooke, and Mr. A. Marsdeu (who has newly returned from the Crimea) responded. Dr. MARSDEN said it would be seen from the report that four of their medical officers had been absent in the Crimea during the past year. and the place of one of these (Dr. Glover) had been supplied by Dr. O'Connor, a gen tleman of professional 'character not surpassed in the metropolis. The able manner in which he had perfumed his duties, he, as one of his colleagues, could hear ready testimony to, and he had therefore much pleasure is proposing that the special thanks of the speedo , be given to Dr. O'Connor for having undertaken and effi ciently performed the duties of Dr. Glover during his absence, rtud that he be requested to continue his tier• vices until that gentleman's., return. Mr. PRITCHARD seconded the motion which was car dially adapted. Dr. O'CONNOR returned thanks. He was happy that his services had given satisfaction to the governors of the institution. He could say for himself teat whatever time be had spent in the discharge of the duties he bad undertaken he was amply compensated for the benefit he had received. He had visited the hospitals not only of London but of the provinces and the United King dom, and he could unhesitatingly say he knew ofx In stance where so great a benefit bad b een the poor as had been by means of this h• ' oopiet:l That be could state after carefully examining en t o all those other institutions of a like character. It w ould, be nfe to him a source of pleasure on all occasions to promote its interests, and to gain for it the eepport of his ac• quasntancea and friends. (Cheers.) The committee for the esurez with a Tutu n tyear wa y s o thenappointed appoint e d, and the proceedings terminated f thanks to the chairman. THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIOIQ ~IN THE SANDWICH TIM/LIME. —The flow is still undiuunis,sed, and, though slow in its progress, is sure. The source , whi c h i s a b out 1 ,3 00 f eet from t h e summit of the stupendous Manua. Loa (Ha waiian—great mountain), or 1,200 feet above the level of the sea, is still in active operation, and on a clear day can be distinctly seen from the decks of the ships in the harbour of filo. Where it, strikes the Wailuka river it throws up a beautiful whits c load of steam, while the dense smoke caused by the burning of the noble forest and luxuriant vegetation make is up a picture well worth the travel to see.—. Honolulu p( user. SIMIAN DExru.—On the 22 d inst. a great sensation was created in Conway by the awfully sudden death of Mr. J. J. Mausdell, a proctor of Doctors' Commons. The unfortunate deceased had been for a considerable time distinguishing himself about the Menai•bridge, Beaumaris, earn-arson, Bangor, and other parts of the eountry, in a manner so utterly incompatible with the proprieties of life as clearly indieuted an aberration of intelleet. On the night before his death he went to a low beer-shop and lodging-honse called the Feathere. Between 5 and 6 o'clock in the morning Mr. Mansdell, with his clothes on, laid himself down upon a bed l When called he was in a dying state, breaking very hard = and life was soon after extinct. Yertlii.lt, "Death fr-,c, *0p1a.1.7. 1 ' 7 ,, 0,WATM Lrliflist #• x in all all 1.0,) .100 1 ti 33 ,~ -- ~. .. -- se *4. ••• ••• -- ,•• ...... .• 93 1* -- fi9 - 101 - 5 .- 1 - tai - 10 . iti 221 —4) 9i - '""" P -- I T, 26 ••••• MINES. all all all 12a glo A.1154,2.1'1. Gol3 Anglo Californian nstralian il9traliao Cordillera Vv.) Maria Badnn (Gd.lluchy of IBltonar. Iron & Cox' British Iron Brazil iftnlmp.(iganeri at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaem & Cniah , Do, St. Johr. Del 8443 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jaumioa Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of En z : O. Pref. 7i p. 001 ,, liopiapo Fortuna Genc.al.... qt.NnggetVeinßog. rirent Polanoth . ~ Cat Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares. 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Preference 5 54 4 >ll Crystal Pal. of Franc, 0.. 1 4 1), iston Iron Ore ,„ 20 13 Eastern Steam 5 al) Ea.tliAus Cop Stu Co -1 11 Z - J all Electric 20 22 1 all Electric Teleg. 074 r. 5 all Gott. Iron SO Collier 41" 15 11 6.1e,a. Steam Naviea , .. 18 all General Screw Stemr, ,„ lU 10 Irish Beetroot Stig'4' ..• ••• L1.,0 10 3tiagdalens St. Navin 10 ail Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexkan&S.Amerioe. 51 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Pm!' ••• 10 5 Netherlands Land—. 1 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8 pcPissatl d Itl 100 80 Now B. di N.S. Land 18 22 1 all ti. P. to 15 Nrth. of EuropeSt . . 1 all Oriental (he I 11 11 1 2s. Do. " Now Shares" -- 1 1 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi 26 s'; all Peninsular& Oriente 63 50 10 Do. N0w...... 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam _ 1 all Scot. Austral. Invesi,. 16 1 4 Ditto New I v 25 all South .Anetral.Lan 3g 36.1 ' all Oubmar. Tel. fiknip , 0 all Do, Registered I 1 5 5 'ernstik L.oo.llCan 100 281 vim Diemen's tore' 1C i ! oi iy at 5' I sit 7.# 4 ll_.?•olfig_l_ ; __: 411 - 135 - V 5 100 ; 100 ith 1100 100 4t.. St. St. at. St 1100 10Q 100 all &fi lai all all all all all 134 i 0 1 1 I. I , x a i d Naval and Military Intelligence. At Portsmouth yesterday her Majesty's ship Rodney, 90, Captain Moorsorn, C. 8., was tuanzasted, preparatory to being paid off this day, and• converted into a depot ship for the Baltic gun-boat flotilla ; her Majesty's steameiloop Rosamond, b, Commander Crofton, went into harbour to have her defects repaired after her trip to the West Indies. The steam-transport Dee, Master- Commander Pullen, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward, with supernumeraries for the fleet ; she left iu the evening, with others, for the eastward. The new steaneslooe Flying Fish, 6, was undecked ye*. terday, and masted, in progress towards readiness for the pendant ; the steam sloop Basilisk, 6, was docked yesterday for repairs. Her Majesty's state yacht Vio• tons and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denmas, will take a cruise for a few days, to test some experi ments with coals. The steam-transport Peninsula, No. 172, left Portsmouth yesterday evening for the Thames. A oourt-martial, comprising Captains Codrion, C.B. (president) ; Sir T. Maitland, C.B. ; Hoe. H. Keppel, G. Eliott, C.B. ; J. Robb, J. .T. Stopford, R. B. Watson, C.B. ; H . L yster, G. T. Gordon, W. Clif ford, C.B. ; R. Harris, C. T. D'Eyncourt, 3loorsom, C.B. ; and Mr. W. J. llellyer, Deputy-Judge-Advoca,tt of the Fleet, assembled on board the flag-ahip Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, on Monday zuorniug ' to try Mr. Robert Trotter, assistant-engineer o f the Rest of the third-class, serving in. her Majesty's sloop Falcon, on the following charges :-- " Neglect of duty when in actual charge of the mae chinery of the said ship, in allowing the water to get too low in the boilers, whereby the crowns of the inr. maces and the tubes were injured, on the mornings of the 22d and 23d of December, 1855, the said sloop Falcon being then at sea. "'2. Neglect of duty in.beiug absent from his post when in charge of the ma c hi nery o f th e sa id vm s 1 on the night of he 22d of December. "3. Neglect of duty in not using the necessary pre. caution when in actual charge of the machinery on board the said vessel, whereby the port piston-red of the atter-engine became red-hot, on the afternoon of the 26th of December. " 4. For being in a state of drunkenness, and con ducting himself in an insubordinate manner towards Lieutenant Robinson, the senior lieutenant of the Fal con, on the quarter-deck of the said vessel, on the even. ing of the 17th January inst. "3. For Eeing in au&i a state of intoxication as to ne cessitate his removal from the engineers' mess-place on board the said vessel and his being placed seder arrest on the evening of the 20th of Jan. inst..' The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charges, and the Court also pronounced teem fully proved, and adjudged him to be imprisoned for the term of 6 months in Win chester Gaol, and at the expiration of that punishment to be dismissed from her Majesty's eer rice. The same Court then proceeded to try Mr.. Jae. A. W. Nicholls, assistant -paymaster, serving on board her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, on the following charges :-- "1. For being drink on board the said ship on the evening of the 4th of Jan. inst. "2. For behaving in a manner unbecoming the charac ter of an officer and a gentleman in intrudin g himself into the engi n e ers ' mess -pl ace on b oar d th e sa id ship with his trousers unbuttoned and his dress otherwise in a dis ordered state, and demanding some ale of Edwd. Norton, a stoker, and the steward of the mess, and making Hee of abusive language to the said Edwd. Norton when he refused compliance with the demand, on the evening of the 4th of Jan. inst. The prisoner admitted the whole of the first charge, and the second, with the exception of that part which alleged teat he made use of abusive language to Edward Norton. The Court found the charges fully and wholly proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be dismissed from her Majesty's service. The kslocp Ferret, 8, Commander Chas. T. Leekie, from the West Coast of Africa, which arrived at Ply mouth cn SaturJay, sailed oa Monday for Portsmouth. The screw steam gun-boat Sheldrake, 2, Lieutenant- Commander C. H. Simpson, went into Barnpool, month, on Monday. The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, Capt. Wm. Ramsay,' is appointed to leave Plymouth for Falmouta to-day. The screw steam store-ship Reselute, from the Medi terranean, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. The steam-sloop Malacca, 17, Captain A. Farquhar, and the Buzzard, 6, Commander W. IL Dobbie, sailed fror Bermuda, on 27th Dec. far the West India station. The Beseawea, 70, Capt. W. F. Glanville ' flag of /tear- Admiral Fanshawe, and the paddle-wh ee l steam-sloop Medea, 6, Commander E. Peirce, were appointed to leave the island on the 18th for the same station. The Bacephalue transport has left Woolvriehfor Black. wall to have her fittings re.moved. Her Majesty's screw sloop Niger, Commander Hire, has entered the outer basin at Woolwich, and is placed under the shears to be dismantled, preparatory to the removal of her machinery. The paddle-wheel steamer Vixen, for same time em ployed in the dockyard service, for the conveyance of machinery, &c., is likewise in the outer basin, and has been disniast,d. Sh e i s ti go through a complete over haul, and will be brcught forward in the forthcoming spring for foreign service. The Vorivius, Commander Hoare, was yesterday decked, to underio an examination of her copper and lower laud. The screw transport Northumberland, No. 53. ha i cam pleted hsr idtipment of stores, &c., from Woolwich, awl has embarked, in addition, several balei, and bones of cavalry equipments. The gu s n-boat Fi sward, fitting out at Deptford,- is nearly ready for service. She has been cormoissioned by Lieutenant-Commander Nelson, and will go down to Woolwich Arsenal in a few days, to be victualled. and to receive her sea stock and ammunition. Lieut. Coch race is appointed to the comtnand of the gunboat Chub, which is likewise fitting out at Deptford, and will be ready to join the squadron in a day or two. The vibit of her Majaity to Woolwich, which it was intended should take place today, hay; been postponed for a few days. Immediately after the inspectioia and examination of the trophies by the Queen Major Lnkit► and his detachment of Artillerymen from Sebastopol will be grafted leave and ferlongh. Tn consequence of the removal of the military guards and sentries from the Arsenal department.; at Wool wich, and the substitution of the police body in their stead, it has been considered necessary, in addition to the side-:rata worn by the men, to provide the consta bles with Colt's revolvers. A number of these were dis tributed yesterday. The inspectors have been equipped with a new regulation sword, suspended to a swing belt, similar to that worn by the military staT seijeant. The stringency of the regolatiOns for the admission of visitors to the Arsenal continues unabated. The following order has been addressed to officers 'com manding 7egitnents and depots front the War Depart ment : "Army Clothing Department, Pall-mall. "Sir,—lt having been determined to provide the re cruit with necessaries from the 31st of Jan., 18.55, I atei directed by the Secretary of State for War to request you will forward to this office requisition for srv.:ll ne cessaries as may be wanted for recruits joining t}.. regi ment or depot under your command on or after the above date, and for muck supply as you may think requisite to keep in the regimental store for recritits ex pected to join shortly.—l am, sir, your mn't obedient servant, G D. PANIII.LT. I A party of the Marine Artillery have arrived at the Chatham Division of Royal Marinea from Portstuonth, in command of Lieut. George Henry Wrvford, on the way to Sheernes=, for duty on board the fit)atirg battery Eurotag. Same Crimean invalids arrived at the Strood station yesterday afternoon, in medical charge of Acting Assist. art-Surgeon Benbow. The ambulance carriage from Fort Pitt conveyed the men to the supplereental hospital, Brompton, where First Class Surgeon Henry C. Reade, after inspecting them, ordered 38 into hospital and the remainder to St. Mary's Barracks. The Medical Staff Corps is to be increased to 1,500, bring 300 in addition to its original strength, A TPOINTMENTS. The fiellowing ap?eared in our rate editi o n night : COM MA NDXR. W. A. R. Pearse, to the London. LI EIITENAMTM. F. 0. Han Held, to the London. W. G. Silverlock, to the London. W. N. Tenet!, to the Geyeer. F. F. Croagh, to the Cruizer. MiSTETI.R. George D. Perry, to the Medusa. Alex. Brown to the Vesuvius. SECOND IfAiiTICE. Joi) R. Allen to the Royal Albcrt, PROMOTION. Edward ?earn, to be Sur;eon. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE: The show of English wheat in to=day's market VI:IS very moderate, yet the demand for all kinds was in a very sluggish state, at Monday's currency. Foreign. wheat was very dull in sale, and the quotations were almost nominal. Floating cargoes commanded very little attention. Fine barley realised full prices, but inferior parcels were heavy, at late rates. Malt was very dull, and the oat trade was hsavy. I*. prices scarcely any change took place. Beans, peas, and four sold at Monday's rates. ARRIVALS THIS E. Wheat. Barley. 11 i Matt. Oat.. Timm rflglieh .7 1,300 2.170 2.166 1104 Et) Irish .. . 7.630 . Foreign 11 i 740 :! : i 3,500 92 ` ) n Ikt ' i I37ebtlt B OROUGH HOP. The W. for moot kinds of hops is steady, sad prim a re well support-ed. . IVHITECHAPEL. The trade WAS firm, as follows :—B ee f, from 3s to 45 4d ; nvatton, 3s 2(1 to 4s 4d ; vel, is ed be 5s 2d ; perk. 3, 4 d to 55 Od per Sibs by the carcase. DigANT rel MorzY.—Money waa in active dornAnd is tb• discount-market yesterday, its fraction below the Bank charges. In the Stock Exchange the rates paid fcr carrying over transactions to the next account; were extremely heavy. In Paris the rate of continuation paid on French ltitts, 9 t huin thn I*9t 'may or We Itt ptr. ~~: ~~- , ~~ 2) 20 6 0 00