The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

_r.... THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson. THIS EVENING BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Flaxmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes ; Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, [BEY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BUSY BODY. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL piIINCEWS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, 'Maar tta Management of Mr. Caaarafe KUL THIA EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGII H. Queen Katharine, Mra. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, !Ir. C. Kean ROYAL STITtREY THEATRE. Lessees, 3fesirs. Shepherd and Creswlck. THIS EVENING THE SHADOWS OF CRIME. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PAARL4 ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. tOYAL STILAITD THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Followed by TUE PRISONER OF ROC REGLE; or. Inns and Outs. After which, PEACE AT ANY PRICE. To conclude with BLUE JACKETS. AI3TLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Wm. CsOke. TIII3 EVENING. ROOKWOOD; or. TURPIN'S FIDE to YORK. The last week of that popular Spectacle. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE and the performance of tho Sagacious and Stupendous Elephants, one of which ascends from the centre of the stage to an elevation high above the stage, on a narrow ridge not the width of his foot ! Tn conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called' HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or. the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. W. W. Cooke. EMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN, Every Evening at g, and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the press, and by nightly Inzreasin audiences, to be the Greatest Artistica' Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL Long-acre. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 23. 6d. After which, ItiRLEQUIN AND TIIE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hahne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, THE BOOTS OF TflE HOLLY TREE INS. After whleit, BETSY BAKER. To to followed by THAT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with ACK AND TILE BEAN STALK; or. Harlequin and Mother Goose at Hon* Again. which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss B. Arden will appear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEXTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. STAY AT ROME. After which will be produce.' a New and doubly-moral, though %zees:lively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TRE DISCREET FREW; ESS ; o", the Three Glass Distaff's. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, u.l Miss Maskell will appear. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft. B—Evening 29 min. aft. 9 Tel-MORROW—Morn. 14 min. aft.lo —Evening 59 min. aft.lo THE WEATHER,---SuN OFFICE, FEB. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54 highest since noon yeaterdsy. 47 -lowest this morning and during the night. 53 -this day at 00011, BAROMETER, 29 . 86. WIND, S.W.—Fresh, with cloudy weather and partial unshine. ro-r 5534 , 3%,, 3- • cs • . LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1856. Two important questions of legal reform were last night ventilated in the House of Commons— the first relating to the state of the law, the other to the condition of certain eminent and venerable persons by whom it is administered. The tone and character of each discussion was in the highest degree creditable to the representative branch of the Legislature, and afford auspicious auguries of prompt amelioration on these all-im portant subjects. In the first instance the Honourable and Learned Gentleman the Member for East Suffolk obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the statute law relating to bills of exchange and promissory notes. It formed, however, but a small portion of the large and comprehensive alterations brought under the consideration of the House, which aim at the consolidation of the entire statute law of England, the effect whereof will be to reduce the lex scripta to one-eighth of its present bulk, and to sabstituteaome 200 or 300 acts for nearly 20,000, or from 1 to 11- per cent. of the present number. All persons will agree on the inestimable benefits that must necessarily attend such a change. The only question will be whether, in stopping short at the mere consolidation of the statute law, we can effect all that is desirable in the first instance, and whether that consolidation will either prevent or retard that which is the great end and object of every Legal Reformer—the speedy codification of the entire law, written and unwritten. Should either of these questions . be answered in the affir mative, it would constitute a powerful argument against the plan of Sir FITZROY KELLY. But we believe—and we have bestowed long and anxious consideration on the all - important topic—that the suggestions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman are calculated materially to advan ce the great de sideratum, and that they are therefore worthy of It e most strenuous support from every cons i s t en t Legal Reformer. At present it is not merely necessary to the right interpretation of the law on any particular subject, that a yast number of statutes should be examined, but that conflicting enact ments should, so far as practicable, be reconciled. Great difficulties are thus imposed on the Bench and Bar, and much legal acumen is required to determine whether a provision has been repealed • by, or is to be taken pan passic with, another. Where the recognised interpreters of the law are so frequently in doubt, what must be the condition of those who have not made th e subject the study of their lives, but who are by a species of legal fictiox supposed to be thoroughly acquainted with all its details ? Such an untoward state of affairs is alike dis graceful to the legislative body, and unjust to the community. But how is it to be remedied labor hoc opus est. We can only judge of the arduous character of the task from the many energetic, but unfortunately abortive, efforts - that have been made. Sir F. KELLY'S Bills ar e so many steps in the right direction, and so far from retarding they will materially facilitate the progress towards the ulterior goal, a perfect legal code, in which, as in that of NAPOLEON, every point may be strictly and accurately defined, so as to remove many of the impediments to justice that exist in this country. This must never be lost sight of, as the great aim and object of the Legislature. Any halt ing on the way would be an evil especially to be deprecated. It is because the propositions of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman are perfectly u nobjectionable in this respect that they receive our cordial and earnest approval. The ether matter, referred to by the motion of the Honourable Baronet the Member for West minster, is of a peculiarly delicate character. There is no person acquainted with any of the truly venerable and respected Judges whose names were mentioned in the course of the debate who would not carefully shun anything that could occasion even a momentary pain or annoyance to any one of the number. The name of Baron PENNEFATHER is regarded not only in Ireland but throughout every part of the United Kingdom with profound admiration. He has justly been described as nulli secundus ; and perhaps there never was a brighter ornament to the judicial bench, which he has occupied with credit and honour to himself, and immense benefit to the nation. We rejoice to find that his intellect is as clear as ever. But unfor tunately age and physical infirmity have somewhat decreased his power. He was called to the Bar in Hilary Term, 1795, sixty-one years ago, and was then 24 years of age ; so that he has passed by 15 years the allotted age of man. This, however, might easily be got over ; but he is also, unfortu nately, blind--cannot make any notes of evidence, or refer to them, for the guidance of the jury. This is a fearful drawback to his great utility in other re spects. We regket that the question should have been forced to a division, but we cannot complain of those who voted in the majority. We can only add that the - tenacity, with which the learned Baron has clung to the Bench could not have been affected by any sordid love of pelf. He has long since earned the Otii4M curd dignitate in the shape of the highest retiring pension sanctioned by law, and, taking into consideration the expenses incidental to the judicial position, he does not receive as much at this moment for his judicial services as a subordinate clerk in one of the Government departments of the country. We desire, at all events, to vindicate his character from that most unfounded aspersion. In the debate in the Lords, on the Speech from the Throne, Lord CLARE DON emphatically de clared that he fully agreed with Lord DERBY that the armistice should be "of the shortest possible duration." The community participate in these opinions. They perceive that any tem porary truce must be altogether in favour of Russia, and to the disadvantage of the Allies— that she can replenish her exhausted stares, ob taining ample supplies of what are termed " con traband of war "—recruiting her forces, strength ening, her fortresses, and bringing all her re sources to the points where they can be rendered most available. She, _alone, can speak with any approximation to certainty of the result of the approaching Conference. To her it is but a fore gone conclusion. Well aware that implicit re liance may be placed in the straightforward in tegrity and unswerving good faith of the Western Powers, she can yield at any moment she thinks proper . ; while she has the means equally within her power of breaking off the negotiations, and resuming hostilities, should circumstances render such a course politic. If the preparations be for a moment relaxed—if she succeed in obtaining a few golden weeks, or even days, after the break ing up of the ice, before the blockade of the Baltic ports be again proclaimed, the struggle may be protracted for another year, during which time the chapter of accidents may produce some thing favourable to the AUTOCRAT, which might avert the painful necessity of abandoning the traditional policy of the ROVANOFF dynasty. If, then, we are unfortunately committed by an ill-advised assent to the Austrian Propositions, the armistice should be, as Lord CLARENDON admits, "of the shortest possible duration," and no persuasion should induce him to assent to the unnecessary delay of even a single hour. The first symptom of diplomatic chicanery, or attempt to delay the arrangement, should be the signal for the resumption of hostilities, and the nation might again have reason to be grateful to PROVIDENCE for the failure of its negotiations. We should then be exonerated from any injudicious pledge, and be enabled to exact terms far more satisfactory to the Western Powers, and more in accordance with the sacrifices which the chivalrous andrhigh-minded peoples of France and England so cheerfully made in the glorious cause in which they deliberately and advisedly engaged. What, we ask, is the true intent and meaning of the term "armistice I" It is the same as if peace had been restored for the stipulated period. The seas will for the time be free to the blood stajned flag, which so long skulked beneath stone walls, without daring to exhibit itself before an armed enemy. Provisions and munitions of war may be conveyed to every place where they may be requited. Additional fortifications may be erected, and troops sent to the places where rein forcements are most wanting. Every day, every hour thus conceded will be of vast importance to the party whose territory is the scene of action. Even its commerce will, for the time, be resusci tated, and carried on without the selfish, and ex travagantly paid for, aid of Prussia. On the other hand, what equivalent advantages can we obtain ? No hostile foot is planted on French or English territory. Their commerce is uninterrupted—their peaceful vessels pass from port to port without doubt or fear. No money will be saved, for "the preparations will be con- . - - tinued without cessation. The stores already accumulated at the scene of action, three thou sand miles from our shores, will be consumed ; while the replenishing thereof will cost us tenfold the price at which Russia can provide similar a,rticles! To us, then, every hour's delay must be deeply prejudicial, to Russia of vital and paramount consequence. What plausible pretext can be assigned for the dilatory proceedings already more than hinted at? The armistice cannot be concluded until the preliminaries of peace have been signed ! Why should a few days not then be sufficient to arrange the treaty. If Russia be really in earnest in her pacific professions, she will be far more anxious than her opponents to sign and seal. Any attempt at procrastinati on may therefore be safely regarded as clear, distinct, an d unequ i voca l evidenee of insincerity and bad faith. • We have ab initio earnestly argued against any armistice whatsoever, which o n l y tempts the adversary to continue in the course of duplicity which it has hitherto so steadily pursued, The " natural armistice," which enforces a practical 'cessation of hostilities until the advent of spring, is quite long enough, and Lord CLARENDON should take care that it shall not be extended, under any possible plea that may b e put forward by or on behalf ofjtuss ia. THE SUN. LON DON, LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, THURSDAY. Count Orloff arrived this evening, and leaves to-morrow for Paris. Intelligence from St. Petersburg presages im portant personal changes in the higher adminis trative departments. The removal of the Minis ter of the Interior and Chief of Police is spoken of. VIENNA, THIIRSDA.I. Measures are under consideration for re-estab lishing the Civic Guard. It will consist of in fantry, artillery, and cavalry corps. The conduct of the Italian bishops in taking undue advantage of the Concordat has given rise to new negotiations with Rome. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Moniteur publishes the monthly returns of the Bank of France to yesterday, Thursday, Feb. 14. We give the most important items, with the corresponding figures of last month, en regard : Feb. Coin and bullion, Paris 94,789,695 Ditto ditto branch banks 119,587,230 Bills discounted, Paris 227,030,052 Ditto branch banks Notes in circulation, Paris 531,265,100 Ditto branch banks 96,480,450 Treasury deposits 59,020,252 Private deposits, Paris 107,067,115 Ditto branch banks Tan. 81,184,345 118,426,113 235,755,409 210,939,492 512,432,000 95,505,550 51,372,584 106,806,255 23,888,114 THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Times Correspondent.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, FEB. 1. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on the night of the 29th ult. the whole camp was startled by the heaviest cannonade that has been heard since the fall of Sebastopol. Although the night was pitch dark, officers flocked up to Cathcart's-hill, and from a considerable distance down the road curious spec tators hurried to the front. The cause of the firing appears to have been as follows :—Six boats, full of men, put off from the Russian side of the harbour with the intention, as some suppose, of effecting a landing in Sebastopol, although it is difficult to conjecture what advantage the enemy could have expected to reap from so hazardous an enterprise. Others talk of a reconnaissance, but the Russians can distinguish more with their glasses in the daytime than they could from their boats in so dark a night. Finally, a third conjecture points to the sunken men-of-war, concerning which there is a myth current to the effect that they are held down below water by cables, and will start up afloat as soon as those are severed. It is not very probable that the Russians propose to raise their submerged fleet just now, so that this hypothesis falls to the ground, unless its ingenious framers imagine that they were going to see after the tackling, or to as certain the ravages of the worm. Rather unlikely ; and, in truth, nobody knows the object of this sortie of boats. Fire was opened upon them ; the French are said to have sunk ono of them, and then they retired, and the Russians commenced a furious cannonade from all their batteries right round to Inkerman. It is reported that they sent shells into the Malakhoff, and even into the Redan. As usual, the damage done was very small. A shell fell into the French guard-boat, carried off a man's arm, and went through the boat's bottom ; but the crew stuffed a coat into the hole and got safely to shore. A round shot went through the roof of the Town-Major's house in the English fart of Sebastopol, but hurt no one. The fire was chiefly directed against the French, who replied vigorously. Very heavy while it lasted, but it was not long sus tained. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 4.—On Thursday last, the 31st of January, the rumour spread all at once that the Sultan would attend the bat costume at the Euglish Embassy. • A 8 o'clock a fire lighted on the heights above the Imperial Palace of Tcheragan, followed by a salvo of artillery from Galata Serai, was the signal that the Sultan had left his palace. A little before 9 he arrived at the gate of the Embassy, escorted by a detachment of the 12th Lancers, and a guard of honour composed of British officers of all arms. At his approach the troops who lined the outer courtyard presented arms, and the band struck up the "Sultan's March" and " God save the Queen." The court itself was illuminated by numerous lamps and adorned with transparencies, which, however, owing to the blasts of wind, were only partially successful. At the great staircase, which was crowded with officers of the allied armies and Turkish dignitaries, the Sultan was received by the ambassador and his whole personnel. Accompanied by them be passed amid the crowd of guests who were already as. sera bled into the ball-room. There an armchair on a raised dais, covered with carpets, was prepared for him, to which he was conducted. Having sat down, with the representatives of the foreign Powers on one side and the Turkish dignitaries in attendance, on the other, he had several of the ladies presented to him. Then the dancing began, which seemed to excite his interest considerably, and he stood up in order to have a better view of the proceedings. After looking on for about an hour, lie expressed his desire to be shown into the refreshment-room, where he partook of some slight refreshment. He intended to return once more to the ball -loom, but he found the heat too intense ; so, after remaining in the refreshment-room for scrme time, his Imperial Majesty took his departure. Ts king the ambassador by the hand, he descended the staircase, accompanied in the same manner as on his arrival, and soon the guns of Galata Serai announced that he was on his way back. He did not return to his palace, but passed the night in a kiosh belonging to his brother-in-law, Ahmed Fethi Pasha. This act gains the great importance from the time at which it happens. It is a kind of sanction to the concessions which are to be made to the non- Ma,homedan subjects of the Porte. Old Turkey is dead and gone ; the ball on Thursday last was the burial ceremony, and the lively strain of polkas and waltzes its funeral march. Ali Pasha, the Grand Vizier, is appointed by the Turkish Government to proceed to Paris, and he will embark next week in the French steamer Ajaccio. The other Turkish member of the con. ferences at Paris will be Mehmed Bey, the Turkish Minister of that place. • FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Conferenceg will open on the 23d of this month. Count Baol ought to have reached Strasburg to-day. He is expected at Paris this evening or to-morrow morning. Count Cavour arrived at Lyons to-day, which place he was to leave immediately for Paris. Aali Pasha left Constantinople the day before yesterday. It is thought he cannot arrive at Paris before the 22d inst. To day the Bank of France rescinded the mea sure reducing to 75 days the maximum of bills handed for discount, and resolved to re-commence taking commercial paper of 90 days' date. BOURSE, Feb. 14.—The following were the clos ing quotations : End of Month. Cash. ft'. e. 4i per Cents 96 —f. —O . 3 per Cents 73 35 74 5 New Loan 74 25 Bank Shares 3,475 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,580 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 97 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) B9 50 Home Debt 87i 88 42 371 RAILWAYS-FOB CAM ft*. C. ft. 0. Orleans 1,260 Western B5O Northern Lyons ..... . 1,232 50 New Ditto B2O Mediterranean 1,3 1 0 Grand Central 6lO Lyons Geneva 750 Tests Cette 745 Austrian Com. AUSTRIA. Another letter from Vienna of the 10th, in Voss's Gazette, of Berlin, says :—The arrangements relative to the fresh reduction of the army have been completed, and will in a few days receive the sanction of the Emperor. The necessary decrees on this subject will be published as scot as the annual recruitment, which is now going on, shall have been terminated. Further reductions are about to be made in the military budget, which it is expected will produce a saving of from five to al X millions of florins a year." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 14 . — The railway activity , said to be contemplated by the Emperor of Russia on the establishment of peace, bag already commenced. Ord ers have been given to complete the junction of the Russian system of railways with those of PERSIA. ERAta , oum, Jan. 16.--Letters of a recent date from Per sia state that Dost Mahommed is now close upon Herat. The Shah has mustered an army to :meet the invader. Selim Pasha is playing a peculiar game here, sending away all Europeans in the Turkish service who mig :lit act as a check upon his conduct. He has just ordered Hussein Bey—a Hungarian, high up in the medical department—off to Constanti nople, on the plea that it would be irregular to k ee p him. at Erzereum, as he belonged to the gar rison at S ars. The true reason is, that Hussein has a leaning 'towards the English. Winter has set in, and there is very little to be done just now. Every one hopes to see General Williams back at his old post by next spring. I must repeat the opinion I expressed once be feco, says the correspondent of the Times. If Sel jan Pacha be left to his own devices Erzeroum cant lot but fall in case ofan attack - . The fellow is too t ilick-headed even for a puppet. He ought to be ch a aged for a man of more ability, if possible ; if not, at least for one more tractable. The ;main body of the Russians have retired from "iKtzs, taking all the guns with them. The road to , eGumri is represente as being quite open, despite Vie snow. SHE MEDI' M i ms tiLLES, Feb. 13.—Shot, shill, and other materiel de guerre continue to arrive from the Crimea. These, with supplies received from the interior b'y railway, form an arsenal such as it is declared Marseilles never before possessed. The French stoa mer Jacquard arrived here on Sunday. She brought 100 Russian eanuou, 1,800 bomb-shells, and 260 soldiers. Typhus fever declared itself among the troops during the passage, and two of them died i u the harbour. Tho Briti sl i sailing transport Lady Suffolk, of 1,300 tons, ,?.liartered by the French Government, arrived on AV londay. She was laden with shot, shell, and can non unfit for further service. Private lettA)rs received from Algiers, of the 10th inst., announce that there has been some severe fighting bet Nye en the Imperial troops and the . Kabyles. Th e insurgents were defeated on every point, but the insurrection is not yet suppressed. It is at present confined to the mountains of the Beni-Raten, wlhe.re it broke out, and where it con tinues to be as violent as over. 'FRIDAY EVEN 1N G. FEBRUARY 15, 185 6. Prussi: 4, with t he utmost speed, and a great deal is to bo efl`eoted . before the end of the present year. The Marcivii' 3 de Moustier, the French Ambassa sador, will. probably be back here next week. His arrival . is anxiously looked for to throw light on the fut. , are position of Prussia with regard to the Conferen c:es. The report, that some fresh impedi ment haC l arisen to the appointment by the Pope of the :Ronan Catholic Bishops in Poland, is unfounded.. The delay that has taken place is merely w} iat is necessary according to past usage and the f arms of the Papacy. SPAIN. The Madrid j crurnals of the 9th have arrived. It is said that the , .number of persons in Spain who pay 120 reals taxes., and who will consequently be electors under the mew law, is about 650,000. Lord Howden, the English Ambassador, had sent 10,000 reals to the Govern ur of Seville for the relief of the sufferers from the ix cent inundations. The Nation says that the Govern ement of the United States has •rdered a frigate to be exclusively employed in watching the ports fr am which expeditions against Cuba may be expected. to be sent. PRUSSIAf CIRCULAR. The subjoined is a translation of a Prussian de spatch addressed by Baron Manteuffel, the Prus sian Minister of Foreign. Affairs, to Count Arnim, Prussian Ambassador at• Vienna, in reply to the communication made on the 23d of January to the Berlin Cabinet by Count George Esterhazy, in the name of the Austrian Cabinet, of the proposals which Austria has since submitted to the Diet on the subject of the new phase into which the Eastern question has entered : " BERLIN, Feb. 3. "My despatch of the 25th of January was already in your Excellency's hands when on the 23d of January Count Esterhazy communicated to me the Austrian despatch, of which a copy is annexed, of the 25th of January : -- " The annex to that despatch, the declaration which Austria has the intention to make to the Diet, has natu rally been the subject of our serious consideration. If the Vienna Cabinet, before deciding upon it, had con sulted us on the subject, we might have been able to point out a desirable modification, and we could not at first sight have decided in the negative the question as to whether it would not be better to adjourn for a time the communication to the Diet. "That consideration, however, did not prevent us from standing by the decision of the Enperial Cabinet as soon as it was taken, actuated by that sincere desire of which we have given so many proofs, of seeing the Diet come to a resolution upon it, rendering testimony to the union of Germany and of the two great Powers, in so far as such resolution is reconcileable with the dignity and with the real interests of the German Confedera tion. " We are convinced that our German Allies recognise like ourselves, and with sincere satisfaction, that the preliminaries accepted by the belligerent Powers form an acquired basis for a speedy peace. I already stated in my despatch of the 26th of Jan., that Prussia, in her quality of a European Power, is ready to adopt that basis, in procuring which she is convinced she contri buted on her part in the interests of the peace of Europe, when the moment came for decision to intervene ; to adopt it, I say, in a manner not to admit of any further ajournment or compromise, by signing the prelimi naries and by participating in the negotiations connected therewith, if invited thereto by the Powers interested. " Prussia, in taking this position as a European Power is equally conscious of her duties as a German Power, as well towards the whole German Confederation as to wards her particular German allies. She must there fore suppose, as regards the latter, that they also will be disposed to recognise the basis acquired by the entente of all the Powers interested as a guarantee of a proximate peace and as a protection of German in terests, and that they will also be ready to maintain that basis in the same measure as it will be made possible for them to do so in their quality of members of the German Confederation, to form an unbiased judgment ou the points which might become the object of contradictory views and preten sions, and which might cause the delay of, or even put a stop to, the negotiations. The Imperial Cabinet will share our opinions that a suitable representation of the Confederation itself at the negotiations would, therefore, be a very efficacious measures and therefore very de sirable iu the general interests. "The Atnbassader of the King to the Diet will be charged to express himself in the eense of the above re• flections in the Committee to which Count Rechberg proposes referring the declaration of Austria, and we confideopy hope that he will be thus put in a position to co-operate efficaciously to bring about a prompt and unanimous resolution from the Diet. "MANTEUFFEL." COURT CIRCULAR. Madame Musurus, the Turkish Ambagsadress, was presented to the Queen, at an audience yesterday, by the C amtess of Clarendon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Captain Du Plat. The Prince visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge in the afternoon, at her residence in St. James's Palace, and also visited the Duke of Cambridge. Th« Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited the Exhibition of the Photographic Society in Pall-mall East. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Prin cess's Theatre with their presence in the evening, at tended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon, Mary Bulteel, Earl Somers, Major- General Bonverie, and Captain Du Plat. The Earl of Eglinton entertained a select circle at dinner last evening in St. James's•square. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived in town, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Sather land at Trentham. The Earl of Errol left town on Tuesday to join his regiment at Aldershot. The countess remains in town with Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff. The Earl and Countess of Vernlam leave town to day, for Gorhambury, Hert=. The Earl of Clarendon has fixed hia departure for Paris, to attend the Conference in that capital, fur to morrow morning. The noble earl departs at an early hour, so that he may reach Paris the same evening. Several of the attaches of the mission left town yesterday for Paris. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge received their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and a select circle to dinner on Wed nesday evening, at his apartments in St. James's palace. The Duke of Cleveland has left St. James's-square for Raby Castle, Durham, where the noble duke and duchess and Lady Augusta Poulett will remain until Easter, and then remove to town for the season. The King of Sweden has appointed the hereditary Prince to be Viceroy of Norway. The health of the Empress-Dowager of Russia cause room apprehension. One hundred brass guns from Kars have been placed at Tiflis in Alexander's•square. Gene ral Williams is unwell. Count Esterhazy was received on the Gth of February by the Emperer Alexander for the first time after his arrival at St. Petersburg. THE New Pouce BlLL.—Meetings are being held in the provinces to petition Parliament to reject this hill. THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS.—The inquiry was resumed today at the Town Hall, Poplar. The witnesses exa mined were,the man at the helm and the boatswain of the Josephine Willis, and several other seamen, all of whom deposed to thelact that everything was done on board their ship to avoid the collision: The inquiry is expected to last two or three days longer. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, yet with a steady feeling, and Wednesday's advance was fully maintained for all descriptions. The sales were from 8,000 to 10,000 bales (1,000 for export and 1,000 on speculation), comprising 70 Pernam and Maranham, 6d. to 6Ad. ; 20 Bahia, bid. ; 400 Egyptian, 50. to Bd. ; and 1,000 Surat, 4d. to 41d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady, and closed at its best point. The business transacted in Colonial produce this week has again been limited. West India Sugar has remained inactive, and of other descriptions the purchases have chiefly been confined to immediate requirements. Coffee has been dull, and in some cases 6d. per cwt. cheaper. Rice has been steady, and tea dull. Common Congou is 81d. to 81d. For Saltpetre there has been very little inquiry. Cocoa has not undergone any ma terial change, and spices have been firm. Tal low has tended upwards. The public sales of indigo have proceeded with animation, and at an advance, in good and fine Bengal, of ls. per lb. on last October's rates. About 9,013 chests will be offered. The colonial wool auctions com menced last evening, and it is expected that between 40,000 and 45,000 bales will be put up during the series. There was a very full attendance, and a large number of Continental buyers were present. Prices for Australian flocks ranged on the average about 2d. per lb. higher, while superfine descrip tions were at a still greater advance. The pros pects of peace, and the shortness of stocks in the hands of the manufacturers, are the cause of the improvement. By telegraph the monthly statement of the Bank of France has come to hand. The principal items are as follows : On the debtor side, notes in circulation ' 531,265,100 f. ; accounts current, 107,067,115 f. ; ditto in branch esta blishments, 25,875,656 f. ; creditor side, amount of specie on hand, 94,639,695 f. ; cash in branch establishments, 119,587,230 f. ; commercial bills overdue, 496,377,016 f. ; ditto discounted, but not yet due, 227,030,052 f. ; ditto in branches, 212,764,382 f. Total transactions of the Bank, 947,829,962 f. By the Skerryvore, arrived in the London Docks yesterday, from Algoa Bay, iu 58 days, accounts from the Cape Colony to the 15th December have come to hand. Nothing of importance had oc curred. Trade was rather active in wool, and other kinds of produce, and the colony at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, was progressing satisfac torily. Ai-eduction has just been made in the French tariff on the duties levied upon exotic resins used in manufactures, which will increase the imports of gum lac and guru copal from British India. The duty hitherto, 30f. per metrical quintal, is reduced to 151. In 1854 the quantity of gum lac imported was 302,858 kilogrammes, and of gum copal 817,081 kilogrammes. Accounts from Sardinia state that the Chamber of Deputies were occupied with discussing the de tails of the budget fur the present year ; and had already passed the revenue estimates, which amounted to 157 millions and a half, being 2 mil lions over the sum proposed by the Minister of Finance. The Dutch Government have just received in telligence of their expedition to Japan having con cluded a treaty with the Emperor, which grants them the privilege of trading with the Japanese without being liable to any restrictions, excepting an impost duty on all merchandise en tered at Nangasaki. This treaty also allows them to build stores for their merchandise on the Island of Decima, and to have all the privileges granted to other foreign states. This morning a good deal of excitement was produced at the Stock Exchange by the Govern ment broker reading the following communication, just received from the Treasury : " Downing-street, Thursday Evening, Feb. 14, 1856. _ Gentlemen,—l request that you will make it known in the usual manner that on Monday next, the 18th instant, at one o'clock, Lord Palmerston and I will be ready to see any gentlemen who may be willing to contract for a loan for the public ser vice, in order that we may afford them information as to the amount of the loan and the time and manner of the bidding. " Lord Palmerston and I will at the same time communicate to the gentlemen present the con ditions upon which we shall be prepared to receive offers fur funding a i%ortion of the Exchequer. bills now outstanding. "I hope it will be convenient to you to meet those gentlemen at the Treasuryat the hour named. " I am, Gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, (Signed) " G. C. LEWIS. "To the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." On previous occasions when a notice of this kind has been made the particulars have been posted up in the " House," but in the present instance they were merely read, so that the majority of the members knew nothing at all about them, and considerable dissatisfaction, was expressed in consequence. A memorial, it is re ported, will ho drawn up and seat to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer complaining of the omis sion. It is generally believed that the Loan will amount to 15,000,0001., and the funding of Exchequer Bills to 5,000,0001. The Stock Market opened quietly, Consols being about 92, but when the above announcement was made they declined to 91, from which they have since further reacted to 91A for the account; the fall since yesterday being 11, per cent. The money price has been as low as 90. The New Threes have been 92k, 9115. Bank Stock has advanced 11., being 213 to 215. Exchequer tills, owing to the official notice above referred to, are 45., 35., and Is. discount. India Stock is 225. The Foreign tock Market is exceedingly inactive. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 92i- and 931 for money, and 931 to 921 2 for account. The 4 per Cents. are as low as 92i. Dutch 21 per Cents. are 64/. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 74; Mexican, 20g. ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41s per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 424 43 ; ' ditt o Deferred, 23124; ditto Certificates, 4i 5 ; ditto Passive, 6 4. Railway Shares, although heavier, have not sympathised to the full extent in the movement of the Funds .Arrangements are still in progress for the settlement. The French lines are lower. Mining and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. All the new Banking Shares are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( From the (*dal List. ) swarms, done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Redh . ced Annuities...,, 9ll 3 903 A i 3 per Cent Consols Annuitioa 9IA 901 14 90 3 New 3 per Cont. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct. ' 1859 31 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885._ 161 India Stock 225 224 India Bonds, £1000 Onus°ls for Account .. 913 I 4 90i 1 904 Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO .... .»3 4 1 d £560 1 d par titutall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 33 per Cent 971 8 Ditto, 1859 PEACES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 3p.inieh Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. rarkieli Bonds, 6 par cent 92f 3} ~ Ditto Account 924 34 2 t Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payible In London Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Gail ... 641" THREE O'CLOCK. ConsolP money Ditto Account, ' March 11... ........... 90 1 i 'S BY TIE THE PURCHASE OF STEAMER, FRENCH GOVERNMENT. In our journal of yesterday we copied a para graph from a morning contemporary, to the effect that a direct denial had been given by the Secretary to the General Screw S team Sh ipping Company to the statement that a French company bad pur chased eight of the screw steamers belonging to the former. We are authorised to say that the original statement is perfectly correct, and have had sub mitted to us documents in proof of the fact. THE LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA. LINE OP STEAM imirB.—This fleet of steamers, all of which were char tered for the French transport service on the outbreak of h os tilities with Russia, will presently resume their old stlition, and one of them, the City ©f Ba-ltimore, Capt; Leitch, is expected to leave Liverpool for Philadelphia in the course of another month, :,. . SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) R 4ILWAYS. RAIL WA 73. Ciosirfg Prices this lay 25 27 4i - 41 N• ..... .• • 8 - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 ••• -• •.• 85 - 87 65 - 554 • •• •• 12i - 13), ••• .." N• .•• 4 - 2 12 - 13 30 - 104 32 20 - 22 7.1 - 73 52 - 54 9} - 22 - 24 82 86 6a 7 90 91 74 76 123 125 104 106 55 1511 57 60 74 - 77 6i - 74 s. - 7A 81 -81 i 61 7 97 08 100 100: par id par, 9ZA 41 4 3 .o• —• 24i 25 61 Id —69 A 40 42 .04. 6 " . e•. • •• ••, ~. '".' .. •.• - • 49 - 51 29 _ 30 741 - 754 6 ei 3i 151 51 52 - 7(1 23 - 25 tO4 106 75 77 46 47 - 12 63i C4i 71 73 4 lY id iia -: 38 ••• .. .. • •• ''" .. 20 -- 22 36 - 46 4 - 6 • (II • ••• !Paid. 1100 :thertieeh ilianbg. Noting. Beat and 2astn. Jnnet... Banat & Ballymona. Firming. Wolverh Z. Stour Valley Birk eand. Lancsh s Chesuire Junet Do. Che.sh. do Birk., £5O and £25 Cons Do., .£2O iqyth &Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter .Caledonian Carm. and Cardigan Chesterc Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 4 Paso Cornwall Do. A Do. B 'Crioff Junction D üblindrEolfastJunc (gun. P. & Ab;!r. Jnc East Anglian Eastorn Counties Hint. Union, A SU, De., B. Stock Do., New A....,» East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles ,Edin.Prth & Dnade ,, Forth & Clyde Jun - ;.1 Furness Do. Extension.. IGlaegow&f. Wester, Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern 0., A. Stock Do., B. Stock &West.(lro ) IGreat Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Qua. Stk ( Irish South-Easton). L.lnesstor & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Laneaih.andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Soutitpt 'London & Blaokwa;1 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol.Sh 8...0 I • IDo. Eighths,. London and S. Wed tn. Do., „t st) ... Do., £4O Lndnarry& Col erai n Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shef..kLiuch Do., Man. & Lin. I.ln Me tropolitau Midland ... 1)0. Birmng. & Midld. G. West. (lre, Do. Half Shares Newcastle& Carlish. Nwpt.Aborg. &ffrid Newry &Enniskillei Newry WarrenpoiL and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Conntios lln North British . Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ... Do., B Stock B Guarant,e N.Easteru—Berwie IDo. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Do. Leeds Do. York North London , Hainl stead, and City Jn.. North StafTerdshirt.. North Western N. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckle:; , and Leicester Wore., & Wolv. PortNniouth I.tcottish Ce Aral Soottish Midland Shropshire ULiin South Dovou South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & ltiv. Dm Stained, Wok. &Wolt Stockton & Darn Stockton do Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Prof., No, 1 Thames Hay, D.& Ulvorstono & LAUCF Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenn, WaterforthkLiraerici West Cornwall West End of Londc i and Cryctal Palace Do. A....... Do. 13 !Welt London:: Winabledn&Croydor Business done this day. t rawer pdt KOLL Do. 5 p. c. Oblge. con. in Sh. at par till '6 Ardennes 8 -- 81 - 1 p - lip 3 3 Belgian Eastn. June. croziers to Graissesaac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serli Do. Domcrara 1. ii.ai - I Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New A - I r 374 -37 i 10 -12 p 21 -21 k - 7 r East Indian, g. 5 p. Do. Eytersion.. Do.4i no. do. do,, '69, Coe one k Melbourne guar. 5 per c- nt... Do., Lon. allot., do. Gll. Tk of CanadaA ie iDo. ••• ..... •1 -..- ~ ••• - . la 14. 15 Do. Cert. of Dtben,, con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Indian Peninkailn Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations._ . Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. IGt.Wcsternof Canae al Shav‘s Do. New Do. tads., payable'l37, 63 - 67 82 - 86 41 - sfp 20/ - 204 4 -5 ; 3 -3; ••• 2tif - 31 - with option till '55., Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D. do. , '73, without option tiimilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. ' Lake Const. & Bast , Liorro and Turnhout I Lucoe, St Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Genova Lyons 4 Meditorran. Madras, guar. 4 p.o Do. New r 0., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. C. Exton Maria Antonia i r Do. do. Now Namur 3c Ltege (with 99 leo 122 125 122 125 106 108 . .)51- 25i 120 - 125 ••• '"'" ••• •• • ."... pm 9 - 10 i • -19 - 8 d 7 3 2 - 3 5i - 6 5+ - 61 - 37, 11 12, interest) - Do. (es interest) Northern of France. D0.20i. She Do. 2W. 3 p. c Bdp (fmy. B. & Anis. Si's. NorwegianTrankPre Paris and Lyons 'Ditto Bonds ;Paris and Orleans._ Blame and Frascati Royal Danish Royal S wedish Do. Obligations Sambre and )Meuse._ Do. 51 p. cont. Prof. Sciude, guar. 5 p. e Do. Southern piouthern of Francis St. Andrew's an Quebec (A)...... West Flanders Do 54 nPr e. Pref., T. di N. W. of Franc, West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand . • •• • 7 - 8 48k - 48/ '4 . : io ... - 19 - 26 1 1 - 2i 1 - 2f,1 9 - N . .•• 1 -- lif .. ... ... -- pm ." '''' ... 3i - 4 ii Z ii iii = is JOINT•STOOK BANKS: :0 1 *ll Alastralasia 92 - :44 100 ;50 Bank of London .... 67 - 60 iio all Firi. Col. Bk.SzLn. C. ... • 50 all %With - •• N. America n ... - .. 25 5 (Mart& . Bank of Asia par -1 p 20 4 Chrtd. Br,k. of India, 100 so Cit A y natralia, z China ~. - ...4 100 25 Colo n i a l 70 - • 72 .• - • 1.00 2 •- 0 Commorcial of Lond. ... - ... 30i 20 all Eng.Scot.&A.ns.Cht. 174 -- 1 8 171 20 all Loud, Chart. Bk. of Australia 17 - 17i 20 5 Ditto New 24 -- 1 i i 50 j2O ;London and County ... - -• 100 50 ;Ln4.&E.l3nkg,.Gorp Par - 2 P 504 2 50 10 (London Joint Stock. .• - 100 10 'London and Paris 2 die - - par 100 20 Loud. & Weatminste/ ... - ... 47 100 :35 National Pro.of Eng ... -• ... 20 10 Do. Now •- - ..• 5 0 22!. National of Irolaud ... - ... 20 all Now South Wales 37 -- 89 25 all 'Oriental Bank of Corporation 1 39 - 41 .00 25 ti'rGvincial of Ireland ... ..., ... 10 all bo. New 5 1 IL Ems - 13 knolm Co ... - ... 100 50 Royal British ... ... 25 all I , pith Australia ... 138 - 40 25 :Illju'on of Australia '7O - 72 n .. . o. New ... ....... -- CO 10 Union 0 Loudon 27 29 28 ) 20 5 2'L 18 20 25 25 100 ;ioo 100 100 all 100 9 E all 'lOO 1 100 100 all all 100 3i 100 all 100 211 100 100 31 1s au) IGI 110 a l ;! 10 4A 14 4i 9,11 14 a ll 14 St. St. St. 25 St. St. 5 10 20 St. Eq. St. 100 all 100 100 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. kherdeen.. St. St. St. 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 [OO all All 100 10 10 St. St. St. 20 126 25 20 1.0.6 100 100 100 all all all Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Da. Debentures Myth and Tyne Apo c. pref. (issd. at 50/ Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St . Do. 4 p. a. Shares Caledonian £lO `.:hcs.&go.Gn.sh pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork itßandonsip.c Dun.Prth .41k Aber. J E. Anglian Cis. ASh Do. do, Cts. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7p. c Eas.Co.Ex, spcNo. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. 0. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent Do. 161. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent._ East Lancash. 6 p. cts E. &W. York. J. sthp Edin. & GI. 5 p.c. sh. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness & S.W. a 5 P. c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Sorip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. 1 et Pre Gt. S. !,r W. (Ireland. Do. 4per e. Prof. S .)t. W.(11. tH. Ex pc Do. con. red. 41 p.c. . DI. con. red. 4p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Ao', do. Do. Birm. Pref. '3ll Do. Chester 8 p. c. P.S. De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus, Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2' Do. 6 p. a. Stock . Lon. &Brigh. G.sp.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 por coat . Lon. &N. W., Coy. t Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. Lou. & S.W. 7 per of Lonely. & Color. 1 Sh Londy. & Ennis. S' Nt.,5.,& L..New,lo/ Do. £6 Harypt.& Carl. 4 p c Do. 41 por cent Do Consol.6 Do, Con r. 6p' Do. 41p. 0. Pref. S Do. Pref. 41 per cer Do. 51. Pref. 4 p. c. Ditto L.& EL Pref. S New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. rod. 51).c. pm. Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. St. ck Do. 5 p. e. Eat De. 51 per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do. IDo Leeds 6 p.c iDo. do. Quarters ... ' l Do.Yorkil.& S. Pur. North Staffordshire. 10x, Wo. kW.lt / i pr I Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre ,South Devon ph). fixed,4l per cent 5. Eastern (Itoadink Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 1 per cent IDo. Fixed 41 p c oh. S. Wales Gua. 4 p, a. /Do. do. 41 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c iDo. - do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. t p. c. till July 1, '56 ;Watertd. & Kilk. 6p c 80 85 `~ - 94 95 - 97 15L• -16 i ••• '''- ... 5i —s ' ...." es* - 12 - 123 110. ...... ••• ... .... • • . •. .... ••• a . "." .... 4 :-- e, • Ii . 6 --- if 108 - 110 103 105 P t 6 - RA CO - IRO - 80 - 82 O 5 • 100 91 - 101 161 - 16/ 91 --- 194 70 -72 181 - 19. - 91 13 -14 i 1 1.(32 134 ...... ... ... - ...x i - I 112 184 1 - i 4 - 4 •1•41 ..... ... / ." --'' ". 99 - 101 91 - 3 5 1 - ~. -- ..• 1 id 13i - 14} 23 -23 i 95 - 100 91 - • • • ..' v 2i !id Pm p. 12i 101 Si MINES. .________.--•-' 1 all .gua Fria ............ „. ~. 1 all inglo Austrln. Geld ..,, 102 - all , Anglo Californian ... j i 20 Ck Australian - k 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 ... ... 1 all AN° Maria , •• . ... 1 1 all Baden (Chl.Duehy of I ... ... 50 all Bhonar. Iron & Coat... ... 20 14 British Iron 3 5 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pin.) 30 all Do. Cocaos & Culab 2 :4 20 15 Do. St. John Del lie) 26 28 1 I k Clarendon Cons. Min 1 Co. of Jamaica i i P 40 !all Ochre Copper 66 68 68 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. , all Copper Min. of Bug 36 ..- .4.6 25 1 all 10. Pref. 74 p. oeut 26 28 ... 1 IC Copiapo 22 24 2I 11 Fortuna $ id 20 all Genc?al l4 1 6 d 1 I all Gt.NuggetVeinßcg i i 44 all great Polgooth 1 h 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unit e d 1 • id 1 all Liberty li . 4 3 all Linares 6i 7 5 114 Lusitanian 1 1 1 all Ifariquita .. . ..... 1 all Now Granada i 1 all Nouveau Monde._ 20 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min. 12 14 5 I Port Philip — ... 1 all quartz Rock i S 4 50 all Etliyinney Iron lt —2l s i 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 13 i i .3antiazo de Cuba...- 21 3 1 ... Gs. &rt. Cons. Min. Co. 34 4 4 a 1 all youth Australian j i 1 all Do. Scrip - j I 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref ... -- ... ... 44 Tarn. S. &L. Min. C o . ... ... 10 9 rin Croft 4/ 54 281 all United Mexican 3 4 4 1 all Waller I I 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia 1 Nil , Yuba ...„ . 4,4, _....., MISCELLANEOUS _...........-- 25 19 ' Australian Agricalt. 254 —26 i le a ll Ausizaln. Royal Mai ... .. 10 all Berlin W a t er Works 6 3 / 4 74 50 i 0 Brit. American Lan' 47 50 1,00 32i Canada 127 132 130 at. 100 C.Go.6p.e.Jankjnl3 1081 1004 WU St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb k Aug 106 103 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mark Sept 109 —11 l 5 all Crysta) Palace 2l 21 21 i 5 all Do. Preference 4l 54 5,1 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franco ... ... 1 A Duston Iron O re ... ... 20 13 Eastern Steam ••• • 5 all En.6)Ans Cop Sin Co 1 1 i 25 all Electric Telegraph.. 194 2U; 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir ... ••• 5 all Gen. Iron So Collie) ... -- ... 15 14 Glop. Steam Navigat ... ... 18 all General Screw Moan ... - ••• iri i `so 10 [rich Beetroot Sa ga .. _. .. 4 all Loud. Goa. Om n ib us 31 --. . 24 . 4 20 10 Siagdalena St. Navig — ... 10 all Vlediteran. El ec . Tel. 8 10 10 9 Sfoxican&S,Amerion. 5i 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fem . ... ~. 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 1 1 i 10 all Do. D e 5 2 Do. 8 pcPissatld d 00 80 Ne w B . &N . S . Land 18 - -i 22 .1 all g. B. Australasian.. 0 i 10 15 NTrth. of EurepoStaac ... ... 16 1 all Oriental Gas. 1 14 1 12s. Do. " New Shares " ... .. ti all Peol Rr. Dd. & Minrl. 21 — 2 . ii i 0 all Peninsular& Oriental ... 0 .., 10 Do. New .. ...p 131 2 all Portland Iron Co ..... ... ... 13 60 Etoyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 .... II lii 1 4 Ditto Now All 5 all South Anstral.Land g 54 —36 i I al: Subruar, Tel. Sorip 1 1 0 all Do. Regist ere d i 5 Trust& L. Ce.l3. Can. ..... ... 0( 2R4 vie Diamftnio Lane 154 ... 16 , ... V.Go.6p.c.JauSauls ... iv ... BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 11th inst., the wife of W. D . Kenny, 14q.• 36' Mary's, Talbot House, Richmond, litirrey. On the 11th inst., At No. 15, litaymater.tinue, 1 !" . , Thos burn. OP A DATORTn. On the 11th inst., in South. Audlerstreet, the LOW Adelaide Cadogan, On the 12th hat , at Chatham, the wife of Cal. SOW' commanding Royal Engineer. MARRIED. On the 13th iust., at Christ Chu rc h, C am b erwe ll, Walter G. Brooks, of the Bank of England, Liverpool / Amelia Emma, only daughter of th e late Mr. Robt. MP of Roth er hi t h e. On the 13th inst., at Abney Chapel, Mr. Isaac Bail•r; jun., of St o k e Newington, to Sarah, seemed daughter °` Wm. Ayton, Esq., Stamford-hill. DIED. On the 14th inst., at 'Wilmington Nall, Keit , Gwe Russell, Esq., aged 61. On the 14th inst., Mr. Paul Repton, bootinsker, Stow euttei-stieet, Parringdon-street, aged 46. On the 11th inst.. at Curragh Chase, co. Liraeria, Dowager Lady Do Vera. On the 11th inst., at 23, Thornhill-square, Islington and of 6, Rti , siu-row, Cheapside, Samuel, only son of ft• Farden, Egg., of Turnhant-greou. aged 52. On the 13th rust., Edinburgh, Allan Menzies, FAKII, W.B . Prof essor o f C onveyanc i ng i n th e University 91 Edinburgh. 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