The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

T MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been very much curtailed by the advance in the value of money and the very severe weather. At the public sales of tea the biddings were inactive and a further decline of id. to id. per lb. took place in the value of ordinary and inferior qualities. The dealings in sugars were only to supply the imme diate requirements of the trade, and prices were a shade flatter. For coffee there has been a fair demand, but owing to the foggy weather the public sales were postponed until to-day. Rice has been very inactive, and for fruit, cocoa, and spices easier quotations are current. Saltpetre has declined ls. to ls. 6d. per cwt., while the tallow market has shown increased depression, P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted at 605., March delivery 585., and last 3 months 575. 6d. per cwt. A large amount of business was transacted. in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices tended upwards. The sales were estimated at 25,000 bales. About £BO,OOO in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for exporta tion. The steamer Ellara, which leaves to-morrow, 12th inst., for Bombay, will take out £381,387, of which £365,027 consists of silver, and the remaining £16,360 of gold. A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Holdsworth and Co., sugar refiners, when the liabilities were stated at £27,019, and the assets at £3,549. The meeting was adjourned for a fort night, in order to allow three inspectors and trus tees to clear off the small remaining stock, and to investigate the estate, &o. At the half-yearly meeting of the East and West India Dock Company, just held, a dividend of 3 per cent. for the past six months, free of Income-tax, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, was declared. The extent of the recent pressure upon the re sources of the Bank of France is fully exhibited in the monthly return issued this morning, the parti culars of which have been received by telegraph. There has been an increase in the bills discounted of £2,760,000, and in the bank notes of £1,270,000, While the bullion has fallen off about £3,293,300, the advances £90,000, and the Treasury balances £2,045,000. There is a fair demand for discount accommoda tion, but the market is comparatively quiet, and the rates appear steady. It was resolved at a meeting of the Commercial Dock Company to-day to declare a dividend of 24 per cent. for the past half year. The report, which Was unanimously adopted, was on the whole satis factory; the number of vessels which had entered the docks during the six months was 1,331, repre senting an aggregate of 365,026 tons. The company has transacted a very large and profitable business in grain, and the granaries now hold a more exten sive supply than at any former period. There has not been much fluctuation to-day in the market for Public Securities, but rather a heavy tone prevails and a slight decline has taken place, Consols being 914 for money, and 911 92 for February. The unfavourable Bank of France return has attracted the notice of the speculators. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 911 I; Long Annuities at 161; Bank Stock has im proved to 232 and 234 ; India ditto is flat at 219 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan remains at 1001; and Exchequer Bills are heavy 6s. to ls. dis. Foreign Securities have been in moderate request, and prices are well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 to 701; ditto (1858) 56 to 561; ditto £lOO Bonds have improved to 584, and the 4 per Cents. to 1011 102 ; Russian 44 per Cents. are 921 ; ditto 3 per Cents. 611 ; Mexican remain at 214 ; and Buenos Ayres at 961. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices of American Securities as follows : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 Do. 6 per Cent Bonds Rentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 88 90 Pennsylvania 6 per Ct. Bonds 1877 84 85 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. De. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 87 89 Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible.... lBB3 86 88 New York Central 7 per Ct., convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares 1864 Now York and Erie, 7 per Ct., let mortgage Do. de., 2d mortgage be. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., let mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., 2d do 1867 1859 1883 1862 32 34 1865 1872 100 102 99 101 Business in the Railway Share Market continues Very quiet, but prices have been steadily main tained for several of the principal undertakings. North Westerns, Midlands, North Stoffords, and West Midlands have improved 55.; and Bristol and Exeter, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown no change in values. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been is limited request, at slightly reduced rates. Union of Australia have declined ss. ; Peel River, 10 8 . ; and Royal Mail Steam, £l. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Back Stock : per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 911 1 / ° Per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 ll, 1 'ln/mites, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l India Stock ' • • Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. oitto Debentures, 1858 9si 16 Consols for Account, Feb. 7 92 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 961 Chilia n 6 per Cent lO2l Ditto 41 per Cent B3 Mexican 3 per Cent , _ Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 p er C en t.. 1853. • • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1858, '7 and '9 4ll 4 Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41, per Ct. Ex. 4s. 80 THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money .. 911 Ditto Account 9li RES FOR 1861. TART. Derby Spring ICH. Warwick Spring .... Coventry .IL. Think Doncaster Spring INewmarket F S •• • ..19 ...19 ...19 Bath ....... Manchester ............ Harpenden ........... Epsom ........... .... 'NE. Odiham ... Newcastle Bibury Club Stockbridge Winchaster ...18 ...23 ...29 Pontefract Nottingham Stamford ........•• Goodwood UST. RACING FIXT FEB R 1 Lincoln ................13 Nottingham Spring ........ Liverpool Spring l2 Shrewsbury l4 Northampton .. Croaton Park B , Psom Spring ll 'lsirraarket Craven 16 Chaster ....... 7 York l4 Mahon. l6 ' Salisbury lB JU Chelmsford Beverley ilimgerford .soot ll Kam ton l9 Newton 19 JU N ewmarket Carlisle Worcester ,rpool July 4 " 1 11gdon AUG Lewes ' s la righto 1..... 5ri ght0n Club 9 zolverhamptou l2 Reading 14 OCD N'wtaarket F 0 frilieskot 13 0, 'feet , 114 ....26 ....27 ....28 ....11 ....16 ....1 8 ....30 Egham Oxford York Plymouth ....20 ....22 ....28 ....29 Newmarket II 2B 1BER: SIiARE jr.) AND STOCKS. ORDINARY SHAA Fi 8 80 82, 114 124 6 4 7 99 101 97 97i 6 6.1 I Closing I Business Pail l Price. ! Done. 8 84 16 17 52 53 37 39 26 28 86 BB 281 29 115 117 1111 112 i [O7 106 [32 134 [ll4 1121 73} 732 61 64 ILI7I 118 81 83 Ll 6 117 49 11 100 1001 94/ 951 8 10 56 561 si 24d 13,5 i 136 108 110 7 t3d 65 654 1044 105 p 1 1) 634 444 944 95 101 103 21 211 10 101 81 8f 115 117 34 SO 86f 87} 50 52 6 7 42 43 864 87 62 64 80 82 6 8 424 434 tol 11} pi 5523 1 55 d 1p p 67 89 114 111 Railways. ;Belfast and Ballymena Wol , and Str. Vat I Birk., La., and Cll Juno Blackburn P.lyth and Tyne , Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen ,t Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrock., t Passage iCornwall Do IN. Do B (A frets no div. until 6 pc peran. hasbeen r d. Dublin Belfast. •June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June Emit Anglian ":astern Counties 'Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk _ _ Edinburgh .3s Glasgow Edin. Perth, k Dundee Forth lz Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock" Trish South-eastern.... Lancashire Torkshirej Loudon and Blackwalll Lon., Bright.. do S Coast Lend., Chat., and Dover Lond. t Nth. Western Lond. Bth. Western.. L'derry dr Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shot. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle.. Do do # shares.... 111 , ?tropolitan 11.1 dl an d Do new Do 1 -lirmimx. & Derby 3lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Doi shares :VIM Kent ...... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, "iVarnpt. & Ros Norfolk ..... N , hn. Counties Union North British ... • :cr.Dev.Rall&Dk.stocir D,Astk;Arecsnod., until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , er.N.E. purchase Do Leeds r_;)o Yortr North London Do new 'north Staffordshire 19.164 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocic stock stock stock stock N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail trebles Portsmouth Rhymney.. - Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock ll Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne t Sheer. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall Mater Do— •• •• •••• ...... •• 1)o • • Vale of Neath Victoria Stn. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford Sc Limerick West Cornwall West London .......... Do Ist class 6 6i Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Frarbr and Rail • • West Midland—Oxford, no. Newport ] Do. Hereford] 100 100 100 100 ' 151 1 16 876} 87 81 47 49 42 44 83 85 Share Railways. I Closing Business p r i ce. Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe R.nd Tyne 10 per c. prof. assied at - Xsn Rris. Exet.4 p.et.stoell ID°. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,41 per cent Do. guar. Shares, No. 24 & Bandon, 51 p. al le,ornwall. 5 per cent... l i Oun.Perth&Aber.Jun. . stock stock stock stock stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &5p.c.1 Do. do. Class B IS p.c....' Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New ()pet ct. stock. Eastern Union. 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Po.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 4i p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. Co. 11 edeemable,44 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ot. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. firm. Pref. Shares. Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref , Do Birmg.guar. stor.,ll Do. Chester gua. P. - flares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. . Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.'est.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lon. & Reg. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. 0. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 41 D. do. 4:1 per cee. 'Do. do. 4i p. c. shares.. 'Do. 7 p. ct. Pret. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '651 Lon. Chat. 'And Dover.. Lon. and NAV. Cov. and stock stock 2s. 6d . 12a 12i stock stock 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & `4.IV, 7 p. et. stock Do. 4A per cent Do. (I'rtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d..... ..... Lcrodondy. he Cole. sh. L ondonv. & Ennis. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 ill }lOO stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 Do. 31. per cent Do. redeem. 6 oer cent 1 7 / a rynort ..t Car., 4 p. c 1 Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. Bto4 Do.con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 18 Do. Leic. & Mt. pref. st. l Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. 5t.184 o. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 184 Do sWav Val Ex stiff; . . . . stock stock stock stock stock North - British, 5 p. o. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. "(Tn. g. pf. 017 Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 'Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .& S. Purch North Staffordshire... Rhyalney Guarantee Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Easte 3i p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,E.Tua.6p. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stoc South Devon, Ann. ifs Do. Fixed 44 per con ( South Easteru(Readin! Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do.Eixed 4i p.c. Ist is. South Wales, gua. 4 p. o. Do. 44 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. C. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c , W.Mi d -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do 101 103 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i 204 214 6 64 ft 9 101 12 115 106 108 110 112 tOB 110 124 126 Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.r Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 18( c i l Do. till 1869, lot is. Do. do. 2d is. 100 100 100 190 100 100 114 j 4 112 114 90 92 116 118 [l2 114 [O4 106 86 88 98 100 98 KZ/ 89 gi 90 92 101 103 96 10 176 186 190 11 76 78 soi 214 104 10f 154 16 138 140 [l6 118 116 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 [O3 105 153 156 [3O 134 09 71 89 91 [l5 118 [5O 155 - - 14 14i I RP 71 73 I 11:, 137 139 101 103 95 97 11 113 .10 111 14p 93 95 103 105 i 11) 11 p 23 24 L 23 1211 [3O 133 101 11 23.1 24 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 271 28/ 32 33/ 32 33/ 45 48 ps 125 123 125 100 102 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing \Closing Business Co.'s. • Price. Done. Bedford and 'Efteteh ley Brlckinglimnshire .. • • Chester & Holyhead Do. do.. 5i per cent.l Do. do. 5 per cent.' Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E .Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. T A.Union,llarwich She, Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.& Neils,Drct Ln &N.W Do. Do Do. 'aledonin .U.&B C, 98 100 53 53i 125 127 113 115 102 104 16 17 .135 137 .1 4} 44 t. North. E.Counts, !4,ledonin Do. New • • Gloster& Dean Forest 11 P.rtlpool.Dck. & Rail. Hull and Selby . . Do. A Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent........ Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock.....- .... 1 Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. a. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent .... Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western rlci t t Wes Yk.N.&Br .N. Md. , 1. East... eto a& Co piorfolk rt - Rtitriml Midland E.Counts, Preston and Wyre. I Do. i Stares A. Roystn.llitch., k Shep Shrewsbry& Herefor Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon & Creydn. !Midland IL& NW 1 & L.Yk. i Do. I Gt.North T.Brassey ill'Clean..l Gt. West. L.dc Brgtn [0 112 !Of 210 61 63 115 120 89 91 3} 3-1 97 99 iP 55 57 15t [35 137 104 105 11 1 * I lt Pi 90 92 1041 Share Pa id . El p lo ri s oe in . g Bpousinne.ess_ stock ICommercial ... . .. .. .. .• I 100 s t o ck Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.min i 100 stock East and West India • l,. I ... .) stoc k London loo stock St. Katharine 1 100 ,-,.. s t oc k uthampton l OO stock istoria . ......... 20 DOI Liew r.u...svw.oluelao 3 id pa JOINT-STO Agra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon..t Ch City Colonial ........ ...... Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., (16 Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .of Switzerland !Lon. Char.Bkof Austral ;London and County London Joint Stock Londen do Westminster Nat. Prov. of England . Do. new . . . National Bank New South Wales.. Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank !Provincial of Ireland Do. new South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutual 100 100 100 11611 4 , 100 100 100 5 174 all SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Ev ENING, JANUARY 11, MI: BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1 i i Railways. Atlantic Egt Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. .. Do, Do. Buffalo and Labe Huron Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. kis. Aug. 1, 187 Do. do. Jilly 1. 187: Do. do. June 1, 187 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 41 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t. IndiaPenin.g - ua. sp. c Do. New crua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O do. '73 till '6O 'Po. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 4 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Wewßrunswick t Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ o. do. B Capital do. .. o. do. Land do. ....... ude (Limited) ........ cinde.......... ",i..; o. Punjaub .... 1 v ,T, Do. Do. .... •• • • vs '-'• Do. Indus. St. Flo. ? t 9' st. Andrews &Quebec A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all all all 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 all {lOO 10 all 100 ,AIL' Paid. --all— loo 73 75 92 93 lf 4 sdi 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 pr 98i 8 991 9 961 I 7 104 1 7i Closing ißtuitneas done Price. FOREIGN Antwerp t Rotterdanl trdenne5........... tli.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. ,Belgian East. Junction IBeziers to Graissessac.. 'Ca"neaux Mine Rai Coßiapo (Ado Extension Dutch Rhenish .... ' Dutch of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of Prance Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction Lake Constance Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons tt Geneva ...... Maria Antonia .... !Namur Ss g . Do. 6 p. e. Pref.. .. ..... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Iklediter. ?aris & Orleans... ... ecife & S. Fran. (fern.; gua. 7 p. ct. 1irn...... iga & Dunaburg...... Rome & Frascati ...... ..._ _ _ Royal Dani5h........ Royal Swedish . . Do. 7 per cent. Fret.. Sambre & Meuse .... Do. 5i per cent. Pref....' , San Paulo, lint, g. 7 p. cH S.Aust&Lomb Venetin 'outhern of France.... est Flanders .....• •• p.l. 5i p. C. Preference & N.W. of France 'extern of Austria.... "estern of Svvitzerlanci lesbaden ...... )o. 8 per cent. Pref ;ealand !OLONIAL GOVER Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. ,Sz July Do. II p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.& Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. ct Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 1 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja, &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. BRITIS Share' Mines. ton i I Paid. I Closing 1 Business Price. Done !Alfred Consols (Philack)'2.ll.lo 34 4 20 !British Iron Clifford nil 205 215 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 410 420 4124 15 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 115 120 East Caradon 2.14.6 114 12 lE. WI Russel (Tavistk ), 7.4.0 91 104, 10 94 !Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 544 25 27 ,Great South Tolgus l7s 71 84 P G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 12.13.9 1 1 IG. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 14 11 c Grenville 5.14.6 3 34 tl I llerod's- Foot 8.12 33 35 Hing,ston Downs 4.10.6' 34 31 --.• Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9k 52 55 d North Downs 24 34 4 !North Frances (Mogan) 115 41 54 t IN.Wh'l BassQt (1110.,,an) 15s 4 5 1 'North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 94 10 20 ;Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 i ,Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 14s I 1 1 1 iSouth Caradon(St.Cleer) 1 , 300 310 —S. Carn Brea (Illog,ran).. 3 35 4 i 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim) a I 5 1 t ,Stray Fran. (1110gan),18.V.91 150 160 Stray Park 24.18.C' 46 18 i 5 !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min I 11 1 25 24 ] 10 !Tin Crott ! 9 , 54 6 51 Vale of Towey (Carm y.as 6d! 1 1 West Basset (11logan) : 14 184 194 • W. Caradon (Liskeard)l 5 78 80 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan . I 54- 1124 1174 Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 145 155 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 14 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 13 14 13 IWheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 21 1 iWheal Trelawney (Lis. 54 , 18 20 FOREIGN MINES. . 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lirt 155 d 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.l 274 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 26 27 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon ConsillinCo. 4 dis. 40 Cobra Copper all 43 45 Copiapo 1 unMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 4 2 ortuna. all 24 8 20 eneral all 21 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 * 4p 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 11 p 8 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian 2 p 4p 1 Mariqui Ea all 1 4 4 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 28.6d. 5 4d 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 ort Philip 1 1 cottish Austrin. (L.) l O B, - i l i 1181•811Jnited Mexican all 2 34 1 h Worthing (Limited).... all 1 1 I De. MISCELLANEOU S. 10 'Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 13 14 1000 cAtlitntic Tel. (Limited) all 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 'Berlin Water (Limited), all 44 5 50 British American Land! 40 50 IB.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) I all 35 37 120 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) , all , 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 324 Canada Land all 110 113 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stack Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock ,Do. 6p : c. Pet het. Deben. 100 107 109 stock !Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 2 1 5 Englis & Aus. Copper all 24 8 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 Great Ship I,imited) all 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1 4 5 Lon. District Tel (Lim. 20 London Discount (Lim. 5 11 1 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim. all 1 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 11 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 21 34 25 National Die. Co. (Lim. 5 11 14. 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim. 5 3 2 . 10 Netherlands Land all 4 f 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLan 83 — 4 1 • 1 N.B.Australitsi an (Lim.)) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 114 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . '155. 4 pr - 10 Orintlln.Steam(Lim.)A ' 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C. 2s. stock Peelll.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 48 51 54 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 70 73 50 Do. New 25 12 13 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p e all 17 18 p j . . . 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 48 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim lOO 136 141 136 • ( ii 25 South Australian Lan all 33 3 5 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 4 1 k Do. do. Registered ' ! all 4 4 - , . 10 Do. do. 1 all , 5 7 ) 1 - 1 40 r. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Cauf 5 1 .... 's • 10 6/0,10.131011'61.411(1 suLls !0, 10 : t`rigi 4 o . LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. This being the first day of Term, the judges took their seats at ten o'clock, without any preliminary ceremony. There were present in the Court the Lord Chief Justice (Sir A. Cockburn), Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cromp ton, and Mr. Justice Hill. THE QUEEN V. THE OVERSEERS OF MINSHALL VERNON'. Mr. Gray moved, on behalf of the burial board of the Middlewick Vestry, Cheshire, for a mandamus adrressed to James Wright and Thomas Jones,the overseers of Minshall Vernon, commanding them to pay the sum of £5B Bs. 7d. to the burial board out of the poor rates of the township. It would probably be a question whether the burial board was properly constituted. The parish of Middlechurch consisted of 15 townships and nothing else, each of these townships having separate overseers, and separately maintaining ite own poor. There was only one vestry for the whole parish, and the whole of the inhabitants attended. Until 1840 there was only one church in the whole parish, that churoh being situate in the parish of Middlewick, but since 1840, under the Church Building Acts, two churches had been built in two of the townships, one of them being the town ship of Minshall Vernon. The parish had not been divided, aid marriages were still sent to the principal church at Middlewick. Although each of the two churches had a burial ground attached to it, the persons who died in the township cf Minshall Vernon were frequently taken to the mother church at Middlechurch. In 1858 a meeting of the vestry was properly called, and it was agreed that there should be a new burial ground for the whole parish, the old burial ground having been closed. At that meeting a burial board was appointed for the parish under the Act of Parliament, and it was arranged that a sum of £3,000 should be borrowed of the Public Loan Commissioners, The money was to be paid off by instalments extending over twenty years. When one or two of those instalments be came due, certificates in due form wore issued to the over seers of the different townships calling upon them to pay preportionate amounts for their townships. With the ex ception of Minshall Vernon all had paid their quotas, but the overseers of Minshall Vernon refused to pay, and the only answer that could be obtained from them was that Minshall Vernon was not part of the parish of Middlechurch, and could not be included in the burial board's expenses with their own consent. The Lord Chief Justice thought a sufficient prima case had been made out. The inhabitants of Minshall Vernon had been treated, and had treated themselves as integral parts of the parish of Middlewick, and it would now be for them to show that they were not so. li 1 2i lid 98 99 974 98, 994 1001 214 224 72 74 64 68 46 48 45 50 45 50 95 96 14d d 21 lid' 101 10} 104 10 d 95 100 95 100 93 96 88 1,2 83 85 92i 931 85 87 1i 1; d 5 7 5 7 97 98 21d —d 92 9f k id AYS. Oi 5} p lf 10 f 1 I 11 12 3 20 211; 22i 23i 1 6a fi 7} 7I 19 20 87 38 7i 341 Mt 53 55 3# 21d 5* 51 8* At 1 # d 1 1/ d i 19 20 5, 6 9/ / 21 22 'K BANKS. 88 85 72 74 20 21 61 63 1i 1 22i 23 34 25 71 73 40 41 21i 224 16 16f 22* 221 1351 36) 47 48 18 lei 26 27 'MENT SECU 1109 111 110 112 110 112 991 /00i 107 108 105 106 98 100 94 94 97i 98i 1054 1064 [1074 108 qES. MRS. COBBETT. This lady, who has so frequently been before the courts, attended agaia this morning and applied for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up her husband, in order that he might be discharged from prison, on the ground that the ca sa on which he was apprehended did not follow a judg ment. It would be necessary for her to state what had taken place before Mr. Justice Hill at chambers. When her husband last appeared before the court ho did not dis cover that there was no judgment to warrant the ca sa. Ho immediately proceeded to chambers to consult Mr. Justice Hill upon the point. The attorney who opposed her summons had no defence to make, but Mr. Justice Hill suggested that the case should be adjourned in order that the defendants might consult counsel. Mr. Justice Hill denied that the suggestion proceeded from him. He was asked to consent to a brief adjourn ment, in order that the summons might be amended, and he did so. Mrs. Cobbett indignantly complained that she was un justly kept two hours in an ante-chamber, and was not lowed to go into the learned judge's room again. While the clerk went away for a moment she slipt in to let the judge know that she was there, but the judge ordered her out again. If her case had been heard at two o'clock, as it ought to have been, her husband would have been dis charged. She complained further, that the attornies on the opposite side had come to the court and been guilty of falsehood and perjury in swearing that they had a judg ment aganiet Mr. Cobbett, whereas they had not. Tho Lord Chief Justice said he was informed that there was an order of Mr. Justice Mill in existence, and Mrs. Cobbett's application ought to have been to set aside that order. Mrs. Cobbett said that Mr. Justice Hill had acted as counsel for the other side. He said if it had not been for the judgment he would have discharged her husband, and if he had heard the case at two o'clock he would have been compelled to do so. A forgery had been entered upon the judgment book of the court, for a judgment had been entered, whereas no judgment had been obtained. Her hus band had been imprisoned five years unjustly, and he ought not to be detained upon the technical point of an amend ment to a summons. She trusted that their lordships would grant a habeas corpus, and restore hor husband to his liberty. Their lordships discharged a murderer upon an irregularity, and there could be no reason why the same course should not be adopted with regard to hor husband. The Lord Chief Justice, having consulted the other judges, said the Court felt bound to refuse the application. Mrs. Cobbett—Then I must come again next term. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. TILE CANBRIDGE PROCTERS' CASE.-XEMPE V. NEVILLII. A new rule was moved for this morning in this case by Mr. Edwin James, who contended that if it bad not been for the misdirection of Mr. Justice Erle, who tried the case, the damages for the plaintiff would have been larger. The learned gentlemanremarked that he was not, aware at present whether Sir F. Kelly intended to move for a new trial on the part of the university authorities. The Court deferred their decision. CRIMINAL COURT—(2his Day), OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE LEATHER FRAUD. The indictment for perjury against Lewis Robert Poole, who, together with Ventris and Chapman, wore found guilty of conspiracy, was resumed this morning. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred until after the other indictments ;ainst the prisoners were disposed of. POLICE IN7 ELLI9ENUE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OP i CARMAN TO A. PRO PESSOR.—Francis Burke, badge 9,152, cab 2,100, was charged with being drunk and furiously driving his oab, to tho danger of his fare. Professor Theodore Goldstuoker, of University College, said that the evening before, being unwell, he engaged the defendant's cab, near Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, and told the defendant to drive him and a lady a few doors beyond the Pantheon. At first the defendant hardly moved, but suddenly dashed off at a furious rate; so much so indeed, that the lady was fearful that the cab would be dashed to pieces, and both of them seriously injured. At length he succeeded in stopping the defendant, and offered him 6d., the distance not being a quarter of a mile, when the defendant demanded is., telling him that he had engaged him in Museum-street, which was not the case. He then told the defendant, who got a crowd round him, to drive him to the station, and he did so, but took him through a number of back streets. He did not wish to punish the defendant, but thought persons ought not to be at the mercy of drunken cabmen, and would be satisfied with an apology. Bentley, 55 C, said the defendant was drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a gross case, and he should deal with the defendant as he did with all cabmen acting in a similar manner. Ho should fine him 40s. or six weeks. An apology from such a man was of no use. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. MIR DAT A J. Birmingham, N.W.; thaw Bradford, S.W. ; thaw Brighton, N.E.; frost, fog Bristol, N. ; fog, frost Cambridge, S.W.; cloudy Cardiff, S.W. ; fog, frost Chatham, W.N.W., light; cloudy Deal, S.S.W., fresh; frost Derby, S.W. ; fog Doncaster, N.E.; dull Dover, S., light ; cloudy Dublin, E. ; fine Dundee, N. 8.; frost Edinburgh, W.; thaiv Falmouth, calm ; fog, frost Glasgow, E. ; rain Goole, N.W. ; thaw Gravesend, S.E. ; thick fog Harwich, W. ; frost Holyhead, .5.W.,. lighi breeze ; cloudy at. 11, I A.M. Inverness, W. ; rain Leeds, N.E. ; damp Manchester, S.W. ; thawing Middlesborough, N.W. ' • dull Milford Haven, N.B. ; fine Newcastle olt Tyne, S. ; rain Newmarket, S.W. ; fine Norwich, N.W., light; frost, fine Peterborough, W. ; frost Sheffield, N.W. ; dull Southampton, calm ; frost,fog Stockton en Tees, N.E.; thaw Sunderland, NE.. ; thaw Wakefield, S.E. ; dull West Hartlepool, S. ; thaw Weymouth, calm ; fog Whitehaven, S. ; rain Wolverhampton,N.W.; thaw York, S.E. ; thaw WIGS.--The first wig noticed in this country was worn by Henry VIII.'s fool—Saxon ; and, as the actor often assumed it, Hamlet says, " It offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters." In the reign of Charles I. long hair had become fashionable at Court, and as all were not fur nished with flowing locks, art was called in to supply the deficiencies of nature. Thus perukes were introduced, arranged to flow over each shoulder and down the back ; and so excessive did they become in size, that ten heads could not have furnished sufficient hair for one of them. The wig of Louis XIV. of France was so large that he was said to rob the heads of his subjects to cover his own ; and so great was the demand for hair in England, that in 1700, a young country girl received 60 pounds for her head of hair, and the grey locks of an old woman, after death sold for 50 pounds. At this time the hair of the eommon domes tic goat was in high request, and the whitest wigs were made of it. In Pennant's time, a good skin, well-haired, was sold for a guinea. We do not know the cost of the huge cauliflower wig of the great Grecian, Dr. Parr, which was always conveyed, when dulypowdered, in a special box to the house where he was to be received at dinner ; but we are acquainted with the fact, that the charge for one of these oppressors was sometimes forty pounds. The stuff gown men, as well as the wearers of silk at the bar, the judges on the benoh, together with bishops and archbishops are all indebted, even now, for them to goat's hairs—Cal -1 la s l'optqar &Ord Rietory. .FELLOWSHIPS AT ALL SOUL& For three days in the Hall of Lambeth Palace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Wensley dale, and Dr. Twiss have been listening to the most eminent counsel at the English Bar, And on few occasions have Sir Richard Bethell and Sir Hugh Cairns proved themselves more worthy of their great reputation. The history of the Fellowships at All Souls does not, at first sight, seem a very attractive subject for the public; but the truth is, that there never was a more important question brought before a court of justice. It may be well, therefore, to explain in a few sentences the real question at issue, and the anxiety which is naturally felt i n th e result. The judgment, indeed, is still to be delivered, and under ordinary.eirenm stances it would be usual to delay discussion. We shall, however, do little more than explain the reasons which give the matter so much importance. It is hardly necessary to recur to the old history of All Souls College. Originally founded for poor priests who were to sing perpetually for the souls of the departed, it became in modern years a plea sant club. It filled in the High -street of Oxford the place of White's in St. Tames's. The qualifications for admission were neither learning, nor morals, nor industry. Rene nati, bane vestiti, et mediocriter docti, was the proverbial description of those who aspired to enter the walls of this agreeable society. And it must be admitted that the Fellows of All Souls succeeded admirably in their design. They got together a set of most agreeable companions. But the Royal Commissioners rudely broke in upon this pleasant party. Acting upon the principle that charities founded to promote religion and learning should be really devoted to that purpose, they passed certain ordinances for the future government of the various colleges at Oxford: The scholarships and fellowships which had hitherto been confined to candidates from particular counties and particular families were thrown open. The general rule was laid down that—saving any grave moral dis qualification—merit should prevail ; and the elec tors were enjoined " to elect the candidate who, after examination, should prove to be of the greatest merit and most fit to be a Fellow of a Col lege as a place of religion and learning." This ordinance, imposed upon every college at Oxford, has been hailed as a great reform. It has put an end to nepotism and narrow restrictions. If a young man of merit presents himself at Oxford, come from whatever quarter he may, he is welcome. Let him be as poor as friendship, as rustic in man ners as you will, he may still obtain the means of indulging his genius for intellectual pursuits. It has been the glory of the University of Oxford that both in letter and in spirit this ordinance has been obeyed by the Fellows of every college except one, and that one is All Souls. At every other college there is an invitation addressed to all the members:of the University to become candidates, who are examined by the Fellows of the college or by a board appointed for the purpose, the members of which alone take part in the voting; and that can didate is finally elected who proves his superiority in the examination, provided there is nothing serieus against his moral character. At the colleges where this system is pursued not only perfect har mony has prevailed, but the cause of industry, learning, and morality has been greatly advanced. But at All Souls great is the difference. There, indeed, the Commissioners, aware of the corrupt spirit which prevailed, imposed peculiar restric tions. They did not think it expedient to alter the ancient system whereby the col lege received no undergraduates. They did not insist upon converting it into a place of education. But they determined to make this foundation sub servient to the purpose of promoting the study of Jurisprudence and Modern History. Their idea seems to have been to convert it into a sort of Diplomatic School. :And for this purpose they ordained that the intellectual qualification should be tested by an examination in the subjects of Law and Modern History, and tkat the candidate of the greatest merit in such examination should be elected. Originally, indeed, the College of All Souls had vigorously recalcitrated against all inter ference, and had protested with a latitude of ex pression which would have been amusing had it been less culpable, against the reproaches with which these practices were assailed. With a bold casuistry which would have done no discredit to Ignatius Loyola, they declared that their Fellows had been elected by merit, which, according to their vocabulary, means the qualities which go to make up the gentleman, and that their choice had been guided by a desire to obtain the fittest candidates for Holy Orders—although fewer Fellows of All Souls took these orders than the Fellows of any other college. At the same time, after the new Ordinances received the royal sanction they voluntarily undertook to carry them into effect, " both in letter and in spirit." Since that promise was made several elections have taken place. And it is curious, but not uuinstructive, to observe the way in which men of refined manner and ostentatious religious profession fulfil the duties which they have undertaken. There are thirty Fellows. All do not examine the can didates for fellowships, but a board of three is ap pointed for that purpose. It might naturally seem that the chief duties of such a board would be to report the result of that examination, in order to guide those who have not formed an opinion for themselves. Far from it. By a rule passed by the majority of the Fellows, the examiners are not permitted to report their opinion-they are not allowed to arrangethe candidates according to merit. It is true that any one Fellow may ask questions of any other Fellow. "If the blind lead the blind" — but the saying is somewhat musty. The truth, is, that every Fellow is not fit to give his opinion upon the results of the examination, and this is the very reason why the examiners are appointed. It appears therefore that although the new ordinance distinctly ordains that the best candidates, as tested by the examination, shall be elected, and although the Warden and Fellows have professed their readiness to obey the ordinance in letter and in spirit, the same Warden and Fellows will not permit their own examiners to declare their opinion of the candidates, so that the best of them may obtain his due. Against this course of proceeding three of the Fellows Messrs. Fremantle, Lushington, and Watson, protest. To appoint examiners and then refuse to hear their judgment, seemed to them, as the Attorney-General declared, " a mockery of common sense.* They, therefore, call upon the Archbishop, as the Visitor of the College, to insist upon the Warden and Fellows allowing the examiners to name the candidates in order of merit, Nor is this all. As things at present stand, the election of Fellows is conducted at two meetings. At the first, which takes place after the examination, the personal merits of the candidate are discussed, and the person to be elected is really settled. But no Fellow is allowed to take part at this meeting unless he binds himself to secrecy—unless he solemnly promises that he never will divulge a single syllable of what passed there. The electors may have determined to elect a Fellow upon the most scandalous grounds. The grossest job may have been perpetrated, still, according to the system of All Souls, no Fellow is ever to be allowed to reveal one word uttered in that secret conclave, even for the purpose of appealing to the Visitor for redress. It is certainly a striking fact that at no college at Oxford except All Souls is any such obligation of secrecy incurred. Even at those colleges which do not profess to be guided by the sole principle of excluding all except the most per fect gentlemen, no rule is needed to ensure that reserve which is dictated by natural feeling and the spirit of propriety. At All Souls alone has it been attempted to make that secret compulsory which is voluntary elsewhere. But the reason is obvious. At no other college are scandals so gross and jobs so flagrant likely to be perpetrated. Men hate the light because their deeds are evil. This, then, is the other point upon which' the appeal has been made to the Archbishop. The dissentient Fellows object to be bound by secrecy. They insist that the merits of the candidates should be discussed openly. They do not, of course, pretend that every word that passes in the com mon-room shall be made public ; but they claim to be their own judges as to what they shall disclose and what they shall conceal, and there are few who will consider this demand unreasonable. At all events it is impossible to maintain that rule which at present prevails—that secrecy is of statutable obligation—for clearly such a rule is contrary both to common law and common sense. It might, perhaps, scarcely seem requisite to devote three days to the discussion of matters so simple, and to waste the time of Archbishops and Privy Councillors on such trivial questions. But let not the public be deceived. The arguments of the Warden and Fellows of All Souls may be frivolous. They know that well enough. But their real design is full of peril. These men have entered into a conspiracy to defeat the intentions of the Legislature and to nullify the reforms in the University. They are determined, if they possibly can, to override statutes and ordinances in order to maintain that system of injustice which it is the express object of recent legisla tion to abolish. They lament over the days when they could elect their friends and relations their fi b o e l o d n . e c r o t m h p e i a r n p i o a n r , t n t e h r e rat cards. co m r a d A e n i d n tthheey brat t e e ld rm s i y n s e t d em to . stlfckthaessceloesveelyntasswthereey ceaonnfitonetdhetf one h college e observed that t w ha o t ul i d f not this beeansobseerdieonuse. inßtuhteleetaeite of All Souls it may be done elsewhere. The of All Souls insist upo n w m o i g o s n w stru hic in h g th w e loeFtehleywesry same in the statutes Share, 73# lin 171 t ill 9b} } } } 56} 6 } 13$ 4 1 2 p 1041 5 63 4 841 THE ITIES. 94 100 97i 974 61 dull, all other colleges; The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Wensleydale have only to pronounce that these words are not intended to secure the election of the ablest candidate, and henceforth all that encouragement to merit—all that independent spirit which springs from victory gained in open contest—must be regarded at Oxford at least as a dream of the past,—Daily News. ANNUAL RETURN OF FIRES IN LONDON, V. Yesterday Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, made his annual return of the fires during the year 1860, in what is termed the metropolitan district, and we give an abstract of the report, which cannot fail to be of great interest. Subjoined is also Mr. Sampson Low's official report of the fires attended during the year by the conductors of the Royal Society's fire-escapes, and the number of lives saved. Mr. Braidweod states to tho committee for managing the London fire-engine establishment :—" 69, Watling-street, January 9, 1861.—The fires in 1860, as compared with those of 1859, have decreased by 33 ; on the average of the last 27 years the increase is 274. The number of fires in the list of totally destroyed (27) is less by cue than last year, and in the proportional average of the last 27 years the decrease is 9.4. Of the totally destroyed 12 were from two to seven miles distant from the nearest engine -station; 9 were the workshops of carpenters and other dangerous trades ; and the remainder were completely on fire before the arrival of the firemen. Although the number of fires, and even that of totally destroyed, is less than last year, several have oc curred of a very destructive character. I can only account for this by the unusual prevalence of heavy gales of wind, the constantly increasing use of gas (which dries up every thing within its reach), and the manner in which buildings are now constructed. The firemen still continue to display to the full the energy, skill, and attention which I hove so often remarked in former annual reports. The whole of the land engines and apparatus are in good working order, and the steam floats are now in excellent working order. The land steam fire-engine has been tried for nine months, and in large fires, beyond the reach of the steam floats, has been of very great service. The land steam engine has given great satisfaction. " The number of fires from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1860, both days included have been as under :—Fires at which the premises were totally destroyed, 27 ; do. considerably da maged, 395 ; do. slightly damaged, 634 ; total fires, 1,056. False alarms, 69; chimney do., 116. Total calls, 1,241. The foregoing does not include chimneys on fire known to be such, but only such as were said to be buildings on fire, " Enclosed is a list of fires, arranged according to the different trades, also a list of fires where the premises were totally destroyed, with some remarks thereon : "ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TRADES WHERE FIRES TOOK PLACE IN LONDON IN THE YEAR 1860.—Apothecaries and dealers in drugs, but no chemical works carried on, 5 bacon dryers, 2—bagnios, s—bakers, 18—ditto sea biscuit, 4—barge and boat builder, I—baths and public washhouses, I—beershop keepers, 10—booksellers, binders, and sta tioners, 14—bottle merchant, I—brewers, 2—brokers and dealers in old clothes, 18—builders, 10—butchers, 6—cabi net -makers, 22—caoutchoue manufacturer, I—carpenters and workers in wood (not cabinet-makers), 48—chandlers, 21—charcoal and coke dealer, I—cheesemongers, 4—che mists, including all places in which are laboratoriesfor che mical purposes, s—china and glass, dealers in, s —churches, 4—cigar makers, 2—coachmakers, 4—coal merchants, 2 cocoanut-fibre manufacturers, 3—coffee-shop and chop 'louses, 13—coffee roaster, I—celour makers, 3—confec tioners and pastrycooks, 14—coopers, 3—corkcutters, 3 ditto burners, 2—cornchandlers, 6—curriers and leather dressers, 3—distiller, I—ditto tar, 4—docks, 2—drapers, woollen, linen, and mercers, 32—drysalter, I—dyer, I—eat inghouses, 3—engineer, mechanical, I—farming stock, 7 feather merchant and dresser, I—firework maker, I—firewood (patent manufacturer), I—flour mills, 3—flowers (artificial makers), s —founders, 4—French fancy merchants, 6 gaming- house, I—granary keeper, I—grocers, 19—gutta percha works, I—hatmakers, s—hempdressers, 3—hop merchants, I—hotels, including club houses, 6—inkmaker, I—ditto, printers', 3—japanners, 3—laundresses, 7—lodg ings, 98—lucifer match makers, 4—maltsters, 2—Manches ter warehousemen, 7 —manure, dealer in, I—marine stores, dealers in, 12—mast and bloskniaker, I—mattress maker, 1 --milliners and dressmakers, 10—musical instrumeat makers, 6—nuts and oranges, dealerdin, I—oil and colour men, not solourmakers, 14—oil works, 2—painters, glaziers, and plumbers, 3—paperstainer, I—pasteboard maker, 1— pawnbroker, I—photographers, 2—pottery, I—printers, 11 —ditto, lithographic, I—prison. I—private, 196—provision merchants, 2—railways, s—rag merchants, t 7—rope makers, 3—sackntakers, 2—sailmakers, 2—sale shops and offices, 56—saltpetre refiner, I—saw mills (steam), 2 scaleboard cutters, 3—schools, 4—ships, 3—ditto, steam, 2 —ditto, builders, 6—ditto, chandlers, 3—soot merchants, 2 —stables, 17—straw bonnet makers, 3—sugar refiners, 3 tailors, 14—tallow melters, tallow and wax chandlers, and soap boilers, 2—tanners, 2—tinmen, braziers, and smiths, 17—tobacconists, 12—tobacco manufacturer, I—toy ware houses, 3—under repair and building, 12—unoccupied, 4 upholsterers, 4—victuallers, 53—wadding makers, 2 warehouses, 2—waterproof canvas makers, 3—weaver, silk, I—ditto,lmats, I—ditto, trimming, 6—wharfingers,ls —wine and spirit merchants, 6 —woolstaplers, 2—wood merchant, I—workshops, no hazardous goods or process, 2. Total, 1,056 —chimney alarms, 116—false alarms, 69. —and total calls, 1,241. "The following is a list of fires where the premises were totally destroyed :-1860: January 26, Greenwood-road, an unfinished house of six rooms. Jan. 31, East End, Finchley, victualler's, a house of 13 rooms, over 7 miles. Feb. 15, Friars Mount, house on fire before the arrival of the engines. Feb. 20, Northumberland-park, Tottenham —Wood street, Cheapsido, a Manchester warehouse, com pletely on fire before the arrival of the engines. March 2, Tottenham, a building of 2 storeys, over 7 miles from the nearest engine of the brigades—Wilmot-road, DSlston, saw-mill with workshops, over 2 miles. April 1, Percival place, Lower Tottenham, over G miles—Charlotte -place, Bagnigge Wells-road—Heath-place, Cambridge-heath, a beer-shop, over 2 miles—Wood-wharf, Greenwich, princi pally timber sheds, and some small houses, over 5 miles Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, very old buildings, com pletely on fire before the arrival of the engines—Hornsey road, unfurnished house of six rooms, used as a workshop for other houses building, over 2 miles—Cow Cross-street, builders' workshops, water 20 minutes late—Bridge-road, Victoria-park, Portsdown-road, Maida-hill, an unfinished house of seventeen rooms—Roadside, Mile-end, a baker's house of eight rooms, completely on fire before the arrival of the engines Long-acre, a coach builder's Sun tavern-fields, Shadwell, a ropemakers's—Horseferry-road, Limehouse, a sugar refinery, the new and double houses, seven storeys high—Queen-street, Ratcliff, a timber merchant and lathrender's—Cornwall-road, Westbourne road, unfinished house of ten rooms, over 2 miles—Sugar loaf-court, Lead enhall-street, a bookbinder's—Carlton-road, Maida-hill, a temporary church, timber built, with iron roof—Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square, a grocer's— Back Church-lane, a cabinetmaker's—Half-Moon-crescent, Barnsbury-road, a lasershop keeper's : total, 39," The following is an abstract of the report of Mr. Samp son Low, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Protec tion of Life from Fire, which was laid before the committee yesterday :—During the quarter ending March, 1860, 134 fires were attended, and 20 lives saved by the escapemen, viz., in High-street, Shoreditch, Houndsditch, Blackman street, Leman-street, Great Winchester-street, Kingsland road, and Drury-lane. For the quarter ending June 30, 128 fires wore attended, and 21 lives saved, viz., in Spec tacle-alley, Whitechapel—Upper Wellington-street, Coach and Horses, Aldersgate-street—Tooley-street, and Road side, Mile-end. During the quarter ending Sept. 30, 143 fires were attended, and 10 lives saved, viz., in the White chapel-road, Tooley-street, Upper Chapman-street, and Crown-street, Finsbury. During the last quarter of the year ending Dec. 31, 141 fires were attended by the con ductors, and 18 lives saved, viz., in Queen's Head-row, Newington—lnn's-yard, Bow—Long-acre, Blackfriars road, and Barbican—making the total number of fires attended by the society's men 616, and the lives saved 69. The report stated that the foregoing statement could not but afford gratification to the friends and sub scribers of the society, which during the year just closed had been instrumental in rescuing no less than 69 lives from death either by fire or from suffocation, and that such facts must be interesting to all, as no one could regard himself entirely exempt from the danger attending a night fire, The details of many of the cases referred to reflect great credit on the zeal and intrepidity with which the fire-escape men discharge their duty, called upon, as they often are, to risk their own lives in rescuing those of their fellow-creatures. The society's usefulness has also been often developed dur ing the year by the aid rendered by the fife-escapes and conductors to the brigade in assisting to extinguish fires after their own duties are over. Several improvements have lately been added to the fire-escape machinery, and escapes have been supplied at King's-cross, Tottenham-court-road , Finsbury-circus, King-street, Baker-street, the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, and Brompton, and an additionall station added at St. Mary - le - Bow , Stratford. The total number of stations now maintained b y the society is 73, attended at all hours of the night by well-trained conduc • I tors, who are visited whilst on duty the district inspectors, t THE 111:41LS. MAILS DUE, Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • • • • • • ••• • • .. Jan. 18 . Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds • .. Feb. 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c, Jam Cuba and Mexico Jan. 28 C an ada, &c. (via Galway) Jan. —. Cape of Good Hope, &C. . Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore ( * via S'ampton) Jan. 18. Do (via Marseilles) Jan. 12 Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Jan. 10 India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (vi;..Southampton) Jan. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) Jan, 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan.:l9. Lisbon . • 3 , 1 •• Ise .11 Jan. 11 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Jan. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oporto . • .. .. • • .. Jan. 11. United States, California, &c. .. Jan. 16. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe WWI and Quttlittgena4 Cosi BBC, J an . 14, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Soven o'clock. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING), WHITEHALL, JAN. 10. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Herbert, of Lea, in the county of Wilts. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22. Corps of Royal Marines.—The following promotions have taken place, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th November, _ 1858, in consequence of the death of Lieutenant-General James Irwin Wiles, on. the Fixed Establishment of General Officers of the Royal Marines : Major-General Henry Ivatt Delacombe to be Lieutenant- General. _ _ Colonel-Commandant Anthony Blaxland Stransham to be Major-General, vice Delacombe, promoted. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22. Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second-Commandant Fielding Alexander. Campbell to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Stransham, promoted - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Sandys Stawell Walsh, to be Colonel Second Corn manclant,l vice Campbell, promoted ; Captain Augustus Dover Lyddon Farrant to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Walsh, promoted ; First Lieutenant Jacob Richards Lloyd to be Captain, vice Farrant, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Edward Lee Rose to be First Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, promoted. Commissioxs SIGNED BY TILE QUEEN. 3d, or Royal Westminster (Light Infantry) Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Robert Powley to be Quartermaster, from the 4th December, 1860, vice James Lec, deceased. 3d Manchester, cr 40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps—Henry William Heaton, late of 14th Foot, to be Adjutant from the Bth December, 1860. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT._ 22d Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps—Henry Ken nedy Gill, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 2d Lancashire Engineer Volunteer Corps—Thomas Duncan, Esq., to be Captain; Cornelius Sherlock, Gent., to be First Lieutenant; Alexander Duncanson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. 4, 1861. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for three slave feluccas, names unknown, captured on the 12th July, 1859, by her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, and her tender Brune. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds are required to transmit the particulars of Admiralty,i any d emand a o n r d de t r o tthhaetßthee gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty , same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department o f the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House. Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. PARLIAMENTARY GRANT. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy. Admiralty, Somerset- House, January , 18619. 'With reference to the advertisement which appeared in the London Gazette of the 11th December, 1860, giving notice to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, and all per sons interested therein, of the distribution of the sum of L 33.000, voted by Parliament for the Naval Forces em ployed on the China station, to the eastward of Singapore, between the Ist October, 1856, and the 26th June, 1858, for not less than three months within that period, upon the principle of granting to each person so employed one month's additional pay of 30 days, but excluding these Marines brigaded with the Army, and consequently receiving field allowances. Notice is hereby given, that the officers and men of her Majesty's late ship Raleigh, who were not drafted into other ships on the China station, but were sent to England or otherwise disposed of, and who appear to have been three months on that station to the eastward of Singapore, will be allowed to participate in the Grant now in course of distribution. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Buck, dealer in electro plated goods, Paternoster row, to surrender, Jan. 24, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Hollingdale, Hadlow, Kent, hay dealer, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Cooper, piano forte maker, Berners-street, Oxford street, Jan. 21, at eleven, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Fleury Rowe, builder, Gloucester-place, Re gent's-park, Jan. 21 and Feb. 18, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mary 'Wood, innkeeper, Burntwood, Staffordshire, Jan. 24 and Feb. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. k4Godfrey Morton and John Williams, builders, Portma doe, Carnarvonshire, Jan. 25 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. John Noble, rope maker, Carlisle, Jan. 22 and Feb. 21, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Disrtict Court. John Henry Cettam, machine maker, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Jan. 23 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Town hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. llilliar, hotel keeper, Eastham, Chester, Jan. 23, at 12, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. James Smith, lace manufacturer, New Lenten, Notting hamshire, Jan. 24 and Feb. 19 at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court, Nottingham. Henry Pinchbeck, builder, ;llorncastle, Lincolnshire, Jan. 23 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Leeds District Courl I Kingston-upon-Hull. SCOTCH' BANKRUPTS. James Logan, farmer, Lindston, Ayrshire. ' Robert Gilchrist, draper, Linlithgow. James Sinclair, slater, Alexandria. Alexander 'garrison Stephen, bookseller, Dundee. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the vveek ending on Wednesday, the 9th day of Jan., 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Wilted .........£25,971,915 Government Debt £11,015,100 I Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 9,869,817 Silver Bullion .... 1,627,098 £25,071,915 £25,971,915; BANNING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Seen tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- n uit y ) £10,019,721 eluding Exche- 1 Other Securities 21,490,746 quer, Savings' ; Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Na- 1 Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- 678,471 counts) 3,737,397 Other Deposits 15,477,425 Seven Day and other Bills 662,833 £37,716,073 M. / £37,716,073 :AR SHA LL, Chief Cashier. Dated Jan. 10, 1861. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the Bth day of Jan., 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT. sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius', 2Bs llid Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 308 91d Average price of the foregoing .. 29s lid COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts D. Amsterdam Ditte Rotterdam — 11 18 11 18 Antwerp Brussels — 25 40 25 50 Hanaturgh Paris Ditto gunnies — 25 671 25 75 Franlifort on Maine — 118 1181 Vienna Trieste Potersburgh --341 345 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 481 49 2,5 85 25 771 25 62} 391 119 119 ' 62f 52 49 491 25 92i 25 824 25 82i 39t 1191 119} 521 63 Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Stalidard)....per on. 13 17 9 Mexican Dollars .... „ 00 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 1} South American Doublons 0 0 0 We read in the Journal des Debats of yesterday : —The report of the recall of the squadron of M. Barbier de Tinan has been c onfirmed. The Pied montese have redoubled their vigilance and acti vity. Reinforcements have been sent to the Abruzzi, where Civitalla still con tinues, and where it seems certain that Count Trapani, a prince of the royal family of Naples, has just entered. The arrest of Crispi at Palermo is spoken of in consequence of the popular movements which induced the Turin cabinet to constitute a new administration in that city. It is given out that the Sardinian Government are about to form ten new regiments. In replying to the congratulatory address presented to him by the magistrates of the Milanese Junta, the King spoke with somewhat more decision that when he replied on New Year's-day to the corporation of Turin. " Having now become a great nation," he said, " we may be resolute in will without endangering our destiny." A letter in the Presse cites, but with all reserve the following despatch from Leghorn, in the Allgemetns Zeitung of the line and Jan; s.—Two .ussian ships one frigate have arrived in this port, and several others are expected. 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