The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

~f Inglis had lost his living for persisting in making it for George the Third. One of the most impres • sive and interesting descriptions is that given of the visit to Washington's Tomb : " At last, through the trees, you come upon what seems to be the ruins of a cemetery, where, in front of a red brick wall, a few white marble columns, hemmed in by rusty iron railings, stand like sentries of the dead. Move round to the front of this walljand before you is a hollow arched gateway, shut in by double iron gates. Within this gloomy recess are two white marble coffin-shaped sarco phagi, which reflect a wan and ghastly lighkover the little vault. That to the left bears the inscription, Martha, consort of Washington ;' on the other is simply cut, in massive heavy letters, the one word ' Washington. Beyond this there is nothing ; and nothing else is needed, for the history of a world is carved in those ten deep letters. There is no pomp of woe about the spot. I almost wish there were, for now the tomb has the plainness that sprirfgs from neglect, and from neglect a fast decay will rise in time. Over the bricks creep wild and tangled shrubs—weeds, rubbish, and mortar are littered in front, while all around it is a dirty, thriftless waste, like the remains of a shrub bery in which a building once stood. No pious care seems to have ever tended this neglected grave, none by to shield it from the desecration of idle profanity. It is here alone in its glory, uncared for, unvisited, unwatched, with the night-wind for its only mourner sighing through the waste of trees, and strewing the dead brown leaves like ashes before the tomb. Such is the grave of Washington ! " Where may the wearied eye repose While gazing on the Great, Where neither guilty glory glows Nor despicable state ? Yet one, the greatest, last, and best, Thke Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one." " Before this humble tomb, the Prince, the President, and all the pasty stood uncovered. It is easy moralising en his visit, for there is something grandly suggestive of historical retribution in the reverential awe of the Prince of Wales, the great-grandson of George 111., standing bareheaded at the foot of the coffin of Washington. What may not history bring forth ? The descendants of a rege nerated line of Hapsburgs may yet do honour at the tomb of Garibaldi. For a few moments the party stood mute and motionless, and the Prince then proceeded to plant a Chesnut by the side of the tomb. It seemed when the royal youth closed in the earth around the little germ, that he was burying the last faint trace of discord between us and our great brethren in the West. May it be so, and may no American in times hereafter think of the tomb of Wash ington without remembering the friendly visitor who planted the tree in whose grateful shadow it reposes. May the act live in the 'memories of both nations, green as the offering that records it, and Britons recollect that in this graceful rite of homage to the memory of one whom we must now strive to claim as our descendant, the Prince did honour to himself and his nation." When the exciting events that daily occur, and the stealing lapse of time shall have dimmed the vivid recollection of this momentous visit, some may be glad to refresh their memories by dwelling on the pages of this volume, which has chronicled in an attractive form, and narrated in eloquent language the occurrences of the Royal visit to the Republic. " A chiel's among ye takin' notes And faith he'll p ren t it," , which was held out as a threat by the poet, is cer tainly one of the great advantages of the increased spread of knowledge, and enables us now to know the minutiae of passing events of importance, and here after to recall their chief points of significance. Political Ballads of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, Annotated. By W. Walker Wilkins. 2 vols. Longman. The motto on the title page aptly illustrates this work. " More solid things do not show the com plexion of the times so well as ballads and libels." The publication of these volumes is matter of con gratulation to those desirous of acquainting them selves with these verses of a past age, which are of great significance in regard to their utterance of prevalent sentiments, and if they have now lost the vest which actual events gave, and the piq uancy with which personality endued them, as the satirists and satirized have alike passed away; they are still replete with interest. They speak through the medium of absurd jokes in some instances, and coarse allusions in many cases, but they are nerved with a power that more important writers could not always put into more solid compositions, that were to stand the test of critics high in authority, and yet fearful of being arraigned before the bar of public opinion. The immense influence that these songs exercise over social opinion is forcibly expressed in the well-known adage "If I were permitted to make the ballads of a nation I should not care who made its laws." In the preface there is an enter taining account of the various collections of ballads, and the scheme that the editor has generally adopted in the difficult task he has undertaken. It is said that "while every other department of literature has. been thoroughly explored, amplified, and variously illustrated, our modern political songs and ballads, the best popular illustrations of history constitute the solitary exception to the general rule," and it is argued further on in the remarks, "There are, however, few compositions, more interesting in themselves, or that offer more valuable material to the historical in quirer than these ephemeral produtcions, in the absence of these artless expressions our social history would be incomplete. They exhibit as well the manners and the feelings of past generations. The student, by looking nar rowly into them, may oftentimes be enabled to deduce most important conclusions respecting the origin and issue of former insurrections and fac tions, just in the same manner as the geologist Who, detecting on the surface of the sedimentary rock the latest impression of some primeval storm, or the footpaths of races long extinct determines the course of the one and the character of the other." After quoting some pertinent observations of a writer on political literature, concerning the pri vileges dud immunities of song writers, and hence the vast importance of their compositions during a Period when tyranny represses the free expression of public opinion, the editor proceeds to remark on the attention paid to this sort of composition by a bright and shining star of literature. "The real value and importance of such ephemeral produc tions may be best discerned in the volumes of the late Lord Macaulay, the only native historian who has thought them worthy of his particular study and use. It is no disparagement to the literary fame of that distinguished writer to affirm that they have imparted to his pages a vitality which the profoundest knowledge of the principles of human action, combined with the greatest erudie tion and the highest descriptive powers could never have effected without them. It was from these long neglected picture-writings of great historical scenes, and of the celebrated individuals who are crowded in them, "in their habit as they lived," that he derived so much of all that related to the stirring times of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. To these despised and inexhaustible sources of information he was principally indebted for his life-like delineations of character, for his descriptions of popular commotions, and not unfre quently for his knowledge of the motives by which public men were actuated, at particular conjunc tures, in their conduct." In conclusion, it is stated that it was the intention to include the political ballads of note in the reigns of the last two Georges, had not space prevented; but that should the present series meet with public approval, the re mainder will be forthcoming at a future period. It is to be hoped that this will be the case, and con sidering the interest and importance of the contents of these volumes, and the skill with which their arrangements have been executed, there is every reason to entertain the confident epectation that such will be the result. After an elaborate inves tigation into the musty folios of an earlier genera tion, it is but fair and just that the explorer should be rewarded by the meed of approving testimony fromthosefor whom he has opened " the treasures of antiquity laid up in old historic scrolls." Some of the most striking or noticeable verses in the col lection are here quoted, and, at all events, they may serve to illustrate the mode then in vogue of expressing approval or declaiming censure by the pa nsters and rhymesters of the day : TUB ANAROHIE, OR THE BLESSED REFORMATION tiriv - cE 1640. Now that, thanks to the P owers • below, We have e'en done our do, The mitre is down, nc ACome ew s o ci lt i oh s w t tn h hs e e, mcarntodhwen come coronet boy t s o , o ; Come hober-de-hoys, Come females of each de g ree • ' Stretch your throats, bri ng in Your votes, 7 And make good the Anarehie. And thus it shall go, says Alice, Nay, thus it shall go, says A my ; Nay, thus it shall go, says Taffy, I trove, Nay, thus it shall go, says j anay. Ah I but the truth, good people all, The truth is such a thing, For it would undo, both Church and State too, And cut the throat of our king ; Yet not the Spirit, nor the new light, Can make this point so clear; But thou must bring out, thou deified rout, What thing the truth is, and where. Speak Ab ra h am, spea k K os t er , speak Judith, speak Hester, Speak t ag and rag, short coat and long ; Truth's the spell made us rebel, And murder and plunder, ding-dong. Sure I have the truth, says Numph ; Nay, I ha' the truth, says Clemme ; Nay, I ha' the truth, says Reverend Ruth ; Nay, I ha' the truth, says Nem. TILE NEW LITANY. Prom an extempore prayer and a godly ditty, Fr om the churlish pvernment of a city, Fro the power of a country committee Fr t _ Turk, the Pope, and the Sco L tt l i b s e h ra na n tio s n ' D , °mine' .rem being governed by proclamation, Aml from art old Protestant, quite out of fashion, Libera, tora meddling with those that are out of our reaches, Fr oy . n in a fighting priest, and it soldier that preaches, -4 inorautus that writes, and a woman that teaches, 14ibera, &c, _-, From the doctrine of deposing of a king, From the Directory, or any such thing, From a fine new marriage, without a ring, Libera, From a city that yields at the first summons, From plundering goods, either man or woman's, Or having to do with the House of Commons, Libera, &e. From one that cares not what he saith, From trusting one that never payeth, From a private preacher and a public faith, Libera, &c. From a vapouring horse and a Roundhead in buff, From roaring Jack Cavee, with money little enough, From beads and such idolatrous stuff, Libera, &C. From holydays, and all that's holy, From May-poles and fiddlers, and all that's jolly, From Latin or learning, since that is folly, Libera, &c. And now to make an end of all, I wish the Roundheads had a fall, Or else were hanged in Goldsmiths' Hall, Amen. Benedicat Dominus." THE TRIMMER. Pray lend me your ear, if you've any to spare, You that love Commonwealth as you hate Common Fray'r, Which can in a breath, pray, dissemble, and swear; Which nobody can deny, deny, Which nobody can deny. I'm first on the wrong side, and then on the right, To-day I'm a Jack, and to-morrow a mite, I for either King pray, but for neither dare fight ; Which, &o. Sometimes I'm a rebel, sometimes I'm a saint; Sometimes I can preach, and at other times cant ; There is nothing but grace I thank God that I want ; Which, &c. Old Babylon's whore, I cannot endure her; I'm a sanctified saint, there's none can be purer, For swearing I hate like any non-juror ; Which, &o. Of our gracious King William I am a great lover, Yet I side with a party that prays for another; I'd drink the King's health, take it one way or Vother ;1 Which, &c. Precisely I creep like a snail to the Meeting, Where sighing I sit ; and such sorrowful greeting Makes me bate a long prayer and two hours' prating ; Which, &c. And then I sing psalms as if never weary, Yet I must confess when I'm frolic and merry. More music I find in A Boat to the Ferry; Which, &c. I can pledge ev'ry health my companions drink round ; I can say "Heaven bless," or " the Devil confound;" I can hold with the hare and run with the hound ; Which, &c. I can pray for a bishop, and curse an archdeacon ; I can seem very sorry that Charleroi's taken; I can say anything to save my own bacon; Which, &c. Sometimes for a good Commonwealth I am wishing -0 Oliver, Oliver, give us thy blessing S For in troubled waters now I love fishing ; Which, &c. The times are co ticklish I vow and profess, I know not which party or cause to embrace, I'll side with those to be sure that are least in distress; Which, &c. With the Jacks I rejoice that Savoy's defeated ; With the Whigs I seem pleased he so bravely retreated; Friends and foes are by me both equally treated ; Which, &e. Each party, you see, is thus full of great hope, There are some for the Devil and some for the Pope, And I'm for anything—but for a rope; Which nobody can deny. A BALLAD ON THE TAXES. Good people, what will you of all be bereft— Will you never learn wit while a penny is left? You are all like the dog in the fable betray'd, To let go the substance and snatch at the shade ; With specious pretences, and Foreign expenses, We war for Religion, and waste all our chink, 'Tis nipt, and 'tis clipt, 'tis lent, and 'tis spent, Till 'tis gone, 'tie gone to the Devil I think. We pay for our new-born, we pay for our dead, We pay if we're single, we pay if we're wed ; To show that our merciful senate don't fail, They begin at the head and tax down to the tail. We pay through the nose by subjecting foes, Yet for all onr expenses get nothing but blows; At home we are cheated, abroad we're defeated, But the end on' t, the end on't—the Lord above knows HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) Last week the mortality of London was very high. Cold weather of a few weeks' duration will kill many persons at the period of its greatest rigour, and afterwards its fatal effects are not lessened, but appear to accumulate. In the last five weeks the mean weekly temperature has not been higher than 32.4 deg., nor lower than 25.9 deg. ; in this period the two coldest weeks were the second and the fourth, and the numbers of the deaths were successively 1,269, 1,407, 1,707, 1,707, and (in the week that ended last Saturday) 1,926. The average number of deaths as obtained from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous friars 1851-60, and corrected for increase of popu lation, is 1,341. The actual number of deaths 1,927) in last week exceeds the estimated number ly 585. Pulmonary complaints, exclusive of phthisis, car ried off in the week 702 nerserm, while the corrected average for corresponding weeks is only 301. The deaths from bronchitis are included under the above general head, and number 471, the average being 164 ; those from pneumonia are 165, against 94 ; those from asthma, 57, against 23. Of the 471 persons who died from bronchitis 204 were in the period of life 60-80 years. The deaths of 183 per sons are assigned to phthisis, the average being 157. Whooping-cough rose to 83. Forty-four deaths were caused by apoplexy, the average being 30 ; 43 by paralysis, against an ave rage of 27. Heart diseases were fatal in 119 cases, while the average is only 53. Of 120 persons who died at the age of 80 years and upwards 12 were nonagenarians, all women except four. The oldest was a widow aged 99 years and 10 months. Besides these a centenarian is recorded, who is stated to have died at the age of 101 years. She was the widow of a chairmaker, and her death occurred on the 15th inst., at 30, Cleveland-street. A shoemaker, aged 60, died at 10, Robin Hood court, Shoe-lane, on January 10, of " disease of the lungs, accelerated by want of proper nourishment, and by exposure to cold ;" and the wife of a soldier, aged 25, died on the 12th of January, in Camden court, St. Luke, from disease of the lungs, accelerated by want of necessaries ; found dead." Inquests were held in both cases. Last week the births of 939 boys and 920 girls— in all 1,859 children--were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,693. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29936 in. On the last four days the mean daily reading was above 30 in. The readings rose from 29.57 in. on Sunday to 3016 in. on Friday. On an average of 79 years the third week of January is the coldest of the year. Thereafter the temperature rises. It may be hoped therefore that the weather will now be milder. THE EXPLOSION A2' CHATRAM. The unfortunate occurrence which took place at the Royal Engineer Barracks, Chatham, on Mon day, has caused the suspension of all work in the laboratory at the north gun shed, where the explo sion took place, and from the utter ruin in which the interior of the factory was found after the accident, it will be some time before work of any kind can be resumed in that building. The account of the accident given in the Sun of yesterday conveys but a very imperfect description of the terrible nature of the explosion, and, con sidering the force with which the heaps of hand grenades and fuses exploded, it was little short of a miracle that there was not a large loss of life. At the time of the explosion there were about 50 shells of various sizes on the floor of the laboratory, some of them being as large as 10-inch; these for tunately were not charged, or the result of their explosion would have been most appalling. There were also several hundred hand-grenades and fuses, some charged, and others waiting for that operation to be performed on them. These were scattered about, and it is owing to this fortunate circum stance that the violence of the explosion was much less than it otherwise would have been. So great, however, was the force of the explosion that nearly every hut in the ranges of buildings forming the hut-ba rrac k s , a short distance from the Engineer establishment, was shaken to its foundation, the inmates of most of them rushing out to ascertain the cause. A number of troops of the line were being exercised very near to the north gun-shed at the moment of the accident, and these, observing the side of the shed blown out, threw down their arms and ran away, under the impression that the entire building would blow up. The whole of one side of the laboratory was blown clean away, and through this opening were hurled a sergeant and two Sappers into a coal-yard below. After the explosion the laboratory was discovered to be on fire in two or three places, but, the engines being soon on the spot, the flames were extinguished. During the whole of yesterday a body of Sappers were engaged i n clearing out the interior of the factory and removing the fragments of hand grenades, time. fuses, and also the shells there at the F ARMER DROWNED IN HIS OWN MILL-LADE. —On Wednesday morning Mr. Alexander Simpson, far • mer, Brixton, Ruthven, was accidentally drowned in the mill-lade near his own house. Mr. Simpson is supposed to have been returning at night in his gig, when, in the dark ness, he approached too near the mill-lade, and the horse, falling over the bank, went headforemost into the water. When found, at an early hour on the following morning/ itthhe.e ig b g odi , Ls p of on It w i e r ;,4 Si r mi w. Simpson NA on the horse Were viuderneath NAPLES. A letter froth Naples of the i6th says 2—" A decree signed by M. Parini before he resigned power, ordered the restitution of the army muskets which still remain in the hands of the inhabitants. The mode adopted for the recovery of these arms is the only one likely to be attended with a favour able result. Every person will receive two ducats for each percussion musket and a piastre for each flint one. A priest named Ciarlone had preached in the Jesuits' church on two successive Sundays, and his sermons abounded in political allusions. He compared Victor Emmanuel to Herod, and Francis 11. to Jesus Christ. The rev. gentleman was pleased the other day to see his congregation augmented, close to the pulpit stairs, by a person whose face was partially concealed by an ample shawl tied ound his neck and who seemed to take great interest in his discourse, while a few steps from him otood half a dozen carbineers, who also appeared to listen with great attention. When M. Ciarlone had concluded, the person and the six carbineers drew round the pulpit, and the unknown, opening his paletot, displayed a red sash while the carbineers arrested the priest in presence of his congregation, none of whom show ed the least disposition to interfere, and M. Ciarlone is now meditating some new piece of eloquence at the Prefecture of Poiiee. MONEY 111ABEBT AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Money Market appears to be getting rather easier, in consequence of an increased disposition on the part of the banks and discount houses to employ their resources at the present high rates, awl first class long-dated bills are freely negotiated. The 2.ecent failures have induced them to exercise greater discrimination with regard to certain de scriptions of paper, but if the drain of gold to the United Stat.cts should be arrested, as many seem now to anticipate, nonsiderable relief is likely to ensue, and hence the desire manifested by capitalists to engage in business before any reaction shall occur. Still very little money can be obtained for com mercial purposes under 6a per cent., ali23ough the current terms at the Stock _Exchange for ad7ances on public securities snip range from 5 to 51 pcs cent. The estate of Messrs. Ede, Son, and Co. will pass into liquidation, the negotiations for the attainment of assistance having proved unsuccessful, The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Paris, Vienna, and Trieste, but Antwerp was rather higher. About 40,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for America. Less activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but prices were well maintained. The sales amounted to about 10,000 bales. A meeting took place to-day of the National Discount Company, when the available balance was stated to be £18,148 ; from this the Directors declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £9,633, and the surplus will be carried to the Reserved Fund, which will then amount to. £34,503. This Fund, however, will have to be debited with the sum of £20,336, to meet the losses arising from the failures in the leather trade. In answer to a proprietor, as to whether any loss would be sustained by the com pany through the recent suspension of Messrs. Ede, Son, and Co., it was stated that they had £2,800 of their securities, which were vv ell endorsed, likely to be fully realised. _ _ There has been • rather an active market for Public Securities in consequence of several small speculative dealings, which have caused some variation in prices. Consols have been 911 for money, and 911 1 for the account, but they are now 4- per cent. lower, viz., 911 1, and 911 1 re spectively, owing to a preponderance of sales. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm at Mt 4-; India Stock remains at 2184 , Bank ditto at 233 ; and Exchequer Bills at ss. to Is. dis. In the Foreign StocklMark.et the dealings have been rather active, and prices, in some instances, show an improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 1,; ditto New (1858), 551 to 561 ; ditto £lOO Bonds have advanced to 58 ; Dutch to 63/ 1 ; Mexican to 22 and 22k ; Portuguese to 45k ; Rus sian 5 per Cents. are steady at 104 4- ; ditto 43 per Cents. at 924 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents are fiat at 99. The transactions in the Railway Share Market were moderately active, but in some instances a slight reaction has taken place in prices owing to a pressure of speculative sales. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midlands, have receded ss. ; Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, 10s., and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1 10s. Eastern Comities, North Eastern (Berwick), and North Eastern, York, have improved 55., and Great Northern and Nor folk, 10s. The Foreign Market has continued very dull, without the slightest alteration to record in values. In the Colonial undertakings a slight heaviness prevailed. Grand Trunk of Canada have receded about 15s. ; East India, ss. ; Great Western of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula remained at about previous rates. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, and previous rates were generally well sustained. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll f 3 per Cent. Conssls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l f f India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent lOO/ 1 .1 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto . 61 per Cent . .. 100 Ditto Ifoiids £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO 15 dis Consols for Account, Feb. 7 . . Mt i i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 & 1859 99 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 Bsi Chili= 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. .. . 45k 6 Ditto Small Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cant... Ditto Account ' Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Now Loan Ditto Account s6i 6 Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent 631 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 9l} THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Share! RailwaYg• • Closing Business 'Paid Price. Done. THIRD EDITION. THE SUN,': LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING t; JANUARY 23, 1861. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. CORN EXCHANGE. There was a moderate supply of English wheat on sale here to-day, but chiefly in poor condition. Most of the samples were disposed of at Monday's decline in the quo tations. We were well supplied with all descriptions of foreign wheat, for the most part en granary. A fair retail business was doing, but at prices barely equal to last week. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, and in some in stances rather lower to purchase. Fine malting barley moved off at about stationary prices, but inferior qualities were rather drooping. Malt was very dull, and almost nominal in value. Oats were firm at pre7ious rates. Beans sold heavily at Monday's decline in the quotations. Peas, however, commanded very full prices. The flour trade was dull, and American barrels were 6d cheaper. - ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oata. Flour. English 750 1,210 I 350 lOO I 20 Irish ____ - COO i ._ Foreign•• •• •• •• 4,210 I 1 sacks brls. BOROUGH HOP. Nearly all descriptions of hops move off slowly at aboul stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL , There is a slight improvement to notice in the demand for most kinds of meat, and prices aro well supported. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2cl; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; ve a l, Od to 4s 6d; and pork, 28 8d to:4s 10d per albs, B.IIARE 11ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. Railways. I Closing I Builneu Prim Done. Share! Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Boat. Sleaf. and Altd.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen t Cardigan. Cork and Bandon t e a: o d c t v B i o Cork, Illrock., .(,Passage IN:. A (A iraee until ape pecan. Do B h Dublin t Belfast, June. Dun., Perth, LAb. Juno East Antrlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stook Do _do B do Do Nw A, late El.7as East Suffolk Edinburgh . Glasgow Edin. Perth, &Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasz. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. d✓ W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock' Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Loud. dz Nth. Western Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry ds EnnisKillen Man. Ref. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do # shares..., Metropolitan Midland OO • • Do new . _ Do liirming. St Derby Mid. Of. W. of Ireland Do i; shares Mid Kent. Do, Cray Line N ewcastle and C trlisle Newry dr Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Roe Norfolk. ...... Nthn. Counties Union North British.. Nor.Dev.RaiLtDk.stock Dc A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock .....: Nth. Espatern—Berwiek Do do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds .......... • • • • Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail Faebles . • • • • Portsmouth. Rhymney. . . Scottish Central scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingrbourne & South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun (Stockton Wok,. and Wok IStockton & Darlington Do do Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 Tharnesliavenllk&Rall ,Ulster , Do•••••••••• ****** ' Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Witterford & Kilkenny ) Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall • • West London . Do Ist class ..... •• • Do 2,1 class .. .• •• WestHartlopool Harbr and Rail .. West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport, Do. Hereford) 6 6i 44 48 42 44 B 2 84 PREFERENCE SHARES. si 81 79 81 11i 12i 7 6 4 99 101 94 944 a a 8 84 16 17 50 61 37 39 26 28 26 28 114 118 no in 103 105 132 131 111 112 69& 20 61 64 1131 1131 80 82 116 118 49 61 981 981 92i 931 791 80 1001 951 1 5 8 10 51 53 Si 2.0 13of 131 k 103 105 7 8d 1111 12 100 5 62 0 64 65 on p 1041 60 41 1 p 89} 901 I 101 103 21 2f 1 10 10$ 8 81 115 117 33 $4 881 871 49 61 8 7 40i (11 84i 65 61 63 80 8? 4 7 41 42 9i 10E1) 551 561 2 3. 1 d 64 68 11 11! 114}1414# 14 117 49 99 94 3 e 1 8; 91 4f 50/ li 501 M li i P i i I `rvne 10 per c. pref. (issued rt. & Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent, Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2 . 1 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. a !Cornwall, 5 per cent. . • Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. . E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e. I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet et. stock. Eastern 'Union, 4 per ct Do. 5 per cent. guar... F,din.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... 'Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. et. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm (3 t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pr. Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 p. cf. pref. stock rent West. (Berke and Fants) Ext. 5 p. ct. Co. Redeemable,4lp.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg.cmar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. I,an.&York 6 p. c. stock IDo.Barnsl.st.£s 34 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (F.. Lam) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No 1 Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. e. Do. do. 51) c No, 4 Do. do. 4 per cent..... IDo. do. 4 p. c. shares.. iDo. 7 p. et. Pref. stock. I Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.det.til '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stook Do. 41 per cent . Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d ..... Londondy. & Cole. sh, Londony. & Ennis. sh.! Man. Sin. &Lin. 6 per et., Do. £6 Do. 3+ per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent 1 Maryport & Car., 4 p. o Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. 0. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lelo. & Mt. pref. et., Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. et. 1846! Do. 5} p. c. Pref. do. 18471 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47l North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gua. 5 p. 0 I Do. Bor. ITn. g. pt. shs II Do. do. do. &Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pret 4 p. C. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, &S. Purch. North Staffordshire ) Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern, 3i p. c. pref. stock Ifici.Abeideenaua.6p.l Do. 7p. pref. stoc South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 47i per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4k per cent. Do.Flxed lip.c. Ist Is. South Wales, gua.4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent I S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua [Stock. &_Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrf d Az; Kilkny, 6 p. al W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 18 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. 101 103 214 21i 6 6f 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 79 81 112 114 90 92 118 118 ,112 114 ,104 106 ,86 88 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 10 10 l7i 18 10 3 / 4 11 76 78 201 21 10 10 15 16 135 137 - 116 118 118 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 153 156 130 134 60 71 88 90 116 118 150 155 131 141 IP 70 72 I 1.1) 137 139 102 104 95 97 111 us 110 111 I u p 9t 94 100 102 IP Id p 22 23 !124 126 '133 136 101 11 23 24 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 271 281 ?.2 33 32 331 45 48 124 125 120 124 100 102 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --- ;:d — d) — Leafirng \ Closing 11 — nalneS; Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all ILn daCT:Mr Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln J 4 N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 D 0....... 626 536 Do. do. 56 per cent.i 100 Do . 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do ..... . 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.., 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.UAR C' 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. 100 'Gt. : North. 135 137 E.Union,Harwich Shs, all E.Counts. 4} 44 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra. 100 , Ctkledonin Do. New ... 100 !Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all ;Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.ds Rail. all iYk.N.4tßr Hull and Selby . . all Yk.N. Md. 110 112 Do. 6 Shares Do. Shares..... all Do. _ Lam& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 JAL.% N.W 'O7 210 London & Greenwich 100 is. East. Do. Preference ...... 100 .110. Soutend. 100 "Foto &Co go 9 1 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 iNorfolk _ Do. 6 per cent . 100 Do . 111anc.,Buxtn. Mark. all LNW.SaI 31 31 Kid. Bradford Prefer enoe Stock.... .... 100 Midland 97 99 Ne g w ua ng , r n k t t e . e ,ll d i s iry p E c. x I 6. 5. 6 • E.Con t " Northn..t Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent .. all ... Do. Fixed 5 per cent.. all 'Do — North Western 1.,46 Nw Preston and Wyre. all ,& L.Tk. _ Do. 4 Stares Roystn.Hitch., Shep 100 ;Gt.North. 135 137 Skrewsbry& Hereford 100 ,T.Brassey.lo2 10 y, South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean. it IA Wilts and Somerset.. 1 00 Gt West, 88 90 Wimbledon Croydn. all L•&Brxtn 8i Dorms. harel Docks. Paid. Olosing Price. Business Done. stock f Commercial ......... 1 , 100 stock ;Do. 4 per Cent..PrefS— fin.' 100 gock East and West India •• ' 1'2•0 stock 'London ..... i 100 stock 'St. Katharine .......... ' 100 stock ',Southampton .......... 100 stock ;Victoria . lOO 99 101 2 0 IDQ' PiCW....l.k.o•Pot' Pat - I 119 0I 50 7 all 100 Si 100 100 84} 5 41 1031 1 4 911 Oil xi li all all all all all ill ) 100 100 100 100 100 all all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share! Railways. Paid. tient° dr St Lawrence Bom.,Barodaar.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent .. ...... Do, Do. B Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New . . Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 18731 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scri Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. !Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore ...... Do. 44 p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1861.. Geelong & Melbourne.. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua,sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.oflndia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. ••• Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, opt, till '6O . Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. o Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4} p. c. Extension Do. Fourth clo Do. do Melb.Corp. 6 p.. o. Bnds INewßrunswiek Jr Canda Ry.dsLand(Lim.)g.6po Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land do zu Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) f stock Scinde .. .. .. •• .. 444 20 [Do. Punjaub .... ce g 20 Do. Do. ........ p, stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. _ t1,,,. 1 'Ll 20 St. Andrews dr Quebec AI 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip •• I I7} 20 stock 100 100 20 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 20f 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 ,AIL Imo . 100 Closing Price. 1 72 71, 92 93 2 11 41 6 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 i pr 11 ct 1 pr I 2} 1/ d 97} 984 97 98 99 4 1001 21 22 70 72 45 47 50 55 42 47 40 45 94i 95} licl 1 d 2} WI 10 1% ni 10 d 90 95 92 96 93 96 88 42 83 $5 92 43 85 87 1/ 11 d 5 7 5 7 96i 974 24d 2 di 92 91 Jd 'WAYS. FOREIGN .ntwerp & Rotterdam rdennes.... ..... p.c. ?Loian East. Junction !ziers to Graissessao.. ICa.-neaux Mine & Rail iCopiapo ........& I Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France ;Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. ,Great Central of Francel Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 1 I Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale ILierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva .. Maria Antonia ,Do. New • • Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ,Northern of France IDo. New Shares I Norwegian Trunk Pref (aris,Lyons, & Mediter 'aria & Orleans... 20 {Recife&S. Fran. (Fern.: gun. 7 p. et. lim ...... 20 IRiga & Dunaburg...... 10 ome & Frascati ...... 20 loyal Dani5h.......... 5 oyal Swedish ........ 4 e,S . 7 per cent. Pref.... 20 ambre t Meuse ...... 10 , o. 5/ per cent. Pref..... 20 .San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. a. 20 ,S.Anst.dzLomb Venetin 20 (Southern of France.... 81 IWest Flandem 10 ,Do. p. c. Preference.. 20 tW. do N.W. of Prance .. 23 ,Western of Austria.... 20 Westernof Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden ...... 6 Po. 8 per cent Pref.... 20 ♦ Zealand . 5i 5a 2a 3 1 11 12 3 20 3} nal 23 24 61 61 71 71- 19 20 SIT 38 81 91 341 351 53 55 3i 31 5 51 Pl.l 1(1' 11 cl 19 20 5f d 21 2 91 94 2 JOINT-STOTK BAN-KS Agra&UnitedServioeßk !Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London 1 Bank of Turkey British North American iCht.l.Bank of India. tic.) !Ch.Mer. of In. Lon. Si Ch City ;Colonial ........ ..... .Com. Bank of Canada ,Commercial of London •i 'Eng., Scot., Aus. 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County London Joint Stook Louden Westminster i Nat. Prov. of England .1 :Do. new .,,,,,,,J (National Bank ... New South Wales. :Orient. B. Corporation . ;Ottoman Bank ......... Prov 410%1 of Ireland .. 'Do. new........ LSouth Australia Union of Australia !Union of London Unity 84 /8 71 ?3 19f 20f M 83 14 1} 22i 2a 60 71 n 40 20 21 164 17 221 23 184 381 47 48 17& 18i 26 27 COLONIAL GOVER Can.Ciov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Da 6p. cent. 187 a Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. e. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Serip Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1880 Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. e.,18 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 187 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwd Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. e sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&oo. BRITISI MENT SECU [lO5 110 :10 112 10 112 19 100 107 108 107 108 J:l4 1061 97 99 97 99 96 98 11051 106 i 11061 1071 CES. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 107 ei 71 7 Share Mines. paalClosing Business Price. Done - Alfred Consols (linarj7.ll.lo 24 35 20 !British Iron • 1 16 1 1 !Clifford 1 nil 195 205 Devon G. tons. (Tavist )1 1 410 420 I East Bassett (Illogan) } 30 110 115 !East Caradon .- .. ! 2.14.8 111 12 •••• !E. WI Russel (Tavistk l 7.4.0 7 71 Si 1 Gam.kSt.Aubyn(Gwen 541 23 25 ;Great South Tolv 5 s , 17s i 7 1 8i G.Wheal Alfa. (Philaek )yl2 .l3.9 1 G. Wheal Vor (Ifelston)l 91 11 11 'Grenville ! 5.14.6 24 3 Ilierod's-Foot 8.12 33 25 ,Ilingstoa Downs 4.10.6 21 3 -.• Lady Bertha 11.8.6 li 11 ~... Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9' 55 57 57 'North Downs 24 35 4 !North Frances (Illogan) 1 lli 41 51 iN.Whil Basset (Moon) 15s 35 41 . North Wheal Crotty !Par Consols (St. Blazey 15 I 95 10 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.6.7 43 45 Surtridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14s 1 4 South Caradon(St.Clee r l 11 300 310 —S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3 3 31 1 S. Dev. Iron kGen., Lim. al — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.$ 15 e 5 165 ! Stray Park 124.18.0' 31 38 3$ 4 5 ,Tamar Silv.k Lead Min. 45 25 21 54 10 Tin Croft 9 55 6 Vale of Towey (Carm ),As 6d 1 West Basset (Illo9•an) l5 18 191 IW. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 78 80 West Satan Wheal Basset (Mogan 55 1125 1174 Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 120 130 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 li 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2. 121 135 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 21 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 51 1 175 181 FOREIGN MINES. 20 (Australian 1 lßonAccordCopper,Lim 155 d 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p 275 5 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 28 28 285 5 Do. Lan d and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCe. dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 42 41 431 Copiapo l6 4 8 10 1 unMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all } f • 2 Fortuna. all 21 3 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 ip 15 li IKapanda (Limited) 1 It li p 3 {Linares all 9 10 9 5 !Lusitanian 2 p 1p 2} 5 1 'Marianna all 1 1 iN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 121.01 5 Id 20 Pontgiband Silver,Lea Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 15 d 282•81,United Mexican . 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 4 1 I 1 De MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 !Australian Agricultural 19 32 34 10 'Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 5 60 ,British American Land 40 60 1 13.&1.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 ID°. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 325 'Canada Land all 109 112 10 Chanlslands Tel. (Lim ) all stock ,Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 !Do. Pref. 75 per oent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock ,Do. 6 p.c. Pet , e )et. Deben lOO 107 109 1085 71 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 11 4 5 Engliati & Aus. Copper all 31 31 15 !Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 !Great Ship Limited) all 4 4 1 Do. 174 pet Preference all i i 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)l —• _ 20 'London Discount (Lim.); 5 15 4 d 4 ;L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.); all 15 11 20 'Madras Irr. and Canal ; 1 15 11 21 10 ' Mediter. Electric Teleg.' all 10 'Med. Exten. Tel. (Lill all 21 34 25 'National Die. Co. (Lim. 5 14 lid 20 'Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ), 5 3 2d4 35 1 10 Netherlands Land 1 all 5 5 'Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis.( all 5 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand, 83 1 0 4 1 (Oriental (Lim.)! all 1 lOriental Gas (Limited).! all 4li 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . ;15s. 1.. 11 ) 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 8 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2e. stock P ee lß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 _so_ 73 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 11 13 50 Do. New 2 5 11 161 170 17 4 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g. 4 lP e 50 RhyMIICy Iron all 1 5 7 19 6 15 Do. Naw•• • ' 100 Royal Mail Steam, !in-ci 100 1 33 30 140 35 1 stook Scot. Austin. Inv. (LI . a.l 25 ,South Australian Lan i 1 #ubmarine Tel. Scrip all 1 I Do. do. Registered - i 1 10 Do. do. .... • k all 5 7 20 Tr. & Ln. Ca ofUpr.Cail. 6 5.... 100 VO4l Dic019:t44 9 44,,, 1 Fs voi 114 Di i ,ITIES. 100 100 100 100 'Business done LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE STREATFEILD AND CO, To-day was appointed for hearing arguments in this pro tracted case. The evidence has already been fully given. Learned counsel now appeared on behalf of the respective parties, and Messrs. Hart Brothers, accountants, to give any required explanation of the accounts filed. It is generally understood that the addresses of counsel will not be concluded to-day. Before the other commissioners there was no case of the slightest interest. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before the Deputy Judge,) IMPORTANT CASE UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.— THOMAS V. PICARD. This was an action to recover £8 15s. 6d f expenses of putting up a quantity of watches for auction sale, at the alleged request of defendant. Mr. Kemp, instructed by Mr. Billing, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Pearce, by Mr. J. R. Bailey, for the de fendant. Mr. Kemp having stated the case, called the plaintiff, who said, I am an auctioneer, in partnership with my brother, in Basinghall- street. I have been bankrupt. My certificate has been granted, but suspended. I met Mr. Picard, and he said he had 400 or 500 watches to dispose of, and ha thought selling them by auction would be a good plan. I replied " Yes," and told him my terms. At his request I went to his place and saw a case containing 60 or 80 watches. The proof bill was then sent to defendant, and finally the sale was appointed to take place upon a cer tain day. Three or four days before the day of sale Ire • caived a communication from the defendant that he had heard I was an uncertificated bankrupt, and he would not have anything to do with me. Plaintiff was cross-examined with a view to showing that be had forced himself upon the defendant, aid that he had never been instructed by defendant, but plaintiff w as firm to his examination in chief, and a witness was called in support of it. Mr Pearce then contended that plaintiff was not in a position to sue, being uncertificated, and called defendant, who gave a very different version of the affair. He deposed that he never instructed plaintiff to sell, and said that he had been warned against plaintiff. His Honour, in nonsuiting plaintiff, said he could not give a positive opinion upon the question of absence of cer tificate, but his own opinion was that plaintiff being uncer tificated was not in a position to recover. _ _ __ Mr. Thomas said the fact of his being in partnership would legitimatise the transaction. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff was not in a position to recover, but would nonsuit him, so that plaintiff might, if he pleased, have the opinion of a jury as to the facts. Nonsuited, with costs. POLICE IN7ELLIfx'ENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY AT TRADESMEN'S SHOPS.— Mary Barton, a short female, attired in black, was charged as follows : Strutt, 63 C, said that a little before six the previous evening ho was called into the shop of Mr. Webb, cheese monger, Oxford-street, and told that the prisoner had stolen a piece of lard off the counter, and put it into her apron, andthe shopman, in his presence, took it out. He (the constable) also found in her apron two pieces of mut ton and a piece of bacon, 6ilbs. weight altogether. On asking her where she got them from, she at first said that Mr. Jeffries, of Foubert's-place, gave it her; but after wards that it was given her by a lady in the street, and after that contradicted herself again. On searching her at the station he found in her pocket a quarter of a pound of whole pepper, and in her month a half-pound brass weight l She gave her address at 36, Groat Wild-street, but on going there he found she was not known. Mr. Beadon said that further inquiries might be made. He would remand her for a week, BEGGING NOT SUCH A BAD TRADE.—A boy named John Thomson, who said be lived in St. Ann's, Westmin ster, and was stated to be a regular visitor to Bond .street for the purpose of begging, was charged with begging. In his pocket was found -is. 91d., alai tLrce soup tickets. Mr. Beadon committed him for 14 days, and ordered the money found on him to go towards the keeping of him while in prison. THAMES. RESUMPTION OP BUSINESS ON TILE RIVER AND IN TRU Docns.—Mr. Yardley inquired of a London Dock constable if business was resumed there, and the officer replied that all the permanent labourers in the employ of the company were set at work, and a great number of extra labourers had also been started at work on the various quays and warehouses, and that business was commenced at seven o'clock this morning, a circumstance which had not occurred for a long time past. He believed there would be plenty of work for the labourers for some time. Mr. Yardley—l am very glad to hear it, and I hop• there will soon be no further necessity for unemployed labourers applying here for relief in any form. TREE AND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE SHERWOOD RIDNAPPING CASE. The Sherwood kidnapping case came again before the Queen's Bench yesterday. An application was made on behalf of M'Robins, who had been com mitted to the Marshalsea, that he should be allowed copies of his answers to the interrogatories. The court were of opinion that it would be time enough to apply when the parties on the other side moved to set the matter down for argument. This motion was made at a later period of the day, and copies of the answers were then granted. A MODERN JACK SHEPpAßD.—Yesterday, at the Midland Sessions, Thomas Andrews, aged 22, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for an attempted burglary, The prisoner had but a short time ago effected his escape from Newcastle Gaol, and on being taken to the House of Detention he informed the Governor that, if he discovered a nail, he would be out of the house in three hours. The Judge informed the prisoner that, at the ex piration of his sentence, he would be tried on several other charges. OLD OFFENDERS.—Yesterday Mr. Payne sen• tensed two young men, named Johnson and Cooper, to six years' penal servitude for pocket picking. Against the former there were no less than eleven previous convictions, and nine against the latter. CRIME AND PROSECUTION ALLOWANCES.—In his charge to the grand jury of Falmouth, on Monday, the Recorder, E. W. Cox, Esq., congratulated them upon the general decrease of crime apparent throughout the country, attributable, as he believed, to two causes ; first, and mainly, to the general prosperity ; and secondly, to the invaluable efforts of the ragged schools and reformatories in snatching children from the trade of crime, in which otherwise they would have been educated. Criminals were of two classes ; there was, first, the professional criminal, who followed crime as a business : that class was little affected by acci dental circumstances, and there was no hope of reforming them, and their numbers could only be reduced by the vigi lance of the police in detecting and prosecuting them, and by cutting off the supply of juveniles by whom their ranks were recruited. But beyond these there was a margin of criminals who were not such professionally, but from acci dental circumstances, as sudden temptation ; and too often the pressure of want. It was upon this class that circum stances operated so powerfully to reduce or increase their numbers. Here it was that the efforts of the preacher and teacher were most successful, and here above all it was that the effect was seen of good wages and moderate prices of food. These blessings we had been enjoying during the year just closed, and we see the result in a great decrease in the number of crimes against property committed by the labouring class. He hoped that the spread of education and the greater zeal of all sects in the diffusion of religious truths had contributed much to this gratifying result ; but when he turned to the newspapers and read day by day the astounding revelations of fraud in the commercial world, he was forced reluctantly to the conclusion that the effect of education had been rather to change the character of crime than to diminish the amount of it, substituting the safer course of plunder by fraud, for plunder by the clum sier methods of larceny; and it was much to be regretted that the law did not extend to punish the tradereywas cheats by thousands of pounds at least as severe l y it punishes the boy who picks a pocket reached cher him But, from all the intelligence thatas satisfied that from all parts of the country, the diminution in prosecutions On the contrary, it result of a diminution o f crime. la ll o wances to prosecutors g in p fl e ic r t s .e o d ns u t p o .on su t b h m em it was quite certain that the small wl:e was a ltogether the offender. So it was with witnesses ; t a o nd a wi rob tn b e e a r s y es th h an ad by prosecuting the them in heavy costs, which to many intheUreir:cetfuarttle dra.locisns they would not see a crime when the consequences of seeng were to mulct of them was ruin. Judges, grand juries, magistrates and t h o police were unanimous in denouncing the pre sent inadequate scale of allowances as a positive impedi ment to the administration of justice, and as offering a direct encouragement to the criminal class by the impunity it secured for them, His own experience as a magistrate entirely coincided with that of all others who had witnessed the operation of the existing scale, and ho trusted that it would be strongly pressed upon Parliament as soon as it shall reassemble. He feared the year now opening to them would test to some extent how far the diminution in crime is duo to improved morals, or to plenty of work and food; for high prices are certain, and there are gathering storms abroad that might seriously affect our industry. Should it please Providence to impose that trial upon us, he hoped that they would all in their several spheres exert themselves to meet it in a becoming spirit. He congratulated them that, even among the popu lation of such a great and growing port as theirs, two months lied produced only oge priloucr for trial. AN IMPERIAL SKATING PARTY. A Paris correspondent writes, under date of Saturday evening :—" Last night I had the luck to be present at a grand Court skating match by torchlight. In Paris the streets were muddy ;it was supposed a decided thaw had set in, the ice on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne was pronounced unsafe—it was, as I ascertained myself, watery on the surface, and not a soul was to be seen upon it. But beyond the Longchamps race-course, and on the banks of the Seine, near M. de Rothschild's splendid villa, and just opposite Suresne, there is a meadow studded with pretty clumps of high trees, which was overflowed during the late floods, and which, although the thermometer had risen to a shade above zero, still presented a smooth coating of solid ice, there being scarcely any water under, neath. At this spot the Emperor, with as much secrecy as possible, had made a rendezvous for 10 o'clock at night. The great Godilot, undertaker of public rejoicings, hung the branches of the trees with hundreds of Chinese lanterns, and serving men, as numerous as those peasant s who erst walked all night long up and down the ponds about the Royal palaces to prevent the frogs from waking the Kings of France, promenaded the frozen meadow with lanterns fixed on their heads. Besides this constant illumination, there was an intermittent suc cession of Bengal fire and fizzing torches, which lighted up the scene al giorno. A body of men in white blouses—a special ice police—formed a cordon round the field of operations, and kept off those who were uninvited, but the crowd of spectators, though considerable, consisted mainly of the inhabi tants of St. Cloud, uresne, and the neighbouring villages. The population of Paris knew nothing of the fete, and up to this hour neither the Ilfoniteur nor any other journal has said a word about it. As soon as the Emperor and the Court arrived the sport commenced in very business-like style. The Empress got into a sledge, and M. Hartogs, a Ger man gentleman, whose proficiency as a skater attracted the Imperial notice two years ago, and who is now called at Court the Emperor's Aide-de- Cony de glace, had the honour of pushing her Ma jesty on the ice. He took her along at railroad speed, and was out of sight of shore in less than a minute. The Emperor then put on his skates, and conducted the sledge of a lady whose name I could not learn. The Countess do Morny, enveloped in velvet and white furs, essayed her prowess, but was supported by two gentlemen, who gave her a hand on each side. The Princess Poniatowski went along very well by herself. In a short space of time the ice was thickly studded with a host of chamberlains, generals, aides-de-camps, and even judges who had come with the Court party to join in the fashionable amusement of the hour. 'The notion of coming to skate in a thaw was highly ap proved, for the night was by no means cold. The Emperor and Empress remained on the ice till b alf past 11. This afternoon, the frost in the meantime having returned with considerable intensity, the sport was resumed by the Imperial party at the same spot. M. Hartog s gave the Empress a pro menade in a beautiful sledge, which was sent for by telegraph from Germany, and only arrived this morning. Afterwards her Majesty ventured to skate, but only with the assistance of two gentlemen. She is not at her ease upon the ice, and, considering that she comes from sunny Spain, this is not to be wondered at. The Emperor is a very good skater. He does not attempt any tours de force, but he is perfectly master of his move ments. His wont is to go along rather slowly, and he stops frequently to contemplate the animated scene around him. Not the least etiquette is ob• served on the ice. No clear space is kept about the Emperor or Empress. They go about just like any body else, and to-day, unlike last evening , every body without exception was allowed to skate at the same time with them. The Emperor had nothing whatever but his own adroitness to prevent him from being knocked over by the first tyro in the snort whose skates might run away with him. It was an interesting sight to see the master of so many legions, the mighty potentate upon whose mysterious breath tha fate of so many nations hangs, slipping about unpretentiously on the ice, no squire or even servant following him, and appa rently as much on an equality with the people about him as a carter is with a ploughman on an English farmyard pond. Once a young man, who saw the Emperor skating slowly along the middle of the lake, steered almost indiscreetly close to him and gave him the go by, with the evident intention of getting credit with the spectators for being the best skater. The Emperor then, without any ap parent effort, increased his speed, gracefully dis tanced his opponent by a few yards, and, contented with his victory, resumed the steady pace which, as I said before, he seems to affect. The frost is severe to-night, and should it continue the rage for skating will attain extraordinary proportions. Happy the amateur who has a good pair of skates, for the manufacturers cannot make them fast enough. The lake in the Bois de Boulogne is again in capital order. IBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 23.—. Wind this day at noon--South- Westerly; moderate breeze, with dull, cloudy, and cold weather. OrE DOVER, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Poly mede. from Prince Edward's Island. DEAL, Jan. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, from the River, and sailed for Demerara ; Brilliant, from the River, and sailed for lVfogdaore ; Mary E. Ray, from the River, and sailed for Adelaide. CARDIFF, Jan. 22.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Friede, for St. Jago de Cuba. BRISTOL, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maritina, from Mauritius; Harvest Home, and Judge Shaw, frera New York. OFF TORBAY, Jan. 21.--Arrived—Orkney Lass, from Bahia. PILL, Jan. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary, from P LTM OUT U, Jan. 22.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Sequesteo, from Havannah. NT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 22—Xanthe, from Bordeaux ; Lively, Cruiser, from Plymouth ; Ralph, from Swansea; Pilot Fish, from Port Madoc ; Ellen, from Portsmouth ; Jane, from Bangor ; Loador, from Neath ; Superior, from St. Ive's ; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed--Firefly, steamer, for Cardiff; Foyle, steamer, for London ; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey ; Schiedam, for Shields; Georges, for Cherbourg; Melbourne Trader, for L ittlehampton; Cypress ; for Sunderland ; Premier, for Shields. Arri Tod, J an. 23.—Atalanta, steamer, from Havre. (BY SUBMAIIINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Tide last hour's flood. Arrived, Jan. 22—Excelsior, from St. Michael's ; Free dom, from Seville. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Concordia, from London, for:Genoa ; Erro mange (reported yesterday), from Shields, for Matanzas. THE DROWNED WALLSEND COALFIELD.—A large and influential meeting of the coal owners of the north of England was held on Wednesday last at the Turf Hotel, Newcastle-on .Tyne, for the purpose of considering the de tails of a scheme for the drainage of the coalfield east oa c! Newcastle, which is now under water. The chair w!: cupied, in the absence of Lord Ravensworth, by M r. Bell, a large colliery owner. Mr. before the meeting the scheme, stated that the The whole of Newcastle measured about 30 squarT. J. Tay e lor, eld east „ed m il e s. ed." Water of which was, in mining language, it had risen more than had been permitted to accumulate till ,t so that, in point of 100 fathoms above the high ma i n the high main seam was en tirelyfact, there was a lake a th lo e o t and the consequence ethe fa thomse deep under ground, lower seam could, only be worked ingenious, was very uncertain. submerged, w hile ough by a system which , 'though Cast iron cm. tubbing, were us e d i n segments of ... sons , or 20 inches height_ and 4or 6 feet l ong . Th ese were wedged together, and thus formed a sort of d am , whi c h not, wa ver, to be depend e d upon. At Hebburn a fracture in was ho the tubbing had occas i oned the entire loss of the i n colliery, aid might have als o occas i one d great l oss of life. Cast iron was therefore not to be depended upon. Under these circumstances it was desirable to adopt some general plan of drainage. It was therefore proposed to drain a district of 22,000 acres, bounded by the main dyke on the north, the sea on the east, and the town of Newcastle on the west. This might be accomplished by placing drain ing engines at Jarrow, Howden, and other places in the district. They did not seed to"go to the bottom of the bas in all cases, but to intercept the feeders would do as well. lie need not go into details, but, considering the vast amount of mineral wealth which was lying unemployed, he thought that they were fully justified in adopting a scheme, however extensive it was, which would utilise that wealth. In answer to various questions, Mr. Taylor stated that the quantity of water was so great in the pits that at Percy Main Culliery, before it was abandoned, 1S times more water than coal was raised at it. The sum which was re quired to carry out the proposed scheme was only £60,000, and the barriers of coal which were now left in the high main seam only amounted in themselves to more than double that sum. After several gentlemen had expressed their opinion respecting the proposed scheme, a committee of coalowners and others was appointed for the purpose of considering it and examining the bill to be presented . to parliament in its favour. A PACK OF HOUNDS DESTROYED BY A RAILWAY TRAM — An accident which has caused the destruetion be. of the Meath foxhounds look place on the line of railway tween Naven and liens on Wednesday: ThL m n i 2 L i n d g a an Y mail train, which left K e ll s a t 2.30 p.m., in at the Seven were time following a fox which crossed killed , No injury LA killed, and thrce wounded had to be towards Naven, met the Meath hounds, line. Seven wore been sustained by rider: or horses. 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