The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

vessel, while others passed over her, near the heads of the captain and pilot, and others came near, hitting the machinery and disabling her. The captain then put about and.escaped from the har bour without sustaining other serious injury, the ship touching twice in recrossing the bar. The troops have been relanded at their original quarters on Governor's Island, HONEY 111A.REBT AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts represent that business during the past week has been exceedingly inactive in all departments. At Leeds trade in the various cloth halls has been very quiet with little demand for goods suitable for exportation. At Bradford there have been a few orders for wools and yarns for the German and French markets, but the dealings in piece goods for the United States have been almost sus pended. AtManchester the in disposition to purchase shown by all classes of dealers connected with the United States has been more apparent, and quota tions for both yarns and cloths have tended down- Wards. Most of the manufacturers have proposed to reduce the wages of the operatives 5 per cent. until a more prosperous state of affairs prevails. The hosiery trade at Leicester has been steady, many of the workpeople, however, are still out of employ ment. There is no change of importance to record in the iron trade of South Staffordshire, The de mand has been very inanimate, and in the various hardware districts, viz., Birmingham, Sheffield, 'Walsall, and Wolverhampton, no improvement is yet perceptible. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday continued very inactive, and prices tended downwards. The sales were only 6,000 bales. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada, for the week ending the 11th inst., exhibited an increase of £1,489 compared with the same period in 1860. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England on Saturday. The first report of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company has been issued prior to the meeting, Which states that the available balance, after pay ment of all expences, &c., is £75,478, and recom mends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, for the Year, which will absorb £lO,OOO, and the residue is to be carried forward against the outstanding risks and liabilities of the company. There is an increasing demand for discount ac commodation, owing to the impending liquidation of mercantile engagements, the settlements at the Stock Exchange, and the new Indian loan. Capi talists at the same time are disposed to restrict their operations, and the market therefore presents a firmer as well as an animated appearance. Some excitement was occasioned on Saturday afternoon by the intimation that several suspensions had taken place among the Greek interest. The list included Mr. D Navore, Mr. S. P. Zizinido, Messrs. P. C. Salvage, and others. The long expected Indian Loan has been formally announced to-day. The amount, as anticipated, is ;3,000,000, which it is proposed to raise in a 5 per cent. stock, not to be redeemable until the sth of July, 1870, but to be redeemable at par on and after that date. Tenders, which must not be for less than ;500 stock, are to be sent in before one o'clock on the Bth proximo, accompanied by a deposit of 2 per cent., and the payments are to be made as fol lows, viz., an amount as when added to the deposit Fill leave 80 per cent. on the 18th proximo, 20 per cent. on the 12th of March, 30 per cent. on the 9th of April, and 30 per cent. on the 10th of May, but discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be given for payment in full in anticipation: There has been very little variation in the mar ket for Public Securities to-day, the New Indian Loan having been fully anticipated. Consols are Maintained at 911 y for transfer, and 911 for the 7th prox. Business, however, has been very dull, and. the dealings for transfer have been too limited to create animation. The New Threes are firm, at 911 1; the Reduced remain at 91! 1; India 5 per Cent. Loan is flat, at 991, ; ditto 5 per Cent. Rupee Paper, at 94; and the Debenturog at Pv. Chequer Bills are steady, at 6s. dis. Foreign Securities show more buoyancy, parti cularly Mexican stock, which has further advanced to 221 /. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 -I; ditto 1858, 551 d ; Portuguese are firmer at 451 f,-; Rus sian at 1041 ; Brazilian are 991; and Venezuelan, 20. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but the variations in values Were not of an important character. Caledonian, Great Northern A Stock, Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined 68 .; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern (York), and South Eastern have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there was !ery little busiaess transacted. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian were dealt in at 121 ; San Paulo at 21 f,-; East Indian declined to 971 96/ ; and Great Indian Peninsula were steady at 941 d ; Great Western of Canada advanced to 11, doint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were 11 1 Moderate request without any important change in values. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll I 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities Ia a evi dis 3 pertock Cent. Annuities S . Ditto 5 per Cent 99 5 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1859 9.5k 1 Cons o l s f or Account, Feb. 7 9ll India Stock for Account Ditto 6 per Cent. for Account .. 99# Xxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto £5OO 6 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Br aun 6 per Cent .. 991 .Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B5l xexican 3 per Cent — ,Ditto Account 2ll 21 1 -mriv Grenada Active, 35 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 • • Ditto Account R ussian 6 per C en t. 1822, £ St lO4l Ttuh 6pe t r Cen .. Ditt tis o New Loan ~ .Ditto Account Yenexuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 25 per Cent 63i 5 Consols, Mone TWO O'CLOCK. y - Ditto Account 915 Advices from Southern Italy furnish some details as to the state of affairs in the delegation of Ascoli, province of the Papal States, on the borders of the kingdom of Naples. At the last dates the in surrection was still strong in the mountain, but the town of Ascoli was in the hands of the Pied montese, and occupied by a strong body of their troops. Some sharp combats had taken place at Acqua Santa, Mozzano, Castel Trasino, and Gia vanozzi, in which the insurgents had suffered con siderable lose. The Piedmontese had also a num ber of men. They have since received reinforce ments, and were to march in a body on the insur gents, who had rallied on several points, and kept the mountainous region. The Sardinian Govern ment displayed considerable energy in putting down these different insurrections, and appeared decided to employ extensive military means in the struggle. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES.—The French Govern ment has determined to reduce the tariff for telegraphic messages between France and Great Britain from t h e Ist of Febr uary nex t. A message containing not m ore than 20 Word s b e t ween L o ndon and Paris, Havre, Ami ens , or i itc ' u en, under the new tariff, will cost 6 f; Calais and Bon -00e) 3f; Bordeaux, Lyons, and Nant es, 9f ; St. Maio, 7 f ". b .ue ; Marseill es , 10f 50 c . For all other towns i n the U nited 'kingdom, except London, if 25c is added. The French Government expects that, in consequence of thenewar- Nl gement, the com m uni c ation by telegraph will become of mo re general u se . A propor ti ona t e r eduction will likewise "o made in the transmission of messages to Spain, Italy, a nd other countries. CU RIOUS FEATS OF A HARE.—A few days afte r the begi nn i ng of the snow-storm, and when the Spey h a d f o e ,, co , L toe quite f rozen over, a h are was o b serve d to select, of her seat, a part of the ice exactly over the deepest par t s h e h at is known as the " Craigellachie Pot." Whether _ w as watchin g th e sa l mon i s a mystery yet unso l v ed. the 12 t h current, another hare was passing along 'fti g ell achie Bridge, and there being people both before b t behind, Puss made a spring through the railings of the te sad broke her neck on the ice l -7.1 - nvertio: caffrkr! SHARE 211ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. ! Paid. Closing Business I Price. I Done. t and Ballymena all I , and Str. Val. all 84 Si La., and Ch June 100 7 9 81 urn and 'Fyne all ;leaf: and Mid.Co all f 64 7 land Exeter 100 99 101 nian rthen & Cardigan all nd Bandon all ;frock., tPassage all . (A gets no div all I until 6pc pecan all rhasbeenT d. toB & Belfast June. all 'erth, &Ab. June all 8 84 nglian n Counties lOO 50 61 504 n Union, A. stock 1 00 37 39 do B do 100 26 28 'w A, late EU3ds . iffoikloo irgh & Glasgow 100 86 86 'erth, & Dundee 100 26 28 t Clyde Junction all s lOO and S. Western 100 113 115 thn. of Scotland all forth ern lOO 1114 1124 3 A B stock 100 ' 100 11321054 10 13461 1054 tW. of Ireland 100 'lll 112 l'estern . 100 72 724 714 1 tr Val gala. stock 100 61 64 nth-eastern • all hire & Yorkshire 100 1141 1141 1131 f l 4 i and Blackwall 100 117 60 6118 2 right.. & S Coast Chat., and Dover 100 49 51 t Nth. Western 100 994 1004 994 4 Bth. Western lOO 94 65 & Coleraine all & Enniskillen all 810 het. & Lincoln lOO 524 534 514 24 art and Carlisle all 10 1 shares all olitan 100 132 1324 132 11 1 p e & Derby 100 104 106 W. of Ireland all shares all , nt all ray Line . all tle and Ctriisle all t Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d Warnpt. & Ros. all 100 52 54 'on• ntics 'onion.. 34 d iritish . . ... .100 65 654 8 5 4 r.Rail&llkstock 100 stk ; A revs nod. ipchas beenpd.B 100 stock astern—Berwick 100 104 1044 104 34 T.N.E. purchase 16134 p 1p Via 100 6 , SU 621 100 92 4 924 924 ,ctndon 5 __ tatlordshire , 174 24 1 3. W. Junction all 101 104 irantham Rail ll 8 84 auth all t Central E., Aber. stock 100 33 ,14 at. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 tire Union )ourne & Sheer. all 6 7 evon 100 40 41 :astern 100 854 851 854 rales and River Dun 100 I 80 82 Wok,. and Wok all , 4 7 a & Darlington all 41 42 lo ll 94 104 p 100 ef. No 1 lOO 11avenDk&Rall 22 all 551 56i . ▪ ... 2 d p M▪ eath Sta. and Pim all 114 114 rd & Kilkenny 100 rd & Limerick all all 6 64 mdon . all class all i class .. all ,rtlepool Harbr I ail - idlaud—Oxford' 100 45 47 464 Newport 100 40 42 Hereford 100 82 84 • IBeltast and Ballymena I Bin, , and Sir. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn ilFilyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and 3lid.Co Bristol and Exeter ;Caledonian 'Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, ltlrock., &Passage, ,Cornwall I D , A (A gets no div. , until tic ran. DC ' rhasbee p nT d. pe toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. East Anglian... Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh ds Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Ciasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great North ern Do do A stock Do do it do Gt. S. .t W. of Ireland I Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire) London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaillea Man. Shet. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do new Do Tkirming. & Derby , Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent Do, Cray Line ...... Newcastle and Csrlisie Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. ~..... INT hn. Counties Union. North British ..... Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , purchase Do Leeds ........... Do York North London ........ Po new North Staffordshire.... N. and S. W. Junction.. Not. dr Grantham Rail.. reebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne dr Sheer. South Devon Smith Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok .‘5 Stockton do Darling - ton 25 Do do ITa - fr - Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do ... : Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London... . Do Ist class Do 2d class .. WestnartlePool Harbr and Rail - West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport' Do. Hereford' PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. !Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per )C. pref. (issued at £5 O l Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock IDo. do. do. Shares Caledon £ 10,4i per cent !Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. !Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c.; 'Cornwall. 5 per cent ; Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E.AngmClass A 7 &sp.c !Do. do. Class B 6 p.c !Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 IDo. New 6 pet ct. stock. (Eastern Union, 4 per ct. I Do. 5 per cent. guar... !Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares) I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.' 'Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c , Greht Northern, 5 p. ct ,Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pml j Do. 4i p. c. do. do. iDo. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 01%1%1ft - of Scotld. lst pf. lit. Sn. a IN (I reiaud) 4 ) p. et. pref. stock !Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Co. Redeemable, la p.ct Do. Redeemable. 4 p. et ID() Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmgzuar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. an.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.Es3s 10d pc, Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l, Do. 5 p. c No. 2' IDo. pita. 6 p. c. ;Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cen , . Do, do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E. &C.F ) ino.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) !Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 4A per cent , Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh.j Londony. & Ennis. 01.1 Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. X 6 Do. 3f per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryoort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 g c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 P.C. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860, Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.l Nortik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846• Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 184 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB4, North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, vna. 3 p. c Do. Bor. Ern. g. pt. she Do. do: do. Nth.Dev.ltailAz Dek.Co. 1%/-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 I Do. York, - S. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed) Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern' 31 p. c. pref. stock.. • • I Do.Aberdeengua.6p.c.l Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock' South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading] Ann., 1.0.6)- Do. 4i peicent. Do.llxed -lip.c. Ist is. 's'outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C. Do. 4i per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua, StOck. Dar. Asp. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 percent Waled k Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guaßtk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. C. pt 1866, Do. till 1869, let is. 1 Do. do. 2d is.l 101 103 204 21i 6 61 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 79 81 1112 114 1116 118 1112 114 'lO4 106 185 87 va jut) I 99 101 89 91 90 92 101 103 10 104 17} 18 186 11 76 78 204 214 10} 101 154 16 135 137 115 118 115 118 138 143 115 118 103 105 1 153 156 130 134 70 72 88 90 116 118 150 155 13} 14} I IP 70 72 I IP 137 139 102 104 95 97 'lll 113 110 111 I li PI 91 23 401 103 1 * xP Id p 22 28 133 136 10 11 123 24 1102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 86 27 2 88 84 524 334 324 334 45 48 424 125 120 124 JOO 102 123 126 116 120 ''_area 1 3. 1 4 stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 19.16.4' stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 13 stocK stock stock stock stock rioo , LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. i Leasing IClosing Business 'i Co. Railways. I Paid 's. I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley, all n & N.W .. .. 4 Bsckinghamshire ....I 100 Ln &N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. ' 100 Do. 53 53} Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. ll3 115 1134 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all 1141.11.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire„9.;.6 p.c. 100 'Gt. North. 135 137 E.Union,Harwich Shs' all I E.Counts. 14 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 1 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 ,Caledonin Do. New ...' ...... 100 ;D0....... Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail.; all , Yk.N.&Br I Hull and Selby ......; all Yk.N. Md.;110 112 Do. 4 Shares ' all Do. — Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c lOO Ln.& N.W 207 210 London & Greenwich' 100 S. East. .. 61 63 Do. Preference , 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.; 100 ,Peto &Co 89 91 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.' 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent........ 1100 Do. — NManc.,Buoctn. Matk., all L W&M 34 31 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 ence Stock .....- .... ' 100 ;Midland 97 99 Newmarkt Buryyx guaranteed sp.c. 1 1 E' " —' 5. 5 6 Counts i i p i l z i Do. c t l ri o li . Wx 6 e eos e ts r e rp c n e e n r t cent. . ... aa allllll Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all IDo. Do. i Stares 'Do. land 154 154 Prestos and pyr e . 1 i all L& NW — Hitch,,... ... A., all Do. , & L.Yk. Si rewsbry& lereford, Roystn.— South Staffordshire . 1. 1 1 :11 Shep 100 :Gt.North. 135 137 Do. Wilts and Somerset..) 00 Do. i 1 i T m . , B c r i a e a s s n e . y . 10 1 2 1 -10 1 5 14 1 i i I) Wimbledon& Croyd n .l all LAz Brgtnl 74 81 Gt West 88 90 i DOCKS. _________._.___ Share Docks. Paid. Closing I Price. Business Done. stock Commercial ... . s tock iDo. 4 per Cent.Prei...lll .... 1 1,-. °° stock East s and West India „,'''''' , no stock ;London ' ..... I 100 stock 'St. Katharine. ' 100 ....,.. stock Southampton , ' 100 stock :Vietoria .. 20 l AO' NOW 'is or a. ieliolo l P ' . l" \ 99 101 99 it! i - THE SUN; LONDON MONDAY tV ENING, JANUARY 28, 1861. Railways. (Atlantic & St Lawrence, Bom.,BarodaJz.Cent Ind' Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. B Buffalo and Laie Huron) Do. New ....... ... I Prof Do. erence Buffalo,Tlrant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ,Do. do. July 1, 187: , Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. 'Demerara. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong tft Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6, per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.p. - ,ua.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 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent . Do. 4 1 - p. c. Extension Do. Fourth Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick & Canda Ry. ArL an d(Lim. )g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub g Do. Do. I Do. Indus. St. Flo r„,g , ,St. Andrews dr Quebec AI Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN ,Antwerp & Rotterdam' ,Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c. ;Belgian East. Junction ißeziers to Graissessac.. ICs* - neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ........& ...... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout Lyens & Geneva !Maria Antonia •• iDo. New •• •• • • • • Namur & Liege • • 6p. e. Pref. • • • Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans ' Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg ,Rome & Frascati (Royal Danish (Royal Swedish .... IDo. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref !San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c IS.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France West Flandera .. Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. ,Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden 'Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand ,ATL all all all all all all .WAYS. 5f 5 - -A 2 If 4 i 1 11 12 3 tad 31 , 21a 23 24 6i 61 71 7; 19 20 81' 38 8 9 35i 361 53 55 34 3d 'ss 51 81 At If 1 d 1} d 19 2 5, 6 91 .21 2291 21 1 12i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 00 lAgra&UnitedServiceßki 50 84 86 40 Australasia all 69 71 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 20 100 Bank of London 5O 51 13 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 22* 221 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 3.31 4 100 ( 'C010nia1........ 50 69 71 100 'Colonial 25 38 40 20'11 I Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 29 Eng,r., Soot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 20 Gen. 13k .of Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 50 'London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 'London & Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 50'National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wales. all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation all i 474 48 20 Ottoman Bank ..... 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London l2 26 27 100 Unity Mutual. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Canmov. & July 100 107 111 1094 Do. Op. cent. 1878 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. J 5 Aug. 100 :09 111 Do. 6p. e. Mar. & Sept 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 994 100 1004 / Do. Serip 9O Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 Do. 1890 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1051 1061 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866- 100 97 99 - Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 97 90 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwdc 100 96 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1054 106,1 IS.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 4065 1074 106 1 1 BRITISH MINES. 100 100 100 100 MI 1065 1075 'ES. Share i Mines. Paid.' Closing • Business Price. Done Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 24 34 20 British Iron Clifford nil 195 205 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 410 420 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 110 115 East Caradon 2.14.6 111 111 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7. 4 .0 74 7 4 7/ I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 544 23 25 'Great South Tolgus l7s 7/ 54 G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9 1 1 —G. Wheal Vor (11elston) 01 11l 14 414 Grenville 5.14.6 24 3 , Herod's-Foot 8.12 33 35 Ilings4on Downs 4.10.6 2/ 3 --... ;Lady Bertha .... Margaret (Uny Lelant) 94 55 57 ,North Downs 2l 3/ 4 'North Frances (Mogan) 111 44 5 N. Wh'l Bass e t (Illo4an) 15s 34 44 31 'North Wheal Crotty ,Par Consols (St. Blaney ) 14 94 10 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 43 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 14s 4 4 South Carado n (St . Cl eer ) 11 300 310 S. Carn Brea (Illog,an) 34 34 44 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 4 1 , &Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1 , '.9' 165 175 - Stray Park 24.18.0 39 41 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 2 24 10 Tin Crott 9 54 6 Vale of Towey (Carm )As 6d 4 4 West Basset (Illogan) l4 18 191 —W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 78 80 784 West Satan 'Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 110 115 ,Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 120 130 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 124 134 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 21 Wheal Trefawney (Lis.) 54 27 18 1 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim l7s 4 d 4 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at .f. 5 p ) 271 i 1 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lira 15 29 30 294 5 Do. Land aud MmingCo. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 dis. 40 I Cobre Copper all 42 41 Copiapo . 1 !Fortuna, all 2 !Fortuna. all 24 4 I 3 20 ;General all 21 23 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 * iP 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 11 11 p 3 Linares all 9 91 5 Lusitanian 1 2 p ip 1 Mariquita ', all 1 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus. L 1128.6d. i id 20 'Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl I Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 4 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 14 d 28.2•81 United Mexican .. 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 1 1 Do. l9s. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 34 10 Berlin Water (Limited), all 41 44 50 British American Land' 40 50 RALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 i Do. C. (Limited) 1 all 13 15 ' 324 Canada Land I all 10 I Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim )( all stock I Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg. all 25 IDo. Pref. 74 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference ...1 100 101 1(3 stock Do. 6p. o. Pei pet. Deben. , 100 107 109 108 71 stock Electric Telegraph .... 100 96 99 25 Do. New l5 14 i 5 English & Aug. Copper all 3t 3 4 31 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigati in 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 1 1 Do. 174 pet Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) , _ 20 London Discount (Lim.)l 5 4 14 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 11 24 4 10 Ildediter. Electric Teleg all _ 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ); all 24 al 25 National Dis. Co. (Urn ) 5 1* lid 20 ;Nerbn.Coal&lron (Lim.); 5 3 2d 10 ;Netherlands Land 1 all i t 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis 1 all 4 1 100 N. Br.&,NovaScotiaL and 89 I 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I 14 1 1 (Oriental Gas (Limited). all / 1 1 I Do. New Shares (Lim) . '155. 41p 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A . 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. stock Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 50 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 11 13 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel . o ct.44p.c all 164174 p 17 50 Rhymney Iron 15 , Do, New a ll 5 6 100 ' Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 stock .Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 130 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 'Submarine Tel. s cr i p al l 4 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do a ll 6 74 20 ITr. A• LA. i;o.otllpr.Cati , 6 4 i Vag Dlol3loll'SLltlld ..0 1 28 4 10 11 'Business done TBIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup plied with wheat, and the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations of fully ls. per quarter. In barley very little was doing, on easier terms. All other produce was very dull. Throughout the continent wheat is drooping in price, and the demand for spring corn has fallen off. In the United States, wheat and flour have ruled somewhat lower. The arrivals of English produce up to our market, last week, were limited. The imports from abroad amounted to 33,715 quarters of wheat, 3,540 barley, 1,500 rye, 710 beans, 1,287 peas, 40 tares, 40,745 linseed, 7, 809 rapeseed, 720 maize, 86 sundry, 690 sacks, and 47,576 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, both from Essex and Kent, the ar rivals of wheat were moderately good, but the quality and condition of most of the samples exhibited a great defici ency. For all descriptions, the trade ruled heavy in the extreme, and, although holders were willing to submit to a reduction of 2s. to 3s. por quarter, on the rates current this day se'nnight, buyers appeared disinclined to operate. A large quantity remained unsold at the close. The show of foreign wheat was large, fresh, as well as ex granary. A fair business was passing both in red and white qualities, at a slight reduction on last week's rates. Owing to the new arrivals off coast, floating cargoes of grain were quite ls. per quarter cheaper. All kinds of barley were a dull sale, and prices had a downward tendency. So little business was passing in malt, that its value ruled next to nominal. The supply of oats on offer being much restricted, the trade ruled firm, and late rates were well supported. Beans were in short supply, and steady request, at very full prices. Peas moved off steadily at quite last week's quotations. The flour trade was very dull. Country marks and American barrels must be quoted quite 6d per sack and barrel lower respectively. CURRENCY 1.14 R IMPERIAL ILBASVRE. Wheal—Essex and Kent, red, new 4os to its Ditto, old .................. 536 64s Ditto, white, new 5lB 625 Ditto, old 6os 71s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 568 63s Ditto, new. .., 43s 518 Eye—Old —6 --a New Barley—Grinding...., 2Be 3s. Maltin . 368 46s Malt -Suffolk a nd Norfolk. - s2s 68s Brown 5OB 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 228 28s Potato 2Bs 338 Youghal and Cork, black .. 228 27a Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2ss 29s Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4ss 52s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 395 44s Stockton and Norfolk. . 39s 418 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to ns. In the corresponding week in 1860 we received 2,424—in 1859, 1,837—in 1858, 650—in 1857, I,ol4—in 1356, 710—and in 1855, 1,407 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST wEEx. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam - — 11. Harlingen Hamburgh Oporto Vigo. Dordt .. Amsterdam — Antwerp .... Boulogne... — Tonning Medemblik Wieu Diep .... 42 .. --- • • --- . • 19 .. ."-- .. - • • - 21 .. -- Total 309 -- • • - • • 199 . • - . . ..... • • ---• • a .--... • • - • • ""- • • ''''.." • • - • • The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1860 464 .. 1,602 .. 357 1 1859 330 .. 1,379 123 .. 5 1858 2347.. 267 .. 159 .. 1857 547 367 .. .. 130 1356 527 .. 42 .. .. 141 1855 Bl9 517 71 There was a very limited supply of foreign stock on sale here this morning, and the demand for it ruled steady, at very full prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were seasonably good as to number, and, for the most part, in fair saleable condition, especially those from Norfolk. For all breeds we had a steady demand, at prices fully equal to Monday last. The general top figure was 5s per 81bs. Fr3m Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,500 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds ; from Scotland, 170 Scots and crosses. No stock reached us from Ireland. We were again scantily supplied with nearly all breeds of sheep; but they reached us in more saleable coadition. The mutton trade was firm, at fully last week's currency. The best old Downs were worth quite 68. per 81bs. Calves—the supply of which was limited—sold readily at extreme rates—a very superior calf being worth 5s 6d per Blbs. Prime small pigs moved off steadily, at fall prices ; but large hogs were dull, at barely late rates. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, Sze. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Lambs, osl Suckling calves, 188 to 23s 23s to 30s. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 8 P. me. S' thdown d o 6 10 6 0 Large arse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 ILarge hogs 4 0 4 6 j Small porkers )d to Os Od. and quarter •old store pigE, TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,250 Beasts Sheep and lambs 13,200 Sheep Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 80, 1860, and this day, Monday, Jan. 28, 1861 : Per 81be, sinking the offal. Jan.:3o, 1860. Jan s. d. s. d. s. Coarse and inferior beasts . • Second quality ditto 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. . . . . Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 8 4 2 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 4 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . .4 10 5 2 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . . . 410 5 4 . 28, 1861• d. s. d. 2to 3 6 8 4 2 4 4 8 10 5 0 38 4 0 42 4 6 410 6 8 510 6 0 ,0 0 0 0 4 4 410 510 5 0 5 4 - Primo small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 18,390 13,200 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES •N SALE, Jan. 31, 1859.---Beasts, 3,570; sheep, 15,980 ; calves, 101; pigs, 250. Feb. 1, 1858—Beasts, 3,411; sheep, 14,380; cafes, 50; pigs, 91. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of Scotch and country killed meat are on the increase, but those slaughtered in the metropolis are ♦ery moderate. Prime beef and mutton sell steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade is in a very sluggish state. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferiorbeef .... 2 8 3 4 Middling mutton Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 10 Pri.•.ne do Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork Large pork 3 10 4 4 Lamb.......... Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 s. d. s. d. 4 04 6 48 6 0 3 10 4 6 4 65 0 0 00 0 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in good and fine hops, at full prices, lout all other kinds are very dull. Last week's imports were 229 bales from New York, and 185 from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. Wealds Sussex Yearlings per cwt. .. £5 Os to £l2 Os 3 Os to 10 Os 3Os to 8 Os .. sOs to 9 10s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIF,LDS. Increased supplies of potatoes hare come to hand since Monday last, by railway as well as by land carriage. The trade generally is heavy, at drooping prices. York Regents .. Ditto Flukes ..... ... l3os to 160 s ~ Scotch ditto .... Do. Cups Do. Rocks .... 1108 to 120 s ~ Other kinds loos to 120 s ~ SEEDS. The seed trade continues very dull, and the transactions in all descriptions are much restricted. Canary finds buyers with difficulty, even at low rates. Other kinds, although drooping in value, have not quotably altered from last week. Cakes moved off freely, at very full prices. furnip,White,p.bus.3ss to 38s Swede -5 -s Mustard, Brown 12s 14s White, new 12s 16s Tares,Winter, new.. 108 lie Old —s -s Canary, per quarter 44s 54s Rye grass, new 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng., et. 71s 756 White Foreign Red 6os 68s White 76s 94s Trefoil, new. 26s 34s Carraway 3os to 34s Coriander 18e 20e Henapseed, per qr 44e 48e Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s Ms Crushing Baltic Odessa sBs Od 60s Linseed Cake, p. ton— English ....XII —8 £l2 15s Foreign, pto £lllos £l2 5a Rape Cakes,P•ton.Cs 108 £6 Os Rapeseed, p. qr. 70s 76s WOOL MARKET. The demand for English wool still continues on a very moderate scale, and prices are barely supported. Foreign wools are nominal in price; but colonial parcels are held at extreme rates. About 40,000 bales will be offered at the next public sales. Last reek's imports were 906 bales Closing Price. 727 f 91} 92f 2 d 41 sd, 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 pr 1;lid 1 pr 21 2 d 97i 98i 97 98 99i ICO 211 221 72 74 45 47 50 55 42 47 42 47 941 951 Ifd 1 d 24 11(1 1 101 101 10f Hid 90 9S 92 96 93 96 88 12 83 85 92 03 85 87 1; ltd 5 7 5 7 96 97 214 2 di 91 98 from Port Philip, 683 from Sydney, 1,487 from Melbourne, 715 from Algoa Bay, and 671 from the Cape. TALLOW Only a moderate business is doing in our market today, yet prices are fairly supported. P.Y.C. is quoted at 60s. per cwt., on the spot. Rough fat, 3s. 21d. per Sibs. 1 1857. 1858. Stook this day.... 16,729 22,294 Price of Y.C. c 1 63s6dt Ss alto —s Od Delivery last week 1,757 2 ,520 Ditto from Ju ne 1 8.,021 78,413 Arrivals last week 1,347 325 Ditto from June 1 79,773 88,295 Price of Tovrn .... 61e Od 36s 9d 1859. 1880. 1861. 1 72.937 60s0d to —8 Od 1,393 60,034 4,400 105,877 618 9d THE COST OF RAILWAYS. A railway director, n a letter to the Times says: Will you permit me to say a few words with refe rence to your leading axticle of this day respecting the cost of railways in England? Allow me to state, in the first instance, that the comparison of the pecuni ary results to the share holders of the railways in France and England is not a fair one, not merely on the very limited grounds which you have alluded to, but to a vastly greater extent—for this reason. The railways in France have been made, to a very great extent, with public money, on which the State draws no dividend. The land, I think, has been given —certainly all the earthworks have been constructed, at the cost of the Govern ment. The shareholders have merely laid the permanent way, built the stations (even of this I am not sure), and stocked the line. Over and above this (I write from memory) large subventions have been given by the State to some, at least, of the companies —to the Eastern of France from four to six millions sterling. It is no wonder, therefore, that the French lines pay a larger dividend upon a part only of the capital necessary to construct them than the English companies on the whole cost of their respective railways. Again, in France only the great arterial lines are even as yet completed, and few others even com menced. French passengers and goods, therefore, have in many i ns t ances very considerable distance to travel before they reach the railway leading to Paris or their seaports; yet it is for their advan tage to cross the country to the railways, which thus get all the traffic which in England is divided between many lines. In England, so to speak, almost all the crossroads are now of iron. It is no wonder, therefore, that theaggregate dividends are small ; but, though the shareholders are in conse quence not so well off as the French, the advantage to English trade over that of France arising from the difference in the two cases is almost incalcul able. The whole community has profited enor mously (many shareholders, especially if also land holders or manufacturers, included), though indivi duals have been losers. In France, also, there is no competition between arterial lines. If a French man wishes to go to Marseilles or Bordeaux, there is but one railway to each place. An Englishman going to Edinburgh or to Exeter has his choice of two, almost equally direct. It is no wonder, there fore, that the. French shareholder gets a better dividend. England might have had something of this benefit if Sir Robert Peel had not, most un happily, upset Lord Dalhousie's wise scheme. Again, the administrators of the French railways are not in the same manner or degree under the con trol of public opinion as English directors. The former, consequently, are able to run comparatively few passenger trains, and all who wish to travel must either use those few trains, however inconve nient the hours of starting or arrival, or stay at home. The Englishman demands one or two trains before breakfast, and as many after—one to get him to town to`luncheon, and another to take him home in time for dinner. I need hardly say that this circumstance greatly increases the comparative expenses of English railways. This latter argument as well as those regarding arterial lines, applies equally to the German and English railways ; and I believe that many of these also have either re ceived direct pecuniary aid from the State, or have had substantial money's worth from it in tke shape of facilities and general countenance. The English Government, on the contrary, and more especially Parliament, have acted almost uni formly the part of a hard stepmother towards the railways. There are no Parliamentary expenses in France. And as to the Government itself, what do you think of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company (to give an example) being compelled to pay the Crown for the chips of a greenstone, as hard as granite, which it cut out of the bowels of a Welsh mountain to form a tunnel through it, as if it had been quarrying for a profit ? Then, as to expenses, no doubt there has been ex travagance, and solicitors, engineers, and Parlia mentary barristers have made large fortunes out of railway capital. But those who have had the ma nagement of railways are by no means responsible for all the excessive cost at which English lines have been made. Parliament has much of this cost to ans wer for, and landholders still more. The threat of Parliamentary opposition has often compelled the projectors of English railways to give for land many times what it was really worth. It has been a matter of calculation. 6‘ So many extra days be fore a committee will cost £—." Lord A or 'Squire B demands £5,000 for land which is not worth £2,000, and the disproportion is often far greater. Is it cheaper to give him the money than to pay the expenses of the additional days, which expenses are too often an " unknown quantity?" Talk as men may of the iniquities of railway speculators, I will undertake to show that land holders have been at least as rapacious and unscru pulous. Not to mention the case of a late Essex peer, in whose footsteps Mr. Labouchere (Lord Taunton) refused to follow, I could tell you of cases where landholders, anxious to get a line made to benefit their estates, have agreed to take simple agricultural value, as it is called, of their land. But when the course of the line has been irrevocably settled by act'of Parliament, they have found out that it runs 200 or 300 yards to the right or left of the plan originally shown to them; and on the strength of this trifling discrepancy, though the new line was equally beneficial to their estates as the old one, and did as little mischief by severance or otherwise, they have repudiated their engage ment, and demanded and extorted extravagant prices for their land, Then Parliament has compelled the railways to pay the vendor's costs as well as those of their own solicitors. You bid directors of new railways to eschew legal expenses; but how are they to pur chase land without paying two sets of attorneys, whose bills it would make you shudder to behold? As to the cost of accidents, by all means let the railway company pay all damages occasioned by wilful neglect or carelessness; but if Englishmen insist oa travelling 40 miles an hour, instead of 20 or 30, as in France and Germany, I do not think that the whole blame, or the whole cost, of disaster should be borne by those whom they virtually com pel to carry them at such a pace. I will only add that that invaluable institution, a British jury, so invariably decides in cases of acci dent against the unhappy railway companies, that they are generally too glad to pay an unreasonable sum by way of compromise rather than have still more exorbitant costs and damages inflicted upon them by a verdict. r 21.609 / 33,519 /Ma 61 top9s Olt< 1 s Ad I—o Od 2,296 1,831 75,656 55,089 180 . 85 88,598 85,527 55s Od 61s Od 21115 DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 28.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze, with fine weather, and exceed ingly mild. DEAL, Jan. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Epps Hendrick, from Buenos Ayres ; Orga, from Singapore ; Emily, from Callao. SOUTH CAROLINA.-IMPORTANT NOTIFCATION. CHARLESTON, Jan. 12.—The State authorities have caused several vessels to be sunk at the entrance to the ship channel, in order to prevent, it is supposed, the ingress of armed vessels belonging to the Federal Government of the United States; consequently, for the present, vessels will be unable to go to sea by this outlet. The South, or Middle, and the Moffit, or Beach Channel, still remain open, by which vessels of not exceeding 14 to 16 feet draught of water can still go to sea. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Aarived, Jan. 27—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin. (BY SUBMARINnE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived—Betsy and Ann, from Guernsey ; Gleaner, from Seville. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Avon, from London for Cardiff; Jubilee, from London for Shanghai. The Criminal Court commenced its sittings this morning. The trial of the man Thomas for the jewel robbery at Lord Talbot de Malahide's, in Lowndes-square, was being proceeded with. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT MONAMIAN.—The adjourned inquest in reference to the murder of the brothers Shaw was resumed on Friday. No further evidence was forthcoming against the parties arrested on suspicion, and they were accordingly discharged from custody. A reward is now offered for the discovery of the murderers. It is notified now to all officers applying for leave to travel on the Continent, whether for pleasure or for the study of their profession, tha t the y will not be permitted to volunteer or mix theirselves up in any way with the forces or auxiliaries of any foreign Power, so long as they hold a commission front .the British Crown,—.4rmy and .Aravy Gazette. From. LITERATURE. Memoirs ofthe Court, and Cabinets of William and Victoria. From Original Family Docu ments. By the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. These volumes bring to a conclusion the interest ing series of memoirs which have been published under the auspices of the Duke of Buckingham during the last few years. Founded on the 'tradi tions of a family whose members have long pos sessed the entrée into the charmed circle of cour tiers and politicians, and enriched by copious extracts from the private and confidential letters of the great men of the time, these works possess a peculiar interest which is not always the attribute of State memoirs. They lift the veil of mystery with which the agents of Court influence and Cabinet intrigues shroud their actions from the eyes of the public ; and show us in some measure the motives which actuated our statesmen, and the degree in which the private expression of their views coin cided with the public declaration of their senti ments. The great question running all through these volumes is of course that of Reform, which was, in truth, the great event of King William's reign. With the Duke of Buckingham's views on the subject, of course, we entirely disagree, and the prejudice and intoler ance of his sentiments interferes greatly with the general character of the work. We should scarcely have supposed that at the present day such extreme opinions would have been so gravely and consistently maintained. The Duke does not take the modern view and raise an objection that might have weight by complaining that the Reform was one-sided, and still left a large share of corrupt influ ence in the hands of the Whigs. He follows the Duke of Wellington's opinion that all reform was dangerous and uncalled for. He talks satirically of the boasted success of the measure, and of its un satisfactory results, as proved by the recent clamour for a fresh Reform Bill—forgetting that such a fact is no proof that the original measure was not needed, but rather an additional evidence that it was so, The demand for increased reform does not argue that the first reformers went too far, but that they did not go far enough. However, a faithful transcript of the opinions of the Opposition of that day is not without value. Much of the corres pondence in these volumes is from the pen of the great Duke whose hatred to the popular measure is well known. In a letter to the Duke of Buckingham, dated March, 1831, after the first reading of the obnoxious bill, he writes as follows : " My dear Duke,—The vote of Tuesday is certainly a very serious affair. A majority of the H. of Commons, consisting of three hundred and two persons, have voted for the principle of a measure of revolution. I agree with you that this measure cannot be modified. But the vote of Tuesday affords time for the country to come to its senses ; and it is most probable that this measure will be thrown out. But I cannot think otherwise than that the country has received a severe shock, from which it will not easily recover. There is no course open to me excepting to per severe in my opposition to this bill. I can see no reform, however moderate, that will not violate some principle ; end I cannot for the life of me see that any reform is necessary, excepting for the gratification of certain individuals. In my opinion, the fault of which those have been guilty who oppose the measure, is the admission that any reform is necessary; which, iithey will examine their opinions, they will find to be inconsistent with the truth, and to be an admission which leads to all the consequences of the mea sure now under discussion." In another letter written about the same time he says :—" I am convinced that there is but one safe course about reform, and that is to oppose the Government upon every question that may occur in the further discussion of the bill ; with a view to reject it altogether, if possible. lam opposed to all reform; and can without personal or indeed public inconvenience avow my opinion. Indeed, I believe that some advantage is gained by the knowledge which the public,have of my opinion on this subject. But others may not entertain the same opinion, or may not be in a situa tion to think that they ought to avow it ; or they may think that a better mode of get ting rid of the bill is to break it down by:some vote in the committee short of rejecting the first clause." The extremity of the Duke of Wellington's views on this subject appear, however, less extraordinary when we consider the mistaken idea he entertained of the principles of our Constitution, as displayed in the following sentences extracted from his cor respondence:—" 'I he truth is, that all government in this country is impossible under existing circum stances. I don't care whether it is called monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, democracy, or what they please, the government of the country, the protec tion of the lives, privileges, and properties of its subjects,'and the regulation of the thousand matters which require regulation in our advanced and artificial state of society, are impracticable as long as such a deliberative assembly exists as the House of Commons, with all the powers and privileges which it has amassed in the course of the last two hundred years." The principles of Parliamentary government, so long considered the proudest boast of the Constitution and the bulwark of our national liberty, was thus in the;eyes of the great military commander an unmitigated evil. He looked on Parliamentary deliberation and organised opposition as he would have done a discussion among his officers and a mutiny in his troops. The Duke of Buckingham, however " plus Arabe que l'Arabie," censures the liberality which the Duke of Wellington did exhibit, and attributes the distresses of Ireland to the removal of the Catholic Disabilities. More in accordance with the spirit of the present, and more in unison with the experience gathered from the past, is the eloquent appeal of the great orator and histo rian so lately passed from among us, which is cited in these pages : "Sir C. E. Smith and Lord Althorp defended the mea sure, and Mr. Horace Twiss and Lord Francis Leveson Gower opposed it. Their speeches completed the first day's debate. " The second took place on the following day. Messrs. O'Connell, Hume, and Hunt strongly commended the Ministerial plan of reform. The most effective speech was made on behalf of the Government by Mr., subsequently Lord, Macaulay, who congratulated reformers on their unanimity. The conclusion may be regarded as a fair specimen of his style of oratory. Turn where we may,' he said, ' within—around—the voice of great events is pro claiming to us, Reform I that ye may preserve I Now, therefore, while everything at home and abroad forebodes ruin to those who persist in a hopeless struggle against the spirit of the age ; now, while the crash of the proudest throne of the continent is still resounding in our ears— now, while the roof of a British palace affords an ignomini ous shelter to the exiled heir of 40 kings—now, while we see on every side ancient institutions subverted, and great societies dissolved —now, while the heart ‘of England is still sound—now, while the old feelings and the old asso ciations retain a power and a charm which may too soon pass away —now, in this your accepted time —now, in this year of your salvation, take counsel, not of prejudice, not of party spirit, not of the ignominious pride of fatal con sistency, but of history, of reason, of the ages which are past, of the signs of this portentous time.' "He added—' Renew the youth of the State. Save pro perty divided against itself. Save the multitude, endan gered by their own ungovernable passions. Save the aris tocracy, endangered by its own unpopular power. Save the greatest, fairest, and most highly civilised communitythat ever existed from calamities that may in a few days sweep away the rich heritage of so many ages of wisdom and glory. The danger is terrible,' he said, the time short. If this bill should be rejected, I pray to God that none of those who concur in rejecting it may ever remember their votes with unavailing regret, amidst the wreck of lands, the con fusion of ranks, the spoliation of property, and the dissolu tion of social order.' In the second volume, when this vexed question is settled, we have an interesting account of the early years of the rule of our present Sovereign. A mere summary of more recent events is given —the years from 1840 to 1860 being included in one chapter. Though the correspondence is less voluminous than in the precedingvolumes, there is a sufficient num ber of original documents to invest the work with a fresh and authentic interest. As a summary of the political occurences of a stormy and eventful period these Memoirs will be useful as a work of reference ; and as forming the conclusion of a valuable and important series they should find a place on the shelves of every library. The Laboratory of Chemical Works. By G. W. Septimus Piesse. Longman. In the present Go-a-head Age every body is ex pected to possess some chemical knowledge. People nowadays take a great deal more interest in cause and effect than heretofore : and people ignorant on any subject, instead of saying, as one would have done a hundred years ago, " I am not a philosopher," or " Pooh ! it's all non sense, the individual of the present day will enter r upon a discussion with his neighbour, at a edriostinbe _ party, on electricity, galvanism, or any ject, and answer no, and yes, at randomwreoarttkhhewr thaneld admit his ignorance. The present_ prove tended ve a r s enter s u ffi particu larly e it t o everyday life of yanusienfudluctotivsuecwhoprekrtssfooron f s , the fo y r o a u l t n h g o u igt il co i n n- - tains information on subjects are ignorant. It is which many of their seniors Subjects of ordinary life, many say that nearly many im p o s into sib le 'a andl I th a e in ll d d mechanical matters, are ee th i s to o o r k chemical, and ed. As the work is only introduc briefly ryfotiainh ioeeiinag i 'Ti n otices are short, and supeificial, but cont to n evertheless much val ua bl e i n f orma tion. The extracts, taken a t ran d om , speak for the c haracter of the work : In consequence of the numerous applications of iron to the arts in our period, the present is frequently termed the I: Iron Age." It is sometimes too, very p r operly called the Ago of Steam," and at other's the " Age of Electricity." With equal propriety it may be termed the " India-rubber Age." The applications of this substance to the arts and manufactures are so numerous that w e cann o t think of giving a list of them here; nevertheless, we will mention a few facts relative to this material. When we were at school India-rubber was looked upon only as " a curious specimen of a vegetable gum, which had the singular 4 quality of removing pencil-marks from paper." Now this is some 30 fil,Wagnerspasti and during that short period India rubber has been employed for shoes, coats, hats, carrieg l wheels, pipes, joints, Sec., in endless variety. Every day we find out some new application for it to some useful pur pose. This is not to be wondered at when its extraordinary qualities are considered. It is now, we perceive, made into combs, superseding expensive tortoiseshell and the brittle horn. When India-rubber is mixed and kneaded with a portion of sulphur, and passed through heated toilers to thoroughly incorporate the sulphur, it is then called "vulcanised." Now if the vulcanised rubber be expesed for a few hours in a vessel to the action of high pressure steam, say of 300 degs. centigrade heat, it acquires new properties. From being soft it becomes hard, though very difficult to break. In this state its texture very much resembles tortoiseshell, and eau be beautifully polished. Comb -makers cut -and work it like shell. It can be carved, and designs of any form can be made ; and, from its strength, it is well suited for delicate work in instances where other materials would be liable to fracture. Thus the milky juice of a tree (Siphonia elastica and Ficus elastieus) is made by the art of man into a walking cane, a picture-frame, a top coat, a slipper, or a comb. __ , • AN EGG AND ITS COMPOSITION. A hen's egg consists of three parts—the shell, the white, and the yolk. Th e overage we i ght of an egg is a thousand grains, or nearly two ounces; the white weighs six hundred grains, the yolk three hundred grains, and the shell one hundred grains. The shelf consists of carbonate and phosphate of lime, and it thus partakes of the nature of bone. The shell is very porous, its whole surface being covered with pilule° holes or pores, through which the air enters, and is thus conveyed to the chick during the process of hatching. A good egg is like a perfect seed—it is alive I when placed under fit circumstances of temperature it grows, and becomes a chicken. The chick, in the first instance, is nourished at the expence of the white, and then by the littleykwhich i bird. Thes absorbed shel prior into t ot h t e h e h a intestines tehin g of t h o theef bird, ir lo d e , becomes thinner than usual, part being dissolved, as required, in the formation of the bones. If the air cells of the shell be filled up with grease, as is sometimes recommended for "preserving eggs," life is soon extin guished, and the egg becomes "rotten." If by any other circumstance the vital principle of the egg be de stroyed, the same result happens. If, however, eggs, are purposely killed by boilinginwater, and are then immersed in grease, they may be preserved for an indefinite period, and are thus convenient food for long voyages. The white,' or albumen, as the chemists term it, resembles in its com position one of the portions of human blood; hence its nutritive quality. When, however, it is boiled :hard, it is not quite so digestible as in the semi-fluielestate. Thet' white is remarkable as being totally destitute - of any fatty matter, and if eaten alone is on this account *fry constipat ing. Some portion of fat eaten with it isnecessary for its perfect assimilati on in the human stomach. " Instinct," says Dr. Johnston, " has therefore induced us to associate 'eggs with bacon' as a savoury meal.. The yolk contains a good deal of oil, which, with the yellow colouring matter can be dissolved with spirits of wine. What remains, when thus treated, is very nearly of the same composition. as the white. The yolk is remarkable as containing a sub stance called emulsive, which has the ploperty of causing fat or oil to mix with water ; hence we trace it s uses in the culinary art, independently of its nutritive properties. For instance, in making a "salad mixture" the oil is first mixed with the yolk of an egg, and they the other ingre dients are added; by so doing a perfect homogeneous ereant is produced, which does not taste greasy, as a salad always does that is made without egg. Sulphur, phosphorus, and other things are contained in an egg; but the proportions .of these are so small that they only possess chemical inte rest. In our village we purchase eggs by weight, a custom which, if generally adopted, would be found decidedly ad vantageous to the purchaser. Works of a scientific character are becoming daily more and more popular. The simpler the language used the more they are appreciated by the general reader. Long Latin names may be very satisfac tory to the botanist and chemist, but they only confuse Jones or Robinson. The " Laboratory of Chemical Wonders" is, however, intelligible to all, and will doubtless meet with every success, LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTR COAST RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The thirtieth ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. Leo Schuster, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in meeting the shareholders, and be was glad that he should not have to detain them for any considerable time, as the report entered very fully into the whole transactions of the company since they last met. It was satisfactory to find the capital account had increasbd, and it was also s pleasure to inform them that the company had no new scheme to lay before them—(ch eers)—neither had the company a single bill in Parliament. (Cheers.) This latter circumstance was particularly gratifying in a double sense, because it showed that they were on friendly terms with all parties, and also that the company was not involved in expensive Parliamentary contests. He knew of many things that were expensive to railway companies, but, without exception, the most costly article was a bill in Parliament. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) With respect to their traffic, it had increased in all branches. The company had, as the shareholders well knew, reduced the fares, and improved the carriages for third-class passengers, which the public had largely availed themselves of. It had been thought that one of the results of such improve ments would be the reduction of the number of passengers using second-class carriages, but such was not the case. The number of third-class passengers using their line was, speaking in round numbers, in 1859, 4,800,000; in 1860, 5,500,000. (Hear.) The number of second-class passen gers was in the same two years 2,100,000 and 2,400,000, and first-class had similarly benefited to about 200,000. (Cheers.) He could not deny that their expenses had been very heavy, but that was mainly owing to the increase of taxation ; but he had se frequently spoken of the injustice with which railways were treated, that ho could not detain theta with any lengthened observations that day; but he did hope that some gentle men younger than himself would put their shoulders to the wheel, and try to get some more equitable arrangement with respect to railway property. The com pany had, he was happy to say, done everything to conduce to the safety of the public, and the shareholders might rest perfectly satisfied that the directors had obtained security for the travelling public, (Cheers.) They had heard of late of many unfortunate railway accidents ; but owing to the great precautions taken on their line, notwithstanding the enormous number of passengers carried, no accident of any importance had occurred. He should not detain them further, but resume his seat by moving the adoption of the report, at the same time intimating that he should feel happy to answer any questions that might be put to him. The motion having been seconded, Mr. HEREPATR said he could not allow the report to pass without expressing his approbation of the manner in. which their affairs were conducted. He did not know a company that was in such admirable order as the Brigh ton. The permanent way was in excellent order, their car riages in the best condition, and the whole management was unexceptionable. (Cheers.) A PROPRIETOR said the word " glad" mentioned in the report, with the directors having no bill in Parliament, but very poorly, he thought, expressed their satisfaction at such an event, ought, he thought, to have been at least "delighted," in fact " extatic." (Laughter.) The report was adopted unanimously, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum declared. The dividend warrants would be payable on the 7th of February, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SCRATCHINGS. Chester Cup—Newcastle, Pagoda, Rupee, Juno, Sweet sauce, Waterford, Donner and Blitz, The Bushman, Silver hair, Stockade, Morella, Bumble Bee, Bally Edmond, The Monk, Croagh Patrick, Volatile, and Princess Royal. Northamptonshire Stakes—Newcastle, Pagoda, Rupee, and Mouravieff. City and Suburban—Ellerton, Isthmian, Imaus, Stockade, Donner wad Blitz, and Sage. Metropolitan—Mouravieff and Pagoda. Grand National Steeplechase—Confederate, Jerus alem ' Johnny, Marmion, Harry, Evelyn, The Pu ddler, and Penarth. ARMSTRONG GuNs.—Orders have with three Arm. ni been issued to supply every large class ship in the e surto consist of on e o f strong guns as a part of their armament , the largest description, 100-pound ' and two 40 -pound ers. —United Service Gazette. IMPOS I TION ON T , B POOR BOX FUND, --A dissipated looking wen"' .- morni ng, for seven days, for an att em pt to im _n named Little, was s en t t o prison by Mr. Selfe , this . . upon him, as a magistrate, to obtain a contribu tion from the Poor•box. The rectory' of St. Mary-l e -St ran d , L on d on, has be owe vac ant by the death o f th e R ev. J os h ua F re d er i ck D e nham, M.A. The benefice, which is worth £315 a year, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Denham was a fellow of the Royal Society, and the author of m an y educational works. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon an attempt to murder was made in the neighbour.. hood of the Wandsworth-road. A. man named George Parsons, a labourer, living at No. 7, Portland -street, Wandsworth-road, had been drinking with another man, named John Price, a bricklayer, living at No. 3, Horace street, South Lambeth, at the Surrey Arms beerbhop, Spring-place, Wandsworth -road, when a quarrel arose from some unexplained cause, and a challenge to fight ensued. The men - scent out of the beershop, and while going down the street to a vacant piece of ground the man Parsons was observed to take a large clasp knife out or his pocket and open it. The man who saw Parsons by en the knife called out to Price to warn him not to fight, when Parsons rushed towards Price and stabbed him twice in the back, just between the hip and the ribs, on the right hand side. Tho unfortunate man Price immediately sank to the ground, weltering in blood, and two of the bystanders seized the perpetrator of the crime. Information having been sent to the police-station, New-street, Inspector Bushnell promptly despatched Jones, 246 V, who at once took the man Parsons into custody on arriving at the spot. In the meanwhile the injured man had been conveyed to his residence, and Dr. Jones, with another medical gentle man, attended, and found rrico i 4 a most precariolla COnclitiOUt stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 12i stock 6 stock 10 1 10 ( stock stock stock et oBet stock stock 108. 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i 100 100 100 all all Share] 17i 20 stock 100 100 20 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 20i 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock otosk 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 Paid. all all all 100 100 100 92 lh It 974 f 96f 7 i i -. •