The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

/4::ttrb .;;.tattton SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR tordc his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The house was very fully attended this evening ; a number of ladies filling► the side galleries, and the greatest interest was observable both inside and outside the house relative to the motion of Lord Lyndhurst. THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. Lord LYNDHURST rose to move that the copy of the letters patent purporting to create the Right Hon. Sir James Parke, Kt. a baron of the United King dom for life, which had been laid upon the table, be referred to the committee fur privileges, with di rections to examine and consider the same, and report thereon to that house. The noble lord, in commencing his speech, said it was a subject of the deepest importance, and related to the composition of their lordships' house. The question involved in his motion was simply whether the ancient character of that house was to be maintained, or whether it was to be composed of members according to the mere discretion and political interests of the Ministers of the Crown for the time being. (Hear, hear.) The question wa s not whether more persons were to be raised to the Peerage, but whether they were to be raised i n a different form than that which had been recog nised by the practice of 400 years. One of the first acts of his official life was to recommend Sir James Parke to a seat upOn the judicial bench. He felt proud of that recommendation. The learned Judge's assiduity, his great legal knowledge, hie learning, and his impartiality would more than justify that appoint ment, and confer a high honour upon those who were at all instrumental in placing so eminent an individual upon the bench of this country. (Hear.) The obvious consequence of this life peerage was that it should be re garded hereafter as a precedent, and that by such a precedent future Ministers would be enabled, for the time being, to place in that house as many life peer ages as it would suit their political interests to appoint. He (Lord Lyndhurst was himself deeply indebted to his Sovereign for many marks of distinction, and it would ill become him to say or do anything that was cal culated to reflect upon the conduct of her Majesty. Let it then be perfectly understood that in speaking upon this subject he was not speaking of the Sovereign personally, but only of the advisers of the Crown. It was said that it was the sole prerogative of the Crown to create peerages whether they were created in the usual constitutional way, or only peerages for life. Assuming that to be the case, it did not at all follow that every exercise of the Royal prero gative was consistent with the principles of the Consti tution. There was not a single instance in the last 400 years of any commoner having been raised to a seat in in that house by patent for life only. He therefore could not avoid saying that the recent instance of the creation of life peerages was a violation of the prin ciples of the Constitution, and ought not to be tolerated. The noble lord then proceeded to quote cases of life peerages, which occurred in the reign of Richard 11., of Henry IV., of Henry V., and of Henry VIII., but contended that not one of those cases was in point, inasmuch as the persons created were all ultimately entitled to seats in the house. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BAINES took the oaths and his seat for Leede. FIRST READINGS. The following bills were severally read a first time : Forest of Dean Central Railway, Wandsworth and Put ney Gas, Poole Railway, Bawtrey Roads, London, Til bury, and Southend Railway (Extension), Bagnaistone Railway, Dewesbury Water, Cork Bridges, and Perth Harbour. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions for the repeal of the Maynooth grant. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the clergy of Sheffield against the opening of the Crystal Palaca on Sundays. THE RIVER. WE AN . Mr. THORNELY moved for an account showing the amount due fur principal debt and interest on the River Weaver on the sth of April, 1844, with an account of the'annual receipts and expenditure in each year, and to the latest date; distinguishing the amount annually received for tonnage from other incidental sources of in come and from money borrowed ; also distinguishing the annual expenditure for ordinary maintenance and rapairs from the expenditure on account of debt and interest, the purchase of land, and erection of churches thereon and endowing the same, or other like incidental expenses, and from the amount annually paid over for the use of the county of Chester (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 115, of Session 1844). Agreed to. M. V. SCULLY moved that the Treasury minute made with a view to improve the postal and passenger communication between England and Ireland, under the act of last session, be laid on the table of the House.— A;reed to. PHELLIMORE gave notice, that on an early day he should call the attention of the house to the in justice of assessing the clergy to parochial rates. Mr. MUNTZ said that on Thursday next he should call the attention cf the house to the present monetary system of the country with a view to a remedy more in conformity with the present time. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that on that day fortnight he should call the attention of the house to the report of Sir J. M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch relative to the army in the Crimea during last ytar. Majord REED gave notice that on an early day he should move tLat the franchise be extended to all who were assessed to the income tag, not being aliens. Mr. WISE gave notice of his intention to move, on the let of February, for an inquiry into the consular establishments abroad. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why there had been no report made by the Insppotor of Prisons in the Home district for five years past ; and when any report, such ai the act requires annually, was likely to be made by that in spector ? Sir G. GREY said there were a number of those reports in arrear, and he had written to Captain Wil liams on the subject. He had taken measures to hare those reports made more regularly for the future. SUPPLIES TO THE ARMY. Sir J. FERGUCON said the report of the Commis sion of Inquiry into the Supplies of the British Army in the Crimea having appeared. he wished to ask the Under-Secretary of State for War, whether it wad the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any change in the direction of that department ; and r ba ther it was their intention to place that department of an army in the field under the charge of a superior mili tary officer, as recommended by the said commission ? Mr. P. PEEL, the suggestion of the hon. member is a very valuable one, but it has not yet been determined to act on it. Mr. MAGUIRE asked whether it was the intention of Government to introduce a bill in the present session for the better regulation of the Medical Charities of Ireland ? Sir G. GREY said : it was not the intention of Go vernment to introduce any bill on the subject this sevsion. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. U. BERKELEY s aid he wished to ask, seeing that th e C orrupt Practices Prevention Act expires this session, a n d t h at a strong and general opinion prevails as to its i ne ffi c i ency, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring in a bill to renew that act, or to submit its operation to the inquiry of a select committee Lord PALMERSTON said it had not been deter mined by the G overnment wheth er t h ey should bring in a bill to continue the apt or r e f er the subject to a select committee. When it had been determined what course should he pursued the house would be informed on the subject. MR. CURTIS Mr. 11. BAILLIE asked the Pikt Lord of the Tr"- snry whether he had any objection to l a y on the table of the house the co rres p on de n ce which b a d taken place wi th the Prussian G overnmen t re l a ti ve t o the 'emplrs- merit of agents for the enlistment of troops, and in re ference to the arrest of her Majesty's consul at Cologne upon the charge of being engaged in such proceedings Also, any communications which may have been made by the authorities of the Hansa Towne with reference to he subject of enlistment ? Lord F'ALMERSTON had great objection to pro duce the correspondence alluded to. The transaction had been amicably settled ; and the correspondence, if it were produced, could lead to no good results. With respect to the second question, the Government had no correspondence to produce. COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Mr. CAIRNS asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether, in the contemplated postal arrangements with Ireland, the Treasury had considered the requirements of trade in the provinces as well as in Dublin ; and whether any communications on the subject had been made to any of the Chambers of Commerce except that of Dublin, or whether any such communication would be made before any tender was accepted ? Mr. WILSON said communications with the Chain her of Commerce of Ireland had taken place, and the best attention wo u ld b e given to thesubjectas regarded the provinces. Mr. CAIRNS asked the Solicitor-General for Ireland whether a bill to amend the law of bankruptcy in Ire land would he introduced by Government, and when ? Mr. 110 RSMAN would next week lay a bill oil tho table relating to that subject. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. COLLIER, in pursuauca to his notice, moved for leave to bring in a bill to transfer the testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the superior courts of common law and to the county courts. He said those courts were condemned more than twenty years since, and which bad been confirmed by subse quent commissions and committees, and the unanimous voice of public opinion, and yet they had been allowed to continue in their present state. Fifteen bills had since then been introduced to transfer the jurisdiction of these courts, yet they had all failed, and he must confess he approached the question with some superstitious feel ing that these courts were destined to live for ever. Three years since he called attention to this question, and was induced to leave it in the bands of the Go vernment to remedy the evils complained of. In the ensuing session a bill was brought in by the Govern ment to transfer the jurisdiction of these courts to Chancery, but some how or other it failed ; in the following session another bill was introduced, giving the jurisdiction not exactly in Chancery nor out of Chancery, but which also failed. In the third session he proposed to reintroduce the original motion he pro posed, and which would deal only with a portion of the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, that of testa mentary jurisdiction—letting the jurisdiction of these courts in matters of divorce and of church discipline stand over for the present; but be would observe that the law of divorce was a disgrace to the country, and ought no longer to exist. It was, in fact, a law for the rich, and not for the poor. The testamentary jurisdic tion of the Ecclesiastical Courts was an usurpation from the old county courts of the country. The ecclesiasti cal courts numbered 372, and were as motley, gro tesque, and disgraceful a lot of courts as could belong to a civilised country ; and so were their judgments. In the change he contemplated no new tribunals would be required, the existing tribunals of the country being suf ficient. He would give jurisdiction to County Courts in matters under 501. In Scotland, 30 years ago, the Consistory Courts of that country were transferred to the Sheriff's Court, and he had not heard of any incon venience arising therefrom. In America and India there were no Ecclesiastical Courts, yet men in each of of those countries made wills, and their property passed without any trouble or difficulty. He would have each County Court a district for registering these wills, appointing some of the present regis trars to the office of registrars, and that a will should be I proved in the district where the tes tator died. No attorney nor proctor need be em ployed in proving undisputed wills ; any man going there should be furnished with a form which he could fill up with the assistance of the registrar' and all those wills should be deposited in Somerset House. When the property was under 4001., and any disputes arose, the county court should have legal and equitable jurisdiction ; but where the property was above 3001., jurisdiction might be referred to the Chancery Courts, Common Law, or a New Court. He thought there was no necessity for new tribunals to be established, because the Crown Law Courts bad been relieved of some of their business, owing to the establishment of the County Courts, and could well undertake this. If it were transferred to the Chancery Court a new Vice- Chancellor would be required, but he thought that expense need not be gone to. At present, the Com mon Pleas had not sufficient business to fully occupy its time, and he thought this jurisdiction might be given to that court. He was in favour of the jurisdiction being removed to the common law courts. These courts should decide the validity of wills. After some further remarks on the details of the bill, the hon. gentleman moved for leave to bring in the bill. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. He referred to the scandalous conduct connected with the patronage of these courts, and also to the oppressive working of these courts, and the number of proctors, surro gates, &c., connected with its machinery. He said there were but ICO proctors in the kingdom whose interests were so anxiously watched over by the upholders of the present courts. Ho regretted the Government had not brought forward a similar measure to this. Had they done so he would have given them his support. He enumerated some of the expenses of the ecclesiastical courts, which were drawn often from poor families, widows, and orphans. It was a duty the Government owed the country to re lieve them from those harpies, and allow them to prove their wills without trouble and at a trifling expense. On the SPEAKER putting the question, Mr. G. BUTT rose to address the house, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] LAW INT - F.T.T.TGENCE—(This Day.) EXCHEQUER COURT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Baron Pollook and a Common Jury.) GENESE V. CUBITT-EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Mr. James and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. 0 verend and Mr. Turner for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re cover the value of some household furniture from the defendant, an upholsterer carrying on business in the neighbourhood of Soho-square. It appeared from the plaintiff's evidence that Mrs. Rivers, a lady formerly residing in Trevor-square, Bromp ton, was indebted to the plaintiff in 20/. Sub sequently he advanced her 60?., to be called 801., to in clude the interest on a bill of sale on her furniture, the amount to be repaid by 2/. weekly instalments. 47?. had been repaid. Several instalments being in arrears in November last the plaintiff went to Brompton and found the house shut up. He traced the removal of the fur niture to a workshop of the defendant's in the Haymarket. A conversation took place between the plaintiff and the defendant, when the defendant said he held the goods as a friend of Mrs. Rivers against her creditors, but that he should be paid his debt. Plaintiff declined to accede to the proposition, and served the defendant with a notice. Mrs. Rivers afterwards took the benefit of the Insolvent Court, and the goods had been sold for 165/. ss. The defendant had also a bill on the furniture. In the course of the plaintiff's cross-examination much amusement was created by the learned counsel " reckon ing up" his antecedents. He said he was now out of business, but kept a short time since the Crown and Cushion, Russell-street, Drury-lane ; before that he lived at a private house at Kennington-cross, and discounted bills and bought and sold jewellery ; before that he kept a coffee and chop house in Jermyn-street, rented under the Woods and Forests, but he was never charged with making a gambling•house of it ; he was once charged with keeping a gambling-house in Ireland ; he bad to leave Jerenyn-street in consequence of his turning the house into a coffee and chop house. Previous to that he was indicted for keeping a brothel in George street, Adelphi, but on the trial he was acquitted. He lived about 20 years in Duke's court, Bow-street, but he was not indicted for keeping a brothel there. In Dublin he kept a gambling-house, which he gave up without having been indicted. On one occasion he travelled the country pith two German dwarfs, as rivals to Torn Thumb, and they were exhi bited at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly. He was not aware that he enjoyed the sobriquet of " Guinea Pig" in Rag-fair, where he sometimes visited. He had never been engaged in a brothel in Coventry-court, as a ser vant, but he had " wisited" there. He was now out of business, and what little he earned was by bill dis counting'. A book was handed in by the defendant, which pur ported to contain a list of the payments, wherein it was shown that 58/. had been repaid out of the 100/., and a bill of exchange given for the balance, but the plaintiff denied that the last page, containing entries over 471., the amount he gave credit for, was in his band-writing. Mrs. Rivers' schedule, containing an entry of the bill o exchange was put in, but he said he had never seen it before, and he denied that he said to her after she had passed the Insolvent Court, " Lotty, I don't care about the bill you owe me, or whether you ever pay me, but I want to punish Cubit, and will do so if it costs me 100/.' The defence was, that Mrs. Rivers, wbo had gone also by the name of Mrs. Atkins, became embarrassed, and obtained some assistance from the plaintiff ; she owed him 91., and, wanting more money, the 1001. was made up in this way : 91. owing, 311. worth of goods, pictures, jewellery, &c., 401. money advanced, and 201. to be charged as interest. When Mrs. Rivers had to petition the Court 43/. was due, and it was arranged between her and the plaintiff, that to hold him harm less she should give him a bill of exchange for that amount, a collateral security in the event of her losing her furniture. The defendant became mixed up in the transaction in this way : in 1853 he bad lent Mrs. Rivers as Mrs. Atkins a sum of money on a bill of sale which had been repaid. In September, 1855, she at the same time owing him 351. for goods, and 501. that had been advanced to her, had a further advance of 501,, making altogether 1351. she was indebted to him, which she agreed to repay by 251. instalments. A bill of sale was then given on the furniture for 1501., including 151. for interest. The Lord Chief Baron said that the plaintiff's bill of sale had a prior claim to that of the defendant's.. The question resolved itself into the truth of the payments to the plaintiff, the giving the bill of exchange, and the proceedings at the Insolvent Court. The ease bad not concluded when onr report left. CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. Before Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Willes.) THE MURDER OP MR. WAUGH, THE SOLICITOR. Charles Broadfoot ZSestrom, 25, clerk, was indicted for the wilful murder of George Waugh. Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Gifford prosecated, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Lewis defended. It not being very generally known that the trial would come on this day, the court was not so crowded as might have been expected. The prisoner was somewhat fashionably attired in a brown isiogle-brouted outer coat, a n d ev i dently had dressed himself with much care. He is not above 5 feet high, and very humpbacked. His complexion is fair, and of that pale sickly cast customary to persons so deformed. His countenance is somewhat malignant ; his features pinched and projecting towards the mouth. His eyes are small and sunken, with a very unpleasant expression. His manner was quite possessed, and ap parently self-satisfied, but evidently that of a man whose mind was affected. Mr. Clarkson briefly stated the case to the jury, and in so doing said the circumstances which caused the death of the unfortunate gentleman were so abundantly clear that no question could arise as to the facts, or that the act was the wilful one of the prisoner, and the only question for the jury would be the state of mind he was in when he committed it. The deceased gentleman was a solicitor, and related by marriage to the p r i soner . H e h a d it appeared been mainly instrumental in obtaining for the prisoner and his brothers and sisters some property, which, without the deceased gentleman's assistance, they would never have recovered any portion of. The prisoner, without any real foundation for such an opinion, became Possessed of an idea that Mr. Waugh had robbed him of his portion of the property, and in consequence became so annoying in his conduct to Mr. Waugh that he was compelled to have recourse to the protection of the police magistrate at Clerkenwell, and prisoner was brought up to that court. Prisoner then promised that he would take his affairs out of the hands of deceased, and not further annoy him. Prisoner then engaged a Mr. Sandys, of Gray's-inn-square, and the result of that gentleman's arrangements was, that prisoner's share of the property was to be sold upon the 14th of Jan. ' upon that day the preliminaries settled, but upon that day, in consequence of what Mr. Waugh communi cated to Mr. Sandy, the matter was put off. The pri soner was at Mr. Sandy's office upon that day, and when he learned how matters stood, became very abu sive, and finally left the office of Mr. Sandys, and said that Mr. Waugh should not have anything more to do in the matter. The first witness called was Thomas Sent Whitfield, examined by Mr. Clerk—l am a solicitor. About half past ten on the morning of the 16th of January I saw the prisoner crossing over Bedford -street towards Bedford row. He suddenly turned round towards the end of Bedford•row, and appeared to be doing something with his sleeve. I knew the deceased, and saw him coming in an opposite direction. The prisoner then went up the street in the direction of Mr. Waugh, and when within a few yards of him drew something which looked like brass, and said, "You villain, you have ruined me; why did you rob me of my property ?" and almost directly I heard the report of a pistol, and saw Mr. Waugh stagger. Mr. Waugh said, "Hold him; he has shot me." I said, " How could you shoot the poor man ?" He said, "He has done for me." I said, "And you have done for yourself." - I then tried to seize him, when he drew another pistol. I thee-secured the prisoner. Mr. Waugh fell to the ground almost direotly. Mr. Ballantine said ho should not ask this gentleman any question, neither could he deny the facts, and there fore would not trouble the prosecution to call any more witnesses to these facts. Mr. Justice Wightman said that he saw by the depo- sitions there were a great many witnesses, all to the same facts. The street-keeper of Bedford-row was then called, and stated that as he was conveying the prisoner to the BA tion, prisoner drew a knife from his pocket, which he took from him. Sergeant Hayes said that he was on d u t y at the eta. tion-house when the prisoner was brought ; and when the charge was made against the prisoner of mur d er i ng Mr. Waugh, the prisoner said, "He has brought it all upon himself; he has cheated me out of my estate, some acres of land ; he is a relation of m i ne , h e married into our family ;" and added, "I am satisfied." Inspector Checkley proved that the prisoner said if it had not been for deceased he should have bad 8001. ; DOW he should only have 4001., and God only knew when he should get that, as Mr. Waugh bad thrown it into Chancery. He gave his address at Newland-street, Kensington. He went there and found bullets, a bul let mould, powder and caps. By Mr. Ballantine—You found, I believe, that the prisoner had bought the pistols eighteen mouths ago ? Checkley—l did, sir. _ _ Mr. Wren, the surgeon, proved that death was caused by a bullet, which he found in the groin of the deceased gentleman. Mr. Ballantine, in a speech of great length, argued that the prisoner was insane, and called a number of witnesses, who spoke to prisoner labouring under delu sions, and being of a very unpleasant temper. Mr. Clarkson having-replied, His lordship summed up, and the jury had not re turned their verdict when we went to press. THE SUN, LONDON, TH URSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1856, HER 11141,TESTr.s SHIP EDINBURGH. The citizens of Dublin were on Tuesday gratified by the rare exhibition of great-gun practice from this fine vessel now lying in Kingstown Harbour, with the addi tions of a mock attack by boats, and subsequently a boat race. The Edinburgh, 64, screw frigate, commanded by Captain Hewlett,',was the frag-ship of Admiral Chads at the bombardment of l3omarsund, and was prominently engaged on that occasion. The weather yesterday morn ing was fine, and the Eastern Pier was thronged with an assemblage which was both numerous and fashionable, and by whom the proceedings were viewed with the greatest interest. The targets were three buoys moored outside the harbour, at a distance of 1,000 yards from the vessel. To guard against accidents, a signal•man with a flag was placed at the end of the pier, whose duty was to stop the firing in case the approach of any craft outside rendered it necessary. The practice with round shot was wound up with three broadsides from the lower deck guns. Then followed the boat attack. Five armed boats, each under the command of an officer, surrounded No. 4 pilot boat and cannonaded her, and received her fire in return, and after some mancenvring, they finally closed in and took her by boarding, The prize was then towed astern of the ship. Last came a race between the two boats of the Edin burgh, which was excellently contested. The practice and the boat attack were under the immediate direction of Lieut. Pritchard, second officer of the Edinburgh, a gentleman who has served with distinction both in and previous to the present war. With characteristic urba• nity and hospitality, Captain Hewlett and the officers entertained and attended to the numerous visitors on board, and after a sumptuous repast, dancing com menced, and was kept up until a late hour on the quar ter deck, over which a tastefully decorated awning was thrown for the occasion. On Thursday next his Excellency will visit the Edin burgh, when the ship will be dressed, the yards manned, a Royal salute fired, and the crews exercised at quar ters, &c. THE VICTORIA DOCKS.--The Government are, we believe, in t rea ty for the purchase of the Victoria ocks, situated on the opposite side to Woolwich. RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Add the case connected with the instrument of criminal execution called the " Maiden." Of this instrument—the prototype of the guillotine—the memorable fact is recorded, that having been introduced into Scotland by - the Regent Morton, he suffered an ignominious death by that very means in 158,1, having been condemned for the savage murder of Darnley.—R. W. H ACKWOOD.—Notes and Queries. ROYAL COLLEGE OP SURGEONS.—The following mem hers of the College, having undergone the necessary ex aminations, were admitted licentiates of midwifery at the meeting of the board on the sth inst. :—Messrs. G. S. Gabb, Newent, Glocestershire ; F. Shepherd, Faver sham ;T. M. Donaboo, Westminster-road ;R. H. Bakewell, Purton, near Swindon, Wiltshire ; T. G. Brook, Caxton, Cambridgeshire ; W. G. Coombs, Win ford, Somerset ; W. Kirk, Radon, near Hull ; H. Gib bons, Wolverhampton ; S. D. Hine, Nottingham ; C. C. Blades, Tattershall, Lincolnshire ; H. H. Vernon, St. Mary's Hospital ; and F. Wilton, Glocester. 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They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian 'with his 6 satellites, Sec.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly4nvonbed, very powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,tlee size of a walnut, by which a persou cao be seen and known 13 miles distant ; they answer every purpose ou the race-course, and at tho opera housee, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to eportsmcn, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing. power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—New Discorery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hoar distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the =pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle street, riocadaly. Obeerve..orfnosite the York Hotel. 1 /_ WHAT LS AN ARMISTICE? (From the MoTning Hcrald.) England may be proud of her representatives, and of her representative institutions. Among the first, in both Houses of Parliament, only one man, Colonel Dunne, has been found sufficiently clear-sighted to see, and suf ficiently honest to call attention to, the most monstrous of all the political iniquities which have disgraced our diplomacy since the ill-omened hour when the first Coa lition overthrew Lord Derby, and brought en, as an in evitable consequence, that war which we have conducted in disaster and are about to close in disgrace. Such are our representatives. As for the institutions —what are we to say ? Simply this : that having found a man to bring forward a matter of first-rate importance, the forms of the house prevent any more efficient mode of proceeding than asking a question. We all know what that is. In the present instance, however, we have certainly learned from Lord Palmerston that we are to have an armistice—with the additional informa tion that it will be postponed to a period of the year which will afford the greatest possible advantage to Russia—viz., the spring months. The working of our institutions may be further illustrated by the fact, that with a dishonourable peace staring us in the face the legislative wisdom must hold their tongues, and leave the arrangements on which almost the future existence of the institutions in question depend in the hands of men whom no one thoroughly trusts, while their own power is limited to the privilege of pronouncing a futile opinion, as soon as all the mischief is complete and utterly without a remedy. Said we not right when we alleged that England might be proud of her institutions ? Let Laputa show a parallel to this elaborate system of sitting looking stolidly on while the steed is stolen, and then gravey shutting the door. Colonel Dunne's question referred to the proposed armistice. As we pointed out some days since, it has been announced in the Moniteur that this Austrian dodge—attempted once before—at the time of that sapient arrangement, the occupation of the Principalities —is to precede the opening of the conferences for peace. Lord Palmerston has confirmed the disgraceful intelli gence. The Augsburg Gazette announced a few days since the opinion of that well-informed journal—an opinion which we gave to our readers three weeks ago—that Russia has no object in entering into negotiations except for the purpose of sowing dissensions among the allies ; and adds that the probability is that the conference will ex tend to the end of April. Of course the armistice will endure as long as the con ferences, if not some weeks longer. Do our readers know what an armistice is ? We be lieve not. Not only do hostilities cease, but blockades are raised, and everything is restored as if to a state of profound peace. An armistice, therefore, signifies to those who will observe it a suspension of all movements necessary for future operations of war. It signifies a gain of two months to Russia in Asia, where General Mouravieff's army is at present without the possibility of receiving assistance, but which, with the aid of the time provided for that purpose by this precious armistice, will receive reinforcements the moment the passes are open, and be fore we can operate effectually against him. Were we at once to make our preparations at Batoum or Trebizonde—according to the direction in which we intend to operate--we might be on the Russian ge neral's communications, and the campaign might be decided before his expected reinforcements could leave the mouth of the Wolga. But if we cease or suspend our arrangements during the armistice, we shall not be in a condition to leave the coast of the Black Sea until the middle of summer, when the unhealthy season will have set in in the deep valleys of the Pbasis and when, thanks to our delay, a n d th e warn i ngs which we have given—as we did at Kinbourn—the Russians may have converted Kutais and Tiflis into fortresses on the model of Sebastopol and Nicolaieff. This, indeed, would be following up the betrayal of Kars to a useful purpose for the Czar; and who doubts that it will be done? Will the people of England never see that Russia is not to be effectually attacked ; and that feeble as may be the pretended assaults on her, she is always fore warned in time, so as to give her the opportunity of making that impossible which before was only difficult ? Such are some of the evils which this yielding to foreign interests must inevitably create ; but there are others of a different nature, and fully as injurious, to be considered. Among the many pressures which have been brought to bear upon the people of this country, in order to com pel a Russo-Austrian peace, we have often mentioned, in addition to the dear food and the cleverly-got•up American difficulty, as the most efficacious of all, the money pressure. Now, we would beg our readers to look closely into this matter. The armistice will probably commence in a month, or say six weeks, previous to the breaking-up of the ice in the Baltic, but affording ample time for foreign mer chants and patriotic English traders to prepare every vessel they oan lay their bands on for a rapid speculation in Russian produce for the English market. Every harbour on the cs,tern and southern coast of the Baltic will be crowded with shipping to take off all produce which may be there accumulated, and every pound of that produce will be sold in England for gold —in reality, if not ostensibly. • The abstraction of this gold —all of which will ulti mately go to Russia, and be employed in preparing ar maments against ourselves should the war continue— will of necessity entail the diminution of our paper cir culation, and equally of necessity increase the pressure in the money market, under which some great houses have already sunk, and many more are tottering. Here is a palpable advantage to our enemy, and an injury to ourselves, which of itself should be sufficient to expose any Minister who may sign an armistice to a just im peachment. But what can we expect ? England is content to allow her monetary laws t•► be concocted, and her cur• rency to be arranged, by " Mercator" and others, who are at this moment gaining from 7 to 10 per cent, by discounting bills in consequence of the money pressure which those very laws have called into existence. One more sign of the times and we have done. We have heard that a neutralisation of the Baltic is in contemplation, as a supplement, we suppose, to that of the Black Sea. In the first this will of course involve the destruction of the Swedish fleet—her only security against aggres sloe, and so pave the way for her future subjugation. While in the second, Russia has no fleet, and Turkey has a very powerful one. Is the latter to be destroyed because the ships of the Czar are rotting at the bottom of the harbour of Sebas topol? This is worth consideration. We must not sneer at the Turks as a maritime power, when we remember that, except for the direct inter ference of our own ambassador, acting by order of the Foreign Secretary, whe prevented Admiral Slade from entering the Black Sea, that foul blot upon modern civilisation, the massacre of Sinope, would, we verily believe, have never been attempted, or, if attempted, would have resulted in a dest ruc tion of the ships of the aggressor, as complete as that which, by English agency, befell the frigates and transports of our unfortunate ally. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CALEDONIAN. A meeting of the shareholders in this company was hold at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool, to consider the position of the company in reference to the Edinburgh and Glas• gow Company, and the steps which should be taken to bring about a pacific policy, and put a final stop to the existing competition, which was alike injurious to both companies. There were fifteen shareholders present, and one of the Edinburgh and Glasgow line. Mr. Greeow took the chair, and, having stated the ob ject of the meeting, proceeded t ) read his own address. It was a lengthened document, and went to show that at the present time the competition between the two rival companies had arrived at a ruinous extent, the result of which was that the Edinburgh and Glasgow were for warding passengers, first class, at one half-penny per mile, and third-class passengers at one farthing per mile— a tariff, which the Caledonian was also adopting, and, consequently, no dividend could be expected ; and he had reason to believe that for the past eighteen months the dividend had been paid out of the capital of the company. Corresponding reductions in the cost transit had also taken place in the contracts, one of which he instanced. Where pig-iron had been conveyed over 31 miles for 4s. 41. per ton the charge was now only 2s. 2d. per ton, and the directors had entered into the contract for five years. He thought a searching in quiry ought to be made into the matter, and that the shareholders should express their feelings whether they I had confidence in the direction. He exhorted them to bestir themselves, as there would be matters before Parliament affecting the Caledonian which would require their consideration before further capital was sunk. Alter reading several extracts from newspapers, having reference to the competition, the chairman proposed that a committee be appointed to address a circular to the shareholders soliciting their support to the following resolution to be proposed at the next half•yesrly meet !rig ,--" That a committee of gentlemen, in whose sound judgment and principles the shareholders might bare confidence, be appointed to examine into the present position and management of the company, and through whose intervention an attempt may be made to conclude a fair and mutually benefiical joint-working agreement with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, similar to that lately entered into betwee❑ the Scottish Central, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Companies, and in effecting this, it should also be aimed at, that the best understanding should be maintained with the last-named companies." This resolution was carried unanimously, and after a vote of thanks had been passed to the chairman the meeting separated. LIBEL—THE PRESS.—On Tuesday the proprietor of the Roscoamon Journal obtained a verdict for 25/. against the proprietor of a rival paper, the Roscommon Reporter, for stating that tho .Journal had died. AILERICAN WHEAT FOR FRANCE.—TLIO New iro3: Journal of Commerce, of Jan. 16, quotes the following from the Chicago Daily Press, without giving date. Some days ago we noticed the shipment of 20,000 bushels of wheat from this city, via the Illinois Central Railroad and Cairo for France. From the Lasalle Press we observe that similar shipments are being made from other points for the same destination. On Saturday last 8,000 bushels were received at that place from lowa over the Rock Island road, which was transferred to the Illinois Central to go to the Cairo and then to France. The Press trays :—" A still larger quantity is to arrive from the same State this week for the same destination. This, we believe, is the first instance in which grain has been shipped from lowa to Now Orleans via Lasalle, and is Pahape but tai© forortum4r of more shisloAtg.:: SHARE MARKETS. !raid (THIS DAY.) 100 61s. an all all RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day 25 - 27 'lOO 100 4 - NIP ..... ... all all 100 100 ' 2 . .44 106 all all all 71 - 8 1 16 - 15 B'2P 13 - 14 9 8 100 82e 1 1100 ,100 1100 3i 100 100 Ail [OO 100 ;3118. 20 20 to I 0 •N - ... 85 - 87 55i - 56 - ... ... .•• . --- • 4 - 2• 121 - 13 fli -10 A 26 30 19 - 21 72 - 73 52 - 51 9 i - 9 1 25 ... t•• 82 - 86 64 - 7 901 - 911 76 - 78 124 - 126 103 - 105 55 - 551 73 - 78 6i - 74 64 - 74 , •- 81j 61 7 97 99 100 1004 id par id par, 91 95 3} 2i 3 2d •N ..'. ••• : Id 68i 42 694 4.0 ••• .... ... 49 - 51 ••• 29i 3ei 73 - 74; 7 - 50, 41 - 3t 14 - 15 49 50 17i all all 1 1 - 70 22 - 24 104 106 75 77 45 47 11 -- I2i 61i 624 70 72 S - 3d 101 10 91 77 i 1031 4 ES5i 5 i 81} 1 loorn 93/ 6 4/ 69 ii 411 49i 50 29i 74 3i 491 1 37 2) 2) 50 2) 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 20 25 25 100 20 IC 20 20 62i 2 RAILWAYS. 10 C! 14 4i all. 20 all 80 all 14 all 14 Aberacez.. Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Bastn. Junct tillfast & Ballymena Birming. Woivorh- k Stour Va11ey...... .. Birk (mild. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Choh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons Do., £2O Rlyth &Tyneorigina £25 (issd. at .£ 15; [Bristol and Exeter Caledonian .. . Carm. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, di Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cris T Junction Dub( in &BelfastJunc . Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... East. Union, A SO e., B. Stook Do., New A......... East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh?' Glasgota Edinb. and Peebles &din. Prth &D un de , Forth & Clyde Jun% Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Wester , Groat N. of Seotlnd. Groat Northern ..... 'Do., A. Stock ...... .. Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai , Qua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. and York sh Do. Wet. Riding Un. Lio:Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwell Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Wean. Do. Fifths Do.lOI. f3h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths.. London and S. Westn. I Do., .£5O. Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Col orain. Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Ildanch.Shet& Linclr Do., Man. & Lin. Un Me trop olitan ...... .... Midland I Do. Birmng. &Dori); Midld. G. West. (Ira Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &lilnniskillot Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.ConntiesUn North 8riti5h........ Nth Devon & Dock Stock Do., A Stock._ Do., B Stock Do., B Gnaranteeo N. astern—Borwiel, Do. do. Extension ... Do.do. G.N.E. ?arch Do. Leeds Do. York • North London .. V. &S. Wstrn. ,Hamr stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire North Western . Westrn.June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Ox, Wore.. & Woly, Portsmouth lScottish Cs Itral Scottish Midland Shropshiro Ur i , South Devon South Eastern South' Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do 1 StAineg,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darn • Stoskten & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. T).& B, Ulyerotone dr Lance Vale of Neath... IWaterfd. & Kilkonn3 Waterford&Linwrici !West Cornwall, 'West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. 8...., West London.. IWimbledn &Croydon 1 intwerpct Hotturdam Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sit. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian EaTtn. Juno Reziers to Oraisse 58ti , Bombay, Baroda, an 1 Central India,Scrii Do. Demerara Dutch Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. & p. a Do. FAT tenßinn .. D 0.41 p.c. Bnds. ,'57 Do. do. do.. '59, 0.. Geo'onm k Melbou. so guar. a 5 per c nt. Do., Lon. allot., do. IGd. tk of Canado.A. is IDo. Do. Cert. of Doben., con. into St k. 011'6:3 Do. Comp. 6 p. c. , do, at. Central of Fran— Gt. Indian raninsnls Great Loxembonr: Constituted Shs.ros Do. Obligations... . Do. re-is. fora& Sh. Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bds., payahlo's7, with option till '55 Do, •do '62 p • '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D:). do., '73, withou+ option,,. Hamilton St Toront , Do. 6 por cent. ILalre Const. & Basle Liorre and Turnhout I Lucca It Piet. 5 p c.p ILyons and Ocncva ,Lyons Mediterran I Wadras, gum-. 41 p. c Do. New 0., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur 6i Liege ( wlt*r interest) IDo. (ex interept) Northern of France. D0.20/.Bhg Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (frny.B. (SE Alps. Shs N o rvreg inn TrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish ..... Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5 p. cont. Pref. Scinde, guar. 3 P. c D 0,.. Southern of Franoo.. ISt. Anirow's and Quebec (A), West. Flanders 'Do SI per c. Prof W. & N. W. of France' West. of Svritzerland Wiesbaden .. iZealand • • • •• . Business doss this day. 19 -- 20 3j - 4i 4 • G 3A 3i 2i I Vaid., London & N. Wort. L.&N.W. Caledon E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrthn E. Count Caldonian. Do Gt. NTestr Yk. Now. Berw. Y. &Nbi, IDo Do S. Easton !Pet° &' Co. Norfolk Do L. & N. IV & Midid. Stckton & Darlio gt. Midland 'En. Conn. ,E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do Gt Northn encash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy 111.11 Clean Stockt. & Darlingt Do I qt.W4 PREFEREN 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 100 Do. Debentures all Myth and Tyne 10 pe) c. pref. (issd.atsol, 100 Brim. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Ches. &Ho. Gn. 5i pc all Do. do. Prof. No. 2. all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork diHindons all Dun.Prth .4 Aber. J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. R6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Ear. Co. Ex, spc No. all Do. No. 2. all Do. New 6 p. 0. St. all east Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Dcbentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lane ash. 6p. eta all pl.ov. York. J. sthe 1 Edin. & el. 5 p.c. sh. 100 M Prth.&Dun.4p.c all Furness 100 Glas. & S.W. G. sp. c 100 Great Northn. bp. c 100 Do. sp. C. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom... 100 Do. 43/4 p. c 74 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) 11 Do. 4 per c. Pr:f. S 6 Gt. W.(B. 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 69. eon. red. p. e, 100 no. irred. 4p. c. . 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. do. do. all Do. Birm. Prof. 'lh all Do.Chestcr Bp. c. all Do. do. 5 p. o. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Chos. Qua. Sh all Do do do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do. 6 p. e. Stock 100 Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p. 7411 100 Do. Prof, 5 p. e. St: 100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. o. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. 100 lam& S.W. 7 per et all Londy. & Color. Sh. all Lowly. & Ennis. St, I.OC. h1.,5.„& L.,Now,le/ 4 Do. X 6.. all Varypt .&Carl.4p all Do. 4i per cent 10 Do 100 Mid. Cousol .6 p.c S 1 100 Do. Con 6p( 100 Do. p. c. Prof. s• all 'Do. Pref. 4i per (ten all 'Do. 51. Pmf. 4 p. a. 100 !Ditto L. &IL Prof. R• all INew., Aber., ezr., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p c. all Norfolk Deboaturt, 100 ,Do. Pref. 4p.c. St ch 100 Do. 5 p. c. Eat 100 Do. 5 l per ct. prof. 1.00 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British 1.00 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 7 Do. do. do 13 Do.. Leeds 6 p.c :INGO 9 IDo. do. Quarters 10 IDo.YorkII.& S. Put. all North Staffordebire. 100 0x,W0.k..W.1t/ )Ipr 94 ,Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. all ,Scot. Cent. ,Now Pre all South Devon. 1} iDo. tlxed,4i per cent all 8. Eastern (Readin,, Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4! per cent Do. Fixed 43 p c sh. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do, do. 4i p. _es S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, 's° Watertd. & Kilk. 6 p c 1100 100 100 all FOREIGN. - 81 1(1 - 1 p - 2 3 - 2i.i - 1 ri P 34 - 381 P 11 -13 p 21 - 214 10 - 14J - 15 63 - 67 82 -. 86 5 - SAI 203 - 20! 43 - 5 3 - 31 25 - 254 2 - 3/r 99 - 100 118 - 123 118 - 123 106 IOR 23} - 24, 115 - 120 Pm 8 i - 9il 19. —19 i ) _4 - # d 2 3 54 6 5t 5i 314 an 12 —12. E 7 - 8 48i - 4fq ..• 18i . - • 19 - 20 24 - 2i 24 - `2 94 - 9. ••• - 14 0 NI •N .... pm . • • -. ... 3 i - 4 .iA : ii iii :-. i6i I9j i 251 i 8i JOINT-STOCK BANN% 40 I All 'Australa sia 92 .- 94 9 25 3 4 100' 50 Bank of London .... 64 66 64} 5 40 all Bri. Ln. C. ••• 50 all British N. Amorican ••• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia par --1 p 20 4 'Ohrtd. link. of India, Australia, & China ••• •••d 100 50 City 6B 70 68 100 25 'Colonial 100 20 'Commercial of Lond — 20 all Eng. Scot.& Anp.Cht l7i —lB 20 i all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia l7 20 5 Ditto New 2l lid 50 20 London ;nil Conuty 100 50 Lna.&E.Bnkg.Corp par — 2, 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New 60 22 National of Trelaud ' 20 all New South Wales,,,, 37 25 all Oriental Batik of Corporatior ..... . 19 ... 100 25 l e rtAinelal of Irel an d! 10 all Royal 1,0. 5 100 25 all 50Royal h Australiaßl. ,38 40 . 25 . a 2 ll Union o w f 70 - 72 71 150 ilO 0. L0r.404 I 28 - • ~- - -.!' .. , • all all all 100 181 324 'Co [OO !oo all all all all all 10 10 all RAILWAYS; - Leuebv, Cumpanv ••• ..... 109 - 111 107 - 109 80 85 i 4 95 -- 97 151 -- 161 • to• """' ••• g Z .ii es, '''" ••• 64 - 66 'U6 ris 108 - 110 103 -- 105 9i 10 ••• •• i RR - 8 - 90 79 - S 1 78 - 80 95 • 100 •• • ... ••• ••• .... to* i . : .1 1 id ..• •••••' se .. --... ..• I - I • •• ".. 3 - 5 11 - 21 27 - 29 65 - 16 34 31 23 27 21 id 14 16 2i 1 • id 1 . - 14 19 - 11 6 - 8 21 - 31 3t - 4 g - I - at 4t - # - 11113. 25 - 26 - 74 47 - 50 127 - 132 1074 - 1083 108 - 110 108 - 110 24 - 5- 5 I 1 14 191 -- 20 . ... - "• 8 -, 10 5 - 5i ... -r; 1 - II 2 - 3_ id 18 22 I - ••• ..••• ••• 1 ••.• 11 ..• --- ... 20 - 28 ... -- ...p - : 4 5 - 564 - 1 154 16 11$ kai :Nis LKA.B4D 1T MISI) KENTALS, c'osing rricat this Cay. 9 - 4 - - 96 94 - 98 ••• ..... • • • 104 - 106 13 - 134 231 - 244 107 A - 1124 2i - 2i 91 - f-6 P 55 - . - ... 2 j 7 8 3 d 31 3 / 4 - 32 3 / 4 83 - 85 SIIABBh. lit -- 16 --16 i 6t - 181 70 -- 72 184 -- 194 Pf -- 9i 13i -14 i 1 -- 131 - 133 ells "'"" ••• '1;1 - 133 94 - C 6 1 - - .... - ... 99 - 101 90 - 92 5 - 5i iii 7. fii 23 - 28 95 - 97 91 • SOO 2i -24 d MINES. all all all all all an all 12L, A.gus Fria ..... Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Mari* Baden (Gd. Duchy of f Bimnar. Iron & Con' British 1r0n........... 'l3razilianlmp. (bailed at £5 pm.) Do. Cocacs Cuiab Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cons. Min . Co. of Jamaica Cobra Coppor Colonial Gold Coppor Min. of Do. Prof. 7i p. cent Copiapo Fortuna 3enual Gt.NuggotVoinßog. Great Polgooth Gt Whoal Vor United Liberty Linares Lusitanian ar iquita .......... Now Granada 'Nouveau Monde / Pontgi.Sil.& LeAtin. Port Philip Quartz Rock Ethymney Iron , Do. New Santiaeo de Cnba... Sort. Cons. Min. Co `;oath Australian.... o. Scrip. .. am. s . 10 pri, Min,qent Co , Prot Pin Croft ...... ....... ~ United Mexican ..... Waller West Mariposa.., Worthing Mining o f Anetrai4 0 .. ~,, Yuba.. .......... . . . .. -- ----------:::-- MISCELLANEO Australian Agricuit. Auslraln. Royal mar , Berlin Water Workr Brit. American Land Canada C. G o. 6 p. e ..Tar &,;n1) Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept, Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of Franc' Nato Iron 0re..... Eastern steam En.&Aus Cop Sm Co Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Iron Sc Cellicu 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sriga' Magdalena St. Navig Meteran. Elec. Tel. Mezican&S,A.mericn. Nat. Pat. Steam Fue Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do. 8 p cP iss at 1 d New 13. &N. S. Land N. B. Australasian Nrth.ofEuropeSteans Oriental Gas Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & !Curl Peninsular & Oriental Do. New Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Sect. Austral. Invest Ditto New South ustral.Lan, Sabmar. Tel. Scrip... Do. Registered. ...... . Trust & L. Co.ll. Can. Van Diemen's Land Y0G0i6P10.4041044! Business this day. 102 i 79 ,80i 72 9i 17i 5i 2i 3 4 3i 25 6 1291 39i 1 108 14i 14 Country Markets. EDI/CITURGH MEA7I, MARKET--F • • Thoro were in the market to-day 16 sacks ni In a', sal weighing 2SO lbs imperial, which sold at 40s. Oa. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET FEB. 5. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 98 Od to 12s Od per kemple of 16 stories tron; wheat do., Ts Od to 108 6d; barley do., 78 Od to Bs. 6d. Hay frem 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL KET—Fss. 4. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. „ imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasomeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto 32 s 6d —a Od Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK Prices of Coal por ton at a. d. Huddle W. Hartley lB 01 Byass's West Hartley l7 9' Davison's West Hartley 18 Holywell l7 0 Low Bitohburn 15 61 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 0 Walker Primrose l4 Wallsend, &c. Haney Wylam 16 0 Ships at market... 11 BEA - 1301iNB MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post.o o by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made up Fr om wh a t When COUNTIUEIi. In General Post- p or t dtts .° Office, London.° Dispatched. Enalba d. —.---- --- --,--- ----. America(byßrit.pack)N•Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Feb. 1 4 Americo. (by United Sta. ! packet) .. .. .. ....N America (by U. States packet) ..........N ••'••• •• • • Liverpool ... Feb. 1. ••.- . • • .- 'Southamptor. Feb. 9 Australia (via South- . . . ampton) ........M •••••• —•• • • Southampton Ditto (via M arse i l les) N •• • ••• •• • •• • Dover ..... • Ditto (via Cape of Good' Hope) •• •• •• •• •• • •NI 0000000 .. • . Africa (West Coast) ..N 23 • 1 of the month ..Iplymonth . :: l if n e l r tt 6 lei ; Alexandria.......... Nl B , 9 , 24 , & 30 of m.lDover .... • • Alexandria —.... .. .. M -4 th & 20 th of mon.lSouthampton I Bahamas ......... ~m : 1 7th or the month Southampton.( Belgium ............N; Dai1y..'...... ~.. D ove r ...... CPIIOI Brazil .... .. ........M, 9 th of the month.. Southampton Feb lb. Buenos Ayres ......„, . M;9th of the month.. southampton Teb lb 0 66 Cape of Good Hope ...N Various port. UncB Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape do Verde .....,N 9th of the monthiSouthamptor Feb. 16 Ceylon (seo India) Ceylon .• ............N 1 0* Channel Isles ...... „N Mott „Wed.,&Fri,:;.!Routi.ampton Tts.Tb•- Chili.. .... • ....... .. 841 2 d lic 17th of month uthampt(n., China .... ;Once a month.... ; So !Feb. 4 Constantinople ......N ;8,12,18,23,2t2s oi n•jDover ...... Constantinople ~ .. , , „It th 8; 20th of mon.; Southampton A, Cont. of Europe M & NiTwice daily ...... Dover ...... TWI Egypt (see India) I odb lif France ........ M & N ;Twice daily...• • • Dover ...... TV/1 0 Gibraltar .. .... .. .. 3.1 '4, 7, 17, 20, 27 ,f m . Southampton' Greece (see India) 1 Greytown ..........m2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Hatuburgh ...... ....N :Tuesday & Friday;London ..... Havannah ........., ml2nd of the month:Southampton Feb. 16 ' Holland ............ hi Daily ............jDover 1.119PY,, • Honduras .. .. .. . . At 17 tn t i the month.; `tout ham pton ;1 Mb.% ;so 1- firtia (viaSouthampt.)in lith t 20th of mon.iplymouth 4& ." India (via Marseilles)st ;9thfic 25th of month iD over , j lonian Isles (see India) J, 11 . : &27 of mon Dover , „Aslll Ireland ........M &N ; Twice. daffy ••• • • . 1 11313 bead l/41 ' 1• 7 -, Lisbon .............. ml 7, 9, 17, & 27 of m.!SouthamptonTeh• " Madeira .. • • • • ...... hi 9th of the month Southamptoal Madoira • • • • .• •• •• •.N 23d of month •• .. ;Liverpool Malta (see India) Malta .. .. .. .. .... .• N 8 , 18 . Pt 28 of mon, l Dover 2 0 ...., , 4 & • Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ........,.N 14th of the month , 16 m os sl o o ........,,,, ~.m i 2nd of the montli..:Southampton Feb. Naples.. .... .. .. .. ..N Athiath2Sthormon.iDover New Granada ...... h• 21 & 17th of month ISouthampton New Zea1and.......... By private slip .. Various portl:111 10 . °11° Papal States ......... N Sthlsth2sthormon. Dover I Peninsula ..........M Ithl 7 th27thofmon.,Southattipton Peru ..............m td & 27th of mon.,Sonthampton Port Natal ..........Nrtoje fly Private ship...; ports;Une. Sicily ~,.., „....,, „...N sthlbth2sthofmon, l Dover Tuscany ............N sthl4th2sthof mon. D over ..... younuelis ..........M 9d& 17th ofmonth Southampton; 1 &1610° Van Diemen's Land (se , • , Australia) ... ..... .. 1 6DO Welt Indies .... —.84 2d tic 17th of montt , Southampton , ' &I Whenany of these dates fall on a S un d ay. th e ma il s w ill b e d , spatched on tho following day, with the exception of the 'O l l sol Eonthampton), and the Malta, both of w hi c h w ill b e d eopa tehem preceding day. SHARE MAIIKETB. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 6 STOOK EKOHANOK.-The tone of the market has dull to-clay, and prices a shade lower than yesterdst London and North Westerns, 1001 4 k—Birkenhem Lancashire, and Cheshire (C. and B. 27Z. shares). 14 ,: e 1 -. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 241—Midlands. s" 4 " 9 Bi—Eastern Counties, 9.lB.9.—G rea t W es t ern , 65 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 814 80i—Caledonian, 27 South Eastern, 18.13.9. lls. &I.—Dutch Rhenish , Great Western of Cana. , a, 25 51,—Ditto, ne w, 2.18. 9. er —North Eastern and Berwi c k, 18 Helen 5 n cent. Stock B, 103—Lancaster and Carlisle, new ti.' t p. 7—Manchester, Stockport, and Lincoln 6 per Ca ll 114. MANCHESTER, FEB. 6. iatt A n STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The m ar k e t to-day has been -- an active busin ess , an d pr i ces declined until near tbs close, when there was a slight reaction. Leeds, c.. , Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincoln, 244—Midlands, 69th Dovers, 18 9.l6—Great W es t ern , 511 i —L on d on and .16/ Wes'ern, Eighths, dis.—Great Western of Canados —Eastern Counties, 9k—Crystal Palace, 2 BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 6. rr, Soo EICHANGE.—The tone of th e mar k e t was e en brisk, and th e p r i ces genera ll y were fi rm. London tiro /forth Westerns closed at 1001 —Midland, Birmingh 6 . oo and Dorhys, 40—Old Bi rm i ng h am Canals, 90—Old ti°l Mills, 17g. DUBLIN, FEB J. STOCK EXCHAVGE.—Three per Cont. Consols, 90 , Ditto for Account, Feb. 7, 903 0 s —New Three Per Os I Stock, W / g —Ditto, for the A ccoun t , 7th o f Feb ., oryot —Great Southern and Western, 524 a—Bank Stock, —Mining Co. of Ireland, 14I—Ditto, for account, Hibernian Bank, 32a—Royal Bank of Ireland, 2 "A..' Dublin and Wicklow (for accou n t), 54 — K i llarne y' J ai li r ( i. tion (101. paid), 7i—Nati o n a l B an k o f I re l an d , 32a- -- .° 1 2.1( land Great Western and Royal Canal, 491—Ditto, u" shares, 241. A HINT FOR MR. DRUMMOND.—Said Effendi, jester t° the Sultan, is dead. Sealed tenders with specirO e ' jokes, are to be sent by the first of April, by persons cl e sirous of contesting for the place of the droll decease' N.B. Bowstrings abolished ; and, in proof of the g roW: ing intelligence of tho Porte, it is not indispensable thP candidates should be of the Moslem persuasion.'" Punch. The Oesterreichische Z e it ung h as received the following news of the 21st January from Odesl e ' Vast masses of troops, consisting of infantry' cavalry, and artillery, continue to advance 0 ; wards the Danube. The troops have consume': everything within an area of 150 versts, so thlty there is a great dearth. The tschetwert of 0 05 ' which two years ago cost one silver rouble, D°l costs eight, and the prices of all o th er kinds 0 grain have risen in the same proportion. Ther e has been a great mortality among the new batts lions of Rifles, as a consequence of the men hav, ll 4 greedily eaten of the honey of the country. The honey brought on dysentery. " The death of Louse Napoleon was reported in Odessa." Some days ag A there was such a conflict between the French an Turkish prisonors that the Russians were oblige d to separate the ,'ombatants by force. The rag leaders were put into irons. —4l BIRTHS. 41ABOIC. On the 6th inst., at 11bn-op-park, itigligate, Mrs. wo . Gladstone. On the sth inst., at Bryanstene-scptare, Mrs. Elena Fowler Broadwood. OF A BAtrelrßit. On the 6th inst., at Willenhall, East Barnet, the wi fe of Charles A. Hanbury, E sq . On the sth inst., at Manston Rouse, Dorset, the wife of Thomas 13. Hanham, Esq. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St, ,Mary's Church, Easton. gant g ' Edward Adams, of Cloak-,tine, Cannon-street, London' and Berrylamls, Kingsto n , Buvrey, solicitor, youngest soli of the late George Adams, of Old Jewry, solicitor, t° Helen, eldest daughter of the late John Aylward, of Weill ford, and Exton, Hants. On tho sth inst., at All Souls' Church, M ar ylebone , Charles Lander, Esq., to Maria, second daughter of Ge°' Draper, Esq., of London. DIED, On the sth inst., at Brighton, Charles Thellusson, BSCPI aged 59. On the 4th inst., at the Vicarage, Bishop's Lydeard , Somerset, Alexander Wane, Esq., of the Admiralty, So' merset-house, aged 46. On the 4th lust., Mr. Thomas Mutlow Williams, 1 55, Oxford-street, aged 39. On the lst inst., Thomas Rumble, Esq., architect, of Reading, aged 65. On the Ist inst., at Maida.bill, E. Stone, Esq., aged 3 7 * On the sth inst., at her son's house, 1, Tenterden-stree t, Hanover-square, Mrs. Jane Perry, aged 88. At Paris, rue de Rivoli, Mary, relict of the late Lieut.. Col. Charles Bond, Bombay Artillery, aged 76. On the 27th ult., at the Curragh of Kildare, Major Snodgras, 96th Regt., aged 39. LONDON s Printed and Published by MURDO YOTIN C 2 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tie eounq of Thurclay, February 7, 1856., ~_......, DUBLIN-FEB. 6. --- We had a perfect panic to-day. Wheat was 2e to oats is to is Gd, and barley ls Gd lower than on Fria* and even at these reductions only a very trifling business was done. Indian corn unsaleable, though pressed at decline of 3s to 4s per qr. There is a feeling that if Pee r° be proclaimed soon wheat will go down to 30s, and other grain in proportion. White wheat, 04 to 39s Od ; red ditto, 34s to $8 aOd ; barley, lis Od to 19s Od ; oats,, 11s Od to 14s Od ; rapeseetly, —s Od to —s Od per brl; oatmeal, 153 01 to 17s 04 ; bakerb flour, 24s 0d to 23s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 32e 01 to 35e v" per 480 lbs. '.-F1 B. 6. the close of tho market. Walls6nd, &o. Braddyll - - 17 11 !Plummer l6 0 Russell's Rotten 1 7 0 Stewart's ll n 6 South Kelloe 17 0 l Evenwood 16 n 6 IDerwontwater Hartley lB 0 5 I Sold ful I cons BLA it ha Prof rim] Prep Pen RA] Beira THE o n theoz; Gent] adult , thape *Ad it Bal Ricks Grew Stew:- Ass ton, 2 well, blaze riami kr. I Go, duciv tho Iv 121 G THE V© Y 1 THE Le x ren( br api Intr Mc Marti gtew l Ward Ea loa berlai Jame Fr, Chat lie n Rate GAA (Ai te roar 81, sees bein, - - vide thele awat Lot I "...MI liar] Pant eolu Clov You: Bre l Fick Tea, It t 1 , TR] Ala Able Cloy Wi2 seal Big Pot able Sed Vtir/ ble ley Tie W“ all 16, 1.10 100 all all 25 121 ; 12 20 ' St. Rt. St. t 5 St. St. Bt. St. St. Lox 20 25 25 t2i 4) 5 St. 25 10 I 28A 1 1 1 20 20 10 10 x d x d