The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-02 00:00:00

ground to dust, which he used to dry the ink of the letter he wrote to her on the subject. We recommend this agreeable and entertaining volume to all ad m i rers o f it s b r illi an t an d fasci nating subjects. NO.NEI MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 30111. January, is of a favourable character, and shows a decided improvement in the general resources of the establishment. The partial ces sation of remittances of specie to the United States has caused a slight addition to the stock of the pre cious metals, and in the reserve of notes there is also an increase of about £lOO,OOO. The other securities have been diminished to a small extent, and an augmentation has taken place in the publii balances. In the other items of t)ie balance-sheet the variations are not of an important character. They will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £19,985,460 Decrease .. • • • • • • 49,670 Bullion .. • • • * 11,617,616 Increase .• • • • • • • 96,036 Rest .• • . 3,370,828 Increase .. 10,567 Public Deposits .. • . 3,581,447 Increase .. • • 633,010 Other Deposits • • .. 12,587,039 Decrease .. .. • • 543,254 Seven*Day and other Bills • 633,428 Decrease 19,521 Government Securities 8,447,430 No alteration. Other Securities .. 20,171,156 Decrease .. • • 64,904 Notes Unempl o y e d .. 5,332,200 Increase .. 103,900 No alteration of importance was exhibited in the Foreign. Exchanges yesterday afternoon. There were no bullion operations of public inte rest at the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer La Plata left to-day for the West Indies with £lO,BOO in silver. The Indus, which leaves on Monday the 4th inst. for India, China, &c., will take out £18,086 in gold and £97,532 in silver. There is a brisk demand for money, numerous commercial securities having to be liquidated to- day, while a still larger supply of bills will arrive at maturity on Monday. Increased animation was exhibited in the Liver- Pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were steadily supported. The sales were 10,000 bales. The meeting of the General Steam Navigation Company will take place on the 26th inst. for the declaration of the dividend and to transact the usual business. A meeting has been convened of the Thames Raven Dock Company, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report, &c. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been £335,800, and the exports £307,500. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, which sailed from Liverpool for New York, took L 13,338 in specie. Sir Edmund Head, Governor-General of Canada, is among her passengers. The market for Public Securities has been flatter to-day in consequence of a few speculative sales, but the fluctuation has only represented 1 per cent., Consols being 91i 92 for money, 92 to 921 for the 7th inst., and 9241 for March. The New Threes improved to 91i 921; the Reduced to 921; and Exchequer Bills to Bs. and 3s. dis. India 5 per Cent. Stock is quoted 991; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper receded to 934; and ditto Bonds to 2 0s. die. ; but the Debentures are firm at 951. There is very little alteration in the Foreign Stook Market, and the dealings have been rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 71 ; and ditto New Loan, 56} to 57; Mexican have im proved to 23: ; but Peruvian are heavy at 961 7 97 ; Sardinian receded to 81 ; and Spanish Deferred Were steady at 401 I. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been rather extensive, and most of the principal undertakings have shewn a further slight improve bent in the rates. Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick), have advanced 55.; and Great Northerns, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and South Easterns, 10s. ; London and Brightons, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial markets have been Moderately active, and in some instances prices have also tended upwards. south Austrian and Lombardo -Venetian are steady at 13 to 13k; Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 234 24 ; and Great Western of Canada to 117 111 ; East Indian realise 98 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 95. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have bee n in limited request without any material Change in values. Red Sea Telegraph, however, have improved to 161 17. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tank Stock ') Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 2 Per Cent. Consols Annuities N 3 _per Cent. Annuities 921 11 India Stock . .. ~.. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 — Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonda £l,OOO — D itto under £l,000 Consols ;for Account, Feb. 7 92/ Xxcheciner Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto £.500 4 3 Ditto Small ~. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ow Wean 3 per Cent ... Ditto Account rernvian 41 per Cent — 'Ditto Account B ard' • 'luau 5 per Cent. .. ... Ditto Account 81i a Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred 4Ol a T urkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Ditto March ditto 92a i THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Feb. 2 between Wand B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. Nairn 30.25 37 35 W. S.W. 3 1 b. 2 Aberdeen-- 30'37 28 35 W.S.W. 1 1I b. 1 Greenock Berwick 30'44 43 40 W.N.W. 1 3 c. 3 Portrush Galway 30.67 42 41 W. 6 1 b. 4 Bull Liverpool 3 0 .68 41 39 W. 3 5 C. A r glentia. .. - - ___ ___ _ _ queenstown armouth London 30'66 38 36 N.W. 2 2 b. ..I%iight extreme 30.39 34 W. 5 5 b. J IM • • • 30'66 34 33 W. 1 3 in. Dover •• • • 30'61 38 36 W. 5 6 In. 3 Portsmouth Plymouth nrenzace EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mea n sea l eve l ; each 10 feet of vert i ca l r i se causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above Mat 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. EXI3ORm.-- E XPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg a t mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed th ermometer in shade. M. M o i s t ene d b u lb (f or evaporation and dew- po i nt). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Forc e (1 t o 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials blue sky ; c., clouds (deached) m., misty ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; (htzy) 0., ove rcast (dull) ; r., rain ; 8., snow ; t., thu n der.a A ; letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATH: Alderney, N.E. S Birmingham N.W.; fine Bradford, N:E.; fine, frosty Brighton, N.W. ; fine Bristol, N.W. 7 • fine Cambridge, W. ' . • fine Cardiff, N.W. ; fine Chatham, N.W., moderate; fine Cork, • foggy, fine Xleal, N.W. ; N.N.W.fine Derby, s.w.. fi ne Doncaster, W. ; fine Dublin, W. ; fine bundeo, S.W.; fine E dinburgh, IV ; fine G lasgow, 5.W. .; fine Goole, W. ; fine G ravesend, W., light; fine Ha rwich, N.E. ; fi n e __ olyhead, W,, light breeze ; Clear ERlne Inverness de ß r ns w P s et?. W. fi. n e fine . 2. Limerick, N.B. • frosty, fine Lowestoft, N• • E '• dull Middlesbero ug h , ' W ; fine Milford Hav en , S.E . Newcastle on Tyne, W. • fine Newmarket, N.W. ; fine Norwich, IV., light ; file Peterborough, W. Sheffield, W. ; fine Southampton, N.W.; fog Stockton on 'fees, S.E.; fine I S v u a n k d e e fi rind, e a ld7s ll .l r v .S . ; .W.; fine fins Waterford, N.E. ; fine West Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine 1 1 1/ I: h eY it in eh ° a u r t-h en ' file York, S.W,; o fi n n , e N.lV , fine CONTINENTAL S' tregt, S.W. ; cloudy truasels, S. ; cloudy DCherbourg, S,W. ; cloudy unkirk, S. ; cloudy I.riltrre, E.S.A. ; fog -e ipsic S. ; fine i 4iBb(3l a:N.E. ; rather cloudy 3,7.c!h5, ME.; fog E,X.E.; foggy 'ATIONS 7 FEB. 1. Marseilles, E. ; cloudy Montpellier, N.W. ; fog Paris, S.S.W ; fog St. Petersburg, S. ; cloudy Strasbourg, N.W. ; cloudy Toulon, E.N.E. ; cloudy Turin, W • foo• Vienna, 1 , 1,11'. - ; cloudy ""`..;~, ~i 6' HARE MARK. ORDINARY SHAt R.aihrays, BeMgt and Ballymena I Bir., Sol , and Str. Val. ; Birk., La., and Ch June. ;Myth and Tyn, S!eaL nrioei 7ind _Exeter .1101:1.6. jCa!FJni,i:n IC, , ,rrrißrti-.E, 4,', r di zsar irork and . italOpin Cork, Itlrock., tl'assagel Ccrnwral . A , ets no div. _ iDo A n n until Ap t peran. ha abeen d. tort Dublin k Belfast. June.l Dun., Perth, drA une East An f ian Eastern Coiri ' _ Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburg:li Glawow Edin. Perth, (it Dundee Forth tt Clyde Junction Furness Gas... and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland 'GreatNorthern Do do A stock Po do Fi do Gt. S..T.r, W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock I ►rish South-eastern 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., cnd Dover Loud. &Nth. Western Lond.& sth. Western L'clerry et Coleraine I,'Llerry et Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares.— , Metropolitan Midland . . Do new .. Do virminz. tt Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armazh, def Newry, Wanipt. lc Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dey.RailAzDk.stocv D,Astk;Arecsnod., until Cpchas beenpd.Bl JS et.* ••• •• I Eastern—lierwicle [Do do , C.N.E. purchase ID° Leeds Do York .. [North London ...... ' I Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. tt Grantham Rail rzebles Portsmouth IRhymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E.,'Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union ~ SittinErbourne t Sheer. South Devon Nthn. Counties Union S.-Durham & Lane.Un. SJuth Eastern ........ 'South Wales .......... 5. York. and River Dun IStaines, Wok,. and W'ok Stockton Darlington 125 no do f Do New (1930) ,Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 IThamesllavenDkkßail lUlster D 0... .. D o ... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford Az Kilkenny ,Waterford &, Limerick , West C( , rnwall .. , West London Do Ist class ...... Do 2d class .. WestliartlePool Harbr and Ball West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 47 48 41 43 82 84 471 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing► Business Share Railways. iPaid I Price. Done. 01 103 204 214 6 64 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 76 80 12 114 116 118 112 114 103 105 85 87 98 100 99 101 89 91 90 92 101 103 10 104 174 184 104 11 76 78 204 214 10} 10f 154 16 t 35 137 113 116 113 116 135 140 113 116 101 103 150 153 128 131 70 73 87 89 1 116 118 150 155 14 144 125 130 I - 69 71 fiH 137 139 102 104 95 97 111 113 110 111 I 1 1 P 91 93 101 103 k IP *dip 22 23 133 136 10i 11 123 24 1102 104 '192 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 274 28/ ..?,24 33/ 324 331 45 48 124 126 120 124 100 102 123 126 116 120 126 ' 13.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock Biro( stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.164 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock BtOCK stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6d 121 12i stock 6 stock 10 ( stock stock stock stock 8 stock stock stock los. 1.0.6 tocK stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways : I Paid. ECGITSIDI, , ° r i oD. ,(ol jeait:Linwer.i ii . noo n i ph t .oce .e,.. l l Ta e e a° pti a srßtinstor is 'e ut . t.: toyxc.et:nn Shares.„..tsi.:l ..t .0... u 3.4.. t...ipe..:...ted k • ..t.... . 1 i 1 ~1 .W },irit.,DaNSrceitwkol. jus,ter:Dli‘triachitlis...! loatiolllolll i IL, k . N. & It r 1 Bedford and Bletehler all — ln &N .. . c il i s ie ek st i e n r gr i l i n o s i l y ii i r ie e a . d .....l , 1 1 0 00 0 125 127 IDD,nOO.&N.W 53 150304 . 113 115 Do. Do. do. do. 5541p)eerr cent. 1 1 0 00 0 iDO Clydesdale Junction.., 100 'Caledonin 102 104 E.Lineolnshire,.T.ls4 loi .6x.c., 100 !Gt.North.l3s 137 Do. Woodbridge ... ' 100 Il E .j 7Co . : B nt C s. l 4,1 44 Do. New .......... 100 , C D 4 o. Gloster& Dean Forest all IGt. West.l ed .. 0 . n . i . n ., : Selby ......1 all Yk.N. Mcl.l I hares .......; all Do. LondonlD. a o n . e p . & r e r Carl. e&reG nee u e a n. . .5 7 p i. c ..e h . ; 1 11 1 0( 0 )00 0 S L I 1. n c p a * N s t ..1 . 1 , : all Do.. I 11 1 1:0 0 010 0 001 ,N P DLivr e toN: t r.d o twl.o & l: C d; o ; Mid. Bradford Prefer -1 1 Newmarkt.,Bui•ypx ' Sn,ttpe}e,eardsetsentipts..e.p...ci.,,s::sll6 .1 : , ) :. (0) .C . Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do• Do. do. North Western ..... all Midland Prestort and Wyre. all all L T & a3r N a W ise l y.io. 3 105 & L.Ylc. Do. f Stares A. all D o Roystn. Hitch., t Shep 100 Gt..-No. ............ 11:5 1 13 1 7 1 i 1300. SOuth Stafror , 1 _ iv t.. i 100 Gt. W wilu ilts w a e n c i d ou S ,T id : clPds y ree dn.. • all L.&Brgt 4 84 Skrewsbry&Hefgordl 100ai ri:ekev.a.en.o.. 8.19 1: 31 3} 97 99 14 P' 56 58 151 15f Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 90 190 'T.-(THIS DAY.) ES AND STOCKS. Paid.! Clon ing Price. 1 Business i Done. 100} 981 PI Si 79 61 6.1 7 9J 101 f. , 7/ 98i 6 6i 8 811 15i 166 51 f 2 37 39 26 28 85 86 26i 274 113 115 113 114 105 107 132 131 111} 1121 721 ;31 61 64 1164 117 61 64 114 115 48 10 ICOI 101} 91 E 5 9 11 53 5i Si 2jd 133} 134 105 107 7 6dl 52 54 651 66} 105 1054 p ip GOt S! 934 On 100 103 2; 21-1 10i 101 8 8i 114 116 33 34 86 88 43 50 6 7 39 8 6 1 861 *lO 62 81 83 4 7 42 43 104 114 551 56i 2 31p, 65 68 11 111 6 64 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 Blythe and Tyne 10 per C. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4} per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. ,Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. i Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun , Do Ist Class Pref 114likm,rn.Class A 7 &sp.c 1)o. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et, stock. lEa stern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 percent. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Vurness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. o.sp.c.RPdm., 10 p.c.pm .Do. 4 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt_ Nh. of Scotia. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. , ut. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. , Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares I Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. 'Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig 5 page. No 1 Do. 5 p. e No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen'. I Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. Ap.c. do. (W.E.(tC. P.) Dn.4p.c.S.(div.deiltil '65) Do. 4 per cost. Pref I.on. That. and Dover 'Do.W. A rceiv. no dly Ex.A til6 p cis pd on no. B B. te, Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex 13 'Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & SAT, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 4i per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6 d.............. Londondy. & Cole. a sh. Londony. & Ennis. a sh. \fan. Sb. kLin. 6 per et. _ 1)o. .E 5 Do. 1 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 7•Eary port & Car., 4 p. c Do. 0 per cent !Md. Con. 6 pc. stock Do.Con.Bris. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Ern. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable.. Do. 13erwIck, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, •. Purch 'North Staffordshire Rhytnney Guaranteed , ;Scottish Central, new pt ;Scottish North-Eastern, p. c. pref. stock ; Illo.Aberdeen,Lrua.6p.c. l Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock !South Devon, Ann.los.l Do. Fixed 41 per cent. outh Eastern (Readin , ! Ann.. 1.0.6) I Do. 4 per cent. j Do. Fixed • ip.c. let is.! , outli Wales, gua. 4 p.c. l Do. 0 per cent. Po. 5 per cent;. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.l Stock. &, Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 ner cent i Do. C C per cent lWatrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c : -Oxf Ist Gua stk I Do. 2d do : Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. : Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. all 1 100 16 51i } 1114064 6 4 f. 117 1 161 161 1141 1011 1 1 1 1 73 2/ 54i 3f 1341 i 4 P 66 5I 1051 I I 61i 93 4 141 104 86} 7 6} 1 1 !11l 113 207 210 61 03 115 120 89 91 THE SUN, LONDONI, SATURDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(Thia Day.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRTDAy. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) BANFILL AND WIFE V. CROSS. This was an action to recover damages for libel. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Honyman appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Francis for tha defendant. The case was arranged upon the terms of the defendant signing a rettactation and apology in the following terms : " I hereby admit that there is no truth whatever in the libels published by me which have given rise to this action, and no foundation for any of the statements contained in the plea of justification ; and I hereby express my sincere regret that I published the libels, and that the pleas were pleaded. And I hereby fully retract and withdraw the state ments therein contained, and I consent to a verdict for the plaintiffs. Damages, X5O. No further action for libel or slander to be brought up to this day. (Signed) JAMES CROSS. _ GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 7 agst Jealousy (offered) 15 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 16 to 1 agst The Freshman (taken) 16 to 1 azst Cockatoo (taken) 16 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken) 20 to 1 agst Goldsmith (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Emperor (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Conductor (taken) 100 to 3 agst Westminster (taken) 40 to 1 agst Irish Emigrant (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Unknown (taken) Feb. 2, 1861. Under the direction of the judge, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages £.50, accordingly. The libel also affected Mr. Alex. Cross, a brother of the defendant, and a retractation and undertaking in the follow ing terms was at the same time, and as part of the arrange ment, signed by the defendant and Mr. Alex. Cross : CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken) 25 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 33 to 1 agst Horace (taken) 33 to 1 agst Killigrew (taken) 50 to 1 agat Light (taken) 50 to 1 agat Wild Rose (taken) " I hereby withdraw all imputationd against my brother, Alexander Cross, he on his part undertaking not to take any legal proceedings against me in respect of any thing I may have written or spoken of him. For such imputations I apologise to him, and he accepts such apology as a final end of all litigation in respect of any imputations, libels, or statements I may have uttered or published. (Signed) ALEX. CROSS. (Signed) JAMES CROSS. Feb. 2, 1861. THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Dundee (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Drake (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 15 to 2 agst Kettledrum (taken) Bto 1 agst Preceptress Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (offered) 10 to 1 agst Russley (offered) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) PAIN V. HAYNES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attorney, against a female client, on an agreement into which she entered with him, and whereby she undertook to pay the plaintiff four guineas a day and his expenses for going out to Australia to recover some property into which she had come by the death of a step-brother. The defence to the action was that the plaintiff, being an attorney, was bound to give the defendant, a poor illiterate woman, proper ad vice, and that he was well aware that it was not necessary for the recovery of the property that he or any one else should go out to Australia. The sum claimed by the plain tiff was £1,400. TEIS DAY'S MARIiETS. COVENT GARDEN. FRUIT. The case was opened late yesterday afternoon, and ad journed at the close of the case for the plaintiff. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 8 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 1 6 Grapes, per lb 6 oto 10 0 Foreign do 1 oto 1 6 Helms, each Peaches, perdoz 6 oto 12 0 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 oto 15 0' Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots, per doz 2 oto 4 0 Mr. Huddlestone this morning replied on the part of the defendant. He said his client's views had been raised on certain representations that had been made to her that she was entitled to a large fortune, but ho was afraid her ex pectations would never become realized. The plaintiff had, by glowing representations, induced the defendant to enter into an agreement for him to go out to Australia, where the property was situated, and make certain inquiries about it. The plaintiff went out, but the inquiries he made left the poor woman precisely where she was at starting, and he contended that the plaintiff ought rather to have persuaded his client against such a step rather than lead her 'co incur a useless expense. He thought the jury would be of opinion that the £250 he had received were sufficient. VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 8 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 2 0 Savoy do., pr do. 1 6to 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 2 oto 4 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 180 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 1 6to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 5 6to 7 6 Carrots, pr do 7 6to 9 6 Cucumbers 1 oto 2 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 0 6to 0 8 Brus. sprouts, h.s 2 oto 3 0, Old onions, hi. sv. 1 6to 2 0 Mr. Sergeant Piggott, for the plaintiff, said everything was done in a fair and open manner. The agreement was entered into and signed before witnesses, and it was not fair, now that the inquiries had turned out comparatively valueless, that the plaintiff was to be kept from a proper remuneration for his trouble. Do., dz bun .. 0 oto 0 0 French beans, 100 1 9to 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 The learned Jude having summed up the evidence, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of 25 minutes returned into Court and gave a ver dict for defendant. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. POLICE IN7 ELLY;'ENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The Manchester Steeplechase Meeting scarcely elicited a passing notice ; and no great amount of business was done on any other event. The animals in the front rank for the Chester Cup appear to be the only ones there is any desire to invest upon, and consequently speculation must be limited. For the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Pre- Ceptress was supported at Bto 1, and there were offers to back her against anything else in that race. Closing prices : The show of produce in our market to-day has been barely sufficient for the demand, which rules steady, at full quotations : e. d. e. d Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries potl. 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 k BLEB. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 Mushrooms,p pun 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 oto 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 1 oto 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 10 Oth X 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 2 0 to 3 0 Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od ; poults, 48 Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 10d to is 3d ; pigeons, 4d to Os. 8d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 6s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 4s Od to 5s Od ; ptarmigan, is Gd to Os ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to Os Od; snipes, is Od to Os Od ; teal, Os to Os 2s Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d; widgeons, is Gd to Oa Od ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 108 Od to 12s Od per 120; leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d each. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & It Lawrene4 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Cu. 5 per cent. ! Do, Do. Buffalo and Laxe Titiror Do. New Do. Preference Bufralo,Brant,&Codricl 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18?,. Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, 187, , CleutladzS.Eao,ll. (Lim Cape,Ea.stn.Proy:( Cape Town A Dock Seri/ Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. J übbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1564 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndlaPenin.g,ua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per'eent Do. do. l l Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O . . Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 51 p. c. do. ' 'iB do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Melb.Corp. 6.p. c. Buds Newßrunswibk k Canda Ry.ctLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do ;Do. do. B Capital do IDo. do. Land do. lOude (Limited) { Scinde .......... , : i 4z Do. Punjaub .... zs . , g Do. Do. ...... • • .1 ,v Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5,4.-; Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 100 1 all {lOO 10 all 100 1 Paid. Closing Price. 74 76 - 911 921 16 161 dII 41 bdl a I l all all 100 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 i pr li lg d 1 pr 21 2 d 97 98 97 98 99i 160 i 22i 23i 73 75 60 65 44 46 50 55 42 47 42 47 94 95 lfd li d 24 2 fl 111 11 f Of 91 90 95 92 96 93 96 89 1)2 83 85 91 92 85 87 2 11 5 7 5 7 964 974 2bl 24.1 —d 91 96 (11 ,A I LWAY S. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardenne5........... BalLetS.l4`ran..Lim.7 p. c. Belgian East. Junction liel.r. to Car - neaux Mine & Rail Coplapo . Oa° Extension .... Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. d Do. o. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction . Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife S. Fran. (Pern.)l gua. 7 p. ct. 1irn...... Riga Dunaburg...... ROYaI Dani5h .......... 'Royal Swedish . Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... ,Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, r. 7 p. c. S.Aust.SzLomb Venetin (Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders ...... Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. West"rn of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .. Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand . . BRTTIS Altre , t Consols (Philack), ;British Iron ;Clifford 2.11.10 16 nil Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) f 1 'East Bassett (Illogan) 30 East Caradon . .. E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 Great South Tolgus 17s G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 13.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9i Grenville IHerod's- Foot 8.12 Ilingsbon Downs !Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs , North Frances (Illogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 4 an), (North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) ! Providence (Uny Lelnt.), Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. I South Caradon(St.Cleer): S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim , S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ), West Basset (Illozan) 1 W. Caradon (Li skeard); West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan ,Wheal Buller (itecli - utli' !Wheal Edward (Cale.` !Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant! wheal Mary Ann (Nen; W Heal Trelawney (Lis.: FOREIG 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim -17.6 4 d 20 !Brazil St.J.del Hey,Lini 15 30 31 301 5 'Do.Land and Mining Co. all 1 ;Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 dis. 40 ICobre Copper all 140 42 Copiapo l6 • 8 10 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 5 1 2 Fortuna. all 25 3 20 General all 1 21 22 2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 ;It 15 14 !Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 11 p 3 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian 2 p 1 Mariquita all 1 'N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 128.6d. 8 Id 20 IPontg . ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt i, all 4 6 5 ;Port Philip 1 f 1 1 IScottish Austrin. (L.) los. 4 $82•81 United Mexican . all 35 4 34 1 iWorthing„ (Limited) ' all 5 1 1 i Do l9s. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.GoT. 6 p.c.Ja. & J uly 100 108 112 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 110 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 100 1004 1001 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 Do. 1890 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1051 1061 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 , N. S. W. G ov. sp. c., 1866 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1878 100 97 94 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 lzupwdc 100 96 98 97} Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1054 1064 S.Aus.G t. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Je. &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 107 1074 1074 JOII-STOCR BANKS. :100 lAgraztUnitedService Bki 50 'B2 84 0 Australasia j all 68 70 694 25 Bank of Egypt 1 all 185 19 1 100 Bank of London 50 50 64 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 211 22 25 ICh.Mer. of In. L on .& Ch.f all 100 City I 50 69 71 100 Colonial ... 25 38 40 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 20 ,Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 161 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char.Bk of Austral all 221 23% 231 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 110 London and S.Airican 4 15 1 21 100 London & Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 i 20 ID°. new l2 50 National Bank 20 'New South Wales-- all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 474 484 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. • .. nli 175 184 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 I 10 Do. new. 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia I all 50 Union of London l2 25 26 100 Unity Mutual I 60 DOCK% _ stock Commercial I 100 stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.llin 100 stock I East and West India I lf,'o stock ;London stock 'St. Katharine I I 100 stock Southampton ' 100 stock Vistoria .... 100 20 I Do , New . _ ..--...-1 2 98 100 id par MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-Mexican Mint . Atlantic R. MI Stm (Id) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin 'Water (Limited) British American Laud 13.&1.Mag - . Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 11,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sniltg Do. Pref. 7 per cent , Crystal Palace Do. Preference E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New Erglith &Aill;. Copper. 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 1 Great Ship Limited) 1 Do. 174 pct Preference 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 20 Nerbu.Caal&lron (Lim ) 10 Netherlands Land 5 Do.ii p.c. Preil.i ss.atl dis a 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand E 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) a, 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). al 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 'l5 10 Orintl.ln.Sleam(Lim.)A stock I'eellt.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim.) 4 100 50 Pen. & Orieutal Steam . all 50 Do. New 25 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4ips all 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 25 South Australian Land all 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all 1 Do. do. Registered. 10 Do. do all 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can 5 100 Van Dieracle Land 281 14 all all 3 all 13. 14 31 32 4} 4t 35 37 18 20 13 15 231 24* 30 31 1101 1C 3 lir 1 31 3$ I' 1 la 11 14 2} 34 lf 3 2d , 1 I 11 i iP 49 51 71 73 11 13 15416ip 17 19 5 6 47 49 125 135: 32 34 6 I : t p 11 I ft/finest§ done BASE INGRATITUDE.—ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.— Francis Wilkinson, 1, Mary-street, Regent's-park, brass finisher, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with robbing his employer, Mr. James Slater, brass manufacturer, of 23, Denmark-street, Bloomsbury, of brass tubing. Lambert, 68 E, said that on the previous (Friday) even ing he stopped the prisoner in Broad-street, and told him he was a police-officer, and wanted him for robbing his employer. He said, " Very well." On searching him he found, in different pockets, pieces of brass tubing. Mr. James Slater, gasfitter, &c., said the prisoner had been in his employ about five years. Soon after the pri soner entered his service he received a letter stating that prisoner had been convicted for robbing a previous employer. He called the prisoner and told him the con tents of the letter, upon which prisoner said that if he em ployed him, although the letter was true, he would never repent doing so, and that he would do his duty. He paid the prisoner 275. a-week, and he had never, during the whole time he had been with him, been once out of employ. The pieces of brass tubing were his property. He had for for some time past been missing property, and had no doubt prisoner had taken a large quantity. The prisoner said all he had to say was, that he was guilty. Lambert said he should be able to prove a previous con viction against the prisoner. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case to be prosecuted not only on the prosecutor's account but on that of the public. He would remand the prisoner for a:week. MISTERIOUS DEATB O. A GIRL. A shocking occurrence has taken place at the little village of Hambrook, in Gloucestershire, five or six miles from Bristol. A sergeant in the county police, named Browning, was, early on Monday, returning from duty, when he discovered the corpse of a shoe-maker's daughter, named Reed. A quantity of blood was oozing from the lips, and dripping on the grass alongside, where about a pint had col lected. The field where the body was found is a mile from Winterbourne Downe Church ; and it appears that on Sunday evening the young woman attended service at that place of worship, and afterwards met a young man, named John Bowyer, with whom she kept company. The lovers had some drink together in Fowler's beerheuse, on Winterbourne Downe. Next morning, when the discovery had been noised about the neighbourhood, Bowyer went to the police station at Hambrook and voluntarily acknowledged that he returned home with the young woman, Mary Reed, as far as the gate leading into the field where the remains were found. Subsequently, however, on Monday, the police ascertained that at half-past eleven on Sun day night Bowyer was seen in company with the poor girl, who was then sitting on the spot where Sergeant Browning found her. The young man Bowyer was then standing in front of her, and a villager, named Alfred Coombs,who passed along the path near that hour, noticing her being unwell, asked " What was the matter ?" to which Bowyer responded, " Oh, she's only a bit fainty, and ull get better presently." Coombs consequently left them. At half-past twelve, however, two young men, brothers, named Holbrook, residing in the village of Hambrook, crossed the field on their way home ; and as they went along the path they saw Bowyer and the girl seated side by side, resting against the wall as before. The pair appeared to be asleep, for both their heads were drooping. The Holbrooks shouted out to the young man in order to awaken him, as they thought. " Halloo ! we do know how thee bist. 'Tis thee, Jack Bowyer." The young man looked up and made some trifling reply, and the Holbrooks then left him with the young woman, who was soon afterwards found by the policeman lifeless and alone. Mr. Day, sur geon, made a careful external examination of the body on Monday, and failed, it is said, to find any marks of violence or rough usage upon her person. For some time past she has been suffering from pal pitation of the heart. One very prevalent rumour was, that there were marks on her throat of having been" throttled ;" but it is stated that the medical man considers the partial discoloration of the throat to result naturally from sudden death from palpi tation of the heart. In favour of the young man, there is an explanation to the effect that after spend ing the evening with his ill-fated sweetheart he was returning with her to her father's cottage, when, from having walked quickly, it may be she was suddenly seized in the field with an attack of her complaint of the heart, and was obliged to sit down to recover herself ; that he did not like to leave her so helpless, and remained with her still hoping to see her better, when the fearful fact was revealed to him that she had breathed her last; and that then, dreading to make the announcement, he fled trem bling to his abode. DERBY DAY AT CAMBRIDGE.—The rush of rushes in the academic year is when at nine o'clock on the last Friday in January the Proctors' men fix up the Hon our list, and throw back the Senate House portals. Town and gown mingle quite harmoniously in that last fearful quarter of an hour, and so far forget their fifth of Novem ber feuds as to lay peaceful bets. Moderators and examiners flit about, conscious of the great secret which they alone carry in their breasts, and fenee smilingly with all leading questions. Men who aro certain to get high honours do not think it delicate to linger in sight, but trust to some swift-footed friend to bring them the news, and wait for it in their rooms, or some handier trysting-place. Year after year, as they have counted the minutes from nine, and at last espied their messenger coming across the Quadrangle at only a sullen foot's-pace, they have had to make up their minds to prepare for adversity. Anxious wives, too, are standing near with their husbands ; for ancient men who have been in the army, or the Indies, often long for the church, and instead of going to St. Bees, cast in their lot here with younger and fresher rivals.—Once a Week. ( . A - NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s Gd to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal Ss 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s tid per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 4s Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 4s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s Gd ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to is Gd per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ' • natives, 45s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to Os Od ; haddocks, 4s to 20s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; Rounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 60s ; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, Os to 8s per 100 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9id, of household do., 6d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 30 ; 641 b to 721 b, 3kd to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4/d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 41d. Horse hides, 88 Od to lOs Od; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s 6d; do. full, Os 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to lOs Od ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; Downs, 5s 9d to 7s Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--11142ALI0W hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 103 to £1 18s per load. ' Both hay and straw were in slow request, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND. -- Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 103 ; clover, £3 10s to £ss 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £llBs per load. A dull trade. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 Os to f 6 5s Od ; cloves, £3 lOs to £5 17s 6d ; and straw, 10s to £llB per load. A moderate demand. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditte Rotterdam —l. 11 181 11 19 Antwerp Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 55 25 60 Frankfort on Maine — 118 1181 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —34 i Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — •• •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) lt 0 5 1? South American Doublons 48a 48/ 25 85 25 70 25 70 481 49 26 90 25 75 25 75 39 118 118 53 531 39i 1181 1181 52/ 63 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 2.—Wind this day at noon—North. Westerly ; rather fresh breeze, with fine weather. - . QUEENSTOWN, Feb. I.—Wind S.—Arrived—Pettigrew, from Mobile. GLOUCESTER. Feb. I.—Wind S.—Arrived—Amazone, from Now York. SWANSEA, Feb. I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—James Ken nedy, for Gibraltar. CARDIFF, Feb. I.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Jacoba Helena, for Hong Kong; 'Woodstock, for Callao; Walter Scott, ditto. DEAL, Feb. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sarah, from Callao ; E. D. T., from Shields for Havannah ; Manger ton, from Callao. NEWPORT, Feb. I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Henrich Swensen, for St. Thomas. LIMERICK, Jan. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Columbus, from New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Anemone, from Newcastle; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London; Anne, from Newport; Reckless, from Seaham ; Laura, from Shields ; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey ; Branch, Valiant, John, and Falcon, from Sunderland. Sailed—Leader, for Britonferry; Courier,. steamer, for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre; Firefly„ for Cardiff; Jane, for Poole ; Lechlie, for Carentan; Lady Eglinton, steamer for Cardiff. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEORA2II.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 1— Somas, from Vancouver's Island; Majestic, from Bombay; Florabelle, from Alexandria; ,Leopold, from Cavella ; Testimonial, from Tuticorin ; Bombay, from Akyab. Arrived, Feb. 2—Belinda, and Envoy, from Guernsey ; Belgian, steamer, from Ostend ; Dolphin, s teamer, from Antwerp ; Young America, from Callao Walkington, from Havannah. Sailed—Freedom, for Jersey; Caroline A gees, for Bom bay ; Acas, for St. Michael's. DEAL, Sati ird ay Morning. Passed—Planet; for Demerara ; Acis fri nn St. Michael s:; Ferdinand, from Pernambuco—all from Ler Ldon. It is said that the agricultural accc• unts from all parts of the United Kingdom have beconatc ucuch more en couraging, owing to the recent frost having been followed by the present dry weather. DEATH OF A VOCALIST.—We have to record the death of Mr. Alexander McGregor Simpson, we U known and esteemed in the north as a singer of Jacobite songs. He died at Glasgow on the 29th ult., where he h ad been ful filling an engagement at the Britannia Music t Hall. He was only in his 39th year, and a widow and itwo young children are left to mourn his premature dee eat if I,—,6'ra. In addition to the above, Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope has been instructed to name the most eligible officers in the undernamed ranks for advancement : —Three second masters to be promoted to master, three assistant-surgeons to be promoted to surgeon, three warrant officers of second class to be pro moted to first class, three warrant officers of third class to be promoted to second class, and three carper.ters' mates and six petty officers to be Iccomtnended for warrants. The three undernamed engineers have also been promoted to he first-class assistants :—NIr. William H. Elliott, Mr. James A. Wilson, and Mr. Edward Ingledew ; and several engineers of different classes will receive a step in rank on their passing the required examinations. UNITED B'l TER PROP PR ri- FISCATED BY THE SOUTH: CO - Fort Barrancas and the Pensacola Navy-yard were seized on Saturday by the Alabama and Florida troops. Thirteen military posts, five United States arsenals, one navy-yard, and one revenue cutter are now in possession of the rebels. We append a chronological table of the dates of these seizures, together with the attack upon the Star of the West, end the theft of.the Marion, the whole forming a list of the treasonable acts of the Secessionists : Dec. 27—Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney, at Charles ton, seized. Dec. 27—Revenue cutter William Aiken, surrendered by her commander, and taken possession of by South Carolina. Dec. 30—United States Arsenal at Charleston, seized. Jan. 2—Forts Pulaski and Jackson and the United States Arsenal at Savannah seized by Georgia troops. Jan. 2—Fort Macon and the United States Arsenal at Fayetteville seized by North Carolina. Jan 4—Fort Morgan and the United States Arsenal at Mobile seized by Alabama. Jan. B—Forts Johnson and Caswell, at Smithville, seized by North Carolina. Jan. 9—The Star of the West, being reinforcements for Major Anderson, fired at in Charleston harbour. Jan. 10—Fort M`Rae, at Pensacola, seized by Florida. Jan. 10—The stesmer Marion seized by South Carolina ; restored on the 11th. Jan. 11—The Urttted States Arsenal at Baton Rouge, and Forts Pike, St. Philip, and Jackson, seized by Loui siana. Jan. 12—Fort Barrancas and the Navy-yard at Pensa cola seized by Florida. According to the Army List, the 13 forts thus seized are pierced for an aggregate of 1,099 guns. The following table shows their location, cost (in dollars), war garrison, atd the number of guns in each : But now there comes another extraordinary announcement. if all tales are true, the Allies might have brought the Russian War to a close in a very short time, and at a very small cost, by the aid of these two iron frigates alone. The Gloire might have steamed into the harbour of Sebastopol in the teeth of its batteries,and bombarded the Arsenal at leisure ; the Warrior might have gone into Cronstadt with equal impunity, and worked its will with the fortifications around. To bring the theory home to us,we are told that an iron-cased frigate might laugh at the future fortifications of Portsmouth ; steam in contemptuous silence by the sea batteries at Spit head, run into the middle of the harbour, anchor there, and set our dockyards in flames before an hour was over. Of course, what could be done at Ports mouth could be done any where else ; so that, if the Gloire is really and truly in invention, stone walls have been superseded as fairly as wooden walls—the theory, we suppose, being this, that, considering the size of the vessel, the speed of its motion, and the efficacy of its defensive armour, no stationary bat teries, however formidable, could be relied upon for doing much injury to such a target. It is only under very special conditions, and after repeated shots, that strong iron plates can be pierced by can non, whereas an iron• cased frigate steaming at full speed would give no such opportunity to an enemy's cannoneers. Mr. Fergusson, indeed, said long ago that steam alone, apart from armour, would almost suffice to give a vessel this impunity. Now, how ever; we have the iron plating too, and how, then, can shore batteries be expected to damage an object which, besides being so hard to hit, is harder still to injure ? Could not a Gloire or a Warrior run the gauntlet through a mile or two of forts? She would only be ten minutes about it. These speoulations not only appear plausible, but to some extent are probably sound. There are two arguments, however, to be heard in reply. When it is said that a good iron-cased frigate will steam at the rate of twelve miles an hour, this not only presumes moderate weather, but a fair course and. an open channel. Such channels are not often found in the approaches to shore fortifications. Rarely does a fleet engage in shoal waters without getting a vessel or two aground, and a frigate aground would be a frigate lost. The only casualty of our navy in the whole Crimean War occurred in this very manner, and the same thing happened to our gunboats in the Peiho. In short, it is the com monest of all accidents in such operations; and the greater the speed and tonnage of the vessel the more fatal would be the risk. If an iron cased frigate were threading a narrow and unknown channel she would hardly go at twelve miles an hour, or, if she did, would soon be hard and fast on a shoal. Moreover, if she is to do any mischief herself she must become stationary somewhere, and then she would be a fair mark for guns. It will be asked, however, what harm this would do her, assuming her armour to be proof. The answer is, that she has a weak point in her decks. Sir Howard Douglas has remarked that the fire of a shore battery upon a vessel within short range would be equivalent to a vertical fire, would strike the ship's decks, pierce them, and either silence her or send her to the bottom. Similarly, it is alleged that a heavy shell falling from a great height at a 1 long range would sink almost anything afloat. The argument, in fact, comes to this—that a vessel armed only at the sides must be attacked from above, and that, though she might be invulnerable to cannon, she could be destroyed by mortars. Either the channels along which an attacking vessel. must necessarily move might be covered by eights of shells, or shells might be dropped upon her decks as soon as she took up her position. We will not inquire at present whether it would be impossible to make the decks as well as the sides of a vessel shot-proof, but it is clear that the danger here indicated could be met by providing a recep tion for an enemy in the centre of a harbour as well as in its approaches. If a vessel is to steam right into a port, she will, of course, be safe so long as the guns of the port bear outwards, but if such a contingency is provided against by turning some of the guns inwards, she would, i unless she were impregnable, be caught in a trap. There is always the chance, too, of her never reaching the scene of action at all. When we argue that an iron-cased frigate might have gone into Sebastopol or Cronstadt, it may be replied that an iron-cased frigate would stand a very poor chance of ever getting to the Black Sea or Baltic. Such craft are rather batteries than cruisers— moveable on the water under certain conditions of weather, but not to be handled like a ship. They are not always to be trusted even in the narrow seas ' . what if they were sent on distant voyages, and into perilous waters ? How would they be likely to fare where even light corvettes and nimble gunboats get aground ? There is something in all this, but be it remembered that iron sides are "in their infancy." Twelve months ago we should not have believed in a Gloire; in another year we may see the Gloire surpassed-4 is to be hoped in our own dockyards—by a vessel no less seaworthy than strong. Depend tupoonneitv, we are only feeling the first effects which, h , if we do invention, but it is an invention but look to our own interests, can our harm.-2inzes. never operate to ties to th e merchant, with amount G. Armand, silk mere Advices from Lyons mentio n . th . e . stoppage of Mr; of about 560,000. This f a ilure, which will not affect houses here, has occured through heavy losses, principally in Italian silk, in which a considerable fall has taken place lately. The Lords Justices yesterday reversed the de cision of the Commissioner in Bankruptcy, in the case of Mr. Mortimore, tanner, of Andover. The winding up will therefore take place under the Private Arrangement Act, inetead.of in the open court. Although the former course had met with the concurrence of nine-tenths of the credi tors, who signified their acceptance of a composition of 10s. in the pound, the commissioner had ruled that it could not be permitted, his belief being that Mr. Mortimore wah aware of his own insolvency as far back as 1857. Why do the pipes burst ? Si m ply i n con f orm ity with a law of nature, whereby water frozen occupies a larger bulk than water in the stat e o f li qu id, an d if con fined in the liquid state and then frozen, it will burst the vessel which contains it. It is this process that bursts rocks, and breaks down mountains, and pulverises the clap soil of the farmer, and bursts metallic pipes. Take an En field rifle barrel, stop up the vent or touch-hole, place it verti cally, and fill it with water on a frosty night. As the water freezes it will flow over at the top and cover the outside with ice, and the barrel will remain uninjured. But if, after filling with water, a metallic plug be screwed fast into the muzzle, the result will be that the barrel will burst, and most probably along the curve of the grooves or thinnest section. If an old "Brown Bess" be treated in the same mode, it also will burst, and probably along the course of the weld or junction, commonly the weakest part. The cause of bursting is, that the water is confined and has no room for expansion. If the lead pipes commonly used for water be made of pure soft lead they may possibly . str h e ere tch and yield to the expansion without bursting, but if t m. be an ordinary solder joint made of brittle metal ; there p bably the burst will, take place,—(Mcc a par. : 24 31 76 4¢ 5 62 1¢ 46 i lli I all all ; 5f 51 - 2 11: " I 11 12 31 31'i 31 21 , 23 24 61 6f 71 8 19 20 37i 38i 8 9 36 37 54 56 3i 34 51 51 8 1 Ai 1+ 1 d 1 1 ;- d 191 201 5) 6 9) 91 21i 224 2! Si 195 205 400 410 1071 1121 11 111 7 71 22 24 81 1 1 11 21 3 1 33 15 21 21 1* 11 54 56 3i 4 41 5 6 6i 8 9 91 91 43 46 300 3lO 3} 31 165 175 37 39 2 21 sa 5/ I 4 18 19 77 79 350 360 1121 1175 126 135 17 12i 13i 19 21 15 l7 MINES. all all all all all 131 13 4.10.6 1.8.6 4i 9 As 6d 5" .2 A. $ 161 17 THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. LISBON, FEB. 1. The Royal M :1 steamship Tyne, with the above mil, arrived here to-day at six p.m., and will leave 'or Southampton at 13 o'clock to-morrow morning with 38 passengers and £2,633 ill specie. 711 E NA VI. The screw steam-sloop Serpent, 4, 200 hors( p)wor, has been sent to Chatham from Woolwich, and attached to the steam reserve ordinary in the Medway, under the command of Capt. C. F. Schoenberg. An Admiralty order was yesterday received at. Woolwich, directing her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Medusa, formerly employed as a packet vessel in the Mediterranean, to be converted into a tug-vessel for the service of Government. The boilers and machinery having been overhauled, are found to be in tolerable condition, as well as the state of the ship generally ; the necessary repairs and alterations, according to the surveyor's estimate, will consequently not exceed £2,000. The sailing ship Palestine, run down last week by a steamer named the Carbon, off Woolwich Arsenal Pim:, was yesterday successfully recovered. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Robert Madge, Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the Zebra; John F. Channon, 2d class assist—engineer, to the Indus, as supernu merary; William Strachan, acting 3d class assist.- enginer, to the Asia, for service in the Wallace ; James Adamson, acting 3d class assist.- engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Traveller; and Edmund Clark, acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. TBE ARMY. The three vacant good service pensions placed at the disposal of the Duke of Cambridge have been conferred by his Royal Highness on Colonel the Hon. Augustus Frederick Foley, late of the Grena dier Guards; Colonel Rodolph de Salis, Bth (the King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons ; and Colonel Archibald Inglis Lockhart, C. 8., 92d Highlanders. Yesterday the various branches of the service composing the garrison of Chatham, numbering in the aggregate a force of several thousand men, were engaged in some military manoeuvres on an exten sive scale, being one of the series of strategical operations recently carried out by Major-Gen. Eyre with the forces under his command, Yesterday the first competitive examination of the students in the Army Medical School, recently founded at Chatham, for commissions as army sur geons, commenced at Fort Pit, when 45 candidates presented themselves for examination. The examiners are professors T. Longmore, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General ; Professor E. A. Parkes, M.D., and Professor W. Aitken, MD. The exami nations are likely to extend over eight or ten days. THE, TVd R IN CRINA. In consideration of the termination of hostilities in China, the following promotions of officers em ployed during the operations have been awarded by the Admiralty, commissions dating the 30th of January, 1861 : To be Captains—Commanders Francis Marten and William A. J. Heath. To be Commanders—Lieutenants Webb Elphin stone Stone, George Doherty Broad, Arthur J ohn Innes, George Dacres Bevan, and John Crawford Wilson. To be Paymasters Assistant Paymasters Frederick Penfold, Richard Francis Wily, and John St. John Wagstaffe. THE PORTS SETZED. Cost. Men. Guns. Fort Macon, Beaufort, N.C... dole. 460,000 300 61 Fort Johnson, Wilmington, N.C 5,000 60 10 Fort Caswell, Oak Island, N.C 571,000 400 81 Castle Pinckney, Charleston, S.C 4'',000 100 25 Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C 75,000 300 54 Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga 923,000 300 150 Fort Jackson, Savannah, Ga BO,OOO 70 14 Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Fla Fort M'Rae, Pensacola, Fla 384,000 650 161 Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala 1,212,000 700 132 Fort St. Philip, Mouth Mississippi 143,000 600 124 Fort Jackson, Mouth Mississippi Fort - Pike, Rigolets, La 472,000 300 49 Fort Macnvab, Chef Montear, La. 447,000 300 49 5,947,000 5,430 1,099 It will be seen that the war garrisons required at.these points amount to upwards of 5,000 men, although, as in the case of Fort Sumter, they may be held with far less than the regulation complement. The aggregate cost of the public property thus seized is not far from 6,000,000 dollars, to say nothing of the navy yards, the arsenals, and the revenue cutter Aiken — New York Evening Post. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- Feb. 18. ampton) .. .. • • • • M"' • • T ee ) Feb. 12 . Do. (via ar.. Feb. 4. Brazil and Cape Verde .. • • • • .. Feb. —. Ayres, Monte Vide o, &O. •: .. Feb. 13 Cuba and Mexico .. • • • • :„ .. Feb. 6. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) • • .. .. March 1. Cape of Good Hope, Sze. • • ore (via S'ampton) Feb. 18 . Chi na , Penang, and SingaP (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Do .. • . Feb 10. Gibraltar (via SOutht_unnllo.) (via Southampton) Feb. 1.8 India (Calcutta), Ceylo (via Marseilles) Feb. 12. Do. y), giaa Marseilles)SollthaOn) • • • • Feb. 10. India (Bo D l .. .. Feb. 4. Malta, .........................Feb.). A (via South eb. 10. Do (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 4. o, an d Oporto .. .. .. .... Feb. 1. United States, California, &c, . , .. .. Feb. 6. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Feb. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Feb. 13, Some sensation has been caused in Madrid by the troops on duty, on the occasion of the state visit of the Queen to the church of Atocha, to render thanks for being in an interesting situation," having prevented the mem bers of the Senate and Congress from taking the places indicated for them in the cortege as it passed by the Prado. L According to the jourAals, this incident arose from a mis t understapding. Ja, ..{ ~` ~:. ILON-CY4SED FRIGATES. -- -.--- We are only at the beginning of the commotion which our French neighbours have caused by the production of the Gloire. .They have a right to wake a mystery of her. She has already upset all our ideas of mariee architecture, and she is likely enough to ievolutioeise all cur theories of lei tifiee iion. The Wooden walls of Old England are get tieg out of favour, despite the galltiet stand made in their defence by Sir Howard Douglas. The very conception of a ship is radically changed. It is doubted if a frigate should have any masts or sails, or any kind of projection above her deck. There should be no difference between her stem and her stern, while her sides should incline inwards at en angle of 45 degrees. Instead of sitting the waters " like a thing of life," she would be more like a small sandbank at half-tide, and one of the new models, indeed, is to be painted a light gray colour, so as to become utterly invisible, like a Volunteer Rifleman. In fact, the same theory has been ap plied to the art of war both by land ana sea. The one great object is to project a bullet against an enemy from the longest distance and with the G reatest certainty. On land we insure these con ditions by the use of a pattern musket and au un distinguishable uniform; at sea we try to compass iron thesameendsby rifled cannon and armour. As a ship cannot be exactly hidden, like a sharp shooter, she must be protected against shot, and be enabled to defy the bullets which she cannot evade. MI the poetry of the old idea is lost. A ship is now regarded as nothing more nor less gun-carriage---a than a mani fold gun-carri a g e a floating battery, in short. For her sailS and sailors she will have stokers and steam, for seamen she will have gunners, and the only remaining question is how to shield there • gunners from the broadsides of the enemy. This is what the French have done by plating the vessel's sides with iron, so that, at length, there appears a powerful battery, not, indeed, impreg nable, but nearly so; not altogether seaworthy, but able to make short cruises in fair weather at great speed ; not a miracie of success, but a won derful advance on any fabric launched before. The Warrior probably surpasses the Gloire, but the Gloire led the way. As to the objections urged against the new system, they acquire their force only from a confusion of propositions. There are very many duties now discharged by our frigates which neither the Gloire nor the Warrior could perform ; but that would not hinder either of these vessels from blowing a wooden frigate out of the water under conditions of highly probable oc. currence. ty ad ed on •ed cy en ar, Share' 100 100 100 100 100 1 all all 100 100 100 all all Share, 100 stk 204 204 10 100 I stock stock 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stook stock sto:A .