The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-25 00:00:00

win I °AIRY MARKET AND CITY IVETVS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have shown rather more activity. Tea at public sale advanced about id. per lb. For the better qualities of sugars there has been a brisker inquiry, and a slight advance has taken place in prices. Coffee has been dealt in to a moderate extent, chiefly for home consumption, Without any material alteration in value. The dealings in rice, fruit, and spices have been of a limited character, but increased inquiries have been experienced for saltpetre, and holders demand enhanced rates. Tallow has continued in moderate demand at steady quotations. P:Y.C. on the spot, 603 - ; March delivery, 60s. 6d. ; and last three months, 575. 6d. per cwt. There was a, meeting to-day of the shareholders in the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, and the available balance being £19,402, a dividend was agreed to at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, in accordance with the recommenda- tion contained in the directors' report, which was adopted. It was also resolved to add £2,902 to the Reserve Fund, which will then amonnt to £22,487. The half-yearly meeting has also been held to-day of the proprietors of the Scottish Australian In !estment Company, when the directors' report pro- Posing a distribution at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was adopted. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday less activity was exhibited, but prices continued very firm. The sales were 8,000 bales. The inquiries for money were on rather a larger Scale, and the markets exhibits increased firmness, although no change of importance has yet occurred. There were no bullion operations of importance eat the Bank of England yesterday. The gold by the Roxburgh Castle, viz., £167,000, has been pur chased for exportation. A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Holdsworth and Co., sugar refiners, When a further adjournment was agreed to, to enable the firm to make an offer of composition. The half-yearly meeting of the Unity Joint Stock Mutual Banking Association has just been held, When the report, of which the following is an ex tract, was unanimously adopted :—" The directors state that the losses, as shown in previous balance Sheets, have now been written off the capital ac count, and that after payment of the current ex penses, interest to customers, and making provision for bad debts, there remains (including the balance of profit of the preceding half-year) an available surplus of L 4,213 lls. sd. Out of this amount the directors propose to pay a dividend of lOs per share, and carry over to the next half year a balance of £2,753 lls. sd. In December last a branch of the bank was opened in Lambeth, which is believed will meet the requirements of a large trading dis trict, up to that time without banking accommo dation." After some discussion it was agreed to award the directors the sum of £5OO for their past services. Notice has been given that 314 Portuguese 3 per Cent. Bonds, amounting to £156,000, have been cancelled. The sum of £32,174 has been applied to the redemption of 115 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Bonds, of the External Debt, of the total value of £39,200 ; and £10,439 to the extinction of 64 Peruvian 41 Per Cent. Arica and Tacua Railway Bonds. There has not been much animation to-day in the Market for Public Securities, and the quotations e xhibited very little variation. Consols, however, are rather lower, viz., 911 1, for money, and 911 for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady, at 911 1 ; Bank Stock has receded to 231 k ; India New Loan, at 1001 2-; ditto 5 per 'Cent. Rupee Paper, at 931 ; and ditto 51 per Cent., at 991 100. Exchequer Bills are flat, at 7s. to 2s. die. Less animation is apparent in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 691 to 701 ; ditto New, 44.1 to 551; and the 4 per Cents. remain at 1011 Mexican have improved to 221 4-; Portuguese tare steady at 45k; and Spanish Deferred flat at 404. The dealings in the Railway Shfirs Market have continued moderately active, and a further improve blent has taken place in the rates realised for most of the principal lines. North Westerns have ad vanced ss. ; Brightons and Midlands 10s.; Cale- Sian, Great, Northern A Stock, and South -tasterns 155.; West Midlands Ll ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £1 103. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also been a shade firmer. Dutch Rhenish brought 13, and Bahia and San Francisco 8; Grand Trunk o f Canada have improved to 22i, and Great Western Canada to 101, 101. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have b een in very limited request, without any material % l , ingo to record in values. 8 St BRITISH2 FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ank 3 Pet Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 / Ne w Cent. Cons o ls Annuities A2r 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll f --uanities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — ~ bittoSfor 30 yrs , expire sth April, 1885 l6l +Act to ck .. . Dl bi . t t° 6 per Cent tl.tto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. lOOl ate 5 per Cent. Ditto Si per Cent lOO 99/ h Bonds £1,000 •rvlsols Account, Feb. 7 .. 9ll 1 'l4cheqter Bills, £ l,OOO, 11d ... — tt° £5OO 2 7 dis Di tto Small Itt „., FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK ;rent 3 per Cent — p ;r ent Account 22i 1 i or vu, guese 3 per Cent., 1853. •• . 8,„ 4 .4 Account ' 1 ; 411 8h 3 per Cent. T b ,..ltto New Deferred ... — l- I •7"`„°h 6 per Cent • . 1, -- "ro Account -- , itt o - 1 - 1 „„ N ew L oan - -;,'!"0 Account 1J Jtto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Cots t 0 a ols, Money A cco i nt 9ll # C APE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, 10.30 A*M. Co The On Royal Mail steamship Cambrian , ec,ranle U n ion w Decembe r °h'e left th e • Huett, has arrived. 31, Cape December 22, St. Helena and Ascension January 4. Governor to G rey was on his way to the frontiers readjust matters in British Kaffraria. The p o li t i cal • on was th e question which excited the greatest attention r ate colony, sch eme of separation, with sepa urg ed by many eastern districts. The v i ne los dis ease had again app eared, and great B was anticipated in The 1,, market w as consequence. The Pioneer, depressed. one of the vessels belonging to Dr. Livingstone's , and was to leave shoprteldition, was in Sinum's Bay, The Thames, saili ng , y the Cape, after a p aina y : l3Bol , has also arrived from es On her voyage hom e , o f n s t 2 days to the Downs. ssed a vessel, the Riverd te he 15th January, she Y° r l r• with a cargo of tim ber,i aband one d and e , of Hull, from New N vaterlogged, in lat. 43 N., lon g, 29 7 Iv Three of her boats were gon e • • Re ; the , e useeveringerw the • • , PPosed, having taken to them on , it is eel .less L state of the ship. the It is stat e d positively," says the Patric, "that re presentatives of the great Pow F ers will sho r tl y hold a er ence on the affairs of Syria. The prolongati on of th j e tell eh occ u p at i on , w hi c h i s ca lled for by the inhabita nts ° , now regarded as certain." Th e T", jut_ F ederal Council of Switzerland is sta ted to t solicited the Belgian Government to be allowed to send t o 44 twerp some officers of Engineers to study the works tot:titehteedfo.rtifications of that place which are T ut now being con xclScA COLLIERY EXPLOSION. our d e -ildaY.—The inquiry was continued yesterday, after the EXPLOSION. 11,13atch left. James Thomas, clerk in the service of tt i le le 004.1 and Iron Company, depo se d th a t the day afterthe e.tl3lWon he was a t t h e N ew -b r id ge, an d h ear d fitnesshi s Joh n Th omas (who i n h i s ev i dence had said Pri or Was in a d angerous state from gas for some days h eel t ° the e xp l osion) say that his place was quite clear severalhal and as free from fire as his hand on the table. %A( 1 . other witnesses having been examined without Ne7, l . a nythin g to the facts already adduced, the inquiry 1141 U'lled till Monday. SHARE 31ABK_ET.-(TIII8 DAY.) ORDINARY SIIA.AES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. C losi ng Dona. i Business 50 Belfast and Ballymena all I 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all si 84 stock IBirk., La., and Ch June 100 73 81 25 Blackian n 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock ICaledonlan 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, [Brock., tPassage all 20 Cornwall . . all 6 64 Do o ° A 10 (A gets no div. all 10 D B until 6pc peran. 1 all hasbeen r tl. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast, June all 25 ,Dun., Perth, 3zAb. June all 8 85 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties 100 50 61 stock Eastern Union, A stc;o2 100 37 39 stccx Do do Bdo 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasg`, ow 100 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 24 28 27 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 114 116 10 Great Ntlsn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern .. 100 111* 1124 111 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 112 stock Great Western 100 701 711 714 2} 1/ 24 2 stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 61 64 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire Jr Yorkshire 100 111 1141 1141 / 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 60 62 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 116 118 118 174 stock Loud., Chat., and Dover 100 49 61 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 991 994 99 1 I stock Lond. & Sth. Western loe 934 944 94 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Ennisxillest all 810 stock Man. Shet. & Lincoln 100 51 43 53 4 3 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 5 34 14d stock Midland 1.1.0. Do new -. . dock Do lairming. Jr lier:by 100 104 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares — 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do, Cray Line all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all took Norfolk. lOO 52 54 50 Nthn. Counties Union.. 3 4 took North British. Lock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoea 100 tock 13 ,, A stk ; A rocs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 tock Do B stock ... 100 tock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1034 1041 1041 4 4 25 Do do , g.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 p 1p tock Do Leeds 100 61 414 614 I tock Do York took North London 10 Do new 5 1.16.4 North Staffordshire 174 32/ 1 144 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 105 104 105 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 8 85 10 Feebles - - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- ~...... all tock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 33 34 took Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 bock Shropshire Union.. lOO 48 50 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 - ock South Devon `ock South Eastern ock South Wales ock S. York. and River Dun 100 80 81 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all I 41 42 25 Do do ll t 95 105 p ock Taff Vale .............. 100 i Do Pref. No 1 lOO I— 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster .'" all 551 561 25 Do ...... ......... 10 Do . : .......• ock Vale Of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 111 ocit Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West L0nd0n.......... all 10 Do Ist class ........ all 20 Do 2d class .... all ock West - Hartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO ock West Midland—Oxford 100 44 46 461 ock Do. Newport 100 46 42 ock Do. Hereford 100 82 84 12} 10 stock 6.4.0. stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 19.16.41 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 13 stocsr stock stock stock utock PREFERENCE SHARES. I , ! Closing Business Share Railways. (Paid I rice. Done. 25 itlythe and Tyne 10 per ) c. pref. (issued at £5 O All stk I tins. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 20 IDo. do. do. Shares stockCaledon £10,41 per cent 100 101 103 I stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. , 100 61 'Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C. all 20 ;Cornwall. 5 per cent all 201 211 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 6 61 stock E.Angn.Class A 7 Azsp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 112 115 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.— 100 106 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 100 110 112 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 79 81 stock Do. .5 per cent. guar._ 100 stock Edin.dtGlas.sp.c. shares 100 112 114 stock , Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 stock , Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock iFurness, 5 per cent .„, 100 stock Glas.dt S. Westg.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock ,Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 116 118 , stock IPo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 112 114 stock 'Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 10 (It. Nh. of ncotla. let pf. MI -- f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 stock l 100 98 100 p. ct. pref. stock 1 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct lOO 98 100 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 101 103 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 101 10 Ht. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 171 181 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 11 stock Do Birmg.p.mar. stock lOO 76 78 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 201 211 131 Do. do. do. 20 ;Do. do. do. stock ILan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock IDo.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc 100 —.-- stock IDo. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . • 1 0 0 stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gu. No.l 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 115 118 stock Do. do. 41 per ten , -. lOO 103 105 1031 41 5 I Do. do. 41 p. c. shares all stock IDo. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 153 156 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 130 134 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 69 71 stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 88 90 89 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et._ 100 116 118 stock 1.0n...iL S. W, 7p. ct. stock, 100 150 155 stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. lid... 121 Londondy. & Cole. Ish all 12 Londony. & Ennis. Ish i all 131 141 stoc Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct ' 1 00 6 Do. £6 stock Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 4 p 12 Maryport & Car., 4p. c all 124 Do. 41 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 137 139 stock Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 102 104 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st 100 95 97 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 104 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. 0. stock Do. New, gua. sp. c lOO 110 111 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. lis 3 4 11 p 10 f Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dev.Rall. &Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 101 103 17 Do. do. do 9.13.4. 1 fp 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 'l5 Do. York, ti. &S. Porch lO 1 d p N North Staffordshire all 22 23 10 Rhymney Guaranteed all fit Scottish Central, new p all stock Scottish North-Easte 31 p. c. pref. stock lOO stock Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p. 100 - stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stoc 100 133 136 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s all 101 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cen all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO 102 104 stock Do.l.lxed 11 p.c. Ist is.l 100 102 104 stock 4 outh Wales, gua. 4p. a i 100 91 93 stock Do. 41 per cent 1 100 100 102 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua-r 100 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c ' all 271 28 25 Do. B 6'oer cent all 321 331 25 Do. C 6 percent all 321 334 stock Watrfd & ICilkny, 6p. 100 45 48 stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua st 100 124 125 stock I Do. 2d do i 100 120 124 stock I Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 100 102 stock Do.Perpet. op. c. pf 186 100 123 126 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 116 120 121 I Do. do. 2d is. 74 I I s- LINES LEAS Pa Rail ways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Chester & a 1 Do. do. 5i per cent., Do. do. 5 per cent., Clydesdale Junction..l Colchester, Stour Val. EE..Lninicoon,lndahriwi She; regp.c. u Do. Woodbridge ...' Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret.l Do. New .......... Gloster. Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.& nail.' Hull and Selby Do. Shares ......., Do. j Shares .... Lanc.& Carl. gua.s London & Greenwich! Do. Preference • •• • • Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.; Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.l Do. 6 per cent........ Manc.,Buxtn. Sc Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- I Ne e wni nce a S r t kt,m oek. u .. ry .. E .. x . I ." 'Midland 5. 5.8 'E.Counta l guaranteed 5p.C. Northu.& Eastn. 5 p.c.! all po Do. do. 6 per cent ....I all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' all Do. North Western 1.& NW Pr eston and Wyre. ! all . 4t L y k. Do. fi t „ es A.' all Do. o stn.lditch.,& Sliep' 100 'Gt.North Do. Shrew s bry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey se' Do. 1 1 • South Staffordshire , all M'Clean Wilts and Sorn cr +: I 100 Gt West !- ! Wimbledon •-• • •roYdn. all L.& Brgtn RED_ RENTALS. .sing I Cl .r o lc in e g pvi o. inneess 'NV 98 100 _5B .5311 100 , , 125 127 100 • 1.1,, ll3 115 100 ;Galedonin 102 104 all .;Et.i ~&1; C 16 17 100 - .4.t. North. 185 137 all rE.Counts. 414# 100 I 100 iCrjedonin 100 Do all Gt. West. all 'Yk.N.&l3r all Yk.N. Md. all , o. all Do. 100 n..t N.W 100 . East 100 ) o. 100 eto dr Co 100 orfolk 100 0. all 'L NWSL3I 100 Share Dook,. Paid). eprilosoe.ing stock iCommercial .... ... s t o ck ;Do. 4 per Cent. Pref.ly; .. 100 s t o ck ;East and West India n* 100 stock London: •• 100 s tock St. Katharine .... . 1 00 c.. 100 stock §outhampton lOO stock !Wistaria . I 100 1 1 69 ' 20 !Doi liew....p .00. i . - Ni ME SUN, LONDON' FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind i Gu. 5 per cent. Do, Do. B Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Braut„SLGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1. 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 .Cleutta.oeS.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. IDemerara. tEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c 'East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds rand Trunk of Canada! Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t. In di aPenin. gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O. !Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth d 0........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick tic Canda Ry. drL an d(Lim. 6pc )g. Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do. Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ..- Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde .......... f'd Do. Punjaub El, Do. Do. .. sc? Do. Indus. St. Flo. St. Andrews &Quebec A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 all all all all all all all all all 1,00 100 100 Railways. I Paid. all all all 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 Closing Price. 7274 92 93 2 41 sd, 6 7 75 SO 67 72 65 70 pr 1; If d 1 pr 2 2 d 94 98& 97 98 9911 1001 21 22 71 73 45 47 50 55 42 47 42 47 94i 951 lid 1 d 21- Ifd 10f 10f 10f 10id 90 95 92 96 93 96 88 92 83 85 92 93 85 87 lk If d 5 7 5 7 964 97i 211 2 d —d 92 9E FOREIGN 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam 20(Ardennes.... ....... 20 ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction 20 eziers to Graissessac 6 iCa ,-- neaux Mine & Rail 100 ICopiapo ........& 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rug. Guar. 6p. c 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 20 !Italian Junction 20Lake Constance AL Bale 120 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons AL Geneva. 334 ,Maria Antonia 10 Do. New ..... 20 Namur & Liege 20 !Do. 6p. c. Pref 16 Northern of France 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter 20 Paris & Orleans..., 20 f 1 p. ct & Recife S. Fr. (Pern.) Kua. 7 .li an ra.- 20 Riga & Dunaburg 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish i,. 5 oyal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref 20 San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 20 Southern of France.... 8, West Flanders .. .. 10 0. 54 p. c. Preference.. ZO . & N.W. of France .. 20 Western of Austria.... ZO estern of Switzerland 6 iesbaden . 6 o. 8 per cent Pref 10Zealand JOINT-STOI 'Agra&UnitedService Bk 'Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey ;British North American IChtd.Bank of India, &c. ICh.Mer. of In. Lon.dz Ch , City Colonial . Corn Bank of Canada.. ;Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland] 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County .. , London Joint Stock .. 'London & Westminster) ;Nat. Prov. of England .1 IDo. new 100 100 20.11 100 !National Bank , New South Wales Do. new Orient. B. Corporation ,Ottoman Bank ..... !Provincial of Ireland . Do. new..... ... ,South Australia Union of Australia.,, Trnion of London Unity Mutual COLONIAL GOVER ICan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja...t Juty Do. 6p. cent. 1878 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. it Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. BRTTTSI3 Share Mines. !Clifford (Devon G. Cons. (Tavist lEast Bassett (Illogan) 'East Caradon ...... lE. W'l Russel (Tavistk. ; Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus IG.Wheal Alfa - . (Philack), !G. Wheal Vor (Helston) , Grenville ;Herod's- Foot illingsbou Downs 'Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 'North Downs North Frances (Illogan) 'N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an), 'North Wheal Crotty ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.), ISortridge Cons. Min.Co.' !South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) ;Stray Park ,Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft t Vale of Towey (Caren) 'West Basset (Illo,.,cran) W. Caradon (Liskeard) 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan lWheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Eitty (U.Lelant Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Treiawney (Lis. Alfred Consols (PlCatek)e British Iron FOREIG 20 i Australian 1 IBonAccord Copper,Llm l 7s 6 d * 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 271 1 1 20 Do.SLJohndel Rey,Litn 15 28i 21 291 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 di g . 40 Cobre Copper all 42 . 41 Copiapo 16 8 10 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 2 Fortuna. 20 ,General all 21 23 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 ip 11 !Kapanda (Limited) 1 11 11 p 21 Ili 3 Linaresi all 9 5 !Lusitanian 2 p 0 1 I Mariquita all • 1 IN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L il2s.6d. * id 20 ;Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. *1 d 2&214 United Mexican . . 1 Worthing (Limited) all i 1 1 Do l9s. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 1 13 14 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 !Australian Agricultural 19 I 32 34 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all ! 41 81 50 !British American Land 40 ' 50 BALMag. TeL A. (Lim.)l all 3.5 37 20 , Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.),' all 18 20 20 !Do. C. (Limited) I all 13 15 321 'Canada Land I all 10 ,Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stock Cop. sl in.ofEng&Sniltg all 25 I Do. Pref. 71 per cent. all 231 241 stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock ,Do. 6p. c. Pei pet. Deben lOO 107 109 stock Electrio Telegraph 25 I Do. New 5 Engliqh & Aus. Copp er, all 31 31 15 iGen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 i Great Ship Limited) all 4 1 1 'Do. 174 p ct Preference all 1. 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) _ "__ 20 , London Discount (Lim.) 5 11 i d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 f 20 Madras Irr. and Canal i 11 11 31 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 21 31 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim )i 5 11 lid 20 'Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 3 2 .., 10 Netherlands Land all * I 5 IDo.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all 100 IN. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 — 4 _ 1 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all i 11 Irl 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all i 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 'lss. i: ip . 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock Peelit.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim ) 100 50 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 11 13 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c all 161171 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 5O 46 48 stook cot. Austin. Inv. (Lim lOO 130 140 25 outh Australian Lan all 32 34 1 übmarine Tel. Scrip,. all 1 Do. do. 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Ibis 6d 1.7.2 7; I LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE ROAD MURDER. It will be recollected that some time ago a rule nisi was Obtained by the Attorney-General, calling upon Mr. Sylvester, the county coroner, to show cause why the inquiry gone into before him relative to the late mysterious murder should be re-opened. It has been arraigned that Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Cole, on the part of Mr. Sylvester, will show against the rule on Wednesday next. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir Cresswell Cresswell, Judge Ordinary.) ROBERTS V. ROBERTS AND 1113RDMAN. This was a suit instituted by the petitioner, Percival Benjamin John Roberts, a master in the Royal Navy, against his wife, Cosetta Roberts, formerly Cozetta Petit, an Italian, for a dissolution of their marriage by reason of her adultery with the co-respondent, a mill-owner and linen yarn spinner, at Strabbane, county of Tyrone, Ireland. The wife did not appear, the co-respondent pleaded action and payment of damages. Dr. Phillimore, Q. C., and Mr. Pritchard appeared for the petitioner, and Dr. Swabey, for the co-respondent. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the parties married at Malta, in July, 1840, by dispensation from the Pope, aecotding to the rights of the Roman Catholic Church, in the sacred form of the Council of Trent. The petitioner was then the master of 11. M. S. Daphne. He returned to this country with his wife, and resided with her. in 1842 the Daphne was ordered on the South Ame rican station. His wife accompanied him in the ship from Scotland to Portsmouth and Plymouth, and remained until the ship's departure on the 20th October, 1842. Mrs. Roberts went to reside with Mrs. Moody, the wife of a brother officer of the petitioner, Mr. Moody, surgeon of the Daphne, Union Cottage, Strabbane, county Tyrone. In 1843 she became acquainted with the co-respon dent, who was a married roan, and visited his wife and family, and on one occasion. she stayed on a visit for a week, and during this visit the co-respondent succeeded in seducing Mrs. Roberts. Mrs. Moody had complained to her of her improper fami liarity with Mr. Hurdman, and discovered some letters which caused Mrs. Moody to speetiK to Mrs. Roberts, and told her that she had better go home to her friends at Malta or England, as she did not seem to understand the usages of English society. Mre. Roberts admitted her guilt, and said she had been seduced by Mr. Hardman, and that she could not go home to her friends as she was in the family-way. Mrs. Moody sent foe Mr. Hurdman the same day, when he came over and admitted his guilt. Mrs. Roberts left, and soon after gave birth to a child. Mr. Roberts was communicated with, and on his return to this country he brought an action of cries. con., which was tried in July, 1845, before Chief Justice Penneather, in Ireland, when a verdict was given for £l,OOO damages, which has been paid. Mrs. Roberts returned to her friends at Malta. The Judge granted a decree nisi, subject to the produc tion of evidence that the marriage was a legal marriage according to the law of Malta. The question of costs was reserved. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Deputy Joyce.) AUCTION SAXES.-I3IPOWIANT jUDGMENT:-lIUMPHRY T. FELL. This was an action to recover £4 158. 6d., loss upon the resale of certain lots, plaintiff being auctioneer and defen dant a bidder, who refused to clear his lots. Mr. 0. B. C. Harrison, for the plaintiff, called witnesses, who deposed that defendant bid for certain lots at a sale presided over by plaintiff. He paid the deposits, but when ho went to clear his lots one lot was damaged (not by plain tiff or any of his servants), and defenlant then refused to clear them, and they were resold, eLtailing a loss of 355. upon the undamaged lot and £3 upon the damaged lot. Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, contended that the property in the goods had not passed todefendant, and that the auctioneer was not the party to sue. He asUyatted that a verdict must pass for the 355. loss upon the undamaged lot, but urged that defendant was not bound to clear the damaged lot. His Honour read the written judgment by Mr. Griffits. He had no doubt that by the sale and payment of deposit the property passed to defendant ; and,llat being so, plain tiff would have a verdict for the full amount with costs. POLICE IN?' ELLIGENCE—(27Iis Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ANNOYING A TRADESMAN.--Ann Warner, a married woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhiti with annoying and threatening Robert Searle, a llshmonEer, of 3, Fitzroy market. The complainant said that :about 5 o'clock the previous afternoon, the defendant and her husband greatly annoyed him in his business, the only reason hi could suppose being that he had taken out a summons against a friend of the defendant's. The defendant said he was the man who had taken out a summons against her br)ther. A large crowd assembled, and the husband said if he thought he (complainant) was the man he would knocic his -eye out, and put a knife through him. He sew for a constable and gave the defendant into custody, but tie husband see ing the constable coming ran off. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the defendant what she meant by threatening the complainant. He would tali her husbands bail for her good behaviour. Subsequently the complainant applied for a summons against the husband, which was granted. THAMES. THB POOR-BOX FUND.—A. considerable number of poor individuals collected in front of the court morning in expectation of obtaining soma relief from the poor-box fund, but they were of a different class to those wio have hitherto sought for and obtained assistance. There were few coal whippers and labourers among them, and It was reported to Mr. Selfe that the various dock companies were now em ploying a great• many hands, and that the Victoria Dock Company, at Plaistow, sent " over the border" to Middlesex for 500 labourers yesterday. Tho large Engineering firms, and proprietors of chemical works in Ratliff, Limehouse, Stepney, and Poplar are about to resume tleir operations on the same scale as before the frost commenced, and there is no doubt that, should the present mild yeather continue, 10,600 workmen and labourers, in addition to those who have been taken on in the course of the last three days, will resume their industrial occupations. Mr. Selfe an nounced that, for obvious reasons, there Would be a discon tinuance of the general relief of the poor after to-morrow evening, and that he should attend to no applications for temporary relief (urgent and pressing cases of want ex cepted), unless the applicants produced one of the printed forms issued by the court, and properly filled up by some honourable and trustworthy gentleman known, and he ex pected, before they recommended any one, they would make themselves personally responsible, by visiting and inquiries, of the applicant's position, character, cause of distress, and number of family. Mr. Selfe also announced that he should not receive any of the applicants, or examine their forms, until three o'clock, by which time he hoped to get through the legitimate business of the court. The poor and unemployed were accumulating every minute near the court when our report was despatched. CONSEQUENCES OF 7HE SECESSION. The Albany Journal, a New York paper, among other warnings on the consequences of secession, tells Florida and Mississippi that if they leave the Union they will be exposed to the chance of being coerced by the British Government to pay their re pudiated bonds. It does not harmonise, however, with the indignant protestations of the last 20 years against the stains of single States being charged on the national character to find it at length hinted that it is owing to the strength derived from their partnership in the Union that these defaulting com munities have been enabled to defy their creditors. If," says the journal in question, " Florida goes out and becomes an independent nation, the bond holders will probably ask the B r iti s h Government to compel payment of these claims by armed force. Mississippi has a similar prospect before her in re gard to her bonds. Here are two wars laid out for the new Southern Confederation." Are they to understand from this that the power to practise repudiation with impunity is one of the advantages of their connexion with the North ? The fact is, however, tkat the danger which is held up to the seceding States has no existence. The British Go vernment does not interfere by any other than moral force to induce foreign Governments to fulfil their loan obligations, unless there is some absolute robbery of assigned property, when the claimants are, of course, entitled to place their case in the hands of the Foreign Minister for full redress. Thus the Turkish, Mexican, Equador, and some other bondholders who have had distinct posses sions handed over to them are in an exceptional position, and can claim protection just on the same ground as would be urged if the Sultan were to seize the house or the garden of a British subject at Constantinople. In all other cases the lenders must trust to the honour of those with whom they have dealt, and it is this fact that they have no de fence against being cheated that renders the offence of cheating them—after the manner, for instance, practised by Spain—so much the more disgraceful. As regards the repudiating States of America, the prospect of the bondholders is not likely to be da maged by any results of the secession movement. If two great communities are formed, there may arise something like competition between them for a good financial name in Europe. Florida, Missis sippi, and Arkansas may perhaps desire to show to the free and repudiating State of Michigan that the South can wipe out its disgraces sooner than the North. On the other hand, if Michigan should first repent, and Indiana should make some amends for the deceptions by which she contrived to get quit of her liabilities, the Soutn would then sland alone in her want of character, and from the disadvantage at which in comparison with the North she would thus be placed in the eyes of the world the stimulus toward a return to honesty would be proportionably increased. I Buniness done SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—THIIRSDAY. The favourable change in the weather, and the activity displayed in the various training localities, would, it was thought, gave an impetus to business. These expectations were not, however, realised, and speculation was (dull and uninteresting. Mr. Topham appears to have been ex- . tremely fortunate with his two handicaps, the Liverpool Steeplechase in particular being esteemed very satisfac tory. Xanthus was made a prominent favourite for it at 13 to 1. Similar odds were laid against Goldsmith, and 25 to 1 to small amounts were betted against Jealousy, The Huntsman, Tattler, Master Bagot, and the Emperor. The Chester Cup was but slightly noticed, 22 to 1 being the highest offer on the field. Industrious was asked after, but 30 to 1 was obtainable at the close. 1,000 to 30 was booked about The Lawyer, and a like sum eget Umpire. Mr. Gratwicke's mare Preceptress was inquired after at 50 to 1, to a small sum for the Derby. Dundee was backed for a " pony" at 5 to 1, half a point more would have been taken to money, but the layers appeared extremely cautious. Kettledrum was in steady demand at 20 to 1, and 40 to 1 was freely taken about Overton. 20 to 1 to £lOO was also taken about all the mares. The following is the list of closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 13 to 1 agst Xanthus (taken) 14 to 1 agst Goldsmith (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Tattler (taken) 25 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered) CHESTER CUP. 22 to 1 aget Chere Arnie [offered] 30 to 1 aget Industrious (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lawyer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Dundee (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Overton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Aurelian (taken) 20 to 1 agst The mares (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER -THURSDAY. We have had another very quiet day here. The publi cation of the weights for the Liverpool Steeple Chase has, so far, found but little employment for the metallics. 100 to 8 was offered against Xanthus (100 to 7 would have been taken), and 103 to 7 againk Goldsmith; but the only bet we saw booked was 100 to 3 about Redwing. Closing prices : GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 8 agst Xanthus (offered, take 100 to 7) 100 to 7 agst Goldsmith (offered) 100 to 5 agst Jealousy (offered) 100 to 3 agst Redwing (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Chem Arnie (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Optimist (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) THR MAITCHESEER STEEPLECHASE MEETING.-Thil Manchester Steeplechase, Flat, and Hurdle Races (post poned from January 1) will take place on Saturday, February 2. The original entries stand good; and the stewards are the Hon. J. D. Drummond, Captain Tempest, and P. P. Moseley, 11th Hussars. T.HIS DAY'S MAREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A few fresh runs of wheat were received up to-day, both from Essex and Kent. Good and useful samples were taken off at Monday's currency, but other kinds were very dull, and rather lower to sell. Foreign wheat, the show of which was large, commanded about previous rates, but the demand for it was chiefly in retail. Floating cargoes commanded very little attention. We have again to report a dull market for barley. In prices, however, no quotable change took place. There was scarcely any demand for malt, and prices ruled almost nominal. Oats commanded quite as much money, but the demand For them was by no means active. Beans commanded' very little attention, but peas were olerably firm in price. Flour was a slow sale. Both country marks and foreign parcels were rathor cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 940) 1,660 1,490 l5O 1 130 sacks Irish.. .. 600 , F0reign........ 18,790 200 1 27,660 brls. MANNING TEE NA rr. Mr. George Frederick Young, in a letter to the Times, says : Your interesting article on Saturday last on manning the navy invites information and opinion on a subject of uni versally admitted national importance. You confess your self puzzled to account for the undeniable fact " that the great body of seamen entered for the public service during the last two or three years has been inferior in stamp to the standard of 10 years since," and you state that what you want to get is some explanation of that fact. Sir, the ex planation is simple and conclusive. You are entirely in error in assuming that private shipowners can procure a sufficient supply of good sailors, though the State cannot ; and that " the merchant navy has not experienced similar straits" with those complained of in the Royal marine. If rill will turn to the evidence taken by:the " Select Com mittee on Merchant Shipping " during the last session of Parliament, you will find a cloud of witnesses bearing testi mony to the generally depreciated quality of seamen, and the extreme difficulty of obtaining an adequate supply of well-trained and able British sailors. Not unnecessarily to occupy your space by my own statements, I would refer you to the reply given by Capt. Benjamin Sproule, formerly a shipmaster, and now a shipowner and chairman of the Mer cantile Marine Association of Liverpool, to a question sub mitted to hint on this very subject, and recorded in No. 3,006 of the Minutes of Evidence. Capt. Sproule says— " I am sorry to say that our seamen have deteriorated to such a degree that almost any foreign sailors are better men than ours. They have fallen off dreadfully. We have no sailors now to speak of in the merchant service." And Mr. Samuel Graves, an extensive shipowner, and chairman of the Local Marine Board and of the Shipowners' Association of Liverpool, goes so far as to say— " In fact, we do not possess one-half the able seamen we should, looking at the country, the commerce, and the colo nies we have to protect." These sentiments will be found to be fully corroborated by reference to Questions Nos. 499 et. seq., 812, 1,481, 1,833, 2,298, 4,208, and a host of others, under the authority of such names as Dunbar, Marshall, and Phillipps, of Lon don; Gilmour of Glasgow; Beezley, of Liverpool; Green how, of Shields ; Whitwell, of Bristol ; and Holman, of Exeter, forming a body of evilence unimpeachable to the startling, melancholy, and humiliating fact that able and trustworthy British sailors are totally inadequate in num bers to the requirements of the Royal Navy and the mer cantile marine, and affording an ample explanation of the bad quality of the uten, generally speaking, who have dur ing the last two or three years been engaged for the public service. The plain truth is, that good men are not obtain able in sufficient numbers. They do not exist ; and until this difficulty be surmounted vain will be the inquiries of Royal Commissioners or Parliamentary Committees. They cannot call into existence trained and good seamen. Bu this, I am of course aware, explains but half the difficulty. Why is it, you pertinently ask, that ships commissioned lately should be in a very different position from ships com missioned formerly ? I should hesitate to answer this query on the authority of my own opinion, because my reply would unhesitatingly be that it is because formerly the Navigation Laws compelled the almost exclusive employ ment of British seamen in the merchant service, and the efficient training of these seamen by a system of regular apprenticeship, and the repeal of those laws has naturally both diminished the number and deteriorated the quality of British seamen. But as I know that my views as to to the reckless, unjust, and dangerous character of the repeal are still regarded with distrust and suspicion, as tainted with the unpopular heresy of protection. I con sider it fortunate that I am enabled to establish the truth I desire to elucidate on authority that can scarcely be questioned—that of the evidence adduced before the Par liamentary Committee to which I have already referred. Before, however, appealing to testimony, let me invite a m, _ . ,oment's consideration of the unquestioned facts of the case, as in themselves furnishing, if cause and effect are admitted to have any relation to each other, a conclusive answer to your questions. During the continuance of the Navigation Laws every British registered ship was rd.- quired, under penalty of confiscation, to be navigated by a crew of which the master and at least three-fourths of the seamen must have been British subjects. Practically,this compulsion led to the almost exclusive employment of Bri tish seamen, and thus the supply of such seamen neces• sarily kept pace with the growing expansion of maritime commerce, and the mercantile marine constituted in conse quence an inexhaustible source whence the navy was re cruited. But with the repeal of the Navigation Laws this compulsion was necessarily abolished. The unlimited competition of foreigners compelled the British shipowner, as a measure of economy, to navigate his ship with the smallest number of sailors; and his release from the obli gation to employ British seamen led to the substitution of a considerable proportion of foreigners in his crews. By this double operation has the number of British sea men, compared with the extent of our marine, been greatly diminished, and from this cause it is that ships now com missioned find a difficulty in procuring men, unknown at the time when the available sources of supply were kept up by the operation of laws now abrogated. Passing now to the quality of the men, the solution of the enigma you submit is equally simple. Under the Naviga tion Laws every British ship was compelled to carry a num ber of apprentices, bound for at least four years, proper- tioned to the registered tonnage. Thus the stream of sailors available for the merchant service, and consequently for the navy, was continually kept up by an influx of youth trained and disciplined by a regular apprenticeship, and constituting the genuine type of the old British tar. But with the repeal of the Navigation Law all this necessarily ceased. The compulsory personal maintenance of boys was felt by the shipowner,when exposed to unlimited foreign competition, to bo an unjust and intolerable burden; and, released from it, the practice has extensively grown up of either dispensing altogether with the services of boys •r engaging them for the voyage, at the expiration of which they are turned adrift, without care or supervisict of their condition, physical or moral; destitute of home or connexion, or of any of that influence or control which can operate as a safeguard for character or conduct. It is from such material that the wants of our marine, commercial and national, are now supplied. Can you wonder, sir, that " the navy is now manned by an inferior class of men," who, as you say, "have of late been perpetually bringing scandal on the service by insubordination and misconduct ?" If these explanations be true, the " curious puzzle" of which you complain may be considered as cleared up. But I have disclaimed resting them on my own authority, and, appealing to that of the evidence taken by the Parliamen tary Committee on Merchant Shipping, I would refer for corroboration of my statements to the . published testimony of the intelligent and experienced witnesses whose names I have cited, and of many others whose evidence will be found particularised in pages 795 and 867 of the " Minutes," under the heads of "Apprentices," and " Supply and Character of Seamen." Many of those I would especially quote, but I have already trespassed, I fear, too unreasonably on your columns. They well deserve, however, the attention I in. Le, and I am convinced they will be found unanswerable. It is painful to have thus to depict the dangerous results of mistaken legislation. But it is satisfactory that, having from the first foreseen, predicted, and publicly warned my countrymen against them, a sense of the threatening perils they have produced is awakening a spirit of inquiry which, stimulated tly your powerful pen, I would fain hope may lead to the dispelling of the fatal delusion under which the present system of British navigation is erroneously, illogi cally, and absurdly associated with the principles of what is termed " free trade." NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of country-killed meat are on the inoreaoc ; but those slaughtered in the metropolis are very moderate. Trade generally is inactive, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middling do 3 4 3 8 Prime largo do 3 10 4 0 Do. small do 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 0 A. d. s. d. Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal Small pork 4 8 5 0 Lamb 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Foreign hops havo changed hands to a fair extent, at good prices. English qualities move off slowly, at late rates. COLONIAL. TEA.—At the public sales there was a fair demand for he latter descriptions, which realised an advance of fd. t• Id. per lb. SUGARS.—The general tone of the market hasbeen steady, and full rates have been realised for good and fine qualities. In the refined market dried goods are scarce, and quotations firm. COPFER.—There has been a fair enquiry for plantation Ceylon at late prices, other descriptions have been ne glected. RICE.—The demand has been very limited, and no sales of any importance have been recorded, prices remaining nominally unaltered. SALTPETRE.—The enquiries have been more active, said traders demand higher rates ; the dealings, however, have Rot been extensive. TALLOW.—Business has continued moderately active, without any material change in value. P.Y.C. on the spoil is quoted 605., March delivery 60s. 6d., and last three months 575. 6d. per cwt. Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, has been entertaining the following company at Wynyard Park :—The Earl and Countess Vane, the Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen M'Donnell, Lord and Lady d• L'lsle and Dudley, Mr. Shafto, MT., Mr. and Mrs. Main waring, Sir David Wood, Mr. henry Milbanke, Captain Longley, Major Johnstone. The marchioness has reco vered from her late indisposition. The Earl and Countess of Meath passed through own on Tuesday on their way to Ireland. The temperature has again changed in Paris, the thermometer having fallen to freezing point, at which it stood during nearly the whole of yesterday. A cold heavy mist hung over the capital all the latter part of the day. A communication from Berlin states that 1,000 medals are to be struck to commemorate the late King's decease. They are to bear the King's effigy as he appeared after his death, and the date of 1861. A letter from Berlin, of the 21st, says :—" It has b•en stated that the Polish deputies intend to propose an amendment to the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and family coma to toxin to-day from Alderley Park, Cheshire. The Italian Government is at present negotiat ing with a private company for the establishment of a larg e musket manufactory at Lucca, a place already cele brated for its fowling-pieces. There are two Government manufactories, one at Turin, and the others at Brescia. We are authorized to state that Mr. Colley Harman Scotland, of the Oxford Circuit, has received the appointment to the Chief Justiceship of Madras, vacant by the death of Sir Henry Davison. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary have arrived at Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. His Excellency General von Bonin, accompanied by Colonel Blumenthal and Captain Bonin, have returned to Maurigy's Hotel, Windsor Castle. GALWAY AND AMERICA.—The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company being unable at present to provide vessels for carrying on the Mail Service between Galway and America, the Postmaster-General has con sented to suspend the operation of the Company's contract until the 2Gth March next, on the understanding that the Company will then be prepared to carry on the fortnightly service in a regular and t efficient manner, in accordance with the terms of the contrac t. The next vessel will be des patched from Galway to , Boston, calling at St. John's, Newfoundland, on Tue sday the 26th March next ; and thenceforward on every alternate Tuesday a vessel will be despatched from Galwa y, proceeding alternately to NQW York and Boston. SCOTTISH COMMEP;CE.—In the course of last year 83 timber ships, with a tonnage of 52,898 tons, arrived at Greenock, as compared with 68 ships, of a tonnage of 40,015 tons, in 1859, showing a zi increase in 1860 of 15 ships and 12,883 tons. The total tonnage accommodated in the har bour last year was also i n advance o f 1859. Pig iron ship ments continue moderate, last :week's return having been 1,108 tons below the cot responding period of 1859. Mr. F. H. M'Leod in his circ' alar on the wool trade reports that business is quiet, spin ors only purchasius for immediate requirements. 110 112 407 210 61 63 115 120 N 91 31 31 97 99 I 4 P 56 58 151 1511 135 137 402 105 ' I 11 11t, 88 90 74 84 Business Done. ,AIL . 2.111 S DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 25.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze, with dull, hazy weather, and mild. DEAL, Jan. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Bunyan, from Buenos Ayres; Confucius, from Shields for Rio Janeiro. SUIELDS, Jan. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Seaflower, from Iquique. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Saline, from Moulmein. - - MUMBLES, Jan. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived—Pathfinder, from Coquimbo. SWANSEA, Jan. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eliza, from Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 23 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kan garoo, screw steamer, from New York. Sailed—A. 8., for Callao. FLEETWOOD, Jan. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Geor giana, from New Orleans. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 24—Navigateur, from St. Gill ; Ara o, from Beauvoir; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey ; Emerald, from Cardiff; Terarn o! steamer, from London ; Celine Aniedtle, from Luo from Charles Hatch, from Youg hal ; Mar q uis of Bute, Sunderland. Sailed—Pampola, for Cardiff; Temora to, n' s s te teaer, f o r Dublin ; Mystere, for Cardiff; Southamp a mer m , fr Jersey. --- ~,AGT,r7:Tic TELEGRAPH.) (BY SUBMARIN E ANT, 4—E y r ,jeon, from esp l a i s o i n an g — K a o l n i6 g fro ; GRATIcsEND, Friday Morning. Newfoundland; Ralei "la, Mor r n ee it, f ro m Wellington ; Scotch Arrived, Jan. 11 2 ,icionis 1 ° , si. man, ter from s, fro, l: o s r t t o . m Th Cal -- - ing Star, 1 13 san B l ailey, rom Leg- Twoene ope, Sisters, and cutta ; Heroin©, from . Bijon •; Dartmouth, from Seville; Cynosute , y nEons'umre:l; 1 fLo I EZ N G is. n e u. l l e t' r e n a ; n se d y Ellen, r s . cEileosnrnntif;FraNrivlidiehanee, from St. Michael's ; Fairy Love, from St. Vin st:heaf, from Guernsey ; Clive, from Madras ; Julia, from Li3bon ; Ophelia, from Gavary ; John Mownen , from 'Guernsey ; San Grettia, from Nantes • Flying Fish, f ro m Villa Nova; Tryagain, from Valencia'; March Hare, from Zante. Sailed, 25th—Harvest Queen, for Bermuda; Ocean, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Perseverance, for Medemblik. Sailed, 25th—Iberia, steamer, for Oporto. Dail, Friday Morning. Passed—Staghound, from Zante; ' Providential, f rom Patras; Arab, f ro m Buenos Ayres; Sardinian, screw steamer, from Palermo ; Confucius, from Pl enafor ; London spurHot- and Breen, from the Medi t e rranean — Anchored—Eclipse f or St. Michael's; Queen of the Teign, for Hobart Town ; Ellen, brig, for Buenos Ayres ; Princess Charlotte, for Barcelona—all from London; Pericles, from Calcutta, for London. _~ ~,~~ ..~- TIIE SIEGE OF GAETA. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) TURIN, JAN. 22 (Evening.) Agreeably to the latest information received from the head-quarters of General Cialdini, General Menabrea had, in consequence of instructions for warded by Count Cavour, been sent as a parlernen taire into the besieged place at the moment of the expiration of the armistice, on the 19th. Offers were made to Francis 11. of Bourbon that he should leave the fortress with all the honours of war, both for himself and all his troops ; that, as the French fleet had already left the waters of Gaeta, two of the Royal frigates, under the orders of Admiral Persano, at the Bourbon's own choice, should be ready to convey him, his family, and all such people as he chose for his suite, to any place he might wish to betake himself; that all the native Neapolitan troops within the fortress, men and officers, should be received in the service of the Italian kingdom, each in his own rank and standing, and with three months' pay by way of indemnity; that Bavarian and other foreign troops should be conveyed at the expense of the Italian Government to the frontiers of their respec tive countries, where they would aldo'reeeive three months' pay. General Menabrea was further instructed to receive and accept any counter propo sition which the ex-King might make, with the only reservation of the sovereign rights of his King, Victor Emmanuel, as established by the Ple oiscite of the people of the Two Sicilies. The ex-King, yielding to suggestions from the foreign diplomatists still abiding with him, refused to listen to these terms, or, indeed, even to receive the messenger; whereupon Admiral Persano pro claimed the blockade of Gaeta, and the Spanish fleet raised anchor, and left the bay. General Cialdini has sent no further despatches, probably because he waits till he can give the final results of the bombardment, which had already commenced. THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OP 22011 E. (From tke Siecle.) Our fleet has left Gaeta, and French policy has re-entercli on the path it had too long abandoned through a feeling of humanity and respect for royal misfortunes. At the pre sent hour hostilities are renewed with vigour. The issue of this fratricidal straggle is not doubtful, but the respon sibility for the blood shed will recoil entirely on that unfor tunate young man—on that King, 20 years of age, who has been appropriately called a bourgeois Charles IX. It will recoil also on those partisans who, under pretext of defending pretended rights, stimulate the worst passions, and urge to the most fatal resistance. It is quite necessary that it should be known that King Francis 11. is defending behind the walls of Gaeta his per sonal interests only; he has no right, absolutely none • ho was the trustee of a people ; he has himself abandoned his trust: he is nothing more than a prince without a throne, possessing all the rights that misfortune merits, and no more. No royalist or clerical sophisms can prevail against this truth, which is as clear as daylight. Let us wait for events. Andnow that the French Government, afterhaving amply accomplished the duties of humanity enjoined upon it, now that it pays such striking homage to the policyof non-inter.. vention, which is its own, and which it has imposed on all, what is it going to decide as to our occupation of Rome and the territory of St. Peter There also, for eleven years, it has been performing a duty of humanity, giving proof of respectful sympathy for the spiritual head of the Catholic religion. But will not the same motive that has led to the abandonment of the waters of Gaeta by our fleet operate in favour of the withdrawal of the division which we main tain in the Roman States. Logic has after all more power than is commonly supposed. If the prolonged stay of our fleet before Gaeta assumed in the eyes of Europe the cha racter of an intervention, is not the prolonged stay of our troops around the Vatican awkwardly analogous ? The protection which we have given to Francis 11., by preventing all attack on Gaeta by sea, has resulted in dis turbing men's minds, throwing doubt on the intentions; of France, encouraging resistance, and causing insurrection. In presence of these disorders the Government has calcu lated the extent of the evils of which it was the involuntary cause, and has taken the wise part of leaving the Italians to settle their own internal affairs. The protection we accord to the temporal power of the Papacy has consequences still more mischievous. We are positively intervening at Rome ; we are maintaining against the wish of the people that justly detested power of the cardinals; we are depriving- Italy of its centre of action and unity—of its natural capital —we are raising an obstacle to a work which we ourselves have commenced, for which we have shed rivers of generous blood. We aro at Rome in contradiction to ourselves. Our soldiers there are doing the business of Cardinal Antonelli and the congregations—in short of Austria. Is this what the French Government wished, and still wishes ? Cer tainly not. It wished to give a pledge of devotion and respect to the Holy See ; it has done all that was humanly possible to preserve that dying power; it has spared neither sag• counsel nor filial remonstrance. All has been useless. The service rendered by France to the Government of the car dinals is only equalled by the monstrous ingratitude of the latter. For 12 years we have sustained, sword in hand, this decrepid temporal monarchy; for 12 years we have suppressed all manifestations of the public spirit ; and yet France is more attacked at this day by the councillors of the Papacy than it was at any period of its history ! It is time to put an end to such a false and dangerous position. Since France, as the Ultramontanes say, repre sents the genius of evil—since she is the focus whence all revolutions radiate, let the Holy See renounce her accursed succour. Since Cardiaal Antonelli so boldly asserts that the people of the Roman States is passionately attached to the clerical Government, we may withdraw our troops without fear of the consequences. Let us first do our duty. What is it ? We have promised not to intervene in Italy. We have declared that we would oppose all intervention. It is in obedience to this promise that our fleet has quitted Gaeta. The same duty is incumbent on us in the case of Rome ; the same line of conduct is clearly traced out for us. France has behaved towards Rome since 1849 as the most respectful and obedient son should behave to a mother. But France is now called on to fulfil an earlier and a hi gher duty, viz., to sacrifice private affection, even the dearest, to the general welfare. What does the general welfare dictate ? That Italy should be at peace. On what condition will she be at peace ? On condition that the ele ments of division and discord be removed, on condition that Italians are free to accomplish their own unity. Was this condition observed while we were protecting Francis 11. at Gaeta, and, without intending it, fostering in trigues and revolts ? Most decidedly not. Is this condition. observed as long as we are at Rome, as long as wo encourage taly of its natural Woul d probablybe the signal for clerical factions, as long as we deprive I capital ?No Humanity, sound policy': go a l sel intervention me. Tli° us, then, not to prolong our withdrawal of our troops mat ent a the cardinals. So much the departure of the gore have made itself the worse for it. It ought to loved; why has it made itself hated? But religion, what will become of eis d o prived of his temporal power ? Oh, be her, if the FOP religion lived in power and honour for ten cen • easy; turies without royalty, without crown, army, or gendarmes; she will not only survive, she will be more respected and more loved than ever. sense,R 033 u The greatest embarrassment of the present situation will disappear on the day when this duty shall be accom plished, and our troops shall embark at Civita Vecchia for France. France will then re-enter on her full freedom of action, and on her true policy ; she v, ill inspire no more unjust suspicions; she will no longer be exposed to covert attacks, because she will be self-consistent. We trust the French Government will without delay give public opinion the satisfaction it so ardently desires, and the peace of Europe an essential guarantee, by firmly establishing the unity of Italy around its centre and capital, Rome. JERSEY AND GUERNSEY. —The contractors for the mail packets between Southampton and Jersey and Guernsey having given notice of their intention to confine the service, after the expiration of the present month, t three days a week, according to the provisions of their con-. tract, the mails to and from the Channel Islands •ia South • anapton will, aft , r the 31st instant, be reduced from four to three days a week. These mails will be despatched from London on the evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri - day, and will be received in London on the mornings of Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. An auxiliary mail via Weymouth will be forwarded from London on the evening of Tuesday, and will be received in London on the morning of rriday. Ilii '1 V I ~:V ~' Share 100 btk 18 204 204. 10 100 100 100 174 20 'took 100 100 20 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock 20 20 stook 20 10 98 71 72 101 1 En I 261 921 2